CRAWDADS: Rome completes 3-game sweep with Wednesday victory

HICKORY — Rome (Ga.) beat the Hickory Crawdads in a Wednesday morning game at L.P. Frans Stadium, completing a three-game sweep in South Atlantic League baseball. Check out the link below — to Mark Parker’s Crawdadsbeat.com — for a level of coverage and insight that only Mark can provide. HobbsDailyReport.com again thanks Mark for allowing us to provide a link …

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER: Thursday’s schedule

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE (from school schedules) Southern District 7 Athletic 2A Newton-Conover at Bandys, 6:30 p.m. E. Lincoln at W. Lincoln, 5:15 p.m. Lincolnton at Maiden W. Caldwell at Bunker Hill, 6 p.m. Northwestern 3A-4A Fred T. Foard at St. Stephens, 6 p.m. South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A Chase at Kings Mountain, 6 p.m. Shelby at R-S Central North Piedmont 3A-4A …

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Thursday’s schedule

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE (from school schedules) Southern District 7 Athletic 2A Bandys at W. Lincoln, 5 p.m. Maiden at E. Lincoln, 5 p.m. Northwestern 3A-4A Fred T. Foard at St. Stephens, 6 p.m. Freedom at S. Caldwell, 6 p.m. South Mountain Athletic 2A-3A Chase at Kings Mountain, 6 p.m. North Piedmont 3A-4A Alexander Central at W. Iredell, 5 p.m. Lake …

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL:Thursday’s schedule

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S SCHEDULE (from school schedules) Northwestern 3A-4A Fred T. Foard at St. Stephens, 7 p.m. Freedom at Patton, 7 p.m. Hibriten at Hickory, 7 p.m. Watauga at S. Caldwell, 6:30 p.m. North Piedmont 3A-4A Alexander Central at W. Iredell, 7 p.m. N. Iredell at Mooresville, 7 p.m. N. Lincoln at Lake Norman, 7 p.m. Statesville at S. Iredell, 7 …

NW 3A-4A BASEBALL: Pait paces Red Tornadoes to victory over Patton

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – Baylor Pait had two hits and threw a complete game three-hitter to help Hickory High down Patton 6-2 on the road Wednesday night. The Red Tornadoes (14-8, 8-4 Northwestern 3A-4A) ran their win streak to four games and kept control of third place, sitting behind Fred T. Foard and South Caldwell. Pait struck out four. Pierson Hanvey …