SHELBY EASTER TOURNAMENT: Crest pounds S. Caldwell, reaches championship game

HobbsDailyReport.com SHELBY – There’s an all-Cleveland County title game set for the Shelby Easter baseball tournament on Thursday night. A round-robin tournament, it has Crest (10-6) playing Kings Mountain (9-9) for the championship at 7 p.m., after Burns (7-10) meets South Caldwell (13-4-1) for third place at 4 p.m. and Shelby (8-10) faces Ashbrook for fifth place at 1 p.m. …

New York team mashes Mustangs in Ripken Experience

HobbsDailyReport.com MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – East Lincoln High lost its second game in the Ripken Experience on Wednesday. Liverpool (N.Y.) dealt the Mustangs a 9-2 loss, leaving them 1-2 so far on their trip to the beach. East Lincoln beat Holley (N.Y.) 16-2 on Monday and St. Vincent-St. Mary (Ohio) downed the Mustangs 5-1 on Tuesday. Today at noon, East …

MINGO BAY CLASSIC: Maiden’s O’brien 1-hits team from New York

HobbsDailyReport.com MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. – Caden O’brien had another big day for Maiden High’s baseball team on Wednesday. Playing in the Mingo Bay Classic, the Blue Devils romped past Bishop Grimes (N.Y.) 11-1 in five innings at Socastee High. They scored five runs in the first inning and six in the second inning. O’brien would have needed only two runs …

CAUSBY CLASSIC: R-S Central blanks Patton to collect title trophy

HobbsDailyReport.com MORGANTON – R-S Central High won the Tony Causby Classic baseball tournament title on Wednesday night with a 7-0 victory over host Patton. The Hilltoppers (16-3) outscored three opponents 24-5 to win an eight-team tournament that began on Monday. Patton dropped to 7-14 in the loss. Draughn’s Ben Melton hit a walk-off grand slam as the Wildcats defeated Freedom …