CRAWDADS: Defeat Dash but still 8 games under .500

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Friday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Hickory 5, Winston-Salem 1 Current record: 41-49, fourth place in High-A East South Division, 23 games back of division-leading Bowling Green (Ky.) Next game: Saturday, DH, home versus Winston-Salem, first game at 4 p.m. This series: Home, versus Winston-Salem, Friday through Sunday; game time on Friday, 7 p.m.; game times, …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal returns as a starter, exits after getting 2 outs

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal got his 16th start of the season on Friday night for the Mississippi Braves — a short one. Going back to the starting rotation after three straight relief appearances, Deal worked two-thirds of an inning of a road game against Montgomery (Ala.). He threw strikes of 10 of his 14 pitches, facing three batters, …

HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD: This week’s varsity scores

THIS WEEK’S HIGH SCHOOL SCORES Editor’s note: Available scores from Monday through Friday, delayed posting due to HobbsDailyReport.com editor and content coordinator Chris Hobbs dealing with kidney stones. We apologize for the delay(s): FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 VARSITY FOOTBALL Andrews 36, Hickory Hawks 14 Bandys 44, St. Stephens 7 Bunker Hill 29, Cramer 18 Draughn at Thomas Jefferson Academy, cancelled E. …

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Friday, Aug. 27, varsity schedule

HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 (all games at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted) Alexander Central at N. Gaston Bandys at Fred T. Foard Bunker Hill at St. Stephens E. Lincoln at Forestview Freedom at E. Burke Hunter Huss at Hibriten Newton-Conover at W. Iredell N. Iredell at Lake Norman N. Lincoln at Lincolnton N. Wilkes at Ashe …