Bandys graduate has taught, coached with Knights since 2016 By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com LINCOLNTON – Jacob London, a teacher and coach at North Lincoln High since 2016, is returning to coaching basketball by guiding the Knights’ varsity girls this season. On Tuesday, North Lincoln athletic director Dennis Frye confirmed London is replacing Brad Mangum, who left the Knights after …
CRAWDADS: Win 10-inning slugfest over Greensboro on road
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS Sunday’s result at Greensboro: Hickory 10, Greensboro 9, 10 inn. Current record: 10-14, fifth place in South Atlantic League South Division, half-game behind fourth-place Asheville; one game behind third-place Winston-Salem; 4 1/2 games behind second-place Bowling Green (Ky.); seven games behind division-leading Rome (Ga.) in second-half standings. First-half finish: 38-28, second behind division champion Bowling Green …
MINOR LEAGUES: Deal pitches an inning in Braves’ blowout loss
HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal was the second of six pitchers used Sunday by the Mississippi Braves, who suffered a 15-1 loss at Montgomery (Ala.). Deal pitched one inning (the fourth), throwing eight strikes among his 16 pitches and facing four batters before a crowd of 2,302. He did not allow a run or hit, walked one and struck out two. Deal …
HUNTER HARVEY: Touched for a run as D’backs rout Nationals
HobbsDailyReport.com Nationals reliever Hunter Harvey got into his eighth game of the season on Friday night, giving up a run in the seventh inning of a 10-1 road loss at Arizona. Harvey — a 2013 first-round draft pick by Baltimore after a sterling career at Bandys High — tossed one inning and gave up one hit, one run (earned) and …
CRAWDADS: Drop 2 games in Greensboro, now 5 games under .500
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS Saturday’s result at Greensboro: Greensboro 7, Hickory 6 Friday’s results at Greensboro: Greensboro 12, Hickory 10 Current record: 9-14, fifth place in South Atlantic League South Division, 1 1/2 games behind fourth-place Asheville; two games behind third-place Winston-Salem; 4 1/2 games behind second-place Bowling Green (Ky.); seven games behind division-leading Rome (Ga.) in second-half standings. First-half …