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HICKORY’S HIGH-SCORING GAMES
A look at the top 10 scoring totals by Hickory High in baseball games dating back to 1998, all under head coach David Craft:
Year Opponent Result
2018 at Statesville W, 25-0
2010 at N-Conover W, 24-7
2009 at W. Caldwell W, 20-1 (5)
1999 at N. Iredell W, 18-6
2004 at Statesville W, 17-3
2010 Maiden* W, 16-1
2012 Statesville W, 16-0
2015 at N-Conover W, 16-13
2016 W. Caldwell* W, 16-6
1998 S. Iredell W, 15-5 (6)
2000 at E. Burke W, 15-2
2006 at E. Burke W, 15-6
2008 at Statesville W, 15-5 (5)
2017 Statesville W, 15-2
*–at Legion Fairgrounds, Newton
SOURCE: HobbsDailyReport.com research and files.
Brody Scarborough had two hits and drove in five runs on Monday as visiting Hickory High had its highest-scoring varsity baseball game in more than two decades, routing Statesville 25-0.
Bradley Fleenor went 3-for-3 and Jackson Palmer had two hits for the Red Tornadoes, off to a 2-1 start in head coach David Craft’s 27th season at their head coach.
Craft, a former starting catcher at HHS, is 432-263 at his alma mater and 452-282 overall in his 29th season as a prep baseball head coach.
The 25 runs scored by Hickory were the most since a 24-7 victory at Newton-Conover in early March of 2010, and they scored at least 20 runs for only the third time in 22 seasons (20-1 over West Caldwell in 2009 is the other time).
Craft’s 735th career game as a head coach comes Tuesday night at 6 p.m. in Taylorsville, where the Red Tornadoes open their Northwestern 3A-4A schedule against Alexander Central.
South Caldwell 12, Maiden 1
Austin Blevins checked the Blue Devils on two hits over five innings and went 3-for-4 with a double and drove in five runs to spark the Spartans’ victory on the road.
South Caldwell had a five-run first and was up 7-1 after the Blue Devils (0-2) scored their only run in the bottom of the first inning.
Austin Raynor, Curtis Massagee, Ian Moretz and Kenin Anderson each had an RBI for the Spartans (3-0).
Jay Sipe and Chantz London had Maiden’s hits with London doubling in a run.
Avery Scott went four innings, giving up six hits, seven runs (two earned) to take the loss for the Blue Devils. He walked two and struck out five.
South Caldwell is at home Tuesday night at 6 p.m. against St. Stephens to begin its Northwestern 3A-4A schedule.
Maiden’s starts South Fork 2A play on Tuesday night at home, facing Bandys with a 7 p.m. start.
Freedom 7, Watauga 3
The Patriots won a Northwestern 3A-4A opener on the road, scoring four runs in the sixth inning to take the lead, but Watauga head coach Seth Freeman has filed a protest.
Radio station WATA in Boone reports Watauga led 3-2 with one out in the sixth inning with Dillon Shelton at the plate with a 1-2 count. Reliever Alex Dye was then called for a balk, scoring the tying run, and Freedom went on to gain a 5-3 edge.
The radio station said if the protest were to be upheld, the game would resume at the point Shelton was at the plate, and that would come when Watauga visits Freedom on March 28.
The report did not clarify the basis of Freeman’s protest.
GIRLS SOCCER
Alexander Central 5, Bandys 1
Marrisa Brown had three goals and an assist as the host Cougars edged the Trojans in a non-league match in Taylorsville.
Madison Thomas added two goals for Alexander Central and Alyssa Matthews had an assist.
Caleigh Brown scored for the Trojans.
The Cougars’ next match is Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Bunker Hill while Bandys plays Fred T. Foard at Bandys at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Maiden 6, West Caldwell 0
At Maiden, the Blue Devils got three goals by Elena Propst in a non-league victory over the Warriors.
The teams play again on Thursday at 5 p.m. at West Caldwell.
BOYS LACROSSE
Lake Norman Charter 20, Queens Grant 0
The Knights grabbed their first road victory of the season, improving to 3-0, as Micah Stechmiller scored four goals and posted three assists.
A.J. Harris added three goals for Lake Norman Charter.
The Knights play Wednesday at home against Pine Lake Prep.