MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Crawdads pick up sixth win of SAL season

HobbsDailyReport.com SATURDAY’S RESULT FROM COLUMBIA, S.C. CRAWDADS 4, FIREFLIES 1 Crawdads’ current record: 6-9. Boxscore http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_04_21_hicafx_colafx_1&t=g_box&sid=milb Scoring http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_04_21_hicafx_colafx_1&t=g_log&sid=milb Next Sunday: at Columbia, S.C., 2:05 p.m. Monday: Greensboro, 6 p.m. Tuesday: Greensboro, 6 p.m. Wednesday: Greensboro, 10:35 a.m. Thursday: Greensboro, 7 p.m. OTHER AREA PLAYERS HUNTER HARVEY (Class AA Bowie, Md.) Former Bandys High star Hunter Harvey did not pitch Saturday …

HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: E. Lincoln knocks Maiden out of sole possession of first place in softball

HobbsDailyReport.com Katie Hogue hit two home runs and Katelyn Crowe also homered and drove in three runs on Friday, pushing East Lincoln High past visiting Maiden 8-7 to knock the Blue Devils out of sole possession of first place in South Fork 2A softball. Maiden, 10-2 in the league, fell back into a tie with North Lincoln, also 10-2, for …

SAC TRACK AND FIELD: Bears’ Lotharp Track Athlete of Year after they finish third

HobbsDailyReport.com CHARLOTTE – Lenoir-Rhyne University’s P.J. Lotharp was named the South Atlantic Conference (SAC) Track Athlete of the Year after leading the Bears to a third place finish on Friday at the league championships. Lotharp, a sophomore from Indian Trail, won the 200-meter dash in 21.18 seconds and ran a leg on the Bears’ 400-meter relay team that won in …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: King snaps Lenoir-Rhyne’s win streak at 16, sweeps doubleheader

HobbsDailyReport.com BRISTOL, Tenn. – King topped Lenoir-Rhyne University twice on Friday in softball, snapping the Bears’ win streak at 16 games. The Tornado won the opening game 2-1 and the nightcap 4-3, leaving LRU with an overall record of 42-7. King improved to 27-17. The Bears, ranked No. 2 in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region, are 40-4 in their …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears enter Saturday doubleheader under .500 in conference

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University heads into Senior Day at Bears Field on Saturday under .500 in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) baseball. Visiting Coker beat the Bears 13-7 on Friday night, leaving LRU at 12-13 in the league and 26-20 overall with a doubleheader on Saturday starting at 1 p.m. LRU will honor its seniors a half-hour before the first …