LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Wednesday results, pairings for second round series

HobbsDailyReport.com AREA IV PLAYOFFS UPDATE (through Wednesday) QUARTERFINALS (best-of-5, Thursday thru Monday) West No. 1 CHERRYVILLE (24-4) vs. East No. 4 GASTONIA (14-7) Game 1: Thursday at Cherryville High, 7 p.m. Game 2: Friday at Ashbrook HS, 7 p.m. Game 3: Saturday at Cherryville High, 7 p.m. Game 4 (if necessary): Sunday at Sims Park, Gastonia, 7 p.m. Game 5 …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne adds Corliss to coaching staff

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University has selected a Hendersonville native who coached the last two seasons at Armstrong State in Georgia to join its men’s basketball coaching staff. On Wednesday, the Bears announced they’ve hired Zach Corliss — who played at West Henderson High and then at Armstrong State (Savannah, Ga.) — to join head coach Everick Sullivan’s staff. Sullivan, …

CRAWDADS: Forbes, Garay, Yrizarri promoted by Texas Rangers

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Three Hickory Crawdads are leaving the club and headed to the Down East Wood Ducks. The Texas Rangers, the Crawdads’ parent club, on Wednesday promoted infielders Ti’Quan Forbes and Yeyson Yrizarri and catcher-first baseman Carlos Garay to their Class A Advanced team in Kinston. Forbes and Yrizarri began playing in Hickory in 2016, and Garay joined the …

CRAWDADS: Outlast Intimidators, win 5-4 to open current 7-game homestand

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Walker Weickel waltzed through his seven innings, and the Hickory Crawdads held off Kannapolis 5-4 on Tuesday night in a South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball game that drew 5,525 to L.P. Frans Stadium. Weickel (2-1) got a win after checking the Intimidators on two hits. He gave up no runs, walked one and struck out five. He …