COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears’ St. Clair among second-team all-state picks

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University pitcher Thomas St. Clair, drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals, has been selected second-team all-state by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA). The first and second teams were released on Monday. St. Clair, who played high school baseball at Mount Tabor High near Winston-Salem, was drafted in the 24th round by the Cardinals …

LEGION BASEBALL: Cherryville at Taylorsville game now scheduled Saturday

HobbsDailyReport.com TAYLORSVILLE – Monday night’s Cherryville at Taylorsville game in American Legion baseball was rained out. Post 170 officials reset the game for Saturday at 7 p.m. On the original scheduled, Taylorsville was to play a doubleheader against Haywood County. Haywood County and Huntersville have both dropped out of Area IV play due to lack of players, and both have …

CRAWDADS: Fall in Lakewood again, finish last in Northern Division

HobbsDailyReport.com LAKEWOOD, N.J. – Darick Hall’s two doubles – with the last sparking a three-run eighth inning – carried Lakewood (N.J.) past the visiting Hickory Crawdads 4-1 on Sunday. Hall doubled in a run in the bottom of the first inning for a 1-all tie eventually broken in the eighth inning when Hall doubled in two runs. A crowd of …

LEGION BASEBALL: Cherryville nips Hickory, runs win streak to 12 games

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Cherryville Post 100 just keeps on winning in American Legion baseball. On Sunday afternoon, Cherryville nipped Hickory Post 48 at the Legion Fairgrounds 6-4 and ran its win streak to 12 games. Robbie Cowie got a pitching win and Matt Bumgarner a save in an Area IV victory that left Cherryville 12-1 overall and Post 48 at …