MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Power tops Dads; Texas’ Perez set for rehab start for Hickory on Monday night

HobbsDailyReport.com SATURDAY’S RESULT FROM L.P. FRANS STADIUM WEST VIRGINIA 8, HICKORY 6 CRAWDADS’ RECORD: 30-41 overall, 0-3 second half South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division BOX http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_23_wvaafx_hicafx_1&t=g_box&sid=milb SCORING http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_23_wvaafx_hicafx_1&t=g_log&sid=milb ROSTER http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448 NEXT Sunday: Augusta (Ga.), 5 p.m. Monday: Augusta (Ga.), 7 p.m. (Texas’ left-handed pitcher Martin Perez rehab start, 2-3 with 9.67 ERA in five games for Rangers this season) …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: UNC-Wilmington adds former Freedom star to coaching staff

HobbsDailyReport.com WILMINGTON – The women’s basketball staff at UNC-Wilmington added another coach with Greater Hickory area ties on Friday. The university announced head coach Karen Barefoot, a former head coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University, has hired former Freedom High star Ali Ford as an assistant coach. Barefoot has been at UNC-W for one season (12-19), coming there after six seasons as …

LEGION BASEBALL: Fleenor-led Hickory nips Salamanders in 9 innings (updated)

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Bradley Fleenor made two big plays down the stretch on Friday night as Hickory Post 48 nipped Maiden 7-6 in nine innings in Area IV American Legion baseball. Hickory won at the Legion Fairgrounds on a walk-off single by Pierson Hanvey (Hickory High) that scored Fleenor (Hickory), who led off the ninth inning with a walk. Fleenor …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Crawdads fall to 30-40; Jarrett doubles in Delmarva victory

HobbsDailyReport.com FRIDAY’S RESULT FROM L.P. FRANS STADIUM WEST VIRGINIA 6, HICKORY 4 CRAWDADS’ RECORD: 30-40 overall, 0-2 second half South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division ROSTER http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448 BOX http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_22_wvaafx_hicafx_1&t=g_box&sid=milb SCORING http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_22_wvaafx_hicafx_1&t=g_log&sid=milb ROSTER http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448 NEXT Saturday: Augusta (Ga.), 7 p.m. Sunday: Augusta (Ga.), 5 p.m. Monday: Augusta (Ga.), 7 p.m. Tuesday: Augusta, (Ga.), noon Wednesday: at West Virgina, 7:05 p.m. Thursday: …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal touched for 2 homers, 4 runs; Power pounds Crawdads

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S RESULT FROM L.P. FRANS STADIUM WEST VIRGINIA 8, HICKORY 1 CRAWDADS’ RECORD: 30-39 overall, 0-1 second half South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division BOX http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_21_wvaafx_hicafx_1&t=g_box&sid=milb SCORING http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_21_wvaafx_hicafx_1&t=g_log&sid=milb ROSTER http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448 NEXT Friday: West Virginia, 7 p.m. Saturday: Augusta (Ga.), 7 p.m. Sunday: Augusta (Ga.), 5 p.m. Monday: Augusta (Ga.), 7 p.m. Tuesday: Augusta, (Ga.), noon Wednesday: at West Virgina, …