HobbsDailyReport.com OFFICIAL AREA IV AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFF PAIRINGS (First round begins Saturday) All games at 7 p.m. No. 8 West TAYLORSVILLE (4-12) vs. No. 1 East SHELBY (18-1) Game 1, Saturday at Shelby High: Shelby 7, Taylorsville 4 Game 2, Sunday at Alexander Central High: Shelby 8, Taylorsville 6 Game 3: Monday at Shelby High Game 4, if …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Jarrett helps Shorebirds sink Crawdads
HobbsDailyReport.com SATURDAY’S RESULT FROM DELMARVA (Md.) DELMARVA 6, HICKORY 3 CRAWDADS’ RECORD: 38-46 overall, 8-8 second half South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division ROSTER http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448 NEXT Sunday: at Delmarva (Md.), 5:05 p.m. Monday: at Delmarva (Md.), 7:05 p.m. Tuesday: Off Wednesday: West Virginia, 7 p.m. Thursday: West Virginia, 7 p.m. Friday: West Virginia, 7 p.m. Saturday: at Charleston, S.C., 6:05 …
LEGION BASEBALL: Burke County wins, grabs series lead over Maiden
HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Burke County Post 21 opened an early five-run lead en route to beating Maiden 6-3 on Saturday night, opening a best-of-5 Area IV American Legion baseball with a victory over the Salamanders. Burke County (7-11) had lost three straight and six of eight coming in but will now go for a two-game lead when Maiden Post 240 …
LEGION BASEBALL: Shell pitches Gaston Braves past Hickory in series opener
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Ethan Shell’s one-hit pitching over the first five innings and three hits by Grant Tilley led the Gaston Braves past Hickory 8-0 on Saturday night in the opening round of the Area IV American Legion baseball playoffs. The Braves (11-9), an East No. 5 seed, go for a two-game lead in a best-of-5 series on Sunday at …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Dodgers sign CVCC’s Smith; Cougars’ Hammer inks with Mets
HobbsDailyReport.com Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) pitching star Julian Smith and Zach Hammer, who starred at Alexander Central High, have signed pro baseball contracts instead of staying in the college game. Smith, a left-hander from Concord who tied a CVCC single-season record for wins last season (8) and had 130 strikeouts and 181 career strikeouts, has signed with the Los …