LEGION BASEBALL: Schedule of 2018 area games (updated Saturday)

HobbsDaily Report.com AREA IV AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL SCHEDULE Daily schedule of remaining 2018 games this season for teams in the Greater Hickory area – Burke County, Caldwell County, Hickory, Lincoln County, Maiden and Taylorsville. All games are at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Home games: Burke County, Shuey Field; Caldwell County, M.S. Deal Stadium; Hickory, Legion Fairgrounds, Newton; Lincoln County, …

LEGION BASEBALL: Beaten twice, Hickory’s losing streak at 5 with game at Burke County next

HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Hickory Post 48’s losing streak was extended to five games on Friday night in American Legion baseball at the Legion Fairgrounds. Waverly (Ohio) clipped Hickory 7-5 in an afternoon game before Taylorsville Post 170 won 9-3 in a nightcap at Henkel-Alley Field to drop Post 48 to 10-14 overall. Hickory’s skid began with an 8-7 loss at …

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Cougars’ Gast, Millsaps lead 45 area all-state selections

HobbsDailyReport.com Forty-five players from the Greater Hickory area – led by Alexander Central’s shortstop and ace pitcher as the state’s top players in Western North Carolina — have been named All-State by the North Carolina Softball Coaches Association (NCSCA). Alexander Central High shortstop Julie Gast, a senior, was named the West 3A Player of the Year, and teammate Chesney Millsaps, …

HS FOOTBALL 2018: Hibriten leads with most consecutive winning seasons at 6

HobbsDailyReport.com HobbsDailyReport.com will periodically post statistics and other items as fans begin to prepare for the high school football season in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A, compiled from our vast record-keeping that began in the late 1970s. Much of the information will be things you can only get at our FREE website, because no other …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Dads win by a run; reports say Harvey can begin throwing next week

HobbsDailyReport.com THURSDAY’S RESULT FROM WEST VIRGINIA HICKORY 4, WEST VIRGINIA 3 CRAWDADS’ RECORD: 34-42 overall, 4-4 second half South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division BOX http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_28_hicafx_wvaafx_1&t=g_box&sid=milb SCORING http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_28_hicafx_wvaafx_1&t=g_log&sid=milb ROSTER http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448 NEXT Friday: at West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. Saturday: Greensboro, 7 p.m. Sunday: Greensboro, 5 p.m. Monday: Greensboro, 7 p.m. Tuesday: Greensboro, 7 p.m. Wednesday: at Kannpolis, 7:05 p.m. Thursday: at …