HobbsDailyReport.com After finishing ninth in Area IV East in American Legion baseball, Maiden Pot 240 ended up getting into the playoffs despite that finish. At a meeting in Cherryville on Monday, the Salamanders (2-17, 2-14) earned the final playoff bid after Burnsville, which finished eighth in the East, reported it did not have enough players to field a team for …
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Hickory finishes 7th in Area IV West, will make playoffs
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – After falling 8-0 on the road to Burke County in American Legion Area IV baseball, Hickory Post 48 finished the regular season at 6-14 overall and at 3-11 in the West Division. The divisional record left Hickory in seventh place, meaning Post 48 will draw the East No. 2 team (Gaston Braves or Union County) in the …
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Maiden finishes 9th in Area IV East, expected to miss playoffs
HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Maiden Post 240 fell in its last two regular-season games in American Legion baseball and, after finishing ninth in Area IV’s East Division, won’t make the postseason. Pineville beat visiting Maiden 10-6 on Friday night and Union County downed the Salamanders 11-3 at Wingate on Saturday night, leaving Maiden at 2-17 overall and 2-14 in the East …
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Hickory losing streak at 3 as it closes regular season Friday at Burke County
Area IV West leader Cherryville blanks Post 48 in five innings HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Zane Beaver threw a five-inning complete game, allowing three hits, and a two-run home run by Dalton Pence highlighted Cherryville Post 100’s 12-0 victory in five innings over Hickory on Thursday night in American Legion baseball. Pence’s home run came in the fourth inning at Henkel-Alley …
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Maiden nips Lincoln County for second win, has 2 regular season games left
Salamanders battling to earn bid into the postseason in Area IV HobbsDailyReport.com MAIDEN – Reliever Elijah Carr pitched two shutout innings as Maiden Post 240 ran its win streak to two games on Wednesday night by edging visiting Lincoln County 3-2 in American Legion baseball. Carr came on to scatter two hits, walk none and strike out three as …