AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL: Maiden slips into playoff bracket; Hickory opens postseason against Union County

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: 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 …