By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CATAWBA – Fans of Catawba County baseball – and more specifically at Bandys High – have another 23-year-old to follow as he makes progress in the minor leagues. In addition to first-round draft pick Hunter Harvey’s two-day stay in the major leagues earlier this month with the Baltimore Orioles, former Trojans left-hander Hayden Deal has been …
EASTER CLASSIC: Hickory repeats as champ as Hanvey again wins tournament MVP
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – If it’s a Catawba County Easter Baseball Classic title game and the ball is in the hands of Hickory High’s Pierson Hanvey, polish up the trophy for the Red Tornadoes. Hanvey — whose pitching sparked Hickory when he won tournament MVP in 2017 — repeated that on Wednesday night in a 9-3 victory over top-seeded Alexander Central …
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Hickory’s Hanvey sparkles; Bandys remains unbeaten
HobbsDailyReport.com Pierson Hanvey’s complete game that included holding visiting Watauga to five hits and striking out nine carried Hickory to a 7-0 high school baseball victory on Thursday night. The Red Tornadoes (5-4, 2-3) picked up their second shutout win of the season (the other was 25-0 over Statesville) and gained head coach David Craft his 455th career win. He …
HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: Alex Central nips Hickory, moves Hardee within win of No. 400
HobbsDailyReport.com All of the runs in a Northwestern 3A-4A baseball game in Taylorsville were scored in extra innings on Wednesday night as Alexander Central High nipped visiting Hickory 2-1 in eight innings. Alexander Central stayed unbeaten (3-0, 1-0) by winning its league opener and set up a chance for head coach Pete Hardee to reach 400 career wins on Friday …
SPRING SPORTS ROUNDUP: Hickory hammers Statesville in baseball with most runs in more than 2 decades
HobbsDailyReport.com Brody Scarborough had two hits and drove in five runs on Monday as visiting Hickory High had its highest-scoring varsity baseball game in more than two decades, routing Statesville 25-0. Bradley Fleenor went 3-for-3 and Jackson Palmer had two hits for the Red Tornadoes, off to a 2-1 start in head coach David Craft’s 27th season at their head …