By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The result from the fifth-seeded Freedom at fourth-seeded Hickory game in the Northwestern 3A-4A baseball tournament on Tuesday night (7 p.m.) won’t impact the seeds for the state playoffs. Although three teams tied for fourth place in the regular season at 6-8 – McDowell was the other – Hickory (12-8) does not have to beat Freedom …
STATE BOYS DUAL-TEAM TENNIS PLAYOFFS: First round pairings for West brackets
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE DUAL-TEAM BOYS TENNIS PLAYOFFS Pairings for the first round of the West bracket in the state dual-team boys’ tennis tournaments with Greater Hickory area teams indicated by bold and all caps. For East bracket pairings, visit NCHSAA.org: WEST 1A Wednesday’s first round Byes: N. Stanly (12-0); Elkin (13-2); Bishop McGuinness (10-0), LINCOLN CHARTER (13-1) E. Wilkes (11-4) at …
STATE LACROSSE PLAYOFFS: Girls’ first round Wednesday; boys’ openers Friday
HobbsDailyReport.com STATE LACROSSE PLAYOFFS Pairings for the first round of the West bracket in the state girls’ and boys’ lacrosse tournaments with Greater Hickory area teams indicated by bold and all caps. For East bracket pairings, visit NCHSAA.org: GIRLS (Open classification) WEST Wednesday’s first round Jamestown Ragsdale, BYE Cuthbertson at WC Winston-Salem Reagan, 7 p.m. Winston-Salem Reynolds, BYE N. Davidson, …
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Updated conference tournament pairings
HobbsDailyReport.com CONFERENCE BASEBALL TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS SOUTH FORK 2A (Note: Now official) Tuesday’s games At North Lincoln First round No. 1 N. Lincoln (19-2, 13-1), BYE No. 5 E. Lincoln (10-12, 6-8) vs. No. 4 W. Lincoln (9-14, 6-8), 4 p.m. Second round No. 5 E. Lincoln-No. 4 W. Lincoln winner vs. No. 1 N. Lincoln, 7 p.m. At Bandys First …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Crawdads begin series on Tuesday at Kannapolis
HobbsDailyReport.com MONDAY’S RESULTS The Crawdads were idle on Monday. Crawdads’ current record: 8-14. NEXT Tuesday: at Kannapolis, 6:35 p.m. Wednesday: at Kannapolis, 6:35 p.m. Thursday: at Kannapolis, 6:35 p.m. Friday: at West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. Saturday: at West Virginia, 6:05 p.m. Sunday: at West Virginia, 2:05 p.m. Monday: at West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. OTHER AREA PLAYERS HUNTER HARVEY (Class AA …