HobbsDailyReport.com Jackson Palmer came within an out of a no-hitter on Tuesday night, setting up a chance for Hickory High to become the first repeat winner of the Catawba County Easter Baseball Classic since 2011. Palmer, a right-hander, was sterling for the sixth-seeded Red Tornadoes as they blanked third-seeded Bunker Hill 6-0 in a semifinal at the Legion Fairgrounds in …
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL: Standings through Tuesday’s games
HobbsDailyReport.com HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL STANDINGS (through Tuesday’s games) SOUTH FORK 2A Conf. All Streak Bandys 7-1 13-1 Won 5 N. Lincoln 7-1 9-2 Won 2 Lincolnton 5-3 7-3 Won 2 LN Charter 5-3 8-5 Won 1 W. Lincoln 4-4 7-7 Lost 1 E. Lincoln 3-5 …
HIGH SCHOOL EASTER TOURNAMENTS: Tuesday’s results, Wednesday’s games
HobbsDailyReport.com EASTER HOLIDAY TOURNAMENTS CATAWBA COUNTY EASTER BASEBALL CLASSIC PAIRINGS (All games at Legion Fairgrounds, Newton) MONDAY Game 1: No. 2 Bunker Hill 4, No. 7 St. Stephens 2 Game 2: No. 6 Hickory 6, No. 3 Fred T. Foard 1 Game 3: No. 1 Alexander Central 11, No. 8 Newton-Conover 1, 5 inn. Game 4: No. 4 W. Lincoln …
EXHIBITION BASEBALL: Crawdads topple Red Hawks 12-2 at L.P. Frans Stadium
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) baseball players received the experience of a lifetime on Monday night during the Red Hawks’ exhibition against the Class-A Hickory Crawdads at the newly renovated L.P. Frans Stadium. In front of a crowd of 1,300 fans, the Red Hawks fell 12-2 to the Crawdads in the first meeting of the two clubs. …
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL: White returns to coach N-C girls for a third time
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Newton-Conover High returned the reins to its varsity girls’ basketball program to Sylvia White for a third time on Monday. White, director of human resources for the Newton-Conover City Schools, is replacing former WNBA star Andrea Stinson as the Red Devils’ head coach next season, the school system announced in a press release. This will be White’s …