By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON — Hickory Post 48 is 2-3 as it heads into its next American Legion baseball game on Sunday night against Asheville (7 p.m.). Post 48, coached by Allen Sigmon, has beaten Gastonia 6-5 and Lincolnton 8-7 to start the season and lost games against Gastonia 13-4, Burke County 3-2 and the Gaston Braves 6-2 Sunday’s …
LEGION BASEBALL: Hickory opens season Friday at home against Cherryville
HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Hickory Post 48’s American Legion baseball season begins Friday at home against Cherryville. Post 48’s head coach is again Cameron Beard, a former Hickory player in Legion who also starred in baseball at Bunker Hill High. Friday’s season-opener is at 7 p.m. at Henkel-Alley Field at the Legion Fairgrounds. All of Post 48’s home games will be …