Southwestern Foothills Tournament

First round scores from the Southwestern Foothills tournament:

(7) St. Stephens 3 (2) Kings Mountain 1
(3) Burns 7 (6) Fred T. Foard 3
(4) Crest 12 (5) RS Central 2

Semi final matchups at Crest tomorrow:

(1) Hickory vs (4) Crest @ 4:30 PM
(3) Burns vs (7) St. Stephens @ 7:00 PM

 

Hickory 3 Crest 0

Number 1 seed Hickory scored 3 times in the 5th inning to support the 3 hit shutout by Sophomore Ben Gibbs. Gibbs improves to 8-0 on the season. Wilson Boyd capped the 3 run inning with a 2 run homerun, his 7th of the season. Hickory improves to 19-5 on the season.

WP - Ben Gibbs (8-0) - 7 IP, 0 Rs, 3 Hs
LP - Joshua Brooks - 6 IP, 3 Rs, 4 Hs

 

St. Stephens 4 Burns 2

Seventh seed St. Stephens pulls its second stunner in as many nights as the Indians defeat third seed Burns 4-2.

WP - Nick Maney
LP - Chris Cook

HRs - Joseph Pope (SS), Josh Drewry and Chris Cook (Burns)

 

Championship Game

The Southwestern Foothills tournament championship game is set for Thursday at Crest at 7:00 pm. Number 1 seed Hickory will meet Catawba County rival St. Stephens. The number 7 seeded Indians must defeat Hickory to grab the second playoff spot from the SWF conference. A Hickory victory will result in a Friday game between Crest and Burns to determine the number 2 spot from the conference. Hickory has already wrapped up the number 1 spot by winning the conference regular season title.

 

SWF Championship Game

St. Stephens .........1....3....3
Hickory ................8...11....4

WP - Greg Baker (7-1) 7 IP, 3 Hs, 1 R, 1 ER, 11 Ks, 1 BB
LP - Trip Tardelson

Hickory:
Wil Boyd - 3/3, 3 HRs, 6 RBI, 4 Rs, 1 IBB
Derrick Boliek - 2/4, 2 RBIs, 2B
Tyler Propst - 2/2, 2 Rs, 2B, SAC

Hickory wins the SWF conference tournament after claiming the regular season championship.

Sophomore Greg Baker picked up his 7th win on the season. Baker was perfect through 5 2/3 innings before giving up 3 consecutive singles and 1 run in the 6th. Baker finished the outing with 11 strikeouts.

Wil Boyd lead off the bottom of the first inning with the first of his 3 home runs on the night. Boyd followed with a 2 run shot in the third. St. Stephens intentionally walked Boyd in the fifth. In the sixth, Boyd hit his third home run of the night, a three run shot to left center, and fourth home run of the conference tournament. Boyd finished with 6 RBIs and scored 4 runs.

Hickory notches its 11th consecutive win and moves to 20-5 on the season.

 

SWF #2 playoff spot

WIth Hickory's win tonight over St. Stephens, Burns and Crest will play tomorrow at Shelby High to determine the SWF's number 2 playoff spot.

What a sight at Crest High tonight. Stands down the first base line full of St Stephens fans. Stands down the third base line full of Hickory fan. Two sets of stands behind the plate, one full of Burns players and fans and one full of Crest players and fans.

 

will Crest and Burns play @ Shelby HS Veteran Field??

 

Crest and Burns will play at Shelby's Veterns Field at either 5:00 pm or 7:00 pm. The Shelby Star should have the details after midnight tonight at:

www.shelbystar.com

 

great news and that figures on the location... SWF3A softball Finals are at Crest (neutral site too) 430pm and surely the bball game is at 7pm at SHS!!

keep us posted!

watch that Shane Richards kid from Burns now and for the next few years!