Prep Baseball Report

NC High School Preview: Hickory



By Brandon Hall, Ed Hall, and Staff
PBR NC 

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With the 2017 spring season right around the corner, PBR North Carolina is anticipating a great spring.  This is the first year of coverage for PBR during the high school season.  In the coming weeks and months, PBR will report on games, players, conference races and the state tournament.  It is the aim of PBR North Carolina to become your #1 source for high school baseball.

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TEAM PREVIEW

Hickory

Coach                                      David Craft

Classification                          3A

Conference Name                   Northwestern 3a/4a

 

2016  Stats     

Record                                     11-13

Conference Finish                   6th

 

2017 Outlook 

# of Returning Starters           7

# of Returning Pitchers           4

 

What to Watch For:

Expect a turn around with Coach Craft welcoming back seven positional starters and four arms that saw time in 2016.  An improved defense will put the Red Tornadoes in the hunt in 2017.       

 

Players to Watch

Baylor Pait, LHP, 2017

Tristan Whaley, 2017

Pierson Hanvey, SS, 2018

Jacob Fuller, OF, 2018

Bryce Stober, C, 2019