The Hickory Crawdads get back to baseball on Monday afternoon in Lakewood, N.J.
After having single games postponed on Saturday and Sunday by weather caused by Hurricane Irene, the Crawdads will play Lakewood’s BlueClaws in doubleheaders on Monday and Tuesday.
The first game both days is at 5:05 p.m.
Hickory (75-53, 35-25) is a half-game behind Kannapolis in the race for the second half title in the South Atlantic League’s Northern Division. The Crawdads assured themselves of a spot in the playoffs by winning the Northern Division crown in the first half.
The second half race remains tight, with Lakewood (66-62, 33-27) sitting 2 ½ games back of Kannapolis and Greensboro (33-29) is 3 ½ games back.
Savannah, the Southern Division’s first half winner, leads the division in the second half over Greenville, S.C.
The Crawdads return home Thursday to begin their final home regular season series against Greenville.
(bullet) Tickets for Crawdads playoff games in September are on sale at L.P. Frans Stadium.
Hickory will be at home for two games in the South Atlantic League division best-of-3 series, on Sept. 9-10 for 7 p.m. games.
Tickets are also on sale for the SAL Championship series, in which the Crawdads would have home games on Sept. 12-13 as part of a five-game series for the league title if they win the Northern Division playoff series.
Ticket prices for single games are $9 for box seats, $8 for reserved, $7 for grandstand and those prices are each reduced by one dollar if the tickets are purchased before the day of the game.
The Crawdads are offering a playoff pass good for four potential games at Frans for $24 (box), $20 (reserved) or $16 (grandstand). Also, 20 box seats are available in corporate packages for $99. Unused playoff pass and corporate packages will be good for any Crawdads game in April 2012.
For more information, call the Crawdads at 322-3000 or visit Hickorycrawdads.com.
BASKETBALL
Wolfpack hoops coaches to visit with Hickory fans
N.C. State’s head basketball coaches will visit Hickory on Monday night.
Newly hired men’s head coach Mark Gottfried and women’s head coach Kellie Harper will meet with Wolfpack fans at the Lake Hickory Country Club at 6 p.m.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for ages 12 and under.
Wolfpack fans and the general public are invited.
The event is set up by the Wolfpack Club, a fundraising organization for athletic scholarship and facility enhancements, and is part of a 75th year anniversary of the Wolfpack Club’s Coaches Caravan.
For more information about the event, visit www.wolfpackclub.com or call (919) 865-1500.
GENERAL
Boosters of St. Stephens have BBQ on Monday
The St. Stephens High Athletic Boosters Club has scheduled a kickoff barbeque for all parents of Indians athletes on Monday.
The event begins at 6 p.m. in the school cafeteria and free food is available3 courtesy of Shell’s BBQ.
A drawing for a $100 gas card will be held from among new members who join the club on Monday.
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