The Foard Tigers (Newton, NC) baseball got by the visiting Hickory Red Tornadoes (Hickory, NC), 5-4 in Tuesday's league challenge.

The Tigers now own a 4-9 record. They take the field next when they travel to Hickory for a Western Foothills 3A challenge on Friday, April 4. Foard will clash with a Red Tornadoes team coming off a 15-6 non-league win over Hibriten (Lenoir, NC). The Red Tornadoes record now stands at 6-7.

With the defeat, Hickory drops to 6-7 on the year. The Red tornadoes travel to Hibriten (Lenoir, NC) to clash with the Panthers in a non-league challenge on Wednesday, April 2. The Panthers go into the challenge with a record of 8-4. Hibriten lost 13-1 in their recent league challenge against Alexander Central (Taylorsville, NC)