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Preps digest: JV sports

JV sports * Baseball: C.B. Aycock 16, Nash Central 3 -- Chandler Matthews batted 4-for-4 with two RBI and Landon Casey went 3-for-3 with four RBI during the Golden Falcons' mercy-rule triumph. Cameron Kornegay (three RBI) and Caleb Smith...

Top-seeded UMO advances to tournament baseball championship

BURLINGTON -- The University of Mount Olive is back where it belongs -- in the Conference Carolinas baseball tournament championship game. Derek Justice threw a complete game and the top-seeded Trojans rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat King...

Trojan softball team reaches Conference Carolinas tournament finals

BURLINGTON -- Carly White scattered five hits in a complete-game effort as the University of Mount Olive reached the Conference Carolinas softball tournament final with a 4-1 victory over King (Tenn.) on Saturday afternoon. The Trojans (23-24 overall) play...

Rebuilding: Slater working to put ND softball program on the map

[email protected] CALYPSO -- As North Duplin's softball practice winds down with bunting drills, some of the players pick up the balls and shoot them into a bucket. Todd Slater laughs as some of the balls hit off the side of...

Charger Diamond Classic: Eagles' Burt homers twice, drives in 6 runs

[email protected] The first inning confirmed Curt Hinton's fear. Two errors on routine plays allowed Greenfield to seize early momentum and eventually claim a 9-7 victory during the Charger Diamond Classic on a cloudy Friday afternoon. Shortly after the loss, the...

Charger Diamond Classic: Shaky defensive play hurts WCDS

[email protected] Shaky defensive play gave playoff-bound Grace Christian of Sanford plenty of working room against Wayne Country Day on Friday afternoon. The Crusaders pushed across seven unearned runs on six errors and cruised to a 13-0, mercy-rule victory in the...

Charger Diamond Classic -- Day 2 box scores

2014 Charger Diamond Classic (at Wayne Country Day) Friday's games Wayne Christian 000 034 0 -- 7 8 4 Greenfield 110 241 x -- 9 9 3 Leading hitters -- Wayne Christian -- Austin Howell 2-4; Hunter Burt 2-4, 2...

Chargers-Crusaders play to scoreless draw

Defensive-minded Wayne Country Day battled No. 1-ranked Grace Christian of Sanford to a 0-0 draw on a blustery, cloudy Friday afternoon. The Chargers (5-3-3 overall) handed the once-beaten Crusaders (13-3-1) their first shutout of the year. Overall, WCDS posted its...

Walnut Creek Ladies Golf news

Faye Franklin emerged as the low putts winner during weekly play on the Walnut Creek Country Club links. Linda Cannon and Hiromi Sueki captured low net and low gross, respectively....