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CHARGER DIAMOND CLASSIC: Wayne Christian defeats Halifax Academy

[email protected] Starting for the first time this season, pitcher Jaxon Anderson had a choice to make. He could remain nervous after his first walk he allowed in the second inning, or he could hold his opponent to a mere two...

DEACON JONES INVITATIONAL: Whitfield disappointed with Gators' effort

[email protected] PRINCETON -- Spring Creek head coach Heath Whitfield leaned over the right-field fence as Princeton took infield-outfield warm-ups before the championship game of the Deacon Jones Invitational on Thursday evening. The frustration his face told the story. One game...

CHARGER DIAMOND CLASSIC: Pitching troubles hurt Chargers against North Raleigh Christian

[email protected] Throw ground balls. Grind down. Those two tenets, both dugout staples at Wayne Country Day School, were missing in action Thursday during a perplexing, at times painful to watch, 14-3 mercy-rule loss to North Raleigh Christian. The contest, whose...

Pate, Brogden each throw no-hitter; N. Duplin wins Duplin County Easter Invitational

BEULAVILLE -- North Duplin's pitching staff threw back-to-back no-hitters and claimed the 2016 Duplin County Easter Invitiational softball championship. Haley Brogden retired 10 James Kenan batters in a 19-0, mercy-rule victory on opening day of the four-team tournament hosted...

DEACON JONES INVITATIONAL: Princeton upends NoJo in 10 innings

[email protected] PRINCETON -- Members of the 2016 Princeton baseball team, years from now, will probably gather at a class reunion and one player will undoubtedly ask, "do you remember the Easter tournament against North Johnston?" Dude, who could forget. It's...

CHARGER DIAMOND CLASSIC: Wayne Christian-Halifax Academy box

Halifax Academy    0 0 0    1 0 1    0    --    2    7    0     Wayne Christian    2 0 3    0 0 2    0    --    7    7    2 Leading hitters: Halifax Academy -- Evan Dail 2-4, 1 RBI; Larry West 2-3,...

CHARGER DIAMOND CLASSIC: WCDS-North Raleigh Christian box

N. Raleigh Christian    302    36    --    14    8    1 Wayne Country Day    101    01    --    3    3    3 Leading hitters: North Raleigh Christian -- Drake Harris 3-3, 3 RBI; Benjamin Tilley 2-2, 4 RBI. Wayne Country Day -- Mitch Turnage 2-3,...

DEACON JONES INVITATIONAL: Princeton-North Johnston box

2016 Deacon Jones Invitational Championship (at Princeton High School) N. Johnston    020    110    000    0    --    4    14    0 Princeton    130    000    000    1    --    5    6    1 Leading hitters: North Johnston -- Blake McLean 1-5, 2B; Dylan Radford 2-5,...