2016 NCHSAA Baseball Championship Series Recaps 1A – Cherryville title ends Whiteville's streak with a series sweep Game 1 – Long’s walk-off single propels Cherryville past Whiteville 5-4 Despite a stellar performance on the mound from Whiteville High School left-hander MacKenzie Gore, Cherryville High School was able to win a rain-flled first game of the 1A…
2A Baseball Championship Game 2 Recap – South Granville slugs their way to 9-3 win to even series with East Rutherford BURLINGTON, N.C. – Needing a win to force a game three on Sunday afternoon, South Granville jumped to the lead early with three runs in the top of the third and then rode sophomore…
2016 NCHSAA Softball State Championship Series recaps 1A – Princeton takes two of three from North Stanly to win first fast-pitch title Game 1 – North Stanly slides past Princeton 3-2 In a game that was tight the whole way, North Stanly got a pair of doubles from Sam Hogan, one in the first inning…
2A Baseball Championship Recap: East Rutherford takes title, blasts to a 10-5 win over South Granville BURLINGTON, N.C. – After taking a 9-3 loss in game two earlier that afternoon, East Rutherford jumped on South Granville early in game three, plating eight runs in the second inning to take an 8-0 lead and cruise to…
4A Softball Championship Recap: West Forsyth wins extra inning thriller 4-3 to sweep Cape Fear RALEIGH, N.C. – After pitching a complete game shutout the night before in a game one win, West Forsyth pitcher Brooke Perry came up big again for the Titans in game two of the 4A Softball Championship series, piloting the…
3A Baseball Championship Recap: Marvin Ridge slams door on Topsail 10-7 to win back-to-back titles BURLINGTON, N.C. – Marvin Ridge bats were alive on day two of the 3A Baseball State Championships as the Mavericks plated ten runs in each of their two must-win games to surge to the 3A State Championship over Topsail, securing…
2A Baseball Championship Game 1 Recap: East Rutherford rips South Granville 8-0 BURLINGTON, N.C. – An error on the first play of the game was the sign of a rough afternoon to come for South Granville, as East Rutherford lead-off man Holden Greene reached on a fielding error. Then Kendall McGowan laced a triple down…
1A Baseball Championship Game 2 Recap: Cherryville wins back and forth battle for 1A State Championship By: Evan Moesta On Saturday afternoon, Cherryville High School won their first 1A State Baseball Championship since 2008 with a 7-4 victory over two-time defending state champion Whiteville High School. The Ironmen won both games of the best-of-three series…
2A Softball Championship Recap – South Granville wins back-to-back titles with a game 3 10-5 win over West Lincoln GREENSBORO, N.C. – South Granville secured their second straight fast-pitch softball State Championship knocking off West Lincoln 10-5 in game three of the 2A State Championship series. The Vikings exploded for 8 runs in the second…
1A Softball Championship Recap: Princeton claws back to beat North Stanly 3-2, clinch 1A crown RALEIGH, N.C. – The Princeton Bulldogs entered game two with their backs against the wall, just a few hours after that game two win, they found themselves in a perilous situation once again. Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the…
