RALEIGH – The Jack Britt Buccaneers returned to Dail Softball Stadium for game three of the 4A Softball Championship Series with South Caldwell just one day after being no-hit in game two by the Spartans Anna King. The Buccaneer bats woke up overnight, slapping out 13 hits in the decisive game three as Jack Britt…
1A Baseball Championship Game 2: Murphy strikes for five in the seventh to stun West Columbus 8-5 and take the school’s first baseball championship BURLINGTON – The Murphy Bulldogs found themselves trailing by a single run heading into their last at bat of game two in the 1A State Baseball Championships. The Bulldogs pressed to…
2A Baseball: Whiteville slides by Ledford 6-4 to win second straight championship ZEBULON – Whiteville used a four run fifth inning to slide by Ledford 6-4 and win the program’s second straight state baseball championship, this one at the 2A level. The Wolfpack took home the 1A Championship a season ago downing Murphy in two…
3A Baseball Championship: New Hanover sweeps Crest with a 2-1 game two victory BURLINGTON – The New Hanover Wildcats claimed their third state championship since play went to four classifications in 1960 with a 2-1 win in game two of the 3A Baseball State Championship. The Wildcats swept the series with the win, earning their…
4A Baseball Championship: Fuquay-Varina slugs way to 10-6 victory over Ardrey Kell and second state title ZEBULON – Fuquay-Varina pounded out 13 hits in the decisive game three of the 4A Baseball State Championship Series as the Bengals slugged their way to a 10-6 victory over Ardrey Kell and the program’s second state championship. The…
1A Softball Championship: Alleghany comes from behind to down Louisburg 3-2 in extras and sweep the series RALEIGH – With their backs to the wall in the bottom of the seventh, the Trojans of Alleghany managed to scrape out one run and force extra innings in game two of the 1A Softball State Championship Series….
2A Softball Championship: South Granville sweeps Franklin with 7-0 win in Game 2 GREENSBORO – South Granville and Franklin were locked in a tight pitcher’s duel until the top of the fifth inning when the Vikings broke through for three runs, giving their starter Brooke Bowling some breathing room on their way to a 7-0…
3A Softball Championship: Alexander Central stuns Cleveland with three in seventh to force extras and takes series with 6-4 win in 11 innings GREENSBORO – Alexander Central claimed the school’s sixth fast-pitch state championship as they stormed back from three runs down in the final inning to knock off Cleveland 6-4 in eleven innings. The…
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The NCHSAA announced that DICK’S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS) which owns GameChanger, the leading digital scorekeeping and team management app for baseball and softball teams, has been named the preferred pitch count reporting tool for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA), the governing body of high school athletics in…
CHAPEL HILL—Lexie Triblehorn of Research Triangle High School and Andrew Esterly of Gray’s Creek High School won top honors in the North Carolina Governor’s Highway Safety Program Click it or Ticket Scholar-Athlete essay contest. Winners were chosen blindly by a panel of judges from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and NCHSAA with criteria that…
