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CLASS 2-A SOFTBALL, GAME TWO
MUNDY LEADS SOUTH GRANVILLE TO 2-A SOFTBALL SWEEP

    RALEIGH— Hunter Mundy hit a pair of home runs and drove in three runs on Saturday  to lead South Granville to a 4-3 victory over East Bend Forbush and a sweep of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A softball championship series at Dail Softball Stadium on the campus of N.C. State.
    South took both games in the best of three series, winning the opener on Friday night by outlasting Forbush 2-1 in 11 innings. 
    Mundy, a junior shortstop, was named the series Most Valuable Player.
    South took a 1-0 lead in the first with an unearned run and then a Mundy two-run homer made it 3-0 in the third. Forbush countered with a two-run shot by Allison Mitchell to cut it to 3-2.
    Mundy’s second homer, a solo shot, put South Granville ahead 4-2 and the Vikings held on to win.
    Erin Boone also had two hits for the winners, while Mitchell had two hits for Forbush. 
    The Vikings finished 25-2 and last won a state softball championship in 1998.  Forbush was in the finals for the first time since 2004 and has five previous state championships, including two when the sport was slow pitch. The Falcons ended 27-3.. 
    The Greater Raleigh Sports Alliance served as a host city sponsor for the championship.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Dail Softball Stadium, N.C. State
Class 2-A: Game Two

South Granville    1   0   2      0   0   1       0—4   7   1        
Forbush               0   0   2      0   0   1       0—3   6   2
    WP—Miranda Barker.  LP—Sydney Miller.  HR: Hunter Mundy, South Granville, 2; 3rd with one on, 6th with none on; Allison Mitchell, Forbush, 3rd with one on. 

CLASS 3-A SOFTBALL, GAME TWO: 
ENKA COMPLETES SWEEP WITH 10-0 WIN OVER NORTHERN GUILFORD

     GREENSBORO— Jordan Harris had two hits and drove in three runs to lead an Enka 13-hit attack in a 10-0 victory over Northern Guilford on Saturday to sweep the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A softball championship series at the UNC Greensboro Softball Stadium.
     The game was halted in the fifth by the 10-run rule.
     Harris was selected as the championship Most Valuable Player. She had a single and double on Saturday and had three hits, including a home run, and two RBI to lead Enka to a 5-1 victory in the series opener Friday night. 
     Enka jumped in front immediately with a four-run first, keyed by a solo home run by Payton Trantham and a two-run single by sophomore Mariah Foxworth, and the Sugar Jets were off and running. 
     The Sugar Jets, the only unbeaten team in the championship field, finished 28-0 and last won an NCHSAA state softball crown in 1996.  Northern Guilford made its first trip to the state softball championships and finished 25-4.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
UNC GREENSBORO SOFTBALL STADIUM
Class 3-A: Game Two
Northern Guilford    0   0   0       0   0     — 0   3   3
Enka                        4   2   3       0   1     –10  13  1
    Game halted due to 10 run rule.
    WP—Courtney Pearson.  LP—Anna Tewksbury.  HR—Payton Trantham, Enka, 1st , none on.