Weekend preps
By Allen Etzler
Published in Sports on April 26, 2015 1:45 PM
Baseball
Spring Creek 12, Neuse Charter 1
* Logan Miller and Hunter Walker each had three hits and two RBI hitting out of the one and two holes in the linup as Spring Creek handled Neuse Charter 12-1.
Chad Spurgeon, Allen Coor and Sawyer Smith each doubled in the Gators' 14-hit attack.
Walker and Matthew Dupuy combined to get the mound win and struck out six batters.
Spring Creek improved to 8-5 and 7-1 in Carolina 1-A play.
Greenfield 11, Wayne Country Day 1
* An injury to starting pitcher Jacob Magera on a play at home caused the Chargers to adjust and they couldn't overcome Greenfield in an 11-1 loss on Friday.
Wayne Country Day misplayed three balls in the outfield.
Patrick Hall had two hits. Magera drove in the lone run. The Chargers fall to 8-7 overall and travel to Halifax on Tuesday.
North Lenoir 8, Kinston 1
* Drew Burke threw three-hit ball through six innings and North Lenoir beat Kinston 8-1.
Garrett Letchworth led the Hawks offense with two hits and two RBI.
Drew Rogers got the save in the seventh.
North Lenoir is 10-5 overall and 5-1 in conference action. They travel to Greene Central on Tuesday.
Softball
North Lenoir 15, Kinston 0
* Kacie Letchworth tossed a no-hitter and North Lenoir dominated Eastern Carolina 2-A foe Kinston 15-0 on Friday.
Letchworth, Roxie Stalling and Megan Lanier each had two hits for the Hawks. Janna Moore homered in her only at-bat. And Allison Montague had three RBI.
North Lenoir improved to 8-2 overall and 4-1 in conference action. They travel to Greene Central on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Princeton 19, Hobbton 0
* Hailey Wood pitched a perfect game and was a home run shy of the cycle as Princeton handled Hobbton 19-0 via the mercy rule in five innings on Friday.
Wood finished with four hits at the plate and didn't allow a ball to be put in play as she collected 15 strikeouts in the circle.
Six Princeton players collected at least one extra base hit.
Wood, Megan Bryant and Beth Braswell each had triples.
Princeton improved to 10-4 overall and 6-1 in conference action. They travel to Rosewood on Monday.
Girls' Soccer
Eastern Wayne 1, Wilson Hunt 0
* After moving forward Megan Mozingo to the back line, the Eastern Wayne Warriors salvaged just four shots on goal.
They only needed one.
Mozingo found the back of the net after a Cameron Dove corner kick and the Warriors handed Wilson Hunt a 1-0 defeat on Friday evening.
Mozingo, teamed up with Dove in the center of the defense to keep No. 15-ranked Hunt off the scoreboard, despite 15 shots.
"Coming to Hunt and beating a state-ranked team is a great achievement for our very young squad," EW coach Jorg Wagner said. "(Megan and Cameron) are very experienced players and in difficult match ups, Megan's superb athleticism adds another layer of security to our back line."
Other Local Sports
- Preps digest: Middle school news
- Boxscore: Rosewood-Princeton softball
- Dogs' Wood, Braswell combine for 2-hit shutout over Eagles
- Gators pick up pair of league wins
- Chargers defeat Pope John Paul, 5-0
- Bethel Christian defeats Wayne Christian
- Rebels slip past Tigers in Carolina 1A baseball
- Conquerors get 2nd win of the season
- Spring Creek rolls over Carolina 1A foe Neuse Charter
- Golden Falcons' Casey throws 5-hit shutout