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Friday, April 29, 2016

Rain suspends Princeton-ND softball game

bdavis@newsargus.com CALYPSO -- Thunder in the sky. Lightning on the mound. Pitchers Hailey Wood of Princeton and Rylee Pate of North Duplin battled it out on Thursday evening for 3 1/2 innings in a highly anticipated Carolina 1-A Conference rematch....

Chargers' chaotic pace bothers Eagles

jhayes@newsargus.com Wayne Country Day, emboldened by a chaotic new approach to life on the basepaths, sprinted past county rival Wayne Christian in mercy-rule fashion, 13-0, under threatening skies Thursday evening. The Chargers improved to 10-6-1 overall this season. Following a...

Bizarre play favors Spring Creek in 4th inning

rcoggins@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Dark ominous clouds, illuminated by lightning from time to time, slowly crept across "The Swamp" on Thursday afternoon. Despite the gloomy conditions, the baseball Gods shined brightly on Spring Creek -- a mere two days after...

Former CBA standout earns league award

Barton Media Relations HIGH POINT -- Barton College senior Rachel Jordan, a graduate of Charles B. Aycock, earned first-team all-Conference Carolinas in softball. The utility player appeared in 21 games at third base, 14 games at first base and eight...

Harkay punches in 4 goals, SC knocks off Rosewood

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Madison Harkay punched in four goals, including a penalty kick, as Spring Creek cruised past Rosewood, 5-2, in a Carolina 1-A Conference battle Thursday evening. Madison Sullivan converted a free kick and dished out an assist for...

Rosewood softball tops Spring Creek

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Keelin Hunter batted 3-for-4 with an RBI as Rosewood carved out an 11-7 victory over Carolina 1-A Conference foe Spring Creek on a stormy Thursday evening. Officials called the game due to lightning in the seventh inning....

BOX: WCDS baseball @ Wayne Christian

Thursday's game at Wayne Christian Wayne Country Day 111 64 -- 13 15 0 Wayne Christian 000 00 -- 0 3 2 Leading hitters: Wayne Country Day -- Jacob Magera 1-4, 3 RBI; Amane Godo 1-3, 2 RBI; Zach Barfield...

BOX: Rosewood baseball @ Spring Creek

Thursday's game at Seven Springs Rosewood 101 000 0 -- 2 7 1 Spring Creek 100 300 x -- 4 7 3 Leading hitters: Rosewood -- Boone Moody 1-4; Ethan Chapin 1-3, RBI; Chance Howard 2-3; Hayden Amodeo 2-3, 2B;...

JUCO standout Flippin signs with University of Mount Olive

nwccrangers.com SENATOBIA, Miss. -- Sophomore forward D.J. Flippin of Northwest Mississippi Community College has signed a national letter-of-intent to play basketball at the University of Mount Olive next season. "I'm excited to continue my career at the next level," said...

UMO baseball advances in Conference Carolinas tournament

UMO Media Relations BURLINGTON -- Bruce Zimmerman worked seven innings and University of Mount Olive cranked out six extra-base hits during an opening-round, 7-2 victory over Belmont Abbey in the Conference Carolinas baseball tournament Thursday morning. Heavy rain, accompanied by...