WNC spring sports Week 11 top performers from first round of baseball, softball playoffs

Here are the Western North Carolina athletes who had top performances this week in spring sports .

This list is compiled from information provided to the Citizen Times (sports@citizentimes.com) or posted on MaxPreps or social media. It will be updated throughout the week.

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Thursday

Baseball

Seth Coxie, Asheville Christian Academy: Coxie went 4-for-4 at the plate, driving in four runs in a 10-2 win over Calvary Day School. He also struck out five in two hitless innings on the mound.

Girls soccer

Maddie Beene, Madison: Beene made eight saves to preserve the shutout in a 1-0 win over Enka.

Amber Hernandez, Madison: Hernandez scored the game winning goal in the first half.

Casiah Cordell, North Henderson: The junior recorded a brace to help lift North Henderson to a 4-0 shutout win over Pisgah.

Jaylee Monteith, Reynolds: The freshman scored a hat trick for the Rockets in a 5-0 win over McDowell.

Mya Burrows-Kurr, Swain County: The junior scored four goals and assisted on three in a 9-4 win over Highlands.

Karena Cline, Swain County: Cline had a hat trick and five assists in the victory over the Highlanders.

Marianne Maxon, West Henderson: Maxon scored two goals and assisted two more to help the Falcons beat Tuscola, 6-0.

Wednesday

Baseball

Deegan Randall, Enka: Randall threw six innings for the Jets, striking out 11, giving up six hits and allowing only one run as Enka upset Ledford, 4-2.

Ty Aycock, Enka: Aycock went two for three and drove in the third of Enka's four runs in the fourth inning.

Ethan Orr, Robbinsville: Orr struck out eight and gave up four hits in six innings, He only allowed one run, but the Black Knights were no-hit and lost 1-0.

Girls soccer

Peyton Case, Asheville High: Case recorded two goals in Asheville's 5-1 win over Enka, securing a share of the Mountain Athletic Conference title.

Mya Burrows-Kurr, Swain County: Burrows-Kurr helped a dominant Swain County offense to a 9-0 victory over Hayesville with a hat trick and five assists.

Karena Cline, Swain County: Cline proved just as prolific as her teammate with three goals and four assists.

Tuesday

Baseball

Carter Burnette, Asheville High: Burnette drove in three runs to lead the Cougars past Ardrey Kell, 7-1, in the first round of the 4A playoffs. He also struck out four in 3⅔ innings pitched, allowing three hits to earn the win.

Manning Stewart, Carolina Day: Stewart went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored, leading the offense in a 15-5 mercy rule win over Statesville Christian in the NCISAA playoffs.

Sterling Haynes, Carolina Day: Haynes went 3-for-4 with a double and drove in two runs for the Wildcats.

Cade Caruso, Hayesville: Caruso drove in two runs, including a run in Hayesville's six-run sixth inning as they defeated Bethany Community in the first round of the 1A playoffs, 11-6.

Chance Hughes, Hayesville: Hughes went 3-for-4 and scored twice in the win.

CJ Burleson, Mountain Heritage: Burleson went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored to pace the Cougars' offense in a 7-0 win over Piedmont Community Charter in the first round of the 1A playoffs.

Lane Chandler, Mountain Heritage: Chandler threw a complete game shutout with three strikeouts and four hits allowed.

Braden Surrett, Pisgah: Surrett pitched six innings in relief after entering the game in the ninth inning of Pisgah's marathon 15-inning loss to Rockingham County, 4-3, in the 3A playoffs. He struck out six batters and gave up four hits in the loss, throwing 104 pitches in relief.

Zackary Wester, Pisgah: Wester pitched seven innings without allowing a run to help Pisgah reach extra innings, striking out nine and giving up seven hits.

Isaiah Mintz, Pisgah: Mintz went 3-for-5 and walked three times. He drove in the tying run in the top of the seventh inning.

Lawson Carter, Polk County: Carter homered in the first inning and drove in four runs on the day, delivering the Wolverines their first playoff win since 2019 in a 7-4 victory over South Stanly.

Luke Nesbitt, Reynolds: Nesbitt homered and drove in three runs at the plate and struck out four in four innings pitched in the 6-2 win over Hibriten in the first round of the 3A playoffs.

Reno Jeter, Roberson: Jeter struck out eight batters over six innings, allowing two hits and no runs in a 6-0 win over Northern Guilford to advance to the second round of the playoffs.

Jake Parham, Roberson: Parham homered in the third inning of the win.

Corey Stilwell, Swain County: Stilwell doubled and drove in two runs in the second inning of Swain County's 4-3 win over North Stokes in the first round of the 1A playoffs.

Will Holden, Swain County: Holden singled in the bottom of the seventh to bring home the walk-off run and send the Maroon Devils into the second round.

Kolt Nelson, Tuscola: Nelson went 4-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs to help the Mountaineers beat Stuart W. Cramer by mercy rule, 11-1, in the first round of the 3A playoffs.

Amos Rich, Tuscola: Rich struck out 10 batters, allowing two hits and one run in six innings. He also went 2-for-3 with an RBI.

Mason Coren, West Henderson: Coren pitched six innings in a 3-0 win over Asheboro, allowing just four hits and striking out two to send the Falcons onto the second round of the 3A playoffs.

Truitt Manuel, West Henderson: Manuel went 1-for-3 with an RBI at the plate and struck out all three batters he faced in the seventh inning to earn the save.

Softball

Claire Wilson, Brevard: Wilson went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and two runs scored to help Brevard engineer a comeback 7-2 win over Pine Lake Prep in the 2A playoffs.

Ava Rogers, Brevard: Rogers went 2-for-3 with two RBIs to help the Blue Devils move on to the second round.

Karly Presnell, Enka: Presnell struck out eight batters in seven innings, allowing only two hits to lead the Sugar Jets to a 1-0 win over North Lincoln in the first round of the 3A playoffs.

Addie Sams, Madison: Sams doubled in the seventh, bringing home the go-ahead run and capping off Madison's comeback 4-3 upset win over West Davidson in the first round of the 2A playoffs.

Miranda Wall, McDowell: The catcher hit a two-run home run in the third inning of McDowell's 4-1 first round win over Northern Guilford, 4-1, in the 4A playoffs.

Sage Young, McDowell: Young went 3-for-3 with an inside-the-park home run in the Titans' win.

Layla Presnell, McDowell: Presnell pitched five innings, striking out six, walking four and giving up one hit to earn the win.

Layla Worley, Mountain Heritage: Worley drove in the tying run in the fifth inning and homered in the eighth to give the Cougars a lead, but they fell 4-3 to Swain County in the 1A playoffs.

Nevaeh Buchanon, Mountain Heritage: Buchanon struck out 11 batters in 8.1 innings pitched in the loss.

Paisley Johnson, Murphy: Johnson outdueled Gray Stone Day, striking out seven and allowing three hits in a 2-0 victory in the first round of the 1A playoffs.

Sadie Jo Hunter, North Buncombe: Hunter struck out 13 batters, allowed four hits and gave up one unearned run in the Black Hawks' 1-0 loss to Reynolds in the 3A playoffs.

Elly Wright, Owen: Wright's three RBIs help lead the Warlassies to a 5-1 win over Burns in the 2A playoffs.

Aubrey Treadway, Reynolds: Treadway struck out 10 batters and allowed two hits to outduel North Buncombe in a 1-0 win in the first round of the 3A playoffs.

Kayla Doughty, Reynolds: Doughty drove in the winning run in the top of the seventh on a sacrifice fly to secure the upset.

Sophie Roberts, Robbinsville: Roberts hit a home run and drove home three in Robbinsville's 15-0 win three-inning win to move onto the second round of the 1A playoffs.

Sydney Adams, Robbinsville: Adams drove in three runs on a single in the Black Knights' 12-run first inning.

Rylee Rawls, Swain County: Rawls struck out 11 batters in nine innings in the circle, allowing eight hits and three runs. She also went 3-for-5 and scored the walk off run in the bottom of the ninth to beat Mountain Heritage, 4-3, in the first round of the 1A playoffs.

Makena Henderson, West Henderson: The catcher went 2-for-3 with two RBIs as part of the Falcons' 10-run third inning. West Henderson beat Stuart W. Cramer 10-0 in five innings to move to the second round of the 3A playoffs.

Harper Sikorski, West Henderson: Sikorski went 2-for-2 and drove in two runs for the Falcons.

Girls soccer

Caroline Bridges, Asheville School: Bridges scored four goals as Asheville School beat Concord Academy, 8-0, in the first round of the NCISAA playoffs.

Abby Huter, Brevard: Huter saved 14 shots against Polk County, but the Wolverines won 2-1.

Emma Ledford, Murphy: Ledford made 15 saves in 100 minutes of regulation and overtime play to help the Bulldogs earn a 1-1 tie with Highlands.

Carolina Taylor, Polk County: Taylor scored the winner in the 84th minute of Polk County's 2-1 upset victory over Brevard.

Lidia Fiore, Roberson: Fiore made five saves to shut out Reynolds, 2-0, and help Roberson clinch a share of the Mountain Athletic Conference title.

Julia Wells, Tuscola: Wells saved eight shots to preserve her eighth shutout win of the season, helping Tuscola beat Smoky Mountain 1-0.

Lauren Clonch, West Henderson: Clonch's hat trick helped lead West Henderson to a 9-0 win over Frankin.

Allison Justus, West Henderson: Justus added on to the Falcons' win with two goals and two assists.

Monday

Girls soccer

Caitlin Shapiro, Avery County: Shapiro scored a brace to help lead the Vikings past Mitchell, 4-0.

Kai'ana Stella, Mountain Heritage: The freshman scored two goals, but the Cougars fell 3-2 to Draughn.

Evan Gerike is the high school sports reporter for the Asheville Citizen Times. Email him at egerike@citizentimes.com or follow him on Twitter @EvanGerike. Please support this type of journalism with a subscription to the Citizen Times.

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