Editor’s note: The following is a roundup of recent Perquimans High School sports games.
Softball
Martin County 2, Perquimans 0The Perquimans softball team fell just short in its game against undefeated Martin County on Tuesday, April 16, by a 2-0 score.
Addisyn Stallings went six innings, giving up two earned runs on four hits. She also struck out five.
Peyton Lane of Martin County not only pitched a complete-game win for the Knights, she also hit a game-winning two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
South Central 2 Perquimans 1The Perquimans Lady Pirates softball team came up just short on Wednesday, April 17, when they played South Central, falling 2-1.
Perquimans got on the board in the bottom of the first inning when Kaydee Hunter singled, but an error by the center fielder scored Hunter.
The Lady Pirates maintained their lead until the top half of the sixth inning when South Central tied the game. South Central scored the go ahead run in the top of the seventh on a single that scored a run.
Hunter, Lilly Winslow, Karsyn Clayton and Bristyl Riddick each had a hit in the game for the Lady Pirates.
Perquimans 10, Martin County 9After falling by one run earlier in the week, the Perquimans Lady Pirates softball team defeated previously undefeated Martin County 10-9 in extra innings on Friday, April 19.
Martin County was 16-0 and 7-0 in Four Rivers Conference play before Perquimans got the win on Friday night. They are both now 7-1 in the conference.
Perquimans jumped on the scoreboard early, with three runs in the first inning, followed by four runs in the third inning and two in the fourth.
Martin County was down 9-5 heading into the sixth inning, but they were able to scrape across four runs in the sixth inning to tie the game at nine.
Bristyl Riddick walked to start the rally in the eighth inning. Elizabeth Gregory flew out to right field and Riddick tagged up to move to second base.
Kenley Stallings then doubled to score Riddick to win the game for the Lady Pirates.
Baseball
Martin County 5 Perquimans 4In a close game at Martin County, the Perquimans County High School Pirates fell 5-4.
The Pirates held a 4-0 lead heading into the fifth inning, but a five-run fifth for the Knights gave them a lead that they would not relinquish.
It was the first conference loss of the season for Perquimans.
Maddux Thach and Jacob Askew combined for four of the six hits on the night for the Pirates. Askew and Collin Roberts had the four runs batted in.
Thach pitched five innings for Perquimans, giving up five unearned runs. He walked three and struck out seven. Connor Futrell pitched the sixth inning, allowing no hits and striking out one.
The Knights scored all of their runs in the fifth inning that started with a Perquimans error. Thach struck out the next two batters, but a Martin County hitter then singled, and the next hitter walked to load the bases.
Another walk scored the first run for the Knights. Back-to-back errors pushed across the plate three more runs, and a single scored what proved to be the winning run — all with two outs in the fifth.
Perquimans 7, Martin County 3The Perquimans Pirates baseball team scored six runs in the first inning en route to a 7-3 win over Martin County Friday night.
Martin County got on the board first in the top of the first, but the Pirates exploded for six runs in the bottom half of the inning. Cameron Goodrow pitched a stellar game to keep Martin County’s bats at bay.
Goodrow pitched a complete game, giving up three runs on nine hits while striking out five batters.
Sean Saunders doubled home the first run in the first inning. Will Rucker’s groundout then scored Saunders. Goodrow, Coley Drew and Maddux Thach each followed with run-scoring singles.
Martin County scored two runs in the second inning, but that was all of their scoring as Goodrow shut the door for the rest of the game.
The Pirates scored their seventh run in the bottom of the sixth inning.
In girls soccer, Perquimans defeated Bear Grass Charter 1-0 on Tuesday, April 16.
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