With one game left to play in the regular season, the Greene Central baseball team is still untouchable.
The Rams scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on Friday in Snow Hill to break a 3-3 tie with Farmville Central and claim their 20th victory in 20 games this season, 5-3. The win also capped a perfect run through the Eastern Plains Conference for the Rams.
Greene Central (20-0, 12-0) got a double and two big RBIs off the bat of Riley Radford, while Jordan Scott and Will Radford had two hits apiece and Braden Burress and Cameron Taylor knocked in runs.
Alex Moye led the Jaguars (11-7, 7-3) with a 3-for-4 game that included an RBI, while Trey Williford (RBI) and Brett Cash (2B) had two hits each and Luke Corbett drove in the other FC run.
Greene Central hosts Croatan on Wednesday, while Farmville hosts North Pitt on Tuesday.
D.H. Conley 11, Ayden-Grifton 2
The Vikings ran away with Saturday’s non-conference game, plating four runs in the fourth inning for a 5-0 lead and never trailing.
Aaron Holley went five innings on the mound, struck out seven and allowed just one hit for Conley (18-2). At the plate, Adyn Gooding was 2-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and two RBIs, Jacob Scott was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Rooke Knittle was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and Nolan Winfield doubled.
The Chargers (13-9) managed just three hits including a triple and an RBI from Camden Wilson, and Brysen Williams had the other RBI.
Conley hosted 18-1 Bear Grass on Monday before closing the regular season on Tuesday at South Central, while A-G hosts Washington on Tuesday.
South Central 13, Rolesville 3 (5 inn.)
The Falcons won their fifth straight on Friday in five innings.
Mason Hobbs was 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, while Brody Brannan added two doubles and two RBIs, Christian Chance was 3-for-4 with a double and Tyce Thompson also doubled in the win.
South Central (16-4, 7-3) hosts Conley on Tuesday.
West Craven 18, North Pitt 8
North Pitt led 2-1 after one inning but West Craven poured in eight runs in the second and never looked back on Friday night.
The Panthers nonetheless pounded out 10 hits, including a double and three RBIs from Garrett Bailey and two-hit games from Kamien Little-Burgess and Bryce Henderson, and Kolby Burroughs drove in a run.
NP (3-15, 0-10) plays at Farmville Central on Tuesday.
SOFTBALL
South Central 10, Jacksonville 0 (5 inn.)
Haven Roebuck’s personal home run derby continued on Friday night as she ripped another long ball as part of a 3-for-4, three-run, three-RBI night and South Central won its fifth straight.
Ava Coward (2-3) also homered and drove in two, Kamdyn Haislip was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI and Madison Zobre was 3-for-3 with three runs and an RBI.
SC (12-4, 9-1) hosts D.H. Conley on Tuesday.
Farmville Central 15, Greene Central 0 (3 inn.)
The Jaguars finished off a season sweep of the Rams on Friday in a three-inning shutout capped by a nine-run third.
Farmville (11-5, 6-4) pounded out 10 hits, including Hannah Sugg going 2-for-3 with two doubles and four RBIs, while Haleigh Long was 3-for-3 with a double, three runs scored and three RBIs, Claire Neely was 3-for-3 with two RBIs, Laycie Eastwood tripled and drove in two, Jayden Speight was 2-for-2 and Aidyn McLawhorn doubled and drove in one.
Farmville hosts North Pitt on Tuesday, while winless Greene Central hosted Eastern Wayne on Monday and hosts Fike on Wednesday to close out the regular season.
West Craven 18, North Pitt 3 (4 inn.)
The Panthers suffered their ninth straight loss after the Eagles rolled up 17 hits on Friday.
NP (6-4, 3-7) plays at Farmville Central on Tuesday.
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