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Martin County softball caps off great regular season with home win over Tarboro
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (WITN) - The Martin County softball team has had a terrific regular season and they finished it off with a sound home win 21-0 over Tarboro in three innings on Thursday night. They tell me they are co-conference champions with Perquimans this year. The regular season finale win...
BIG EAST TRACK: Rocky Mount sweeps team championships
The Rocky Mount High School track teams made it a sweep during the Big East 2A/3A Conference Championships held on Wednesday at Rocky Mount High School. The Gryphons won the girls title 185-131 over Franklinton, while Southern Nash was third with 94 points and Nash Central took fourth with 76 points. Northern Nash (41), Roanoke Rapids (13) and Bunn (2) rounded out the field. On the boys side, Rocky Mount...
High school roundup: Chargers baseball, softball get road wins
The Ayden-Grifton baseball team snapped a three-game losing streak on Wednesday night in a 5-0 shutout of Nash Central in Rocky Mount. A-G blew up for four runs in the top of the third inning, then tacked on an insurance run in the fifth. The Chargers rapped seven hits versus two for the hosts. Ayden-Grifton (13-8, 4-6) travels to D.H. Conley on Saturday afternoon. ...
TENNIS: Warren, Pittman, Underwood/Gonzalez win Big East titles
It took an extra day, but the Big East 2A/3A Conference has its tennis champions and regional qualifiers for the 2024 season. Nash Central’s Marquel Warren, Northern Nash’s Bryce Pittman and the Southern Nash doubles duo of Frank Gonzalez and Alex Underwood claimed conference titles during the event held Tuesday through Thursday at Sunset Park in Rocky Mount. The division singles and doubles finals were scheduled for Wednesday, but afternoon...
Softball Game Recap: Rocky Mount Gryphons vs. Franklinton Rams
Sadly, Rocky Mount is still looking for their first win of the season after 18 matches. They fell victim to a tough 29-11 loss at the hands of the Franklinton Rams on Tuesday. Even if Rocky Mount couldn't come away with the victory, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their hitters, which had struggled int the games prior.
SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Ladybirds clinch Big East regular-season title
The Southern Nash softball team improved to 17-0 on the season and 11-0 in Big East Conference play with a 10-0 victory over Northern Nash on Tuesday. The win clinched an outright Big East 2A/3A Conference championship for the Ladybirds and also the number one seed in the Big East Tournament, which will begin next week. Southern’s Sarah Ewers got the start on the mound and pitched a five-inning no...
SPORTS ROUNDUP: Bulldog bats go silent in loss to A-G
Nash Central mustered just two hits and wasn’t able to score in a nonconference loss at home to Ayden-Grifton on Wednesday night. The Chargers (13-8 overall) broke open the game with a four-run third inning and added a run in the fifth frame. Nash Central dropped to 10-11 overall. Shea Whitley and Landyn Holt had...
SOCCER ROUNDUP: RMA cruises past Spartans, now 13-0
The Rocky Mount Academy girls remained unbeaten (13-0) with a 10-1 victory at home over Kerr Vance Academy on Tuesday in a Carolina Independent Conference match. Isabella Daza collected three goals for the Eagles (8-0 in conference) while Millar Berry and Taylor Carmichael provided two goals each and Jenna Crowder, Hannah Garris and Britt Gaynor also had goals. Daza also dished out three assists, while Berry and Chloe Achilles each...
Wesleyan women's tennis advances in USAS tourney
The reward for the North Carolina Wesleyan University tennis program sweeping the men’s and women’s division of the USA South Conference this spring is it gets to host the conference championship tournament. The Bishop women (8-0) and men (6-0) are the top seeds for their respective divisions as the single-elimination event began on Tuesday at the higher-seeded teams. Wesleyan’s women, the top seed in their division, improved to 10-6 overall...
SOCCER ROUNDUP: RMA rallies, seals CIC season crown
Rocky Mount Academy’s girls soccer team clinched the Carolina Independent Conference’s regular-season championship with a 7-4 win over Fayetteville Academy on Thursday night at home. The Eagles moved to 14-0 on the season with what coach Eric Gutshall called “a terrific performance” in the comeback victory. Falling behind 1-0 early, the Eagles stormed back with four goals to take a 4-1 lead into halftime. ...
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Knights withstand comeback by Southern Nash
Northern Nash built a two-run lead in the top of the seventh inning and then withstood a two-run rally by Southern Nash in the bottom of the frame to take a one-run victory in a Big East 2A/3A Conference game on the road in Bailey on Tuesday night. The Knights improved to 8-3 in the conference (second place) and 11-7 overall while the Firebirds fell to 4-7 in the league and 8-13 overall. ...
TENNIS ROUNDUP: Patriots beat Oakwood twice
Faith Christian School won two matches over Oakwood in Carolina Independent Conference play at home on Tuesday. The Patriots completed a suspended match at Oakwood earlier in the season by winning 5-0, then defeated the Eagles 7-2 in the regularly-scheduled match. FCS improved to 3-0 in the conference and 9-2 overall. In a match suspended...
BASEBALL ROUNDUP: NN tops SN, claims share of Big East season title
Northern Nash’s baseball team claimed a share of the Big East 2A/3A Conference regular-season title by outlasting rival Southern Nash 13-8 in the season finale at home Thursday night in Red Oak. The Knights (9-3 conference, 12-7 overall) have won four in a row going into next week’s conference tournament. They tied Bunn (also 9-3 in the league and 14-6 overall), who beat Roanoke Rapids 8-3 on Thursday. Southern Nash...
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