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STAFF REPORTS SWANSBORO — Leilani Criss went 4-for-4 with four RBIs and scored two runs in leading Swansboro High’s soft ball team to a 12-2 win over ‘Richlands Tuesday evening to ‘claim at least a share of the East Central 2-A Conference championship. The game was called after the fifth inning due to the 10- run lead rule. The Pirates, who finished the conference regular season with an 11-1 mark, will play a one game playoff with East Duplin if the Panthers can win on Fri day. “We are ecstatic,” Swans boro head coach Drew Farneth said, “One of our goals was to just make the playoffs. The girls worked hard to accom plish this.” Tanisha LeBlanc added a hit, one RBI and three runs while Tara Ballard, Kathleen Olson and Danielle Towler each had a hit for Swansboro, which scored four runs in the first in ning and five runs in the sec ond. Katie Reed earned her 13th win in 14 decisions, striking out five and allowing just two runs. Tia Gidrey went 1-for-2 for Richlands. Rielands 000 20 Swansboro 450 03 -L WP—Reed (13-1) 5 IP 3H, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K. LP Leslee Taylor 5 IP 8H, 12 R, 6 BB, 3 K. LEADING HIT TERS—S: Criss 4-4, 2B, 4 RBI; LeBlanc 1-2, RBI, runs; Ballard 1-2, 2 RBI; Olson 1-3, 3 runs; Towler 1- 8, 2 RBI. RHS: Tia Gidrey 1-2. RECORDS—S: 17-2 11-1. vs. TBA - East Duplin 6, East Carteret 1: At Morehead City, East Duplin clinched a playoff berth with an East Central 2-A Conference win over East Carteret. The Panthers, the defending Eastern Regional champions, need to win on Friday at home against Croatan to share the league crown with Swansboro. East Dublin is 10-1 in league play while the Pirates are 11-1. “As well as we did last year and the fact that we had a lot of the girls coming back, we ex pected to get back to the play offs,” said Panthers head coach Greg Jenkins. “We have to win our next game to tie the confer ence championship. “If that happens, we can ei ther flip a coin for the top seed or we can have a one-game playoff.” Liz Hatcher, a senior right hander who surpassed 600 strikeouts last week, earned her 10th win in going the dis tace, giving up one run while striking out five. Junior Kelly Brown had a pair of hits and a run while Bri anna Whaley had two RBIs for the Panthers. Dixon 8, Lejeune 2: Aboard Camp Lejeune, Dixon took advantage of shaky field play from Lejeune to defeat the Devil Cups in a Coastal Plains 1- A Conference game. Kelly Padgett went 2-for-4 while Veronica Bailey had a hit and four RBIs for the Bulldogs. PREP ROUNDUP Padgett was also the winning pitcher, allowing five hits and two runs in five innings while striking out three. Jovanni Henderson had a hit and two RBIs for Lejeune. TEAM Dixon 103 211 101000 . _ 5 WP—Padgett 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 3 K. LP—Erin Mc Neely 716 H, 8 R, 1 BB, 3. LEADING HITTERS D: Padgett 2-4; Bailey 1-4, 4 RBI; B. Fairbanks 2-4, Henderson 1-3, 2 RBI; Megan Hetterscheidt 1-3 Analissa Anguiano 1-3. RECORDS—L: 6-14, 4-8 season done. TENNIS — Swansboro 8, South Columbus 1: After dropping No. 1 singles, Swansboro won the next eight matches to come away with a win over South Columbus in the first round of the NCHSAA 2-A playoffs at Jacksonville High School. Tony LaMarca earned a 6-0, 6-0 victory over his opponent at No. 3 while Wilson Miller cap tured a win over his foe at No. 5, 6-0, 6-1 for the Pirates, the No. 1 seed of the East Central 2-A Conference. The three doubles teams of Mike Bryant and LaMarca, Matt Adkins and Harry Schmitz and Miller and Joseph Hernandez won for Swansboro. “This was a good perfor mance for us,” said Swansboro head coach Jim Sheehan. “I was real pleased with the play of the doubles teams.” SINGLES: Jordan Ford (SC) def. Mike Bryant 6-3, 6- 2; Matt Adkins (S) def. Grayson Harris 6-1, 6-1; Tony LaMarca (S) def. Joseph Cribb 6-0, 6-0; Hanry Schmitz (S) def. Sam Fipps 6-4, 6-1; Wilson Miller (S) def. Lee ne : 6-1; Joseph Hernandez (S) def. Nick Blair DOUBLES: Bryant/LaMarca (S) def. Ford Blair 10-2 Adkins/Schmitz (S) def. Harris/Cribb 10-0; Miller/Her nendez (S) def. Fipps/Hinson 10-2. RECORDS: S. 11-3, at TBA Tuesday, BASEBALL - Dixon 12, Lejeune 10: Dixon scored five runs in a wild fifth inning and went on to beat host Lejeune in a Coastal Plains 1-A Conference game aboard Camp Lejeune. In a neighborhood affair that saw the two teams combine for 22 runs, 22 hits and 12 errors. Lejeune led 6-5 entering the fifth but the Bulldogs loaded the bases on two walks and a hit-batsman. Two singles, two errors and two more walks lat er, Dixon had a 10-6 lead. “It was a little bit of their do ing and some of our own,” said Lejeune coach Pete Anderton “That’s been our trouble all season. The Devil Cups, who finished their season with a 6-12 overall record and 3-7 in the CPC came right back to score three times in the bottom of the fifth, but Dixon answered with two more in the top of the sixth to seal the win. Steve Andryshak was 3-for-4, drove in two runs and scored twice to lead the Bulldogs. Rus sell Edens and Daniel Walker also had two hits apiece. Stacy Young picked up the win in relief of starter David Edens for Dixon Kevin Cunningham was 3 of 5 for Lejeune, including a triple and two RBIs. Ryan Title also had three hits in five at-bats. Playing their final games for the Devil Cups were seniors Glenn Norsworthy, Nick Thompson and John Eve. TEAM R HE Dixon 310 152 0-12 10 ¢ 320 131 0-10 12 7 WP—Stacy Young 3 IP 9H, 4 ER, 0K, 4 BB, LP— Norsworthy (0-1) 4 13 IR 7H, 10 ER, 2 K, 5 BB. LEADING HITTERS—D: Andryshak 3-4, 2R, 2RBI; Edens 2-2; Walker 2-4, 2 RBI. L: Kevin Cunningham 3- 5, 3B, 2RBI; Ryan Tittle 3-5, 1R; Norsworthy 2-4, RBI. RECORDS—L: 6-12, 3-7, end of season. — Hoggard 13, White Oak 2: At Wilmington, White Oak was left with one shot at avoiding a winless Mideastern 3-A/4-A Conference season, falling to league-leading Hoggard. The Vikings end the season with a home test against archri val Jacksonville on Friday night at 7 Hoggard exploded for its 13 runs in the first three innings. Play was halted after five in nings because of the 10-run lead rule. Jesse Hudson and Adam Deleo each slugged a home run for Hoggard. TEAM oe White Oak 00200 ace ae Hoggard 544 0x -13 112 WP—Zac Long (5-0) LP—Zach Cooper. LEADING HITTERS—H: Deleo HR, 2B, Hudson HR, Michael O'Beirne 2B, Seth Wachtel 2B, Long 2B, Robert Branch 2B, RECORDS—WO 4-16, 0-11 conf., hosts Jacksonville Friday night at 7. — East Carteret 4, East Du plin 3, 8 innings, At Beaufort, Mike Hancock slammed a dou ble with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning to send host East Carteret to an extra inning East Central 2-A Con ference triumph against East Duplin The loss nixed East Duplin’s bid to win the league title out right, and the Panthers can share the top spot only if they win their finale at home against Croatan on Friday night and front-running Richlands loses to Southwest Onslow on Thurs day night. East Duplin, 14-8 overall and 7-4 in the East Central, was un able to capitalize upon Swans boro’s 3-2 conquest of Rich lands on Tuesday night. “(Swansboro) did just what we wanted them to do,” said East Duplin head coach Kirk Kennedy. “And the way we lost (four unearned runs) really (hurt).” East Duplin forced the extra inning by erasing a 3-0 deficit with three runs in the top of the sixth. Sophomore Travis Aldridge’s single and an error set the stage for Dustin Hatch er’s two-run triple. With two outs, Hatcher scored on Corey Houston’s single. However, the fifth error led to the Panthers downfall in the eighth. A sacrifice bunt put the baserunner at second. After an intentional walk, Hancock de livered. Losing pitcher Daniel Bliz zard, a senior right-hander, al lowed six hits and six walks while striking out six. Ben Springle earned the win in re lief, holding the Panthers hit less the last 22/3 innings. Springle also batted 2-for-4 with a triple and scored twice. Kennedy said the Panthers sur vived Springle’s triple in the seventh and found themselves in jams numerous innings be cause of shaky defensive play. TEAM a East Duplin 000003 00-34 5 East Carteret 000 120 01-46 2 (3-4) 7 3 IP6H4 RO ER 6 BB 6 K. LEADING HIT TERS—ED: Aldridge 1-3, Hatcher 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI; Houston 1-4, RBI; Blizzard 1-4; ED: Springle 2-4, 3B, 2 R; Hancock 1-5, 2B, RBI. RECORDS—ED 14-8, 7-4 on hosts Croatan Friday night at 7 EC 6-13, 5-6 conf. GOLF 4-A Championship: At Pinehurst, Raleigh Broughton won the 4-A men’s champi onship, marking its sixth title in seven seasons. Webb Simpson led Broughton, winning the indi vidual title with a two-day total of 141 at Pinehurst No. 2. Simp son had a 1-under 71 in the fi nal round, helping him hold off Wilmington Ashley’s Chip De selms, who shot a 67 to finish two shots back overall. Broughton shot a 291 Tuesday to finish with a 590 for the tourna ment, three shots better than de fending champion Morrisville Green Hope. Before Green Hope’s title last year, Broughton had won five in a row. = 3-A Championship: At Vass, Wilson Fike’s John Tyler- Griffin got off to a hot start and went on to win the 3-A men’s championship. Tyler-Griffin shot a 33 on the front nine and finished at 2-un der 70 in the final round at Woodlake Country Club. He finished with a 140, five shots better than Smithfield-Selma’s Derek Wallace. First-day leader Robert Wil helm of Franklin, who shot a 69 on Monday, had a 77 in the final round. Southwest Guilford won the team title, finishing with a 605 for a 12-stroke win over sec ond-place Fike. It was South west Guilford’s first golf title since 1987. 2-A Championship: At Buie’s Creek, Northern Vance’s David Faulkner and Charlotte Catholic rallied to win 2-A men’s championships. Faulkner shot a 67 in the final round at Keith Hills Country Club, erasing a seven-stroke deficit to win the individual ti tle. Charlotte Catholic won the team title by shooting a 296, overtaking first-round leader Western Alamance. Faulkner came into the day tied with six golfers at 74, well behind first-day leader Cody Walker of Lenoir Hibriton. But Faulkner’s 5-under round Tuesday coupled with Walker’s second-day 76 was enough to win with a 143. Faulkner finished two shots back. Western Alamance led with a 292 on Monday, but Charlotte Catholic erased a five-stroke gap to win the team title with a 593. Western Alamance fin ished six shots back. = 1-A Championship: At Pine hurst, Cameron Cheek shot a 72 to win top individual honors and lead defending champion Siler City Jordan Matthews to the 1-A men’s championship. Cheek finished with a 1-over 143 to win the individual title at The Club at Longleaf. East Sur ry’s Tommy Gibson, who entered the final round tied with Cheek at 71, finished two strokes back. Cheek finished third in last year’s event, which was won by teammate Burton Wood. But Wood was unable to compete in this year’s regionals to qualify for the state championship due to in juries suffered in a car wreck. Jordan-Matthews won its second straight team title by shooting 614, 13 shots better than East Surry. 1 TEAM East Duplin 011002 2-672 East Carteret 0001000-144 WP—Hatcher (10-3) 7 IR 4H, 1R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5K. LP—A, Willis 7 IR, 7H, 6 R, 2 BB, 4 K. LEADING HIT TERS—ED: Brown 2-4; Whaley 2 RBI. ED. L. Lilley 1- 3, RBI. RECORDS—ED: 15-5-1, 10-1, hosts Croatan Friday. KE o n THE DAILY NEWS / RANDY DAVEY Here’s the pitch: Richlands starting pitcher Bryan Bialecki releases the ball during Tuesday's 3-2 Swansboro victory in an East Central 2-A Conference game.
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