Ryan Mattes' shutout paced top-seeded Campbell in a 4-0 opening round win over No. 8 Charleston Southern Tuesday in the Big South Championships at the Liberty Baseball Stadium.
No. 28 Campbell used four-run sixth and seventh innings to finish the regular season with a 9-6 win over visiting New Orleans Saturday at Jim Perry Stadium.
Gray’s Creek senior and future East Carolina hurler T.J. McDonald was named the Cape Fear Valley Conference’s Player of the Year for the 2013 baseball campaign last week.
Baseball
Northwood 5, First Flight 3
The Chargers (22-5) scored two runs in the home half of the fifth to gain the lead and go on through the third round of the NCHSAA 2A State Tournament Friday night in Pittsboro.
No. 28 Campbell pounded out 14 runs on 17 hits to defeat New Orleans 14-0 Thursday at Jim Perry Stadium.
Boys golf
4A State Championships
Pinecrest defeated Myers Park by one stroke, 19-20, on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the NCHSAA 4A state championship at Pinehurst No. 8 on Tuesday.
Union Pines, following its Cape Fear Valley Conference girls soccer title this spring, had a pair of underclassmen earn two of the three league's top individual postseason honors.
Baseball
NCHSAA 1A second round
- South Stanly 10, North Moore 3
NCHSAA 2A second round
- Northwood 8, Corinth Holders 6
Softball
Union Pines 4, Southern Guilford 3
Lady Viking junior Lexie Coxe hit a two-out RBI double bringing Kellie Poindexter around from first to score in the bottom of the seventh inning giving Union Pines the victory in the first round of the NCHSAA 3A State Tournament Friday night in Cameron.
Overhills junior Kayla Mitchell won the state championship in the 100-meter hurdles and Western Harnett junior Mateius Brown won the state title in the discus at the NCHSAA 3A State Track and Field Championships at North Carolina A&T Saturday.
Nick Ray's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the 13th scored Elijah Trail and pushed No. 30 Campbell past Liberty, 2-1, Friday night at Jim Perry Stadium.
Baseball
NCHSAA 1A first round
- North Moore 15, Union Academy 7
- South Stokes 3, Chatham Central 2
Triton rallied from a 6-0 hole, taking the lead in a sudden two-inning span, and advanced through the first round the NCHSAA 3A State baseball tournament with a 7-6 victory over Southern Lee Friday night.
Led by Zane Lewis carding a 75 and finishing third individually, Southern Lee's boys' golf team earned its way to the NCHSAA 3A State Tournament on Thursday by taking third place at the 3A Mideast Regional Tournament at Deep Springs Country Club.
Home runs by junior second baseman Shaela Churchill and Big South Freshman of the Year catcher Courtney Klingler aided Campbell to a 4-3 victory over Gardner-Webb on Thursday evening at the Big South Championship at Winthrop's Terry Field.
Friday
Baseball
NCHSAA State Tournament first round
Girls soccer
Williams 4, Southern Lee 1
Williams (17-2), the No. 2 seed from the 3A Mid-State Conference, topped visiting Southern Lee (9-8-1) in the first round of the NCHSAA 3A State Tournament Wednesday night in Burlington in a match called at halftime due to thunderstorms.
Softball
Chatham Central 1, North Moore 0
Chatham Central (22-0) completed a perfect Yadkin Valley Conference season with the conference tournament crown to go with the season crown Tuesday night in Bear Creek.
No. 30 Campbell earned its 40th win of the season behind multiple hits from five different Camels, topping the College of Charleston 6-2 Tuesday afternoon at Patriots Point.
Today
Girls soccer
NCHSAA State Tournament first round
NCHSAA 3A Mideast Track and Field Regional Championships
at Walter M. Williams High School
Saturday
Northwood 8, Granville Central 1
The Chargers (19-5, 15-0) completed a perfect Carolina 12 season with a win at home Friday night.
About two weeks ago, Western Harnett's baseball squad had a 5-11 record. On Saturday night on the Eagles' home field, although as the No. 4 seed in the Cape Fear Valley Conference Tournament, the Eagles were conference champions.
On Friday, the Eagles (11-11) will be hosting a first round game in the NCHSAA State Tournament.
Union Pines and Western Harnett played their way into the Cape Fear Valley Conference baseball title game, which was also moved up 48 hours to Saturday evening, with victories, the No. 3-seeded Vikings beating No. 2 Southern Lee 6-3, then the No. 4 Eagles beating No. 1 Gray's Creek 10-9, on Friday night at Western Harnett.
First, the Lady Cavaliers rescued their senior night in dramatic fashion. Less than two minutes after Overhills scored to take a 3-2 lead, Southern Lee senior Alondra Aveldanez smashed a rebounded shot into an empty Overhills goal tying the match with 0:58 remaining.
