Softball
Cary 9, Lee County 7
The Lady Yellow Jackets fought back multiple times, including with a three-run rally to make a 7-7 tie through five innings, but Cary (5-10, 4-8) took the lead for good in the sixth inning
Every sports fan knows what can be done with win-loss records in a true rivalry. Lee County (6-11) stopped its four-game losing skid and Southern Lee's (15-4) 10-game winning streak with a 6-0 victory
Softball
Western Harnett 7, Lee County 3
Western Harnett (10-4, 7-2 CFVC) broke a 3-3 tie with a run in the sixth, then scored three more runs in the seventh, to win a non-conference game at Lee County (3-11, 2-8 Tri-Nine) Wednesday evening.
Baseball
Southern Lee 15, Westover 1
The Cavaliers (15-3, 7-1) rolled to their 10th straight win, third straight double-digit win and, combined with other results in the Cape Fear Valley Conference Tuesday night, moved into first place in the CFVC with a victory at Westover.
The second Southern Lee versus Lee County baseball game of the season, originally slated for Saturday afternoon at Lee County, has been moved to Thursday night at LCHS.
As high school track season moves toward it's key points, every day left in the season is all about peaking at the right time.
Baseball
Grace Christian 19, Northwood Temple 5
Northwood Temple led 5-0 going to the fifth inning before the visiting Crusaders got going for a Carolina Christian Conference win Monday evening.
Lee County High School will host the ACC All-Stars and one stop of the 35th Annual ACC Barnstorming Tour on Monday, April 22. The ACC All-Star roster will include starters from UNC, N.C. State, Duke and Wake Forest for the first time in the tour’s history.
Cape Fear Valley track meet No. 5
at Reid Ross Classical School, Fayetteville
Lee County all-conference, all-state and all-region soccer standout Ben Grossfuss signed on Wednesday to attend and play soccer at Lynchburg College starting this fall.
Facing its county rival for the first time this season, Southern Lee's baseball squad kept rolling along Thursday night, beating visiting Lee County 11-1 in five innings.
Boys tennis
Union Pines 9, Southern Lee 0
Baseball
Southern Lee 4, Western Harnett 3
The Cavaliers got a complete game on the mound by Derek Jackson and swept Western Harnett for the regular season Tuesday night at Tramway Road Park.
Often times experience is something gained when it's least wanted. If the adage is true, Lee County's freshman pitchers Savannah Patterson and Morgan Pedley earned lots of experience Tuesday night.
Baseball
Jordan-Matthews 7, Northwood 3
Hunter Causey and Casey Golden each hit two-run homers leading Jordan-Matthews (9-4, 3-2) to its second win in three days over the Chargers (11-4, 7-0) in Siler City Monday night.
Lee County's first football season as a 3A program will start in South Carolina and the regular-season finale will be Brick City Bowl VIII, It will be the first time Lee County and Southern Lee will clash as county plus conference rivals.
Baseball
Providence Grove 6, Lee County 5
After Lee County rallied back from a 5-1 deficit with two innings to play, Providence Grove (7-5) scored a run on a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the seventh to win in the Asheboro Copperheads Classic at McCrary Park on Wednesday night.
It was the shot heard around the world, or at least seen around world, after showcasing on ESPN SportsCenter as Tuesday’s top play of the day.
Baseball
Lee County 3, Asheboro 1 - 8 innings
Alex Scott and Patrick Bethea came through with RBI hits in the top of the eighth inning to give Lee County a 2-0 mark in the Asheboro Copperhead Classic Tuesday night.
Baseball
Lee County 7, Eastern Randolph 5
The Yellow Jackets snapped a 5-5 tie with two runs in the top of the sixth and held on from there to beat Eastern Randolph (6-6) on the first night of the Asheboro Copperhead Classic at McCrary Park Monday night.
Baseball
Southern Lee 3, Gray's Creek 2
Behind Derek Jackson's complete game on the mound, the Cavaliers (8-3, 5-1) gave Gray's Creek (9-3, 5-1) its first Cape Fear Valley loss on Thursday night in Hope Mills.