Baseball -- Wayne Christian lights up Norlina

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on April 29, 2004 2:01 PM

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NORLINA -- Wayne Christian's J.D. Hightower had four hits, including a home run and four RBI to help guide the Eagles to a 15-12 win in a slugfest at Norlina Christian Academy.

The two teams combined for 30 hits on the game.

Josh Brannan added three hits and two RBI for the Eagles (10-3 overall), who improved to 5-1 in the Carolina Christian 1-A Conference heading into the first round of the conference tournament at home against Community Christian at 5 p.m.

Norlina takes on Village Christian in the tournament's opener at 3 p.m.

Jordan Yelverton, Billy Smith, Andrew Bass and Tyler Thomas all had two hits for the Eagles with Yelverton driving in two with a double.

Billy Smith picked up the win on the mound for Wayne Christian in two innings of relief work.

Wayne Christian 013 0(10)1 -- 15 17 0

Norlina 321 240 -- 12 13 1

Leading hitters -- Wayne Christian -- J.D. Hightower 4-5, HR, 4 RBI; Josh Brannan 3-4, 2 RBI; Jordan Yelverton 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI; Billy Smith 2-4; Andrew Bass 2-3; Tyler Thomas 2-4. Norlina -- Arnie Watkins 3-4.

IP H R ER BB SO

Wayne Christian

Kyle Pender 2 6 5 4 2 1

J.D. Hightower 2 3 3 2 3 3

Billy Smith (W) 2 4 4 4 3 0

Norlina

Clay Carroll 3 8 4 4 0 2

Mike Shearn (L) 2 8 10 8 2 1

Charlie Adams 1 1 1 0 2 0