AG tennis aces Spring Creek

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Grunts punctuated groundstrokes. Close shots drew either groans or sighs of relief. And while each individual match resulted in a win or loss, Class 1-A Carolina Conference men's tennis rivals Spring Creek and Ayden-Grifton undoubtedly staged a...

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K-Tribe wins in 16 innings

Carlos Rivero delivered the game-winning hit in the 16th inning as Kinston edged Frederick 6-5 at historic Grainger Stadium earlier this morning. The Carolina League contest took nearly five hours to complete and each team used six pitchers. All three...

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Local digest

WILSON -- Eric DuBose pitched a complete game for Charles B. Aycock in a 3-2, non-conference victory over Wilson Fike. Josh Matin led the Aycock offense with an RBI double. Bryant Hill and Zach Wright each belted RBI singles in...

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Prep baseball box

Eastern Wayne 16, Spring Creek 0 (5 inn.) Eastern Wayne 200 (11)3 -- 16 16 0 Spring Creek 000 00 -- 0 4 2 Leading hitters -- Eastern Wayne -- Walker Gourley 3-4, HR, RBI; Jose Ponce 3-4, RBI; Nolan...

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Eastern Wayne downs Gators

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Eastern Wayne pounded out 16 hits and used an 11-run, fourth-inning outburst to defeat county foe Spring Creek 16-0 on Thursday afternoon. The Warriors started off slow, however. Spring Creek hurler Paul Hayes allowed two early runs,...

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Prep tennis boxscores

Ayden-Grifton 7 Spring Creek 2 Singles: No. 1 Eric Sjoerdsma (AG) d. Daniel Richter 7-6 (5), 6-0; No. 2 A.J. Lewis (AG) d. Matt Richter 6-4, 7-5; No. 3 Colby Strickland (SC) d. Peter Ramirez 6-2, 2-6, 10-3; No. 4...

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