NOT THIS TIME. Bunn’s Ian Land is tagged out at home plate during Monday night’s scholastic league home baseball matchup against Sanderson. |
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TIME TO DEVELOP
BUNN -- Leonard Allen has one eye on the scoreboard and another on development as he guides his Bunn baseball players through summer league action.
Bunn has three teams of middle and high school-aged performers currently in action.
The BHS Baseball Team has a group of rising seventh and eighth-graders competing in the Nash County Babe Ruth League, and that season started two weeks ago.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter |
CCMS TRACK MVP. Distance runner Ryan Fritz was selected as the Most Valuable Performer for this year’s Cedar Creek Middle School boys track and field squad. |
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Jaguars dominant in MAC-9
YOUNGSVILLE -- After a rare two-year hiatus, the Cedar Creek Middle School boys track and field squad is back on top of the MAC-9 Conference -- and were joined by the CCMS girls team.
Cedar Creek’s tradition-rich programs swept the overall championships at the annual MAC-9 Championships, which were held last month at the Northern Vance High School Football Field in Henderson.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter |
SOUTH CREEK SOFTBALL SIGNEE. Kim Mobley, a talented catcher from South Creek High School in Robersonville, signs a letter-of-intent to join the softball program at Louisburg College. Pictured are top right is LC head fast-pitch coach Donald Stopa. |
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LC Adds Eight Softball Stars
LOUISBURG -- When Don Stopa became the Louisburg College softball coach two years ago, he inherited a team that was solid at the plate -- but relied mainly on one pitcher.
That hurler was a good one as Jamie Hockaday helped the Lady Hurricanes achieve plenty of diamond success.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter |
Hayes is selected by Canes
Shay Hayes’ history of success as a high school head coach and college assistant were certainly appealing to the Louisburg College women’s basketball coach search committee.
But one other aspect of Hayes’ resume’ caught the eye of committee member and LC Athletic Director Mike Holloman.
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Geoff Neville |
State defeated versus UCLA
OMAHA, NEB. -- North Carolina State University fell 2-1 to UCLA in perhaps the most tightly contested game of the 2013 College World Series on Tuesday night at TD Ameritrade Park.
The Wolfpack (50-15) scored once in the bottom of the third to take a 1-0 lead. UCLA (46-17) rallied with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth, and held the Pack scoreless the rest of the way to claim a 2-1 victory.
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Oxford to host C-P Tournament
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- The Dixie Youth Baseball Tournament season will begin this weekend with the District 10 Coach-Pitch event at the Oxford Webb High School Softball Field.
Both Oxford and Youngsville will field two teams as part of the double-elimination format. Other entrants will be Warren County, Louisburg and Bunn.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter |
Mudcats conclude the first half
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- Joe Maloney launched a towering, two-run home run to lift the Myrtle Beach Pelicans to a 7-5 win over the Carolina Mudcats on Sunday night at TicketReturn.com Field in a Class A Carolina League baseball showdown.
The Pelicans rallied from three down to finish the first half 40-29. The Mudcats come into the All-Star break 22-48.
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E-W game to have Canes flair
GREENSBORO -- The 2013North Carolina Coaches Association East-West All-Star Boys Basketball Game will have a Louisburg College connection.
The East Team will be guided by former Louisburg College player Bill Boyette, who competed for the Hurricanes under legendary head coach J. Enid Drake.
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LC announces soccer schedule
LOUISBURG -- Coming off their best-ever season, the Louisburg College Lady Hurricanes will kick off their 2013 soccer campaign Aug. 24 against Catonsville Community College.
The event will be played as part of a tournament at Cape Fear CC in Wilmington.
LC, coached by Andy Stokes, won the Region X and District Championships last fall en route to making its first appearance at the NJCAA National Tournament.
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GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter |
Tar Heel dates targeted
FRANKLIN COUNTY -- Dates and first-round pairings have been announced for this summer’s Tar Heel District 6 Youth Softball Tournaments.
The Coach-Pitch event is scheduled for July 8-10 at the Carver Elementary School Field in Wendell.
The 10-Under Tourney will be held June 28-30 at the Zebulon Elementary School Park.
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FCPR VOLLEYBALL SQUADS, 1
FCPR 12-OVER DIG THIS. (Back, l to r) Michelle Sosa Lopez, Coach Tracey Griffin, Tori Schroeder, Linzey Griffin, Coach Marybeth Allen and Riley Allen; (front, l to r) Jessica Sosa Lopez, Abigial Choplin and Cameron Hayes.
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FCPR VOLLEYBALL SQUADS, 2
FCPR 12-OVER SPIKED PUNCH. (Back, l to r) Coach Amy Bryant, Mikayla Boucher, Casey Dixon, Audrey Wilder and Coach Michelle Bryant; (front, l to r) Brooke Rice, Payton Bryant, Bre Pippen and Casey Salter.
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BACK ON TOP AT CCMS
Veteran head coach Scott Bond guided the Cedar Creek Jaguars to the Middle Athletic Conference Boys Track and Field Championships during the 2013 campaign.
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FIREBALLER
Incoming Louisburg College signee Megon Smith has the potential to become an elite-level hurler in Region X according to Lady Hurricanes’ coach Don Stopa.
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LAYING DOWN THE LAW
Bunn batter Christian Murray executes a bunt attempt during the Wildcats’ home baseball contest Monday against scholastic league opponent Raleigh Sanderson.
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PRIZE PITCHER
Union High School’s Megon Smith is joined by her parents as she signs to play softball at Louisburg College.
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SECOND TIME IS THE CHARM
After being tagged out at home plate earlier in the game, Ian Land (left) scores a run for Bunn during last Monday’s home baseball contest against Raleigh Sanderson.
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