Around the Bases: February 20 - 26
February 21, 2017
BY PBR NC Staff
Prep Baseball Report of NC
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Prep Baseball Report of NC will run a weekly blog, looking into games from across North Carolina’s High School scene. All scores and stats are unofficial, but have been collected by PBR’s staff while attending games, watching scoreboards, talking to coaches, talking to scouts, and in other various ways.
Saturday February 25th
Asheboro 1
Southeast Guilford 19
+ Sam Crawford with 2 hits for Asheboro
+ SE Guilford wrapped out 15 hits in the 8 inning scrimmage
+ A 9 run 3rd busted the game open
+ SE Guilford arms combined for 11 strikouts
Cent. Academy of Tech & Arts 0
Marvin Ridge 12
+ Marvin Ridge arms combined to give up 2 hits and record 6 strikeouts over the 6 inning scrimmage
Hough 11
Cent. Academy of Tech & Arts 1
+ Hough stole 8 bases in the 4 inning scrimmage
+ Both staffs combined to strikeout 11 total hitters with CATA recording 6.
Apex 16
Carroll 2
+ 10 run first inning blew open the 4 inning scrimmage
+ Apex knocked around 11 hits, with David Dilday, Chris Moon, and Robert Bradford each recording doubles.
+ Chris Moon punched 3 in his 2 innings of work
Ragsdale 14
Dudley 1
+ Dudley arms punched 5 but walked 11 in the 5 inning scrimmage
+ Ragsdale hitters recorded 4 doubles and stole 5 bases
Cedar Ridge 4
Western Alamance 8
+ Western Alamance arms limited Cedar Ridge to 3 hits over the 9 inning scrimmage
+ Brandon Andrews (CRHS) punched 3 and walked 1 in his 1 IP
+ Six different Western Alamance hitters recorded RBI’s
South Robeson 1
Southern Lee 3
+ 4 inning scrimmage saw Topher Grant and Hayden Cross leave the yard for Southern Lee
+ Dillon Touchard punched 3 in his 3 IP for Southern Lee
Bunn 3
John A. Holmes 6
+ 4 inning scrimmage
+ Holmes took advantage of 6 walks and 2 hits to cross their 6 runs
DH Conley 3
Bunn 3
+ 3 inning scrimmage
+ 5 stolen bases recorded between Isaiah Ortega & Jackson Anderson at Bunn
+ DH Conley wrapped out 5 hits, including 2 doubles
Southern Lee 1
Purnell Swett 0
+ 6 inning scrimmage saw Southern Lee score without a hit
+ Davis Wilson (SLHS) struck out 7 in his 4 IP
+ RD Langley (SLHS) punched 4 in his 2 IP
Covenant Day 3
Bessemer City 2
+ Wesley Summey with a double for Bessemer
+ Wesley Summey struck out 3 and walked 3 in 2.2 IP
+ Dakota Gee recorded 2 strikeouts in his 1 IP
+ Covenant Day pitchers punched 5 hitters and gave up 5 hits in the 6 inning scrimmage
Swansboro 3
South Lenior 8
+ Cameron England with a double for Swansboro
+ Nathan Shekey (Swansboro) struck out 3 in 2 IP
Carolina Royals (Home School) 8
South Point 12
+ Michael Zgoda, Jacob Thompson, Nick Malagisi, and Drake Boger each recorded 2 hits for the Royals
+ Boger and Zgoda both homered
+ Jack Ryan punched 5 in his 3 IP for the Royals
+ South Point arms combined to strikeout 10 hitters and only walk 4
+ South Point wrapped out 12 hits as a team
North Lincoln 3
Burns 2
+ Colson Miller with a HR for Burns
Other Scores from Saturday…
Bessemer City 1
Kings Mountain 9 (4 inning scrimmage)
Martin 5
Apex 2
Wake Cty Home School 8 10
USA Home School 3 4
Burns 3
West Lincoln 3 (5 inning scrimmage)
Northwest Cabarrus 0 0
Glenn 0 1
Hendersonville 3
East Henderson 6
Leesville Road 0 0
Fuquary-Varina 0 0
Hibriten 0 0
Maiden 0 0
Friday February 24th
Cox Mill
South Mecklenburg
+ No final score reported… scheduled to be a 14 inning scrimmage
+ Game highlighted in this article
+ Player info updated in the NC HS Scout Blog
Northern Nash 0
Wake Forest 14
+ Wake Forest held Northern Nash to just 1 hit over 8 innings
+ A 7 run 4th busted the game wide open
+ 7 Wake Forest pitchers combined for 10 strikeouts and only 3 walks
+ 8 extra base-hits registered by Wake Forest hitters.
Harnett Central 5
Cleveland 4
+ 4 run seventh proved to be the difference in the scrimmage
+ Harnett Central notched 10 hits on the evening
+ Bobby Dixon homered for Cleveland
East Forsyth 2
Mooresville 4 (9 inning scrimmage)
+ Tanner Smith (EFHS) with 2 hits
+ Hunter Hutchens smacked a double for EFHS
+ Spencer Calloway (EFHS) recorded 2 K’s in his 2 IP
+ Sam Peddycord struck out 4 in 2 IP for EFHS
+ Hunter Hutchens struck out the side in his 1 IP
+ Mooresville arms recorded 11 strikeouts, only walking 4
Other Scores from Friday…
Gaston Christian 5
Forsyth Country Day 6
Northern Nash 0
Wake Forest 0
Thursday February 23rd
Anson 2
Parkwood 8
+ Parkwood pitchers limit Anson to 3 hits over the 8 inning scrimmage
+ Cam Watts and Garrett Maner each strike out 3 in their 1 IP for Anson
+ Parkwood only recorded 4 hits but took advantage of 9 walks to produce their 8 runs
East Rutherford 7
Forestview 6 (10 Inning scrimmage)
+ Kendall McGowan (ERHS) recorded 4 hits and 5 RBI’s on the day
+ Adam Barneet & Isaac Toney each had doubles for East Rutherford
+ Storm Mace punched 4 in his 2 IP for East Rutherford
+ East Rutherford only gave up 2 Earned Runs, committing 7 errors on the day
+ Forestview arms recorded 10 strikeouts
+ 5 Stolen bases for Forestview in the scrimmage
West Davidson 1
Asheboro 7
+ Austin Curry & Parker Clayton each record 2 hits on the day for Asheboro
+ Tristan Marsh recorded 8 strikeouts in his 3 IP, walking none
+ Asheboro arms totaled 11 strikeouts in the 8 inning scrimmage
Scotland 2
Southern Lee 4
+ Southern Lee arms limited Scotland to 2 hits and 1 walk in the 4 inning scrimmage
+ Hayden Cross (SLHS) with 2 hits in his 2 AB’s
Southern Lee 3
Jack Britt 5
+ Southern Lee limited to 2 hits in the 5 inning scrimmage
+ Jack Britt arms recorded 5 strikeouts
Carlisle (VA) 8
Morehead 10 (9 inning scrimmage)
+ Bennett Nooe, Bennett Nance, Bryan Dodson, and Austin Medina each record 2 hits for Morehead
+ 5 different Morehead hitters register a double
+ Devin Purdue (MHS) with 2 stolen bases
+ Bennett Nooe (MHS) struck out 3 and walked 2 in his 2 IP
+ Bennett Nance (MHS) struck out 5 and walked 4 in his 2 IP
+ Morehead arms totaled 11 strikeouts and 11 walks
Other Scores from Thursday…
Heritage 2
Jordan 3
Western Alamance 5
Glenn 3
Wednesday February 22nd
Richmond County 9
Union Pines 5
+ Chase Haywood, Drew Loving, & Jack Webb each with 2 hits for Richmond
+ Richmond registered 5 doubles on the day
+ Jonathan Lee, Jack Webb, & Trey Watkins each totaled 3 K’s in their 2 IP for Richmond
+ Richmond County arms totaled 11 K’s over the 8 inning scrimmage
+ Ryder Giles struck out 2 in his 1 IP for Union Pines
+ Union Pines totaled 6 hits, 2 doubles, and 3 stolen bases
Hickory 6
Alexander Central 6
+ Tyler Campbell & Luke Hensley with 2 hits apiece for AC. Campbell recorded 2 doubles & 3 RBI’s
+ AC recorded 5 doubles
+ AC used 5 arms for the 8 inning scrimmage. 4 of the arms left unscathed in the runs column. The staff struck out 7 hitters
+ Hickory pitchers struck out 10 hitters
Green Hope 13
South Johnston 11
+ Green Hope recorded 13 hits over the 9 inning scrimmage. South Johnston had 8 hits
+ Sean McQuillan & Johnny Ankner each recorded a double while Freshman Liam Norris hit a home run
+ South Johnston used 16 walks to help pile up their 11 runs. Green Hope added 15 walks to their hit total to get to their 13 run out burst
+ Green Hope used 8 pitchers. South Johnston utilized 7 arms.
+ Grant Millay punched 3 in his 2+ IP for South Johnston
Hopewell 4
Carson 8
+ Hopewell registered 6 hits, 3 of them doubles
+ Hopewell used 7 arms to throw the 10 inning scrimmage. They struck out 10.
+ Carson used 7 arms. 2018 Owen White punched 2 in his 2 IP. White’s outing was clean with 0 hits, 0 runs, and 0 walks.
+ Devin Gay punched out the side in his 1 IP for Carson
+ Owen White registered 3 hits.
+ All of Carson’s 8 hits were singles.
Athens Drive 15
Knightdale 0
+ Athens used 17 hits, 2 doubles, and 10 stolen bases to compile the 15 runs.
+ Cole Earl, Ben Ruth, David Shaw, Evan Poole, & Sam Enders each had 2 hits
+ Adam Stuart registered 3 hits and 1 RBI
+ Ben Ruth & Braxton Boddorf each punched 3 hitters in their 2 IP
+ Knightdale hitters registered 2 doubles out of their 4 hits
South Iredell 9
Newton-Conover 1
+ Jake Hayman had 2 hits in the leadoff spot for Newton-Conover… 1 was a double
+ Newton-Conover pitchers combined to punch 5 and only walk 3 in the 7 inning scrimmage
+ South Iredell pitchers struck out 8 in the game
+ South Iredell wrapped out 12 hits, including 5 doubles
Other Scores from Wednesday…
Harnett Central 8
Apex Friendship 1
South Stokes 15
Atkins 6
Sun Valley 8
Independence 7
Tuesday February 21st
McMichael 3
Trinity 1
+ Tanner Banks (McMichael) with a double in four AB’s and 1 RBI
+ 4 stolen bases for McMichael
+ 4 Pitchers combined to give up just 2 hits for McMichael
Newton-Conover 4
Draughn 8
+ Draughn pitchers combined to strikeout nine over 6 innings
+ Jakey Haymen (Newton-Conover) punched 5 in his 2 innings of work
Ayden-Grifton 3
Northern Nash 16
+ Devin Davenport (Northern Nash) recorded four hits and 2 RBI’s
+ Joshua Daniels & Silas Gonzalez (Northern Nash) each scored 3 runs apiece
+ Northern Nash was 7-10 on stolen bases on the day
+ Devin Davenport (Northern Nash) struck out 3 in 1.1 IP
+ Timon Harris (Ayden-Grifton) struck out 2 in 1 IP
+ 3 Stolen Bases for Ayden-Grifton on the day
Bessemer City 7
Chase 9
+ Zackary Lambert (Bessemer City) with 3 hits, 4 RBI’s, and a stolen base
+ Bessemer City pitchers combined to strikeout 8 over 5 IP
+ Seven hitters recorded hits for Chase, including 2 doubles
East Duplin 3
Heidi Trask 0
+ Levi Howard (E. Duplin) struck out five over 2 IP, allowing no hits and no runs
+ Dawson Overton (#.Duplin) struck out the side in his 1 IP
+ East Duplin & Trask pitchers combined to only allow 2 hits apiece
Crest 14
Forestview 0
+ 10 inning scrimmage… Forestview featured 9 pitchers
+ Crest pitchers combined to strikeout 14 hitters over the 10 IP
Providence
North Davidson
+ No score reported… rematch of the 2016 East Regional Final
+ 2017 Austin Beck returned to the lineup for North Davidson
+ Beck was 0-3 in the game but looked good running and is getting comfortable in the box
+ Jason Garfinkle with a HR for Providence
Other Scores from Tuesday
Hunter Huss 2
Burns 4
Highland School of Tech 4
Lincolnton 2
Walter Williams 2
Northwood 6
North Johnston 4
West Johnston 0
Monday February 20th
Anson 3
Richmond County 8
+ Grayson Preslar with 2 hits, one double, and 1 RBI for Anson
+ Jamie Thomas & Evan Currie each with a double for Anson
+ Anson was 3-4 on Stolen Bases with Preslar, Cam Watts, and Evan Byars swiping bags
+ Wesley Lear punched 2 hitters in 1 IP for Anson
+ 9 hitters from Richmond registered hits… Josh Griffin registered 2 in his 3 AB’s
+ Noah Stubbs, Jonathan Lee, & Jack Webb had doubles for Richmond
+ Chase Haywood swiped 3 bags… Richmond stole 6 total bases.
+ Josh Griffin struck out 3 in 2 IP… Drew Loving punched 5 in his 2 IP. Richmond registered 11 total strikeouts as a staff
South Granville
Northern Durham
+ No Score reported
+ Scouts buzzed around the matchup of South Granville arms, Justin Bullock & Holden Laws, vs. C Spencer Smith of Northern Durham
+ PBR was on hand -- Scouting Notes can be found on the HS Scout Blog
Greater Cabarrus Stallions (Home School) 7
Wake County Warriors (Home School) 5
+ Stallions scored in 5 of 7 at-bats… Warriors scored in 4 of 7.
+ Clay Pinion with a double for Greater Cabarrus
+ Caleb Fluno (Wake Cty) with a double in his first AB of the year
+ Joshua Harvey (Wake Cty) registered 4 hits
+ Carson Sarvis (Wake Cty) had 2 hits, including a double
Greater Cabarrus Stallions (Home School) 14
Wake County Warriors (Home Schol) 3
+ AJ Knight & McConner Wallace with 2 hits apiece for the Stallions
+ Seth Cauble & Knight register doubles on the day
+ Cameron Wallace & Trent Berry combined to walk 2 and punch 4 in the 5 inning win
+ Joel Bailey & Billy Sullivan each stole a bag for the Warriors
Carolina Royals (Home School) 0
Charlotte Catholic 14
+ CCHS pitchers held the Royals to one hit
+ Catholic used a 6 run first and 6 run 4th inning to create separation in the scrimmage
+ Will Franklin struck out two for the Royals in his 1 IP
+ Catholic pitchers combined to strikeout 8 in 5 IP
