Baseball
New Hanover 3 Whiteville 2
Trailing by one in the bottom of the fifth, Cory Everett and Max Johnson each picked up RBI singles as part of a three-run frame to give New Hanover a 3-2 comeback win over Whiteville on Thursday at Legion Stadium.
Trey Croom allowed just two runs on eight hits in seven innings of work for the Wildcats. The senior struck out two and recorded the final out of the ballgame on a groundball to the left side with the bases loaded.
Lambert Long went 2-for-3to pace the New Hanover lineup.
The Wolfpack took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third and held the Wildcat hitters at bay until Everett and Johnson delivered in the fifth after New Hanover put runners on first and second to lead off the inning.
Whiteville got one back in the sixth, but Croom shut the door in the seventh to put the finishing touches on a complete game effort as the right handed hurler wiggled out of a jam with the tying run 90 feet away.
Box score R H E
Whiteville 001 001 0 2 8 1
NHHS 000 030 X 3 5 1
Softball
Trask 6 Ashley 3
Laney 11 North Brunswick 5
Hoggard 5 Topsail 0
The Vikings extended their win streak to 13 straight Thursday night in a 5-0 shutout over Topsail. Sayres McKenna tallied two scores, while Siara Southerland recorded a goal and pair of assists in the result. Hoggard is 7-0 in conference and 13-1 overall.
Goals- Sayres McKenna (2); Siara Southerland; Jess Bennion; Amanda Winton; Assists- Siara Southerland (2); Maddie Crumpton; Jess Bennion.
Laney 10 West Brunswick 1
Bailey Edwards and Haley Shand each recorded a hat trick to lead Laney in a 10-1 result on Thursday.
The Bucs are 6-1 in league play and improved to 11-1 overall.
Laney: Goals- Haley Shand (3); Bailey Edwards (3); Suzie Schoolfield; Ally Beckman; Sydni Simpson (2); Assists- Sydni Simpson; Alex Butorovich (3); Ally Beckman; Brett McPherson; Lexi Melville
South Brunswick 2 Ashley 1
Cape Fear Academy 2 Parrot Academy 1
Cape Fear Academy scored two goals in the second half to rally past Parrot Academy 2-1 in Kinston on Thursday.
Nansi Holt leveled the match midway through the period and Libby Moore notched the game-winner in the 77th minute. Katy Kohut picked up an assist and Delaney Mitchell made six saves for the Hurricanes, who improved to 7-3-1 overall and 5-1 in conference.
Hoggard 9 West Brunswick 0
Hoggard had little trouble downing West Brunswick 9-0 on Thursday afternoon at the Jeff Holcomb Tennis Complex.
Miles Hirchak got the Vikings (9-4, 9-2 Mideastern) off to a good start with an 8-0 victory at No. 2 singles. Dom Scialabba (No. 1), Cadman Styers (No. 4) and Tim Dixon (No. 5) all won 8-1.
Hoggard wraps up the regular season with a trip to South Brunswick at 4:30 p.m. Monday.
Singles: No. 1 Dom Scialabba (H) def. Kevin Gore 8-1, No. 2 Miles Hirchak (H) def. Cameron Huffman 8-0, No. 3 Dillon Cook (H) def. Tyler Micallef 8-5, No. 4 Cadman Styers (H) def. Aaron Littrell 8-1, No. 5 Tim Dixon (H) def. Hunter Chaney 8-1, No. 6 Jahns Chavez (H) def. Tyler Mayo 8-4.
Doubles: No. 1 Scialabba/Cook def. Gore/Huffman 8-3, No. 2 Hirchak/Dixon (H) def. Micallef/Littrell 8-2, No. 3 Andrew Haskins/Yue Zhang (H) def. Chaney/Aaron Norton 8-3.
Laney 8 Topsail 1
Singles: No. 1 Tim Daley (L) def. Jason Loher 6-3 6-0; No. 2 Thomas Pirkey (L) def. Sam Garland 6-2 6-2; No. 3 Brandon Rollins (L) def. Tyler Fussell 6-2 6-0; No. 4 Nathan Bastian (L) def. Austin Lapiana 6-2 6-4; No. 5 Josh Cockrell (L) def. Mike Tobin 6-1 6-0; No. 6 William Pruneau (L) def. Nevin Wetherhill 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles: No. 1 Loher/Garland (T) def. Sean York/ Connor Coughlin 8-6; No. 2 Trey Royal/Lucas Preiss (L) def. Fussell/Lapiana 8-2; No. 3 Mason Bahr/Josh Belton (L) def. Tobin/Noah Glester 8-2.
Cape Fear Academy 9 Parrott Academy 0
Singles: No. 1 Tristan Smith (CFA) def. William Hill 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 Jack Gallop (CFA) def. William Brechtelsbauer 6-3, 6-1; No. 3 Tyler Smith (CFA) def. Miller Stallings 6-1, 6-1; No. 4 Robert Schuett (CFA) def. Jared Hall 6-1, 6-1; No. 5 Chase Weaver (CFA) def. Cameron Pope 6-1, 6-1; No. 6 Landon Scharf (CFA) def. Jameson Doub 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles: No. 1 Smith/Smith (CFA) def. Hill/Brechtelsbauer 8-3; No. 2 Schuett/Gallop (CFA) def. Hall/Pope 8-0; No. 3 Weaver/Scharf (CFA) def. Stallings/Tyer 8-0.
Hoggard 8 Cape Fear Academy 7 (boys)
Hoggard: Goals- Gunner Philipp (2); Michael Fasano (2); Luke Frankeny (2); Gene Beckwith (2); Assists- Gunner Philipp; Cullum Crowley; Donovan Jones; Luke Frankeny; Gene Beckwith; Saves- Trenton Novelli (16).
Hoggard 14 Jacksonville 2 (girls)
Hoggard: Goals- Taylar Herman (4); Maya Ebrahimnejad (4); Julia Buehler (3); Kendall Goldblum (2); Lindsey Yelton (1); Assists- Taylar Herman (2); Julia Buehler (2); Saves- Abby Brown (6).
Laney 15 Topsail 3 (girls)
Laney: Goals- Rachel Smith (5); Hailey Sanderson (2); Remy Hoelen (3); Ashley Eamma (2); Elizabeth Peasley (2); Camryn Jefferson (1); Assists- Rachel Smith (2); Hailey Sanderson (2); Ashley Eamma (1); Saves: Kiara Johnson (4); Hannah King (1).
Topsail: Goals- Madeline Matthews (2); Maddie DeVries (1); Saves- Brianna Allman (12).
