Baseball
New Hanover 6 South Brunswick 3
Alex Sniffen and Caleb Bishop combined for four hits and five RBI’s as New Hanover rallied for five runs in the decisive fifth inning to hand South Brunswick a 6-3 defeat in a rain-shortened game on Tuesday night.
The Wildcats moved to 4-2 in the division and 11-4 overall. South Brunswick, meanwhile, dropped to 2-4 in conference and 10-4 on the year.
New Hanover opened the scoring in the top of the second, but the Cougars took a 2-1 lead after four full innings of play.
Adam Pecoraro allowed three runs on three hits and struck out five to record the win. Kyle Smith added a run batted in for the Wildcats, while Max Hildreth walked twice. Sniffen smacked two doubles in the effort.
NHHS 010 05 6 10 1
South 000 21 3 3 1
Hoggard (3-2, 11-3) at Ashley (1-4, 6-10) PPD until 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 13
Laney (0-5, 4-12) at Topsail (3-1, 9-6) PPD until 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 13
North Brunswick at Northside PPD until Wednesday, April 13
Soccer
Laney 7 Topsail 0
The Bucs notched five first half goals en route to a 7-nil result against Topsail in Hampstead.
Coming off a hard-fought win against the defending 4A State Champions (Panther Creek) this past weekend, Laney wasted no time to get on the board Tuesday night as the Bucs improved to 5-0-1 in league play and 11-1-2 overall.
Anna Rae Porcelli, Baley Edwards and Courtney Dwertman each tallied twice for the Bucs. Haley Shand also recorded her team-high 17th goal this spring.
Laney posted its eighth clean sheet of the season, outscoring opponents 54-14 through 14 matches.
New Hanover 5 South Brunswick 0
Goals: Hadlie Winslow, Abbey Campbell, Liza McLatchy, Madison Gilbert
Assists: Abby Webb, Taylor Dodd, Anna Massengill
Saves: Emily Leister (2)
Fayetteville Academy 4 Cape Fear Academy 1
Libby Moore tallied for Cape Fear Academy and Delaney Mitchell made seven stops in the setback.
West Brunswick 2 North Myrtle Beach 0
Hoggard (4-0-1, 8-1-4) vs. Ashley (4-1-0, 6-3-1) PPD until Monday April, 18
Softball
Topsail (7-0, 15-1) vs. Laney (4-2, 10-5) PPD until 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 13
North Brunswick at Northside PPD until Wednesday, April 13
Hoggard (3-4, 10-6) at Ashley (3-3, 5-8) PPD until 6 p.m. Thursday, April 14
New Hanover at South Brunswick PPD makeup date TBD
Tennis
Topsail at Laney PPD until Wednesday, April 13
Ashley at Hoggard PPD to be determined
Lacrosse
Laney at Topsail PPD
Hoggard at Ashley PPD until Wednesday, April 13
