Clayton High’s Pegues wins Sam Narron Award

Dominic Pegues, a June graduate of Clayton High School, has received the 2024 Sam Narron Baseball Award.

The annual award goes to a Johnston County high school senior baseball player who showed a love for the game through determination, dedication and sacrifice.

Pegues is the 28th recipient of the award, receiving a $500 scholarship and a plaque. Also, his name will join those of past award winners on a plaque that hangs in the school district’s administration building.

At Clayton High, Pegues was a member of the National Honor Society, a Student of the Month honoree, an Outstanding Senior Award recipient and a standout on the baseball diamond. He will continue his education at Guilford College, where he plans to major in psychology and play baseball.

The award is named for Sam Narron, who grew up in the Emit community of Johnston County. In 1934, using most of the money he had, Narron purchased a ticket to Hot Springs, Arkansas, to attend the first-ever baseball school.

Narron went on to play and coach professionally for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates. He was part of two World Series Championship teams in a career that spanned from 1936 to 1964.

Narron is a member of the Johnston County Athletic Hall of Fame.

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