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Top performers: Burns baseball's Jackson Toney earns perfection in second round playoff win
Here is a daily list of the top performers from Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties during the 11th week of spring sports action. Our weekly top performers list and athlete of the week nominees are compiled courtesy of information provided to The Gaston Gazette and Shelby Star by coaches, athletic directors or team statisticians through emails, MaxPreps or mentioning @JoeLHughesII in game results and highlights posted to X, formerly known as Twitter. ...
WPA girls fall just short of TRAC track title
GASTON — Despite several outstanding individual performances Thursday, May 2, at the 1-A Tar-Roanoke Athletic Conference track and field championships at Northampton County High, the Wilson Prep girls team came up two points shy of winning the conference championship. Led by juniors Ty’Nasia Emory, who won girls Runner of the Year, and Rachel Key-White, who had three first-place finishes, the […] The post WPA girls fall just short of TRAC track title first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
SPORTS ROUNDUP: Unbeaten SN softball (20-0) wins league tourney
The Southern Nash softball team improved to 20-0 on the season by defeating Roanoke Rapids 3-0 in the Big East Conference Tournament championship game on Thursday night in Bailey. The Ladybirds, the No. 1 seed and regular-season champion, scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning on a two-RBI double from Noel Dobbins and a clutch two-out RBI single from Kaylie Love. Junior Anna Dickinson got the start...
SPORTS ROUNDUP: Firebirds advance in conference baseball tournament
Southern Nash amassed 17 hits and scored multiple runs in five of seven at-bats as the Firebirds defeated Roanoke Rapids 18-6 in the first round of the Big East 2A/3A Conference Tournament on Monday night. The Firebirds (10-4 overall) played at No. 2 seed Northern Nash (13-7) on Tuesday, with the winner advancing to the championship contest on Thursday. Southern erased a 2-2 tie with a six-run third inning and...
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