South Central baseball, Northside softball heading to state finals; Northside, Greene Central baseball stay alive

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Northside’s softball team and South Central’s baseball team punched their tickets to the state finals on Thursday.

South Central’s baseball team advanced to the state finals for the first time in school history with a 6-2 win. South Central won its first game at Terry Sanford, 17-1, by hitting a state record three grand slams.

Northside pulled away for a 15-5 win in six innings to advance to next week’s state finals. Northside scored four runs each in the second and third innings then got three more in the bottom of the sixth to win by the 10-run rule.

(Above three videos from Allen Thomas)

The baseball state finals are also May 31-June 1 at Burlington Athletic Stadium and Ting Stadium in Holly Springs. Sites and times will also be set after the regional finals.

The softball state finals are May 31-June 1 at Duke University and UNC Greensboro’s facilities. Sites and times will be set after the regional finals.

Also on Thursday, Northside baseball won 7-4 to force a deciding third game at home on Friday against East Wake Academy. Greene Central baseball also forced a deciding game on Friday after winning in Whiteville, 4-0.

Martin County softball saw its season come to a close after a 7-3 loss at home to Midway.

South Central’s softball team saw its season end on Wednesday with a loss to South Brunswick.

Baseball Brackets

Class 1-A | Class 2-A | Class 3-A | Class 4-A

Class 1-A East

Tuesday: East Wake Academy 9, Northside 0

Thursday: Northside 7, East Wake Academy 4

Friday: East Wake Academy at Northside, 4:30 p.m.

Class 1-A West

Tuesday: Uwharrie Charter 4, Mount Airy 0

Thursday: Mount Airy 1, Uwharrie Charter 0

Saturday: Uwharrie Charter at Mount Airy, 6 p.m.

Class 2-A East

Tuesday: Whiteville 4, Greene Central 3

Thursday: Greene Central 4, Whiteville 0

Friday: Whiteville at Greene Central, 7 p.m.

Class 2-A West

Tuesday: Burns 9, East Rutherford 6

Thursday: East Rutherford 3, Burns 1

Saturday: East Rutherford at Burns, TBA

Class 3-A East

Tuesday: South Central 17, Terry Sanford 1

Thursday: South Central 6, Terry Sanford 2 (South Central wins series)

Class 3-A West

Tuesday: Tuscola 7, East Rowan 4

Thursday: East Rowan 12, Tuscola 2

Friday: Tuscola at East Rowan, 7 p.m.

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Softball Brackets

Class 1-A | Class 2-A | Class 3-A | Class 4-A

Class 1-A East

Tuesday: Northside 9, Roxboro Community 7

Thursday: Northside 15, Roxboro Community 5, 6 innings (Northside wins series, 2-0)

Class 1-A West

Tuesday: East Wilkes 4, Robbinsville 0

Friday: East Wilkes at Robbinsville, 5 p.m.

Saturday: Robbinsville at East Wilkes, if necessary, TBA

Class 2-A East

Tuesday: Midway 11, Martin County 0

Thursday: Midway 7, Martin County 3 (Midway wins series, 2-0)

Class 2-A West

Tuesday: North Stanly 1, Southwestern Randolph 0

Wednesday: Southwestern Randolph 2, North Stanly 1, 10 innings

Friday: Southwestern Randolph at North Stanly, 6 p.m.

Class 3-A East

Tuesday: South Brunswick 11, South Central 0

Wednesday: South Brunswick 14, South Central 3 (South Brunswick wins series, 2-0)

Class 3-A West

Tuesday: Piedmont 3, Kings Mountain 1

Thursday: Kings Mountain 3, Piedmont 2

Saturday: Piedmont at Kings Mountain, 6

Links to other spring sports

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