CLASS 4-A SOFTBALL, GAME ONE:
NORTH DAVIDSON UNEARNED RUNS DIFFERENCE IN 3-2 WIN

      RALEIGH— North Davidson took advantage of four Greenville D.H. Conley errors to score a 3-2 victory on Friday night in the first game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A softball championship series at Dail Softball Stadium at North Carolina State University.
     All of North’s ruins were unearned, as the Knights scored a run in the first with the aid of a couple of errors and then pushed across two in the fifth for a 3-0 lead. A sacrifice fly by Casey Stanek, who entered the game batting .488, accounted for one of the sixth inning tallies.  
     But Conley cut the margin to 3-2 with a pair of runs in its half of the sixth, the big blow a run-scoring triple by Makenna Matthijs.
     Erica Mock had two hits in three trips for North while Breanna Hardee was two for three for Conley.
     Aptly named Blakely Thrower was the winning pitcher, fanning eight, while Rachel Weidner took the loss despite an 11-strikeout performance.     
     D.H. Conley is in the finals for the third time in the last five years and has previous crowns in 2011 and ’13.  The Vikings slipped to 25-3 overall while North Davidson, back in the championships for the first time since 2011, is now 26-5.
     Game two in the best of three series is set for Saturday at 2 pm, with a third game if necessary later on Saturday. 

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Dail Softball Stadium, N.C. State
Class 4-A: Game One

North Davidson        1  0  0       0   2   0       0—3     5    1
D.H. Conley              0  0  0       0   0   2       0—2     5    4
    WP—Blakely Thrower.  LP—Rachel Weidner. 

 

CLASS 1-A SOFTBALL, GAME ONE         

SHOPE FIRES ONE-HIT SHUTOUT AS HIWASSEE DAM WINS 7-0

    GREENSBORO—Haylie Shope fired a one-hit shutout and Hiwassee Dam jumped in front early en route to a 7-0 win on Friday night in the first game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A softball championship series at the UNCG Softball Stadium.
    Shope fanned nine and walked five, and had a no-hitter until the sixth when Alyssa Santos singled.  North Duplin loaded the bases in the sixth but failed to score.
    Morgan Helton led the offensive assault with four hits in five trips, as the Eagles scored their seven runs in the first three innings.   Shope helped her own cause with two hits and two RBI and Macy Sena also had two hits. 
    North Duplin’s Rylee Pate, who struck out 12 after settling down, got the loss, her third against 14 wins. . 
    Both teams are in their initial appearance in an NCHSAA state softball championship. Hiwassee Dam is 25-3 overall and North Duplin 18-4-1.
    Game two in the best of three series is set for Saturday at 2 p.m., with a third game if necessary to follow Saturday at 5 p.m.

NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
UNC Greensboro Softball Stadium
Class 1-A: Game One

Hiwassee Dam      1  3  3       0   0    0       0—7     12    2 
North Duplin         0  0  0       0   0    0       0—0       1    4
    WP—Haylie Shope.  LP—Rylee Pate.