With playoff seeding on the line and momentum slipping, North Lenoir needed a bounce-back performance on Saturday. Instead, the Hawks fell deeper into a troubling stretch, dropping an 11-2 decision to Rosewood in the opening round of the DBC Easter Classic at Historic Grainger Stadium.
South Lenoir rolled past North Duplin 13-2 in the opening round of the Dick Broadcasting Easter Baseball Classic, fueled by a relentless offense and error-free defense.
North Lenoir used a dominant fourth inning and a complete game from Maddie Rouse to secure a 7–1 win over East Duplin, completing the conference sweep and setting up a first-place showdown with South Lenoir.
Senior Cooper Williams struck out 14 in a complete-game performance as Bethel Christian Academy topped Greenville Christian Academy 8–2 to clinch the No. 1 playoff seed in a battle of unbeaten conference foes.
The Greene Central Rams played their second game in two days in a rematch against the Farmville Jaguars. The Rams dropped the first game to the Jaguars, losing 7-3. They came out with a different energy in the rematch, and behind stellar pitching by junior Riley Radford, the Rams won 4-3.
Eight local high school baseball teams will compete in the three-day DBC Easter Classic presented by Pittman Agner at Historic Grainger Stadium from April 19–22, featuring four games daily.
McKinley Turner drove in four runs with two first-inning hits and Reagan Bumgarner struck out eight in a shutout effort as Woodington Raiders beat CSS 19-0 to move to 5-2 on the season.
Cannon Sumner drove in four runs and Jonas Joyner added three hits and four RBIs as the Woodington Raiders rolled to a 16-2 win over Contentnea Savannah School.
Frink improved to 6-5 on the season with an 8-5 road win over Parrott Academy, led by strong performances from Jesus Aguilar-Rubio, Mason Murphy, and Jacob Jones.