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.
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.
North Lenoir’s Brooklyn Payne has signed to play volleyball at Lenoir Community College after graduating early, fulfilling a lifelong dream through years of hard work and dedication.
Bethel Christian Academy used a balanced offensive attack and strong pitching from Braden Cash to secure an 8-4 win over Dash United, improving to 8-4 ahead of a key matchup with Greenville Christian.
Maddie Rouse delivered a complete-game gem and drove in four runs to lead North Lenoir past East Duplin 5-1, setting up a crucial rematch Thursday with first place in the conference on the line.
North Lenoir fell to East Duplin in a 9-8 walk-off loss Tuesday night, despite two home runs and five RBIs from Carter Chadwick, tightening the conference race heading into Thursday’s rematch.