Grant Tyndall and Garrett Holland homered and Wyatt Janning worked out of trouble in the last inning in South Lenoir’s 6-3 win at Jacksonville Northside Friday for its third straight victory and fourth in five games.
Tyndall began the game with a homer to left-center to spark a five-run first inning, then Holland added his second of the year with a solo-shot in the fourth.
Janning, who pitched the final 1 1/3 innings, earned the save, left a leadoff double on base and struck out two in the final frame. Justin Howard gave up five earned runs on nine hits and struck out four in the win.
Tyndall went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs and Trint Turner was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
The Blue Devils (8-7, 6-4 East Central 2A) will host Swansboro at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
GREENE CENTRAL 3, KINSTON 2: At Greene Central, the Rams picked up a tight Eastern Plains 2A Conference win on Thursday.
Dylan Taylor went 2-for-3 and Austin Mooring earned the pitching win. No details were reported by Kinston.
Greene Central (9-7, 7-2) will host SouthWest Edgecombe at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Kinston (4-13, 0-9) will travel to Wallace-Rose Hill on Monday.
BETHEL CHRISTIAN 12, GREENVILLE CHRISTIAN 2, 5 INN.: At Bethel, the Trojans won by the mercy rule and played error-free defense for the second straight game.
Hunter Truett went 2-for-3, had an RBI and scored twice, Austin Croom went 2-for-3 with a double, an RBI and scored twice, and Tyler Antwine had a hit and two RBIs. Ben Potter gave up two runs on four hits, walked one and struck out three in the complete-game win.
Bethel (9-6, 6-1) travels to Greenville Trinity on Tuesday.
GIRLS SOCCER
JACKSONVILLE NORTHSIDE 10, SOUTH LENOIR 1: At Northside, the Blue Devils struck first but then the Monarchs scored 10 in a row to mercy-rule South Lenoir on Friday.
Maecy Croom opened the scoring with a goal just 1:13 into the match, which was called with 28:35 left to play.
WILSON BEDDINGFIELD 4, KINSTON 0: At Beddingfield, the Vikings were defeated in an Eastern Plains 2A Conference match on Thursday.
Kinston (3-8-2, 1-1-0) will play at Tarboro on Tuesday.
SOFTBALL
SOUTH LENOIR 2, JACKSONVILLE NORTHSIDE 0: At Northside, the Blue Devils shutout the Monarchs in a conference game on Thursday.
Morgan Mentz singled and drove in a run, and Hailey Daniels and Madison Beyer each doubled for South Lenoir. Taylor Sandlin struck out four in four innings in the win. Beyer earned the save and also struck out four.
South Lenoir (13-3, 7-2) will host Swansboro at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
TRACK AND FIELD
SL BOYS FINISH SECOND IN EC2A MEET: At South Lenoir, the Blue Devils finished second in a four-team league meet Thursday with a score of 60. Richlands won the meet with 100 points.
Top three finishers for South Lenoir were: Hunter Bryan, second, long jump, 16-feet, 10.5 inches; Bryan, first, triple jump, 35-feet, 1.5 inches; Robert Simmons, second, shot put, 39-feet, 9-inches; 4-by-800-meter relay team, third, 9:40; Marquyse Jackson, first, 110-meter hurdles, 18.9 seconds; Gavin Hill, third, 110-meter hurdles, 19.5 seconds; Mason Zeagler, second, 1,600-meter run, 4:55; Bryan, second, 400-meter dash, 55.7 seconds; Jackson, first, 300-meter hurdles, 44.3 seconds; Hill, second, 300-meter hurdles, 47.2 seconds; Ivan Covarrubias, third, 800-meter run, 2:22; Zeagler, first, 3,200-meter run, 10:49; 4-by-400-meter relay team, third, 3:53; Bryce Floyd, first, wheelchair shot put, 11-feet, 10.5-inches; Floyd, first, wheelchair discus, 26-feet, 2-inches; Floyd, first, wheelchair 100-meter dash, 32.3 seconds; Floyd, first, wheelchair 200-meter dash, 1:09.8.
SL GIRLS FINISH THIRD IN EC2A MEET: At South Lenoir, the Blue Devils finished third in a four-team league meet on Thursday with a score of 42. Croatan won with 132 points.
Top three finishers for South Lenoir were: Meredith Rhodes, second, triple jump, 28-feet, 2-inches; 4-by-800-meter relay team, second, 12:21; Cameron Dawkins, third, 100-meter dash, 15 seconds; Caroline Jones, first, 1,600-meter run, 5:54; Carley Hill, third, 400-meter dash, 1:11.9; Rhodes, second, 300-meter hurdles, 54.1 seconds; Jones, first, 800-meter run, 2:41; Jones, third, 3,200-meter run, 14:20; 4-by-400-meter relay team, third, 5:09.