High school roundup: Chester's Jake Wright tosses one-hitter
The Northwestern baseball team scored five runs in the bottom of the fifth to earn a 6-3 win over Nation Ford in a Region 3-4A game at Northwestern.
Clover 9, Gaffney 2: Jimmy Marcelli pitched a complete game to lead the Blue Eagles over the Indians in a Region 3-4A game at Gaffney.
Landon Harkey led the Blue Eagles with three hits and two RBIs. Cody Payne added a pair of hits for Clover.
Chester 12, Union County 0: Jake Wright tossed a complete game one-hitter to lead the Cyclones to a Region 3-4A win over the Yellow Jackets at Union.
Clinton 1, South Pointe 0
Softball
Clover 8, Gaffney 1: The Blue Eagles scored three runs in the first inning and cruised past the Indians in a Region 3-4A contest at Clover.
Gaffney | 000 | 010 | 0 | - | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Clover | 321 | 002 | x | - | 8 | 10 | 2 |
WP - Elizabeth Edmunds. LP - Henson. 2B - Blake Wallert, Marisa Harkey (C). 3B - Blake Wallert, Missy Madrovian (C).
Leading hitters: Clover - Blake Wallert 3-4, 1 RBI, Marisa Harkey 2-4, 1 RBI, Shania Dominique 2-4, 1 RBI.
Records: Clover 6-5, 3-1 in Region 3-4A
Northwestern 6, Nation Ford 2: The Trojans trailed 2-0 after one inning, but came back for a Region 3-4A win over the Falcons at Nation Ford.
Kori Wancheck pitched a complete game to improve to 7-3 on the year. She allowed only four hits and struck out nine.
The Trojans’ Rachel Marion had a pair of home runs and three RBIs.
Northwestern | 002 | 120 | 1 | - | 6 | 10 | 2 |
Nation Ford | 200 | 000 | 0 | - | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Kori Wancheck and Rachel Marion; Ashton Irvin, Sarah Reihle (6) and Bree Tremblay. WP - Wancheck. LP - Irwin. 3B - Darby Trull (NF). HR - Kori Wancheck, Rachel Marion 2 (N).
Leading hitters: Northwestern - Rachel Marion 3-4, 2HR, 3 RBI, Kori Wancheck 1-4, HR, Daina Chase 1-3; Nation Ford - Darby Trull 1-3; Chanel Turner 2-3.
Records; Northwestern 7-3, 3-1 in Region 3-4A; Nation Ford 4-1 in Region 3-4A
Union County 2, Chester 1 (8): Elizabeth Josey had a pair of hits for the Cyclones, but it wasn’t enough in a Region 3-3A loss at Chester.
Boys’ Golf
York 163, Fort Mill 186: York’s Austin Hall won medalist honors with a 37 to lead the Cougars past the Yellow Jackets at Spring Lake Country Club.
York - Austin Hall 37, Landon Joye 40, Damon Heath 42, Chandler Sain 44, Tucker Laney 44.
Fort Mill - Austin Hiott 42, Ryan Seco 45, Tyler Patterson 48, Cam Marhsall 48, Trevor Gray 48.
Records: York 1-4-1, Fort Mill 2-4
South Pointe 160, Lancaster 162: Brian Edwards carded a 38 and led the Stallions to a two-stroke win over the Bruins in a Region 3-3A match at Pinetuck Golf Club.
Michael Williams of Lancaster earned medalist honors with a 36.
South Pointe - Brian Edwards 38, Austin Johnson 40, Wyatt Reid 41, Chris Taylor 41.
Lancaster - Michael Williams 36, Grady Hinkle 41, Bailey Evans 41, Michael Long 44.
Clover 169, Rock Hill 174: The Blue Eagles defeated the Bearcats by five strokes in a Region 3-4A match.
Clover’s Austin Walker, Andrew White, and Jake Rowe along with Kevin Dittmer of Rock Hill tied for medalist honors, all with 41s.
Clover - Austin Walker 41, Andrew White 41, Jake Rowe 41, Chris Whitesides 46.
Rock Hill - Kevin Dittmer 41, Zack Reuland 44, Manning Sloop 44, Nick Mayfield 45.
Records: Clover 4-2, Rock Hill 4-3-1
Indian Land 201, North Central 209: The Warriors defeated the Knights in a Region 3-AA match at Fort Mill Golf Club.
Indian Land - Lewis Lambert 43, Nick Shaheen 52, Finn Hagerty 53, Conner Wagner 56.
North Central - Joshua Hinson 41, Josiah Hinson 46, Cody Privette 58, Aaron Bowers 64.
Records: Indian Land 2-2
Boys’ Soccer
Clover 3, Gaffney 1: The Blue Eagles topped the Indians in a Region 3-4A encounter at Gaffney.
Fernando Ramos scored two goals for the Blue Eagles, while Steven Alvarez added one.
Nation Ford 3, Northwestern 2: The eighth-ranked Falcons (8-1-1) edged the 10th-ranked Trojans in a Region 3-4A match at Northwestern.
Fort Mill 2, York 1
South Pointe 6, Union County 0
Girls’ Soccer
Sun Valley 2, Indian Land 0: Sun Valley (6-2-1) scored one goal in each half and defeated the third-ranked Warriors (6-1-2) in a non-region match at Wesley Chapel, N.C.
Emma Thompson had 11 saves for Indian Land.
Fort Mill 10, York 0: The Yellow Jackets raced to a 9-0 lead at intermission and defeated the Cougars in a Region 3-4A match at Fort Mill (5-0 region).
Clover 11, Gaffney 2
South Pointe 9, Union County 1
Boys’ Tennis
Clover 7 Gaffney 0: The Blue Eagles won every match and defeated the Indians in a Region 3-4A match at Clover.
Singles
No. 1 - Justin White (C) def. Shagan Tavassolli 6-0, 6-0; No. 2 - Thomas Summers (C) def. Leland Lemmons 6-1, 6-0; No. 3 - Patrick Smith (C) def. Matt Ruppe 6-0, 6-0; No. 4 - Rob Long (C) def. Ellis George 6-0, 6-0; No. 5 - Garrett Smith (C) def. Neal Hamrick 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles
No. 1 - White-Summers (C) def. Tavassolli-Owens 8-2; No. 2 - Holden McGill-Sean Elder (C) def. Caleb Hogg-Blair Shiflett 6-0, 6-1.
Records: Clover 4-0, 4-0 in Region 3-4A
Fort Mill 5, York 1: The Yellow Jackets won four singles matches and one doubles contest and topped the Cougars in a Region 3-4A match at Fort Mill.
Singles
No. 1 - Matthew Goforth (Y) def. Matt Hicks 6-0, 6-2; No. 2 - Sahil Masih (FM) def. Noah Arnold 6-0, 6-0; No. 3 - Graham Lancaster (FM) def. Jacob Southard 6-0, 6-1; No. 4 - Tejas Padmanabhan (FM) def. Tyler Doan 6-1, 6-1; No. 5 - Jacob Frye (FM) won by forfeit.
Doubles
No. 2 - Matt West-Matt Sanford (FM) def. Jackson Montgomery-Clint Black 6-0, 6-3.
Records: Fort Mill 1-4
Nation Ford 6, Northwestern 1
Girls’ Track
Nation Ford 71, Gaffney 47
Boys’ Track
Nation Ford 75, Gaffney 65
Girls’ Lacrosse
Eastside 12, Clover 10
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Softball
Lancaster 7, Indian Land 2: The Bruins scored five runs in the first two innings and defeated the Warriors in a game at Lancaster.
Indian Land | 100 | 010 | 0 | - | 2 | 9 | 2 |
Lancaster | 320 | 101 | x | - | 7 | 13 | 0 |
WP - A. Ealy. LP - Kayla Price (6-1).
Leading hitters: Indian Land - Kayla Price 2 hits, 2 RBI, Kendal Swarts 2B, Savannah Bean 2B.
Record: Indian Land 6-1
Boys’ Tennis
Rock Hill 6, Fort Mill 1: The Bearcats won four singles and two doubles matches and defeated the Yellow Jackets in a Region 3-4A contest at Fort Mill.
Singles
No. 1 - Madison Sharp (RH) def. Matt Hicks 6-0, 6-1; No. 2 - Billy Brown (RH) def. Sahil Masih 6-1, 6-1, No. 3 - Blake Williams (RH) def. Graham Lancaster 6-3, 6-7, 10-3, No. 4 - Tejas Padmanabhan (FM) def. Daniel Goldstein 6-2, 1-6, 10-6, No. 5 - Conner Cruse (RH) def. Jacob Frye 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles
No. 1 - Sharp-Brown (RH) def. Hicks-Masih 8-2, No. 2 - Conner Jenkins-H. Sharp (RH) def. Matt West-Matt Sanford 6-4, 6-7, 10-8.
Girls’ Soccer
Clover 4, Northwestern 3: The Blue Eagles won on penalty kicks over the Trojans in a Region 3-4A match at Northwestern.
Laila Rojas, Alex Pletniewski, Ashton Rayano and Maura Miller each scored a goal for Clover.
Boys Golf
Rock Hill 159, York 164: The Bearcats edged the Cougars at Spring Lake Country Club.
Rock Hill - Zach Reuland 37, Coble Panetti 40, Fred Croom 41, Kevin Dittmer 41.
York - Austin Hall 40, Landon Joye 40, Damon Heath 40, Chandler Sain.
Records: Rock Hill 4-2-1, York 0-4-1
This story was originally published March 24, 2015 at 10:24 PM with the headline "High school roundup: Chester's Jake Wright tosses one-hitter."