Here are the area\u2019s top high school sports performers for April 22-23. Top performers are based on the results sent in by the coaches.<\/p>\n
Thursday, April 23<\/p>\n
BASEBALL<\/p>\n
Hayden Atkinson, Dixon: The freshman was 2-for-3 with two RBIs in a 4-1 win over Havelock.<\/p>\n
Trent Leal, Dixon: The senior allowed just four hits and one earned run, walked one and struck out nine in seven innings.<\/p>\n
Beckford Riggs, Dixon: The sophomore was 1-for-2 with two runs and an RBI.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Pittman, Jacksonville: The senior was 1-for-3 with an RBI in an 11-2 loss to South Central.<\/p>\n
Vasco Sutton, Jacksonville: The senior was 1-for-4 with a double and run.<\/p>\n
Lucas Bell, Liberty Christian: The senior was 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs in an 18-8 victory over Wayne Country Day.<\/p>\n
Baedon Martin, Liberty Christian: The junior was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and allowed just three hits, four earned runs, walked three and struck out six in 5 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Henry McFarling, Liberty Christian: The junior was 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and two steals.<\/p>\n
Justin Carkhuff, White Oak: The freshman was 2-for-3 in a 14-1 loss in five innings to J.H. Rose.<\/p>\n
SOCCER<\/p>\n
Alexa Cole, Dixon: The senior added a goal in an 8-1 win over Havelock.<\/p>\n
Lily Getman, Dixon: The junior had a goal and two assists.<\/p>\n
Sloane Guidry, Dixon: The freshman had a goal and an assist.<\/p>\n
Aileen Lowman, Dixon: The sophomore scored three goals.<\/p>\n
Hailey Smith, Dixon: The junior added a goal.<\/p>\n
Chloe Thompson, Dixon: The freshman scored a goal.<\/p>\n
Sienna Corless, Jacksonville: The senior scored two goals in an 8-0 victory over South Central.<\/p>\n
Madison Haigler, Jacksonville: The junior scored two goals.<\/p>\n
Riley Morrow, Jacksonville: The senior had two assists.<\/p>\n
Caidy Nelson, Jacksonville: The senior scored three goals.<\/p>\n
Ryder Perry, Jacksonville: The senior had three assists.<\/p>\n
Kamrey Watkins, Richlands: The senior scored in a 2-1 loss to Croatan.<\/p>\n
Wednesday, April 22<\/p>\n
BASEBALL<\/p>\n
Luke Hall, East Duplin: The senior was 2-for-3 with two runs and two steals in a 14-2 win in five innings over Pender.<\/p>\n
Colton Holmes, East Duplin: The senior was 3-for-3 with three RBIs and two runs.<\/p>\n
Sawyer Marshburn, East Duplin: The senior was 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.<\/p>\n
Kaiden Cox, Jacksonville: The junior was 1-for-3 with a double and run.<\/p>\n
Cannon Smith, Jacksonville: The sophomore was 1-for-2 with a run.<\/p>\n
Vasco Sutton, Jacksonville: The senior was 1-for-3 with a double and RBI.<\/p>\n
BOYS LACROSSE<\/p>\n
Carter Geddes, Swansboro: The junior had seven goals and five assists in a 15-10 win over New Bern.<\/p>\n
Jackson Simmons, Swansboro: The freshman had six goals and three assists.<\/p>\n
SOCCER<\/p>\n
Olivia Briick, Lejeune: The freshman had five goals and one assist in a 10-0 win over Southside.<\/p>\n
Scarlett McLean, Lejeune: The junior had four goals and one assist.<\/p>\n
SOFTBALL<\/p>\n
Leighton Davis, East Duplin: The sophomore was 3-for-4 with three runs and an RBI in a 14-0 victory in six innings over Pender.<\/p>\n
Olivia Diffendorfer, East Duplin: The senior was 3-for-3 with four RBIs and a run.<\/p>\n
Ansley Hunter, East Duplin: The freshman went 3-for-5 with two doubles, three runs and an RBI.<\/p>\n
Sophia Jones, East Duplin: The sophomore was 1-for-3 with a double and run and allowed just three hits and no runs with one walk and two strikeouts in six innings.<\/p>\n
Ava Noble, East Duplin: The junior was 2-for-5 with a double, two runs and an RBI.<\/p>\n
Lorena Rodriguez, East Duplin: The freshman was 2-for-4 with a run.<\/p>\n
Karsyn Parker, East Duplin: The junior was 3-for-5 with a triple, run and RBI.<\/p>\n
TENNIS<\/p>\n
Ian Balog, Croatan: The senior won the Coastal 5-A\/6-A Conference singles tournament, defeating West Carteret\u2019s Beckett Wood 6-2, 1-6, 10-4 in the final. He opened with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Northside\u2019s Arth Patel and then defeated Havelock\u2019s Aidan Perry 6-3, 6-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are the area\u2019s top high school sports performers for April 22-23. Top performers are based on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-244667","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-news","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}