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West Craven’s Shane Bland shut out A-G on two hits to help his Eagles tie the Chargers atop the Eastern Carolina 2A.
Tickets are still available for the sixth Kinston-Lenoir County Sports Hall of Fame ceremony, which is Saturday at 6 p.m. at the Kinston Community Center.
Arendell Parrott’s nine-game winning streak came to an end in a 7-3 loss to Coastal Christian Thursday. This was the Patriots’ lowest offensive output of the season.
Ayden-Grifton defeated North Lenoir 4-2 Wednesday to remain undefeated in Eastern Carolina Conference play.
The Neuse News Athletes of the Week are Ayden-Grifton’s Tanner Cannon and Arendell Parrott’s Gisell Cervantes.
Kinston’s track and field team participated in the event at Nash Central on Saturday.
South Lenoir has started the year 3-2 in soccer and is looking to get stronger as the campaign continues. The Blue Devils are coming off a 10-8 campaign in 2018, their most successful in school history.
South Lenoir dropped three straight after a 3-1 start and is looking to turn things around in the upcoming week, facing Greene Central and North Lenoir at home.
Saturday’s Craven County Classic featured Kinston’s Samantha Lee and Judah McBynum, South Lenoir’s Taniejah Mitchell and Ayden-Grifton’s James Richardson.
Nine local basketball players will be represented in three showcases this weekend.
The Neuse News Athletes of the Week are Arendell Parrott’s Jonah Beaman and Greene Central’s Laura Wade.
For the fourth straight season, Greene Central has started 5-1 or better as the team hopes to have another successful campaign.
Ayden-Grifton gave Washington its worst loss in five years Tuesday with a 12-0 victory.
North Lenoir avoided its first ever 0-3 Eastern Carolina Conference start with a 6-3 victory over Greene Central Tuesday.
Arendell Parrott has been on a tear during its six-game winning streak, including Monday’s 11-1 victory over Village Christian.
The ACC Tournament returned to Charlotte last weekend — and college basketball fans from Lenoir County were happy about it.
Ayden-Grifton had scored just three runs in 10 previous meetings with South Lenoir, but rallied from four down in the top of the seventh Friday to win 8-7 in 13 innings.