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Tuesday Game: Shorebirds Walk Off Wood Ducks in Opener

Salisbury, M.D. โ€“ After taking the 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh, the Down East Wood Ducks lost 4-3 on a walk off single in the bottom of the ninth to the Delmarva Shorebirds on Tuesday night. After winning four of their last five games to end July, the Wood Ducks pitching staff starts the month of August with their 12th lead surrendered loss of the season.

Thursday Game: Wood Ducks Fall Short After Blown Lead

After jumping out to a 4-0 lead early, the Down East Wood Ducks couldnโ€™t hold the lead as the pitching staff surrendered seven runs between the third and fourth innings and fell 7-6 Thursday night, to the Carolina Mudcats, playing as the Carolina Micro Brews. This marks the 10th lead surrendered loss for the Wood Ducks pitching staff this season.

Graphics scholarship endowed

A scholarship that took years in the making, was recently endowed by two faculty members through the Lenoir Community College Foundation for students enrolled in the graphics program. Dwight Downie, Graphics Program Chair/Instructor and former Graphics Instructor Kelly Statum (retired 2018), primary contributors to the scholarship, made contributions over the past 30 years to establish the D. Downie and K. Statum Graphics Faculty Scholarship, for students enrolled in the graphics program.