(Story and stats submitted by Jim Welborn)

With a 2-0 win over East Lincoln. East Davidson Eagles advance to the Sectional Round of the state 2A State playoffs. More to come! Congratulations Eagles!

East Davidson at East Lincoln

Teams 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

East Davidson 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 7 0

East Lincoln 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 1

WP: - Avery Bowles (10-1) Save: Braxton Shetley (5)

LP: - David Keener (NA)

Leading Hitters: East Davidson: Brock Goodyear 2-2, RBI;

Nathan Campbell 2-4

East Lincoln: Ethan Jones 2-3

East Davidson: (17-9)

East Lincoln: (22-5)

Highlights: East will play Tuesday at East Rutherford at 7:00.

West Davidson's amazing season has come to a close. Winning the conference regular championship and the conference tournament championship, the Green Dragons had momentum coming into the playoffs. That momemtum ran out tonight against a very tough 20-3 Cuthberson Cavaliers team.

The first two innings were scoreless then the Cavaliers took a lead on a two run homer by Cavalier, Austin Pierce and they never looked back. The Cavaliers definitely had the bats working, hitting a total of five home runs in the game. West was able to put a couple on the board in the bottom of the fifth inning including a home run by Dragon Zack Queen but it was far from enough. Cavaliers win 13-2.

Cuthberson at West Davidson Box Score

WP: Brian Donovon, LP: Justin Freeman, SV: -

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Ledford athletes advanced through the regionals last weekend to compete in the 3A NCHSAA Track and Field Championships on Friday the 18th at NC A&T University. The Panthers had contenders in the girls shot put, girls pole vault, and the girls 4 x 800 meter Relay...on the boys side they had competitors in the 4 x 800 meter mens race, and the 3200 meter run.

Medaling for the Panthers was Brooke Shelton in the girls pole vault. A vault of 11-0" earned Brooke a solid third place finish. Also competing in the pole vault for the Panthers, Molly Gibbons finished a respectable 7th place with a vault of 9'-6".

Falling just short of medaling was Sam Miller in the girls shot put event. A put of 34-10.75" earned her a fifth place finish.

The girls 4x800 relay team fared better than the mens with a finish of 8th out of 16, the boys finished 14th out of their 16 team group.

In the 3200m mens race; Anthony Hughes finished in 11th place.

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Central has a tendency to start a game very shaky. They usually have one inning where they just can't get it together on offense or defense. That was just the case against Randleman last night. Randleman jumped out to a early 2-0 lead in the top of the 1st. Many errors plagued the Spartans during the first couple innings. Central had a chance to tie the game twice while at bat in the bottom of the first, they loaded the bases twice before the a wild pitch hit a Spartan to score one...Read More

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Congratulations to South Davidson's Madison Sigmon for medaling in the NCHSAA 1A State Track and Field Championships. With a time of 48.29, Madison placed 4th in the state final. Bettering her time of 49.61 in her 7th place showing in last years finals by a second and a half. Congratulations Madison!

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East Davidson fought hard against the competition all year. With a young team and a new coach it seemed like East had all the elements going against them. But the seniors stepped it up and guided the young team and Coach Amanda Beck lead the team to a second place finish in the CCC and into the first round of the state playoffs...Read more

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East took the week to prepare for the first round of the states. That preparation was exactly what they needed. East was paired up with Draughn which is a very long 2 and half hour drive on a activity bus. The drive didn't seem to bother the Eagles as they jumped to an early 4-1 lead. East would hold Draughn to just 3 runs while they tacked on 8. Winning on the mound for the Eagles was Avery Boles who is now 8-1. Leading hitters for East were Tyler Stroup 2 for 4 with an RBI and Hayden Steelman 1 for 2, 2B, 2 RBI.

East will take on West Lincoln at West Lincoln on Tuesday at 7:00 pm

West Davidson took on Bandys in the first round of the 2-A state softball playoffs. West went down 11-1 in 5 innings. Losing pitchers for West were Laren Wilson and Nicole Micheal. Leading at the plate was Carey Norman who went 2 for 2 and had an RBI.

Competitors representing Thomasville, Lexington, Central Davidson, West Davidson, and East Davidson advanced through their regionals held last weekend to participate in the NCHSAA State Track and Field Championships on Friday held at NC A&T University in Greensboro.

Most notable performances were put in by Thomasville and Lexington 4x100 Relay Team and the Thomasville 4 x 200 Team with each earning medals.

4 X 100 Meter Relay
  3rd place Lexington with a time of:  43.43  
     1) Dutrey Rose                   2) Tyron Reid --                  
     3) Xavier Baker                  4) Marquez Grayson --             
  4th place Thomasville with a time of: 43.55   
     1) Quindale Williams             2) Marvin Johnson               
     3) Jaques Taylor                 4) Quanny Johnson    


4 X 200 Meter Relay
  4th place Thomasville with a time of: 1:29.63    
     1) Gabe Brockett                 2) Quanny Johnson               
     3) Marvin Johnson                4) Quindale Williams 

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Eight Coaches will be honored by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for making a difference by virtue of their exemplary sportsmanship. One of those coaches will be the East Davidson Varsity Baseball Coach Dan Tricarico.....Read More

Emily Hutcherson had an amazing night for West Davidson in the goal. Hutcherson stopped everything that came within her grasp. Unfortanately, Peidmont snuck by one shot on her to get the only goal of the night. Most of the game was played on the West Davidson goal side but the Dragons played hard. They have nothing to be ashamed of this season and they look forward to improving and being on top again next season.

Central Davidson took on #1 Cuthbertson in the first round of the baseball 2-A state playoffs. Both teams fought hard but in the end it was Cuthbertson that took the only run winning 1-0.

John Hanes, Andrew Everhart and Trever Nanney each contributed a hit to the Spartan attack. Dillon Hampton had an amazing night on the mound despite the loss. Hampton struck out 7 and walked none.

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Last night the Dragons of West Davidson took on Forest Hills Yellowjackets in the first round of the state playoffs. Jake Walser pitched a complete game, only giving up 3 hits, 2 runs with 1 error. Walser had 14 strike outs and walked 4. Walser’s only rough patch was in the 4^th and 6^th innings where he had bases loaded and only 1 out...Read More

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When Paige Chavis injured her ankle earlier in the year during basketball it was up in the air if she was going to be able to come back 100% during soccer. Tonight however she proved that nothing was going to stop her from making a huge comeback. The Spartans took on visiting Forest Hills in the first round of the state playoffs. The Spartans took 1st seed in the state playoffs after finishing first in the Central Carolina Conference...Read More

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The Eagles of East Davidson traveled to South Iredell for the first round of the 2-A state playoffs tonight. After an amazing season that had many ups and downs the Eagles finished 3rd in the Central Carolina Conference and #3 in the state 2-A. Despite all their efforts the Eagles came up short losing 8-0 against South Iredell.

Taylor Bell lead the Eagle attack as the goalie with 4 saves before leaving the game with an injury.

No one could have predicted the outcome of tonight’s game between Central Davidson and East Davidson. Both teams are equal in one way or another, both have first year coaches, both have freshman that are definitely earning their keep, both have seasoned seniors to guide their teams and both play their hearts out. This was extremely evident in the match up tonight....Read More

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The CCC Tournament #3 seed Salisbury faced the #1 seed West Davidson in the Conference tournament championship game tonight at Finch Field in Thomasville.

Loading the bases with no outs on a single and two walks, the Dragons seemed poised to take an early lead. Hornets starter Scott Freidrich was having a tough time keeping the ball down in the strike zone. Then a strike out and two shallow fly balls saved the struggling right hander and the Hornets exited the first unscathed. Neither team was able to put anything together in the second but the Dragons were able to get on the board in the third on a triple by Tyler Redd after a Tyler Hudson walk to go up 1-0......

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Salisbury at West Davidson Box Score

WP: Jake Walser, LP: Scott Freidrich, SV: -

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With both East Davidson and Central Davidson securing wins tonight they will face off for the third time this season in the CCC Championship on Friday at 7:00 at Central.

The game on Friday night will have a sense of Deja Vu for Coach Amanda Beck, of East Davidson, Coach Jordan Stogner and Alison Tysinger of Central Davidson and myself. In 2004 Beck and I were on the East Davidson softball team and we were facing off against Stogner and Tysinger for the CCC Championship at West Stokes High School...Read More

East Davidson's Haley Ray pitching ability has lead the Eagles all year and tonight it pushed them to a victory over West Davidson. Ray had 5 strikeouts for the night. The Eagles finished the game in 6 innings winning 11-1. This win not only sends the Eagles to the Championship but it secures them the #2 seed in the 2-A State Playoffs.

Leading at the plate for the Eagles were Andrea Grant 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, Morgan Gallimore 3 for 4 with 1 run scored, 3 doubles and 2 RBI and Alyssa Harvell 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored, 1 double

Leaders for West were Nicole Michael 1 for 3, 1 RBI, Carey Norman 2 for 3, Daryn Menius 1 for 2 and Bekah Hudson 2 for 3.

Tonight's win sends the Eagles to the Championship game Friday night at 7:00 against Central Davidson at Central Davidson.