Southwestern Randolph and Trinity were among the big winners in high school baseball last week.
Southwestern Randolph handed Randleman its first loss of the season in a 6-2 road outcome as Logan Weidman was the winning pitcher and combined with Lane Poole to get the job done from the mound.
Lincoln Lawson had a double and scored two runs for Randleman, which entered the game with a 12-0 record.
Southwestern Randolph has won one game against Randleman in consecutive seasons after going at least 15 years without defeating the Tigers.
Also, Southwestern Randolph’s Lane Poole drilled a three-run home run in a 5-3 victory against visiting Chatham Charter. Winning pitcher Matthew Blankenship provided two hits at the plate.
** Trinity won three games, including a showdown with visiting Uwharrie Charter Academy.
Peyton Williams homered twice and Indiana Hill also hit a long ball in Trinity’s 8-3 home victory against UCA on Friday.
Winning pitcher Lincoln Coble worked six innings. Williams also scored three runs.
Jake Hunter had two hits for UCA, which fell to 11-3 with the result.
Also, Williams and Brody Little homered in Trinity’s 17-1 blistering of visiting Thomasville in Central Carolina 3-A Conference
Williams and Nick Soles each scored three runs in the Bulldogs’ 17-2 rout at Thomasville in the rematch.
Trinity is 6-0 in league play and ended last week at 13-3 overall.
** Providence Grove also won in the Central Carolina 3-A Conference with 5-3 and 4-2 decisions against East Davidson.
Andrew Thomas had a triple and a double in the first meeting, with Trevor Kirkman the winning pitcher. Thomas’ three hits and three runs scored combined with his pitching boosted the Patriots in the rematch.
** UCA won twice earlier last week, with Keaton Hill throwing a complete game and Levi Mitchell scoring four runs when the Eagles toppled visiting Asheboro 12-2. Hunter and Brody Engle both drove in two runs.
UCA won the first matchup with the Blue Comets by capturing a 7-4 decision at Asheboro with Hunter logging 10 strikeouts and driving in two runs. Hill scored two runs. Asheboro’s Reid Sudduth had three hits.
** Eastern Randolph’s 8-1 home victory against Chatham Central came with Cade McCallum striking out 10 batters in five innings. Chance Holdaway, Maddox Dunn and Miles Cox all scored two runs.
This came a day after Eastern Randolph’s 2-1 setback at Clover Garden. Eastern Randolph fell 8-0 at Southern Alamance at the beginning of the week.
** Randleman lost its second game of the season with a 4-3 outcome to visiting West Forsyth after building a 3-0 lead. Riddle had three this for the Tigers, while John Kirkpatrick suffered the pitching loss.
** Southern Alamance’s Camden Whittemore homered in a 3-2 victory at Asheboro, which received complete-game pitching from Daniel Jaimes.
