Southwestern Randolph’s Grant Kirk slides into the plate to score a run against Westchester Country Day School last week at McCrary Park in Asheboro. (PJ Ward-Brown/Randolph Record)
ASHEBORO – Uwharrie Charter Academy’s baseball team won three times in the Asheboro ZooKeepers Classic last week at McCrary Park.
The Eagles socked Southern Alamance 12-1, trounced Jordan-Matthews 15-5 and topped Montgomery Central 9-0.
Wheatmore had a winning record in the classic, while Southwestern Randolph and Asheboro both finished with 1-2 records in the multi-day competition.
UCA’s Jake Hunter pitched in the first game of the event. Walker Wilkins had four hits, including two triples, and Trey Kennedy smashed a two-run home run and Logun Wilkins drove in three runs against Jordan-Matthews. Logun Wilkins was the winning pitcher vs. Montgomery Central.
** Wheatmore went 2-1 in the event, bouncing back from a 2-1 loss to Jordan-Matthews to defeat Montgomery Central 6-0 and rally past Westchester Country Day School by 7-6.
In the Montgomery Central game, Parker Kines and Jonathan Heraldo combined on a two-hitter with 15 strikeouts, while Caleb Coggins homered.
The winning run against Westchester Country Day School came on a wild pitch, but Trey Mitchell and Lukas Usterbowski had triples in the seventh inning.
** Southwestern Randolph beat Westchester Country Day School 4-3, boosted by Ryan Jones’ relief pitching. Later in the week, the Cougars fell 11-1 to Southern Alamance and lost 15-2 to Burlington Williams.
** Asheboro suffered losses to Burlington Williams by 4-1 and to Southern Alamance by 13-6 before blasting Jordan-Matthews 13-1. In the victory, Ben Luck drove in four runs and scored two runs to support winning pitcher Adam Curry.
Also during spring break …
At Shallotte, Randleman won both of its games in the Beach Diamond Invitational, with another game cancelled because of weather.
Jake Riddle threw a four-hitter with eight strikeouts in a 6-0 blanking of South Stanly before the Tigers needed just five innings to defeat East Forsyth 12-2 with pitcher Seth Way a home run shy of the cycle at the plate.
** At Georgetown, S.C., Providence Grove went 2-1 in the South Atlantic Bank Invitational.
The Patriots defeated Byrd (W. Va.) 7-0 with Jayten Beasley, Canaan Sheppard and Jacob Flinchum combining on a one-hitter. Later came a 7-6 victory against Waccamaw (S.C.) with Flinchum driving in three runs and Trevor Kirkman the winning pitcher in relief.
Providence Grove lost to Lugoff-Elgin (S.C.) by 10-4.
** Eastern Randolph lost two games in the Battle for Big Rock at Morehead City.
South Central beat the Wildcats 6-3 by scoring the last six runs. Roxboro Person needed eight innings for a 7-6 victory against Eastern Randolph, which received three hits from Bryson Marley and forced the extra inning with four runs in the seventh. A third game in the event was cancelled via the weather.
** Trinity went 2-1 in non-league games, beat Union Pines 23-13 at home before falling 11-5 in the rematch on the road. Then came a 20-12 whipping of host Carrboro.
