South Point made an exciting statement last night in the first game of a 3 game series to determine a state finalist in 3A baseball.
A 1-0 victory over a previously undefeated West Rowan pitcher and a No-Hitter by local standout Zach Horne, put SP in the driver’s seat to advance in this tournament.
(Gazette Photo)
The Gazette account of the game is pretty accurate.
Sophomore Wes Lawing, the hero of the R.S. Central game the other day, provided the scoring heroics again last night. His eighth-inning bloop single scored Jordan Edgerton who sprinted in from third base. But the real hero was Horne’s pitching performance.
Horne struck out 10 batters, and allowed only one runner to progress, and that was on a fielding error in the top of the 8th inning. For the most part, SP had come to play, they just couldn’t score off the 6 or 7 hits that they made through the game.
The next game is tonight at West Rowan, where the opposition has several tough undefeated pitchers waiting to face the Raider bats. Depending on that outcome, a third game will be played on Saturday night at South Point or the Raiders advance with a win tonight.
Go Red Raiders!
May 23, 2008
(Zach Horne - Gazette file Photo)
The Gazette is reporting that the South Point boys baseball team is favored to win the Big South Conference title this season.
“Lineberger isn’t sold that his team is the one to beat in the Big South this season” stated the article. While we tend to agree with the coach, there are some good possibilities to the season. Like the girl’s soccer in the conference, anybody could win with the right combinations.
South Point has good pitching, however the young sophomores have a lot of strength to face with opposition hitters at Crest, Forestview, and East Gaston.
South Point’s infield is good, and fast which should make for some interesting games this season.
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A couple of the ballplayers for the Red Raiders have promised to submit their thoughts to the Front Porch, but it IS spring, the PROM and graduation seem to be occupying a lot of minds at 906 South Point Road right about now.
March 11, 2008
Oh well, for all the fussin’ that goes on at the younger ages through youth developmental sports, South Point just can’t seem to get it together for basketball.
Coach Barkley certainly doesn’t have to worry over his job performance. Of course, basketball at the high school level in North Carolina is not the revenue-producer of the football programs. But can’t we try at least to develop some basketball players in the area?
Not to take away from the valiant players that make the commitment to play for South Point, but they just can’t play this sport too well. We cheer, we wince at shots taken, we watch a bit of hot-dogging and ball-hogging, but synchronicity is not a hallmark of SP basketball. It is not as if South Point is without talented athletes. We have seen them on the soccer field, football field, and baseball field. They run track/cross country, and play golf.
The middle school teams seem to perform well year after year, why does this not translate to performance at the high school level? Several players on this year’s squads, JV and varsity, even have given up participation in other sports and activities to focus on basketball (their words).
It can’t be lack of gym time at any level. Nobody is allowed on courts except for the gym classes.
Since this season is a wash-out, we can always turn to next season. Maybe the coach could spend some time on the fundamentals and read a thing or two about recruiting from the hallways.
February 20, 2008
