East Montgomery's
Hunter Stephens was the best pitcher in 1A Yadkin Valley this week. He won one game and retired 17 batters.
Top honors in the league this week go to
West Montgomery, which finished with three wins overall, good for best in the league. The Warriors beat
South Davidson 20-0,
Gray Stone Day 13-3 and the Knights 12-2.
Chatham Central put just four batters on base with walks in the past week, but
North Moore's pitching staff has had the best control this season, surrendering a walk only 25 times in 51 innings this year.
North Moore struck out 42 times as a team over the past week, but the Wildcats are still the biggest offender of strikeouts on the season, with 108 in all.
Russ Weiker continued to mow down hitters this week, cruising to two wins and 14 strikeouts. He leads the league in both categories.
Seven batters hit over .400 this week. The group was paced by Seth Elkins, who collected eight hits in ten at bats for a .800 average.
Chase Fuquay threw a no-hitter this week in Chatham Central's 2-0 victory over the Mustangs.
Chase Poplin led
South Stanly to a win on March 29, as he notched ten strikeouts to beat North Moore, 2-1. Over seven innings of work, he gave up four hits and one run.
Story is based on stats entered in MaxPreps by Tuesday 5am PST each week.
