The North Buncombe Black Hawks will be defending their home field for the first time this season when they go up against the R-S Central Hilltoppers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Monday, everything went North Buncombe's way against Tuscola as North Buncombe made off with an 8-2 win.
Sadie Jo Hunter
| 03/03/25 @ Tuscola | 20 |
| 04/16/24 vs T.C. Roberson | 19 |
| 03/27/24 vs Enka | 17 |
| 04/18/24 vs McDowell | 14 |
| 05/07/24 vs A.C. Reynolds | 13 |
Sadie Jo Hunter spent all seven innings on the mound, and it's clear why: she surrendered only one earned (and one unearned) run on three hits and racked up 20 Ks. The dominant performance gave her a new career-high in strikeouts.
At the plate, the team relied heavily on Molly Clark, who went 2-for-4 with four RBI, one stolen base, and one run. Those four RBI gave her a new career-high. Lilly Clark was another key player, scoring two runs and stealing a base while going 2-for-4.
Meanwhile, while R-S Central put up plenty of runs on Monday, the same can't be said for T.C. Roberson. R-S Central put the hurt on T.C. Roberson with a sharp 11-0 victory. The Hilltoppers haven't had any issues with the Rams recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.
Alexis Nanney was incredible, scoring two runs and stealing Two bases. while going 2-for-2. The team also got some help courtesy of Madelyn Hasty, who scored two runs while going 1-for-2.
The victory got North Buncombe back to even at 1-1. As for R-S Central, their win bumped their record up to 2-0.
North Buncombe skirted past R-S Central 3-2 in their previous meeting back in March of 2024. Does North Buncombe have another victory up their sleeve, or will R-S Central turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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