Weather and spring breaks for districts around the state played havoc with many of the spring sports schedules last week. Here’s a look at how local teams did in the games that they managed to get in.
Baseball
North Moore played the road end of a scheduled home-and-home series with Bartlett-Yancey, dropping an 8-4 decision in their only game of the week. The Mustangs are now 8-2 on the year, 5-2 in the Mid-Carolina Conference. They’re back at it this week with games against Lee County, Dunkirk and Seaforth, all at home.
Pinecrest was able to complete a busy schedule of four games, going 3-1. The Patriots swept a home-and-home with Lee County, 3-2 and 22-4. They dropped a 3-1 game against Gray’s Creek, then beat Wayne Country Day, 9-4.
Pinecrest is now 10-3, 5-1 in the Sandhills Conference. Pinecrest has another tournament game to start the week, then travels to Heritage and Scotland.
Union Pines dropped an 8-1 game against Richmond in their only action of the week. The Vikings are now 4-7, 1-4 in conference with a home-and-home this week against Trinity.
Softball
Union Pines split a pair of games this week, beating Greenbrier East, 11-6, then falling to James Madison, 8-7. The Vikings are now 8-3, 5-1 in the Sandhills.
North Moore had the week off for softball action this week to start a 19-day break in the schedule. They’ll be back at it with a trip to Jordan-Matthews on April 9. The Mustangs are 6-3 and in third place in the Mid-Carolina Conference at 6-1.
Pinecrest softball also didn’t play last week, as part of a two-week break in the schedule. The Patriots are 0-9 on the year, 0-6 in the Sandhills Conference. They’ll try to get their first win with a game against Green Hope this week.
Girls’ soccer
Pinecrest won its fourth game in a row and moved above .500 on the year for the first time this season. The Patriots blew out Scotland, 9-0 at home. Jadyn Lamielle scored two goals and had two assists in the win, while seven other Pinecrest players added goals. Pinecrest tries to keep the hot streak rolling with a game at Lee County this week.
Union Pines is riding a two-match winning streak, but the Vikings will need to hope that their momentum continues after a break in the schedule. Union Pines last played on March 20 and sits at 4-2-1 on the year, 1-1 in the Sandhills. They’ll hit the field again this week with home games against Athens Drive and Southern Lee.
North Moore is in the midst of a three-week break in the soccer schedule. The Mustangs haven’t played since March 20. They are still looking for a win on the season, sitting at 0-4-2 overall and 0-2-1 in the Mid-Carolina Conference. North Moore will have to wait at least another week, as they aren’t scheduled to retake the pitch until April 10, at home against Northwood.
Lacrosse
The last thing a hot team wants to do is take a break, but that’s what happened to both Pinecrest’s boys’ and girls’ lacrosse. The boys have won five straight to reach 7-2, 3-0 in conference, while the girls are on a seven-game hot streak and sit at 7-1, 3-0. Neither team has played since March 21, however. Both teams will play a home-and-home against Union Pines this week, as well as a home game against Hoggard.
The Union Pines boys played the only lacrosse game in the county this week, losing to Carrboro, 10-1. The Vikings are now 4-3, 3-0 in conference. The girls haven’t played since March 11 and will put their unbeaten 4-0, 2-0 record back on the line this week. Both teams will play a home-and-home with Pinecrest, The boys will also travel to Willow Spring.
