Staff Report
The Reidsville Rams used not one, but three Pruitts in their 3-1 opening-day victory over Bartlett Yancey on a chilly, football-like Thursday afternoon.
Jason Pruitt was 2 for 3 at the plate with one run scored and one run batted in and then tossed two-plus innings of one-hit baseball as the Rams limited the Buccaneers to just three hits.
“I thought heading into the preseason we might be able to take these half dozen pitchers and replace the two we lost,” said Reidsville coach Ernie Holcomb.
The combination of Jeremy Pruitt, Jason Pruitt and Craig Pruitt handcuffed the BY batters all day. The trio surrendered one run on three hits and struck out six batters.
Jason Pruitt earned the win in relief as he pitched two and one-third innings of one-hit baseball.
He struck out one before turning things over to Craig Pruitt, who tossed a scoreless one and one-third inning and earned the save.
Trailing 1-0, the Rams tied the game with a run in the bottom of the fifth and then added a pair of runs – including the game winner – in the sixth inning.
Craig Pruitt led off the sixth with a walk and then stole second base. With one out, Sam Pugh reached on an error and Pruitt was able to score from second.
After a Reidsville strikeout, Jason Pruitt singled to centerfield and scored Pugh from second.
“When we got someone to second I told them we needed to get them in,” said Holcomb. “I didn’t think on a day like today, there would be too many guys reaching second.”
Jeremy Pruitt pitched the first three and two-thirds innings and allowed one earned run on one hit and struck out five.
Faced with a dilemma of replacing his top two pitchers, but Holcomb got efficient pitching in the team’s opener. In four of the seven innings, Reidsville pitchers retired the side in order four times and the three pitchers only surrendered two walks.
The other two Reidsville hits came from Craig Pruitt, who singled in the fourth but was unable to score, and Anthony Wooten.
In the loss, BY’s (0-1) Jacob Dameron and Brent Seamster combined to pitch six innings of four-hit baseball and recorded six strikeouts.
The Rams (1-0) return to action tonight at Rockingham County.
The game is a junior varsity-varsity doubleheader, which is slated to start
Thursday, February 28, 2008
MHS falls in second round to N. Vance
Staff Report
HENDERSON — Northern Vance took control early, but still had to fight off a Morehead comeback in the final minutes of Thursday night’s second round playoff game.
Led by Darrius Dunston’s game-high 36 points, the Vikings got out to a 21-2 lead after one quarter of play and still had to hold off the pesky Panthers late to win 76-67.
MHS, which ended the season at 12-15, cut the Northern lead to four (62-58) with 2:30 left.
The visitors had a chance to cut the deficit even more, but the referees didn’t call a foul on a three-point shot attempt late in the game. Morehead could get no closer as Northern advanced to Saturday’s sectional final.
“We just turned the ball over too much early in the game and couldn’t get the ball in the basket,” MHS coach John Harder said. “We turned the ball over eight times in that first quarter. But the guys didn’t give up and I was proud of them.”
After mustering only two points in the second, MHS got to within 10 at halftime (33-23) thanks to 21 second quarter points. Senior KaShaun Johnson scored 10 of his team-high 22 points in the second stanza.
Morehead had no answer for Dalton, who drained seven 3-pointers for the home team. He scored 20 of his 36 points before halftime.
The Panthers erupted for 26 fourth quarter points led by Johnson and Greg Perkins, who both hit a pair of three-pointers.
Perkins and Corey Graves both finished their high school careers with 14 points apiece.
HENDERSON — Northern Vance took control early, but still had to fight off a Morehead comeback in the final minutes of Thursday night’s second round playoff game.
Led by Darrius Dunston’s game-high 36 points, the Vikings got out to a 21-2 lead after one quarter of play and still had to hold off the pesky Panthers late to win 76-67.
MHS, which ended the season at 12-15, cut the Northern lead to four (62-58) with 2:30 left.
The visitors had a chance to cut the deficit even more, but the referees didn’t call a foul on a three-point shot attempt late in the game. Morehead could get no closer as Northern advanced to Saturday’s sectional final.
“We just turned the ball over too much early in the game and couldn’t get the ball in the basket,” MHS coach John Harder said. “We turned the ball over eight times in that first quarter. But the guys didn’t give up and I was proud of them.”
After mustering only two points in the second, MHS got to within 10 at halftime (33-23) thanks to 21 second quarter points. Senior KaShaun Johnson scored 10 of his team-high 22 points in the second stanza.
Morehead had no answer for Dalton, who drained seven 3-pointers for the home team. He scored 20 of his 36 points before halftime.
The Panthers erupted for 26 fourth quarter points led by Johnson and Greg Perkins, who both hit a pair of three-pointers.
Perkins and Corey Graves both finished their high school careers with 14 points apiece.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Lady Rams make it to third round
By STEVE WILLIAMS
Special to the Daily News
It’s on to the sweet 16 for the third straight year for the Reidsville Lady Rams.
A 77-57 victory over Burlington Cummings Wednesday night in the RHS gymnasium sends Reidsville to the Sectional 4 Championship game Friday night at home against Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons. The Crusaders, 19-7, turned back North Lenoir 61-45 Wednesday night.
Reidsville, winners of 14 straight, was coming off an impressive 94-69 romp over North Pitt in the opening round the previous night and continued to impress despite some lousy free throw shooting in the first three quarters. The Lady Rams were just 5 of 21 on the unguarded 15-footers until turning it around in the fourth quarter. They hit 11 of 14 in the final period to hold off Cummings’ spirited rally.
“I think it’s a matter of concentration,” said RHS coach Casey Elrod after watching his team’s 18th win against seven losses. “They’re more worried about what they’re doing after the foul shots instead of making the shot and then worrying about the defense. But free throw shooting was huge in the fourth quarter. If we had not stepped up at the end it could have been one of the ugliest endings possible.”
The Rams never trailed in the game after jumping out to an 11-2 lead. But Cummings was tenacious and closed the margin to one at 17-16 and 19-18 in the second period.
The Rams were up by just 28-24 before senior DeAnna Foust scored two baskets in the final 25 seconds of the half to push the margin to 32-24.
DeAnna then teamed up with her sophomore sister Raven Foust to ignite the Rams during a crucial stretch to begin the third quarter that opened up some breathing room.
Raven began the second half by knocking down a three-pointer, then DeAnna scored, then Raven again.
After Cummings got its only basket in the first 5:40 of the period, the Foust sister act continued. Each assisted the other during the Rams’ 18-3 run with the DeAnna scoring six points and Raven eight.
“We’ve been playing together since we were eight years old, so we know how each other works,” said DeAnna Foust. “She was always the guard and I was always the post so it’s perfect match right there.”
Kiana Galloway’s basket pushed the RHS advantage out to 50-27 with 2:44 left and it was 53-33 heading into the final eight minutes.
When Eleisha Hairston hit a pair of free throws to begin the final period, the Rams enjoyed a 22-point cushion.
Special to the Daily News
It’s on to the sweet 16 for the third straight year for the Reidsville Lady Rams.
A 77-57 victory over Burlington Cummings Wednesday night in the RHS gymnasium sends Reidsville to the Sectional 4 Championship game Friday night at home against Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons. The Crusaders, 19-7, turned back North Lenoir 61-45 Wednesday night.
Reidsville, winners of 14 straight, was coming off an impressive 94-69 romp over North Pitt in the opening round the previous night and continued to impress despite some lousy free throw shooting in the first three quarters. The Lady Rams were just 5 of 21 on the unguarded 15-footers until turning it around in the fourth quarter. They hit 11 of 14 in the final period to hold off Cummings’ spirited rally.
“I think it’s a matter of concentration,” said RHS coach Casey Elrod after watching his team’s 18th win against seven losses. “They’re more worried about what they’re doing after the foul shots instead of making the shot and then worrying about the defense. But free throw shooting was huge in the fourth quarter. If we had not stepped up at the end it could have been one of the ugliest endings possible.”
The Rams never trailed in the game after jumping out to an 11-2 lead. But Cummings was tenacious and closed the margin to one at 17-16 and 19-18 in the second period.
The Rams were up by just 28-24 before senior DeAnna Foust scored two baskets in the final 25 seconds of the half to push the margin to 32-24.
DeAnna then teamed up with her sophomore sister Raven Foust to ignite the Rams during a crucial stretch to begin the third quarter that opened up some breathing room.
Raven began the second half by knocking down a three-pointer, then DeAnna scored, then Raven again.
After Cummings got its only basket in the first 5:40 of the period, the Foust sister act continued. Each assisted the other during the Rams’ 18-3 run with the DeAnna scoring six points and Raven eight.
“We’ve been playing together since we were eight years old, so we know how each other works,” said DeAnna Foust. “She was always the guard and I was always the post so it’s perfect match right there.”
Kiana Galloway’s basket pushed the RHS advantage out to 50-27 with 2:44 left and it was 53-33 heading into the final eight minutes.
When Eleisha Hairston hit a pair of free throws to begin the final period, the Rams enjoyed a 22-point cushion.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Cougars hammered, 108-72
Staff Report
GREENVILLE – Despite scoring 72 points and shooting 54 percent from the field, Rockingham County had no answers for top-seeded D.H. Conley on Tuesday night. Conley shot 84 percent from the field and rolled past the Cougars, 108-72 in the first round of the 3-A East state playoffs.
The loss ends Rockingham County’s season at 11-14.
With the win, Conley improves to 22-3 and now faces Southern Wayne, which knocked off Currituck on Tuesday.
“We didn’t play poorly,” said RCHS head coach Jeff Hamilton. “We just ran into a buzz saw.”
With only 14 turnovers on the night, Rockingham County fell behind 28-19 at the end of the first quarter. Conley was even more impressive in the second quarter, outscoring Rockingham County, 34-19.
The Cougars, which were a wild-card entry for the second straight season, trailed 62-38 at halftime.
RCHS had to contend with Conley’s dual threat of inside and outside. From the outside, the home team connected on 10 three-pointers, compared to just four by the Cougars.
Jonathan Setters led Conley with 25 points and Juran Lane added 22.
Setters scored 19 of his 25 before the half and Lane netted 14 of his 22 in the first two quarters.
In the loss, Rockingham County got 27 points and 17 rebounds from “Buck” Parker and 20 points from Devin Moyer. Justin Ward, who made 3 of the team’s 4 three-pointers, finished with 17 points.
Conley plays host to Southern Wayne on Thursday night.
In the other Triad 3-A Conference action, Morehead, Northeast Guilford, Northern Guilford and Greensboro Dudley won, but Western Guilford along with RCHS lost.
GREENVILLE – Despite scoring 72 points and shooting 54 percent from the field, Rockingham County had no answers for top-seeded D.H. Conley on Tuesday night. Conley shot 84 percent from the field and rolled past the Cougars, 108-72 in the first round of the 3-A East state playoffs.
The loss ends Rockingham County’s season at 11-14.
With the win, Conley improves to 22-3 and now faces Southern Wayne, which knocked off Currituck on Tuesday.
“We didn’t play poorly,” said RCHS head coach Jeff Hamilton. “We just ran into a buzz saw.”
With only 14 turnovers on the night, Rockingham County fell behind 28-19 at the end of the first quarter. Conley was even more impressive in the second quarter, outscoring Rockingham County, 34-19.
The Cougars, which were a wild-card entry for the second straight season, trailed 62-38 at halftime.
RCHS had to contend with Conley’s dual threat of inside and outside. From the outside, the home team connected on 10 three-pointers, compared to just four by the Cougars.
Jonathan Setters led Conley with 25 points and Juran Lane added 22.
Setters scored 19 of his 25 before the half and Lane netted 14 of his 22 in the first two quarters.
In the loss, Rockingham County got 27 points and 17 rebounds from “Buck” Parker and 20 points from Devin Moyer. Justin Ward, who made 3 of the team’s 4 three-pointers, finished with 17 points.
Conley plays host to Southern Wayne on Thursday night.
In the other Triad 3-A Conference action, Morehead, Northeast Guilford, Northern Guilford and Greensboro Dudley won, but Western Guilford along with RCHS lost.
Lady Rams advance to second round
By STEVE WILLIAMS
Special to the Review
Reidsville’s inside-outside attack was too much for North Pitt Tuesday night and the Rams rolled to a 94-69 victory in the opening round of the State 2-A playoffs.
Junior Eleisha Hairston scored 31 points, mostly on inside moves, and senior Kiana Gal-loway lit up the RHS gymnasium for eight three-pointers on her way to 26 points to pace the Rams’ high-powered attack.
“That was probably one of the better shooters we’ve faced this year,” said North Pitt coach Allen Wooten after his team ended the year with a 9-16 record. “Credit them, they’re a good ball club. We’re trying to front Hairston inside making sure she doesn’t get open and then you got shooters from both sides of the court. So you pick your poison.”
It was a double dose of the lethal stuff administered by the Rams, who also excelled from the foul line (20 of 27) and on defense where their full-court pressure forced North Pitt turnovers in bunches.
“They didn’t know about Kiana,” said RHS coach Casey Elrod after the Rams won their 13th straight game and moved to 17-7 on the season. “That was one of the rare times that any team’s not going to know about her so they left her open for a long time. And even when they started coming out, by then she had a rhythm, and once you’ve got a rhythm, it doesn’t matter if you’ve got a hand in your face.”
Galloway’s night started innocently enough, making just 1 of 3 from beyond the arc in the first half.
Hairston had 16 of her points before intermission as the Rams built a 41-31 margin.
The Panthers had hopes of hanging in the game in the third quarter, cutting Reidsville’s lead to 45-39 on an offensive rebound conversion by Teera Clark after three minutes.
But Galloway heated up and North Pitt’s hopes wilted under the barrage. She hit six three-pointers in the final 4:52 of the quarter and Melita Galloway added another bonus ball as the Rams pulled away. Hairston added 10 points in the period. It was an awesome offensive display that produced Reidsville’s largest one-quarter total of the season. Senior guard Brandy Roach played a big role in the explosion with seven or her game-high eight assists in the quarter.
At the end of the period, the Rams had built the cushion to 76-54 and in the final 4:52 of the period they outscored North Pitt 31-15.
Special to the Review
Reidsville’s inside-outside attack was too much for North Pitt Tuesday night and the Rams rolled to a 94-69 victory in the opening round of the State 2-A playoffs.
Junior Eleisha Hairston scored 31 points, mostly on inside moves, and senior Kiana Gal-loway lit up the RHS gymnasium for eight three-pointers on her way to 26 points to pace the Rams’ high-powered attack.
“That was probably one of the better shooters we’ve faced this year,” said North Pitt coach Allen Wooten after his team ended the year with a 9-16 record. “Credit them, they’re a good ball club. We’re trying to front Hairston inside making sure she doesn’t get open and then you got shooters from both sides of the court. So you pick your poison.”
It was a double dose of the lethal stuff administered by the Rams, who also excelled from the foul line (20 of 27) and on defense where their full-court pressure forced North Pitt turnovers in bunches.
“They didn’t know about Kiana,” said RHS coach Casey Elrod after the Rams won their 13th straight game and moved to 17-7 on the season. “That was one of the rare times that any team’s not going to know about her so they left her open for a long time. And even when they started coming out, by then she had a rhythm, and once you’ve got a rhythm, it doesn’t matter if you’ve got a hand in your face.”
Galloway’s night started innocently enough, making just 1 of 3 from beyond the arc in the first half.
Hairston had 16 of her points before intermission as the Rams built a 41-31 margin.
The Panthers had hopes of hanging in the game in the third quarter, cutting Reidsville’s lead to 45-39 on an offensive rebound conversion by Teera Clark after three minutes.
But Galloway heated up and North Pitt’s hopes wilted under the barrage. She hit six three-pointers in the final 4:52 of the quarter and Melita Galloway added another bonus ball as the Rams pulled away. Hairston added 10 points in the period. It was an awesome offensive display that produced Reidsville’s largest one-quarter total of the season. Senior guard Brandy Roach played a big role in the explosion with seven or her game-high eight assists in the quarter.
At the end of the period, the Rams had built the cushion to 76-54 and in the final 4:52 of the period they outscored North Pitt 31-15.
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