Central High

Right-hander John Rollings tossed a 9-0 no-hitter for the Junior Eagles baseball team against the visiting Junior Braves from Cheraw last Thursday night in the second game of a double header.

Rollings struck out three and did not walk a batter in his masterpiece as the junior varsity team raised their record to 5-3 for the year. Rollings’ teammates gave him all the runs he needed by starting with four runs in the first inning and adding five more in the five-inning game.

Sloppy play in the infield cost Central a chance for a tie for first place in Region 4AA baseball last Friday, as the Eagles fell in a 6-4 game at Cheraw.

The Eagles committed two errors in the first inning which lead to four unearned Braves’ runs after Central had taken a short-lived 2-0 lead on Kelton Myers’ two-run single.

The next four innings were scoreless until the Braves scored twice in their half of the sixth inning to increase their lead to 6-2. The Eagles scored two in their half of the seventh for the final score of 6-4.

The Central High junior varsity softball team lost two games last week to see their record fall to 1-6 for the year.
The Junior Lady Eagles lost to the Junior Volunteers 11-4 on Wednesday, March 13 at Andrew Jackson. Jazmyn Baker was the losing pitcher. Central had six hits coming from Deja Moree with two hits and Ebony Seegars, Makayla Krest, Baker and Shontrina Blakeney adding one each.

In their region opener last Tuesday, March 12, the Lady Eagles fell behind the Lady Rams from Chesterfield 7-0 but came back to down the visitors 8-7 in eight innings when Kassie Mann scored the winning run on Jamyia Tyson’s ground out.

The Lady Eagles trailed 7-1 entering the bottom of the seventh inning. Central cut the margin 7-4 and with two outs junior Carlee Belk blasted a towering three-run homer to tie the game 7-7.