Salisbury’s Grace Yatawara shot 2-over 74 to tie for fourth in the U.S. Junior Girls Qualifier held at Columbia Country Club on Monday.
Yatawara made two birdies and four bogeys and qualified for the U.S. Girls Junior Championship that will be held in Flagstaff, Ariz., on July 21-26.
• In the USGA Junior Amateur Sectional Qualifier at Cary’s Prestonwood Country Club, Davis Richards and Michael Childress shot 1-under 71s. They are in a group tied for 13th in a field of 102.
Richards bogeyed the par-5 12th hole but made birdies on No. 15 and No 17.
Childress offset two bogeys with three birdies. He played the par 5s in 2-under.
The top four qualifiers advance to the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship in Texas on July 21-26.
The tournament also will provide two alternates.
The second round is today.

College baseball
Guilford’s Avery Rogers (East Rowan)was named to the college division All-State team.
A 6-3, 165-pound pitcher, Rogers relieved in 12 contests out of the bullpen in his third season, his first as Guilford’s closer. The right-hander posted a 1-2 record with two saves. He had career-best totals in earned run average (2.70) and walks (3) and matched his best single-season performance in strikeouts (17). His longest outing came March 27th against Greensboro College when he tossed two shutout innings with three strikeouts. Rogers averaged 11.48 strikeouts per nine innings.

Whit Merrifield (Davie) is batting .419 with 31 hits in 19 games since being promoted to the Triple-A Omaha Storm Chasers by Kansas City. Merrifield had four hits Saturday and four more on Sunday. Three of those hits were doubles.
• Chris Dula (Catawba) pitched a scoreless inning on Sunday night for Spokane.
• After a rough outing to start the season, Nick Lomascolo (Catawba) has put together five straight scoreless relief outings for the State College Spikes.
• The Kannapolis Intimidators won 4-2 against Charleston. Trey Michalczewski homered and drove in two runs.
Tampa Bay outfielder Jerry Sands (Catawba) is on the 15-day disabled list with a strained tendon in his left wrist. Sands’ wrist will be immobilized for three weeks, and re-evaluation will occur after that.
• Seattle’s Kyle Seager (NW Cabarrus, Kannapolis Legion) was tied for eighth in the American League with 55 RBIs entering Monday’s action. Seager was tied for 12th in doubles (20) and 12th in slugging percentage (.490).

John Owen pitched Rowan County to a 5-0 win against Stanly. Rowan County won 7-0 against South Rowan and finished with a 10-0 conference record and 19-3 overall.

American Legion
The Mooresville Moors won 11-1 in eight innings over the Mooresville Legends on Monday in the first game of a best-of-five series.
The Moors settled things with a four-run fifth for a 7-0 lead.
Michael Elwell had three hits for the Moors, and Jared Stukbauer smacked his sixth homer of the season.
Tyler Freeland pitched seven innings for the win and fanned eight.
Logan Davidson had two hits for the Legends. Jack Kolls took the loss.
• In another Southeast opener, Mocksville demolished Wilkes 21-0,
• In the Northern Division of Area III, Winston-Salem stopped Western Forsyth 11-7; High Point beat Burlington-Graham 7-5; Kernersville topped Davidson County 5-2, and Eastern Randolph edged Randolph County 6-5.