From staff reports
Walt Shoaf, featured in a recent story in the Salisbury Post, wasn’t jinxed at all by a little publicity.
He made a hole-in-one on his 88th birthday on his way to a sizzling round of 71 at Corbin Hills.
Playing from the gold tees, Shoaf aced the 145-yard No. 2 hole with a 3-wood. He was playing with Jerry Allman and Sal Alfieri.
Junior Legion
Rowan County’s Junior team swept Western Forsyth in a first-round series by winning 9-1 on Wednesday at Newman Park.
Joesph Peeler pitched a complete game.
Michael Caldwell had three hits, including a triple, and scored three times. Michael Pinkston had two hits and scored twice. Hunter Brooks had two hits and two RBIs. Luke Setzer drove in three runs.
Rowan’s next series will be against the winner of the Kernersville-Southwest Guilford series.
American Legion
The Rowan County-Mooresville Legends game scheduled for Wednesday was postponed.
Rowan will try to clinch the series at Mooresville High tonight. Jared Mathis is the probable Rowan hurler.
The Mooresville Moors beat Stanly 5-2 on Tuesday.
It was a marathon in Albemarle — a 10-inning game, plus an 80-minute delay for lightning. Logan Beegle pitched five strong innings before the delay, and Michael Elwell held Stanly scoreless after he took the mound in the sixth. Hunter Harvey and Holden Pender drove in runs in the 10th, and the Moors got another run on a throwing error.
Stanly stayed alive with a 12-8 road win on Wednesday. The Moors lead the series 2-1. The teams play tonight at Albemarle’s Montgomery Park.
Top-seeded Mocksville edged No. 8 seed Concord 6-5 in 11 innings on Tuesday to take a 2-0 lead in their first-round series.
In the Northern Division, Kernersville, Burlington-Graham and Randolph finished off first-round sweeps on Wednesday. See Scoreboard.
Minor leagues
The Kannapolis Intimidators beat the Greensboro Grasshoppers 6-1 in front of an Independence Day crowd of 5,245 fans at CMC-NorthEast Stadium on Wednesday.
Grant Buckner’s two-run double was the key hit, and Kevin Vance didn’t allow a hit in 42/3 innings of relief.
Youth track
Rowan Express Track Club athletes competed in the AAU qualifier held in Charlotte.
Three qualified for the upcoming Junior Nationals in Houston.
Braniya Goodlett was first in the shot put in the 10-year-old division.
BreAsia Ellis was first in the shot put in the 9-year-old division.
BraQuan Ellis was fourth in the shot in the 10-year-old division.
Also competing for Rowan Express were:
Byron Goodlett in the 13-year-old age division in the 200.
Elijal De La Rosa, sixth in the discus and shot put in the 12-year-old division.
Tailaysia De La Rosa, ninth in the long jump for 9-year-olds.
Brittany Ellis, seventh in the shot put and eighth in the long jump in the 9-year-old division.
Youth baseball
East Rowan’s 7U all-stars finished in the top four in the state in the WNC Cal Ripken State Tournament in Lexington. East Rowan finished with a 2-2 record, with wins over Fletcher and Bunker Hill. East lost twice to state champ Indian Trail.
East Rowan’s 9U all-stars lost two games in the Area 3 tournament held at Rockwell Elementary. East lost to Davidson County and Bunker Hill. Eastern Randolph won the Area 3 championship game by beating China Grove 9-4.
East’s 9U all-stars are Braeden Moore, Jacob Daubenmire, David Jordan, Austin Jackson, Payton Keim, Gavin Sprinkle, Landon Shuping, Jaden Collins, Aaron Misenheimer, Hunter Poole, Andrew Slaydon, Cole Hopkins and Brandon Melton.
Brad Moore is the head coach and is assisted by Thad Sprinkle, Kent Jackson and Marc Collins.
East Rowan’s 10U all-stars begin the Area 4 tournament in Polkton today at 6 p.m. against Prospect.
East Rowan’s 10U team consists of Corbin Durham, Mason Heard, Ethan Mastro, Mark Spry, Jake Holshouser, Dakota Jacobsen, Jacob Bogacz, Julian Malnar, Jentry Lambert, Sam Gobble, Dawson Propst and Drake Walton. The head coach is Jason Bogacz. His assistants are Kevin Holshouser and Brian Jacobsen.
East Rowan’s 11U all-stars begin the Area 3 tournament against Sherrills Ford today at 6 p.m. in Ramseur. East’s 11U all-stars are Luke Barringer, Karson Beachem, Justin Goodman, Soloman Holshouser, Seth Lamarre, Matthew Mathis, Avery Shull, Landon Tuck, Carson Walker, Bryson Wagner, Kyle Weddington and Lauren Weisensel. The head coach is Ron Tuck. Assistants are Travis Walker and Greg Shull.
East Rowan’s 12U all-stars begin the Area 4 tournament today at 6 p.m. against Eastern Randolph in Asheboro. East’s team consists of Jake Kepley, Chase Earnhardt, Matt Messina, Trey Dry, Paiton File, Dylan Forbis, Austin Melton, Brycen Holshouser, Matthew Kimrey, Justin Peeler, Will Peeler and Colby Myrick. The head coach is Lane Kepley. Assistants are Mark Messina and Grant Peeler.
College leagues
Local players are still doing well for the Mooresville All Americans in the Carolina-Virginia Collegiate League.
Zach Smith (East Rowan, Catawba) is batting .351 with two homers and 13 RBIs. Julio Zubillaga (Carson, Catawba) is batting .418 with a homer and 10 RBIs. Gunnar Hogan (Carson, Catawba) is batting .378 with two homers and six RBIs. Alex Litaker (East, Brevard) is 1-1 with a 1.27 ERA, and Forrest Buchanan (Salisbury, Belmont Abbey) is 1-2 with a 2.31 ERA.