Northern Guilford Nighthawks working to bring Title back to Guilford County:4-2 over Crest on Friday(You can listen to today’s game now and Catch tomorrow’s/Saturday’s game LIVE at 10:45 on GreensboroSports Radio)

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from Friday afternoon at Five County Stadium in Zebulon:
NCHAAA 3-A State Championship, Best-of-Three Series
Northern Guilford Nighthawks 4, Crest Chargers 2
WP:Cameron Cotter(13-1)/LP:Riley Cheek(9-3)
NG Line-4-6-1
CC Line-2-4-2
Northern Guilford record(30-4)/Crest record(21-7)

        1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
CRST	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	2
RDHW	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	4	6	1

7 Inning Complete Game victory for Cotter….Went 7 and gave up 2 Runs on 4 Hits with 2 BB’s and 6 K’s…Cotter got Crest in the 7th Inning, three-up/three-down, after giving up a run in the 6th inning to cut the lead to 1, at 3-2 Northern over Crest….Big finish for Cameron Cotter…
J.T. Jarrett with a big one-out, two-run single for the Nighthawks in the 4th Inning….JC Ouzts with a Triple and then Brandon Bledsoe with an RBI single to score Ouzts in the second Inning…
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Northern Batting:
JT Jarrett 2-4/2 RBI
JC Ouzts 2-3/Triple/Run
Brandon Bledsoe 1-2/HBP/1 Run
Logan King 1-2/HPB/
Joe Millwee 0=1/2 BB’s….Millwee with 3 QAB/Quality at Bats from Game Changer….
Troy Minor 0-2/BB
Bryant Carrey 0-3
Josh Pike 0-3
Evan Mericka 0-3
Reece Brondolp PR/Run
Andrew Arledge PR/Run

More to follow….
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JC Ouzts looking to go on the hill for the Northern Guilford Nighthawks on Saturday morning at 11am in Game Two of the Best-of-Three Series for the NCHSAA 3-A Baseball Championship….
JC Ouzts((7-3)/1.51 ERA/69 1/3 Innings/20 Runs/35 Hits/21 BB’s/105 K’s…

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from the NCHSAA:
ZEBULON, N.C. – Northern Guilford took game one of the 3A State Championship Series over Crest 4-2 behind a complete game, four-hit performance by Cameron Cotter. Cotter allowed two runs, striking out six with only two walks on the evening.

The Nighthawk offense got going early, scoring in the bottom of the second inning with John Clark Ouzts led off the inning with a single ripped to left. Brandon Bledsoe singled to bring him home and give Northern Guilford a 1-0 lead.

The Chargers did not go away quietly as they responded in the third inning. Pitcher Riley Cheek helped his own cause with a one-out double, coming around to score on an RBI single to center field by shortstop Nick Melton. Melton’s single tied the game at 1.

J.T. Jarrett delivered single to center field in the fourth inning, sending Reece Brondolo and Logan King racing for home to give the Nighthawks a 3-1 advantage.

Crest trimmed the lead to one in the top of the sixth as Logan McNeely led off with a walk, then stole second base. Ben Ledbetter singled to right field to bring McNeely around, cutting the Northern Guilford lead in half at 3-2. However, the Nighthawks got some insurance in the bottom half of the inning as Evan Mericka grounded to short, reaching on a throwing error. The error allowed Bledsoe to come around to score, increasing the Northern lead to 4-2.

Northern Guilford can close out the best-of-three Championship Series with a win tomorrow. Game two of the series is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at Five County Stadium in Zebulon.