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Lakewood's Kat Autry, at left, and Monica Pittman, center, keep the ball away from a Pender Patriot. (Savanna Pope/The Sampson Independent)
Lady Leopards escape close one with OT win
The Lady Leopards soccer team battled it out in two over-times for a Senior Night win against Pender on Tuesday. The game was tied 1-1 at the end of regulation play. After two 10 minute halves for overtime Lakewood was up by 2 goals, making the final score 3-1. “We came out a little light, we didn’t really play the way that I know we can until the first overtime. When we actually came out we communicated, we passed, we had a hundred and t...
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From right to left, Griffin Faircloth of Lakewood studies his putt, as Raider Tyler Braun, center, and Union's Evan Johnson, and Trask's Hunter Phillips all wait their turn. (Savanna Pope/The Sampson Independent)
Union conquers all at Lakewood Tri-County match
Lakewood hosted the golf match for all conference teams Tuesday, as Midway, Trask, Pender, Lakewood, Wallace Rose Hill, James Kenan, Hobbton, Pender, and Union played at Lakewood Country Club. Union won the match with a 344 total. Griffin Faricloth of Lakewood and Spartan Evan Johnson tied for medalist honors, both shooting 5 over par 77s. Union’s Tyler Ross shot 79, Brady Roberts shot 93, Alex Maxwell shot 95, Spence Usher shot 103, and Hu...
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Lakewood varsity edges out Patriots for the win
In a fight to the finish, the Leopard varsity edged out the Pender Patriots for a Senior Night win on Tuesday. The game came down to the last inning, and Lakewood was at bat with the bases loaded. Waylon Hewy was at the plate with Austin Tanner edging off of third toward home. The fans were on their feet as Hewy faked the bunt. Hewy racked up the ball count as the Leopard fans got louder and soon it was “ball four take your base,” sending A...
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Surrounded by her family, back from left, father Dan Heinz, sister Anna and mother Kaye, and, front, her golf coach, James Lewis, Allyson Heinz inks the contract that welcomes her to Pffiefer College and the women's golf team. (Sherry Matthews/Sampson Independent)
Heinz signs with Pfeiffer
It was a family affair at Lakewood High School Monday when senior Allyson Heinz signed her name on the dotted line, accepting a one-year scholarship to play with the Pfeiffer University women’s golf team, a dream come true for the Leopard golfer. Surrounded by her parents, Dan and Kaye Heinz, younger sister Anna, her grandmother, aunt, cousins, fellow golf members, and coach James Lewis, the teen grinned broadly as she ceremoniously inked t...
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Leps take first in Tri-County golf match
Every team in the Tri-County conference met at Coharie Country Club Wednesday for the second 18 hole match of the season. This included Midway, Lakewood, Union, and Hobbton from the county. Lakewood won the match with a team total of 380. Lakewood was led by Griffin Faricloth who fired a 78 in the tough, windy conditions on Wednesday. Faricloth remains atop the conference individual standings. Timmy White shot 91 for the Leopards. White str...
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Surrounded by family, friends, and coaches, Union senior Megon Smith, center, signed on to play softball at Louisburg College. Standing from left, are her father, Bryon Smith, brother, Cory, sister, Hanna, grandparents, Judy and Jimmy Smith, and Louisburg Coach Don Stopa. Sitting, from left, are her mother, JoJo Smith, Megon, and Union coach Doug Burley.
Union’s Smith to play softball at Louisburg
Union senior Megon Smith signed an athletic and academic scholarship with Louisburg College this past week, a dream come true for the top-notch pitcher and home-run hitter on both her travel and school softball teams. “I’m so excited,” she said at the signing ceremony in the Spartan media center, surrounded by family, friends, and coaches. “I’ve been dreaming about this since I was 4 years old, because I’ve always wanted to play in college....
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The Lady Leopards track and field team dominated at the Tri-County Championship games for the second year in a row. Their final score was 185, which was 88 points higher than the 2nd place team.
Lady Leps win conference finals
Lakewood girls blew the competition away from the other 7 conference schools claiming back to back Tri County Track and Field Championships. Trask boys also dominated the boys competition winning the boys Tri County Championships. Lakewood and Midway tied for co-runner-up Conference Champions with Union narrowly 1 point behind. In the girls shot put, first place went to Wildcat Jolesa Terry with a mark of 30-08.50. Lakewood took the 2nd...
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Trask overpowers Lady Spartans
Union’s girls fell short Friday night when they tangled with visiting Trask on the softball diamond Friday night and lost 5-2. Union was plagued nearly from the start, allowing 2 unearned runs on 6 errors. Megon Smith was on the mound for Union for the entire 7 innings, allowing 3 earned runs on 5 hits, and struck out 2 batters. Trask was doing a good job of getting the bat on the ball and just simply making things happen. Union, on the oth...
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Union girls shut out Trask
If you can remember, just over two weeks ago the Union Lady Spartans’s soccer team was just 1-7 on the season. Many teams would have given in with such a record, but not Union’s girls. Four games later, has resulted in four consecutive wins to move their overall record to 5-7. The fourth of these consecutive wins came Friday evening as they played Trask at home. The Lady Spartans scored a goal in each half, and held the Lady Titans scoreless ...
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Spartan boys fall to Trask
Union hosted Trask on the baseball diamond Friday and came up short, 4-3 in 8 innings. The Spartans had many opportunities to win the game, but for the second time in as many games, they couldn’t capitalize on the opportunities. Union trailed 2-0 going into the 4th and quickly tied the game back at 2. After a run in the bottom of the 5th, the Spartans took a 3-2 lead. However, Trask would tie the game again in the top of the 6th inning. I...
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Clinton girls in first place
Clinton’s Lady Horses soccer team took the first place spot in the 2A conference Friday night, following a solid 4-1 win over rival Northside, who they had lost to earlier in the season. The win moved Clinton out of a tie for first place to sole owner of the spot, with two games left in the regular season. Senior Lindsey Bass scored 3 of the team’s 4 goals. She also had 1 assist. Grace Reagan had 1 goal and 1 assist; Cara Marshburn had 1 ...
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Clinton senior Britnie Adams hits a straight ball to Northside's pitcher, bringing home 2 runs. (Stephanie Gore/Sampson Independent)
Horses — girls and boys — defeat N’side
The Clinton varsity baseball team left the field Friday night with a win against Northside, defeating the visitors 5-1. “We had a very good game tonight with no errors from either team, which is great,” said Dark Horse coach Tracey Thornton. “It was fun to watch.” On the hill for Clinton was Jonathon Wright, who tossed all 7 innings, striking out 8 and giving up only 1 run. At bat, Wade Sumner was 3-3, with 1 RBI and Kenan Lanier was 2-...
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