SPIVEY’S CORNER — The Sampson Middle School softball team traveled to Midway Middle on Wednesday with the Lady Raiders earning a 15-8 win from the Lady Dark Horses. Midway softball coach Sam Kitchin said, “We had several key hits from Kaitlyn Jackson, Jada Cannady and Natasha Tyndall. Elizabeth McCullen and Cassidy Strickland made strong bunts for us while our defense played a very good game. Sampson Middle is a much better team than in years past and it was good to get this win.”

The Raider baseball team also took a win from Sampson outscoring the Dark Horses 14-5 in seven innings.

Taylor Calcutt was the winning pitcher for the Midway going for 4 innings with 3 earned runs and striking out 8. Matthew Phillips got the save in 3 innings with 2 earned runs and 2 strikeouts.

Scoring: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

SMS: 2 0 0 1 2 0 0

MMS: 7 1 0 0 5 1 x

Leaders for the Raiders: Heath Smith, 2/4, 3 runs; Cameron Baggett, 3/4, 2 runs; Matthew Phillips, 2/3, 2 runs; Andrew Shirley, 3/4; Caleb Sanders, 3/4; Taylor Calcutt, 3/3.

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