BASEBALL

Monday’s result

Whiteville 11
North Brunswick 0
(5 innings)

South Brunswick 14
East Columbus 4

South Columbus 12
Trask 2
(5 innings)

Harrells 11
Waccamaw Academy 1
(5 innings)

East Bladen 14
West Columbus 3
(5 innings)

Friday’s games
Opening round,
state 2A playoffs
Jacksonville Northside
at Whiteville, 7

Croatan at
South Columbus, 7

Opening round,
state 1A playoffs
Ayden-Grifton at
East Columbus, 7

SOFTBALL
Monday’s result
North Brunswick 5
Whiteville 2

South Brunswick 7
East Columbus 2

South Columbus won
by forfeit over Trask

Today’s games
East Columbus
at Trask, 5

Richmond County
at South Columbus, 5

On this date
May 10, 1955

Pebo Collier scores the game-deciding run on a sixth-inning single by Harold Covington in the Whiteville High baseball team’s 11-10 victory over the upset-minded Tabor City Red Devils at Tabor City. Lenue Walters gets the pitching win in relief. Covington has a total of three hits, including a triple.