Jackson Deal and proud mom, Carrie Deal.
Staff report
FAYETTEVILLE – Jackson Deal, who starred for South Rowan and the Rowan County American Legion team, is the lead-off man and right fielder for the Methodist University baseball team that has blossomed into a D3 powerhouse.
Deal put together a terrific senior season for a championship team and was a first team All-USA South player for the first time. Deal batted .351 in the regular season and was second on the team with 59 hits and 43 runs scored. He had three homers, eight doubles and 14 steals.
Top-seeded Methodist advanced through the first phase of the USA South Tournament on Friday by destroying Southern Virginia 22-7 and 18-4.
Methodist (30-13) won 15-0 against NC Wesleyan on Thursday.
Deal scored four runs in the Methodist game. He had three hits and five RBIs in the first game against Southern Virginia.
Methodist will host Greensboro in the conference championship series next weekend.
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Brevard’s CP Pyle ended the season in the USA South Tournament, playing at McCrary Park in Asheboro.
Pyle, who starred at Carson and for the Rowan County American Legion team, played two seasons at Caldwell Community College before transferring to Brevard.
Pyle played right field or center field and led off for the Tornados (17-23-1), so he had the same role as Deal has for Methodist. Pyle batted .300 during the regular season. He was second on the team with 37 runs and third in hits with 45. He also walked 25 times.
Pyle had three hits and scored two runs in Brevard’s 11-4 win against Pfeiffer on Thursday. That was their final win of the season.
Brevard lost twice to Greensboro on Friday, 8-4 and 16-5, to end the season.
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Pyle and Deal have at least one more thing in common besides being lead-off men and outfielders in the same conference. Both were high school running backs.
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