From staff reports
LANDIS – South Rowan’s baseball season ended in the second round of the 4A state playoffs on Friday.
Seeded 12th, Forbush (16-12) beat the fifth-seeded Raiders 4-2. South (21-6) had a first-round bye.
South got eight hits off Forbush starter Luke Hutchens, but he struck out eight and only walked one. He pitched into the seventh inning before reaching the pitch-count limit.
Freshman Connor Mulliins had a triple, while Bo Moxley and Hunter Conrad had doubles for the Falcons from East Bend.
South won the Cannon Ballers Tournament and 21 games, 11 of them in the South Piedmont Conference, so it was one of the better seasons in program history.
Forbush advances to play at Lincoln Charter in Round 3.
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HIGH POINT – A.L. Brown won 10-5 at Southwest Guilford on Friday in a second-round game in the 7A state playoffs.
The seventh-seeded Cowboys finished the season at 17-10.
The 10th-seeded Wonders (20-9) got a big hit from Matt Blume to clear the bases late in the game.
Next for the Wonders is another meeting with second-seeded Hickory Ridge (24-2). The Bulls whipped West Cabarrus 10-0.
