From staff reports
Appalachian State’s Phillip Bush (North Rowan) was named the Most Outstanding Freshman of the Southern Conference Outdoor Championship meet won by the Mountaineers on Sunday.
Bush performed well in the long jump (third, 23-63/4), 110-meter hurdles (fourth, 15.91), 100 meters (sixth, 10.74) and 200 meters (seventh, 22.39). He also joined Mark Sturgis (North) on the 4×100 team that took second with a time of 41.19.
Appalachian, which won its first men’s outdoor title since 2005, also received a boost from Sturgis. He excelled in the triple jump (second, 49-61/2), 200 (fifth, 21.87) and long jump (sixth, 22-8). Sturgis qualified for the NCAA regionals with his mark in the triple jump.
In the women’s meet, Adrianne Alexander (South Rowan) helped lead Appalachian to a second-place finish. She had scoring efforts in the shot put (fourth, 37-21/2), hammer throw (fifth, 147-9) discus (fifth, 127-6) and javelin (eighth, 98-10).
* Western Carolina’s Angela Stark (South) was ninth in the high jump at 5-1/4.
* Western’s Daniel Joseph (NW Cabarrus) was third in the triple jump (48-113/4), fourth in the high jump (6-31/4) and eighth in the long jump (22-31/2).
* N.C. State regional qualifier Jason Jones (East Rowan) placed sixth in the shot put at the prestigious Penn Relays with a throw of 56-21/4.
* Winthrop’s Jason Williams (West Rowan) had a leap of 7 feet, 1/4 inch to place second in the Big South Outdoor Meet.
Williams earned a spot on the all-conference team.
* Charlotte pole vaulter Makenzie Mullinax (South) cleared 9-113/4 inches and recently won the Davidson Invitational.
* Lenoir-Rhyne’s Lamont Savage (West) earned a provisional qualifying mark for the Division II national championships with a long jump of 23-10 at the recent Bobcat Invitational/Tri-Conference Meet in Banner Elk.
Savage won the event and was also part of a 4×100 relay team that placed third with a school-record time of 42.22 seconds.
Savage finished 10th in the long jump at the national championship meet as a freshman.
– College baseball update
Seth Waller (West Rowan) knocked in four runs as Belmont Abbey swept a doubleheader against Newberry on Saturday. Patrick Atwell (South Rowan) went 4-for-4 and scored three times in the opener for the Crusaders.
* Catawba’s postponed games with Erskine have been rescheduled for May 8 and 9. The May 8 game will be Senior Night, and honorees will include Bubba Morris (North Rowan).
* Davidson’s Brett Shore (South) went 3-for-4 in a 5-4 loss to Appalachian State on Sunday. Jerod Faggart (NW Cabarrus) hit a home run to help the Mountaineers sweep the series.
* South Carolina’s Whit Merrifield (Davie County) had two hits in a 6-3 loss against LSU on Sunday.
* North Carolina’s Kyle Seager (NW Cabarrus) singled in the tying run and singled in a 10th-inning rally that lifted the Tar Heels (38-8, 18-5) to a 2-1 victory over Florida State (35-7, 19-5) on Sunday in a matchup of two of the nation’s top teams.
Seager leads the ACC in doubles (20) and RBIs (57) and is third in hits (63) and tied for second in total bases (113). The sophomore second baseman is fifth in slugging percentage (.673) and ninth in batting average (.375).
– Local players in the minor leagues
Beloit lefty Spencer Steedley (East Rowan) enjoyed an overpowering relief outing on Sunday in a 5-3 Midwest League victory against Wisconsin. The former Charlotte 49er struck out six in three scoreless innings and lowered his ERA to 1.69.
* Toledo’s Jeremy Johnson (Mooresville) continues to excel in Triple-A. The 25-year-old Tigers farmhand pitched seven innings and allowed four hits in a 7-1 victory over Indianapolis on Sunday. Johnson (4-0, 3.12 ERA) rolled through a lineup that includes Pittsburgh’s most touted prospects ó Andrew McCutchen, Steve Pearce and Neil Walker.
* Bobby Parnell (East) fell to 0-2 on Saturday. He was the starter for Binghamton in a 12-1 loss to Portland. Parnell was knocked out in the fifth inning and was charged with seven runs.
* Zach Ward (A.L. Brown) allowed his first earned run this season in a 7-4 victory against New Britain on Saturday. Ward walked four in 1 2/3 innings.
* Brett Bartles (Brown) went 2-for-4 for Dayton in a 7-5 victory against Kane County on Saturday.
– South Atlantic League
The Kannapolis Intimidators completed Saturday’s suspended game on Sunday afternoon and beat Lake County 2-0 at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium.
Logan Johnson hit a two-run homer for the Intimidators, who received outstanding pitching from Anthony Carter (four spotless innings), Levi Maxwell (3-0) and Henry Mabee, who logged his fourth save.The regularly scheduled game was rained out and will be made up at Lake County.
Kannapolis travels today and starts an eight-game road swing to Lakewood, N.J., and Lake County, Ohio, on Tuesday.
– McCanless golf event
The McCanless Women’s Golf Association held its annual handicap tournament with 10 participating. Sharon Miller won first-place gross. Beth Calhoun was second.
Mary Seaford won low net, with Eileen Full second and Monica Green third. Miller was closest to the pin on No. 3, with Calhoun closest on No. 12.
– College golf
Will Collins (Salisbury) shot 72-76 ó 148, tied for 20th individually, and helped Virginia win the Cavalier Classic in Charlottesville over the weekend.