Area Sports Briefs

Published 12:00 am Thursday, June 19, 2008

From staff reports
Katelyn Horning secured a spot on the U.S. World team with her performance this week at the Outdoor National Inline Speed Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Horning, a rising senior at Salisbury High, finished third in a 200-meter time trial and fifth in a 20K elimination race Tuesday. Wednesday she finished fourth in the 500 meters and fifth in a 10K points race.
Horning finished the competition among the top six and will represent the U.S. at a competition in Spain in December.
– American Legion
Nick Lomascolo pitched a complete game and struck out 11 batters in Mooresville’s 3-0 victory against Mocksvile on Wednesday.
Nathan Abraham and Jon Crucitti had two hits apiece for the Moors, and Dylan West had an RBI single.
– Coastal Plain League
The Coastal Plain League announced earlier this week that Wilson’s Jerry Sands and Kevin Mahoney of Forest City were named the Rawlings Co-Hitters of the Week.
Sands, a former Catawba player who is already finished with the CPL after being drafted, started six games on the week for the Tobs and finished with a .391 average. Of his nine hits, two were doubles and another two were home runs, while he also scored six runs and drove in six RBIs. Sands racked up 17 total bases to go with a .739 slugging percentage.