area sports briefs

Published 12:00 am Saturday, June 18, 2011

From staff reports
Jackson Griffith shot a 67 to lead qualifying for the Rowan Masters on Saturday at Warrior Golf Club.
Phil Miller and Chris Owen fired 69s, while Ken Clarke, Sean Kramer and Alex Nianouris carded 70s.
Scores are in Scoreboard.
First-round match tee times are from 2:30-3:40 on Friday.n Former UNC Charlotte standout Corey Nagy shot a final-round 63 to win the eGolf Professional Tourís Bolle Classic contested this week at Sapona Country Club in Lexington and the Country Club of Salisbury.
Nagy shot 261 for four rounds and prevailed by thre shots over Floridian Clint Jensen. Nagy won $30,000.
n Pro baseball
Kyle Evelandís bloop single dropped into center field in the bottomo of the 12th to give the Kannapolis Intimidators a 1-0 win against Greensboro Saturday night.
It was Evelandís second game-winner of the season, capping a night that saw Kannapolis pitcher Spencer Arroyo throw a career-best nine scoreless innings. Nick McCully threw perfect 11th and 12th innings for the win.
Kannapolis finishes the first half of the South Atlantic League season today against Greensboro at 5:05 p.m.
n Jacksonís Kyle Seager (NW Cabarrus) continues to crush Double A pitching. Seager was 5-for-7 in a doubleheader on Saturday, with three doubles and a triple.
n Whit Merrifield (Davie) had two hits in Wilmingtonís 7-2 win against Winston-Salem. Daniel Wagner (South Rowan) had a hit for Winston.
n Jerry Sands (Catawba) had one RBI for Albuquerque in a slugfest with Iowa late Saturday night.