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ZEBULON -- Pat McInerney delivered a game winning walk-off single with bases loaded in the ninth inning and Tristen Lutz hit a score-tying home run in the fourth as the Mudcats earned a 2-1 series-clinching win versus Potomac in front of a crowd of 5,416 at Five County Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
Carolina (14-10) earned its second straight series victory, taking it two games to one, after sealing Sunday's series finale in walk-off fashion versus the Nationals (9-15).

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Baseball and Softball Scores:

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. -- On April 5, the North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops Cheer Team started the first round of the NCA Collegiate Championship Competition in Daytona Beach with a strong performance including a raw score of 93.3%, putting the team in 3rd place out of 10 at the end of day one.
Coaches Lyndsey and Pete Graham made some adjustments to improve the team's overall score prior to performing on day two.

RALEIGH -- The Carolina Hurricanes Foundation has announced plans for its seventh annual Canes 5-K Race.
By raising funds through events like the Canes 5k, the Foundation awarded $450,000 to 25 different children's charities and youth hockey organizations in 2018-19.

(L to R) Girls soccer coaches Robbie Kennedy (Southern Nash) and Ryan Ruiz (Nash Central) enjoy a chat before Monday's meeting between the two squads.

WILSON -- Veteran head coach Willie Langley knew coming in that his Nash Central Bulldogs would be tested mightily at the annual Golden Leaf Invitational Baseball Tournament in Wilson County.
In the first two rounds, Central was slated to meet area powerhouses Rosewood and Cardinal Gibbons -- and Langley understood that each of those outings would be challenging.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public School Superintendent Dr. Shelton Jefferies is hoping Nash County Commissioners will support his request for elementary school security in the upcoming budget cycle.
The Finance Committee of the Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education accepted the presentation of the 2019-2020 budget on Tuesday during a committee meeting. Jefferies presented the first draft of the budget to the committee.

A monumental effort has paid off for Spring Hope's Chamber of Commerce, as the organization celebrated the opening of a new license plate agency Tuesday.
The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles opened the new license plate agency at 123 South Ash Street in Spring Hope. The Spring Hope Chamber of Commerce will operate the agency.

WHO WON THE BET? - Cedar Grove Elementary School recently held its Field Day, with classes competing against one another. Pictured above (L-R), students Molly Elder, Carson Rivas (back center) and Collin Hawkins pull their hardest to win the tug-of-war race during field day.

It's the third year of the Creekside Music Series and this year, attendants will notice a few changes.
Events this year will be held on Saturday nights from 5 until 10 p.m. instead of Friday nights. In addition, two bands will perform instead of one.
Nashville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Director Marguerite Bishop said the changes are to draw a larger crowd.

Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools (NRMPS) will close on Wednesday, May 1 due to anticipated call-outs among staff for the Day of Advocacy.
The NRMPS leadership team announced last week that it had been monitoring the potential for call-outs for the Day of Advocacy among classroom teachers, instructional support, bus drivers and cafeteria staff and decided to make May 1 an optional teacher workday.

Love one another will be the theme for the 2019 National Day of Prayer.
The event is set for Thursday, May 2 at 12 noon at the Nash County Courthouse in Nashville.
National Day of Prayer was created in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and then signed into law by President Harry S. Truman.

Parmalee is returning to its roots and will headline this year's Nashville Blooming Festival.
Parmalee will take to the stage on Saturday, May 11 at 8:30 p.m. Local performers Meredith Davis Johnson and Jamie Pridgen will open for the band.
The band is named after the small town where the band started, Parmele, a town of 278 people about 50 miles from Nashville.

The 25th annual Nash County Relay for Life will kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday, April 26 at the Rocky Mount Sports Complex.
Around 50 teams will be participating in this year's event.
Hundreds of survivors are expected to come out and participate in the annual Survivor Walk, which always follows the opening ceremony.

The Kids Walk event is a VITAL part of our Nash County Relay for Life.
We work very hard to teach our children, who are the future our Relay for Life, to have a servant's heart, and to help their friends and family raise money to find a Cure for Cancer.

The National Weather Service has confirmed a tornado touched down in Nash County on Friday night.
A tornado watch was in place for Nash County most of the day Friday but many parts of the county were upgraded to a warning after 5 p.m.
An EF-1 tornado was confirmed south of Highway 4 in the Gold Rock area, said Brent Fisher, Assistant Director of Fire/Rescue and Emergency Management for Nash County Emergency Services.

Nash Community College students and employees volunteered at the Nash County Special Olympics 2019 Spring Games held on Friday, March 29 at Rocky Mount High School. More than 200 athletes train year-round to participate in seven events.
Rebecca Griffin, NCC Corporate & Economic Development and Admissions Administrative Assistant, coordinated NCC's participation in the Spring Games. Griffin's son, Connor, is an experienced Special Olympics athlete.

Eight participants will compete in the sixth annual Dancing with the Arts fundraising event on Friday night.
The event will start at 7 p.m. at Nash Arts in Nashville.
Shelly Gray, Executive Director of Nash Arts, said this year, there is a theme for the competition. However, to find out what the theme is, you have to attend the competition on Friday.