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ROCKY MOUNT -- The City of Rocky Mount recently held its Opening Day for youth baseball and softball.
Among the highlights of the event was the First Annual Skills Challenge, which consisted of a home-run hitting contest, baserunning contest, outfield throwing contest and a team Rocket Relay.

WILMINGTON, DEL. -- Marcos Diplan and Freddy Peralta carried a no-hitter into the eighth and closer Nate Griep pitched around a lead-off triple in the ninth with three straight strikeouts as the Carolina Mudcats defeated the Blue Rocks 2-1 at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium on Monday night in a Class A Carolina League baseball matchup.
The Mudcats (3-1) managed just one hit in the road victory, but scored twice and held the Blue Rocks (1-3) to only one run and four hits.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Tar River Running Company (TRRC) has announced that the Nash Health Care Rocket Mile has been awarded the 2018 National Road Mile Championship of the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) with the news announced at the 59th annual RRCA National Convention in Detroit, Michigan.
"We are very excited to have been selected to host next year's National Championship," said TRRC founder and race director Michael Forrester.

NASHVILLE -- Last Saturday, April 8 was another exciting day at Glover Park for the Town of Nashville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department.
In Minor League Baseball, Webby's Shaved Ice played Mary Ruffin's Nationwide Team.
Webby's won the matchup 12-3 with Christopher Kearney hitting an in-park Grand Slam.

HOUSTON, - Fourteenth-ranked Houston scored four runs in the sixth inning erasing a one-run deficit and went on to complete the American Athletic Conference baseball sweep of East Carolina University, 9-6, Sunday afternoon at Schroeder Park in the Lone Star State.
With the win, the Cougars improve to 23-8 overall and 4-2 in league play while the Pirates fall to 18-15 on the season and 0-6 in conference play.

WILSON -- Homestanding Wilson Fike secured a key Big East Conference boys tennis contest last Tuesday against the Nash Central Bulldogs.
The score was 9-0 in favor of the Golden Demons, who improved to 10-2 overall and 6-1 in the Big East.
Coach Frank Poyer saw his Bulldogs drop to 5-6 and 1-6.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Suspense wasn't one of the key intangibles when the Big East Conference held its final boys golf match of the 2017 season on Monday at Belmont Golf Course.
Wilson Fike's team championship, pretty much a formality coming in, was finalized in convincing fashion at the Golden Demons claimed the final match with 325 strokes -- 25 shots ahead of runner-up Nash Central.

Nash Central's Sarah Radjail (right) follows the play during Tuesday afternoon's Big East Conference girls soccer home contest against the Wilson Fike Lady Demons.

Nash Central's Israel Brown delivers a strong serve as part of his No. 6 Singles match during Monday's Big East Conference boys tennis event against rival Wilson Hunt.

Nash County Commissioners announced last week the purchase of a 46-acre tract at 4671 Joyner Road that will be used to build the county's latest park.
The decision was made on Friday following a closed session meeting.
Commissioner Wayne Outlaw made the motion to purchase the piece of property, which is owned by Horne and Walston Farms, for $209,835. The motion was contingent on a suitable Phase 1 environmental assessment and subject to final review and approval of the closing documentation by the County Attorney and staff.