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The Roanoke Rapids High School Yellow Jackets Varsity Baseball team defeated the Bunn Wildcats in a key 2A Northern Carolina Conference matchup Friday night at Doyle Field by a score of 3-2.
The Yellow Jackets got on the board first in the bottom of the 4th inning. Colby Warren doubled home Marcus Allen from first base.
The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the 6th inning. RRHS scored 2 runs to take a 3-0 lead. Peyton Jackson, running for Marcus Allen, scored on an Aaron Jackson single. Then Tyler Liverman, running for Colby Warren, scored on a fielder's choice from Jordan Collins.
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Colby Warren on the mound for the Jackets. | Photo by Joyce Liverman
Bunn scored 2 runs in the top of the 7th inning to close the gap, but Josh Elias relieving for Colby Warren closed the door to preserve the win.
Post game comments by Coach Mark Snead, "This was a big win for our team. When you beat a quality team like Bunn you always know you played a great game. Our guys played strong defense and had timely hitting. Colby pitched an excellent game. Josh really showed what he was made of coming in with the bases loaded and helping us seal the win. Now we have to turn our focus to Monday's practice to prepare for South Granville."
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Photo by Joyce Liverman
The Yellow Jackets improve to 4-1 (2-0) on the season. The next game will be at South Granville on Tuesday. The JV game starts at 4pm with the Varsity game to follow.
2017 RRHS Varsity Baseball Schedule
Date Oppt. Location Time
LOSS Rocky Mt. 2 RRHS 0 (0-1)
WIN N. Nash 2 RRHS 14 (1-1)
WIN Warren Co. 0 RRHS 11 (2-1) CONFERENCE (1-0)
WIN N. Nash 5 RRHS 11 (3-1) CONFERENCE (1-0)
WIN Bunn 2 RRHS 3 (4-1) CONFERENCE (2-0)
Tues 3/14 South Granville Away 6:30
Wed. 3/15 DSA Home 6:00
Fri 3/17 Franklinton Home 6:30
Tues 3/21 NCSSM Away 4:00
Wed. 3/22 Hertford Co. Home 6:00
Fri 3/24 Southern Vance Home 6:30
Mon 3/27 DSA Away 6:00
Tues 3/28 Warren Co. Home 6:30
Mon 4/3 Bunn Away 6:30
Fir 4/7 South Granville Home 6:00
Sat 4/15 Easter Tourney Away TBA
Mon 4/17 Easter Tourney Away TBA
Tues 4/18 Easter Tourney Away TBA
Tues 4/25 Franklinton Away 6:30
Fri 4/28 NCSSM Home 6:00
Tues 5/2 Southern Vance Away 4:00