![]() Mount Airy picks up its first Northwest 1A Conference win since defeating South Stokes on March 24. The loss is North Stokes’ first to a 1A opponent this season and the team’s first overall defeat since March 2. “A lot of kids have played different positions and stepped up.” “We’re hoping to get some good news soon,” Coach Wilson said. Venable has dealt with a nagging injury this season that has limited his time pitching, and Hawks is still looking to make his 2023 debut after a knee injury sidelined him during football season. If we go into next week having lost four straight and falling to the bottom of the pack in the conference it’s hard to come back from that, especially with the unknown of Venable and Hawks.” “Especially going into next week when we’ve got a little more time since it’s our bye week for the conference. “This was big for us,” said Mount Airy coach Josh Wilson. Mount Airy, meanwhile, had dropped its past three games – including a 9-5 loss to North Stokes just 24 hours earlier. 3 in the 1A West in MaxPreps’ April 3 poll, came into Wednesday’s game having won its past 14 games. Venable made it all the way to third on his game-tying hit, then the junior tagged up on a sacrifice fly from Cox to end the game. Mount Airy put three of its first four batters on base in the bottom of the seventh to set Rylan Venable up for a 3RBI hit to right field. Mount Airy held the visitors hitless through the final three innings behind strong pitching from Landon Cox, but the home team struggled to capitalize at the plate until the final inning. North Stokes recorded seven hits in the first four innings to take a 4-1 lead. Two streaks were broken as Mount Airy completed a comeback victory against North Stokes on April 5. Mount Airy’s Sam Martin gets on base in the seventh inning with a line drive to right field. Mount Airy’s Landon Cox (27) fields a North Stokes bunt and tosses to Rylan Venable at first base for the out. Mount Airy’s Cameryn Wilson pitches during the second inning against North Stokes. Granite Bear Ashton Gwyn makes a diving catch in center field during the top of the seventh inning.īrison George singles for Mount Airy in the bottom of the fourth inning. Cox also hit the game-winning RBI with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning. Landon Cox helped Mount Airy complete a comeback win over North Stokes by throwing six strikeouts and holding North hitless through 3.2 innings.
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