ACC Softball Championship Game has #1 vs #2 on Duke’s East Campus ! BLUE DEVILS 6, FSU 3…

Durham – Duke needed 10 innings in their first two games to get past Boston College and Clemson while Florida State University needed one inning each day to dispatch Notre Dame and Georgia Tech.

Today the teams compete for Regional seedings and of course the coveted ACC Championship trophy 🏆.

First Pitch took place at 2:35 with the Game Time tempature of 70°.

Florida State took a 3-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning when the first four Seminole batters reached base. Duke changed pitchers and escaped the uprising without further damage.

Duke answered right back with two runs of their own in the bottom of the same inning to pull within 3-2

The teams traded zeros in the fifth inning and now head to the top of the sixth inning…

Duke retires the Noles in order in the top of the sixth but are now down to their final six outs.

Claire Davidson leads off with a base on balls. #3 hitter, Aminah Vega will now try to move her over into scoring position. KO on a 3-2 pitch.

Amiah Burgess up next… full count, walk. Tying run at 2nd base…

Ana Gold is the #5 hitter – quickly 0-2 count… Gold lined a RBI single to tie it up and took second base on the throw!!!

Kelly Torres (C) up with two in scoring position…. Four pitch walk, bases loaded…

SS – Jada Baker – #7 hitter in lineup

Ground Ball to 2B, fielders choice but Catcher couldn’t short hop the throw.

Sarah Goddard (PH) lays down a bunt but Pitcher fields it cleanly and gets force at home plate.

Gisele Tapia – #9 batter laces a 2-run single and Duke leads 6-3.

Back to the top of the order, D’uana Jennings reloads the bases with a swinging but. Davidson back up – looking for more insurance 👀!!

Davidson pops out to Short Stop to end the inning but the Blue Devils plate four runs 🏃‍♂️ and now lead 6-3.

Needing 3 final outs to claim the Crown 👑…

#9 – Devyn Flaherty leads off… ground out to SS

#4 – Janice Kerr – Foul pop to Catcher

#12 – Amaya Ross – final chance…count is 3-0, Coach visits the mound. Curd issues a Walk.

PH – #1 – Hailey Wacaser – liner back to Curd, the Sophomore regroups for the 1-3 out….

2, 274 in the crowd today !!

Coach McKenzie checks ✔ in with a Girls Tennis 🎾 update !

Varsity Girls Tennis split the doubleheader with Patrick last night 1-1. Carroll lost the first match 5-4 and won the second match 5-2. The girls played hard through both matches.

Singles:
Seed 1: Emma lost her first match 9-7, won her second match 8-3.


Seed 2: Erika won both matches 8-2 and 8-4.


Seed 3: Alexis won both matches 8-3 and 8-4.


Seed 4: Maiya won her match 8-5 and in the second match Khoe won 8-4.


Seed 5: Tiffany lost her match 8-1, in the second match Maiya lost 8-3.


Seed 6: Hallie lost her match 8-1, in the second match Tiffany lost 8-2.

Doubles:
Seed 1: Emma and Erika won the first doubles 8-4.


Seed 2: Alexis and Maiya lost their match 8-4, second match Alexis and Khloe won doubles 8-3.


Seed 3: Tiffany and Hallie lost the match 8-1.

Thank You Coach !

Number 5 of 5 on Letter of Intent Day is Alyssa Ervin as she is set to head off to Elon University…

The challenge of writing ✍ about our resident Basketball 🏀 guru is finding something original about this Amazing young Lady 👩.

Alyssa Ervin pictured here with both sets of her Grandparents.

The easiest thing to type out is that Ervin is what we call a Generational Talent but I’m willing to add that she is also what we can call a Ten Year Athlete. It won’t become clear just how skilled the 5’11 Hoopster actually is until we are looking back at her time on The Hill.

Both her High School 🏫 Coach (Marc Motley) and her long time AAU Coach Ed Robtison were part of the ceremony as well.

Elon University is about to receive a hard nosed, fearless Basketball 🏀 player. For those of us that were fortunate enough to get to come along on the ride during the past four years will forever cherish the memories 💙.

Katie Lam and Alyssa Ervin…

Looking back now at the Group of Five its easy to see the common denominater is Commitment. These five Student Athletes are all able to continue their playing days beyond The Hill because of their years of giving their sport of choice a great deal of effort & Love.

Mix in the Teachers that prepared them to attend College, the Coaches that helped in raising their level of play and a support system amongst their Family 👪 and Friends.

Today was a Celebration that should not stop at the folks in the Photos. The number of people that played a roll in their success should be spread around our Community !

Now we have five more Alumni that we can follow on their journey ! There’s no such thing as too many of those….

#4 of 5 to sign their Letter of Intent today – Katie Lam

Pictured here with Katie is her Family 👪 and recently retired CCHS Coach Marc Motley.

Katie Lam is set to take her Basketball 🏀 game up to Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia this fall. Lam will forever be linked to the greatest run in Carroll County Sports history.

Roanoke College is a Division III school 🏫 that competes in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC). The opportunity to grow both academically and on the Basketball 🏀 court awaits this young Lady just 71 miles up I – 81.

Katie with Coach Motley on the left and alongside her running mate Alyssa Ervin.

Carla Flaherty will take the baton from Coach Motley in the roll of guiding this determined young Lady as she goes forward in her playing career.

Congratulations 👏👏👏 to Katie Lam and her Family 👪