TABOR CITY – South Park defeated Elizabethtown 8-3 Saturday in the opening round of the Dixie Youth Baseball North Carolina AA (Coach-Pitch) State Tournament.
Elizabethtown will play the Dunn/East Duplin loser Sunday at 2 p.m. in an elimination game.
All three Elizabethtown runs came in the fourth inning. Dawson Wright slammed a double, but was retired on Mason Smith’s fielder’s choice.
Ryan Dove beat out an infield hit, before Jake Gooden walloped a double that scored Smith and Dove. Colton Daly knocked in Gooden with a single.
Gooden’s 2-run double led the Elizabethtown hitters. Wright hammered a double, and Daly cracked the run-scoring single. Teammates Tyler Lewis, Smith, Dove, Ahmarie White and Isaiah Robinson connected for one hit each.