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| Leadoff man Matt Leonard stirs dust with another stolen base. - Photo by Jim Barringer |
Mocksville rolled over Western 11-3, 3-2 and 13-8 in what, to this point, is the best baseball season you’ll ever see. Mocksville, the No. 1 seed in all of Area III, improved to 31-5. It has won 19 of 20.
Simply put, it’s a Porsche of a team that attacks from 1-9. The top four batters are Matt Leonard, Zeb Cope, Clint Howell and Jacob Vernon. Jess Cartner, Zach Russell-Myers and Zach Long bat 5-7. John Flowers hits eighth.
Having Long and Flowers at the bottom of the order illustrates how dangerous Mocksville’s offense is.
“I think we can hit it with anybody,” coach Charles Kurfees said.
Howell tormented Western throughout, going 2 for 4 in each game. Vernon sparked a blowout in Game One with a grand slam. Cartner was a stalwart in the last two games, going 4 for 7 with a pair of homers ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.