Sports Briefs: Boys lacrosse improves to 8-1

Published 10:57 am Tuesday, April 1, 2025

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Boys lacrosse: best start in history
The Davie boys lacrosse team is off to the best start (8-1 overall) in is 12-year history.
These high-flying War Eagles whipped Reagan, North Davidson and Mt. Tabor last week. Jack Pisciotta had seven goals in a 15-4 home win over Reagan on March 25. Ty Carter (three) and Henry Hines (two) had the other goals.
In a home nonconference game on March 27, T. Carter (four), Evan Helms (three), Pisciotta (two), William Carter (two) and Barrett Robertson (two) had multiple goals in a 19-5 win over North Davidson. Scoring one goal each were Jayce Bentley, Elijah Chaffin, Luke Wayne and Owen Blakely.
And then in Winston-Salem on March 28, the War Eagles improved to 3-1 in the CPC with a 19-7 decision over Tabor. The bulk of the goals came from Pisciotta (seven), T. Carter (four) and Blakely (three). Getting one were Caleb Coble, W. Carter, JD Cunningham, Reid Tilley, Isaac Sherman and Caswell Moore.
Hunter, Walsh have career-best rounds
Junior Braxton Hunter and senior James Walsh both shot career-best 3-over 38s in a CPC match at Pudding Ridge on March 24, the Davie players tying for seventh out of 40. Teammates Tyler Shore and Seager Brooks had 41s as Davie finished second as a team.
The War Eagles entered in fifth place out of sixth and remained in fifth – but the race did tighten in Davie’s favor. The team scores at Pudding Ridge: West Forsyth 144, Davie 158, Reagan 161, East Forsyth 163, Reynolds 166, Mt. Tabor 175. The overall team standings for the top five entering the week: West Forsyth 466, Reynolds/Reagan 490, East Forsyth 503, Davie 504.
Carter Spillman broke 40 for the third time with a 4-over 39 in a nonconference match at Pudding Ridge on March 26. Josh Bailey shot 42, while Walsh and Brooks had 43s. Lake Norman edged Davie 165-167.
Norman, Broadus 3 hits each for North
Paxton Broadus went 3 for 3 as North Davie’s baseball team battered visiting South Davie 15-0 on March 24.
Broadus singled in each of the first three innings. Sawyer Hall doubled in a seven-run second, and Wade Ridenhour tripled to plate two runs in the third.
Wyatt Hall got the win on the mound. The righty hurled two hitless innings. Seger Holt and Landon Norman pitched in relief for the Wildcats.
North accumulated 14 hits. Norman matched Broadus with three hits, and he led the team with four RBIs. Ridenhour, Hall and Easton Stanley each had two hits. Aydan Shay had two of North’s six walks.