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Old North State League Coastal Division Roundup: July 11, 2026

July 11, 2026, 10:28 pm | by Tim Hower
NOTES:
  • All players’ previous colleges are listed in parentheses. Area players’ high schools are also listed.
  • Team records only include games against other members of the Old North State League.

Cape Fear Ghost Crabs 11, Laurinburg Highland Hooligans 1 (7 innings)

Will Jones (WCA) had his best game of the summer by finishing 3-for-4 with four RBI and two runs scored in the mercy-rule home victory. 

He crushed a full-count pitch over the left-field fence with two outs in the bottom of the first inning to give Cape Fear (21-9, 18-8 Coastal Division) an early 3-0 lead. 

Two other local standouts – Trey Pierce (Brunswick CC/WCA) and Jack Cuba (Catawba/New Hanover) – scored on the long ball. Pierce led off with a double, while Cuba worked a walk.

Jones doubled in the third inning, but was stranded. His final at-bat in the seventh inning resulted in an RBI single to score Gavin Marceric (Tiffin, Ohio) and increase the lead to 8-1.

Brenner Gursky (Brunswick CC) followed with a two-run double. The game ended early when Drew Nye (Highland CC, Kan.) singled home Jones. 

Pierce was 2-for-3 with a hit by pitch, a stolen base, and three runs. Cuba also finished 2-for-3 with a walk, two RBI, and two runs. 

Cuba leads the Ghost Crabs with a .386 batting average (27-for-70), and Pierce is closely behind at .381 (48-for-126).

Right-handed pitcher Brent Avery (Bluefield, W.Va/Ashley) was dominant, striking out six in a complete game. He retired 11 of the final 12 batters he faced. 

Both hits and the lone run he allowed came in the second inning, but Avery avoided further damage by getting a strikeout to strand runners on the corners. 

Sandhills Bogeys 4, Oak Island Loggerheads 1

The Bogeys moved closer to securing the Coastal Division regular season title by connecting on a pair of solo home runs to build an early lead. 

That was all the run support the three Sandhills (27-3, 21-3) pitchers would need. Hunter Dakan (Garrett, Md.) struck out six batters and allowed just one run in seven innings. 

Titus Torbett (Maryville, Tenn.) retired the side in the eighth, and Don Gorgei (St. Andrews) secured the save.

The home runs were hit by Luke Treece (Lee, Tenn.) and Brady Hendrix (Delta State, Miss.).

Oak Island (12-12, 12-12) scored its lone run in the fourth inning by getting three consecutive two-out singles from Justin Dawkins (North Greenville, S.C.), Brady Nathison (Towson, Md.), and Matthew Perez (Catawba Valley CC). 

Standings

(Overall record, Coastal Division record)

Sandhills Bogeys (27-3, 21-3)

Cape Fear Ghost Crabs (21-9, 18-8)

Jacksonville Ospreys (19-8, 16-8)

Oak Island Loggerheads (12-12, 12-12)

Shallotte Shallywags (5-21, 5-21)

Laurinburg Highland Hooligans (3-23, 3-23)