{"id":11980,"date":"2026-07-04T01:17:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coastalpreps.com\/baseball\/?p=11980"},"modified":"2026-07-04T01:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T05:20:00","slug":"old-north-state-league-coastal-division-roundup-july-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coastalpreps.com\/baseball\/old-north-state-league-coastal-division-roundup-july-3-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Old North State League Coastal Division Roundup: July 3, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>NOTES:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h6>All players&#8217; previous colleges are listed in parentheses. Area players&#8217; high schools are also listed.<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h6>Team records only include games against other members of the Old North State League.<\/h6>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Cape Fear Ghost Crabs 3, Oak Island Loggerheads 2<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coastalpreps.com\/baseball\/photos-oak-island-loggerheads-at-cape-fear-ghost-crabs-baseball-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">***Click here to view a gallery of 30 photos from the action***<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jack Cuba (Catawba\/New Hanover) drove in a pair of runs, including the game-winner on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning, to give the Ghost Crabs a win on their home turf at UNCW&#8217;s Brooks Field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cuba also had a two-out RBI single up the middle in the third inning to increase&nbsp;Cape Fear&#8217;s (17-8, 15-6 Coastal Division) lead to 2-0.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is what <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jackdcuba?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jackdcuba<\/a> had to say following tonight&#39;s 3-2 victory. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7L237u06wu\">pic.twitter.com\/7L237u06wu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CoastalPreps &#8211; Tim Hower (@CoastalPreps) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CoastalPreps\/status\/2073227057555800199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Starting pitcher Ryder Whitacre (Brunswick CC\/WCA) didn&#8217;t factor into the decision, but he was excellent. The righty allowed only one run on three hits with nine strikeouts in five innings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oak Island (10-10, 10-10) cut the deficit in half in the fourth inning when Rocco Tenulta (Hillsdale, Mich.) singled home Max Guenther (Moberly Area CC, Mo.).<\/p>\n<p>Jayden Marvin&#8217;s base hit to left field plated Brady Wozniak (Washington, Md.) in the top of the eighth to tie the score, but the Loggerheads stranded the bases loaded.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ghost Crabs second baseman Jack Holliman (Pitt CC\/Laney) led off the bottom of the frame with a single. Trey Pierce (Brunswick CC\/WCA) worked a walk, and Gavin Marceric (Tiffin, Ohio) moved both runners up 90 feet with a sacrifice bunt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That brought Cuba to the plate, and he came through with a deep fly ball to right field that allowed Holliman to score easily.<\/p>\n<p>Relief pitcher Brock Polilli (Tiffin, Ohio) gave up an infield single in the ninth inning, but retired the next three batters to close the door.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oak Island finished with seven hits, including two apiece from&nbsp; Tenulta and Justin Dawkins (North Greenville, S.C.).<\/p>\n<h4>Shallotte Shallywags 6, Jacksonville Ospreys 5<\/h4>\n<p>The Shallywags scored four runs in the top of the ninth inning despite managing only one hit to earn their first Coastal Division victory over a team other than Laurinburg.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Dotson (Bluefield, Va.) led off the inning by reaching on a hit by pitch. Alex Ditmore (Motlow State CC, Tenn.) and Brady Smouse (USC Sumter) worked back-to-back walks to load the bases with no outs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dotson scored on a fielder&#8217;s choice to cut the deficit to 5-3. Another walk, this time to Jaden Gummersbach (Pensacola State, Fla.), again put runners on every base.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following a popout on the infield, an error kept the game alive and made it 5-4.<\/p>\n<p>Cody Crafton (Bluefield, Va.) fell behind 0-2 before hitting a single up the middle to plate a pair of runs and give Shallotte (4-20, 4-20) the lead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grayson Hulen (Brunswick CC) retired the side in order in the bottom of the ninth, including a pair of strikeouts. He earned the win by pitching 2 1\/3 hitless innings with four strikeouts.<\/p>\n<p>Starter Samuel Davis (Augusta, Ga.) allowed only three earned runs with eight strikeouts in 6 2\/3 innings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Standings<\/h4>\n<h5>(Overall record, Coastal Division record)<\/h5>\n<p>Sandhills Bogeys (21-3, 18-3)<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville Ospreys (18-7, 15-6)<\/p>\n<p>Cape Fear Ghost Crabs (17-8, 15-6)<\/p>\n<p>Oak Island Loggerheads (10-10, 10-10)<\/p>\n<p>Shallotte Shallywags (4-20, 4-20)<\/p>\n<p>Laurinburg Highland Hooligans (3-20, 3-20)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOTES: All players&rsquo; previous colleges are listed in parentheses. Area players&rsquo; high schools are also listed. Team records only include games against other members of the Old North State League. 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