New Hanover County Middle School Roundup: May 5-9, 2025

May 11, 2025, 8:40 pm | by Tim Hower

The New Hanover County Middle School Roundup will be published each Sunday. Results and stats are compiled through emails from coaches and athletic directors. If you don’t see any information from your team, please encourage your coach or AD to start emailing them to [email protected].

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COASTAL PREPS THREE STARS OF THE WEEK

GIRLS LACROSSE

Murray 12, Noble 3

Played Wednesday

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Lily Hauck scored a game-high five goals for the victorious Falcons.

Leela Jarvis recorded a hat trick and Savannah Cremer chipped in two goals. Murray’s other scorers were Karsyn Fox and Lauren Schwedler.

Goalie Kenleigh Walker made several stellar saves behind the defense of Scout Hatchell, Caroline Smist and Hannah Vick.

Roland-Grise 11, Trask 4

Played Thursday

The Knights remained unbeaten thanks to four-goal performances from Brenna McWilliams and Elizabeth Wilson.

Wilson also handed out one assist. Addie Coyle put home a pair of goals to go along with an assist, while Sydney Skoblar scored once.

Two goalies saw action and combined for six saves. Addison Novelli finished with five and Ever Hoggard had one.

Holly Shelter 10, Williston 2

Played Thursday

Nine players found the back of the net, including five for the first time this season, in a comfortable win for the Hurricanes.

Frances Adams was the lone player with a pair of goals. The first-time scorers were Ainsley Forystek, Kate Kerler, Addy Lauber, Jamie Nunn and Emme Wilson.

Kate Eldridge and Bella Fernandez-Villa both finished with one goal and one assist. Paley Thorn put home the other goal, while Lucy Cookson dished out one assist.

Goalie Brydan Ashlock made seven saves.

Williston’s goals were scored by Jamiayah Dorsey and Kaia Seppelfrick-Rivera. Goalie Niyla Covington stopped four shots.

New Hanover County Public School Standings

Roland-Grise 5-0

Holly Shelter 3-1-1

Murray 3-1-1

Noble 3-2

Trask 2-4

Williston 1-4

Myrtle Grove 0-5

BOYS LACROSSE

Murray 11, Noble 7

Played Wednesday

The battle of unbeatens went to the Falcons, who got hat tricks from Tristan Kight and Maksym McCabe.

Murray also got a pair of goals from Quinn McQueen as well as one a piece from Owen Brink, Jackson Cline and Jacob Smith.

Hayden Boysen led Noble with four goals. Gabe Maselli chipped in one goal and two assists, while Cayden Cilinski had one goal and one assist.

The other goal was scored by Chase Bendjy. Goalie Jaden McCallum saved seven shots.

Holly Shelter 10, Williston 1

Played Thursday

The Hurricanes rolled to their second straight victory to move above .500 for the season.

No individual stats were provided for Holly Shelter.

Williston’s lone goal came from Luke Lanier.

Other scores

Thursday: Roland-Grise 4, Trask 0

New Hanover County Public School Standings

Murray 5-0

Noble 4-1

Roland-Grise 3-2

Holly Shelter 3-2

Trask 1-5

Myrtle Grove 1-4

Williston 1-4

BASEBALL

Noble 10, Roland-Grise 9

Played Monday

A two-out double to center field off the bat of Colton Hearn allowed Joseph Wright to score from second base and give the Eagles a thrilling walk-off victory.

It avenged a 6-3 loss on March 31 and created a tie atop the standings between the teams.

Brock Downing had a huge day at the plate by going 3-for-4 with a double, home run, three RBI and three runs scored.

Hearn had a pair of hits, while Wright crossed the plate twice. Noble scored eight runs in the bottom of the third inning to build a 9-4 lead.

After scoring once in the fourth, Roland-Grise added four runs in the fifth to tie the score.

Tristan Stewart continued to prove why he’s one of the best hitters in the area by finishing 2-for-2 with a pair of walks, two RBI and two runs scored.

Judah Gillespie, Briggs Ulrich and Walter Wishon all had a pair of hits and one stolen base. Wishon scored four runs, while Gillespie drove in two.

Holly Shelter 2, Myrtle Grove 1

Played Monday

Both teams got excellent performances on the mound from their starting pitchers, but the Hurricanes prevailed by scoring once in the first and fifth innings.

Logan Grainger was his usual dominant self. The eighth grader scattered two hits and struck out 11 batters with only one walk. The run he allowed was unearned.

Grainger also had the game-winning RBI on a sacrifice fly that allowed Connor Stein to cross the plate. Stein finished 2-for-3 with a double two runs scored.

Myrtle Grove’s Isaiah McDowell was the hard-luck loser. He allowed only one earned run on four hits with two strikeouts in a complete-game effort.

Murray 7, Trask 0

Played Monday

Brodie Peterson pitched a two-hitter with six strikeouts to help the Falcons avenge an earlier-season defeat.

Murray scored all eight runs in the third inning by sending 12 batters to the plate, including seven that drew a walk. Garrett Neal and Ethan Goldblum had the only two hits.

Trask got a double from Jaiden Berry as well as a single from Aiden Inskip. Max Cordell reached base twice and stole three bases.

Roland-Grise 5, Holly Shelter 0

Played Wednesday

The Knights bounced back nicely from their first loss by shutting out the Hurricanes behind a five-hitter from Tristan Stewart.

Stewart recorded five strikeouts and issued only one walk.

Roland-Grise scored four runs in the second inning before adding an insurance run in the fifth.

Judah Gillespie singled and scored what turned out to be the winning run on an error. Beckett Caffee, Doran Preville, Hudson Simmerman and Walter Wishon also crossed the plate.

Logan Grainger and Connor Stein both finished 2-for-3 for Holly Shelter.

Stein pitched a complete game and allowed only one earned run on four hits with four strikeouts.

Noble 14, Trask 3 (4 innings)

Played Wednesday

Three pitchers – Holt Earey, Jackson Shivers and Jacks Thomas – combined on a three-hitter with nine strikeouts.

Earey got the start and struck out four batters in a pair of scoreless innings. Thomas struck out the side in the bottom of the fourth inning to end the game.

Noble finished with 14 hits from 11 players. Tyler Burke, Joseph Wright and Parker Yates had two a piece.

Shivers and Yates both scored twice, while Burke had two RBI.

Leadoff batter Max Cordell collected a pair of hits for Trask.