Brittany draws top soccer teams

48 teams enter Wilson showcase

Forty-eight high school girls soccer teams, including 19 that are in the N.C. Soccer Coaches Association rankings, will play in The Brittany Willis Memorial Scholarship Soccer Showcase starting today and continuing Saturday at the Gillette Soccer Complex in Wilson.

Among the ranked 4-A teams are Leesville Road (4), East Chapel Hill (5), Southern Pines Pinecrest (8), Broughton (11) and Southeast Raleigh (15).

Cardinal Gibbons, ranked No. 3 in 2-A, will play East Chapel Hill at 11:45 a.m. Saturday.

St. Mary's, No. 2 among private schools, and Cary Academy (13) also are in the field.

KNIGHTDALE TOURNAMENT: The Leith AutoPark East Round Table Classic for baseball and softball is scheduled for Saturday, Monday and Tuesday at Knightdale High.

The baseball openers on Saturday are Enloe vs. Panther Creek (10 a.m.), Hope Mills South View vs. Southeast Raleigh (1 p.m.), Holly Springs vs. Sanderson (4 p.m.) and Durham Arts vs. Knightdale (7 p.m.).

The championship game is 7 p.m. Tuesday.

In girls fast-pitch softball, it's Leesville Road vs. Panther Creek (10 a.m.), Sanderson vs. Southeast Raleigh (1 p.m.), Winston-Salem Parkland vs. Broughton (4 p.m.) and Durham Arts vs. Knightdale (7 p.m.).

Saturday is ALS Awareness Day at the tournament. Members of the Jim "Catfish" Hunter Chapter of ALS Association will be on site to provide literature.

Hunter, of Hertford, a Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees, died in 1999. He and the late Keith LeClair, a former East Carolina baseball coach, had ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.

TRACK LEADERS: Chapel Hill's Taylor Gilland and Athens Drive's Callan Fike continue to dominate the state's boys and girls distance races.

Taylor leads the state in the boys 1,600 (4:19.1) and 3,200 (9:45.4). Fike leads the girls 1,600 (5:07.0) and 3,200 (11:28.0).

CHARTER ROLLS: Camille Morgan scored four goals and added three assists Thursday night in Raleigh Charter's 7-0 girls soccer win over Pittsboro Northwood.

PERFECT COMBINATION: Princeton's April Keene and Maegan Myers combined to throw a perfect five-inning fast-pitch softball game in an 11-0 win over Spring Creek.

Keene pitched four innings and struck out seven. Myers pitched the fifth and struck out one.

CAPS REBOUND: Broughton avenged an early season Cap Seven 4-A loss to Enloe with a 4-0 girls soccer win. Katie Evans had a goal and two assists.

ONE-HITTERS: Garner's Cecily Parrott and Clayton's Sarah Jackson tossed one-hit shutouts in fast-pitch Greater Neuse 4-A softball games on Thursday.

Parrott shut out Southeast Raleigh 4-0, and Jackson blanked Knightdale 2-0.

WINGO SCORES: Macky Wingo scored two goals in St. Mary's 2-0 win over North Raleigh Christian.

ECH TOPS RIVAL: East Chapel Hill defeated rival Chapel Hill 6-3 in a PAC-Six 4-A boys tennis match on Thursday.

Chapel Hill's Chase Helpingstine beat ECH's Tim Bayus 6-1, 6-4 at No. 1 singles and teamed with John Runge to win at No. 1 doubles.

East Chapel Hill, which is ranked No. 1 in the state, won Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5 singles and Nos. 2 and 3 doubles.