Gastonia, Shelby top performers: Forestview softball's Blair Riley earns five hits

Here is a daily list of the top performers from Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties during the ninth week of spring sports action.

Our weekly top performers list and athlete of the week nominees are compiled courtesy of information provided to The Gaston Gazette and Shelby Star by coaches, athletic directors or team statisticians through emails, MaxPreps or mentioning @JoeLHughesII in game results and highlights posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.

If a top performer’s name doesn’t appear on the list, encourage their coach to email submissions to jhughes@gastongazette.com or sports@gastongazette.com.

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Monday, April 22

Baseball

Cameron Barnette, East Gaston: Pitched four innings, allowing three runs on one hit and seven strikeouts in a 9-3 win over Forestview.

Dylan Wright, East Gaston: Was 3-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.

J.T. Roche, East Lincoln: Had a hit, RBI and scored a run in a 13-3 loss to East Rutherford.

Brandon Washington, East Lincoln: Had a double and an RBI.

Ethan Bray, Forestview: Had a hit and scored a run in a 9-3 loss to East Gaston.

Tripp Dow, Forestview: Was 2-for-4.

Meridian Leffew, Gaston Christian: Was 2-for-4 with a run scored in a 5-4 win over Metrolina Christian.

Aaron Main, Gaston Christian: Pitched five innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits with two strikeouts.

David Nicks, Gaston Christian: Was 2-for-3 with a solo home run and another run scored. He also pitched two innings, allowing two runs on two hits.

Julien McRae, Gaston Day: Was 3-for-5 with a double, triple, five RBIs and a run scored in a 17-8 win over Spartanburg Day.

Thomas Ras, Gaston Day: Was 2-for-2 with a double, RBI and four runs scored.

Brody Smith, Gaston Day: Was 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and three runs scored.

Aydan Bradley, Stuart Cramer: Had a double, three RBIs and two runs scored in a 15-1 win over Ashbrook.

Gavin Carpenter, Stuart Cramer: Had a double, three RBIs and scored two runs.

Cooper Collier, Stuart Cramer: Had a double, two RBIs and two runs scored.

Softball

Kylee Kloiber, East Gaston: Was 2-for-3 with a double, two RBIs and a run scored in a 17-4 loss to Forestview.

Hannah Massey, East Gaston: Was 2-for-3 with two runs scored.

Lily Cabe, Forestview: Was 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs win over East Gaston.

Olivia Hensley, Forestview: Was 2-for-2 with an RBI.

Kayla Johnson, Forestview: Was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored.

Madison Ladin, Forestview: Was 2-for-4 with a run scored.

Blair Riley, Forestview: Was 5-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, three RBIs and four runs scored.

Bailey Livengood, Gaston Christian: Was 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs scored in a 9-2 win over SouthLake Christian.

Katie Muchesko, Gaston Christian: Pitched a complete game, allowing two runs on two hits with 17 strikeouts.

Ciara Nanney, Gaston Christian: Was 3-for-3 with a double.

Girls soccer

Harmoni Carter, Mountain Island Charter: Scored a goal in a 1-0 win over Pine Lake Prep.

This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: NC high school spring sports: Gastonia, Shelby Week 9 top performers