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Here's what's on deck for Gastonia, Shelby high school baseball, softball this week

Here’s a look at the top matchups on the docket this week for high school baseball and softball teams in Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties.

Baseball

Crest-Stuart Cramer (March 25 and 29)

Crest (7-3, 4-0 Big South 3A) has won four consecutive games, sweeping two-game sets with Ashbrook and Hunter Huss in which it outscored them by a combined tally of 78-1. The Chargers are 4-0 in Big South 3A play, tied with Kings Mountain and South Point.

Competition ramps up significantly this week, taking on a Stuart Cramer (4-4, 2-2) team reeling from back-to-back losses against rival South Point. Cramer pitching was the difference last season, allowing two runs and three hits in two meetings, one of those a no-hitter.

North Gaston-Kings Mountain (March 25 and 29)

After losing three of four games going into last week, North Gaston (5-3, 2-2 Big South 3A) rebounded with a two-game sweep of Forestview last week. The Wildcats outscored Forestview 15-1, giving them a pair of much needed wins in Big South 3A competition.

Kings Mountain (4-4, 4-0) has won four of its last five following an 0-3 start. Wesley Turner leads the Mountaineers with a .391 batting average to go with six RBIs. Just getting to the meat of its conference schedule, we’ll learn much about the Mountaineers in coming weeks.

North Lincoln-North Iredell (March 25 and 29)

North Lincoln (5-5, 4-0 Western Foothills 3A) has now won four in a row, a convincing sweep of rival East Lincoln on the back end. Since a March 6 loss to Asheville, the Knights have not allowed more than three runs in their last five games.

North Iredell (9-1, 4-0) has been impressive in its own right, winners of nine consecutive games. Hunter Baldwin and Thomas Shumaker provide a potent 1-2 punch, both hitting better than .400 through 10 games.

Lincoln Charter at Burns (March 27)

Lincoln Charter and Burns meet in a non-conference clash between NCHSAA 2A West powerhouses. The Eagles (9-1) are averaging 20.3 runs per game, tallying double-digit run totals in five of their nine victories.

Burns (10-2) has done a good job of stymieing a typically vaunted Lincoln Charter lineup the past two years, however, Colby Putnam allowing a total of three runs in those games. WIth him again likely taking the hill for Wednesday's matchup, runs could again be tough to come by. 

Softball

Bessemer City-Burns (March 25 and 29)

The race for a Southern Piedmont 1A/2A softball title should again be tightly contested, four teams within a game of the league lead. Burns and Bessemer City find themselves in the running, with their two-game set this week potentially looming large.

Burns (5-3, 3-1 Southern Piedmont 1A/2A) has lost two of three following a four-game win streak. As for Bessemer City (4-4, 4-2), it snapped a three-game skid this past week by outscoring Thomas Jefferson 40-6 during their two-game series.

Kings Mountain at Crest (March 29)

Crest and Kings Mountain seek a leg up in what’s expected to be a fight to the finish in their pursuit of a Big South 3A title. Kings Mountain swept the series last season, taking a pair of tightly-contested one-run games.

Hits and runs again should come at a premium, Kings Mountain and Crest sending experienced pitchers in Maddie Huffman and Aidan Ledbetter to the circle. Ledbetter begins the week with an 8-1 record, 72 strikeouts and a 0.48 ERA. Huffman has been equally impressive, off to a 4-1 start with a 0.38 ERA and 88 strikeouts.

Kings Mountain is 7-1 (5-0 Big South 3A), while Crest is 9-1 (5-0).

This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: NCHSAA: What's on deck for Gastonia, Shelby area baseball, softball?

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