It’s an exciting time at Oxford Prep and Kerr Vance Academy. Both schools have teams advancing through the state playoffs.
At Oxford Prep it’s Tommy Anstead’s softball team that is looking to make it to the third round of the state playoffs. “We’ve never been as far as the third round,” Anstead said on Thursday’s SportsTalk on WIZS. On Tuesday Oxford Prep had a convincing 5-3 win over Union High School. That school featured a pitcher with 196 strike outs this year. When asked how you prepare for a pitcher with that type of talent Anstead said, “You hope they don’t have any,” referring to the strike outs. This is the school’s third time advancing to the second round and they must defeat Riverside Martin from Williamston Friday night to make it to round three. Riverside Martin is ranked eleventh in the state. That game is in Oxford and will be at 6pm Friday.
Meanwhile, Mike Joyner, Athletic Director at Kerr Vance Academy, will need to be in two places at once Friday night as both the baseball team and the girl’s soccer team will be playing. The Spartan’s soccer team is ranked #8 in the state and escaped with a 1-0 win over Lee Christian earlier this week and will now face local rival Crossroads Christian. That game is at 5pm Friday. At 6pm the #1 seeded baseball team, which is coming off a first round bye, will take on North Hills Christian. “We lost in the semi-finals last year and we felt we were in good shape to make a run this year,” Joyner said of the team. “We are young with no seniors but we added two really good players,” Joyner added. KVA will be at home throughout the playoffs with the championships coming up on May 19th and 20th.
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