FROM STAFF REPORTS
CHINA GROVE — Kim Bessent had three hits and Jennifer Stogner pitched her way out of a bases-loaded jam in the final inning as Lake Norman defeated Carson 5-4.
With one out and three runners on in the seventh, Stogner forced a ground out and a line out on consecutive pitches.
Jo Beth Wright, Katheryn Hauser and Jordan Bishopp finished with two hits.
Wright and Christy Plyler each had two RBIs for the Wildcats (6-8 overall, 6-6 North Piedmont 3A) and Stogner struck out eight batters.