February 2024

• IMPACT North Carolina High School Team Rankings - Preseason

  IMPACT Baseball North Carolina High School Team Polls Preseason (02-14-24)

  Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | By Trey Daly | IMPACTBaseball.com

• PBR North Carolina Power 25 Poll Rankings - Preseason

  PBR North Carolina Power 25 Poll Rankings (Preseason)

  Saturday, February 24, 2024 | By Brandon Hall | PrepBaseballReport.com

• T.C Roberson, Burns Top HSOT's Preseason Baseball Statewide and Area Code Rankings

  HighSchoolOT's preseason rankings for the 2024 North Carolina high school baseball season are here.

  Monday, February 26, 2024 | From HighSchoolOT Staff | HighSchoolOT.com

March 2024

• Preview: Baseball Teams Start New Year With New Leaders

  Last year: The Patriots finished 23-5 overall, won the Sandhills Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships, and lost in the third round of the state playoffs.

  Friday, March 1, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Bym's 10: The Top Players On the Baseball Diamond in the County

  Moore County baseball is in as good a position as it has arguably ever been with back-to-back state title series appearances.

  Friday, March 1, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Big Changes to NC's Top 25 Baseball Rankings After a Week of Play

  As always, there are a number of changes from the preseason baseball rankings after one week of action.

  Monday, March 4, 2024 | From HighSchoolOT.com Staff | HighSchoolOT.com

• Pinecrest, North Moore Earn Non-Conference Routs

  The Pinecrest and North Moore baseball teams started the week with non-conference wins that ended in the fifth inning.

  Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | By Trevor Ratcliff | ThePilot.com

• Pinecrest Baseball Keeps Rolling

  The Pinecrest baseball team remained undefeated on the season with a 12-4 win at home over Oak Grove Thursday.

  Friday, March 8, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Kimbrell Delivers Pinecrest Past Myers Park

  A three-run, walk-off homer from Pinecrest senior Bryant Kimbrell lifted the Patriots to a 4-1 win at home over Myers Park Friday night, keeping the team undefeated.

  Friday, March 8, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Kimbrell Walks it Off as Pinecrest Tops Myers Park

  A win and a walk off for Kimbrell as Pinecrest wins the battle of undefeated teams.

  Monday, March 11, 2024 | By Zach Boraski | PrepBaseballReport.com

• NC Player of the Week: Week of March 4 - 9, 2024

  A walk-off HR keyed the 3rd win of a big week for this Power 25 Team.

  Monday, March 11, 2024 | By Brandon Hall | PrepBaseballReport.com

• PBR North Carolina Power 25 Poll Rankings - 03/11/24

  PBR North Carolina Power 25 Poll Rankings (03/11/24)

  Monday, March 11, 2024 | By Brandon Hall | PrepBaseballReport.com

• Baseball Rankings: West Henderson Takes Over the Top Spot in Statewide Top 25

  A loss by T.C. Roberson opened the door to move West Henderson into the No. 1 spot in this week's HighSchoolOT statewide baseball rankings.

  Monday, March 11, 2024 | From HighSchoolOT.com Staff | HighSchoolOT.com

• Pinecrest Drops First Baseball Contest

  The Pinecrest baseball team lost its first game of the season at Harnett Central Wednesday.

  Thursday, March 14, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Patriots Drop First Conference Game

  The Pinecrest baseball team opened the season with a five-game winning streak, and now have hit the wall of adversity in their season.

  Saturday, March 16, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Baseball Rankings: Another Week, Another Defending Champ at the No. 1 Spot

  It's another defending champion's turn with the top spot in the HighSchoolOT statewide baseball rankings.

  Tuesday, March 19, 2024 | From HighSchoolOT.com Staff | HighSchoolOT.com

• Patriots Back in Win Column

  The Pinecrest baseball team snapped a two-game losing streak on Tuesday evening with a 16-4 win over Southern Lee.

  Wednesday, March 20, 2024 | By Trevor Ratcliff | ThePilot.com

• Podcast: Updated Power 25 - Who's In and Who's Out

  The Power 25 is released and that means the boys can sit down and sift through all the movement.

  Monday, March 25, 2024 | By Brandon Hall, Patrick Johnson, Zach Boraski | PrepBaseballReport.com

• Baseball Rankings: 8 New Teams in this Week's HSOT Top 25

  A number of teams in last week's HSOT Statewide Top 25 rankings for baseball, so there are eight new teams in this week's edition.

  Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | From HighSchoolOT.com Staff | HighSchoolOT.com

• Pinecrest Brings Championship Mindset into Win Over Lee County

  A pitchers duel broke out midway through the clash of two of the top teams in the Sandhills Athletic Conference when Pinecrest hosted Lee County to open the conference series this week between the teams.

  Wednesday, March 27, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Terry Sanford, South View Hosting Spring Break Tournaments

  The tradition of high school baseball tournaments during spring break continues next week in Cumberland County as both Terry Sanford and South View will hold events starting Saturday and continuing the following week.

  Thursday, March 28, 2024 | By Earl Vaughan Jr. | CityViewNC.com

• Jackets Nipped by One Run in Pinecrest Showdown

  Four pitches into Lee County’s road game at Pinecrest Tuesday night, BJ Brown went yard to give the Yellow Jackets the early lead.

  Friday, March 29, 2024 | By John Cate | SanfordHerald.com

April 2024

• Baseball Rankings: Six New Teams Enter Another Shuffled Statewide Top 25

  It's not quite as big of a change as a week ago, but there are still significant changes to this week's HighSchoolOT statewide Top 25 baseball rankings.

  Monday, April 1, 2024 | From HighSchoolOT.com Staff | HighSchoolOT.com

• Bulldog Baseball Easter Tournament: Pinecrest 10, East Bladen 0

  Senior Connor Tepatti and junior Nate Lowry combined on a 1-hit shutout and struck out 7 batters to lead Pinecrest to a 10-0 victory over East Bladen in a consolation game in the Bulldog Baseball Easter Tournament at Terry Sanford High.

  Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | From BladenOnline.com Staff | BladenOnline.com

• Patriots Go 2-1 at Invitational

  The Pinecrest Patriots went 2-1 on the weekend when they took the field to take part in the Bulldog Baseball Invitational hosted by Terry Sanford High School on March 30, April 1 and April 2.

  Monday, April 8, 2024 | By Zack Ciboth | ThePilot.com

• Baseball Teams Put Tech Into Play

  North Moore’s Dalton Massey and Pinecrest’s Connor Tepatti set up behind the plate every game for their respective baseball teams.

  Monday, April 8, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Pinecrest’s Explosion of Runs Downs Scotland

  Digging out of an early hole can be challenging for any team. Nearly doing so and then falling into a deeper hole is even tougher to recover from.

  Tuesday, April 9, 2024 | By Brandon Hodge | LaurinburgExchange.com

• Baseball Rankings: Major Changes to Statewide Top 25 After Wild Spring Break

  Spring break baseball tournaments always provide some statewide shakeups and this year was no different.

  Tuesday, April 9, 2024 | From HighSchoolOT.com Staff | HighSchoolOT.com

• Patriots Rout Scotland on the Road

  Scoring 10 runs in the final two innings, the Pinecrest baseball team earned a 15-3 win at Scotland Tuesday to win its fourth straight outing.

  Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Pinecrest’s Mason Konen No-Hits Chargers

  The Pinecrest baseball team won its fifth straight game by a 9-0 score at home over Northwood Wednesday riding a no-hitter by senior pitcher Mason Konen.

  Thursday, April 11, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Scotland Baseball Shut Out Against Pinecrest

  The Scotland Fighting Scots baseball team lost 16-0 in five innings on the road against the Pinecrest Patriots Friday night.

  Friday, April 12, 2024 | From Staff Reports | LaurinburgExchange.com

• Kimbrell Huge in Return for Pinecrest

  Pinecrest senior Bryant Kimbrell wasted no time in warming himself back up for competition in his first complete game back for the Patriots from injury at home Friday.

  Saturday, April 13, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Baseball Rankings: State and Area Code Rankings Shift After More than Two Dozen Teams Fall

  Loaded schedules, marquee non-conference matchups, and postponed games headlined a hectic week for baseball teams across the state.

  Monday, April 15, 2024 | From HighSchoolOT.com Staff | HighSchoolOT.com

• NC Player of the Week: April 8 - 13, 2024

  Good teams have good players and there are times in the season where good players can put their team on their back and carry them to victory.

  Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | By Brandon Hall | PrepBaseballReport.com

• Patriot Seniors Lead Way to Home Win

  The Pinecrest baseball team defeated Hoke County by a 9-1 score at home Wednesday after the game was postponed a day after inclement weather Tuesday.

  Thursday, April 18, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Patriots Learning Playoff Mindset With Eighth Straight Win

  The Pinecrest baseball team got a feel of what it means to find a way to win like a playoff game in a matchup of two of the top teams in their respective classifications at home Thursday night.

  Friday, April 19, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Baseball Rankings: Top Teams Continue to Rise, D.H. Conley Breaks Into Top-10 After Big Week

  D.H. Conley claimed the first of two can't miss showdowns with J.H. Rose to move into the Top-10 of this week's HighSchoolOT statewide baseball rankings.

  Monday, April 22, 2024 | From HighSchoolOT.com Staff | HighSchoolOT.com

• Konen Tosses Gem In Patriots’ Win Over Union Pines

  The Pinecrest baseball team watched in the preseason where senior pitcher Mason Konen came in more focused and determined.

  Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com

• Patriots Run Off 8 Runs to Stymie Vikings

  For the second outing in a row, the Pinecrest baseball team proved that being down to your last out doesn’t mean the innings is drawing to a close.

  Friday, Aoril 26, 2024 | By Jonathan Bym | ThePilot.com