Both the Red Devils and Lady Red Devils track teams finished in third place in the Southeastern 1-A/2-A Conference Championship.

The meet was held at Fairmont High School on Thursday with the Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs of St. Pauls High capturing both championships.

In the boys meet, St. Pauls chalked up 226.5 points to blister runner-up South Robeson. The Mustangs scored 127.5 points, followed by Red Springs 83, West Bladen 61.5, Fairmont 31, East Bladen 10.5, and West Columbus 10.

In field events, Red Springs’ senior Kyle Graham captured first place in the long jump with a jump of 22-feet, 2-inches. In the track events, teammate Dakwon Haywood won the 400m-dash in a time of 53:48, while the Red Springs boys’ 1,600m relay team won in a time of 3:45.80.

David P. Shaw was named the boys’ Meet Most Valuable Player and St. Pauls coach, David Shaw, was named SEC Coach of the Year.

On the girls side, St. Pauls won with a total point total of 233, with South Robeson in second place with 81 points, followed the Lady Red Devils 73, West Columbus 27, Fairmont 19 and East Bladen 16.

There were no first place finishes by any Lady Red Devil.

Brittany Sinclair of St. Pauls was named the meets’ Most Valuable Player and David Shaw took SEC Coach of the Year honors.

Linksters finished second in SEC Tournament

The Red Springs High School golf team finished in second place in the Southeastern 1-A/2-A Conference Tournament on Monday, April 27.

The championship was played at Carolina Sands Golf Course at White Lake.

West Bladen won the tournament with a score of 338, followed by the Red Devils 371, St. Pauls 373, Fairmont 416, East Bladen 417, South Robeson 431, and West Columbus posted no score.

Members of the RSHS golf team are: Jordon Henry, Justin Lowery, Michael Oxendine, Dakota Jones, Matthew Oxendine and Jordan Thomas.

Glenn Patterson Sr. coaches the team.

Michael Oxendine took medalist honors, carding an 18-hole score of 81 on the 6,040-yard, par 72 layout. Michael Oxendine and Jordon Henry will represent Red Springs High on Tuesday, May 5, at the Regional Championships in Jacksonville, NC.

Red Devils split doubleheader with East Bladen

The Red Springs Red Devils baseball team traveled to Elizabethtown on Tuesday, April 28, and split a Southeastern Conference doubleheader with the Eagles of East Bladen High.

In the first game, the Red Devils nipped East Bladen by a score of 4-3.

In the second game, the Eagles sprinted out to score five runs in the second inning and then held on for a 5-3 win over the Red Devils. The Red Devils (7-14) put three runs on the scoreboard in the fourth inning, but couldn’t place any more across the plate.

Lose to Fairmont

The Red Devils baseball team dug themselves into a hole in the first inning and allowed visiting Fairmont to score four runs and then let them go on to hand them a crucial 10-2 Southeastern Conference loss.

The Golden Tornadoes scored two more runs in the next two innings before the Red Devils could get one run across the plate in the bottom half of the third inning.

The Red Devils got only three hits off starting pitcher Justin Britt on the evening.

“We didn’t pitch it, we didn’t hit it, and we didn’t play very good defense,” said Red Devils’ baseball coach Bryan McDonald. “Fairmont’s a heck of a baseball team. We’ve got to be perfect to hang around with that crowd and we weren’t perfect tonight and that what you’re going to get, a 10-2 ballgame. We could have held it a little tighter if we had played a little bit better defense.”

It was the last home game of the 2009 season for the Red Devils, who played West Bladen last night and will play at St. Pauls on Thursday, looking for a way to gain that elusive third state 2-A playoff spot.

It was also the last home game in Red Devils uniform for three seniors, Chris Gales, Jamison Leach and Jeffery McMillan.



The Flora Macdonald Academy Cougars baseball team dropped a 17-2 decision to Trinity Christian Monday, April 27.

Down seven runs in the first inning, the Cougars scored twice in the top of the third inning, but Trinity took over and scored runs in every inning after that.

Tyler Tew took the loss for the Cougars.

In boys’ tennis, Fayetteville Christian, 9-0, blanked the Cougars.

With the loss, Flora Macdonald dropped to 1-8 on the season.