By Charles Curcio

Sports Editor

The North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association has released its selections for the All-State teams.

Two North Stanly players earned All-State honors from this years team that finished 23-7 overall and reached the Regional Finals Series for the first time in school history: Will Moore and Carson Lowder.

Senior Will Moore finished the season with a 9-3 pitching record on the mound with a 2.18 earned-run average. He had 14 appearances on the season and threw the most innings of any Comets pitcher (70.2). Moore allowed 22 earned run on 59 hits with 25 walks and a team-high 67 strikeouts. Opposing batters hit just .218 against Moore this season.

The North senior was also one of the teams standouts offensively. Moore was second for the Comets in batting average (.352) with 32 hits in 105 at-bats and 28 RBIs. He had five doubles, two home runs along with an on-base percentage of .419 and a .472 slugging mark.

Moore was named to the 2017 All-SNAP baseball team as well.

Will was a great senior leader and great pitcher for us this year,North head coach Will Davis said.

He never had a bad outing all year. He stepped up to every situation as a senior should. He wanted to throw and finish every game in every opportunity he had.

Davis said that North will miss him this coming year but hopefully his leadership has rubbed off on the others.

One of those others returning next year is Lowder, a sophomore.

He had a big year at the plate for North Stanly. Lowder led the Comets with 11 home runs, tops among hitters in Stanly County. The North sophomore led his team with 41 hits and 32 RBIs while scoring 37 runs. He also led the Comets with a .536 OBP and a .922 slugging percentage.

The North sophomore was also named as the 2017 SNAP Hitter of theYear.Recently, Lowder participated in the Powerade State Games playing for Region 6.

It's a honor to be picked all state as a sophomore but I couldn't have done it without my team and coaches pushing me to work harder everyday to get better especially the seniors Will Moore and Holden Davis, Lowder said.

Carson is a good all-around hitter. He works hard; he is who you want at the plate late in the game to win it...he is a threat every time he is at the plate, Davis said.

Norths head coach also said Lowder is a talented shortstop with a good arm and good range.

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