Knights cage Jaguars 8-2 in 1A Central Tar Heel action

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SILER CITY — Trevor Golden scattered five hits and allowed a pair of unearned runs in a complete-game effort on Tuesday night in Siler City to ignite Chatham Charter to an 8-2 triumph over River Mill in 1A Central Tar Heel Conference action.

Golden, a sophomore southpaw, allowed three walks and struck out seven as Chatham Charter improved to in the league and to overall.

The Knights tallied a run in the first before adding single runs in the fourth and fifth innings to go up 3-0 before tacking on five more in the sixth to pull ahead 8-0.

River Mill plated a pair of runs in the seventh but it was far from enough as Chatham Charter took the 8-2 triumph.

Jaron Henderickson led the Knights with a 2-for-3 effort that included a run, three RBI, a walk and two triples while Jacob Brannon was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI.

Chipping in a 2-for-4 effort with a run, a home run and an RBI was Cameron Kennedy while Gavin Crumpler was 2-for-4 with a stolen base, Landon Hussey 1-for-2 with a run, Golden 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI, Ryan White 1-for-4 with an RBI, Carter Phillips 1-for-3, and Connor Murphy 1-for-3 with two runs, a walk and a stolen base.

Cameron Lutterloh paced River Mill with a 2-for-4 effort that included two doubles and a walk while also suffering the loss on the mound after going three innings and allowing four hits, one run, a walk and striking out one.

Avery Dorsett hurled 3.1 innings in relief for the Jaguars and yielded three hits, three runs, a walk and fanned one, while Dylan Moorefield added .2 innings and was tagged for three hits, four runs (three earned), one walk and whiffing one.