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One game away from history.

Southern Lee takes Game 1 of the NCHSAA 6A baseball series over South Caldwell. One more win would be the Cavaliers' first team title in any NCHSAA sport.

More from this game tonight at: https://www.highschoolot.com/story/6-south-caldwell-2-southern-lee/22362405/

🏆 CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE! 🏆

Your Southern Lee Cavaliers hit the field today at 2:00 with a chance to make history!

After taking Game 1 in an incredible battle, the Cavs are just one win away from bringing home a championship.

So throw on your Cavs gear, bring the energy, and let’s pack Burlington Athletic Stadium with orange and navy!

Let’s go, Cavs! ⚔️⚾

One game away from history.

Southern Lee takes Game 1 of the NCHSAA 6A baseball series over South Caldwell. One more win would be the Cavaliers' first team title in any NCHSAA sport.

More from this game tonight at: https://www.highschoolot.com/story/6-south-caldwell-2-southern-lee/22362405/

From LCS Facebook post… South Caldwell jumped on the Cavs early, plating their only two runs of the game in the top of the first inning. JP Smith doubled to score the Spartans leadoff man and then came around to score on Luke Church’s RBI single to give the Spartans an early 2-0 lead.

The Cavaliers responded in the bottom of the third on a single by Luke Waters and a sacrifice fly from Gavin Shaffer that saw Southern draw even at 2-2.

Sophomore ace Ben Harrington and the Cavalier defense kept South Caldwell at bay for the remainder of the game, working around some traffic on the basepaths in the fifth and sixth inning thanks to some stellar glove-work by Dallas Roberts who made a pair of diving stops at the hot corner to help stunt potential Spartan rallies.

Southern broke the game open in the bottom of the sixth inning, loading the bases with no outs before a single by Drew Patton drove home two of the Cavs five runs in the inning to take a 7-2 advantage into the final inning.

Harrington pitched a complete game allowing just five hits with eight strikeouts on his way to the victory. He did, however, use 116 of his 120 pitch allotment for the weekend, which means that other Cavalier pitchers will have to carry the team through the remainder of the series. Each game will air live on 105.5 WFJA Radio here in Sanford. The Championships are also being streamed live by the NFHS Network, a subscription service partner of the NCHSAA. Game 2 at 2:00. Game 3 if needed at 5 or 8 depending on the 7A championship series.

In case you missed it! Our Cavs are one step closer to history! So many players stepped it up tonight!