Baseball records update

I was under the impression that the 19 strikeouts posted by Carter Harrell in 5-0 one-hitter at Hillsborough Orange in 2001 was a school record.

It is the record, but as I have found out recently, Harrell actually tied someone who already had the record. I have confirmed that Donnie Bobbitt (Class of 1986) actually set the record of 19 in a, would you believe, 6-5, 11-inning loss to Southern Nash during the 1986 Breakfast Optimist Easter Tournament at old Municial Stadium.

Bobbitt went all 11 innings, as did Southern's winning pitcher Phil Bryant.

Another record correction is that Bobbitt, a three-year starter who played his college days at Wake Forest (along with former Gryphon standout Neil Avent), has the school record for career pitching wins with 25 - one more than Harrell.

But current RMHS junior hurler Jim Leggett has an excellent chance of breaking that mark his senior season. Leggett will have 20 victories going into the 2008 campaign.