LUMBERTON - Nash County's 14-year-old Babe Ruth All-Stars have made the Southeast region semifinals. A 20-4 victory over Virginia Tuesday at Lumberton High School, combined with a Florida win over Alabama, gave Nash County the No. 1 seed in its side of the bracket.Nash County (3-1) will face the winner of Wednesday morning's Tallahasse, Fl.-South Carolina matchup later in the day at 4. On the other side of the bracket, top-seeded Lawrenceburg, Tn. (4-0) has a 7 p.m. date with the victor of the 1 p.m. Saratota, Fl.-Georgia contest.
The two semifinal winners play Thursday at 7 p.m. for the right to go to the World Series.
In that 20-4 Nash County win, Jeremy Sloop got the win - going three innings, giving up four hits and striking out four. Nash County banged out 18 hits in the contest and really helped itself by exploding for nine runs in the second inning. Twelve of the 14 players in the lineup got at least one hit. Catcher Thomas Berry is currently out of the lineup with an ankle injury.
