Southside and Northside headed to Greensboro this past weekend to compete for track and field state championships. It marked the final events of the athletic school year.

Lady Seahawk Eminey Redmond went out with a bang when she won 1-A girls’ long jump gold. Before that, Washington softball and Northside baseball concluded their seasons with third-round eliminations earlier in the week.

Many of Beaufort County’s athletes will spend the summer honing their respective crafts. Until then, here are the final standouts until August.

 

EMINEY REDMOND, SOUTHSIDE

Eminey Redmond jumped 17 feet and 6 inches to win the 1-A girls’ long jump at Saturday’s track and field state championships. Her jump was over two inches better than De’ja Reid, who trailed her in second place.

That wasn’t the only hardware Redmond brought back to Beaufort County. The Southside superstar was the third leg on a third-place 4-by-200 relay team. Na’keya Johnson, Kinyara Daniels, Redmond and Jacqueline Wood won the first heat and also beat times from six other schools in the faster second heat.

 

PATRICK PEPPLE, NORTHSIDE

Patrick Pepple — one of two Northside competitors to make it to Greensboro — made the most of his opportunity. The Panther sophomore, already competing for a state championship for the second time, placed in the 1-A boys’ discus throw.

Pepple launched the discus over 132 feet to finish fourth in the state in the 1-A classification. Just over 15 feet separated him from first-place finisher Gabriel King, who is a senior out of Mount Airy. Pepple had over seven feet on the fifth-place finisher.

PARKER BOYD, NORTHSIDE

Playoff baseball is all about heating up at the right time. While Northside’s defense got in its own way multiple times in its 11-1 third-round loss at Rosewood, first baseman Parker Boyd wrapped up what was a masterful three-game showing in the postseason.

Boyd went 2-for-3 at the plate, but Northside couldn’t string together the hits needed to score more than one run. Boyd finished the playoffs 6-for-11 batting. The Panther junior will be one of many talented players back a year from now.

 

HAILEY HARRIS, WASHINGTON

Hailey Harris was one of nine Washington softball players to play her last game in a Lady Pack uniform last week at Eastern Randolph. Harris is no stranger to high-pressure situations. She and the rest of her teammates gave it everything they had.

Harris, in addition to Mary B. Dixon, had a two hits — one of which was a double — in the game. She finished with a team-high two runs and an RBI. She was also tasked with relieving all-star freshman pitcher Abbigail Tucker late in the game. She allowed an unearned run as Eastern Randolph walked off with the win.