ELLERBE - The Rockingham Middle School baseball team made its trip to Ellerbe worthwhile Monday, as it defeated the host Wildcats 14-1.
For the Rockets (3-0), a platoon of pitchers was used to keep Ellerbe to just one run in the first inning. Matthew Walker, Walker Lambeth and Will Dawkins combined to pitch in the winning, racking up a total of eight strikeouts. At the plate, Dawkins went 3-for-3. Other batters to collect a hit for Rockingham were Shoan Hodges (1-for-1), Ethan Clayton, Tate Fann and Lambeth (all went 1-for-2) and Walker finished 1-for-3.
Ellerbe's lone run game early in the game when eighth grader Dexter Mabe hit an RBI double to score Brycen Goodwin.
