Wayne Moves Into Area I East Title Series.

Note: Look for the stats this evening.

EDENTON - Wayne County Post 11 is back in a familiar spot: the Area I East championship series.

Garrett Davis turned in another dominating performance on the mound, and the offense provided just enough runs to get past Edenton Post 40 3-1 Sunday night at Hicks Field and sweep the five-game series.

Wayne will face New Bern Post 24 in a best-of-five final for the right to go to Garner for the American Legion state tournament next month. The teams split the regular season series. Wayne won 10-6, and New Bern took the Area I East South Division regular season crown with an 8-3 victory.

Before being swept in the first round the past two seasons, Wayne appeared in the title series from 1994-97 and 1999-2004, winning six times.

Davis, a tall right-hander headed for UNC, threw seven innings, struck out eight and didn't walk anyone in running his record to 3-0. Only four balls made it out of the infield in the air. The defense played flawlessly in support.

Brandon Price went the last two innings, giving up a two-out home run to Kirk Wiggins before ending the game on a strikeout.

Edenton starter Hunter Meekins was also impressive, going eight innings and fanning seven.

Wayne got on the board with a pair in the fourth. Jay Rose had a leadoff single and stole second. One out later, Zack Wright hit a fly ball that got past the diving right-fielder for an RBI double. Thomas Pilkington followed with an opposite-field single inside the first base line for the second run.

The other run came in the sixth. John Wooten, who had three hits, singled to center and advanced on a bunt by Jay Rose. He moved to third on a grounder and scored on a wild pitch.

Wayne stranded a runner in scoring position in the last three innings.

Davis retired the first seven batters before hitNick Brown hit a groundball single to center. Derek Thomas got on base with a bad hop single to right, but Davis fanned the next batter to get out of trouble.

Davis, who threw 72 of his 103 pitches for strikes, went to three balls on one batter. Kirk Wiggins hit a high 3-1 fastball to center for a double to start the seventh. Davis set down the next three batters on a popup, a groundball and a strikeout.

Wayne......AB..R..H..BI.........Edenton...AB..R..H..BI
Massey rf..4..0..0..0..............Thomas rf..4..0..1..0
Gourley ss..4..0..1..0..............Layton dh-c..4..0..0..0
Wooten 1b.. 4..1..3..0.............Beasley lf..4..0..2..0
Rose dh..3..1..1..0...................Westbrook cf..4..0..0..0
Edgerton lf..4..0..0..0.............Wiggins ss..4..1..3..1
Wright c..3..1..1..1....................Whitehead ..3..0..0..0
Ham c..0..0..0..0.....................Jordan 2b..3..0..0..0
Pilkington 3b..3..0..1..1...........Brown c-p..3..0..1..0
Narron 2b..4..0..1..0................Brickhouse 1b..2..0..0..0
..................._______...............Swain 1b..1..0..0..0
.....................33...3...8...2.................................________
...........................................................................32...1....7...1

Wayne 000...201...000 - 3...8...0
Edenton 000...000...001 - 1...7...1

E-Wiggins.LOB-Wayne, Edenton.
2B-Wright, Wiggins. HR-Wiggins. SB-Rose. S-Rose, Lancaster.

Wayne....IP..H..R..ER..BB..SO..NP
Davis (W)..7..6..0..0..0..8
Price.........2..1..1..1..0..2
Edenton
Meekins (L)..7..8..3..3..2..7
Brown...........2..0..0..0..0..2
WP-Meekins 2. PB-Brown.