Johnsonville Baseball Has Successful 2025 Season
By David Shelton
Senior Writer
Johnsonville – Playing in perhaps the toughest Class A region in the state, the Johnsonville High baseball team ended up having a solid 2025 season.
Region 6-A included three other teams that were ranked among the top 10 in Class A at some point in the season. The Flashes also earned top 10 status, giving the region four top 10 teams.
Region member Lake View won the Class A Lower State title, beating region foe Latta. Johnsonville and Hannah-Pamplico of region six were among the final four teams in the Lower State bracket. Johnsonville was eliminated by Latta by a 9-8 final score.
Second-year head coach Carson Carroll, while disappointed with coming up short of the goal of winning a state title, could praise his team for their efforts this spring.
“I am very proud of them and with the effort they gave me this year,” Carroll said. “Obviously, we wanted to be playing in that final series but that just didn’t happen for us this year. We had a very good season though.”
The Flashes finished the season with a 13-8 record, posting an 8-5 record in region play. The key to success was the offensive balance and production within the lineup.
Leading the way was senior Landyn Cribb, who earned Class A all-state honors. Cribb finished the season with a .530 batting average and drove in 13 runs. Three others hit over .400 for the season.
Jackson Eaddy hit .431 with 21 RBIs while Gavin Marlowe hit .404 with 15 RBIs. Larkin Powell finished at .403 with 13 runs driven in.
The softball team also made the state playoffs and finished with a 10-11 overall record. Coach Walter Clark had a relatively young roster this spring and looks to be even stronger next season.
“We have a good group returning so the future looks bright.”
One key senior who will be missed is catcher Blair Coker, who earned all-state honors for the third straight season. Coker batted .462 with 18 runs batted in this season.
Sophomore Peyton Wall, the third baseman, ended up hitting .439, while sophomore first baseman Mallory Prosser and eighth-grade shortstop Claire Cook each hit over .320.
Junior pitcher Natalee Taylor batted .291 with 15 RBIs and provided solid work inside the circle.
The only other senior on the roster was outfielder Sadie Stone. Junior Allison Eaddy played second base while juniors Brianna Lawrimore, Charley Tippett and CJ Smith worked in the outfield as well.
Like in baseball, region six was a juggernaut in softball. Latta won the Class A state championship while Lake View and Hannah-Pamplico had deep runs in the playoffs.
Several members of the track and field program earned their way to the Class A state meet through region and Lower State qualifying. Six girls and three boys got an opportunity to compete against the best in Class A.
Malyric Singletary 13th in the javelin and 11th in the shot put. Teammate Michelya Doctor finished second in the javelin and Zykeria Skinner finished fourth in the high jump.
Abigail Lambert finished fifth in the 400 meter hurdles and Arkeria Cunningham finished sixth in the 400 hurdles. Harmony Gregg was eighth in the 200 meter dash ad 11th in the 100 meter dash.
Jamere Ross was the top performer on the boys team. Ross earned silver in the long jump, was fourth in the 200 meter sprint and fifth in the 100.
Skylar Montgomery finished ninth in the triple jump and Ben Eaddy finished 14th in the 3200 meter run.
