The Roanoke Valley U12 girls, who are in Clayton for the North Carolina Little Tarheel League State tournament beat Western Harnet 9-3 giviem them their first loss in three years.

Lily Curtis pitched all six innings with seven strike-outs and gave up 4 walks.

At the plate  for the Valley girls were: Cassidy Dickens had a two singles & a walk, Lizzie Colston had a single, a triple & three RBI's, Lily Curtis had three walks, Kelsey Bierbauer had a single, a walk and hit by pitch & a RBI, Caitlin Bobbitt had a hit by pitch, Makayla Pair had two singles, sacrifice & a RBI, Taylor Kelly had a hit by pitch, Lilly Chappell had a sacrifice & a RBI, while Cassidy Medlin had a single.

The Under 12 ladies advance to the semi-final last two undefeated teams Saturday morning at 10 AM against Zebulon.