It's the final night of the 2025 regular season in the Tobacco State League. There's everything to play for if you're Red Springs, Whiteville, Warsaw and Sanford. Regular season title at stake. Bragging rights. Playoff seeding. Did we say bragging rights?
Thought it would be fun to showcase this special night through the eyes of
The Robesonian's illustrious summer intern,
Chase Murphy, who lives and dies with every pitch of his hometown team. He can get a little over the top (OK, a lot over the top) but he's a good kid. Hope you enjoy his "Scribbles from the Notebook" as he covers the action live from Angier-Fuquay Springs humble press box behind home plate...
Murphy has his own bragging rights at stake tonight. The Robesonian is based in Lumberton and most folks in the office root for the Auctioneers. A win by Red Springs tonight puts Chase's byline on the paper's front page - and Murphy claims a season's long bet with his sports editor that Red Springs would capture the regular season crown.
Red Springs wins = Murphy gets a free lunch at Roy's Country Corral. A loss, and he has to buy lunch for the editor, publisher and sports editor of the paper. That would be about half of his salary from the summer...
Roy's Country Corral in Lumberton. Good eatin'