FAIRMONT — A day before St. Pauls’ Robeson County Slugfest opener against Lumberton, Bulldogs coach Bladen Strickland asked Saturday’s starting pitcher Jaden Parker if the team would win.
“He’s never said anything this cocky, this confident, ever: he said, ‘coach, I’m on the mound, we’re going to win the ballgame,’” Strickland said. “That’s the moment I knew it was going to happen.”…