{"id":63016,"date":"2026-05-10T15:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/63016\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T15:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:39:09","slug":"new-bern-high-school-pitcher-anna-champey-reaches-historic-500-career-strikeouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/63016\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bern High School Pitcher Anna Champey Reaches Historic 500 Career Strikeouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senior ace Anna Champey etched her name into New Bern High School softball history Friday night, when she recorded her 500th career strikeout during a playoff victory over Lumberton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Champey, who has dominated the circle for four varsity seasons, now sits at 508 career strikeouts with 210 of those coming in her Senior year. She has compiled an impressive 38-6 record with a 1.48 ERA over her high school career.<\/p>\n<p>This senior year has been one of her strongest yet. She has been a dual threat, batting over .500 while leading the pitching staff. Her career batting line stands at a robust .461 average with power numbers that include 29 doubles, 11 triples, and 5 home runs.<\/p>\n<p>Next Chapter: University of Maine<\/p>\n<p>Champey signed her National Letter of Intent with the University of Maine. She will continue her career as a pitcher and middle infielder for the Black Bears. She is ranked among the top pitchers in North Carolina and the Southeast for the Class of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Champey will be back on the mound Tuesday night as the Lady Bears take on South Central in the third round of the NCHSAA 7A Playoffs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Senior ace Anna Champey etched her name into New Bern High School softball history Friday night, when she&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[104,107,1202,13117,307],"class_list":["post-63016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bern","tag-bern","tag-new-bern","tag-news","tag-softball","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116551035393239672","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}