Current Sussex League Champions Hastings Priory lead the table again this season having won three games in succession.
Roffey are now in second place following an impressive win at home to Horsham with Preston Nomads close behind, they won by seven wickets at home to lowly Bexhill on Saturday.
The bottom two clubs are Worthing and Eastbourne, neither has won so far this season.
Brighton and Hove won the toss and batted first at Hastings to set a moderate 225 for 9 declared of which Patrick Spencer hit 67 and Michael Rippon 40.
For the home side Josh Poysden took 3 for 66 and Mick Glazier 3 for 47.
Sussex player Kirk Wernars then cracked 92 not out, David Draper made 56 and George Campbell 35 to take Hastings to victory at 227 for 4 from just 39.3 overs.
Horsham posted 249 for 6 declared at Roffey with 67 from Tom Johnson and 32 from John Burroughs as Matt Davies took 3 for 46.
But then Josh Fleming made 98 and Chris Plaister 60 to take Roffey to a three wicket win at 252 for 7 despite leg-spinner Michael Munday grabbing 5 for 73.
It was easy for Preston Nomads at home to Bexhill who they dismissed for just 106 in 41.5 overs as Carl Simon took 4 for 30 amd Matt Hobden 3 for 34.
Nomads cruised to 109 for 3 in 29.2 overs with Stuart Faith 34 not out.
Darryl Rebetts has taken over the Worthing captaincy from Michael Gould and made his first ever League century, 101 not out, in his first game in charge but he still finished on the losing side.
Worthing made 247 for 5 declared with Stuart Carter (47 not out) sharing an unfinished sixth wicket stand of 106 with Rebbetts while Michael Gould made 31, Craig Fowle with 3 for 78 in 22 overs was the pick of the visitors’ bowling.
East Grinstead won the game by three wickets with two balls to spare as they posted 251 for 7.
Aussie Danny Irvine, in his first game in England, made 70 and teenager Nathan Bailey his his first ever League fifty as he was out for 90! For Worthing, still without a win since tgheir promotion last year, Benn Challen took 4 for 64 in 18.4 overs.
Eastbourne finished 17 runs short of the total posted by visitors Chichester with four wickets standing and, like Worthing, are still seeking their first win of the season.
Simon Hasted made 51, Mark Bamford 48 and Chris Kirkham 38 in a Chichester score of 259 for 7 declared.
Sussex protégé, 17 year-old Calum Jackson hit 109 and Matt Green lent support with 35 in an Eastbourne total of 242 for 6, for the visitors Aussie Adam Zampa took 3 for 85.
Three Bridges have made a strong start in their quest to regain their Premier League place having won three successive games to lead the table ahead of Cuckfield and Pulborough.
Batting first at Ifield, Bridges were dismissed for 167 with 41 from James Chadburn and 38 from Joe Cooke as Russell Jacob took 6 for 34.
In reply Ifield tumbled to 107 all out, teenage pace bowler Tim Moses took 3 for 23.
Cuckfield made short work of beating Findon and it was their long serving pace bowler Nick Patterson, grandson of former West Indies skipper Denis Atkinson, who took the bowling honours with figures of 9 for 58 in 22.5 overs as Findon were dismissed for just 114, Glen Bridon with 23 was top scorer.
Cuckfield reached 118 for 3 from 23 overs, Marc Gardner hitting 52 and Sarel Erwee 43 not out.
Pulborough won a relatively low scoring game at Glynde by two wickets after dismissing the home side for 138 of which Dominic Shepheard made 37 as Kuldeep Rawat took 7 for 57.
Ed Barber with 37 not out guided Pulborough home at 141 for 8, there were two wickets each for Dale Tranter and McCaulay England on his debut.
St.James’s enjoyed their first win of the season by a 38 run margin at Haywards Heath.
In a total of 165 all out for the visitors Henry Sims made 70 as Charlie Dowdall took 4 for 25 and Declan Hoare 3 for 33.
Hoare was top scorer for the home side, he made 39 and Ollie Graham 32, as they were dismissed for 127, Mike Edmonds taking 3 for 18.
The game at Goring was abandoned in its closing stages due to bad light with Sidley facing a Goring total of 276 for 4 declared.
In that total Sam Thorns dominated proceedings, he hit 141.
Peter King made 67 and Sam Steel 50 as Sidley came off at 189 for 5, Matt Keen taking 3 for 43.
Crowhurst Park and Crawley are now the joint leaders of Division 3 East. The two clubs experienced contrasting fortunes after close finishes.
Crowhurst Park were beaten by just five runs at Hellingly mainly thanks to a fine all round game from the home side’s Tim van Noort. He scored 71 as Hellingly left Park 197 to chase. Richard Coleman’s 5-58 gave the visitors every chance of winning their fourth game of the season but then van Noort struck again with 5-12 as Crowhurst Park fell short on 191 despite 50 from the in-form Martin Barry.
Crawley won their third game of the season (all away victories) at Burgess Hill by just 2 wickets. Tim Trowbridge (38), Luke Vick (36) and Paul Elphick (30) contributed towards the Hill score of 192-8. Hussain and Genge took 3 wickets each for Crawley before Atif Elahi’s knock of 83 saw the visitors continue their great start to the season winning in the game’s final over despite 4-40 from Joe Maskell.
Ansty are third after being forced to settle for a draw with visitors Henfield 9 wickets down at stumps.
Jon Young struck 106 not out in Ansty’s 229-7. Rob Slaughter countering with 4-88. Henfield finished 204-9 led by Chris Compton’s 59 but they are now the only side in the division without a win and 19 points adrift at the bottom of the table.
Lewes Priory were also frustrated after making most of the running against Keymer & Hassocks.
Imran Khan made 68 and Adam Scott 49 of Priory’s 235-8. Michael Poole (4-83) and Andy Westgate (3-81) both returning creditable figures from long spells.
Michael Johnson made 47 not out, Joe Barnes-Gratton 38 in Keymer’s reply as they closed on 145-7. Tom Sharp took 3-48 for Priory.
Lindfield chalked up their first victory of the campaign at Seaford by 7 wickets. They passed Seaford’s total of 176 with overs to spare. Matthew Wilson-Yelvedon took 4-35 whle Seaford’s Oliver Smith hit 60.
Bognor are still out in front in Division 3 West but were held to a draw by Stirlands.
Things looked good for Bognor when they posted 241-7. Rob Willway made 102 while Struan Cameron fought back with 4-39. Stirlands closed on 199-6 after Sean Heather’s unbeaten 109 thwarted any hopes of a Bognor win.
Middleton are second after a very similar game with Pagham to the already mentioned Bognor match.
They set a challenging 249-6 declared as Ben Hansford struck 133. Wayne Green took 4-64 for Pagham and 51 not out from Graham saw them finish 200-7 but remain bottom of the pile.
Arundel remained third but their visitors Slinfold enjoyed a 5 wicket victory restricting the home side to just 163.Harrison Temple made 54 of these but Hadyn McIntyre 5-47 and Richard Harris 5-49 set up a first victory of 2012 for Slinfold for whom Jonathan Hughes made 55.
Steyning are now fourth after thrashing Littlehampton on their own turf by 9 wickets. Littlehampton won the toss but then saw their afternoon go downhill making just 138. Jordan Farrell top scored with 29 while Tim Humphries bagged 3-37.
84not out from Lee Mottishead and 43 from Hywel Jones completed the rout as Littlehampton still search for their first win.
Billingshurst posted a huge total of 311-3 off just 45 overs as Dhanuska Malpoorachchi (153 not out) and Carleon Brome (103) shared a partnership of 223. Wisborough Green were all out for 194 in response.
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Kent State eliminates Bat Cats from NCAA tourney - Lexington Herald-Leader
GARY, Ind. — Evan Campbell broke a scoreless tie with a controversial three-run homer in the eighth inning as Kent State defeated Kentucky 3-2 Sunday night to win the NCAA Regional title at U.S. Steel Yard.
The Golden Flashes (44-17) extended the longest winning streak in the nation to 20 games, completing a three-game sweep in the tournament.
Kent State edged UK 7-6 in Friday's opener — at 21 innings, the second-longest game in NCAA tourney history.
The Flashes knocked off Purdue on Saturday, then got to watch as Kentucky beat Purdue in an elimination game earlier Sunday.
Kentucky (45-18) won that game, but needed to beat Kent State in order to force another game in the double-elimination tourney.
So Kent State, making its fourth consecutive NCAA appearance, advanced to next weekend's Super Regional play at Eugene, Ore., to meet Oregon's Ducks.
The home run was controversial because it was close enough to the yellow railing — which the ball must clear — that there were doubts that the ball carried over.
"I didn't have a clear view in terms of what exactly happened, I guess, because I thought it was in the seats," UK Coach Gary Henderson said. "I looked immediately to the first-base (umpire Ken Durham) and he'd already signaled home run, and I looked at the second-base guy (Adam Dowdy) and he was jogging in the direction looking. So I thought immediately that two of them couldn't have missed it. ... I looked up and the outfielders were conversing with one of the umpires."
Henderson thought Durham had missed two calls earlier, so surely there couldn't be a third.
"The law of averages is staggering for that to happen," Henderson said. "So I just kind of assumed that he got it right. Then, that's obviously on me at that point. There's no doubt about that. I should have been out there jumping up and down and hollering, but I actually thought he got it right."
UK right fielder Cameron Flynn saw it differently.
"I thought it hit the guardrail (below the yellow) and came back," Flynn said. "I turned around to get it and the umpire called 'home run.'"
Henderson said before the game that he'd use his pitching staff similar to the way he did when the Cats met Arizona in a 2008 second-game-of-the-day finale in the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Regional. He used eight pitchers in that game, which Arizona won.
Chandler Shepherd had other ideas, though.
The freshman right-hander, who picked up his first collegiate save Saturday against Valparaiso, merely came out and fired 51⁄3 innings of perfect ball — 16 up, 16 down.
Kent's No. 8 hitter, Joe Koch, broke the perfecto with a line single to left field.
Including Saturday's save, Shepherd retired 19 in a row.
Koch was erased on a fielder's choice, with Derek Toadvine barely beating the double-play relay to first.
Henderson argued the safe call at first, and replays appeared to show the UK coach was correct.
No matter, though, as Shepherd struck out Evan Campbell.
Shepherd worked 72⁄3 innings, gave up four hits and a walk, striking out four.
He left with the game scoreless, but with runners on the corners.
Alex Phillips came in, and Campbell drove the first pitch to the railing above the right-field wall.
It was the only home run of the tournament.
Kent State righty Tyler Skulina was on his game as well.
Blanking the Cats on three hits through seven innings, he finally got chased when J.T. Riddle led off the eighth with a single and pinch-hitter Jeff Boehm drove an RBI double off the center-field wall.
UK added another run on Thomas McCarthy's sacrifice fly, but couldn't push another run across against Casey Wilson.
In the ninth, Wilson set down the Cats in order.
"Obviously disappointed to lose," Henderson said. "Proud of our kids. Proud of the effort. Proud of the concentration. Very impressed and pleased with Chandler Shepherd's effort tonight. ... Really proud of what our returners, specifically were able to do this year.
"They made a decision that they wanted to have a better experience, and I was pleased, motivated, inspired by them all year. I think Luke Maile and Michael Williams were at the core of that. I think a lot of guys contributed, but I think Kentucky baseball is at a place that we're proud of, and we're at a spot where moving forward, we can build on what we did."
Both teams finished with six hits. Riddle was the only player from either team with more than one, a pair of singles.
■ All-tournament team — P Bores and Skulina (Kent), Shepherd (UK). C Plawecki (P); 1B Roberts (Kent); 2B Toadvine (Kent); SS Rider (Kent); 3B McCarthy (UK); OF Zellers and Cousino (UK), Campbell (Kent); DH Bain (Valpo). Most outstanding players: Roberts (Kent).
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