North Stokes hires Ethan Ball as softball coach

DANBURY — North Stokes has hired Ethan Ball as its next softball coach, the school announced. Ball takes over a Vikings program that finished 9-13 last season and 3-7 in the Greater Triad 1A/2A Conference, good for third place. North Stokes returns 16 players, including All-Conference selections Taylor Durham, Lacy White, Rosalyn Mitchell and Payton Mabe. Ball currently teaches in-school suspension at North Stokes. A 2022 graduate of West Stokes, he played baseball all four years there and helped the Wildcats to back-to-back conference championships. He then played at Surry Community College, graduating in 2024, and helping the Knights to…