The hard-throwing left-handers lead Holly Springs High into the N.C. High School Athletic Association 4-A baseball and fast-pitch softball championships series.

No school has won both 4-A titles in the same season.

Nunn and Rodon may be the best softball-baseball pitching combination ever in North Carolina. In this case, though, "best ever" only goes back to 1994, when the NCHSAA switched from slow-pitch softball to fast-pitch.

"I haven't spent a lot of time thinking about it, but it there can't be too (many) schools that have two pitchers like these," said Andy Wheeler, the Holly Springs athletic director. "They are the type of players that you don't get very often, and to have them both at the same time is unbelievable."

There is room for discussion, of course, because Rodon and Nunn probably are not the best pitchers ever in the state in their sports.

Brien Taylor of East Carteret was the first player taken in the 1991 professional baseball draft, and Crystal Cox of Central Cabarrus tossed 17 perfect fast-pitch games and 37 no-hitters while striking out 1,455 batters during her career.

But as a tandem, Rodon and Nunn may be unmatched.

Rodon, a senior and an N.C. State recruit, is 10-0 with 127 strikeouts.

A year ago, when he was The N&O high school baseball player of the year, he was 10-1 with 129 strikeouts.

Nunn, a junior, has been just as impressive. She is 22-1 with 318 strikeouts this season. (As a group, the Hawks softball team has allowed only 10 runs all season.) She's pitched seven no-hitters and six one-hitters.

A year ago, Nunn was 17-3 with 211 strikeouts.

"I think that it is really cool that we are here at the same time," Nunn said. "He has helped get the baseball team to the state finals, and we're in the final four. It is an unusual coincidence to have two really good pitchers at the same time."

Nunn said she and Rodon are friendly, if not best friends. "We always speak," she said. "But I'm shy, and I think he is too, a little bit."

Rodon is much more in the spotlight. Nunn said she rarely talks about softball in school, and most students don't know that she plays.

There were not many opportunities to talk about the series last week anyway because of the year-end exam schedule.

Students came to school for a particular exam or two each day but are finished before noon.

There was no chance for a pep rally, to cluster in the halls or to plot travel plans over lunch.

"I think there is going to be a really big crowd at the baseball games," Nunn said. "I go to the baseball games, too, whenever I can. But the softball team has had tremendous support from the school all season. I am just excited that both teams have done so well."

The Holly Springs softball and baseball teams played at almost the same time Friday. Fans had to choose one or the other.

Either way, they missed half of perhaps the best duo ever.