6-19-21 roundup: Prep baseball and track, Legion baseball, College baseball and Pro baseball

By Richard Walker

Mountain Island Charter continues its history-setting high school baseball season after the Raptors advanced to the Western N.C. 1A championship with 4-3 win over visiting Lincoln Charter on Saturday.

The Raptors (13-2), who had one playoff victory in school history entering this season, have won three postseason games and will seek a fourth on Tuesday when they visit East Surry (16-1) for the right to advance to a best-of-three state championship series next week.

Lincoln Charter’s season ended at 14-2.

In Class 2A, East Lincoln’s season ended in heartbreaking fashion.

The Mustangs scored three times in the first inning but were knocked off 6-4 by visiting Forbush when the Rams scored four times in the top of the seventh inning.

It ends East Lincoln’s season at 15-2.

Here are the full state playoff results and upcoming pairings:

Class 4A

June 15 first round
No. 16 Wilmington Hoggard 5, No. 1 Wake Forest Heritage 4
No. 9 Scotland County 12, No. 8 Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons 8
No. 5 Southern Pines Pinecrest 9, No. 12 Wake Forest 5
No. 4 Fuquay-Varina 6, No. 13 Raleigh Leesville Road 5
No. 11 Wilmington Laney 5, No. 6 Winterville South Central 0
No. 10 Apex Middle Creek 6, No. 7 Raleigh Millbrook 1
No. 15 Purnell Swett 5, No. 2 Hope Mills South View 3
No. 1 Charlotte Providence 2, No. 16 Jamestown Ragsdale 1
No. 8 Lake Norman 3, No. 9 Cary 1
No. 5 Northwest Guilford 12, No. 12 Huntersville Hopewell 6
No. 4 Huntersville Hough 1, No. 13 East Forsyth (10-4) 0
No. 3 Pfafftown Reagan 4, No. 14 Greensboro Grimsley 0
No. 11 Charlotte Myers Park 9, No. 6 Durham Jordan 1
No. 7 Porter Ridge 9, No. 10 Charlotte Kell 5
No. 2 McDowell County 5, No. 15 Charlotte Olympic 1

June 16 first round
No. 3 Wilmington Ashley 2, No. 14 Raleigh Broughton 0

June 17 second round
No. 16 Wilmington Hoggard 5, No. 9 Scotland County 3
No. 4 Fuquay-Varina 11, No. 5 Southern Pines Pinecrest 6
No. 3 Wilmington Ashley 15, No. 11 Wilmington Laney 7
No. 15 Purnell Swett 7, No. 10 Apex Middle Creek 4
No. 1 Charlotte Providence 10, No. 8 Lake Norman 2
No. 5 Northwest Guilford 11, No. 4 Huntersville Hough 4
No. 3 Pfafftown Reagan 5, No. 11 Charlotte Myers Park 4
No. 2 McDowell County 5, No. 7 Porter Ridge 4

Saturday’s regional semifinals
No. 4 Fuquay-Varina 7, No. 16 Wilmington Hoggard 1
No. 3 Wilmington Ashley 8, No. 15 Purnell Swett 6
No. 1 Charlotte Providence 13, No. 5 Northwest Guilford 3 (5 innings)
No. 3 Pfafftown Reagan 4, No. 2 McDowell County 3

Tuesday’s regional finals
No. 4 Fuquay-Varina (13-3) at No. 3 Wilmington Ashley (14-3)
No. 3 Pfafftown Reagan (15-2) at No. 1 Charlotte Providence (15-2)

Class 3A

June 15 first round
No. 1 Northern Guilford 10, No. 16 Fayetteville Cape Fear 0
No. 9 Northern Durham 5, No. 8 Wilson Hunt 3
No. 5 South Brunswick 5, No. 12 Southeast Guilford 1
No. 13 Greenville Rose 7, No. 4 West Johnston 0
No. 3 Greenville Conley 3, No. 14 Jacksonville 0
No. 6 Asheboro 5, No. 11 Orange County 4
No. 7 Fayetteville Sanford 14, No. 10 Cameron Union Pines 6
No. 15 Clayton 9, No. 2 West Carteret 3
No. 16 North Henderson 6, No. 1 Crest 3
No. 9 Concord Cox Mill 9, No. 8 Kings Mountain 4
No. 12 Marvin Ridge 2, No. 5 Northwest Cabarrus 1
No. 4 Skyland Roberson 12, No. 13 Winston-Salem Mount Tabor 0
No. 3 East Rowan 5, No. 14 Western Guilford 4
No. 11 Monroe Sun Valley 7, No. 6 Southwest Guilford 1
No. 7 Waxhaw Cuthbertson 12, No. 10 Asheville 3
No. 2 St. Stephens 3, No. 15 China Grove Carson 2 (8 innings)

June 17 second round
No. 1 Northern Guilford 10, No. 9 Northern Durham 0
No. 13 Greenville Rose 2, No. 5 South Brunswick 1
No. 3 Greenville Conley 4, No. 6 Asheboro 1
No. 15 Clayton 11, No. 7 Fayetteville Sanford 0
No. 9 Concord Cox Mill 12, No. 16 North Henderson 0
No. 4 Skyland Roberson 7, No. 12 Marvin Ridge 6
No. 11 Monroe Sun Valley 5, No. 3 East Rowan 4
No. 2 St. Stephens 5, No. 7 Waxhaw Cuthbertson 1

Saturday’s regional semifinals
No. 13 Greenville Rose 11, No. 1 Northern Guilford 7
No. 3 Greenville Conley 6, No. 15 Clayton 5
No. 9 Concord Cox Mill 5, No. 4 Skyland Roberson 1
No. 11 Monroe Sun Valley 10, No. 2 St. Stephens 0 (5 innings)

Tuesday’s regional finals
No. 13 Greenville Rose (13-4) at No. 3 Greenville Conley (15-1)
No. 11 Monroe Sun Valley (14-3) at No. 9 Concord Cox Mill (14-3)

Class 2A

June 15 first round
No. 16 North Pitt (8-2) 2, No. 1 Mayodan McMichael 1
No. 9 East Bladen 6, No. 8 Croatan 1
No. 5 Roanoke Rapids 7, No. 12 West Craven 3
No. 4 North Lenoir 6, No. 13 Providence Grove 2
No. 14 Whiteville 1, No. 3 Midway 0
No. 6 First Flight 6, No. 11 East Duplin 5
No. 10 Randleman 17, No. 7 Reidsville 0
No. 15 Southwest Onslow 7, No. 2 North Johnston 5
No. 16 Thomasville Ledford 7, No. 1 North Davidson 5
No. 9 East Lincoln 5, No. 8 West Stokes 4
No. 5 West Wilkes 17, No. 12 Foard 2
No. 13 East Bend Forbush 8, No. 4 Bunker Hill 0
No. 14 South Point 7, No. 3 Canton Pisgah 2
No. 6 R-S Central 3, No. 11 North Lincoln 1
No. 10 Oak Grove 3, No. 7 Madison 2
No. 15 South Rowan 6, No. 2 West Stanly 2

June 17 second round
No. 9 East Bladen 13, No. 16 North Pitt 3
No. 4 North Lenoir 6, No. 5 Roanoke Rapids 4
No. 6 First Flight 3, No. 14 Whiteville 2
No. 10 Randleman 10, No. 15 Southwest Onslow 0
No. 9 East Lincoln 11, No. 16 Thomasville Ledford 1 (5 innings)
No. 13 East Bend Forbush 7, No. 5 West Wilkes 4
No. 6 R-S Central 8, No. 14 South Point 3
No. 15 South Rowan 11, No. 10 Oak Grove 0

Saturday’s regional semifinals
No. 9 East Bladen 5, No. 4 North Lenoir 0
No. 10 Randleman 10, No. 6 First Flight 1
No. 13 East Bend Forbush (11-5) 6, No. 9 East Lincoln 4
No. 6 R-S Central 4, No. 15 South Rowan 3

Tuesday’s regional finals
No. 10 Randleman (16-1) at No. 9 East Bladen (12-4)
No. 13 East Bend Forbush (12-5) at No. 6 R-S Central (15-2)

Class 1A

June 15 first round
No. 1 Perquimans 16, No. 16 Ocracoke 0
No. 9 Hobbton 6, No. 8 East Columbus 0
No. 12 Edenton Holmes 3, No. 5 Roxboro Community 1
No. 4 Bear Grass Charter 2, No. 13 North Duplin 1
No. 3 East Carteret 8, No. 14 West Columbus 5
No. 11 Princeton 5, No. 6 Tarboro 1
No. 10 East Wake Academy 3, No. 7 Rosewood 2
No. 2 Granville Central 4, No. 15 Durham Voyager Academy 1
No. 1 Hayesville 6, No. 16 Huntersville Christ the King 1
No. 8 Mountain Island Charter 3, No. 9 North Stanly 2
No. 12 Lincoln Charter 6, No. 5 Greensboro Cornerstone Charter 0
No. 13 North Moore 8, No. 4 Polk County 7
No. 3 Asheboro Uwharrie Charter 11, No. 14 Chatham Charter 0
No. 11 Murphy 13, No. 6 Boonville Starmount 10
No. 7 Cherryville 6, No. 10 Pine Lake Prep 5
No. 2 East Surry 3, No. 15 Community School of Davidson 2

June 17 second round
No. 1 Perquimans 10, No. 9 Hobbton 0
No. 4 Bear Grass Charter 4, No. 12 Edenton Holmes 0
No. 3 East Carteret 9, No. 11 Princeton 5
No. 2 Granville Central 6, No. 10 East Wake Academy 0
No. 8 Mountain Island Charter 12, No. 1 Hayesville 9
No. 12 Lincoln Charter 12, No. 13 North Moore 7
No. 3 Asheboro Uwharrie Charter 11, No. 11 Murphy 3
No. 2 East Surry 9, No. 7 Cherryville 2

Saturday’s regional semifinals
No. 1 Perquimans 10, No. 4 Bear Grass Charter 0 (5 innings)
No. 2 Granville Central 6, No. 3 East Carteret 5
No. 8 Mountain Island Charter 4, No. 12 Lincoln Charter 3
No. 2 East Surry 10, No. 3 Asheboro Uwharrie Charter 1

Tuesday’s regional finals
No. 2 Granville Central (10-7) at No. 1 Perquimans (15-2)
No. 8 Mountain Island Charter (13-2) at No. 2 East Surry (16-1)

 

Legion baseball

Lincoln County 16, Gastonia 13: Lincoln County won its season opener in an offensive shootout that included 21 total hits, 12 fielding errors and 19 walks. Peyton Mincey and Nate Lykins had two hits and three RBIs apiece to lead the Lincoln offense and starter Gavin Queen got the win and reliever Gavin Jiminez the save for the Cardinals. For Gastonia, Caleb Parker, Ben Carpenter and Austin Parker each had three hits.

Caldwell County 10, Cherryville 3: Visiting Caldwell County snapped a 3-all tie with seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to drop Cherryville to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the Western Division of N.C. Area IV

 

High school track

Western 3A regional: Kings Mountain’s boys won its first regional title since 1998 on Friday night at the T.C. Roberson High School track.

The Mountaineers’ 11-player team racked up 111 points and the top four finishers in each event advance to the 3A state championship meet at North Carolina A&T on June 26. Forestview as the area’s next-highest finisher with 66 points for third place.

Leading Kings Mountain was Titus Phillips, who won took regional MVP honors after winning the long jump and finishing second in the high jumo and triple jumpe.

Other Kings Mountain participants and their finishes were:

Marcus Odums – 1st in Triple Jump, 2nd in Long Jump
Matthew Toms – 3rd in Triple Jump, 4th in Long Jump
Dillon Messenger – 1st Pole Vault
Nicolas Harrison – 6th Pole Vault
Dwayne (DJ) Black – 1st in 4×100, 1st in 4×200, 3rd in 100m dash
Jermaine (JJ) Thurman – 1st in 4×100, 1st in 4×200, 6th 100m dash
Jaden Fields – 1st in 4×100, 1st in 4×200, 8th in 200m dash
Jaylen Mims – 1st in 4×100, 1st in 4×200, 4th in 100m dash, and 5th in 200m dash
Andre Willis – 6th in 300m hurdles, 8th in 110m high hurdles
Zavion Smith – Alternate for relays

In the girls meet, Asheville was the team champion with 139 points and Cramer was the highest area finisher with 57 points for fourth place.

Here are Kings Mountain’s participants and their finishes:

Nevaeh Brown – 6th 4×200, 8th 4×100
NyArdia Phillips – 6th 4×200, 8th 4×100
Janiya Hunt – 6th 4×200, 8th 4×100
Lailani Clark – 6th 4×200, 8th 4×100
Alexis Jackson – 10th in Triple Jump
Alathia Willis – Alternate for relays

 

 

 

 

College baseball

Pairings have been set for the upcoming College World Series in Omaha, Neb., where N.C. State will be making its third appearance in the event; The Wolfpack previously advanced to the CWS in 1968 and 2013.

The 2021 CWS pairings:

Saturday’s games
Game 1: N.C. State 10, No. 9 Stanford 4
Game 2: No. 4 Vanderbilt 7, No. 5 Arizona 6 (12 innings)

Sunday’s games
Game 3: Virginia (35-25) vs. No. 3 Tennessee (50-16), 2 p.m.
Game 4: No. 7 Mississippi State (45-16) vs. No. 2 Texas (47-15), 7 p.m.

Monday, June 21
Game 5: Stanford (38-16) vs. Arizona (45-17), 2 p.m.
Game 6: N.C. State (36-18) vs. Vanderbilt (46-15), 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 22
Game 7: Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 2 p.m.
Game 8: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 23
Game 9: Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 loser, 7 p.m.

Thursday, June 24
Game 10: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 7 p.m.

Friday, June 25
Game 11: Game 6 winner vs. Game 9 winner, 2 p.m.
Game 12: Game 8 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 26
Game 13 (if necessary): 2 p.m.
Game 14 (if necessary): 7 p.m.

Finals (Best-of-3 series)
Game 1: Monday, June 28, 7 p.m.
Game 2: Tuesday, June 29, 7 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): Wednesday, June 30, 7 p.m.

 

 

Pro baseball

Gastonia fell to 9-10 on the season in a 2-1 loss at West Virginia on Saturday night.

The Honey Hunter complete a three-game road series at West Virginia on Sunday.