6-26-21 roundup: Prep track and baseball, Legion baseball, College baseball and Pro baseball

By Richard Walker

North Lincoln’s boys and girls won N.C. 2A track championships Saturday and Ashbrook freshman Camryn Massey set a state record in the 2021 championships held at the North Carolina A&T track complex.

North Lincoln’s girls were led by MVP Angie Allen, who won three individual titles as the Knights racked up 69 points to edge past second-place Burlington Cummings’ 64 points.

Allen won the 800-meter run with a time of 2:15.58, the 1600-meter run in 5:05.97 and the 3200-meter run in 11:13.81.

North Lincoln’s boys edged South Fork 2A Conference rival Lake Norman; The Knights had 66 points to 60 for Lake Norman Charter.

North Lincoln had two individual event champions as Ty Castro brought home the shot put with a toss of 54-4 1-2 and Jacob Scott won the 3200-meter run in 9:41.16.

In the Class 3A meet, Massey set a discus record with a throw of 140-9 and break the previous mark of 140-8 set by Shekinah Cooke of Southeast Guilford in 2019.

Other local winners were Cramer’s Allison Payton in the girls 300-meter hurdles and Kings Mountain’s Titus Phillips in the boys long jump.

Cuthbertson won the boys and girls 3A team champoinships.

 

 

Legion baseball

Cleveland 11-8, Maiden 5-4: Cleveland County swept a road doubleheader to improve to 8-1 on the season, which leads the Area IV Western Division.

Winning pitcher Ryan Emery (three hits, four RBIs), Jackson Ledbetter (three hits, one RBI), Colby Humphries (two hits, three RBIs), Porter Hall (two hits), Jeb Bridges (two hits) and Luke Reynolds (two hits) led Cleveland County in the opener.

And in the nightcap, Asher Smith picked up the pitching win with 3 1-3 scoreless innings of scoreless relief and Ledbetter (two hits, four RBIs), Boone Cartee (two hits, one RBI) and Hall (two hits, one RBI) led the Cleveland County offense.

Lincoln County 3, Gaston Braves 2: Lincoln County scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth on RBIs from Reece Moody, Maddox Walker and Peyton Mincey to rally back from a 2-0 deficit. For the Braves, Daniel McClellan had two RBIs.

Gastonia 1-1, Mint Hill 0-12: Gastonia split a home doubleheader with Mint Hill.

In the opener, Dalton Thomason threw a two-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts and had both of Gastonia’s hits.

Mint Hill banged out 12 hits in a five-inning win over Post 23 in the nightcap; Thomason and Jesse Osborn had Gastonia’s hits.

Burke County 8, Cherryville 3: Cherryville fell to 8-4 overall and 7-3 in the Area IV Western Division.

 

 

Junior Legion baseball

Cherryville 9, Matthews 0: Will Blackburn had a three-hitter with seven strikeouts and had three hits, including a home run, as Cherryville improved to 8-0 overall. Easton Dellinger and Tobias Miller also added home runs.

 

 

High school baseball

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

June 19 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

June 22 regional final
No. 3 Pfafftown Reagan 7, No. 1 Charlotte Providence 3

June 23 regional final
No. 4 Fuquay-Varina 1, Wilmington Ashley 0

State championship series at Burlington Athletic Stadium
Fuquay-Varina Bengals (14-3) vs. Reagan Raiders (16-2)
Game 1: Friday- Reagan 7-0
Game 2: Saturday- Fuquay-Varina 13-3
Game 3: Saturday- Fuquay-Varina 12-1 (Fuquay-Varina wins series 2-1)

 

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

June 19 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)

June 22 regional final
No. 13 Greenville Rose 13, No. 3 Greenville Conley 3

June 23 regional final
No. 9 Concord Cox Mill 6, No. 11 Monroe Sun Valley 4

State championship series at J.P. Riddle Stadium, Fayetteville/Terry Sanford High School
Greenville Rose Rampants (14-4) vs. Cox Mill Chargers (16-3)
Game 1: Friday (ppd., rain)
Game 1: Saturday – Greenville Rose 8-1
Game 2: Sunday
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday, TBA

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

June 19 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

June 22 regional finals
No. 10 Randleman 10, No. 9 East Bladen 3
No. 6 R-S Central 8, No. 13 East Bend Forbush 4

State championship series at Burlington Athletic Stadium
R-S Central Hilltoppers (16-2) vs. Randleman Tigers (17-1)
Game 1: Friday- Randleman 9-5
Game 2: Saturday- R-S Central 2-1
Game 3: Saturday- Randleman 4-0 (Randleman wins series 2-1)

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

June 19 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

June 22 regional final
No. 2 East Surry 7, No. 8 Mountain Island Charter 1

June 23 regional final
No. 1 Perquimans 3, No. 2 Granville Central 1

State championship series at J.P. Riddle Stadium, Fayetteville/South View High School
Perquimans Pirates (16-2) vs. East Surry Cardinals (17-1)
Game 1: Friday (ppd., rain)
Game 1: Saturday- suspended
Game 1: Sunday
Game 2: Sunday
Game 3 (if necessary): Sunday

 

 

 

 

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 6, No. 3 Tennessee 0
Game 4: No. 7 Mississippi State 2, No. 2 Texas 1

Monday, June 21
Game 5: Stanford 14, Arizona 5 (Arizona eliminated)
Game 6: N.C. State 1, Vanderbilt 0

Tuesday, June 22
Game 7: Texas 8, Tennessee 4 (Tennessee eliminated)
Game 8: Mississippi State 6, Virginia 5

Wednesday, June 23
Game 9: Vanderbilt 6, Stanford 5 (Stanford eliminated)

Thursday, June 24
Game 10: Texas 6, Virginia 2

Friday, June 25
Game 11: Vanderbilt 3, N.C. State 1
Game 12: Texas 8, Mississippi State 5

Saturday, June 26
Game 13: N.C. State (37-19) vs. Vanderbilt (48-16), no contest (N.C. State eliminated)
Game 14: Mississippi State 4, Texas 3 (Texas eliminated)

Finals (Best-of-3 series)
Game 1: Monday, Vanderbilt (48-16) vs. Mississippi State (48-17), 7 p.m.
Game 2: Tuesday, Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
Game 3 (if necessary): Vanderbilt vs. Mississippi State, 7 p.m.

 

 

 

Pro baseball

The Gastonia Honey Hunters tied a team record with a third straight win, 9-3, over Long Island on Saturday night.

The victory improved Gastonia to 2-0 on its 10-game homestand in addition to improving the team’s overall record to 13-12.