Legion baseball update (through June 22)

American Legion 2022

(through Games of June 22)

Area IV standings
Eastern Division Division Overall
Queen City 9-1 11-1
Gaston Post 144-266 7-1 9-2
Gastonia Post 23 5-3 5-6
Matthews Post 235 6-4 7-8
Mint Hill Post 555 3-5 3-5
Statesville Post 113 2-6 2-8
Lincoln County Post 455 0-12 1-13
(Includes ALL forfeit losses for Lincoln County, which dropped out June 12)

Western Division Division Overall
Rutherford County Post 423 9-1 9-1
Cherryville Post 100 8-1 12-7
Cleveland County Post 82-155 5-4 9-10
Caldwell County Post 29 5-5 7-6
Henderson County Post 77 4-6 4-8
Burke County Post 21 3-5 3-7
Asheville Post 70 2-7 2-7
Hickory Post 48 2-9 5-10

Regular-season games:

x-non-division games
(All games at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted)

Sunday, May 15
x-Burke at Lincoln (ppd.)
x-Henderson vs. Asheville at Montreat (ccd., rain)

Monday, May 16
Asheville at Hickory (A 13-10)

Tuesday, May 17
No games scheduled

Wednesday, May 18
Henderson at Asheville (H 5-3)
x-Rock Hill, S.C. at Cherryville (R 7-3)
x-Statesville at Hickory (H 5-0)

Thursday, May 19
x-Cherryville at York, S.C. (Y 12-2 in 6)

Friday, May 20
Henderson at Burke (H 5-0)
Lincoln at Gastonia (G 14-4 in 5)
x-Queen City at Cleveland (Q 3-0)

Saturday, May 21
Asheville at Burke (B 12-1)
x-Gastonia at Cherryville (C 22-0 in 5)
x-Matthews at Mocksville (Matthews 13-3 in 6)
Lincoln at Queen City (ppd., May 24)
x-Stanly at Cleveland (C 4-0, S 3-1)

Sunday, May 22
Cherryville at Burke (C 12-0 in 5)
Hickory at Caldwell (C 9-5)

Monday, May 23
Asheville at Caldwell (ppd., June 6)
x-Cherryville at Gastonia (ppd., no date)
x-Gaston Braves at Cleveland (ppd., no date)

Tuesday, May 24
Hickory at Burke (B 7-1)
Lincoln at Queen City (ppd., June 2)
x-Rock Hill, S.C. at Cleveland (R 8-4)

Wednesday, May 25
Burke at Asheville (ppd., June 24)
Cherryville at Henderson (ppd., June 28)
Cleveland at Caldwell (Caldwell 3-1)
Gaston Braves at Lincoln-at North Lincoln (GB 4-0)
x-Hickory at Gastonia (H 9-5)
Statesville at Gastonia (ppd., June 9)

Thursday, May 26
x-Matthews at Lancaster, S.C. (L 7-2)
x-Mocksville at Hickory (ppd., no date)
Rutherford at Cherryville (ppd., June 26)
x-Statesville at Caldwell (ppd., no date)

Friday, May 27
Asheville at Cleveland (ppd., May 31)
Cherryville at Hickory (C 18-3 in 5)

Saturday, May 28
x-Burke at Lincoln (L 6-5)
Caldwell at Cherryville (suspended to June 22 with Caldwell leading 4-2 with 2 outs top 7th)
x-Matthews at Cleveland (C 3-2)
Queen City at Gaston Braves (QC 9-7, GB 4-3 in 8)

Sunday, May 29
Caldwell at Henderson (H 6-4)
x-Gaston Braves at Burke (GB 8-6)
x-Hickory at Rowan (R 7-1)
Matthews at Queen City (QC 12-0 in 5)
Rutherford at Cleveland (R 9-8 in 8)

Monday, May 30
x-Cherryville at Rowan (R 8-1)
Hickory at Cleveland (C 5-2)

Tuesday, May 31
Asheville at Cleveland (C 10-0 in 5)
Burke at Cherryville (C 14-5)
x-Gaston Braves at Caldwell (GB 7-5)
Queen City at Gastonia (QC 4-3)
Rutherford at Henderson (R 13-9)

Wednesday, June 1
Caldwell at Cleveland (Cleveland 5-3)
Cherryville at Rutherford (C 7-6)
Matthews at Gastonia (G 1-0 in 10)

Thursday, June 2
x-Asheville at Anderson, S.C. (ccd.)
x-Cleveland at Rock Hill, S.C. (C 10-8)
Gaston Braves at Gastonia (GB 7-3)
x-Henderson at Anderson, S.C. (A 5-4)
Lincoln at Queen City (QC 11-3)

Friday, June 3
Statesville at Matthews (M 13-1 in 5)

Saturday, June 4
No games scheduled

Sunday, June 5
x-Matthews at Hamlet (H 6-1)
Statesville at Queen City (QC 19-0 in 5)

Monday, June 6
Asheville at Caldwell (C 7-5)
x-Cleveland at Matthews (ppd., no date)
Statesville at Mint Hill (M 15-2 in 5)

Tuesday, June 7
x-Cherryville at Rock Hill, S.C. (R 8-5)
x-Lincoln at Caldwell (C 8-4)
Matthews at Mint Hill (Matthews 7-4)

Wednesday, June 8
x-Caldwell at Lincoln (ccd.)
Cherryville at Asheville (ppd., June 27)
Cleveland at Henderson (ppd., June 29)
x-Statesville at Hickory (H 11-8)

Thursday, June 9
Cherryville at Cleveland (Cherryville 1-0)
x-Matthews at Kannapolis (K 12-2 in 6)
Statesville at Gastonia (ppd., June 21)

Friday, June 10
x-Asheville at Gastonia (ccd.)
Henderson at Hickory (Hickory 5-0, Henderson 6-5)
Statesville at Queen City (ppd., June 28)
JUNE CLASSIC
(at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium, Shelby)
Randolph County vs. Kinston (R 10-0 in 5)
Wayne County vs. Cleveland (W 2-1 in 8)
(at Fraley Field, Cherryville)
Rowan County vs. Cherryville (C 12-6)

Saturday, June 11
Gastonia at Mint Hill (ppd., June 23)
Lincoln at Matthews (M 5-1)
x-Queen City at Gaston Braves (QC 8-7 in 8)
JUNE CLASSIC
(at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium, Shelby)
Rowan County vs. Kinston (RC 13-2)
Kinston vs. Cleveland (C 13-3 in 5)
Rowan County vs. Cleveland (RC 12-1 in 5)
(at Fraley Field, Cherryville)
Randolph County vs. Wayne County (WC 4-3)
Wayne County vs. Cherryville (C 5-1)
Randolph County vs. Cherryville (RC 9-8)

Sunday, June 12
Lincoln at Gaston Braves (GB by forfeit)
JUNE CLASSIC
(at Veterans Field at Keeter Stadium, Shelby)
Group A No. 1 (Rowan County) vs. Group B No. 2 (Cherryville) – Rowan 5-1
Group A No. 2 (Cleveland) vs. Group B No. 1 (Wayne County) – Wayne 5-4 in 10

Monday, June 13
Caldwell at Hickory (H 4-2)
Henderson at Cherryville (C by forfeit)
Statesville at Gastonia (G 13-1 in 5)

Tuesday, June 14
x-Caldwell at Gastonia (C 4-3)
Cleveland at Asheville (C 6-3)
Henderson at Rutherford (R 8-2)
Hickory at Cherryville (C 8-2)
Queen City at Mint Hill (QC 11-2, QC 3-2)
Statesville at Lincoln (S by forfeit)

Wednesday, June 15
x-Caldwell at Rowan (ccd.)
Matthews at Gaston Braves (GB 11-1 in 6)
Rutherford at Asheville (R 13-2)
x-York, S.C. at Cherryville (C 4-0)

Thursday, June 16
Gaston Braves at Mint Hill (ppd., June 17)
Queen City at Lincoln (QC by forfeit)

Friday, June 17
Asheville at Rutherford (R by forfeit)
x-Burke at Gaston Braves (ccd.)
Cleveland at Hickory (C 5-2)
Gaston Braves at Mint Hill (GB 20-11)
Henderson at Caldwell (C by forfeit)
Lincoln at Mint Hill (MH by forfeit)
x-Matthews at Fort Mill, S.C. (ppd., no date)

Saturday, June 18
Queen City at Matthews (QC 11-5)
x-Rock Hill, S.C. at Cleveland (ccd.)

Sunday, June 19
Burke at Henderson (B 10-7 in 8)
Gastonia at Queen City (ppd., June 29)
Hickory at Rutherford (R 10-2)
Statesville at Matthews (M 19-1 in 5)

Monday, June 20
Caldwell at Asheville (A 6-5 in 8)
Mint Hill at Lincoln (MH by forfeit)
Rutherford at Burke (R 17-2 in 5, R 12-9)

Tuesday, June 21
x-Anderson, S.C. at Henderson (A 17-3 in 5)
Statesville at Gastonia (G 12-1 in 5)

Wednesday, June 22
Caldwell at Cherryville (Caldwell 4-2, Cherryville 4-3)
Cleveland at Rutherford (R 11-1 in 5)
Gastonia at Gaston Braves (GB 8-6)
Mint Hill at Matthews (Matthews 13-12)

Thursday, June 23
Cleveland at Cherryville
Gastonia at Mint Hill
Rutherford at Caldwell
Statesville at Lincoln (S by forfeit)

Friday, June 24
Burke at Asheville
x-Cleveland vs. TBD at Randolph County, 5:30 p.m.
Gastonia at Matthews
Mint Hill at Gaston Braves (at Gaston Christian)
NORTH-SOUTH CHALLENGE (at Fraley Field, Cherryville)
Rutherford vs. Fort Mill, S.C., 5 p.m.
Cherryville vs. Fort Mill, S.C., 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, June 25
Caldwell at Burke, 5 p.m. DH
x-Cleveland at Randolph County, 2 p.m.
Gaston Braves at Matthews
Hickory at Asheville
Statesville at Mint Hill
NORTH-SOUTH CHALLENGE (at Fraley Field, Cherryville)
Rutherford vs. Greer, S.C., 11 a.m.
Fuquay-Varina vs. Greer, S.C., 1:30 p.m.
Rutherford vs. Florence, S.C., 4 p.m.
Cherryville vs. Florence, S.C., 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 26
x-Cleveland at Rowan County, 1:30 p.m.
x-Gastonia at Caldwell (ccd.)
Rutherford at Cherryville, 7:30 p.m.
NORTH-SOUTH CHALLENGE (at Fraley Field, Cherryville)
Fuquay-Varina vs. Florence, S.C., noon
Fuquay-Varina vs. Fort Mill, 2:30 p.m.
Cherryville vs. Greer, S.C., 5 p.m.

Monday, June 27
Asheville at Cherryville, 5 p.m. DH
Burke at Hickory
Gastonia at Lincoln (G by forfeit)
Henderson at Cleveland
Statesville at Gaston Braves, 5 p.m. DH (at South Point)

Tuesday, June 28
Asheville at Henderson
x-Caldwell County at Gaston Braves (at Gaston Christian)
Cherryville at Henderson, 2 p.m.
Cleveland at Burke, 5 p.m. DH
Matthews at Lincoln (M by forfeit)
Mint Hill at Gastonia
Statesville at Queen City

Wednesday, June 29
Caldwell at Rutherford
x-Cherryville at Fuquay-Varina (ccd.)
Cleveland at Henderson
Queen City at Gastonia

Thursday, June 30
x-Cherryville at Fuquay-Varina (ccd.)
x-Cleveland at York, S.C., 5 p.m. DH
Rutherford at Hickory

Friday, July 1
Pairings meeting in Cherryville

July 2-6 Area IV first round (best-of-5)

July 8-12 Area IV quarterfinals (best-of-5)

July 14-20 Area IV semifinals (best-of-5)

July 21-23 Area IV final (best-of-3)

July 26-30 N.C. State tournament (at Campbell)

Southeast Regional tournament (at Asheboro)

August 3
Game 1 – KY champ vs. SC runner-up, 9:30 a.m.
Game 2 – GA champ vs. TN champ, 11:30 a.m.
Game 3 – FL champ vs. NC champ, 4:30 p.m.
Game 4 – SC champ vs. Host (Randolph County NC), 6:30 p.m.

August 4
Game 5 – Loser 1 vs. Loser 3, 9:30 a.m.
Game 6 – Loser 2 vs. Loser 4, 11:30 a.m.
Game 7 – Winner 1 vs. Winner 3, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8 – Winner 2 vs. Winner 4, 6:30 p.m.

August 5
Game 9 – Winner 6 vs. Loser 7, 9:30 a.m.
Game 10 – Winner 5 vs. Loser 8, 4:30 p.m.
Game 11 – Winner 7 vs. Winner 8, 6:30 p.m.

August 6
Game 12 – Winner 9 vs. Loser 11, 4:30 p.m.
Game 13 – Winner 10 vs. Winner 11, 7:30 p.m.

August 7
Game 14 – Winner 12 vs. Winner 13, 1:30 p.m.
Game 15 (if necessary), 4:30 p.m.

American Legion World Series (at Shelby)

Stars Division – Mid-South (at Pelham AL), Northeast (at Shrewsbury MA), Southeast (at Asheboro NC), Western (at Fairfield CA)
Stripes Division – Great Lakes (at Midland MI), Mid-Atlantic (at Morganton WV), Central Plains (at Rapid City SD), Northwest (at Gillette WY)

August 11
Game 1 – Great Lakes vs. Mid-Atlantic, 10 a.m.
Game 2 – Mid-South vs. Northeast, 1 p.m.
Game 3 – Southeast vs. Western, 4 p.m.
Game 4 – Central Plains vs. Northwest, 7:30 p.m.

August 12
Game 5 – Northeast vs. Western, 4 p.m.
Game 6 – Mid-South vs. Southeast, 7 p.m.
Off – Central Plains, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic, Northwest

August 13
Game 7 – Mid-Atlantic vs. Northwest, 1 p.m.
Game 8 – Great Lakes vs. Central Plains, 4 p.m.
Game 9 – Northeast vs. Southeast, 7:30 p.m.
Off – Mid-South, Western

August 14
Game 10 – Mid-South vs. Western, 1 p.m.
Game 11 – Mid-Atlantic vs. Central Plains, 4 p.m.
Game 12 – Great Lakes vs. Northwest, 7 p.m.
Off – Northeast, Southeast

August 15 (Semifinals)
Game 13 – Stripes No. 1 vs. Stars No. 2, 4 p.m.
Game 14 – Stars No. 1 vs. Stripes No. 2, 7 p.m.

August 16 (Championship)
Game 15 – Monday winners, 7 p.m.