Legion update (Through games of August 8 as of 11:50 p.m. Eastern time)
(All game times listed are local)
Region 1 (Northeast)
Fitton Field, Shrewsbury, Mass.
(Game 7 at Tivnan Field, Worcester, Mass.)
Thursday’s Results
Game 1: Essex Junction (Vt.) Post 91 d. Cumberland (R.I.) Post 14, 4-1. Jake Philbeck (7-hitter, 5 strikeouts), Owen Labar (3 hits) and Nick Calono (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Essex and Jake Lonardo (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Cumberland.
Game 2: Bedford (N.H.) Post 54 d. Franklin (Mass.) Post 75, 11-0. Starter Zachary Papic (4 innings, 5 strikeouts), reliever and winner Jaiden Bousquet (2 2/3 innings, 2 strikeouts) and reliever Jason Topf (1/3 inning, 1 strikeout) combined on a 2-hitter for Bedford, whose offense was led by Noah Durham (2 hits, 2 RBIs).
Game 3: Shrewsbury (Mass.) Post 397 d. Sanford (Maine) Post 19, 9-1. Brendan Parisi (4-hitter, 6 strikeouts), Owen Mongeon (3 hits, 2 RBIs) and Bryan Herlihy (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Shrewsbury.
Friday’s Results
Game 4: Cumberland (R.I.) Post 14 d. Franklin (Mass.) Post 75, 3-1; Franklin eliminated. Pat Munger (1-hitter, 6 strikeouts), Josh Lyon (3 hits, double, 2 RBIs) and Jake Lonardo (2 hits) led Cumberland.
Game 5: Essex Junction (Vt.) Post 91 d. Sanford (Maine) Post 19, 10-1; Sanford eliminated. Nico Calano (3-hitter, 4 strikeouts), Christopher Morgan (3 hits, double, 3 RBIs), Alec Davis (3 hits, 2 RBIs) and Garret Carter (2 hits, double, 1 Rbi) led Essex Junction.
Game 6: Bedford (N.H.) Post 54 d. Shrewsbury (Mass.) Post 397, 16-6 in 6 innings. Reliever and winner Noah Durham (2 innings, 3 strikeouts), Jack Hinton (4 hits, double, 3 RBIs) and Brayden Hickman (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Bedford.
Saturday’s Results
Game 7: Cumberland (R.I.) Post 14 d. Shrewsbury (Mass.) Post 397, 10-2; Shrewsbury eliminated. Vin Pontarelli (6-hitter, 4 strikeouts), Micah Cousineau (2 hits, double), Josh Lyon (2 hits), Jack Diacharo (2 hits) and Carson Mellen (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) led Cumberland and Drew O’Connell (2 hits) and Cameron Kelly (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Shrewsbury.
Game 8: Essex Junction (Vt.) Post 91 d. Bedford (N.H.) Post 54, 7-6; Bedford eliminated. Jack Lorenzini (1 inning, 1 strikeout as pitcher, 2 hits as batter) led Essex Junction and Noah Durham (2 hits, triple, 1 RBI) and James Gilbert (2 hits, 1 RBi) led Bedford.
Game 9: Bedford (N.H.) Post 54 d. Cumberland (R.I). Post 14, 6-5 in 8 innings; Cumberland eliminated. Demetrios Hunt (2 hits, 3 RBIs including game-winning RBI in the bottom of eighth inning), Ethan Strand (2 hits), Noah Durham (2 hits, 1 RBI) and James Gilbert (2 doubles, 2 RBIs) led Bedford and Micah Cousineau (2 hits), Jake Lonardo (2 hits) and Dylan Slack (2 hits, double) led Cumberland.
Sunday’s Games
Game 10: Essex Junction (R.I.) Post 14 vs. Bedford (N.H.) Post 54, 1 p.m.
Game 11 (if necessary) 4 p.m.
Region 2 (Mid-Atlantic)
Tivnan Field, Worcester, Mass.
Thursday’s Results
Game 1: Dover (Del.) Post 2 d. Funkstown (Md.) Post 211, 13-8.
Game 2: Whitehouse (N.J.) Post 284 d. Greater Pittston (Pa.), 13-3 in 5. Reid Bazydio (4 2/3 innings, 2 strikeouts, win as pitcher, 3 hits, double, 2 RBIs), John Portman (3 hits, double, 2 RBIs), Mike Novotny (2 hits) and Owen Schilling (2 hits, triple, RBI) led Whitehouse.
Game 3: Kingston/Saugerties (N.Y.) Posts 150/72 d. Waterford (Conn.) Post 161, 6-1. Starter and winner Dylan MacDonald (6 2/3 innings, 11 strikeouts), reliever Jaylen McLean (1/3 inning, save) and Jake Young (2 hits, double) led Kingston/Saugerties.
Friday’s Results
Game 4: Greater Pittston (Pa.) d. Funkstown (Md.) Post 211, 5-0; Funkstown eliminated. Caleb Pavinski (2-hitter, 5 strikeouts) and Beau Widdick (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led Greater Pittston.
Game 5: Dover (Del.) Post 2 d. Waterford (Conn.) Post 161, 16-2 in 5 innings; Waterford eliminated. Colby Rall (4-hitter, 2 strikeouts as pitcher, 2 doubles, 1 RBI as batter), Kole Turner (2 hits, 4 RBIs) and Carter Bean (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Dover.
Game 6: Whitehouse (N.J.) Post 284 d. Kingston/Saugerties (N.Y.) Posts 150/72, 11-0. Jackson Trego (2-hitter, 7 strikeouts), Mike Novotny (3 hits, 1 RBI), Reid Bazydlo (3 hits, double, triple, 2 RBIs), John Portman (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Aidan Walsh (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Whitehouse.
Saturday’s Results
Game 7: Greater Pittston (Pa.) d. Kingston/Saugerties (N.Y.) Posts 150/72, 4-3; Kingston/Saugerties eliminated. Winner and reliever Nick Innamorati (5 innings, 6 strikeouts) and Ashton Lepore (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Greater Pittston and Jackson Barcone (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led Kingston/Saugerties.
Game 8: Whitehouse (N.J.) Post 284 d. Dover (Del.) Post 2, 9-8. Jack Markovich (3 hits, double, 3 RBIs including game-winning 2-run single bottom 7th inning), Mike Novotny (2 hits, double, home run, 3 RBIs) and John Portman (2 hits, double) led Whitehouse and Kole Turner (2 hits), Ethan Wisler (2 hits) and Colby Rall (2 hits, home run, 4 RBIs) led Dover.
Game 9: Dover (Del.) Post 2 d. Greater Pittston (Pa.), 9-3. James Surhbier (9-hitter, 4 strikeouts), Will Lorentz (2 hits, double), Ryan Perkins (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs), Carter Bean (2 hits, double, triple, 2 RBIs), Connor Heritage (2 hits) and Jakhi Jenkins (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Dover and Beau Widdick (4 hits, triple, 1 RBI) led Greater Pittston.
Sunday’s Games
Game 10: Whitehouse (N.J.) Post 284 vs. Dover (Del.) Post 2, 1 p.m.
Game 11 (if necessary) 4 p.m.
Region 3 (Southeast)
Fraley Field, Cherryville, N.C.
Wednesday’s results
Game 1: Harrison (Ohio) Post 199 d. Dorado (P.R.) Post 45, 13-3. Starter and winner Corbin Shondel (6-hitter), Jack Geers (2 hits, double, home run, 2 RBIs), Austin Vangen (2 hits, 2 RBIs), Lared Lammers (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and Chris Richmond (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Harrison and Fauzi Nofal (2 hits) led Dorado.
Game 2: Florence (S.C.) Post 1 d. Chesapeake (Va.) Post 280, 6-3. Starter and winner Brandon Anderson (5 innings), Jaden Atkinson (3 hits, double), Newt Hinson (3 hits, double, home run, 3 RBIs) and James Wyatt Arthur (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Florence and Hank Brown (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Chesapeake.
Game 3: Garner (N.C.) Post 232 d. Wheeling (W. Va.) Post 1, 6-5. Reliever Cam Copley (1 innings, 2 strikeouts) worked out of a jam in the bottom of the seventh inning for Garner, whose offense was led by Cash Grimsley (2 hits) and Jack Piccini (2 hits). Andrew Murdock (3 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Wheeling.
Game 4: Jacksonville (Fla.) Post 316 d. Cherryville (N.C.) Post 100, 4-3. Reliever and winner Lukas Broughman (2 1/3 innings, 5 strikeouts) and reliever Kaleb Stockwell (1 inning, 2 strikeouts, save) held the hosts scoreless to preserve a one-run victory. Jacksonville manufactured its four runs on two hits, five walks, two hit batters and one Cherryville fielding error. Nate Rollins (triple, 2 walks, 2 runs) led Cherryville.
Thursday’s Results
Game 5: Wheeling (W. Va.) Post 1 d. Dorado (P.R.) Post 45, 3-0; Dorado eliminated. Starter and winner Aleksander Zanieski (5 1/3 innings, 7 strikeouts) and reliever Erik Blazier (1 2/3 innings, 2 strikeouts, save) combined on a 1-hitter for Wheeling, whose offense was led by Brady Ernest (2 hits, home run, RBI).
Game 6: Chesapeake (Va.) Post 280 d. Cherryville (N.C.) Post 100, 6-1; Cherryville eliminated. Starter and winner Joel Flynn (4 2/3 innings, 3 strikeouts) and Santiago Gomez (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) led Chesapeake and Tyler Gates (home run) led Cherryville.
Game 7: Garner (N.C.) Post 232 d. Harrison (Ohio) Post 199, 11-1 in 5. Reliever and winner Cam Copley (2 innings, 3 strikeouts), Cash Grimsley (4 hits, double, 2 RBIs) and Dylan Palmer (2 hits, 3 RBIs) led Garner.
Game 8: Florence (S.C.) Post 1 d. Jacksonville (Fla.) Post 316, 14-4 in 5. Tristan Hickman (4-hitter, 3 strikeouts), Gabe McLaughlin (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs), Newt Hinson (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and James Wyatt Arthur (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Florence, which used a nine-run bottom of the fifth to knock off previously unbeaten Jacksonville (24-1).
Friday’s Results
Game 9: Chesapeake (Va.) Post 280 d. Harrison (Ohio) Post 199, 9-5 in 9 innings; Harrison eliminated. Reliever and winner Mitchel Byers (2 innings, 3 strikeouts), Hank Brown (2 doubles, 4 RBIs) and Chris Martinez (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Chesapeake and Chase Luebbe (3 hits, 1 RBI) led Harrison.
Game 10: Jacksonville (Fla.) Post 316 d. Wheeling (W. Va.) Post 1, 10-3; Wheeling eliminated. Reliever and winner Bryson Williams (4 1/3 innings, 2 strikeouts), Mason Jones (2 doubles, 2 RBIs), Kaeson Johns (2 hits, triple, 2 RBIs) and Braden McKee (grand slam home run) led Jacksonville.
Game 11: Garner (N.C.) Post 232 d. Florence (S.C.) Post 1, 14-10. Cash Grimsley (3 hits, home run, 3 RBIs), Caleb Johnson (3 hits, 1 RBI) and Dylan Palmer (3 hits, home run, 2 RBIs) led Garner, which overcame a early 9-5 deficit.
Saturday’s Results
Game 12: Florence (S.C.) Post 1 d. Chesapeake (Va.) Post 280, 5-3; Chesapeake eliminated. Starter and winner Chase Price (5 innings), reliever Bryce King (2 innings, 4 strikeouts, save), Gabe McLaughlin (2 hits, 1 RBI) and James Wyatt Arthur (2 hits) led Florence.
Game 13: Jacksonville (Fla.) Post 316 d. Garner (N.C.) Post 232, 12-2 in 6. Starter and winner Lukas Broughman (4 1/3 innings, 4 strikeouts), Chris Reali (4 hits, home run, 4 RBIs) and Gehrig Severidt (2 hits, 4 RBIs) led Jacksonville and Davis Ottaly (3 hits, double) led Garner.
Sunday’s Games
Game 14: Florence (S.C.) Post 1 vs. Jacksonville (Fla.) Post 316, 1:30 p.m.
Game 15: Garner (N.C.) Post 232 vs. Game 14 winner, after Game 14
Region 4 (Mid-South)
Sims Park, Gastonia, N.C.
Thursday’s Results
Game 1: Tupelo (Miss.) Post 49 49ers d. Columbia (Tenn.) Post 19, 5-2. Starter and winner Cade Lott (4 innings, 3 strikeouts), reliever JohnDaly Whitaker (3 innings, save) and Colin Flury (double, home run, 3 RBIs) led Tupelo
Game 2: Bryant (Ark.) Blacksox d. Bossier City (La.) Phillies, 5-1. Andrew TateLee (3-hitter, 7 strikeouts), Jaxon Riggs (3 hits) and Jake Elliot (2 hits, double) led Bryant.
Game 3: Baldwin County (Ala.) Post 199 d. Ada (Okla.) Braves, 4-3. Reliever and winner Colin Watson (4 innings, 6 strikeouts as pitcher, 2 hits, triple, game-winning run), K.C. Jones (2 hits), Noah Mosley (2 hits) and Alex Harrington (walk off sacrifice fly) led Baldwin County.
Friday’s Results
Game 4: Bossier City (La.) Phillies d. Columbia (Tenn.) Post 19, 2-1; Columbia eliminated. Starter and winner Tanner Webb (6 innings, 8 strikeouts) and Jackson Waller (game-winning 2-run single in 5th inning) led Bossier City and Jayden Aaron (2 hits) led Columbia.
Game 5: Tupelo (Miss.) Post 49 49ers d. Ada (Okla.) Braves, 7-1; Ada eliminated. Reliever and winner Jax Coker (5 innings, 5 strikeouts), Brody Thompson (2 hits, double) and Kadin Bennett (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) led Tupelo and Reese Littlefield (3 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Ada.
Game 6: Baldwin County (Ala.) Post 199 d. Bryant (Ark.) Blacksox, 3-1. Starter and winner Alex Harrington (6 2/3 innings, 7 strikeouts) and Brody McDavid (3 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Baldwin County.
Saturday’s Results
Game 7: Bossier City (La.) Phillies d. Bryant (Ark.) Blacksox, 6-0; Bryant eliminated. Slade Stephens (3-hitter, 4 strikeouts), Nathan Cervantes (2 hits, home run, 2 RBIs) and Landon Martin (2 hits, double) led Bossier City and Paxton Pringle (2 hits) led Bryant.
Game 8: Tupelo (Miss.) Post 49 49ers d. Baldwin County (Ala.) Post 199, 14-0 in 5 innings. Jordan Evers (3-hitter, 5 strikeouts), Jonas Coleman (3 hits, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs), Brody Thompson (2 hits, double, triple, 1 RBI), Brayden Edmiston (2 hits, 1 RBI), Cooper Goff (2 hits, double, 4 RBIs) and William Moody (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) led Tupelo.
Game 9: Bossier City (La.) Phillies d. Baldwin County (Ala.) Post 199, 10-1; Baldwin County eliminated. Landon Martin (4-hitter, 5 strikeouts), Griffin Sibley (2 hits, 1 RBI), Brandon Stephens (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) and Nathan Cervantes (3-run double) led Bossier City.
Sunday’s Games
Game 10: Tupelo (Miss.) Post 49 49ers vs. Bossier City (La.) Phillies, 1 p.m.
Game 11 (if necessary) 4 p.m.
Region 5 (Great Lakes)
Kentucky Proud Park, Lexington, Ky.
Wednesday’s Results
Game 1: Terre Haute (Ind.) Post 346 d. Valparaiso (Ind.) Post 94 by forfeit.
Game 2: Midland (Mich.) Berryhill Post 165 d. Pittsburg (Kan.) Post 64, 9-0. Starter Jimmy Sequin (3 innings, 3 strikeouts), reliever and winner Nate Schultz (3 innings, 5 strikeouts) and reliever Evan King (1 inning, 2 strikeouts) combined on the three-hitter for Midland, whose offense was led by Taber Edwards-Benner (double, triple, 2 RBIs), Cayden Nieto (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) and Jayden Mieske (2 hits, 1 RBI).
Game 3: Owensboro (Ky.) Post 9 d. Washington (Mo.) Post 218, 2-0. Starter and winner Brodie Tucker (5 2/3 innings, 3 strikeouts) and Myles Grant (1 1/3 innings, 2 strikeouts, save) combined on the eight-hit victory.
Game 4: Lexington (Ky.) Post 8 d. Aviston (Ill.) Post 1239, 12-2 (6 innings). Starter Clark Tackett (5 innings, 4 strikeouts; 2 hits, 2 RBIs on offense) and reliever Daniel Finnell (1 inning, 2 strikeouts) combined for the three-hit victory. Jaxson Herrera (2-run HR, 2 hits), Eli Fletcher (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and Branden Caballero (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led the Lexington offense.
Thursday’s Results
Game 5: Valparaiso (Ind.) Post 94 d. Washington (Mo.) Post 218, 4-0 (Washington eliminated). Dylan Bradford (3-hitter, 11 strikeouts), Ben Truby (3 hits) and Dante Bellaomini (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) led Valparaiso.
Game 6: Aviston (Ill.) Post 1239 d. Pittsburg (Kan.) Post 64, 7-3 (Pittsburg eliminated). Ethan Wheelan (5-hitter, 3 strikeouts) and Miles Brown (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led Aviston.
Game 7: Owensboro (Ky.) Post 9 d. Terre Haute (Ind.) Post 346, 8-7 in 8. Brody Brubaker’s two-run double in bottom of the eighth was the game-winner as Owensboro rallied from 4-0, 5-3 and 7-6 deficits to win. Brubaker (2 doubles, 3 RBIs) and Brett Poole (2 hits) led Owensboro.
Game 8: Midland (Mich.) Berryhill Post 165 vs. Lexington (Ky.) Post 8, 8 p.m. (postponed)
Friday’s Results
Game 8: Midland (Mich.) Berryhill Post 165 d. Lexington (Ky.) Post 8, 2-1. Aryan Punjabi (3 hits, triple) scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning on a fielding error.
Game 9: Terre Haute (Ind.) Post 346 d. Aviston (Ill.) Post 1239, 11-9; Aviston eliminated. Starter and winner Trey Eldridge (5 innings, 5 strikeouts), Parker Weir (3 hits, 2 RBIs), Colton Moore (3 hits, triple, 3 RBIs) and Linden Jenkins (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Terre Haute and Conlan Haar (3 hits, 2 doubles, 3 RBIs) led Aviston.
Game 10: Lexington (Ky.) Post 8 d. Valparaiso (Ind.) Post 94, 8-7; Valparaiso eliminated. Starter and winner Ryan Disponett (5 1/3 innings, 7 strikeouts) and Jaxson Herrera (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) led Lexington and Dylan Bradford (2 doubles, 3 RBIs) led Valparaiso.
Game 11: Midland (Mich.) Berryhill Post 165 d. Owensboro (Ky.) Post 9, 5-4 in 8 innings. Reliever and winner Nate Schultz (2 1/3 innings, 1 strikeout), Taber Edwards-Benner (3 hits, triple, game-winning run bottom of 8th inning) and Jayden Mieske (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Midland and Markell Yates (2 hits) and Jake Murphy (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Owensboro.
Saturday’s Results
Game 12: Owensboro (Ky.) Post 9 d. Lexington (Ky.) Post 8, 12-8; Lexington eliminated. Reliever and winner Eli Hatfield (3 innings as pitcher, 2 hits, 5 RBIs as batter), Markell Yates (4 hits, double), Jagger Pate (3 hits, double, triple), Brody Brubaker (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Eli Hampton (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Owensboro and Logan Janisewski (3 hits, triple, 3 RBIs) led Lexington.
Game 13: Terre Haute (Ind.) Post 346 d. Midland (Mich.) Berryhill Post 165, 11-5. Starter and winner Linden Jenkins (5 innings), Parker Weir (4 hits, double), Hunter Mason (3 hits, double, 2 RBIs), Derek Morrison (3 hits, double, 3 RBIs) and Tyler Lawson (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led Terre Haute and Gabe Wegener (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Midland.
(Sunday, August 9)
Game 14: Owensboro (Ky.) Post 9 vs. Terre Haute (Ind.) Post 346, Noon
Game 15: Midland (Mich.) Berryhill Post 165 vs. Game 14 winner, after Game 14
Region 6 (Central Plains)
BNC National Bank Field, Mandan, N.D.
Thursday’s Results
Game 1: Rapid City (S.D.) Post 22 d. Dubuque County (Iowa) Post 137, 4-3. Rowan Frederickson (5 innings, 3 strikeouts, win), Ryan Neugebauer (2 innings, 4 strikeouts, save), Jaxon Reeder (2 hits, 4 RBIs), Wyatt Reeder (2 hits), Hadley Burrus (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Hudson Ogle (2 hits, double) led Rapid City and J.P. Elbert (2 hits) led Dubuque County.
Game 2: Lincoln (Neb.) Carpet Land Post 500 d. Fargo (N.D.) Post 2, 7-3. Reliever and winner Brennan Griesch (3 innings, 3 strikeouts), Kalai Larsen (2 hits, double, triple) and Bradyn Erickson (2 hits, double, home run, 4 RBIs) led Lincoln.
Game 3: Excelsior (Minn.) Post 259 d. Mandan (N.D.) Post 40, 12-5. Starter and winner Evan Cummings (6 innings, 4 strikeouts)Nolan Bartz (4 hits, triple, 3 RBIs), Jake Musgjerd (2 doubles, 2 RBIs), Nolan Carr (2 hits, 1 RBI), Adam Perry (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Alex Fernandez (2 hits) led Excelsior.
Friday’s Results
Game 4: Dubuque County (Iowa) Post 137 d. Fargo (N.D.) Post 2, 3-2 in 10 innings; Fargo eliminated. Reliever and winner J.P. Elbert (4 1/3 innings, 6 strikeouts), Dawson Petsche (2 hits, game-winning run on Brett Harris sacrifice fly) led Dubuque County and Caden Nelson (8 innings, 11 strikeouts as pitcher, 3 hits, double, 1 RBI as batter) led Fargo.
Game 5: Rapid City (S.D.) Post 22 d. Mandan (N.D.) Post 40, 12-1; Mandan eliminated. Jaxon Reeder (4 hits, triple), Wyatt Reeder (2 hits, home run, 4 RBIs) and Lars Kieffer (2 hits, double) led Rapid City and Ty Weiler (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Mandan.
Game 6: Excelsior (Minn.) Post 259 d. Lincoln (Neb.) Carpet Land Post 500, 5-3. Starter and winner Jonah Ludens (5 innings, 4 strikeouts), Nolan Carr (3 hits, 1 RBI) and Brody Schrupp (2 hits, double) led Excelsior.
Saturday’s Results
Game 7: Lincoln (Neb.) Carpet Land Post 500 d. Dubuque County (Iowa) Post 137, 6-0; Dubuque County eliminated. Starter and winner Santino Arranaga (6 innings, 11 strikeouts) and Bradyn Erickson (double, 3 RBIs) led Lincoln.
Game 8: Rapid City (S.D.) Post 22 d. Excelsior (Minn.) Post 259, 11-5. Starter Declan Mickley (5 innings, 7 strikeouts), Jaxon Reeder (3 hits, 2 RBIs) and Wyatt Reeder (2 hits, double) led Rapid City and Nolan Carr (2 hits) and Nolan Bartz (2 hits, home run, 4 RBIs) led Excelsior.
Game 9: Lincoln (Neb.) Carpet Land Post 500 d. Excelsior (Minn.) Post 259, 16-6 in 6 innings. Bradyn Erickson (3 hits, double, 2 home runs, 5 RBIs), Trevor Roach (3 hits, double, 1 RBI), Kalai Larsen (2 hits, home run, 3 RBIs) and Huxton Katt (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led Lincoln.
Sunday’s Games
Game 10: Rapid City (S.D.) Post 22 vs. Lincoln (Neb.) Carpet Land Post 500, 11 a.m.
Game 11 (if necessary) 1:30 p.m.
Region 7 (Northwest)
Harry and David Field, Medford, Ore.
Wednesday’s Results
Game 1: Kennewick (Wash.) Tri-City Titans d. Kenai (Alaska) Post 20, 13-3. Starter Trayce Teagle (4 1/3 innings, 4 strikeouts), reliever and winner Rece McClure (2 2/3 innings, 6 strikeouts) and Brady Mattson (2 hits, triple, 2 RBIs) led Kennewick and Matthew Shilling (3 hits, 1 RBI) led Kenai.
Game 2: Honolulu (Haw.) Team Central d. Cheyenne (Wyo.) Post 6, 12-0 (5 innings). Logan Sanchez (no-hitter, 7 strikeouts), Aaron Rapoza (2 hits), Kaleb Wade (2 hits, 1 RBI), Kaili Kane (2 hits), Taye Marxen (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and Ethan Higashionna (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Honolulu.
Game 3: Lewiston (Idaho) d. Portland (Ore.) Post 158, 2-0. Cody Ellis (4-hitter, 6 strikeouts as pitcher, 2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Lewiston.
Game 4: Medford (Ore.) Mustangs d. Missoula (Mont.) Post 27, 13-3 (5 innings). Brady Patterson drove in 5 runs with a 3-run triple and a 2-run single, and Jacob Lewis earned the win for Medford with 3 innings of work, allowing 2 hits while striking out 5.
Thursday’s Results
Game 5: Portland (Ore.) Post 158 d. Kenai (Alaska) Post 20, 8-1; Kenai eliminated. Reliever and winner Grayson Rose (2 2/3 innings, 2 strikeouts), Ryan Hensley (3 hits, 2 RBIs) and Ben Foglio (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Portland.
Game 6: Cheyenne (Wyo.) Post 6 d. Missoula (Mont.) Post 27, 8-3; Missoula eliminated. Kian McCullough (9-hitter), Brayden Kamarad (4 hits, double, 3 RBIs), Quentin King (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Kayden Tafoya (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Cheyenne.
Game 7: Lewiston (Idaho) d. Kennewick (Wash.) Tri-City Titans, 6-2. Reliever and winner Zavier McFee (2 1/3 innings, 1 strikeout), Guy Krasselt (4 hits, triple, 1 RBI), Cody Ells (3 hits, triple, 3 RBIs) and Cal Robbins (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) led Lewiston.
Game 8: Honolulu (Haw.) Team Central vs. Medford (Ore.) Mustangs, 6-2. Winner Micah Shintaku (2 hits, 4 strikeouts in the complete game victory), Kaleb Wada (3 hits, 2 RBIs), and Kaili Kane (3 walks) led Honolulu.
Friday’s Results
Game 9: Kennewick (Wash.) Tri-City Titans d. Cheyenne (Wyo.) Post 6, 11-2; Cheyenne eliminated. Tanner Raines (3-hitter, 5 strikeouts), Trayce Teagle (3 hits, 2 RBIs), Brady Mattson (2 hits) and Chase Taylor (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Kennewick and Quentin King (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Cheyenne.
Game 10: Portland (Ore.) Post 158 d. Medford (Ore.) Mustangs, 4-3; Medford eliminated. Reliever and winner Cooper Berta (2 innings, 1 strikeout as pitcher, game-winning RBI single bottom 7th) led Portland and Sean McFall (2 hits) led Medford.
Game 11: Lewiston (Idaho) d. Honolulu (Haw.) Team Central, 11-10. Guy Krasselt’s two-out single drove in Carson Henson for the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.
Saturday’s Games
Game 12: Honolulu (Haw.) Team Central d. Kennewick (Wash.) Tri-City Titans, 11-7; Kennewick eliminated. Masoa Minami (4 hits, double, triple 3 RBIs), Aaron Rapoza (2 hits, double, triple, 3 RBIs), Kaleb Wada (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Taye Marxen (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led Honolulu and Kason Allen (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) and Dallas Doherty (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) led Kennewick.
Game 13: Portland (Ore.) Post 158 vs. Lewiston (Idaho), 8 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Game 14: Honolulu (Haw.) Team Central vs. Winner 13, 1 p.m.
Game 15 (if necessary) 4 p.m.
Region 8 (Western)
FEBA Fields, Fairfield, Calif.
Wednesday’s Results
Game 1: Alamogordo (N.M.) Post 34 d. Fort Collins (Colo.), 6-2. Reliever and winner Romyn Rivera (2 innings, 2 strikeouts) and Ryo Rivera (2 hits, 3 RBIs) led Alamogordo and Andrew Elser (3 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Fort Collins.
Game 2: Reno (Nev.) Knights d. Hyrum (Utah) Post 47, 9-5. Starter and winner Sawyer Sala (6 innings, 5 strikeouts), Daniel Dicante (2 hits, 1 RBI), Cruz Kahl (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) and Pike Adrian (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Reno and Graham Passey (2 hits) and Kyson Dattage (2 hits, double) led Hyrum.
Game 3: Clovis (Calif.) Post 147 d. Oro Valley (Ariz.) Post 132, 6-1. Reliever and winner Kadyn Kirkley (2 1/3 innings, 2 strikeouts), Samuel Gonzalez (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) and Lucas Pettitt (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Clovis.
Game 4: Fairfield (Calif.) Expos d. League City (Tex.) Post 554, 5-4. Reliever and winner Jack Armstrong (2 2/3 innings, 2 runs allowed) and Aiden Perrin (2 hits, 2 runs scored) led Fairfield.
Thursday’s Results
Game 5: Fort Collins (Colo.) d. Oro Valley (Ariz.) Post 132, 5-1 (Oro Valley eliminated). Starter and winner Andrew Elser (6 innings, 11 strikeouts), reliever Oliver Stanton (1 inning, 1 strikeout, save) and Ryan Thompson (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) led Fort Collins.
Game 6: League City (Tex.) Post 554 d. Hyrum (Utah) Post 47, 12-2 in 6 (Hyrum eliminated). Diego Silvo (3 hits, 5 RBIs), Johnathan Buccinellie (2 doubles, 1 RBI) and Tyler Sauers (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led League City.
Game 7: Clovis (Calif.) Post 147 d. Alamogordo (N.M.) Post 34, 13-9. Reliever and winner Drake Davis (1 1/3 innings, 1 strikeout), Jerod Smith (4 hits, 5 RBIs), Hayden Eichlepp (2 doubles, 2 RBIs), London Anderson (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) and Samuel Gonzalez (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Clovis and Ryo Rivera (3 hits, double, 2 RBIs) led Alamogordo.
Game 8: Fairfield (Calif.) Expos d. Reno (Nev.) Knights, 3-2. Sage Nelson was hit by a pitch to drive in Javon Haynes for the go-ahead run in Fairfield’s win.
Friday’s Results
Game 9: League City (Tex.) Post 554 d. Alamogordo (N.M.) Post 34, 3-1; Alamogordo eliminated. Rowdy Loftin (3-hitter, 12 strikeouts), Christian Munoz (2 hits) and Clyde Votaw (2 hits) led League City.
Game 10: Reno (Nev.) Knights d. Fort Collins (Colo.), 6-5; Fort Collins eliminated. Colin Sala (2 2/3 innings, 2 strikeouts, save as pitcher, RBI single as batter) led Reno.
Game 11: Fairfield (Calif.) Expos d. Clovis (Calif.) Post 147, 5-1. Starter and winner Dylan Eddings (6 1/3 innings, 8 strikeouts) led Clovis, whose offense scored all five of its runs in the bottom of the sixth inning led by Jack Armstrong (2-run single) and Sage Nelson (2-run triple) to snap a scoreless tie.
Saturday’s Results
Game 12: Clovis (Calif.) Post 147 d. Reno (Nev.) Knights, 6-1; Reno eliminated. Starter and winner Samuel Gonzalez (6 innings, 4 strikeouts), Drake Davis (3 hits, home run, 3 RBIs) and Brody Berry (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led Clovis.
Game 13: League City (Tex.) Post 554 vs. Fairfield (Calif.) Expos, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Game 14: Clovis (Calif.) Post 147 vs. Winner 13, 1 p.m.
Game 15 (if necessary) 4 p.m.
-American Legion World Series (at Shelby NC)
Stars division: Northeast, Southeast, Great Lakes, Northwest
Stripes division: Mid-Atlantic, Mid-South, Central Plains, Western
(Thursday, Aug. 13)
Northeast vs. Great Lakes, 10 a.m.
Central Plains vs. Western, 1 p.m.
Southeast vs. Northwest, 4 p.m.
Mid-Atlantic vs. Mid-South, 7:30 p.m.
(Friday, Aug. 14)
Northeast vs. Northwest, 4 p.m.
Southeast vs. Great Lakes, 7 p.m.
(Saturday, Aug. 15)
Mid-Atlantic vs. Western, noon
Mid-South vs. Central Plains, 3 p.m.
Southeast vs. Northeast, 7:30 p.m.
(Sunday, Aug. 16)
Mid-Atlantic vs. Central Plains, 1 p.m.
Great Lakes vs. Northwest, 4 p.m.
Mid-South vs. Western, 7 p.m.
(Monday, Aug. 17)
Semifinals: Stripes winner vs. Stars runner-up, 4 p.m.
Semifinals: Stars winner vs. Stripes runner-up, 7 p.m.
(Tuesday, Aug. 18)
Championship: Monday winners, 6 p.m.
Area IV standings
Area Overall/Playoffs
Cherryville Post 100 15-1 17-4/7-1/2-2 State/0-2 SER
Shelby Post 82 11-5 14-8/6-2/0-2 State
Asheville Post 70 10-6 13-8/4-4
Caldwell County Post 29 9-7 9-7/1-3
Gaston Braves Post 144-266 9-7 9-9/3-4/3-2 State
Rutherford County Post 423 6-10 6-10/1-3
Gastonia Post 23 5-11 5-11/0-3
Hickory Post 48 4-12 4-12/1-3
Burke County Post 21 3-13 3-13/DNQ
Regular-season games:
x-non-division games
(All games at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted)
Friday, May 15
No games
Saturday, May 16
No games
Sunday, May 17
No games
Monday, May 18
No games
Tuesday, May 19
x-Matthews vs. Gaston Braves (at East Gaston) – Matthews 5-4
Wednesday, May 20
x-Gaston Braves at Rock Hill, S.C. – Rock Hill 6-3
Thursday, May 21
No games
Friday, May 22
No games
Saturday, May 23
x-Davidson County at Cherryville, DH (ppd., no date)
Sunday, May 24
No games
Monday, May 25
x-Matthews at Cherryville (ppd., June 1)
Tuesday, May 26
No games
Wednesday, May 27
No games
Thursday, May 28
x-Cherryville at Union County (ppd., no date)
Friday, May 29
Burke County at Asheville (A 7-4)
Saturday, May 30
x-Easley, S.C. at Shelby (S 10-0 in 6)
x-Anderson, S.C. at Asheville (A 7-4 in 6/rain)
x-Garner at Cherryville (ppd., no date)
Sunday, May 31
x-Garner at Cherryville (ppd., no date)
x-Garner at Shelby (G 4-3)
Caldwell County at Cherryville (Cville 9-5)
Monday, June 1
x-Asheville at Anderson, S.C. (Asheville 18-8)
Caldwell County at Gastonia (CC 6-5)
x-Matthews at Cherryville (C 3-0)
Tuesday, June 2
Asheville at Hickory (H 4-3)
Gaston Braves at Caldwell County (CC 5-3)
Wednesday, June 3
Cherryville at Hickory (C 12-4)
Thursday, June 4
Gaston Braves at Shelby (GB 14-1)
Rutherford County at Cherryville (C 10-4)
Friday, June 5
No games
Saturday, June 6
Asheville at Shelby (S 7-1)
x-Caldwell County alumni game
Sunday, June 7
Gastonia vs. Gaston Braves (at East Gaston, Gastonia 8-5)
Monday, June 8
Cherryville vs. Gaston Braves (at East Gaston, C 8-2)
Hickory at Gastonia (H 8-7 in 12)
Shelby at Burke County (S 10-4)
Tuesday, June 9
No games
Wednesday, June 10
Burke County vs. Gaston Braves (at East Gaston, GB 5-0)
Cherryville at Asheville (A 8-7)
Rutherford County at Gastonia (RC 16-11)
Shelby at Hickory (S 12-2)
Thursday, June 11
Hickory at Rutherford County (RC 8-5, H 4-2)
Burke County at Gastonia (G 4-1)
Friday, June 12
Gaston Braves at Asheville (ppd., June 25)
Saturday, June 13
No games
Sunday, June 14
Rutherford County vs. Gaston Braves (at East Gaston, RC 8-7, GB 5-1)
Asheville at Caldwell County (A 11-1)
Monday, June 15
Gastonia at Shelby (S 11-2)
Tuesday, June 16
Asheville at Burke County (A 8-7)
Caldwell County at Shelby (S 8-7)
Gaston Braves at Hickory (GB 4-1)
Gastonia at Rutherford County (RC 7-3)
x-Union County at Cherryville (C 14-11)
Wednesday, June 17
Cherryville at Gastonia (C 13-1 in 5)
x-Greenville, S.C. at Shelby (S 11-1 in 6)
Hickory vs. Gaston Braves (at East Gaston, GB 8-7)
Thursday, June 18
Burke County at Hickory (B 2-0)
Cherryville at Caldwell County (Cville 5-3, suspended bottom 5)
Gaston Braves at Gastonia (GBraves 7-1)
Friday, June 19
Rutherford County at Caldwell County (CC 10-6, CC 13-2 in 5)
Burke County at Cherryville (C 8-0)
(North-South tournament at Shelby)
x-Asheville vs. Greenwood, S.C. (G 5-3)
x-Greenwood, S.C. at Shelby (S 7-6)
Saturday, June 20
Caldwell County vs. Gaston Braves (at East Gaston, CC 7-3)
Hickory at Burke County (B 2-0)
(North-South tournament at Shelby)
x-Cherryville vs. Fort Mill, S.C. (FM 15-10)
x-Asheville vs. Richland, S.C. (A 6-3)
x-Asheville vs. Florence, S.C. (F 2-1)
x-Richland, S.C. at Shelby (R 7-6 in 9)
Sunday, June 21
Caldwell County at Hickory (CC 13-11)
(North-South tournament at Shelby)
x-Cherryville vs. Richland, S.C. (R 5-3)
x-Cherryville vs. Florence, S.C. (F 9-7)
x-Florence, S.C. at Shelby (F 6-4)
Monday, June 22
Burke County at Caldwell County (B 12-8)
Hickory at Asheville (A 14-0 in 5)
Shelby vs. Gaston Braves (at East Gaston, S 17-16)
Tuesday, June 23
Asheville at Gastonia (A 13-1 in 5, G 6-4)
Cherryville at Rutherford County (C 11-0 in 5)
Shelby at Caldwell County (S 15-11)
Wednesday, June 24
Rutherford County at Burke County (RC 8-4, RC 13-2 in 6)
Gastonia at Cherryville (C 11-3)
Hickory at Caldwell County (ppd., June 30)
Shelby at Asheville (A 10-5)
Thursday, June 25
Gaston Braves at Asheville (GB 11-2)
Rutherford County at Shelby (S 2-1)
Friday, June 26
Burke County at Shelby (S 10-0 in 5)
Gaston Braves at Cherryville (C 7-1)
Gastonia at Hickory (H 4-2)
Saturday, June 27
Rutherford County at Asheville (A 10-3, A 9-2)
Cherryville at Burke County (C 10-0 in 6)
x-Union County at Caldwell County (canceled)
Sunday, June 28
Asheville at Cherryville (C 8-6)
Gaston Braves at Burke County (GB 15-0 in 6)
Gastonia at Caldwell County (CC 8-3)
Hickory at Shelby (S 7-2)
Monday, June 29
Shelby at Cherryville (C 15-0 in 5)
Tuesday, June 30
Asheville vs. Gaston Braves (at East Gaston, GB 7-3)
Cherryville at Shelby (C 8-5)
Gastonia at Burke County (G 14-4 in 5)
Hickory at Caldwell County (CC 6-3)
Wednesday July 1
x-Anderson, S.C. at Shelby (canceled)
Caldwell County at Burke County (CC 9-5)
Shelby at Rutherford County (S 4-2)
Thursday, July 2
Hickory at Cherryville (C 13-11)
Caldwell County at Asheville (A 11-8)
Shelby at Gastonia (G 9-8 in 8)
Area IV playoffs:
Quarterfinals (July 5-9, best of 5)
No. 1 (Cherryville) vs. No. 8 (Hickory)
Game 1- July 5 at Cherryville – C 10-0 in 6
Game 2- July 6 at Hickory – H 3-2
Game 3- July 7 at Cherryville – C 15-5 in 6
Game 4- July 8 at Hickory – C 15-3 (C wins series 3-1)
No. 4 (Caldwell County) vs. No. 5 (Gaston Braves)
Game 1- July 5 at Caldwell County – GBraves 5-4
Game 2- July 6 at East Gaston HS – GBraves 14-9
Game 3- July 7 at Caldwell County – CC 5-4
Game 4- July 8 at East Gaston HS – GBraves 19-5 in 5 (GB wins series 3-1)
No. 2 (Shelby) vs. No. 7 (Gastonia)
Game 1- July 5 at Shelby – S 2-0
Game 2- July 6 at Gastonia – S 11-4
Game 3- July 7 at Shelby – ppd., rain
Game 3- July 8 at Shelby – S 7-6 (S wins series 3-0)
No. 3 (Asheville) vs. No. 6 (Rutherford County)
Game 1- July 5 at West Henderson HS – A 7-2
Game 2- July 6 at Rutherford County – R 2-1
Game 3- July 7 at West Henderson HS – A 20-0 in 5
Game 4- July 8 at Rutherford County – A 10-3 (A wins series 3-1)
Semifinals (July 11-15, best of 5)
No. 1 (Cherryville) vs. No. 5 (Gaston Braves)
Game 1- July 11 at Cherryville – C 12-2 in 5
Game 2- July 12 at East Gaston HS – C 12-5
Game 3- July 13 at Cherryville – ppd., rain
Game 3- July 14 at Cherryville – C 10-0 in 5 (C wins series 3-0)
No. 2 (Shelby) vs. No. 3 (Asheville)
Game 1- July 11 at Shelby – S 3-1
Game 2- July 12 at West Henderson HS – A 7-6
Game 3- July 13 at Shelby – ppd., rain
Game 3- July 14 at Shelby – S 6-3
Game 4- July 15 at West Henderson HS – S 11-6 (S wins series 3-1)
Final (July 17, 1 game)
Shelby at Cherryville – C 9-4
N.C. state tournament (at Gastonia Sims Legion Park):
(Friday, July 24)
Game 1- Host/Gaston Braves 12-13 vs. Area 4 No. 2/Shelby 20-10 – GBraves 10-3
(Saturday, July 25)
Game 2- Area 3 No. 1/Rowan County 31-4 vs. Area 2 No. 2/Wilmington Red 22-5 – Wilmington Red 8-1
Game 3- Area 4 No. 1/Cherryville 24-5 vs. Area 1 No. 2/Wilson 16-9 – Cherryville 4-0
Game 4- Area 2 No. 1/Beulaville 13-7 vs. Area 3 No. 2/Union County 21-8 – Union County 7-4
Game 5- Gaston Braves vs. Area 1 No. 1/Garner 24-2 – Garner 13-3 in 5
(Saturday, July 25)
Game 2- Area 3 No. 1/Rowan County 31-4 vs. Area 2 No. 2/Wilmington Red 22-5 – Wilmington Red 8-1
Game 3- Area 4 No. 1/Cherryville 24-5 vs. Area 1 No. 2/Wilson 16-9 – Cherryville 4-0
Game 4- Area 2 No. 1/Beulaville 13-7 vs. Area 3 No. 2/Union County 21-8 – Union County 7-4
Game 5- Game 1 winner vs. Area 1 No. 1/Garner 24-2 – Garner 13-3 in 5
(Sunday, July 26)
Game 6- Shelby vs. Rowan County – Rowan County 9-4 (Shelby eliminated)
Game 7- Beulaville vs. Gaston Braves – GBraves 6-0 (Beulaville eliminated)
Game 8- Rowan County vs. Wilson – Wilson 9-6 (Rowan County eliminated)
Game 9- Wilmington Red vs. Cherryville – Cherryville 4-3 in 9
Game 10- Union County vs. Garner – Garner 2-0
(Monday, July 27)
Game 11- Gaston Braves vs. Wilmington – GBraves 2-0 (Wilmington eliminated)
Game 12- Wilson vs. Union County – Union County 10-2 (Wilson eliminated)
Game 13- Cherryville vs. Garner – Garner 9-2
(Tuesday, July 28)
Game 14- Gaston Braves vs. Union County – Union County 15-3 (GBraves eliminated)
Game 15- Cherryville vs. Union County – Union County 11-6 (Cherryville eliminated)
(Wednesday, July 29)
Game 16- Garner vs. Union County – Garner 10-5 (Union County eliminated; Garner champion)
Junior Legion standings:
NORTH DIVISION Area Overall/Playoffs
North Wilkes Post 31 11-3 11-3/2-3
R-S Central 10-4 10-4/0-2
Asheville Post 70 9-4 9-4/1-2
Hibriten Black 8-6 8-6
South Caldwell 8-6 8-6/2-3
Watauga County 6-8 6-8
Hickory Post 48 3-10 3-10
Hibriten Red 0-14 0-14
SOUTH DIVISION Area Overall/Playoffs
Burns 11-2 13-2/1-2
Shelby Post 82 11-3 12-4/4-2/2-2 State
Cherryville Post 100 10-4 11-4/5-0/3-2 State
Gaston Braves Red Post 144 7-6 7-7/1-2
Lincolnton Post 30 7-7 7-7
Gaston Braves Blue Post 144 6-8 7-9
Gastonia Post 23 3-11 4-11
Bessemer City 0-13 0-13
East Rutherford 0-0 4-4
x-non-division games
(All games at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted)
Friday, May 15
No games
Saturday, May 16
No games
Sunday, May 17
No games
Monday, May 18
No games
Tuesday, May 19
No games
Wednesday, May 20
No games
Thursday, May 21
No games
Friday, May 22
x-Matthews at Shelby (ppd., May 25)
Saturday, May 23
No games
Sunday, May 24
No games
Monday, May 25
x-Matthews at Shelby (S 8-1)
Tuesday, May 26
Asheville at Watauga (ppd., May 30)
Hickory at South Caldwell (ppd., June 17)
Bessemer City at East Rutherford (ppd., no date)
Burns at Gastonia (ppd., June 30)
Gaston Braves Blue at Cherryville (susp. with Cville leading 19-5 bottom 3 to June 11)
Lincolnton at Shelby (ppd., June 11)
Wednesday, May 27
East Rutherford at Gastonia (ppd., June 29)
Hickory at Asheville (ppd., June 3)
Gaston Braves Red at Shelby (S 2-0)
North Wilkes at Hibriten Black (H 10-8)
Thursday, May 28
North Wilkes at South Caldwell (ppd., June 10)
Watauga at Hibriten Black (W 7-6)
East Rutherford at Lincolnton, 6:15 p.m. (ppd., June 26)
Cherryville at Burns (ppd., June 21)
Gaston Braves Red vs. Gaston Braves Blue (at East Gaston, Red 2-0)
R-S Central at Hickory (R 14-4)
Shelby at Gastonia (S 11-7)
Friday, May 29
Bessemer City vs. Gaston Braves Blue (at East Gaston, GB Blue 16-4 in 5)
Burns vs. Gaston Braves Red (at Gaston Christian) (ppd., June 26)
Gastonia at Cherryville (C 12-1 in 5)
Hickory at Asheville (ppd., June 3)
R-S Central at Hibriten Red and Hibriten Black (R-S 14-3 in 4, H Black 10-8)
Saturday, May 30
Asheville at Watauga (A 8-6)
Sunday, May 31
No games
Monday, June 1
Asheville at South Caldwell (ppd., June 29)
Hibriten Black at R-S Central (R 13-7)
Hibriten Red at Hickory (Hky 15-3 in 5)
Watauga at North Wilkes (NW 15-5 in 5)
Gaston Braves Blue at Lincolnton (ppd, June 3)
Bessemer City at Burns (Burns 15-0 in 5)
Cherryville at Shelby (ppd., June 13)
Gastonia vs. Gaston Braves Red (at Gaston Christian, GB Red 13-10)
Tuesday, June 2
R-S Central vs. Watauga (at Appalachian State Beaver Field, R 13-5)
Cherryville vs. Gaston Braves Red (at Gaston Christian, C 10-7)
East Rutherford vs. Gaston Braves Blue (at East Gaston, ppd., June 17)
Gastonia at Bessemer City (G 10-5)
Lincolnton at Burns (B 11-1 in 5)
South Caldwell at Hibriten Red (S 15-8)
North Wilkes at Hickory (NW 11-7)
Wednesday, June 3
R-S Central at South Caldwell (R 6-4)
Gaston Braves Blue at Lincolnton (GB 9-8)
Bessemer City at Cherryville (C 12-3)
East Rutherford at Shelby (E 7-3)
Hickory at Asheville (A 7-6)
Thursday, June 4
Hibriten Black at Watauga (W 7-6)
Hickory at R-S Central (R 15-3 in 5)
South Caldwell at North Wilkes (NW 4-2)
Burns at East Rutherford (B 5-2)
Lincolnton at Gastonia (G 8-7)
Shelby vs. Gaston Braves Red (at Gaston Christian, S 18-11)
Friday, June 5
Cherryville at Lincolnton (L 7-6)
Bessemer City vs. Gaston Braves Red (at Gaston Christian, GB Red 12-2 in 5)
Shelby vs. Gaston Braves Blue (at East Gaston, S 8-5)
Saturday, June 6
No games
Sunday, June 7
No games
Monday, June 8
Hibriten Red at R-S Central (R-S 13-3 in 6)
South Caldwell at Hibriten Black (ppd., no date)
Hickory at Watauga (H 8-6)
East Rutherford at Cherryville (ER 7-4)
Gaston Braves Blue at Burns (B 14-7)
Lincolnton vs. Gaston Braves Red (at Gaston Christian, GB 10-6)
Shelby at Bessemer City (S 19-0 in 5)
North Wilkes at Asheville (A 16-6)
Tuesday, June 9
Hibriten Black and Hibriten Red at North Wilkes (NW 7-4, NW 2-1)
Bessemer City at Lincolnton (L 12-4)
Burns at Shelby (B 10-4)
Gaston Braves Blue at Gastonia (GB Blue 16-3 in 5)
Gaston Braves Red at East Rutherford (ER 6-5)
Watauga at South Caldwell (SC 6-3)
Wednesday, June 10
East Rutherford at Bessemer City (ppd., no date)
North Wilkes at South Caldwell (NW 10-8)
Thursday, June 11
Hibriten Black vs. Hibriten Red (H Black 11-5)
Asheville at R-S Central (RS 11-3)
South Caldwell at Hickory (SC 18-6)
Cherryville vs. Gaston Braves Blue (at East Gaston, C 19-5, C 11-3)
Gastonia at Burns (B 15-2 in 5)
Lincolnton at Shelby (L 5-4)
Watauga at Hibriten Red (H Red 6-5… later ruled W forfeit win)
Friday, June 12
North Wilkes at R-S Central (RS 11-4)
Burns at Cherryville (B 6-3)
Gaston Braves Blue vs. Gaston Braves Red (at Gaston Christian, GB Blue 6-4)
Gastonia at Shelby (S 11-3)
Lincolnton at East Rutherford (ppd., no date)
Watauga at Asheville (ppd., June 30)
Saturday, June 13
Cherryville at Shelby (ppd., June 24)
Sunday, June 14
No games
Monday, June 15
Asheville at North Wilkes (NW 9-8)
Hibriten Black at Hickory (Hib Black 12-1)
Hibriten Red at Watauga (W 16-6 in 5)
Shelby at Lincolnton (S 12-1 in 6)
Cherryville at Gastonia (C 11-4)
Gaston Braves Blue at Bessemer City (GB Blue 17-3 in 6)
Gaston Braves Red at Burns (Burns 10-3)
Tuesday, June 16
Hickory at Hibriten Red and Hibriten Black (Hky 18-5 in 5, HBlack 6-2)
North Wilkes at Watauga (NW 16-7)
Burns at Bessemer City (Burns 14-2 in 6)
Gaston Braves Red at Gastonia (GB Red 7-2)
Lincolnton vs. Gaston Braves Blue (at East Gaston, L 10-0 in 6)
South Caldwell at Asheville (A 8-6)
Wednesday, June 17
Watauga at R-S Central (W 13-8)
Gaston Braves Blue at East Rutherford (ER 18-9)
Hickory at South Caldwell (SC 9-4)
Shelby at Cherryville (C 12-1 in 5)
Thursday, June 18
Bessemer City at Gastonia (G 16-4 in 5)
Hibriten Red at South Caldwell (SC 14-0 in 5)
Gaston Braves Red at Cherryville (C 13-3 in 5)
Hickory at North Wilkes (suspended in 3rd inning to June 24)
Burns at Lincolnton (B 8-4)
East Rutherford vs. Gaston Braves Blue (at East Gaston, GB Blue 11-5)
Hibriten Black at South Caldwell (SC 12-11 in 9)
R-S Central at North Wilkes (ppd., June 23)
Friday, June 19
Hibriten Black vs. Hibriten Red (Hibriten Black by forfeit)
Gastonia at Lincolnton (L 12-4)
Burns at East Rutherford (B 9-8 in 10)
Cherryville at Bessemer City (C 16-2 in 5)
Saturday, June 20
No games
Sunday, June 21
Cherryville at Burns (B 8-1)
Monday, June 22
Hibriten Black and Hibriten Red at Asheville, 4:30 p.m. DH (ppd., June 24)
South Caldwell at R-S Central (SC 8-7)
Gaston Braves Blue at Shelby (S 10-0 in 5)
Gaston Braves Red at Bessemer City (GB 10-2)
Gastonia at East Rutherford (G 9-5)
Lincolnton at Cherryville (L 8-6)
Tuesday, June 23
…All future East Rutherford games cancelled, previous games made non-division contests
Gaston Braves Red at Lincolnton (GB 19-7 in 6)
Bessemer City at Shelby (S 12-2 in 5)
Burns vs. Gaston Braves Blue (at East Gaston, B 11-2)
Cherryville at East Rutherford (canceled)
R-S Central at North Wilkes (NW 6-2)
South Caldwell at Hibriten Black (H 7-2)
Watauga at Hickory (W 14-6)
Wednesday, June 24
Hibriten Black and Hibriten Red at Asheville (A 5-2, A 13-0 in 5)
Cherryville at Shelby (C 4-0)
Hickory at North Wilkes (resumed June 18 suspended game, NW 10-9)
Shelby at East Rutherford (canceled)
Thursday, June 25
South Caldwell at Watauga (SC 10-5)
North Wilkes at Hibriten Red (NW 12-2 in 5)
East Rutherford vs. Gaston Braves Red (at Gaston Christian, canceled)
Gastonia vs. Gaston Braves Blue (at East Gaston, GB Blue 8-6)
Lincolnton at Bessemer City (L 8-3)
R-S Central at Asheville (RS 9-7)
Shelby at Burns (S 6-5 in 8)
Friday, June 26
Asheville at Hibriten Black and Hibriten Red (HBlack 6-4, A 7-0)
East Rutherford at Lincolnton, 6 p.m. (canceled)
Burns vs. Gaston Braves Red (at Gaston Christian, ppd., no date)
Saturday, June 27
No games
Sunday, June 28
No games
Monday, June 29
Asheville at South Caldwell (A 4-3)
East Rutherford at Gastonia (canceled)
Tuesday, June 30
Burns at Gastonia (B 10-4)
Watauga at Asheville (A 11-1 in 6)
Area IV playoffs:
Quarterfinals (July 1-3, best of 3)
South No. 1 Burns vs. North No. 4 South Caldwell
Game 1- July 1 at Burns – SC 7-0
Game 2- July 2 at South Caldwell – Burns 2-1
Game 3- July 3 at Burns – SC 6-3 (SC wins 2-1)
North No. 2 R-S Central vs. South No. 3 Cherryville
Game 1- July 1 at Cherryville – C 10-0 in 5
Game 2- July 2 at R-S Central – C 13-0 in 5 (C wins 2-0)
North No. 1 North Wilkes vs. South No. 4 Gaston Braves Red
Game 1- July 1 at North Wilkes – NW 7-5
Game 2- July 2 at East Gaston – GB 10-0 in 5
Game 3- July 3 at North Wilkes – NW 13-3 in 5 (NW wins 2-1)
South No. 2 Shelby vs. North No. 3 Asheville
Game 1- July 1 at Shelby – S 6-4
Game 2- July 2 at North Henderson – A 12-2 in 6
Game 3- July 3 at Shelby – S 5-4 in 8 (S wins 2-1)
Semifinals (July 5-7, best of 3)
North No. 4 (South Caldwell) vs. South No. 3 (Cherryville)
Game 1- July 6 at Cherryville – C 13-10
Game 2- July 7 at South Caldwell – ppd., rain
Game 2- July 8 at South Caldwell – C 6-1 (C wins series 2-0)
North No. 1 (North Wilkes) vs. South No. 2 (Shelby)
Game 1- July 5 at North Wilkes – Shelby 6-1
Game 2- July 6 at Shelby – ppd., rain
Game 2- July 8 at Shelby – Shelby 12-2 in 6 (S wins series 2-0)
Final (July 12)
South No. 3 Cherryville at South No. 2 Shelby – C 4-1
N.C. state tournament (at Cherryville Fraley Field):
(Saturday, July 18)
Game 1- Area 4 No. 2 Shelby 16-6 vs. Area 1 No. 1 Wilson 15-0-1 – Wilson 6-2
Game 2- Area 1 No. 2 Washington 15-4 vs. Area 2 No. 1 Castle Hayne 11-8 – Castle Hayne 13-2 in 5
Game 3- Area 2 No. 2 Beaufort 11-4 vs. Host/Area 4 No. 1 Cherryville 16-4 – Cherryville 16-4 in 5
(Sunday, July 19)
Game 4- Shelby vs. Beaufort – Shelby 15-6 (Beaufort eliminated)
Game 5- Cherryville vs. Washington – Cherryville 9-6 (Washington eliminated)
Game 6- Wilson vs. Castle Hayne – Castle Hayne 8-2
(Monday, July 20)
Game 7- Shelby vs. Wilson – Shelby 12-3 (Wilson eliminated)
Game 8- Cherryville vs. Castle Hayne – Castle Hayne 11-5
Game 9- Cherryville vs. Shelby – Cherryville 21-10 in 10 (Shelby eliminated)
(Tuesday, July 21)
Game 10- Castle Hayne vs. Cherryville – Castle Hayne 9-2 (Cherryville eliminated, Castle Hayne state champion)