N.C. Area IV Legion baseball update (thru June 28)
American Legion 2021
Area IV standings (thru June 28)
Eastern Division Division Overall
Mint Hill 6-2 6-2
Lincoln County Post 455 3-1 3-1
Gaston Post 144-266 5-4 5-4
Queen City 4-3 4-3
Pineville Post 337 3-4 3-4
Gastonia Post 23 2-7 2-7
Union County Post 535 0-2 0-2
Western Division Division Overall
Cleveland County Post 82-155 9-2 9-2
Cherryville Post 100 8-4 9-5
Burke County Post 21 6-4 6-4
Rutherford County Post 423 4-3 4-3
Maiden Post 240 6-6 6-6
Asheville Post 70 5-6 5-6
Caldwell County Post 29 4-8 4-8
Hickory Post 48 0-9 0-9
Regular-season games:
x-non-division games
(All games at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted)
Saturday, June 5
x-Rock Hill, S.C., at Cherryville (C 4-3)
Sunday, June 6
x-Cherryville at Rock Hill, S.C. (R 7-5)
Monday, June 7
No games
Tuesday, June 8
– No games
Wednesday, June 9
No games
Thursday, June 10
No games
Friday, June 11
No games
Saturday, June 12
Burke at Caldwell (ppd., June 23)
G-Braves at Queen City (ppd., June 15)
Gastonia at Union (ppd., no date)
Hickory at Maiden (ppd., June 14)
Sunday, June 13
Caldwell at Maiden (M 6-4)
Gastonia at Queen City (Q 7-6)
Union at G-Braves (ppd., June 30)
Monday, June 14
x-Cherryville at Gaffney, S.C. (ccd.)
Hickory at Maiden (M 9-1)
Mint Hill at Union (ppd., no date)
Tuesday, June 15
G-Braves at Queen City (G 10-2)
Wednesday, June 16
Maiden at Asheville (A 11-4)
Cherryville at Hickory (C 6-2)
Queen City at Mint Hill (Q 4-3)
Thursday, June 17
Queen City at Union (ppd., no date)
Friday, June 18
Asheville at Caldwell (A 8-1)
Burke at Cherryville (ppd., June 30)
G-Braves at Gastonia (Gastonia 6-3)
Pineville at Mint Hill (M 5-4)
Saturday, June 19
Caldwell at Cherryville (Caldwell 10-3)
Lincoln at Gastonia (L 16-13)
Union at Pineville (ppd., no date)
Sunday, June 20
Burke at Asheville (A 3-1)
Cleveland at Hickory (C 8-5)
G-Braves at Mint Hill (ppd., June 28)
Pineville at Queen City (ppd., no date)
Rutherford at Maiden (M 12-7)
Monday, June 21
Asheville at Cleveland (C 2-1)
Hickory at Caldwell (C 8-4)
Lincoln at Mint Hill (M 2-0)
Maiden at Burke (B 3-2)
Queen City at G-Braves (G 9-7)
Rutherford at Cherryville (C 12-2 in 6)
Tuesday, June 22
Caldwell at Cleveland (Cleveland 7-6)
Hickory at Asheville (ppd., no date)
Maiden at Cherryville (C 9-2)
Union at Gastonia (ppd., no date)
Wednesday, June 23
Asheville at Cherryville (C 4-2, C 4-0)
Burke at Caldwell (B 1-0, B 9-2)
G-Braves at Pineville (G 5-1, G 15-5 in 6)
G-Braves at Union (ppd., no date)
Maiden at Hickory (M 4-3 in 9)
Queen City at Gastonia (Q 5-2)
Thursday, June 24
Asheville at Rutherford (R 7-3, R 7-4)
Burke at Hickory (B 10-0)
Cleveland at Cherryville (Cleve 4-0, Cville 4-3)
Maiden at Caldwell (C 10-9)
Union at Mint Hill (ppd., July 1)
Friday, June 25
Burke at Cleveland (C 2-0, C 5-1)
Hickory at Cherryville (C 5-3)
Lincoln at G-Braves (L 6-2)
Queen City at Mint Hill (M 6-4)
Pineville at Gastonia (P 12-0 in 5, P 7-1)
Rutherford at Caldwell (R 8-5)
Saturday, June 26
Caldwell at Asheville (A 12-2 in 6)
Cherryville at Burke (B 8-3)
Cleveland at Maiden (C 11-5, C 8-4)
G-Braves at Lincoln (L 3-2)
Mint Hill at Gastonia (G 1-0, M 12-1 in 5)
Union at Queen City (Q 4-3)
Sunday, June 27
Asheville at Burke (B 13-4)
Cherryville at Caldwell (Cville 4-3)
Gastonia at G-Braves (GBraves 7-3)
Hickory at Cleveland (C 2-0)
Maiden at Rutherford (M 13-7)
Mint Hill at Pineville (M 12-1)
Monday, June 28
Burke at Maiden (M 5-4)
Caldwell at Hickory (C 8-5)
Cherryville at Rutherford (R 8-7 in 8)
Cleveland at Asheville (A 5-4)
G-Braves at Mint Hill (M 9-8)
Union at Pineville (P 7-4)
Tuesday, June 29
Asheville at Hickory
Cherryville at Maiden
Cleveland at Caldwell
Gastonia at Lincoln
Mint Hill at G-Braves
Queen City at Pineville
Rutherford at Burke, 5 p.m. DH
Wednesday, June 30
Burke at Cherryville
Cleveland at Rutherford, 5 p.m. DH
Mint Hill at Lincoln
Union at G-Braves, 5 p.m. DH
Thursday, July 1
Caldwell at Rutherford
Hickory at Burke
Union at Mint Hill
Friday, July 2
Rutherford at Hickory, 5 p.m. DH
Saturday, July 3
Pairings meeting in Cherryville, 9 a.m.
Area IV Playoffs: July 4-25
First round: July 4-8 (best-of-5)
West-1 vs. East-8
Game 1: July 4
Game 2: July 5
Game 3: July 6
Game 4 (if necessary): July 7
Game 5 (if necessary): July 8
East-4 vs. West-5
Game 1: July 4
Game 2: July 5
Game 3: July 6
Game 4 (if necessary): July 7
Game 5 (if necessary): July 8
East-2 vs. West-7
Game 1: July 4
Game 2: July 5
Game 3: July 6
Game 4 (if necessary): July 7
Game 5 (if necessary): July 8
West-3 vs. East-6
Game 1: July 4
Game 2: July 5
Game 3: July 6
Game 4 (if necessary): July 7
Game 5 (if necessary): July 8
East-1 vs. West-8
Game 1: July 4
Game 2: July 5
Game 3: July 6
Game 4 (if necessary): July 7
Game 5 (if necessary): July 8
West-4 vs. East-5
Game 1: July 4
Game 2: July 5
Game 3: July 6
Game 4 (if necessary): July 7
Game 5 (if necessary): July 8
West-2 vs. East-7
Game 1: July 4
Game 2: July 5
Game 3: July 6
Game 4 (if necessary): July 7
Game 5 (if necessary): July 8
East-3 vs. West-6
Game 1: July 4
Game 2: July 5
Game 3: July 6
Game 4 (if necessary): July 7
Game 5 (if necessary): July 8
Quarterfinals: July 9-13 (best-of-5)
West-1/East-8 vs. East-4/West-5
Game 1: July 9
Game 2: July 10
Game 3: July 11
Game 4 (if necessary): July 12
Game 5 (if necessary): July 13
East-2/West-7 vs. West-3/East-6
Game 1: July 9
Game 2: July 10
Game 3: July 11
Game 4 (if necessary): July 12
Game 5 (if necessary): July 13
East-1/West-8 vs. West-4/East-5
Game 1: July 9
Game 2: July 10
Game 3: July 11
Game 4 (if necessary): July 12
Game 5 (if necessary): July 13
West-2/East-7 vs. East-3/West-6
Game 1: July 9
Game 2: July 10
Game 3: July 11
Game 4 (if necessary): July 12
Game 5 (if necessary): July 13
Semifinals: July 14-19 (best-of-5)
West-1/East-8/East-4/West-5 vs. East-2/West-7/West-3/East-6
Game 1: July 14
Game 2: July 15
Game 3: July 16
Game 4 (if necessary): July 17
Game 5 (if necessary): July 18
rain date: July 19
East-1/West-8/West-4/East-5 vs. West-2/East-7/East-3/West-6
Game 1: July 14
Game 2: July 15
Game 3: July 16
Game 4 (if necessary): July 17
Game 5 (if necessary): July 18
rain date: July 19
Final: July 20-25 (best-of-5)
Game 1: July 20
Game 2: July 21
Game 3: July 22
Game 4 (if necessary): July 23
Game 5 (if necessary): July 24
rain date: July 25
North Carolina state tournament: July 27-Aug. 1 at Cherryville
Legion Mid-Atlantic Regional: Aug. 3-8 at Asheboro
Wednesday, Aug. 4
Game 1: Pennsylvania runner-up vs. Delaware champion, 9:30 a.m.
Game 2: Maryland champion vs. Pennsylvania champion, 11:30 a.m.
Game 3: North Carolina champion vs. Virginia champion, 4:30 p.m.
Game 4: New Jersey champion vs. Host (Randolph County), 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 5
Game 5: Game 1 loser vs. Game 3 loser, 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Game 2 loser vs. Game 4 loser, 11:30 a.m.
Game 7: Game 1 winner vs. Game 3 winner, 9:30 a.m.
Game 8: Game 2 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 11:30 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 6
Game 9: Game 6 winner vs. Game 7 loser, 9:30 a.m.
Game 10: Game 5 winner vs. Game 8 loser, 4:30 p.m.
Game 11: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 7
Game 12: Game 9 winner vs. Game 11 loser, 4:30 p.m.
Game 13: Game 10 winner vs. Game 11 winner, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 8
Game 14: Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 winner, 1:30 p.m.
Game 15 (if necessary): 4:30 p.m.
Legion World Series: Aug. 12-17 at Shelby
Stars – Central Plains, Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Western
Stripes – Great Lakes, Mid-South, Northeast, Northwest
Thursday Aug. 12
Central Plains vs. Western, 10 a.m.
Mid-South vs. Northeast, 1 p.m.
Great Lakes vs. Northwest, 4 p.m.
Southeast vs. Mid-Atlantic, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 13
Central Plains vs. Southeast, 4 p.m.
Mid-Atlantic vs. Western, 7 p.m.
Idle – Great Lakes, Mid-South, Northeast, Northwest
Saturday, Aug. 14
Mid-South vs. Northwest, 1 p.m.
Great Lakes vs. Northeast, 4 p.m.
Southeast vs. Western, 7:30 p.m.
Idle – Central Plains, Mid-Atlantic
Sunday, Aug. 15
Mid-South vs. Great Lakes, 1 p.m.
Mid-Atlantic vs. Central Plains, 4 p.m.
Northeast vs. Northwest, 7:30 p.m.
Idle – Southeast, Western
Monday, Aug. 16 – semifinals
Stars No. 1 vs. Stripes No. 2, 4 p.m.
Stripes No. 1 vs. Stars No. 2, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 17
6:30 p.m.