Boxman's American Legion Rankings June 10th

[Boxman]

Rankings for June 10th

1. Morehead City
2. Stanly
3. Lexington
4. Caldwell County
5. Rowan County
6. Scotland County
7. Cherryville
8. Eastern Randolph
9. Cary
10. Rutherford County

HM
Newell
Roxboro
Shelby
Wilson
Henderson County
Snow Hill

[UK7Dook3]

I'm not qualified to comment on other Areas, but I think you identified the 3 best teams from Area III. It's a tossup who is the best.

But I'll say this: I've watched Lexington Post 8 play several games, & this is by far the best lineup I've seen in 10 years. That includes the state runner-up cinderella team of 05 (on which my son batted clean-up). I've teased Tyler that he'd struggle to be their batboy. He thinks I'm joking...but I mean it. I've never seen such lethal power!

The only question: Can the pitching keep pace with the hitting & defense? I'm very optimistic...but Rowan & Stanly have some mature big game pitchers. Should be fun to watch our League & playoffs unfold.

[travisunc]

I agree, but don't count out Mocksville-Davie as well. I really think Rowan is going to be hard to beat in a series, when they can line up their pitchers.

[tj21]

Having seen Rowan, Lexington and Mocksville,,,,, and knowing that Stanly County is undefeated having outscored their opponents something like 59-6,,, in my opinion,,,,,,,, Rowan, Lexington and Stanly are CLEARLY the top 3 teams in Area III South.

Kannapolis has beaten everyone else in the league (including Mocksville with their ace McDaniel throwing),,,,,,,,, but (again my 2 cents) the 2nd tier teams are probably all equal and can beat each other on a given night.

Rowan, Lexy and Stanly have separated themselves from the rest of the Area 3 South. And you won't go wrong with whatever order you put those top 3.

[homeplate]

Mocksville pounded 1st place and undefeated Stanly County 12-6
last night

[UK7Dook3]

Mocksville pounded 1st place and undefeated Stanly County 12-6 last night
Wow. Do you know who the starting pitchers were?

FYI Lexington intentionally scheduled no games Saturday-Tuesday to give the Seniors a beach trip window.

[dakota44]

Mocksville had Jake Koontz (West Rowan) on the mound. I believe he pitched 7 innings and Brad Corriher pitched the 8th. Mocksville actually had them down 10 or 11 to nothing thru the first 6 innings, Stanly started hitting the ball in the 7th. Stanly's coach actually quit the game in the bottom of the 8th because their shortstop got ejected from the game, for some reason they elected not to continue, so the 9th inning wasn't played.
Mocksville also beat South Rowan in extra innings Saturday night, with John McDaniel on the hill. He was very sharp, ended up with about 14-15 K's. So they have knocked off the 2 top teams in the last 2 nights.
They won both of those games with several starters missing. Heath Boyd, Zach Howard, Chris Kinard, Tom Kuell and Corey Norman are all at the beach. I'm sure the other teams were missing a few but it was good to see the other guys step up and get the job done :clap:

[travisunc]

Mocksville beat SOUTH Rowan, not Rowan County. South Rowan is in the bottom half of the league. Your quote about "beating the top 2 teams" is incorrect. Rowan County's only loss was to Lexington in extra innings. Mocksville has a very good team in my opinion, that is not getting a lot of respect.

[UK7Dook3]

Travis, I've only seen this edition of Mocksville play once, so I can't speak with authority. Lexington 10 run ruled their #2 pitcher (kid from Forbush).

They didn't appear to have the 1 through 9 power that Stanly, Rowan & Lex have. That's why I don't consider them as a legit threat to win the regular season title.

But neither was Lex 2 years ago. And like that team, they have enough talent & a primo ace (Johnny Mac is a dandy). So they could shock the world in the tournament. Anyone who draws them in best of 5 series had better come prepared to play 5 games.

[travisunc]

Rowan beat Mocksville by the mercy rule with McDaniel pitching, 15-5 earlier this year. I'm not sold on Stanly, and don't know why, really . I think Lexington and Rowan are the two best in the league......and think Mocksville can challenge Stanly head to head. Rowan can pitch about 10 guys who either threw in college this year or were the number 1 or 2 on state playoff high school teams. Defensively, Rowan is very, very solid. Lexington smashes the ball, however. I think a series between these two would be great.

[dakota44]

I was referring to the top 2 teams in the standings when the games were played, Rowan and Lexington have now moved up to 1 and 2 since Mocksville beat South and Stanly this weekend :)

[tj21]

I stand by my prediction,,,,, that Rowan, Lexington and Stanly will clearly be the top 3.

I will say, that Mocksville beating Stanly is a quality win for Mocksville, and I give Mocksville credit, and further don't have no problem saying they are the "best of the rest" after beating one of the top 3 teams like they did. I guess what makes me doubt Mocksville is because they lost 10-run games to both Rowan County and Kannapolis in which (both times) Mocksville pitched their ace.

I just don't see folks 10-running Stanly, Rowan or Lexington.

[legionfan]

rowan mocksville this wkd should be interesting w/ mocksville starting to play real well. other than these boards and rowan coverage at localreplay and salisbury post very hard find much online on these teams - any good sources for teams like davidson/lexington and mocksville - like schedules?

[UK7Dook3]

Lexington Dispatch has full report each day on Post 8's games
http://www.the-dispatch.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

Remaining games:
13 Wed Rockingham Away 7:00
15 Fri Stanley Co Away 7:00
16 Sat Mocksville Away 7:00
17 Sun Concord Home 7:00
18 Mon HiToms Home 7:00
19 Tues Moorseville Home 7:00
22 Fri Kannapolis Away 7:00
23 Sat Rowan Co. Away 7:00
24 Sun Wilkes Co Away 7:00
26 Tue Statesville Away 7:00
29 Fri Stanley Co Home 7:00
30 Sat Montgomery Co Home 7:00
July 2 Mon S. Rowan Away 7:00
3 Tue S. Rowan Home 7:00