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travisunc
07-09-07, 09:57 PM
Moorsville 5 13 9
Rowan Co. 6 6 1
WP--Keegan Linza 7-0
LP--Brandon Padgett
SV--Lee Dupree
Rowan leads 1-0
Moorsville completely outhit Rowan County, but Moorsville played defense like they were using donuts instead of gloves as they committed 9 errors. Any defense at all and Moorsville would have won this game. Rowan has sleep walked its way thru its last 3 or 4 games and needs to improve before the next round. In the 9th inning, Lee Dupree retired the first two hitters he faced. A single by Abraham set the stage for a dramatic ending. Then next Moorsville batter, Braun, hit a shot off of the right field wall. With two outs the runner was moving on the pitch. DC Cranford played the ball off the wall and relayed the throw to Micah Jarrett. Jarrett then fired the ball to Jacob Dobbins who applied the tag to Abraham to end the game. It was the second runner Rowan had cut down at the plate in the game.
travisunc
07-09-07, 09:59 PM
#2 Mocksville 1
#7 Concord 0
10 innings
Mocksville leads 1-0
#4 Stanly 11
#5 Lexington 6
Stanly leads 1-0
SuperJon
07-09-07, 10:30 PM
Kville 10
Surry 0
Thanks guys. Wow, a 1-0 game in 10innings of Metal Bats and Legion Baseball?
legionfan
07-09-07, 10:59 PM
4 - 3 South Rowan over Kannapolis
Eagles 1313
07-10-07, 12:34 AM
Surry County 0 1 0
Kernersville 10 12 1
8 innings
WP: Ryan Dull (4-0) 7IP 1H 8K's 1BB 1HBP
Alex Phetteplace 1IP 0H 2K's
Kernersville swung the sticks early and often. Kenny Swab was 3 for 4 with 3 rbi's to lead Kernersville at the plate
Game 2 tomorrow night at Surry
Kernersville leads 1-0
charliehustle
07-10-07, 12:45 AM
Just got home from watching the South Rowan vs. Kannapolis game and the umpires beat kannapolis tonight...post 115 definitely has the better team and played better but the umpires made terrible calls all night against Kannapolis...Kannapolis should rebound and win the series
SuperJon
07-10-07, 04:03 AM
Game 2 tomorrow night at Surry
Kernersville leads 1-0
What time?
travisunc
07-10-07, 09:42 AM
Charlie,
All due respect, Kannapolis is not better than South Rowan from what I have seen of both teams this year. I did think that if Kannapolis won the first game they could have won this series. I do think Rowan, Stanly, Mocksville, and Lexington are better than South in the division. South's pitching is better from this point on when compared to Kannapolis. Tonight's game should be interesting after a very emotional game 1.
Eagles 1313
07-10-07, 10:31 AM
SuperJon.....7pm i do believe are you going to be there??
SuperJon
07-10-07, 10:45 AM
I'm going to try to come by. I haven't seen a Legion game this year cause I've been at school.
Eagles 1313
07-10-07, 11:11 AM
I understand that....I have only been home for just a month now from school.
SuperJon
07-10-07, 11:23 AM
I've been home 3 days.
CharlieHustle, with all respect, umpiring didn't cost us the game last night,,, there was the call where the base ump seemed to overrule the homeplate ump saying it was hit off our batter's foot, I'll agree that call seemed screwy,,, but the rest of the calls looked pretty fair to me, and that was according to those standing around me too,,,,, our crowd yelled a lot about the calls last night but its also obvious Kannapolis folks are frustrated because we have been used to winning over the recent years.
On a good note, it was good to see some intensity. I would like to see us do a better job advancing baserunners when we get people on, SACRIFICING instead of "slapping" at bunts, or worse yet getting folks thrown out. I'm sure you know the little things usually make the difference between winning and losing,,,, it did last night.
SuperJon
07-10-07, 04:51 PM
It stormed earlier but I don't know how bad Pilot Mountain got hit. I'm assuming the Kville/Surry game is still on?
Eagles 1313
07-10-07, 05:04 PM
My brother has not called me to tell me different SuperJon
SuperJon
07-10-07, 05:17 PM
Works for me. I'll leave for it in a little bit.
Eagles 1313
07-10-07, 05:24 PM
Where are you going to be sitting at tonight SuperJon?? I'll prolly be down the first baseline in those blechers
SuperJon
07-10-07, 05:56 PM
Honestly I have no clue. I'll probably end up talking to some parents I haven't seen in a while or whatever.
As many times as I've been to ES, I've never sat in those bleachers.
SuperJon
07-10-07, 10:09 PM
Kernersville was up 6-3 in the bottom of the 8th when I left.
I couldn't take anymore.
I completely apologize for saying Surry deserved players on the all-star teams. I didn't realize the injuries they had and how bad some of the guys were. That team has the potential to be so much better, but some players decided not to play for certain reasons.
Kernersville has a good ball club. The only thing I didn't like was some of the language I heard in the stands coming from their dugout before the game. I understand boys will be boys, I would've just preferred that they keep that language down a little bit. Then again, there were only 5-6 people in the stands when that was going on.
By the way, the way Surry's field look is an absolute embarrassment. They had grass growing through the dirt of the infield and it just looked horrible.
Sorry if it sounds rough, but I was embarrassed for my school to be sent to that Legion team.
UK7Dook3
07-10-07, 10:26 PM
Lexington squares the series 7-3.
Sechriest pitched a gem (8 innings). I think the Stanly Co pitcher was Furr, who also was tough tonight. Zach Roach hit a grand slam that broke it open in the 7th. The cleanup hitter for Stanly hit a massive missile that was a tape measure job.
Good series going. Game 3 at 7 tomorrow in Albemarle.
Eagles 1313
07-10-07, 10:30 PM
Super Jon you should have stuck around....turned out to be a little closer
Kernersville 7
Surry 6
WP: Kenny Swab
Kernersville up 2-0 looking to close out the series tomorrow night at home with I think High Point signee Josh Weaver on the mound.
Wish I could have met you Super Jon
SuperJon
07-10-07, 10:34 PM
I sat with our JV coach up behind home plate.
I figured Surry had no chance of coming back. It was a horrible game, flat out.
It's sad the quality of the Legion team today compared to even 5 years ago.
travisunc
07-10-07, 10:42 PM
Rudy Brown hits a grand slam to lead South Rowan past Kannapolis 8-5. South leads the series 2-0 and can close out Kannapolis tomorrow night.
travisunc
07-10-07, 10:57 PM
Rowan's pitchers completely dominated Moorsville tonight as Rowan defeated Moorsville 7-4 in 10 innings. Cy Young started on the mound and pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up 3 hits and 4 runs while striking out 14. Most teams wouldn't lift a pitcher with that line, but Jim Gant went out and got Cy in the 7th and brought in Alex Britt. Britt did not allow a baserunner over the final 3 2/3 innings while Rowan took advantage of 3 Moorsville errors on one play in the 10th inning to score 3 runs.
Jacob Dobbins homered for Rowan.
travisunc
07-10-07, 10:59 PM
Rowan 7
Moors 4
South Rowan 8
Kannapolis 5
Stanly 3
Lexington 7
Mocksville 10
Concord 6
Burlington 2
Rockingham 12
Randolph 7
W-S 2
Kernersville 7
Surry 6
E. Randolph
High Point
postponed
Eagles 1313
07-10-07, 10:59 PM
7/9
Winston Salem 9
Randolph County 26
High Point 10
Eastern Randolph 3 High Point up 1-0
Tonight
Randolph County 7
Winston Salem 0 Randolph up 2-0
Eastern Randolph and High Point were postponed tonight
loveofthegame
07-11-07, 12:03 AM
Glad to see the Rowan/Mooresville game won or lost by the players and not the guys in blue, like last night.
legionfan
07-11-07, 12:19 AM
and a great pitching effort by Lomascola (Mooresville) overshadowed by clutch Rowan hits and poor Mooresville fielding.
baseball820
07-11-07, 03:27 AM
south gets win tonight over kannapolis with rudy brown's grand slam. one more game for the sweep. i don't know about yall but charliehustle and travisunc don't really seem to know what they are talking about. south is by far a better team than kannapolis and i think this series is goin to prove that. they have thrown their top two pitchers and are down 0-2, south still have their number 2 and 3 arms. south also swept stanly and lexington during the regular season, while only losing to mocksville by one run twice, one was the second game of a double header. mcdaniels threw both games, and i think in a 5 game series south's pitching matches up better. even if mcdaniels beats them again there are 4 other games to be played, he can't throw them all.
baseball820,,,, somebody told me a long time ago that if you truly have a good team, you don't have to go around trying to tell folks how good you are.
travisunc
07-11-07, 08:47 AM
Baseball 820,
Nice first post. Way to start with the insults off the bat. I see a lot of games, played a lot of games in my day; my opinion is in a series South isn't as strong as Rowan, Stanly, or Mocksville. I may be proved wrong, not above admitting that. I'm not going to say you don't know what you are talking about just because my opinion differs from yours. Let the teams decide on the field. South has the best team they have had since the Andrew Morgan teams, but I'm not ready to put them in the State Tourney just yet. If not for a two out, grand slam in the ninth inning they are tied with the sixth seed in a five game series. Not exactly dominating. I still think they are better than Kannapolis which I stated when I defended them in an earlier post.
South did sweep Stanly and Lexington, but they did have 5 losses in conference. This means they were beat by someone. I know, Rowan twice and Mocksville. They did suffer losses against the lower half of the division in Kannapolis and Mooresville. It's not like South dominated Stanly, Lexington or Mocksville. They did win however, so I will give them their due. South against Rowan was completly one sided if I remember correctly. I think they were both mercy rule games.
I am originally from Rowan County, though I don't live there now, so I would like to see both teams from there go far in the playoffs.
Thanks for the updates guys.
legionguy17
07-11-07, 11:43 AM
travisunc,
south lost to mooresville twice in non-league games where they played alot of people and used alot of arms... they beat them twice in the league...
their 5 losses are to rowan 2X, mocksville 2X (5-4 in 10 inn and 1-0 with mcdaniel throwing both times) and kannapolis...
travisunc
07-11-07, 12:13 PM
Thanks Legion;
legionguy17
07-11-07, 12:52 PM
travisunc,
just wondering if you've been to the 2 rowan-mooresville games so far and would like to know if rowans bats have gone away early in this series... from what i've read on here and from the salisbury post, it appears that mooresvilles defense has failed them and basically given the first 2 games... just wanting your opinion if you've seen both games...
travisunc
07-11-07, 02:05 PM
Legion,
No, I have not been to any of the Rowan playoff games. I have talked to folks who were at both that said Mooresville's defense has been terrible. Rowan has not hit in over two weeks. Rowan plays flawless defense and has tremendous range at every position. Rowan always seems to get timely hits and big plays in the field that turn the tide of a close game. Keegan Linza hasn't been dominating as he has the potential to be either, over the last month or so.
I wouldn't say that Moorsville has given the games away. Last night, Moorsville only managed 3 hits the entire game. One player had all of their RBI's via a 2 run homer and 2 run double. I think Rowan left 10 or 12 on base. I really look for Rowan to get back on track tonight and close this out.
Trey Holmes, who would have been the best pitcher in Rowan County in high school this season, has been throwing on the side and could return if needed. He hasn't pitched in a game in a long time, however.
I am acutally leaving for Europe in couple of days and will be gone until the end of the month, so I will not be able to catch anyone's games until the State Tourney unless some teams around Raleigh are still playing when I get back.
Eagles 1313
07-11-07, 10:00 PM
Surry County 4 8 0
Kernersville 14 13 0
WP: Jon Ray
HR: K: Brandon McKinney
McKinney 4 for 4 HR, 2B 3RBI
Stewart Wright 2 for 4 3RBI
Kenny Swab 1 for 4 3 RBI
Kernersville will play sunday at home against either High Point or Eastern Randolph
High Point 4.....LEDS SERIES 2-0
Eastern Randolph 3
Randolph County 13....WINS SERIES 3-0
Winston Salem 4
travisunc
07-11-07, 11:07 PM
Southern Division
Rowan County 19
Mooresville 4
Rowan wins 3-0
South Rowan 15
Kannapolis 5
S.R. wins 3-0
Lexington 16
Stanly 10
Lexington leads 2-1
Concord 8
Mocksville 5
Mocksville leads 2-1
Randolph 13
Winston 4
Randolph wins 3-0
Rockingham and Burlington postponed
Kernersville 14
Surry 4
K wins 3-0
Any High Point/ER updates?
legionfan
07-12-07, 12:03 AM
Game three always good indication of the teams that have the starting pitching depth and teams that don't...lots of multiple touchdown type scores put up tonight.
SuperJon
07-12-07, 11:24 AM
Um, maybe it's just me, but you don't "get lucky" three games in a row to sweep a team, especially with the last one coming in a blowout.
I'm smelling sour grapes, but my sinuses have been acting up.
homeplate
07-12-07, 11:49 AM
Kannapolis's little run the past 3 years is over !
Homeplate,,,, actually Area III champions 3 of the last 4 years (2003, 2004, 2006). Yes, nice run.
And SuperJon, everyone doesn't have sour grapes, although I understand folks are disappointed. To be honest in this series, South came in playing well toward the end of the season and they just seemed to make all the necessary plays when they had to, and make all the right calls. We didn't do either.
I wish South the very best in the next round.
Btw, it was great to see KtownYankee in the ballpark last night for the first time in a long time...
Btw, it was great to see KtownYankee in the ballpark last night for the first time in a long time...
Was he cooking Hot Dogs? K-Town is famous for his ballfield hot dogs
I'm smelling sour grapes, but my sinuses have been acting up.
:laugh4: sorry tj...but that was funny
SuperJon
07-12-07, 07:52 PM
And SuperJon, everyone doesn't have sour grapes, although I understand folks are disappointed. To be honest in this series, South came in playing well toward the end of the season and they just seemed to make all the necessary plays when they had to, and make all the right calls. We didn't do either.
I wish South the very best in the next round.
I think the post I was responding to was deleted or something. It said that South Rowan got lucky this series. I didn't mean to say everyone had sour grapes.
Braves, hotdogs were great again this year, burgers too.
And SuperJon,,, thats cool.
Eagles 1313
07-12-07, 10:17 PM
Rockingham County 10
Burlington 18
Burlington up 2-1
CCHSvikefan81
07-12-07, 10:17 PM
Concord Post 51 defeated Mocksville 8-7 in the bottom of the 9th with one out, three walks and a walk off error
Eagles 1313
07-12-07, 10:18 PM
High Point 9
Eastern Randolph 4
High Point sweeps the series and will play at Kernersville on Sunday night at 7pm
Village Idiot
07-12-07, 10:34 PM
Concord Post 51 defeated Mocksville 8-7 in the bottom of the 9th with one out, three walks and a walk off errorwow. my son's room mate at LR plays for post 51 (he went to CC too). those guys have battled all season. props.
UK7Dook3
07-12-07, 10:58 PM
Lexington 13 Stanly 5 Lex wins series 3-1
Clay Watson gets the win on short rest. The game was close until late when Lex broke it open with 4 home runs (2 by Zach Roach, 1 by Daniel Kassouf & Jay Yount.
Hat tip to Stanly. Tough team that fought to the end. A couple of errors cost them dearly.
Lexington at Rowan beginning Sunday.
homeplate
07-13-07, 07:10 AM
Mocksville has done there annual choke job.
Mocksville/Concord still only 2-2 in series, isn't it,,,,,,,, or did Concord win the series?
dakota44
07-13-07, 08:17 AM
Yes, the series is tied 2-2, going back to Mocksville tonight. And yes indeed it was a choke job, game was tied bottom of the 9th, Concord had bases loaded with 1 out, batter hits a grounder to short, which should have been an easy routine double play, but instead short tries to make the play at the plate and ends up throwing the ball in the ground and over the catchers head:banghead:
Concord has the momentum and is surely pumped up. Both teams have burned alot of pitching this week. Ryan Carter will probably be the starter for Mocksville, even though he just started game 2 Tuesday night. He only pitched the first 4 innings because of a wrist injury. But who knows, it's crunch time, could see a little bit of everybody on the mound tonight!
travisunc
07-13-07, 08:38 AM
Lexington was leading Stanly 8-5 in the bottom of the 8th and they hit back to back to back homeruns to help put the game out of reach. Final was 13-5. The Rowan vs. Lexington series is going to be tightly contested.
Toomy B
07-13-07, 12:35 PM
I thought Ryan Carter was a 15 yr old. Is that not strange pitching on such little rest and pitching in such a crucial game? How about the wrist injury. How did that occur? What pitchers has Mocksville used in this series? Also who/whom is available to pitch? What are your predictions on the outcome? Does Mocksville choke?
CCHSvikefan81
07-13-07, 12:45 PM
I heard during the bottom of the 9th last nite Mocksville was out of pitchers and that was why they didnt change last nite, Who will pitch for Post 51 I saw Keith Carrigan warming up last nite after pitching 4 innings on Tuesday also Cody Walker pitched 9.2 strong innings on Monday, and Dempsey was pitching good until he had to be taken out due to some weird circumstances last nite. It would seem like Concord is in a better situation pitching wise but we will see tonite i guess.
dakota44
07-13-07, 01:39 PM
Carter is a 15 year old, but he has been in pressure situations this past season in high school. He had a win against West Forsyth, started the CPC championship game and basically shut-out East Rowan in the state playoffs (1 unearned run in bottom of 7th).
His wrist was injured about 2 weeks ago, and was re-aggravated Tuesday night when a Concord player drilled one back at him, but his dad told me last night that he is fine now. He was coming in the game last night but the coach elected to go with King instead.
As far as Mocksville pitching, they were not out last night, just bad timing on subs and limited subs. Starting shortstop is out with injury, Tom Kuell is sick and Brad Corriher is gone. McDaniel can pitch if necessary, Carter only has 4 innings this week, and Justin Moody and Justin Kidd only has a few in this week. But as CC said, we'll see tonight :munching_out:
travisunc
07-13-07, 01:49 PM
I would be shocked if McDaniel does not pitch for Mocksville tonight.
Eagles 1313
07-13-07, 04:57 PM
Bad News for the #2 seed Kernersville....they will be losing Kenny Swab for the rest of the season (He will play on Sunday, but that will be his last game for Kernersville unless they advance a lot farther). Kenny has a hernia and will be having surgery on Monday....he is having this done so he will not miss any time at Young Harris when he starts there on August 20th. Please pray for him and his family and pray for his surgery and that he returns 100%. Kenny left his mark in Kernersville this year and I am glad that he has his head on straight and he has many bright years ahead of him
Prayin for ya Kenny!!
Friday July 13 Scores:
Southern Div.
Concord 11 Mocksville 6 (Concord Wins Series 3-2)
Northern Div.
Burlington 11 Rockingham 6 (Burlington Wins Series 3-2)
Congrats to Concord,,,,, must say a surprise the way Mocksville finished the regular season strong, but I gotta tip the hat to my fellow Cabarrus County boys.
So am I correct, Concord will face South Rowan in Round 2? If so, that would be a series between 2 locals who are both playing well, albeit Concord pitching arms may be tired right now with only 1 day rest before Sunday's start.
Village Idiot
07-14-07, 12:56 PM
props to Concord! :party:
I'd like to give some props to Burlington Post 63. They started out very slow this summer but all good legion programs know how to win when it counts. congrats
South Rowan takes a 1-0 series lead in a great pitcher's duel.
WP- Brown
LP- Carrigan
travisunc
07-15-07, 09:14 PM
Rowan County moved to (30-2) and defeated Lexington (20-10) 5-4 at Newman Park Sunday night. DC Cranford hit a 2-run homer and added a double while Corbin Shive came on in relief of Keegan Linza and Matt Hall and retired all 8 hitters he faced to pick up the win. Linza was effectively wild as he only allowed 2 hits, but walked 7 and struck out 6 in 5 innings of work.
Lexington 4 5 1
Rowan 5 7 2
Other area scores:
Concord 2
S. Rowan 3
Burlington 1
Randolph 18
High Point 6
Kernersville 9
legionfan
07-15-07, 09:18 PM
Walker Snow tremendous clutch pitching to preserve the South victory. Entered in eighth with bases loaded and got two huge Ks to strand all 3. Worked around solo homer in ninth to preserve the South game one victory.
aintbaseballgreat9
07-15-07, 10:31 PM
does anyone believe lex has a chance in this series after losing game 1?
travisunc
07-15-07, 10:45 PM
Lexington, has a chance they are a quality team and well coached. Not to sound too much like Yogi Berra, but every game they lose that chance gets smaller with the quality of Rowan's pitching staff.
Rowan has one of the deepest pitching staff I have ever seen in Legion Ball. They rival some small colleges.
Game #1 -- Keegan Linza (South Carolina signee)
Game #2-- Cy Young (Wilkes Community)
Game #3-- Lee Dupree (Catawba College)
Game #4-- Weston Church(West Rowan All State--Co Rowan County POY)
In the bull pen--Phillip Hilliard (Wingate), Corbin Shive (East Rowan, State Games), Matt Hall (All County), Alex Britt (All County), Tanner Brown (All County), Jason Ridenhour (All County), and possibly Trey Holmes who was injured at East Rowan and hasn't pitched yet this year. Holmes has been throwing on the side and was projected to be East's ace before the injury.
Rowan's offense if very good, but not ridiculously great. If Lexington can score some runs, they can make a series out of it.
Obviously Lexington has a chance,,,,,,, but as travis stated and I've stated all year, starting pitching is Rowan's strength. Rowan will be extremely difficult to beat in a series play, because they can bring a bonafide stud to the mound every night when most teams will get weaker on the mound about the 3rd/4th game. I also agree that offense is "not" Rowan's strength, so their chances of winning the state title are not as great in our current state tournament format where one loss can put them in a loser's bracket. Rowan's team with their depth in pitching is just geared to be awful strong in a series, it wouldn't matter who they were playing.
Btw Legionfan, I'm glad you gave Walker Snow props for his super relief job in South Rowan's win over Concord,,, I posted when I had other things going on, so there was obviously things I left out of my initial post. But as Legionfan stated, Concord was rallying in the 8th and loaded the bases with only 1 out, when Snow came in with 2 huge K's. If I'm not mistaken, Snow also hit a 2-run homerun earlier in the game which turned out to be the difference in the game. So he had a great night.
UK7Dook3
07-16-07, 09:13 AM
Gee, I'm glad to hear that Lex at least has a 'chance'. I'll let Griff & the boys know. They'll be glad to hear it.
Gee, I'm glad to hear that Lex at least has a 'chance'. I'll let Griff & the boys know. They'll be glad to hear it.
:laugh4:
Sorry UK7Dook3,,, didn't mean any slight towards Lexington with my response. The man asked if they had a chance, and my response is a "yes".
UK7Dook3
07-16-07, 12:40 PM
TJ--No offense was taken for sure. I just found it humorous that Lex split with Rowan, losing the 2nd game after leading 7-1...
And then last night Lex was ahead 4-3 in the 7th & gave up a 2 run dinger. And Lex had a horrible call at the plate that robbed them of another run.
But someone would raise the question: Does Lexington even have a chance? Made me smile. Just like I did when people said North Davidson had zero chance to beat S Caldwell...and yet they were one pitch (game one) & one swing (game 3) from sweeping all 3 games.
By the way, pitching depth diminishes if rain days get in the mix. Over a 50% chance of rain on Tues/Wed. If Watson wins tonight at home, watch out.
legionfan
07-16-07, 12:42 PM
which lexington davidson field for tonight's lexington rowan game? this series could go deep - lexington beat rowan earlier, had them beat in game two before a tremendous rowan rally, and last night was very close of course. two very very good teams.
legionfan
07-16-07, 12:56 PM
I see now it is Holt-Moffitt - if anyone can provide directions or a link to directions then that would be great - thanks.
UK7Dook3
07-16-07, 01:43 PM
Yes, at Holt Moffit....which is on the southwest side of Lexingtonon West 9th Avenue (just off Main Street which is also Hwy 70/29).
Here is a link to google map which shows Holt Moffit field.
http://www.google.com/maps?q=Lexington,+NC,+USA&sa=X&oi=map&ct=title
UK7Dook3,,,, agreed, Lexington is certainly capable of winning this series. I did hear that you guys were leading 4-3 late last night, so I guess I wasn't really thinking about "why" someone would be asking the question if you guys still had a chance when I posted my response. Certainly you do.
travisunc
07-16-07, 09:25 PM
Rowan (31-2) defeated Lexington tonight 7-4 to take a 2-0 lead in the best of 5 series. Cy Young moved to (7-0) throwing 8 innings, striking out 11 and walking 0. Young scatterd 5 hits and allowed 3 runs. Alex Britt came on to pitch the ninth. Jason Ridenhour added 3 hits for Rowan. Clay Watson (4-3) took the loss for Lexington. Tonights matchup is Lee Dupree vs. Nathan Dunn.
South Rowan defeated Concord 4-1. Walker Snow, who came on in relief in game 1, pitched a complete game in game two only allowing an unearned run. Daniel Wagner went 2-4 at the plate and added a homerun.
I think rain was affecting the Northern Division games. Last I heard Kernersville was leading High Point 13-2 in the 8th inning and Randolph was ahead of Burlington 6-0 in the 2nd.
UK7Dook3
07-16-07, 10:27 PM
Uh, OK...somebody re-ask the question...because even I know the answer now.:17:
K-Town-Yankee
07-16-07, 10:34 PM
S Rowan4
Concord 1
WP:Snow
S Rowan leads series 2-0.
UK7Dook3,,,,,,,,,, :lipsrsealed2: I ain't saying nothing... :biggrin:
No kidding, it ain't over with Lexington's sticks, good luck.
I love 'em to death, but Lexington is toast. Last night was their chance to make it a series. They would have to first win tonight - and Nathan Dunn has done a great job this year, but facing Lee Dupree on the road is a tall task. Then, even if that were to happen they would have to come back with Sechrest and Watson on real short rest. The fat lady hasn't sung, but she is in the bullpen getting loose.
legionfan
07-17-07, 10:10 PM
Rowan sweeps Lexington. Details later.
aintbaseballgreat9
07-17-07, 11:21 PM
concord wins 14-13 behind a late rally to make the series 2-1 south
legionfan
07-18-07, 12:46 AM
Rowan Lexington Details:
Rowan in control from first inning. Hitters putting up 6 runs in first 5 innings; Dupre holding Lexington to 1. Almost got 10-run rule in 8th, shame they didn't cause 9th ugly, marred by 2 HBP (one Grubb hopefully okay; hit in head) and 3 Rowan errors from their normally stout D (partially due to field, partially sloppy play with big lead, partially shaken by Grubb HBP). Lex batted around in the inning, Wilhelm (earlier had homered) with chance to make it interesting down 5 with bases loaded, but Shives Kd him. Assuming Kernersville next - could be interesting - Kernersville pitching strong.
braves7
07-18-07, 12:36 PM
when does the third round of the playoffs start
legionguy17
07-18-07, 01:26 PM
does anyone have Northern division 2nd round details??
Respectthegame
07-18-07, 02:44 PM
2nd Round Area III Northern status
Randolph Co. wins series (3-0); open with winner of South Rowan\Concord series @ McCrary Park on 7/21
High Point @ Kernersville 7/18
Kernersville leads series (2-0); winner of this series @ Rowan on 7/21
gorowan
07-18-07, 06:49 PM
braves7,
Rowan faces winner of Kernersville/High Point Saturday for third round. I imagine the rest are scheduled for Sat. too.
Good to finally have some Rowan folks posting on TBR,,,,,,,,,,,, as great as a legion program that Rowan has and as big as a legion hotbed that Rowan County is with your storied history,,, you guys haven't had much voice on the best prep baseball message board over the last few years. As one of your opponents, I have found myself having to stand up for you guys on more than one occasion. Great to have you aboard and hopefully there will be many more Rowan posters joining in the future.... :52:
Btw, South Rowan closed out their series with Concord tonight by winning 6-5, winning the series 3 games to 1. C.J. Neal pitched a great complete game for South. Congrats to Concord on making a good playoff run after finishing 7th in the regular season. South Rowan now travels to Randolph County to start the next series on Saturday night.
legionfan
07-18-07, 11:29 PM
couldn't ask for two better series than south vs randolph and rowan vs kernersville (assuming kernersville).
aintbaseballgreat9
07-19-07, 12:17 AM
any predictions for the 3rd round series?
Predictions? Obviously, Randolph County and Rowan has to be the favorites based on what they've done this summer. But they play the games for a reason.
TriadMan23
07-20-07, 12:55 AM
I predict Randolph and Kernersville
Triadman, I agree with you that Kville/Rowan should be a better series than Randolph/SR,,,,, but if Rowan County hits the ball like they did against a very strong Lexington team, Rowan should be a favorite to win the state title in Garner, especially given their strongpoints are depth in quality pitching, D and coaching. They're not 31-2 by a fluke.
bobcats123
07-20-07, 04:51 PM
is round 3 a 7 game series or a 5 game series?
Respectthegame
07-20-07, 05:29 PM
4 out of 7-alternating sites
TriadMan23
07-20-07, 07:25 PM
no doubt they'll both be good series's
i just gave my opinion. that's not to say that rowan can't win the series. i just think kernersville is playing really good at the right time. they have alot of quality arms as well.
Triad,,,, fair enough, and who knows you could be right. Kernersville is certainly capable. Btw, I will be at Newman Park for Game 1 on Saturday night,,, will you be there? Always enjoy meeting TBR folks. For that matter, any other Kernersville or some of our new Rowan posters, let me know how I can meet some of you.
Triad,,,, fair enough, and who knows you could be right. Kernersville is certainly capable. Btw, I will be at Newman Park for Game 1 on Saturday night,,, will you be there? Always enjoy meeting TBR folks. For that matter, any other Kernersville or some of our new Rowan posters, let me know how I can meet some of you.
tj....congratuations...1000 posts!!!!!!
Thanks Braves, maybe I can cash that in and buy you the dinner I owe you... :sifone:
legionfan
07-21-07, 10:03 PM
south rowan wins game one on the road 5 - 3. rowan county ninth inning comeback (down 1 heading in) to knock off kernersville 8 - 7. details later...
That is HUGE for South Rowan. Seems like everyone was conceding this series to Randolph County, yet the South players have been playing so well all season, is it possible they are a team of destiny? For South to take game 1 on the road and come back home tomorrow night leading 1-0,,, it will be awful tough on Randolph if South goes up 2-0.
Looks like I'll be in China Grove tomorrow night. Congrats to South.
legionfan
07-22-07, 12:20 AM
agree TJ. if things break right, see you at South tomorrow - i'll be the guy running around at times video down right field line, at times photos back home plate, at times taking notes. i expect huge effort from randolph tomorrow night, but South has steadily improved all year, and showed tonight what they are capable of.
TriadMan23
07-22-07, 01:06 AM
TJ21, i'm not a kernersville person. i won't be at the games but i'm interested in seeing how it goes. sounds like game 1 was a great game, and the rest should be as well. who pitched game 1 for both teams?
Triadman,,,, Cy Young (7-0) pitched for Rowan County,,, sorry can't remember the K'ville pitcher's name. But you were right, K'ville came to play, and they almost TOOK game 1. And as for me, I'm not a Rowan supporter either,,, but what I was trying to say earlier about picking against Rowan, came up and bit K'ville last night. In order to beat Rowan at Rowan, you must have a good lead going into the late innings. Because that Rowan home crowd is worth a good comeback against anyone in the 7,8,9 innings especially if the game is close.
This should be a good series, probably go 6 games. I expect USC signee Keegan Linza to be on the hill for Rowan tonight when it moves up to K'ville for game 2.
As I have said all year long,,,,,, teams can beat Rowan in one game (thats baseball), but Rowan's strength is they will throw a fresh college-caliber pitcher every game in this series. There are better hitting teams around than Rowan,,,,,, but Rowan's strength is starting pitching, D and coaching. They are now 33-2.
Eagles 1313
07-22-07, 02:55 PM
Logan Self threw last night for Kernersville and Alex Phetteplace came in-relief....I am thinking that Linza will be going against HPU signee Josh Weaver....should be a low scoring affair tonight...but now that I said that it will probably be a slugfest.....I'll see everyone at East Forsyth tonight!
legionfan
07-22-07, 09:40 PM
south steamrolls randolph in game two 14 - 2 (ten run rule in seventh)
Eagles 1313
07-22-07, 09:50 PM
Rowan County 3 6 0
Kernersville 1 7 4
WP: Keegan Linza 8+IP 10K's 1ER
SV: Corbin Shive 1 IP 3K's
LP: Josh Weaver 9IP 13K's 4BB 2ER 3R
this game was as advertised....great pitching and very low scoring game....Rowan capitalized on 2 walks and 2 errors in the first inning and that was all they needed....Great crowd tonight in Kernersville and very excited about going to Newman Park tomorrow night.....any TBR's gonna be there tomorrow night??
WOW,,,,, South Rowan is simply clicking on all cylinders. Up 2-0 in the series now, South is playing with confidence and handily beat a very good Randolph team tonight, in fact made it look easy. It ain't over yet, but congrats South on another big win tonight.
Eagles, not sure about tomorrow night yet, but I plan to be at Newman Park as of right now. Will let you know tomorrow.
Eagles 1313
07-22-07, 09:57 PM
Sounds good tj...i think i still have your number in my phone from last year...I'm even more excited b/c my lil bro is gonna be pitching...hoping that he can shut down a very talented Rowan team
west boy
07-22-07, 11:37 PM
who is your little brother?
Eagles 1313
07-22-07, 11:46 PM
#5 Ryan Dull and you would be??
west boy
07-23-07, 12:20 AM
My name is Drew Sechler, I am a new poster on here. I had been posting on nc preps, but there doesn't seem to be too much discussion going on over there so I decided to come over here. I am a diehard Rowan legion fan. I usually make it to most of the games.
Eagles 1313
07-23-07, 12:28 AM
Well i will be there tomorrow night.....i'll send you a PM later and maybe we can meet up...always great to meet people off of TBR
west boy
07-23-07, 12:30 AM
alright
Westboy,,, welcome to TBR, this is a great board in terms of baseball discussion,,, I would recommend this legion board and the preps baseball board too if you like to follow NC high school/legion baseball.
To Eagles,,, its already looking this morning like I may not make it tonight, but best of luck to your brother. Maybe I can catch you at a game later in the series.
legionfan
07-23-07, 11:17 AM
Rowan County 3 6 0
Kernersville 1 7 4
WP: Keegan Linza 8+IP 10K's 1ER
SV: Corbin Shive 1 IP 3K's
LP: Josh Weaver 9IP 13K's 4BB 2ER 3R
this game was as advertised....great pitching and very low scoring game....Rowan capitalized on 2 walks and 2 errors in the first inning and that was all they needed....Great crowd tonight in Kernersville and very excited about going to Newman Park tomorrow night.....any TBR's gonna be there tomorrow night??
if all goes well today, i'll be there, and definitely Will Robinson (writes most of our LR Rowan Legion posts) will be there. hope see you out there if so.
Eagles 1313
07-23-07, 12:44 PM
Where are you going to be at legion fan??
legionfan
07-23-07, 05:46 PM
eagles: i'm going to miss it unfortunately...my son still sick...will robinson will be there for us...if you spot guy w/ two app state football championship rings on his fingers, a notebook, and a camera, then you got the right guy...
legionfan
07-23-07, 09:40 PM
12 - 3 Rowan over Kernersville at Newman, taking 3 - 0 series lead
west boy
07-23-07, 09:59 PM
Rowan is in the driver's seat tonight after the big win at Newman Park in front of a masive crowd. Weston Church will get the start Tuesday at Kernersville.
aintbaseballgreat9
07-23-07, 11:55 PM
SR 5
Randolph 8
series 2-1 SR..
So it looks like we have a series with Randolph and South now,,, good, should be a good crowd in China Grove tonight.
legionfan
07-24-07, 07:59 AM
Even down 2 - 0 playing at home, Randolph struggled to win this game, and South didn't capitalize on a few key opportunities. A win is a win is a win, but I still expect Randolph to start playing better, and South to return to form, making tonight a potentially terrific and pivotal game four.
Eagles 1313
07-24-07, 01:22 PM
Heard from my brother that Casey Smith (GTCC) will be stating tonight and not Eli Robins like the paper thinks.....I'm sure Eli will pitch sometime tonight since Kernersville cannot loose another game.....See you at East Forsyth tonight!
The Randolph County boys came to South Rowan swinging their bats and never trailed in this game winning 9-2 to even the series at 2-2. Pivotal 5th game in Asheboro tomorrow night, as the threat of rain grows for remainder of week, so 7 game series is in jeopardy.
Eagles 1313
07-24-07, 10:28 PM
Rowan County, for the 4th night in a row, capitalized on Kernersville's errors and walks. Kernersville committed 16 errors in 4 games which helped them end their season. This game was called in the 7th inning because of bad field conditions after the consistant rain that started falling in the 5th inning. The score reverts back to the 6th and last completed inning
Rowan 11
Kernersville 3
Kernersville finishes with a 21-13 record and a lot of the team coming back next year....good luck to Rowan in the State Championship tournament and the Area III Championship
legionfan
07-24-07, 11:07 PM
The Randolph County boys came to South Rowan swinging their bats and never trailed in this game winning 9-2 to even the series at 2-2. Pivotal 5th game in Asheboro tomorrow night, as the threat of rain grows for remainder of week, so 7 game series is in jeopardy.
What are the rules re: the rain - are there scenarios in which the series would not go the distance (other than one team sweeping the next two games)? Either way, that sure was a huge performance from Pritchard (normally a reliever) throwing nine innings, and giving Randoph pen a night off.
Eagles 1313
07-24-07, 11:10 PM
If the final 2 games cant be played then it goes to best out of 5 and if the 5th game cant be played i believe it reverts back to a best of 3....just guessin here....can someone back me up here??
If the final 2 games cant be played then it goes to best out of 5 and if the 5th game cant be played i believe it reverts back to a best of 3....just guessin here....can someone back me up here??
You are right, would go back to a best of 3
west boy
07-25-07, 12:12 AM
Rowan advances to the state tourney in Garner!!!! I think after that game 1 where Rowan rallied to win, I think that really hurt K-ville's spirit. They made too many mistakes this series, you can't do that against Rowan. Rowan will play either neighbor SR or have to play Randolph County. The lone highlight for K-ville tonight was when the centerfielder (I'm not sure of his name) robbed Micah Jarrett of a homerun. He just reached over the fence and pulled it back. I was amazed and all the Rowan fans stood and cheered for the great play. I'm guessing the next series would start Sunday?? I could be wrong.
Eagles 1313
07-25-07, 12:23 AM
Brandon McKinney...and yes I assume sunday as well
Eagles and Tools are correct,,,,, anytime rain shortens a series, the series reverts back to a smaller series. In fact I have seen a series years ago revert back to who won game 1.
As for Rowan,,,,,,, they are playing good ball right now, period. As I said awhile back, if they hit the ball they are state contenders, because they are just strong in other areas of the game.
Congrats to Kernersville on a great season.
TriadMan23
07-25-07, 05:24 PM
well, i was wrong with that prediction huh? predicting kernersville over rowan.
i do agree though that game 1 was the killer. i won't say game 1 cost kernersville the series, but i think if they would have held on to their lead in the 9th inning and took game 1, they would have at least made it a 6 or 7 game series.
congratulations to rowan, and good luck to south rowan and randolph county in the final portion of their series.
rowan's next series will only be for placement in the state tournament right? seems to me you'd almost be better off saving some pitching, rather than wasting alot of it in a somewhat meaningless series in the Area III championship.
i know rowan has plenty of arms and i dont mean that for them particularly, i just mean for any team, seems like a good idea to hold back some pitching.
west boy
07-25-07, 07:31 PM
I really don't think Gantt will hold anybody back because he likes everyone to get good work in. It should still be the same rotation as previous. Cy Young, Keegan Linza, Lee Dupre, and Weston Church. The bullpen might work out a little bit differently, but Gantt still wants everyone to get some work. If K-ville would have won last night and they would have had a game 5, I'm thinking that Phillip Hilliard would've got the start. He hasn't pitched that much this year and last year he was Rowan's best reliever(closer) but he has lost something on his fastball and has thrown a lot of breaking pitches. He started once this year and got the win. They just are blessed with a lot of really good arms and not everyone gets to pitch a whole lot. Alex Britt and Corbin Shive have been the prime relievers followed by Tanner Brown and Matt Hall. First baseman Trey Holmes would've probably been the number 3 or 4 starter this year but he got hurt earlier in the high school season with East Rowan so he probably won't see any action until the next high school season and then of course next year with the legion team. My point is I don't think Gannt will hold any of his best arms back just because this series doesn't really mean anything except seeding, I guess that might mean something, I'm not really sure.
I've told folks that Gantt and the attitude he brings to the ballpark every night is one of Rowan's strengths, he coaches every game to win,,,,,,,,,,, obviously some coaches would occasionally find reasons to change things around and this same group would still be good, but they wouldn't be 35-2,,,,, they'd be around 30-10.
South wins game 5 tonight 10-6
Lead series 3-2
legionguy17
07-26-07, 12:04 AM
game 6 @ south tomorrow night...
Justin Yow (Randolph) vs. Rudy Brown (South)
should be a good one...
aintbaseballgreat9
07-26-07, 12:18 AM
china grove will definitely be the place to be tomorrow
west boy
07-26-07, 07:49 AM
I'll be there
baseball820
07-26-07, 02:18 PM
south up 3-2 in series, could wrap it up tonight at home. ace vs ace, rudy brown vs justin yow. should be a good one.
west boy
07-26-07, 10:00 PM
Randolph wins tonight 5-0 to force a game 7 Friday night back in Asheboro. Strong pitching by Yow and relievers and some clutch hits lifted Randolph to this one. Zach "Rudy" Brown started for South and was effective until his pitch count ran up and I think their coach left him in there too long. South does not have a lot of pitching past Brown and Walker Snow. Ben Bunting should get the start tomorrow for Randolph. Not sure who will be going for South.
countryboy17
07-27-07, 12:19 PM
My son and I went to South last night and enjoyed the game. Clutch hitting by RC was the difference.
Missed the half-n-half by 6 numbers, Big pot too, I think it was around $600.00!!!!! My luck hasn't been too good lately, missed a pot in Concord by 2 this year for a couple hundred.
Good Luck SR tonight!
what kinda crowds you folks drawing? gut feeling tells me this year's state tourney will draw one heck of a crowd. :cheers2:
www.nclegion2007.com
Congrats Countryboy, you were real close,,,,,,,, I missed that $600 pot by 200...:thumbsdown:
west boy
07-27-07, 07:03 PM
There was a lot of regular Rowan supporters at the South game last night including myself, and I think that had something to do with the big pot. At Newman Park(where Rowan plays) it's not unusual to have pots up to 800 dollars. Fans love their legion ball around here.
Eagles 1313
07-27-07, 09:42 PM
South Rowan 4
Randolph county 5
Randolph County is goin to the states and will play Rowan starting Sunday? or maybe tomorrow? good luck to both teams!
Someone posted on ncpreps that Rowan/Randolph is a Best of 7 slated to start Saturday night. Randolph County won a coin toss to win home field advantage but they forfeited Game 1 to Rowan.
I can imagine why... 8 games in 8 days would be tough. Surprised they would have them start Saturday to begin with.
Is this true?
fpFANATIC
07-27-07, 11:04 PM
Someone posted on ncpreps that Rowan/Randolph is a Best of 7 slated to start Saturday night. Randolph County won a coin toss to win home field advantage but they forfeited Game 1 to Rowan.
I can imagine why... 8 games in 8 days would be tough. Surprised they would have them start Saturday to begin with.
Is this true?
Yep. McCrary was being used by the Copperheads tomorrow night. So game 1 was switched to Rowan with games 2 & 3 to be at RC. Forfeit game #1 for a rest day. I don't understand the rush over a day, especially when there are field issues. The series would have moved along just fine starting on Sunday. Hats to the Area 3 commish :thumbsdown: .
SR played a great series.
RaleighDevil
07-27-07, 11:13 PM
Don't ever expect an area commissioners to do anything that makes sense, and then be pleasantly surprised when they do.
I think Bob does a SUPER job in Area I
legionfan
07-28-07, 12:06 AM
Does it get any better than a two-out, walk-off, game seven bomb? Quite an end to a great series between two solid, well-coached teams. The stuff Legion Baseball is made of. Hats off to both teams - South played as well down the stretch and in the playoffs as any team in Area III, and Randolph of course has been good all year, and rebounded nicely from being down 0 - 2, and 2 - 3.
legionguy17
07-28-07, 02:21 AM
One of the best games you could ever see. Neither team played nervous and it was one to remember. Justin Yow started things for Randolph with a solo bomb to make it 1-0 early. After several missed opportunities against Randolph starter Ben Bunting, South finally capitalized in the 5th with a 2 run double by Justin Lane. Bunting answered in the 6th with a solo homer of his own to tie it at 2. Jonathon Basinger put South back ahead with a solo blast in the 8th. However, Randolph quickly answered with an RBI single by Stephen Davis in the bottom of the inning. In the 9th, Walker Snow delivered a 2 out RBI single to score Daniel Wagner and give South a 4-3 advantage. South then turned to Rudy Brown in the bottom of the 9th. The leadoff batter reached and advanced to second on Bunting's sac bunt. Brown induced Josh Hohn to fly out to center and the runner at second faked to third to draw a throw. The throw bounced off the SR 3rd baseman and into the bleachers, and the runner at second was awarded 3rd and home to tie it at 4. One pitch later, Randolph's Neil Pritchard ended the game and the series with a walk-off homer to left-center. This was a classic example of 2 teams leaving everything on the field for a berth in the state tournament.
Randolph advances to play Rowan in the Area III championship; it was originally said that they will forfeit game 1 of a best of 7 series and play games 2 and 3 in Asheboro. However, the Salisbury Post is reporting that the series has been reduced to a best of 5 series and game 1 will be played Sunday in Asheboro. Don't hold me to that. Just telling you what i read. Although they fell short, South earned a lot of respect from a lot of people who didn't believe they had a chance in this series.
UK7Dook3
07-28-07, 05:45 AM
Wow! Talk about a 'rip your guts out' moment. This is the classic example of 2 teams who didn't deserve to lose.
:clap:Congrats to Randolph. South Rowan, you proved your merit. No reason to hang your heads today.:clap:
fpFANATIC
07-28-07, 09:43 AM
One of the best games you could ever see. Neither team played nervous and it was one to remember. Justin Yow started things for Randolph with a solo bomb to make it 1-0 early. After several missed opportunities against Randolph starter Ben Bunting, South finally capitalized in the 5th with a 2 run double by Justin Lane. Bunting answered in the 6th with a solo homer of his own to tie it at 2. Jonathon Basinger put South back ahead with a solo blast in the 8th. However, Randolph quickly answered with an RBI single by Stephen Davis in the bottom of the inning. In the 9th, Walker Snow delivered a 2 out RBI single to score Daniel Wagner and give South a 4-3 advantage. South then turned to Rudy Brown in the bottom of the 9th. The leadoff batter reached and advanced to second on Bunting's sac bunt. Brown induced Josh Hohn to fly out to center and the runner at second faked to third to draw a throw. The throw bounced off the SR 3rd baseman and into the bleachers, and the runner at second was awarded 3rd and home to tie it at 4. One pitch later, Randolph's Neil Pritchard ended the game and the series with a walk-off homer to left-center. This was a classic example of 2 teams leaving everything on the field for a berth in the state tournament.
Randolph advances to play Rowan in the Area III championship; it was originally said that they will forfeit game 1 of a best of 7 series and play games 2 and 3 in Asheboro. However, the Salisbury Post is reporting that the series has been reduced to a best of 5 series and game 1 will be played Sunday in Asheboro. Don't hold me to that. Just telling you what i read. Although they fell short, South earned a lot of respect from a lot of people who didn't believe they had a chance in this series.
It is being reported the same in the Asheboro paper. Maybe folks thought a little about it after leaving McCrary. Either way RC gets a badly needed day off. Congrats to South Rowan. That is a gritty team.
Actually Bob Beason is the Area 3 commissioner and yes he's done a good job,,, this final series can be reduced to 5 games or fewer because it is only for a trophy and seeding purposes in Garner. The semifinal series was the one that needed to go 7 games because of its importance to the teams who qualified.
Rowan and Randolph should be a good series. A rested Rowan team with great pitching,,,,,,,, but Randolph is swinging the bats well right now. Hope to see some of you at Newman Park this week.
RaleighDevil
07-28-07, 10:23 PM
I don't have a problem with our commissioner. I'm just going by experience with the knuckleheads we've had.
west boy
07-28-07, 10:37 PM
Rowan and Randolph split during the regular season with Rowan winning at home and Randolph winning at home. Rowan held a 10-5 lead in that game and a 10-8 lead going into the 9th inning before Randolph eventually won via a Ben Bunting walk-off granny. These are two really good teams who are going to represent Area III well in the state tourney. I think Rowan will win the series because of their stellar starting pitching (& relief) but Randolph is certainly capable. Cy Young should start game 1 for Rowan. I'm not sure who will be going for Randolph. Somebody could help me out if they know. Anyways I hope to see some posters at McCrary Park Sunday night and at Newman Park Monday.
TriadMan23
07-28-07, 11:04 PM
these are quite possibly the two best teams in all of north carolina and i really hope they dont wear themselves out beating up on each other
legionguy17
07-28-07, 11:10 PM
Randolph's pitching should be spent from the 7 game series w/ South. Ace Justin Yow threw Thursday and may be given some rest during this series. Stephen Davis, Ben Bunting, and Neil Pritchard all threw significant innings the last 2 or 3 games during South. Somebody like Seth Isaacs, who threw game 5 vs. South, could end up being the game 1 starter for Randolph as they try to recuperate from the 7 game battle with South.
fpFANATIC
07-29-07, 08:00 AM
I'd expect to see Tyler McSwaim on the hill for the 45 as long as his forearm isn't bothering him too much from the foul line shot off him while on 3B in game 6.
Someone help me with a math/baseball question here. The Salisbury paper is reporting whining about Randolph forfeiting game #1 costing Rowan $5K. Randolph won the toss and game 1 should have been in Asheboro for that reason. Theoretically Rowan would have only gotten 3 games at their place, games 2,4, and 6. Randolph just surrended homefield advantage and have games 2,4, and 6 in Asheboro. Which would mean even after the forfeit, Rowan could have games 3, 5, and 7 at Rowan. I'm not swearing to be a math major, but Rowans initial 3 games that were possible to be at home (2,4,6) are still a total of 3 (3,5,7). Surely as an employee of a college some people can count to 3 twice without becoming confused. Had Rowan won the coin toss and been entitled to 4 games, I could understand this, but they DID NOT, and will still (theoretically) have 3 games scheduled at home. You got "gipped" alright sir, but it wasn't $5K. You shouldn't have let your girlfriend do your math homework.
I do hope you TBR folks can count and are not swayed by that ignorant rambling from you know who.
Nevermind this post, I didn't understand what folks were talking about until I saw today's newspaper. Look at my next post below.
legionguy17
07-29-07, 02:51 PM
the only way Rowan is getting "gipped" is they were guaranteed 2 home games and if they would sweep, they would only get 1... i can see where he's coming from if this ends up being the result
Ok, I understand what the Rowan folks are saying now,,,,, apparently Game 1 was ruled a forfeit to Rowan who is now up 1-0 in the series, and while Rowan is pleased to be up 1-0 with a Game 1 forfeit, the FACT of the matter is that nobody bought a ticket and therefore Rowan made no money. So essentially they feel screwed from a dollars and cents standpoint because Game 2 resumes tonight in Randolph.
And legionguy17 is right, if Rowan proceeds to sweep this 7 game series in 4 games, with Game 2 & 4 in Randolph, there will be no split after an odd game, and Rowan actually will only host one home game (Game 3).
fpFANATIC, you are right in that Rowan could still possibly get 3 home games, but they would keep the entire gates from games 2,4,6 had it stayed the way it was supposed to be,,,,, but in changing the schedule Rowan now must split a game 7 gate if the series goes that far. So while Game 1 never happened, essentially Rowan will have to split one of their 3 gates if it goes that far,,,,,,,,,,,, and worst case scenario financially is Rowan sweeps but only has one gate (game 3).
This may seem trivial to some folks, but in operating a ballclub, I can tell you firsthand that teams depend on making money in the playoffs and folks who run ballclubs count on making big money this time of the year. I know for a fact Rowan is probably making $5000 per home game at the gate alone this late in the season, not counting concessions and $500 halfnhalfs. So to take away a home game from them, we're talking serious money.
If Randolph in fact won the coin flip for homefield and then elected to forfeit Game 1 just to get a day off, then the Rowan folks are saying Game 2 should be played at Rowan tonight, not at Randolph. The only solution I see the Area Commissioner should consider if he wants to make this right would be to waive the split after an odd game. If the series goes 5 or 7 games now, Rowan keeps the entire final gate without a split. Eliminating the split, would now give both teams the same number of full gates each. Just my 2 cents.
RaleighDevil
07-29-07, 03:42 PM
Every team that won is glad to be going to Garner. Some consider the area series to be without much meaning. Hence, you get this mess. I have been very critical of commissioners using their powers in arbitrary ways not in accordance with the rules of baseball, but it seems that the man in charge should have stepped in and told Randolph it would play or be subjected to a stiff fine.
west boy
07-30-07, 12:45 AM
Randolph 15
Rowan 14 (extra innings)
Plenty of offense to go around and some rare Rowan mistakes allow Randolph to win. The winning run crossed on a passed ball. There were some questionable calls in this game late that could've gone Rowan's way. The winning run that scored should have been out because the previous batter flew out to short right field and he thought about scoring and came about half way before going back. Catcher Jacob Dobbins threw to 3rd baseman Weston Church and he appeared to tag him on the back way before he got back to 3rd base. But the ump called him safe. Dirk Swing was the umpire behind the plate and was all over that place as usual for both teams. Rowan held an early 6-0 lead and 12-6 lead late. Rowan starter Keegan Linza was knocked around and still could've been in line for the win if the bullpen had not got knocked around as well. Neither team played that great and Rowan had some rare throwing errors late that really hurt them and they never do stuff like that. Rowan threw the ball past first twice. Rowan also left a lot of runners in scoring position and they struck out way too much. Randolph's pitchers gave up plenty of hits as well but they got out of a lot of jams. The series is now tied 1-1 with game 3 Monday night at Newman Park. I expect a much more calm and ready to play Rowan team than I saw tonight. I think the long layoff hurt them a little because they were just a little rusty. Credit Randolph for not laying over, they made a great comeback. Cy Young should get the start Monday for Rowan.
legionguy17
07-30-07, 01:04 AM
who did randolph throw? for a game to be this high scoring they had to use plenty of arms and i would think their arms would be very limited at this point...
and rowan is guaranteed at least 2 home games now
west boy
07-30-07, 09:19 AM
Underwood, Ozment, McSwain, and Marsh
GAME THREE
Randolph 5, Rowan 4
fpFANATIC
07-30-07, 10:22 PM
Randolph 5 Rowan 4
WP-Pritchard
LP-Young
Issacs throws solid 4+, Pritchard, Davis, Ozment, and Marsh the 9th.
Marsh has a win and save with 4Ks in 2 IPs in series. We didn't count on that.
Bunting solo HR in 1st.
Marsh - 3 hits, a walk, and 3 runs scored.
Young - 3 hits.
west boy
07-30-07, 10:27 PM
:banghead:
Randolph takes a 2-1 series lead of the Area III finals. Rowan could never really get back to back hits. Randolph lead 4-0 and Rowan rallied to tie it at 4-4 behind another large crowd at Newman Park. Rowan starter Cy Young was touched for 4 runs including a leadoff first pitch homerun to UNC signee Ben Bunting. Both teams left about 12 or 13 runners on base and Rowan had a runner tagged out at home in the 7th or 8th inning and that would have tied it. Rowan has lost 4 games this year and 3 of their losses have come to the hands of Randolph. The other loss was to Lexington. Rowan then had two on with 1 out in the bottom of the 9th but Jacob Dobbins and Matt Hall who went a combined 1-10 both struck out to end it. Rowan loses their first game at Newman Park this year, I believe their like 23-1 at Newman this year. That's still pretty impresive. BUT, it is gut check time for this Rowan squad and I think some losses like this can help prepare them for the teams they will see in Garner. Not sure who will get the nod Tuesday for Rowan. Maybe Weston Church, but probably the lefty Lee Dupre.
legionguy17
07-31-07, 01:51 AM
first 2 competed games of this series somewhat surprising to me after the last series... maybe Randolph is playing a little looser now that they're bid in Garner is safe, but it appears they have kicked it up a notch...
There is no question that Randolph is the better hitting team between these 2,,, although Rowan has had the advantage in pitching all year in that they can send a quality starter out there every night. Rowan usually plays good defense and executes well offensively. Also, good pitching usually stops good hitting,,,,,,,,,,,,, but in this case, with Randolph's bats as HOTas they are, then yes it is gutcheck time for the first time for Rowan this year.
We're heading down to McCrary park tonight. Hope to see a good game.
Can someone send me the contact information for the head coach and athletic officers of Randolph County and Rowan County?
Thanks. This is very important.
after 8 innings
Randolph 8
Rowan 5
8-5 is a final
Randolph leads series 3-1
Wow... one heck of a crowd tonight. We don't see ANYTHING like that in the east. I hope all you folks come down to Garner next week.
Wow... one heck of a crowd tonight. We don't see ANYTHING like that in the east. I hope all you folks come down to Garner next week.
You ain't seen nuthin'. I'm tellin' ya Jere, you guys better make sure that you have enough food in your concession. And if you need some help...better hurry and contact Grandma Bumgarner. She's can cook enough to feed the whole town.
west boy
08-01-07, 12:09 AM
Well........... Rowan committs more errors and strands plenty of runners on base when they had to have them. Randolph continues to smash Rowan starting pitching. The relief pitching has been pretty good, but starters Keegan Linza, Cy Young, and now Lee Dupre have not done very well to be quite honest. Something strange occured in this game in the middle innings, I can't remember exactly what inning, BUT Randolph assistant coach went to the mound twice in that inning and the second time, you have to pull the pitcher and they did not. I don't know if they just did not realize that or what, but they did not pull him when they were supposed to the second time. Gantt said something after the inning was over with, but by then it was too late. Rowan rallied to tie the score at 3-3 only to allow Randolph to pull away in the next inning for 4 runs. Folks, this is NOT the Rowan team that has been playing great defense and getting timely hits all summer. I know they are up against a team that is as good if not better than they are, but they are just killing themselves the past couple of games. I wish Rowan couldv'e played some tougher games throughout the season and in particular they were supposed to play Caldwell County twice this year but Caldwell had to cancel both times due to league games they had to make up. The series shifts back to Newman in Salisbury Wednesday night with Randolph holding a 3-1 series lead. I HOPE to see a better fielding and clutch hitting Rowan team. Weston Church should get the start for Rowan. I'm guessing maybe Yow for Randolph?? I could be wrong. I know they're still resting and holding back on some of their better pitching from the previous series with SR.
Oh and by the way, yall were talking about a good crowd at McCrary Park tonight, which there was, but you should come to Newman Park. There is always a huge crowd, especially now in the playoffs. The half and half Monday night was $539!!!!!
Salisbury is just a little to far for me. Asheboro ain't too bad, but Salisbury is stretching it. I'll probably head back down to McCrary if there is a Game 6 there.
FINAL Game 5
Rowan County 7
Randolph County 3
Randolph leads series 3-2
west boy
08-01-07, 09:57 PM
Rowan only committs one error in the game and it ended up not hurting them. After the 1st inning, Weston Church pitched 7 solid innings for the win. Ben Bunting lead off with a single and Neil Pritchard hit a two run shot over the left field wall for a 2-0 lead. Rowan then responded in the bottom of the 1st to tie it at 2-2. Church's long overdue two-run homer put Rowan ahead 6-2 that provided some cushion for Church on the mound. Bunting who started on the mound took the loss. The series shifts back to McCrary Park in Asheboro where Rowan will be looking to win there for the 1st time this year. If Rowan can somehow win Thursday and get the series back to Newman tied at 3-3, I think they have a good chance. I'm thinking Corbin Shive will get the start for Rowan.
legionguy17
08-01-07, 11:34 PM
Is Randolph giving Justin Yow a week off heading into the tournament?? It seems to me he would have thrown by now. The last game he threw in the South series was Thursday night.
and what was the # on the half and half tonight at Newman Park??
west boy
08-02-07, 12:20 AM
$519 I think
travisunc
08-02-07, 09:14 AM
Yow is on vacation according to the folks at Randolph.
Game 6
Rowan County 11
Randolph County 7
series tied at 3-3
legionguy17
08-02-07, 10:51 PM
Rowan takes advantage of Randolph's mistakes to win game 6 11-7. I wasn't at the game but listened to the last 5 innings on the radio. If I make any mistakes, I'm sure west boy will correct me when he gets home. Randolph jumped out to a 5-1 lead with the help of Hunter Ridge's homer in the 1st. Rowan starting pitcher and slugger Neil Pritchard was thrown out in the 5th along with head coach Ronnie Pugh. I don't know what their status will be for tomorrow night. By the 6th, Rowan had battled back to make it 6-4. In the top of the 6th, Rowan scored 4 unearned runs with the help of 3 Randolph errors (3 of their 7 on the night) to take a 8-6 advantage. Randolph scratched out 1 in the bottom of the 8th and had a chance for more. With a runner at 2nd and 1 out, Pritchard's spot came up and would have probably been walked intentionally. However, because of the ejection, the guy in his place was pitched to and Rowan was able to get a strikeout for the 2nd out. They got out of the inning with no further damage. In the 9th, Rowan tacked on 3 runs w/ a Jason Ridenhour RBI single, an RBI HBP, and an RBI walk. Randolph was not able to come back in the bottom of the 9th. According to the radio, Rowan's first 8 runs were unearned. Tanner Brown earned the win in relief for Rowan while Seth Isaacs (4 unearned runs) was the tough luck loser for Randolph. Game 7 at Newman Park tomorrow night. Winner will play Garner in the first game of the tournament, loser takes on defending champ Morehead City.
west boy
08-03-07, 12:31 AM
Randolph committs plenty of errors ( 7 I think) and their head coach and Neil Pritchard were both thrown out. Pritchard (starting pitcher) was arguing with the home plate umpire all night because of calls not going his way. The ump finally said that's it, and threw him out. He remained out there for a while to argue a little more, and then Pugh argued and was thrown out after Pritchard was thrown out. Rowan only committed one error and that was in the first inning. Starter Corbin Shive was touched for early runs in the bottom of the 1st after Rowan had taken a 1-0 lead. Rowan took advantage of costly Randolph mistakes. Tanner Brown was great in relief along with Alex Britt, Matt Hall and Keegan Linza in the bottom of the 9th to secure the win to force a game 7 Friday night at Newman Park. A very large crowd is expected, so if you are going, you better have get there early. Newman will be rocking for sure tomorrow night. Not sure who will get the start. Possibly Keegan Linza or maybe even Cy Young. I'm sure both would like to redeem themselves for the way the both pitched in the first two games.
Pugh will not be allowed to coach Friday's game and Pritchard will not be allowed to play. An ejection is a one game automatic suspension.
NC Baseballer
08-03-07, 06:44 AM
Pritchard will play in Game 7 and the coach will sit. Beason (who made sure everyone knew he was in attendance) met with the umps after the game and made the decision about Pritchard, but coaches automatically get one game.
Salisbury should be rocking tonight. Good luck to both teams.
west boy
08-03-07, 07:55 AM
That's riduculous if he is allowed to play. He got thrown out and it is an automatic one game suspension. I hope Beason would not be allowed to change this rule because that's not right. If a Rowan player got thrown out for running his mouth, which would never happen, Beason would probably have them suspended for a week. Something really has to be done about this guy because he is an total idiot.
fpFANATIC
08-03-07, 08:16 AM
Randolph committs plenty of errors ( 7 I think) and their head coach and Neil Pritchard were both thrown out. Pritchard (starting pitcher) was arguing with the home plate umpire all night because of calls not going his way. The ump finally said that's it, and threw him out. He remained out there for a while to argue a little more, and then Pugh argued and was thrown out after Pritchard was thrown out. Rowan only committed one error and that was in the first inning. Starter Corbin Shive was touched for early runs in the bottom of the 1st after Rowan had taken a 1-0 lead. Rowan took advantage of costly Randolph mistakes. Tanner Brown was great in relief along with Alex Britt, Matt Hall and Keegan Linza in the bottom of the 9th to secure the win to force a game 7 Friday night at Newman Park. A very large crowd is expected, so if you are going, you better have get there early. Newman will be rocking for sure tomorrow night. Not sure who will get the start. Possibly Keegan Linza or maybe even Cy Young. I'm sure both would like to redeem themselves for the way the both pitched in the first two games.
Pugh will not be allowed to coach Friday's game and Pritchard will not be allowed to play. An ejection is a one game automatic suspension.
a post with the Rowan slant. You know an aweful lot to be not be on top of things here dude.
#1 - Had Pritchard been arguing balls and strikes all night he would have been warned at one point or another by at least one of the umpires. It was the plate umpires contention that he had been warned by BOTH field umpires. Amazingly neither of them said they warned him. Real professional of the blue behind the plate. We won't go into the balls and strikes which has been all over the place in Area 3 all season. Is there anyone besides Cecil Mauch who is just reasonably capable????
#2 - Pritchard will hit in the 3 hole tonight. You won't get off that easy. Bad run of luck on that one for you guys. You're having enough trouble getting Bunting and Marsh out.
It has been quite entertaining watching and listening to the juvenile antics of the Rowan crowd this series. whoooppp wooooooooooo. :sign0090:
fpFANATIC
08-03-07, 08:26 AM
That's riduculous if he is allowed to play. He got thrown out and it is an automatic one game suspension. I hope Beason would not be allowed to change this rule because that's not right. If a Rowan player got thrown out for running his mouth, which would never happen, Beason would probably have them suspended for a week. Something really has to be done about this guy because he is an total idiot.
...when he switched everything around to give you guys homefield advantage after losing a coin toss for it. He wasn't an idiot when he refused to help solve field issues surrounding game 1.
The first thing that Rowan thinks should be different and we get this in a public forum. Just say it, you think your chances are better if he's not in the game, and that's your only concern.
:sign0090: , quit :bigcry: and play baseball.
NPC Fanatic
08-03-07, 08:50 AM
...when he switched everything around to give you guys homefield advantage after losing a coin toss for it. He wasn't an idiot when he refused to help solve field issues surrounding game 1.
The first thing that Rowan thinks should be different and we get this in a public forum. Just say it, you think your chances are better if he's not in the game, and that's your only concern.
:sign0090: , quit :bigcry: and play baseball.
Hey guys, I don't have a dog in this fight (oooopss!! That's not a very Mike Vick thing to say these days) but I can give you this observation: my pitcher son was ejected for hitting a batter in a Legion game this year----without a previous warning----that resulted in a one game suspension. :euro2: (my Euro's worth...couldn't find the 2 cents smilie)
Good luck to both teams in Garner.
NC Baseballer
08-03-07, 09:10 AM
Intentionally throwing at another player (ex. Church to Pritchard twice in Game 5, Davis to Church in Game 6) is different then arguing balls and strikes. Arguing doesn't run the risk of injuring another player on purpose, plus if the ump behind the plate could have watched himself he would have argued too.
Village Idiot
08-03-07, 09:13 AM
Salisbury should be rocking tonight.you got that right. i wish i could be there because it sounds like a classic match-up, just like Kannapolis and Caldwell Co. up in Thomasville last year.
I guess it would be bad timing to suggest a TBR meeting at Newman Park tonight, wouldn't it? :sifone:
:smack:
travisunc
08-03-07, 09:16 AM
Pritchard was ejected for essentially agruing balls and strikes. It was kind of a thin line. He really didn't say much, but was "'pouting" and showing up the umpire. I'm not sure if he was warned, but it was going on for awhile and I think the ump had enough. The ejection happened after he hit a batter, then walked the next on what were not very close pitches.
Pritchard is playing tonight. Pugh will not be coaching. Randolph is a really, really good team.
Is it just me, or did Area III get the shaft in the tourney draw. The winner gets Garner, who is probably the weakest team in the field, but they have to play them on their home field. The loser of Rowan-Randolph sets up a Titanic match-up with Morehead City. Last year, Kannapolis had to face Pitt County and Alex White in the first round.
No dog in this fight either, but it is not automatic for players to receive 1 game supsensions. That is a HS rule, Area III says that it is automatic for the coach, but not the player. It will be determined after the AD,Umpires & Beeson discuss it.
Wasn't there last night, could care less who wins, just stating the Area III rules(handed out prior to start of season). Also, not saying it is right that he can play tonight either.
NC Baseballer
08-03-07, 09:19 AM
"Village" is right. This has been a great series to follow in the paper, on the radio, and in person the past two nights. It's had more twists and Turns then the roads in the NC mountains. You have two of the top teams in the state going 7 games. I can't wait to follow the action in Garner next week when 6 other teams are thrown into the mix.
Suspensions are NOT automatic.
Seriously, hope to see some of you tonight at Newman... :tank:
Village Idiot
08-03-07, 09:21 AM
I guess it would be bad timing to suggest a TBR meeting at Newman Park tonight, wouldn't it? :sifone:
:smack:i know i cant make it but the sun drop slushies and hot dogs alone would be worth the drive up.
try to behave yourself
Village = :taz:
Ok Village, so you miss out,,,,,,,,,,,,, just means more for ME...:munching_out:
LegionVet
08-03-07, 10:10 AM
This is from the American Legion Department of North Carolina handbook:
"Coaches will automatically be suspended for one game. Coaches will be allowed to attend the next game, not in uniform, and must be at least 100 feet from the team's dugout. No type of communicationwith the dugout or team will be allowed. No cell phones or any type of electronic devices will be allowed. Any violation of this rule will be a 5 day suspension."
There is no mandatory suspension on players!
"Any person ejected from a ballgame by an umpire will automatically be reported to the Area Commissioner by the Athletic Officer of that team and the Chief Umpire for diciplinary review and disposition of disipline prior to the next scheduled game...."
In other words player suspension is at the discretion of the Arrea Commissioner.
Is it just me, or did Area III get the shaft in the tourney draw. The winner gets Garner, who is probably the weakest team in the field, but they have to play them on their home field. The loser of Rowan-Randolph sets up a Titanic match-up with Morehead City. Last year, Kannapolis had to face Pitt County and Alex White in the first round.
If Garner is the weakest team in the field... Wow, what a tournament.
Garner is not the same team they were in the regular season (they did beat Randolph County pretty good during the reg. season though) but they will be tough to deal with in this tourney.
Biggest Question for me: Will Randolph County have any gas left next week? 14 playoff games in 15 days!?
travisunc
08-03-07, 10:51 AM
This is a strong field, but who is Garner better than? I think you have to say they are the weakest (or maybe not the strongest is a better way to put)......but they are playing on their home field. I don't think Trojan Park gives them as big as an advantage as Rowan or Cherryville would have if the tourney was on their home field. Rowan, Cherryville, Randolph, will have more fans at the tourney than Garner will based on the 2001 (I think I remember right) that was held at Garner.
Randolph isn't the same team either. Randolph wasn't first place in Northern Division Area III until about 1/2 way through the season. Randolph is a monster of a team. They mash the ball. It is ridiculous that they and Rowan have to play a 7 games series. How do you get 14 games in 15 days, however? Randolph should have Sat., Sun, Mon, and Tues off.
NC Baseballer
08-03-07, 11:20 AM
Randolph has played two tough 7 gamers in a row vs. the city of Charlotte (S. Rowan & Rowan). It will be interesting to see how they respond against Garner or Morehead in a 1 game setting.
CCHSvikefan81
08-03-07, 11:46 AM
South Rowan and Rowan are in Rowan County, Charlotte is in Mecklenburg County they arent even close
NC Baseballer
08-03-07, 12:04 PM
ah close enough....S.R. and R.C. make up for all the soccer players in charlotte
Village Idiot
08-03-07, 01:25 PM
ah close enough....S.R. and R.C. make up for all the soccer players in charlottehuh?
legionguy17
08-03-07, 01:29 PM
It will be interesting to see how they respond against Garner or Morehead in a 1 game setting.
I believe they'll respond ok in a 1 game setting against anybody. 4 days off and ace Justin Yow will have almost 2 weeks off.
NPC Fanatic
08-03-07, 01:44 PM
Biggest Question for me: Will Randolph County have any gas left next week? 14 playoff games in 15 days!?
We thought that Morehead City would run out of gas last year when they had all of those extra inning games in the 100 degree heat.....they still took a double header from Caldwell County and won the states anyway....so you never know (that's baseball fer ya) :scooter:
west boy
08-03-07, 05:00 PM
Alright, I am sorry that I said that this morning, I should have known the rules, somebody told me that this was the rule for both coaches and players. As for you fpfanatic, the whole whoop whooop thing that is done between switching pitchers is a Newman Park thing and usually everyone does. It is just for fun and everybody likes it. It's fun to mess with the catcher when they fake you out. Randolph had fans who were coming and sitting down on the visitor side on purpose like they were trying to intimidate us. Well you didn't. Look, I'm not trying to start a big stink, BUT Bob Beason does not like Rowan. I promise you. Pritchard was griping about balls and strikes all night and getting so flustered, the ump was bad on both sides, everybody knows that. Bunting flipped off the umpire after he struck out. I don't think the umpire saw that but somebody did. Also, anytime Randolph's players would strike out or do something to get out, they would sling their bats and helmets across the field. The coach should not let his players do that. It was just a big circus. Yes I think the umpire should have warned him if he didn't, but he cannot show up the ump like that.
I know that Randolph should have had a game off between these series, but that was not the ruling and Rowan has nothing to do with that. Another example of why Beason is a terrible commisioner. He said that he didn't expect the series do go 7. Beason flipped a coin twice because he dropped it the first time. I do agree with one thing you said though, let's just play!! This game is for fun and both of these great teams are going to the state tourney next and should do very well and represent Area III. I hate that crap like this seems to happen every year. Legion baseball always has to have some type of drama. I'll see everybody at the game tonight.
west boy
08-03-07, 10:35 PM
Randolph wins 10-4 to win the Area III title. Stephen Davis only gave up 6 hits and 4 runs to Rowan County. Rowan just did not bring the bats with them tonight. They had several opportunities to score but could not capitalize. Rowan starter Cy Young was pretty good through 4 innings and then was touched for 5 runs in one inning. Neil Pritchard hit two homeruns for Post 45. Congratulations to Randolph, they are with out a doubt the best team Rowan's played this year. Good luck in the state tourney. Rowan will face defending champ Morehead City at 9:30 Wednesday morning and Randolph will play the host team Garner in the last game of the day.
Randolph wins Area III Championship tonight in convincing fashion in front of large crowd at Newman Park.
Winner of HalfnHalf took home $881 tonight,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I only missed it by 150,000 numbers... :47:
west boy
08-03-07, 10:47 PM
They said that was the biggest pot ever at Rowan. That is saying something there. The regionals and states have been there before. There was a whole lot of people there tonight. I hate Rowan didn't put on a better performance, but oh well!
legionguy17
08-03-07, 11:19 PM
Very convincing win for Randolph. I think the ejection last night lit a fire under Neil Pritchard. 2 bombs along with making all the tough plays at short. Rowan left the bases loaded twice on balls that were smoked but centerfielder Ben Bunting made outstanding plays on both of them. Some say this series don't mean much but Randolph should be proud to be named Area III Champions. Best of luck to both teams in Garner.
NC Baseballer
08-03-07, 11:44 PM
Made it to the game after all. It was another great game from two quality clubs. Rowan had some chances but Randolph stepped up to the challenge. Stephen Davis was a bulldog on the mound and Pritchard was his usual self at the plate with two long balls, but Ethan Marsh was hitting rockets all over the place tonight.
Who is the SS for Rowan? He is a hardnosed player and fun to watch. He plays with a lot of class.
Good luck to both teams in Garner.
legionfan
08-04-07, 12:12 AM
Made it to the game after all. It was another great game from two quality clubs. Rowan had some chances but Randolph stepped up to the challenge. Stephen Davis was a bulldog on the mound and Pritchard was his usual self at the plate with two long balls, but Ethan Marsh was hitting rockets all over the place tonight.
Who is the SS for Rowan? He is a hardnosed player and fun to watch. He plays with a lot of class.
Good luck to both teams in Garner.
Justin Roland is Rowan's shorstop. And I agree. Spark plug offensively; rock solid defensively; plays the game the way it is supposed to be played.
UK7Dook3
08-04-07, 06:43 AM
So what are we to make of this series? Heading to Garner...is Randolph clearly the superior team? They've beaten Rowan 4 of 6 times this season, you know. And does this mean that the Northern Division was better after all? Just wondering...
fpFANATIC
08-04-07, 07:49 AM
Made it to the game after all. It was another great game from two quality clubs. Rowan had some chances but Randolph stepped up to the challenge. Stephen Davis was a bulldog on the mound and Pritchard was his usual self at the plate with two long balls, but Ethan Marsh was hitting rockets all over the place tonight.
Who is the SS for Rowan? He is a hardnosed player and fun to watch. He plays with a lot of class.
Good luck to both teams in Garner.
The Rowan SS is fun to watch. Great player.
I have come to the conclussion that Ethan Marsh is the best dang player no one has heard of. 3? more hits last night to include a HR and they had him close another game on the mound. It was my understanding he wasn't a pitcher. To close 3 games against a high powered Rowan team don't seem to jive with that. Spotty control but pretty good velocity and nasty curve. Rowan refused to even try to run on him on the base paths while he was in RF/CF. He's heading to Mars Hill College to play ball (a thorn in Gantts side for 4 more years in the SAC), but is he eligible to return to the 45 next year?? What are the birthdates for eligibility.
One other conclussion leading to a prediction.......the 45's Hunter Ridge will be one of the best hitters in this state in 2 years. Mark that down.
If the Post 45 loses Bunting, Marsh, Pritchard, and Yow after this season will they be competitive next year? What's coming up? Anyone?
UK7Dook3,,,,,,,,,, well both teams have to feel good heading to Garner, but in this series,,, the facts are Randolph DID beat Rowan on the field 4 games to 2, beating both of Rowan's top pitchers (Young & Linza), and the final game was about as onesided as I can ever recall a championship game,,, and hear this, Randolph did this ALL WHILE their best pitcher never threw a single pitch in this series. Clearly, Randolph was kings of Area 3 this year.
Not sure if I would say the entire Northern Division was better than Southern Division though, because there was a lot of balance in the South as usual.
NPC Fanatic
08-09-07, 09:47 PM
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