Scrimmage, Weeks 1, 2 & 3 Results

[NCBBallFan]

Here are the scheduled events for this week. Field conditions may prevent any (or all) of these games from being played.

If you haven't yet. Please send me a Private Message with your schools schedule so the games can be posted.

I have: Hopewell, North Meck, Myers Park, Butler, South Meck.

Scheduled Games:

Wed, 2/19 , Central Cabarrus @ South Meck
Thu, 2/20, Forestview @ North Meck (Score NM 4, FV 2) - 10 Inn
Fri , 2/21, Butler @ West Mecklenburg
Sat , 2/22, Myers Park @ Hunter Huss
Sat, 2/22, East Gaston @ North Meck

[splity]

East Burke has a scrimmage @ Hibriten Saturday, and opens up @ Fred T. Foard next Wednesday.

[NCBBallFan]

Hey splity - glad to have you

Give us the lowdown on East Burke this year. What do you guys have?:D :D :D

[splity]

Well since I am a player for East Burke I will try not to just blow us out of proportion because even though i think we have a Great chance of winning conference, I think our hittin has to come around and prove itself. Pitching this year will be covered preety good with Jeremy Yoder(senior righty) and Steven Stewart(senior righty) that both have trained extremly hard over the winter. Myself being one of them, I think we will raise a few eyebrows to other teams.

Lineup consists of this:
1B Weston Ijames(posible DH), Andy McCall (good athlete)
2B Robbie Putnam, (strong arm, football qb, athlete, also pitches)
SS Walt Plemmons (quick hands, leader of infeild)
3B Bryan Burns (real quick hands, also pitches)
C Jake Angi (slow feet but good catcher with good blocking)
LF James Bame (contack hitter)
CF Ryan Clanton (quick with descent arm)
RF Trey Hamby (very strong arm)
Utility Dustin Hull (will be playin mulitple positions(OF, 2B this year)
P Yoder, Stewart (both upper 80s)

[NCBBallFan]

Sounds like you have what it takes - senior leadership, good hitting and two strong arms on the bump. Keep us posted about the other teams you face this year.

Thanks again..... chime in anywhere, anytime.

[SouthPawDad]

Ashbrook is supposed to scrimmage Burns @ Ashbrook, 4:30, Thursday, if the field drys. Saturday Ashbrook travels to Mt. Tabor for a round robin scrimmage starting at 12 noon. Don't know who the other team(s) may be. Ashbrook opens the season at home 2/27 against Kings Mtn. @4:30 (if the field drys!).

Much more of this wet weather and we can start posting
weigh-ins for the High Scool BASS circuit!!

[Braves]

Maybe we should send a TBR reporter to the game of the week.

[Prepster]

I imagine the position of "Game of the Week" Reporter pays pretty well. I may "private message" my resume to you guys!

[NCBBallFan]

It pays twice as much as Moderator!!

Think of the great baseball you'll see!

[NCBBallFan]

:stupid: Don't you wish that kid would close his glove so the ball would quit popping out!

[ajax]

Splity my question to you is, do you think that you guys (East Burke) will dominate and run over every other team in the NW4A just like everyone thinks you will?And if not, then do you think that South Caldwell is your only competition or can Watauga give you a run for your money?Because after you guys,South,and Watauga it has repatedly been said that everyone else is just warmup games..

[Braves]

Originally posted by NCBBallFan
It pays twice as much as Moderator!!

Think of the great baseball you'll see!

Yep....and with reporter credentials, you get in Free

[observer]

Watauga at Providence - Thursday, 2/25 - 4:00pm

[Braves]

Too late...hold all resumes...I found our TBR reporter


Meet Bruno. He's working out getting ready for the season

[highntight]

Thanks for the info!

[LakeNormanFan]

:newbie:
2/22 - Lake Norman @ Asheville-Erwin (scrimmage)
2/28 - South Iredell @ Lake Norman
3/4 - Lake Norman @ Cherryville :mercy:

[NCBBallFan]

LNFan

Welcome aboard - keep us update on happenings up towards
M-city.
:applause: :applause:

[NCBBallFan]

What was the results from todays games - how did the teams look?

Or did they get wetted out????

[splity]

ajax,

First of all I dont think that no team in the NW4A is going to be a push. Alexander, South and Watagua, East Burke and even McDowell could just catch a break and win the conference Ac Reynolds i dont know much about since they have a new coach.

I think that the teams that makes the least amount of errors and makes the plays will win conference. I think that We (east burke) should have a very good chance of winning conference but we just like all the others have to make the plays behind the pitcher and the pitcher has to make good pitches. This will be very close all the way through i dont think that NO team will go undefeated through conference. Just my 2 cense worth.

[SouthPawDad]

OK, let's start posting today's results:

Burns paid a visit to Ashbrook and you could tell Burns had lost a lot of talent from last year. Ashbrook "won" (considering it's a scrimmage) 8-0. They played 8 innings. Ashbrook threw 4 pitchers, 2 innings each. The offensive highlights for Ashbrook were a grand slam by senior right fielder, Garrett Scarborough and a solo shot by junior Sammy Asis. Ashbrook threw a junior lefty, sophomore lefty, sophomore righty and junior righty. Burns also threw about 2 innings per pitcher, all righties and one lefty.

Ashbrook's game with Mt. Tabor on Saturday in Winston-Salem has been changed to Ashbrook tomorrow at 5:00. Mt. Tabor's field still had snow and ice as of today.

[NCBBallFan]

North Meck versus Forestview

Since each team needed to work their pitchers, they played 9 1/2 innings. The first 8 with umps, the last 1 1/2 with the coaches calling B/S from behind the mound.

North used 5 pitchers, each throwing 2 innings, Forestview used 4. Cannon from Forestview hit a HR, there were 3 doubles in the game (2 NM, 1 FV).

Middle defense for FV struggled, outfield mis-tracked a few balls. North played solid defensively, committing 1 error. Forestview ended up with about 4 hits, NM about 10 hits. The FV pitchers struck out 4 and walked 4, NM struck out 15 & walked 4 batters.

John Kellet led North with 2 hits, Matt Nossell & Tom Porter (2B) also contributed strong hits. North's lead-off batter reached base 6 of the 9 innings the were at bat. Matt Murphy looked great on the bump the final 2 innings. Final score (as if it matters)

NM 4, FV 2

[Braves]

Central Cabarrus traveled to South Meck

It was pretty much what people have posted about the two teams. CC can mash the ball..they are not looking for walks. Pitching is a little suspect, though

South played real well considering their first scrimmage game. The Pitchers pitched well, the hitters hit and the final was 13-2 or something like that.

Everybody, naturally, looked a little rusty, but there were many things to be pleased about if you were a SM fan.

[NCBBallFan]

I think we have you guys on the schedule this year towards the end of march (NM)

[smasher39]

how did north look against forestview? who were some of the leading hitters and how was norths pitching?

[NCBBallFan]

North looked good against Forestview - All 5 pitchers threw effectively, each going 2 innings. Collectively, they had about 14 strikeouts to 4 walks. They held Forestview to 4 hits. The defense committed 1 error in 10 innings.

John Kellett hit very well, putting the ball in play everytime, Joel Burris showed great bat control, hitting behind the runner. The speedsters really burned it... Cavasinni, Skidmore, Williams, Portone all showed their "stuff". Nossel & Porter each doubled.

Very good first outing

Negatives: Stranding runners but that's more related to shoveling 18 guys in and out of the line-up.

[smasher39]

the double header scrimage today (saturday) was cancelled due to all the rain. first game for north is tuesday vs South Meck @ South Meck. should be a good game for our Varsity.

[Prepster]

I heard last night that the Myers Park-Hopewell game has been moved to Saturday, March 1st, 2:00 PM, at Hopewell. Apparently, the change affects ONLY the varsity teams, as the JV game is still on at Myers Park on Friday at 4:30.

[Braves]

Yep...this is true. Hopewell players are involved in a school event, hence the change to Saturday. Should be a good visiting crowd for that game.

[NCBBallFan]

Can't miss THAT game!!!!!! Must see for everybody....

Only pity is that it's so early in the season, Woodard & Cruse won't be able to stick around all game.. If Woodard gets the start - doesn't MP have games earlier that week?

[NCBBallFan]

Smasher - keep us posted on how Allen is pitching also - have they set a rotation (or selected the pitchers) on JV yet?

To me, on the outside, it looks to be Rosenbaum, Parks, Allen, Kelly & maybe McAuley. I know there are some good freshman arms there too.

[Village Idiot]

Friday Scrimmage 2/21
Mooresville @ South Iredell 5 inninngs
Mooresville 22
S. Iredell 0
Mooresville: Ballard 2 hr, Ogle 1 hr, Barker 3 hits
Mooresville pitching: Haire, Sullivan, Ogle
(Limited info, could have missed somebody)

[Braves]

Yeah, I believe they play wed, thurs. and now sat. I have no idea who will pitch for MP Sat, but it will be a good'un.

[smasher39]

Allen isnt pitching for jv he is just playing 1st. Im not sure if the coach knows hes a pitcher bc i didnt.He hasnt said anything about it.

[smasher39]

from what it sounds like sophmores stepped it up vs forestview pitching and hitting leading the team.

[NCBBallFan]

To Smasher...

Hmmmmmm......Very interesting....... 'cause the only guy on JV that throws harder than Allen is Rosenbaum. He throws strikes too. It may be that he needs his arm to get into shape coming off of basketball season.

[baseballfan30]

South Caldwell scrimmaged West Lincoln on Friday and only got 3 innings in due to the rain. South looked good in the scrimmage.

South plays host to Hibriten on Tuesday the 25th at 4PM

[hitman]

To those who wondered whether Wes Williams would make an impact to TC Roberson's program. Well the sophomore transfer from Freedom sure answered those questions early. In TC's scrimmage with East Rutherford, Wes homered to lead off the game and doubled in his next AB. Pay attention. Three more years of Maybin and Williams at TC.

[cc12501]

Christian's going to scrimmage Weddington on Monday at Weddington at 4:30.

[highntight]

Yes the JV coach at North knows Allen can pitch but has not seen him do so as of yet. I also think they are short at first and have some rule that pitchers can only pitch. I'm not sure I understand that rule unless they have some sort of strong development program for the pitchers. NCBBallFan does the varsity have the same rule or is this just for JV?

[NCBBallFan]

highntight

Welcome to North Meck JV Baseball. No - there is no such "rule" - unless the JV Coach wants to put it in. But it is consistent with what he did last year. Pitchers only pitched. If they were good hitters, they could hit for themselves in games, else, they were DH'ed for.

This goes back to the prior Head Coach at North before King. The JV Coach was an assistant for varsity under Gillespie and that was one of his "big things". Also, pitchers, if they did hit, hit 9th back then. For some reason, they believed that if you pitched in H.S., you must be a pitcher in college so why bother to ever let you hit again. A lot of H.S. coaches over the past 20 years have done this, but it weakens the team. A.J. had a post about this very thing when we were talking about hitting styles and methods.

The Varsity & Coach King don't bother with such "rules". Mark McAuley routinely started and hit 3rd in the order. When he wasn't pitching, he played SS. On Varsity, you will have pretty much the best 9 guys on the field.

What this does for JV is to spread out the playing time and give more players opportunities to show their stuff - some people like it, I personally don't - why have some of your best players riding the bench instead of being in the field playing positions.

[gonzo]

MP has West Meck on Wednesday, Independence on Thursday. They have a good staff behind Woodard, including but not limited to Rob Wilson (senior - committed to Davidson), Logan Smith (jr.), Tim Frye (lefty, soph), Craig "Mr. Submarine/Sidearm" Earls. Not sure who else may be throwing this year.

[highntight]

NCBBallFan: Thanks for the insight. Greg would like to pitch but not at the expense of playing once a week or once every two weeks. In high school many pitchers are some of the better hitters and fielders, I sure hope the pitchers get true developement during practice due to their lack of game time. Good luck to the Varsity Tuesday and I hope to see them play soon!

[NCBBallFan]

high

I can guarantee one thing - the pitchers will come out of the season in GREAT condition. North's JV team runs more than the track team (seriously - the Track team laughed at them last year when they saw how much running they did!!)

[Braves]

Waddell defeats West Meck 5-4

Waddell was led by Jay Neil with 2 doubles. Carl Krimminger pitched 4 strong innings and Tony Hampton got the save.

Good job Raiders. Way to start your season

:applause:

[NCBBallFan]

Great - THE SEASON HAS STARTED!!!!
:beer: lets celebrate!!!

[hitman]

Hickory 12 Statesville 3

Opening win with Punch, Boyd and Yarborough on the mound. Multi hit games for Harrow (2 dbs), Parsons and Boyd. Parsons goes yard. Next up - at Freedom on Wednesday.

[Braves]

:beer:..I don't drink, but I might start tomorrow:D

[Braves]

Originally posted by hitman
Hickory 12 Statesville 3

Opening win with Punch, Boyd and Yarborough on the mound. Multi hit games for Harrow (2 dbs), Parsons and Boyd. Parsons goes yard. Next up - at Freedom on Wednesday.

:applause: Hickory..they just keep on winnin'

[Village Idiot]

2/24 Mooresville @ Cen. Cab.
CC- 3 M-2
M - pitching Haire, Lackey
M - hitting Haire HR
Blue Devils lose close one in 6 innings

[Original]

Braves..... your nose is growing:monkes:

[NCBBallFan]

Post your game results in this thread - I'll move the results of games to the Results sticky and keep it summarized.

[Prepster]

Wow!!

If the rest of the "sticky," game results thread follows the quality of its first post, what a great improvement it represents over what we've had in prior years!

NCBballFan and Braves: Thanks very much for what you guys are doing here!


:applause:

[NCBBallFan]

NM over SM 2-1

[highntight]

NMJV 5 SMJV 2. Rosenbaulm pitched three scoreless innings and Parks also looked good for the first time out. SM got most of their base runners due to about 8 walks.

[NCBBallFan]

Other scores heard...

West Rowan over North Rowan in scrimmage game
Butler over Vance but no score given....

No word yet on the Providence/Watagua game or the South Caldwell game.

[oldguycoach]

Both the North Meck Viking Varsity and J.V. started the 03 season off on a winning note against very good South Meck teams. On the Varsity level Tom Porter and Sam Pierce combined to limit South to 1 run, while Nossel, J Eppes, and Cavi supplied enough offensive explosion to win. Outstanding defense provided by Hollar in the OF, saved at least 3 runs. Nice receiving job done by the Freshman catcher Profitt. At the J.V. level both Rosenbaum and Parks pitched good ball for 3 innings each. Timely hitting by Kellett and Pou powered the offense with Pou hitting one of the longest doubles seen at North Meck to str8 away center field. Final Scores Varsity wins 2 to 1 and J.V. wins 5 to 2.

[Braves]

:civilwar: ...goes to NM.

NM pitcher, Tom Porter, completely silenced the bats of SM. This kid is a sophomore, but pitched like a senior..watch him this year!!

Way to go Tom :applause:

[QueenCityHillbilly]

Who is N.M.'s coach?

[Braves]

Originally posted by QueenCityHillbilly
Who is N.M.'s coach?

He was the assistant at South Point last year...I may be mistaken, but I believe his name is King

[SouthLoop]

Monday, 3/24

Waddell 5 vs. West Meck 4
WP - Krimminger

Tuesday, 3/25

North Meck 2 vs. South Meck 1
WP - Porter

East Meck 4 vs. West Meck 1
WP - Buchanan

Butler 6 vs. Vance 0
WP - Hicks

Olympic 12 vs. West Charlotte 1
WP - Hovis

Providence 10 vs. Independence 0
WP - Talfazoli

results transferred to Summary Thread

[NCBBallFan]

It's Coach Mark King - He is in his second year at North but he came from Southpoint where he was the Varsity Assistant. He is in his 9th year of High School baseball.

All 4 pitchers in the game looked very, VERY good.

Worrell (05) started for SM and went 4 strong innings, getting touched for one early 1st inning run...He settled right in and was very tough through 4 innings of work. Vartanian (03) was the 2nd guy out. It was the same, 1 quick run in the 5th when he started and then a very solid performance. The two SM pitchers limited north to 5 hits over 7 innings. Porter (05) went 5 2/3 .. strong through 5 and then started to fade in the 6th when he gave up a run. Sam Pierce (05) was the reliever, who worked quickly to 4 batters, ending the game.

With all of the tension surrounding the opening game of the season, everyone on the mound looked composed. It's going to be good seasons for both teams.

If this game was played later in the year, the strong hitting for South Meck would have been more of a factor. That is a very scarry line-up to face. They managed 2 hits off Porter but put the ball in play all night: a very threatening team.

For an early season game in the cold - both defenses looked very good. Kyle Shelton (04) at 3B for SM and Tristan Hollar (04) in RF for NM had particularly outstanding games with the glove.

Offense centered around: Robinson (03) for SM who got both of their hits going 2-3 with a 2B & an RBI. Cavasinni (05) went 2-3 and Nossel (03) went 2-3 with an RBI for NM.

[Braves]

Week of 3/1 SPC results
Posted by Spartanfan: Thought we would like to post by conferences



Tuesday, 2/25
Sun Valley 10, Forest Hills 0, 5 innings

Junior Lee Blalock pitches a no-no, one error away from a perfect game, 9 K's, no walks. Forest Hills is very young. SV led in hitting by J Privette 3-4, R Smith 2-3, and A Tillman 2-4.




edit to Prepster--time is flying by as you well know :)

[oldguycoach]

Originally posted by NCBBallFan
It's Coach Mark King - He is in his second year at North but he came from Southpoint where he was the Varsity Assistant. He is in his 9th year of High School baseball.

All 4 pitchers in the game looked very, VERY good.

Worrell (05) started for SM and went 4 strong innings, getting touched for one early 1st inning run...He settled right in and was very tough through 4 innings of work. Vartanian (03) was the 2nd guy out. It was the same, 1 quick run in the 5th when he started and then a very solid performance. Porter (05) went 5 2/3 .. strong through 5 and then started to fade in the 6th when he gave up a run. Sam Pierce (05) was the reliever, who worked quickly to 4 batters, ending the game.

With all of the tension surrounding the opening game of the season, everyone on the mound looked composed. It's going to be good seasons for both teams.

If this game was played later in the year, the strong hitting for South Meck would have been more of a factor. That is a very scarry line-up to face. They managed 2 hits off Porter but put the ball in play all night: a very threatening team.

For an early season game in the cold - both defenses looked very good. Kyle Shelton (04) at 3B for SM and Tristan Hollar (04) in RF for NM had particularly outstanding games with the glove.

Offense centered around: Robinson for SM who got both of their hits going 2-3 with a 2B & an RBI. Cavasinni (05) went 2-3 and Nossel (03) went 2-3 with an RBI for NM. :D

[oldguycoach]

Originally posted by NCBBallFan
It's Coach Mark King - He is in his second year at North but he came from Southpoint where he was the Varsity Assistant. He is in his 9th year of High School baseball.

All 4 pitchers in the game looked very, VERY good.

Worrell (05) started for SM and went 4 strong innings, getting touched for one early 1st inning run...He settled right in and was very tough through 4 innings of work. Vartanian (03) was the 2nd guy out. It was the same, 1 quick run in the 5th when he started and then a very solid performance. Porter (05) went 5 2/3 .. strong through 5 and then started to fade in the 6th when he gave up a run. Sam Pierce (05) was the reliever, who worked quickly to 4 batters, ending the game.

With all of the tension surrounding the opening game of the season, everyone on the mound looked composed. It's going to be good seasons for both teams.

If this game was played later in the year, the strong hitting for South Meck would have been more of a factor. That is a very scarry line-up to face. They managed 2 hits off Porter but put the ball in play all night: a very threatening team.

For an early season game in the cold - both defenses looked very good. Kyle Shelton (04) at 3B for SM and Tristan Hollar (04) in RF for NM had particularly outstanding games with the glove.

Offense centered around: Robinson for SM who got both of their hits going 2-3 with a 2B & an RBI. Cavasinni (05) went 2-3 and Nossel (03) went 2-3 with an RBI for NM.

[NCBBallFan]

Hey oldguy ... about NM vs SM

The players that no one has noticed or mentioned about that game probably had the greatest impact on it's outcome but both remained completely invisible. I thought both catchers were very good - neither one came into play - no passed balls, good blocking. On the one stolen base in the game: you could have been godzilla and not thrown that runner out - he had a great jump and was very fast. When a catcher does his job, no one notices him.

Robert Proffitt was behind the plate for NM. He did a great job of blocking and framed very well all night long. Pretty good for a Freshman...completely invisible, the sign of a great one.

[SouthLoop]

Bart Johnson was behind the plate for SM on 2/25. He did a great job of blocking and framing as well. Bart is a senior at SM this year.

[NCBBallFan]

Originally posted by hitman
Hickory 12 Statesville 3

Opening win with Punch, Boyd and Yarborough on the mound. Multi hit games for Harrow (2 dbs), Parsons and Boyd. Parsons goes yard. Next up - at Freedom on Wednesday.

We've talked about the impact that Isaac Harrow & Wil Boyd will have up there in Hickory...great underclassmen. That program is secure for the near future.

I always have to go look up how to spell "Isaac" ... could you get him to change his name or adopt a nickname for me?:D

[RainbowDemon]

hello NW4A fans....ACR played their first game yesterday against Asheville..Rockets won 7-1....unfortunately thats all I have right now..will get details...good luck to all conf. teams still alive in hoops...Rocket girls lost last night..kinda surprised me...congrats to East Burke and ACR on their finish at wrestling states...two teams in the top six, impressive...for Rockets, Trebor Clavette won state at 171, John Buck placed 2nd at 189 and frosh Nathan Pressley placed 6th..Rockets baseball has Erwin scheduled this pm but it's not gonna happen..too much rain..please post your teams results..that's the only way we'll get em up here..thanks.

[Braves]

:bump:

[frozerope]

2/21 WEDDINGTON 13 FOREST HILLS 0

2/24 CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN 4 WEDDINGTON 2

[NCBBallFan]

Hey frozerope....

where those scrimmage results or regular season????

[ajax]

ACHS pulled out a close win against St. Stephens last night 2-1. St. Stephens threw their ace Shane Matthews (who was clocked last night in the low 90's)..Great win for the Cougars and it hopefully will carry them into their next game with some momentum..

[frozerope]

scrimmages... lots of pitching changes, experimenting.
weddington opens next week w/ Forestview and Concord Robinson

[baseballfan30]

South Caldwell beat Hibriten 4-3 in a tight game. South committed 9 or 10 errors but hung in for a hard fought win. The team is young and will grow as the season goes along.

South doesn't play again till week 3 when they travel to Hibriten on the Tuesday the 4th, then host Wilkes Central on Thursday the 7th, then Friday South travels to West Caldwell.

Results transferred to summary thread

[Mudcat]

1A Hendersonville defeated what was supposed to be a very strong senior laden 3A East Henderson 15-3. Chris White went 6 innings for Hendersonville to get the win.

results transferred to summary thread

[SouthLoop]

South Meck vs. Harding - Cancelled
Rescheduled for Wednesday, 3/5

Schedule updated

[SouthPawDad]

Kings Mtn @ Ashbrook rescheduled for 3/8. Next week Ashbrook has three home games. Coming to visit the GreenWave are:

Mt Tabor 5:00 3/5
Mooresville 4:30 3/7
Kings Mtn. 12:00 3/8

[splity]

ajax,

i dont know if you went to the ac -saint stephens game but do you know who pitched for alexander and did shane mathews pitch the whole game?

[allrightnow]

Is Kestner gonna play for EB this year? I spoke to him one night and he said no.

[scfan]

Just to clear the air on the new South Caldwell players. None are transfers and none are there by getting post office box addresses. No one can get into SC that way. The school is way overcrowded and will accept no transfers. When you move to here you have to show proof of residence and directions to your home. And you can't move in with a relative who is not your LEAGAL gaurdian and come to school there. One girl from another school wanted to do that this year to play softball and it wasn't allowed. Now the new guys parents may have ove in the district just so their kidds could play baseball at SC but that would be a big step just to paly one year of ball. I do know the Gurreu kids parents moved down on the golf course in Granite Falls in a very expensive neighborhood and I can't see anyone doing that just for baseball. Also he has a sister who is a sophmore going to school at SC now too so it wasn't just him coming here. This is not Charlotte where you can go where ever you want so getting in to SC requires that you LIVE in the district.
Now I've said enough about that with my predictions I think the conference will come down to Alexander and South Caldwell with East Burke having a shot should either of these two falter. Payne for Alexander is the best pitcher in the conference and will take AC a long way. Ready for some good weather and some baseball, how bout you guys. Good luck to all nw4a teams. Hope one of our teams bring home a state championship this year. It could happen

[ajax]

Splity,
I did attend the very cold game Tuesday night..Matthews pitched 6 1/3 innings giving up 1 run while on the mound and then getting credit for the other run on the last play. Stephens brought in their closer to face the last hitter and he laid down a suicide squeeze. Alexander threw Hollifield for 5 innings, he allowed 1 or 2 hits walked 1 and gave up 1 run. Kinniard came in and faced the final 6 batters striking out 3 of them..Both kids pitched and excellent game with Hollifield really keeping Stephens hitters off-guard..The umpire had a very low strikezone helping Matthews a lot..ACHS hit him all game they just hit i right at the defenders. I think ACHS had about 6 or 7 hits..Anyone got any scores on any other NW4A teams?

[Spartanfan]

Hey Southpaw,

That game against Mooresville should be interesting if not just to see old acquaintances.

[splity]

No Kestner decided to be a cheerleader this spring. The word is that he is going to the University of Tenn. to cheer.

[NCBBallFan]

For everyone needing a baseball fix..... What games are being played this weekend and where at? What time? Most of us are getting frustrated with the weather and just want to go "watch some ball"....

Post up now guys.

[NCBBallFan]

Myers Park @ Hopewell 2:00 PM

[hitman]

Hickory at Freedom at noon on Saturday.

[Braves]

Well, you've got the game of the week at Hopewell

And then you have The Game at SM @ 2:00 w/ Watauga

[bigboy20]

i heard from a hopewell player the game is at 4:00

[Braves]

I heard it was at 3:00, but they may have told me that to throw me off:)

[rcbbfan]

Asheboro at West Rowan at 1:00

JEEEEEEEZZZZZ, I HATE THIS WEATHER

[NCBBallFan]

Originally posted by bigboy20
i heard from a hopewell player the game is at 4:00

I just heard that rumor too.....I can't confirm it...and the rumor has it that Hopewell will be playing Butler instead of Myers Park........NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The rumor was circulating a practice today...and, according to my player, even the coach mentioned it.

[Nostradamus]

I cant confirm what time the game is but i can confirm the fact that hopewell is not playing butler although that would be a good matchup as well

[NCBBallFan]

Yes it would be.... I just wanted to see Woodard versus Cruse.

Maybe the only time this year I can see Woodard and we will have to face Cruse twice.

[Braves]

I was thinking about asking Dr. Methusda his prediction for that game

[reddtroll]

Butler just has practice on Sat.

[Up and In]

The Myers Park vs. Hopewell game is definitely at 2:00. Ihave talked to the Myers Park AD and he confirmed to me that the umpires have been assigned to be there at 2:00. I hope that this helps with some of the confusion.

[NCBBallFan]

Got a good one for you the UP..... Drop in the room for a sec.

[246]

Monday Feb. 24 - East Rutherford 11 vs Crest 2.
East Rutherford pitching staff no hit the Chargers.
Covington 4innings, Flack 2innings, Jones 1inning.

Friday Feb 28 - East Rutherford 9 vs N. Gaston 3.

[Mudcat]

ER looks like you are off to a strong start. Very nice team and well coached.

[splity]

how is covington and flack throwing right now ? I see flack over the summer in legion and he was throwing decent but not really impressive we hit him preety good.

[BigRed]

What sports does he cheer for in the spring? And what's the deal with the male cheerleaders at EB? Have they started some kind of program where they work with them to get scholarships? None of those three ever appear to be all that happy or enthused when they're cheering, unless they're holding a girl above their head :)))

[allrightnow]

Seems like EB has a competition squad, not sure though. I heard the same about Josh, that UT had offered him a scholarship to cheer.

[ajax]

Him not playing hurts East Burke's pitching staff..Splity when do you guys play or have you played yet (Scrimmage included),and whats your take on AC Reynolds beating Asheville and Roberson..Also, waht about South committing 10 errors and still beating Hibriten?

[splity]

We (east Burke) has not played a game or scrimmage yet but we open up against Newton Conover on monday, hopefully we'll get to play, and then we play them again on wednesday. I agree Kestner not playing could hurt us but I think that it will pay off in the long run because of junior pitchers robbie putnam and bryan burns will have to step up for the team.

[RainbowDemon]

Rockets topped last years 3a state champs TC Roberson 7-1 but TCR had 8 players sign scholarships off last years great team and Maybin is still playing basketball so I wouldn't read too much into that, but it's still a good win anytime we beat Roberson....Rockets beat Erwin today 13-2 to go 3-0...new coach and an encouraging start.

[playme]

ACHS posted a win against St. Stevens and Shane Matthews last week. They have St. Stevens again 3/4, Hickory 3/5, and Davie 3/7. Hopefully the weather will permitt. The ACHS vs Wilkes Central will be made up 3/19..

[Mtntop]

I live up in the mountains and from talking to some people it sounds like they have been doing nothing but hitting, hitting, and mor hitting. I know that in the first game of the season they went down to North Forsyth and lost 3-1. Josh Leyshon gave up 2 earned runs (1 unearned) and the Pioneers left 10 men in scoring postition, bases loaded twice and 2nd and 3rd once. They will travel back down there on Monday. This past Saturday (3-1-03) they went down to South Meck and had a 2-0 lead in the third with two runners on and zero outs when the game was called b/c of rain. So far thats been two solid performances for Watauga. The rest of the non-conference schedule: South Meck (1) North Forsyth (1), West Forsyth (2), Charlotte Christian (2), and North Davidson (2). All of these teams have been ranked except North Davidson at either ihigh.com or at impactbaseball.com. Watch out for Watauga; pitching has been good and they are getting runners on base against good teams.

[Braves]

Yes, I watched Watauga on Saturday. Mighty impressed with theit hitting and Nigaro is an excellent player. It was hard to get a feel for the game, nobody wanted to be there because of the weather. I liked Watauga and great fans, also. But did you have to bring that bad weather with you? :D

[Mudcat]

AC Reynolds 13 Erwin 2
Tuscola 9 Pisgah 1
East Henderson 11 North Henderson 1

The only game highlights I have seen was concerning the Tuscola game. Every starter hed at least 1 hit. Downey got the win for Tuscola and McConnell had 3 hits in the game.

This was a nice bounce back for East Henderson after their season opening loss to Hendersonville.

[Braves]

AC Reynolds has been a big surprise so far this year. Tuscola continues to confirm my belief that they are a top 5 team in the state

[Mudcat]

AC Reynolds has a new coach this year. Seems to have the kids playing real well here at the start of the season. Reynolds used to be a strong program. Slipped a little the last 4-5 years. Maybe ready to make a comeback in baseball. There are a lot of excellent athletes at that school.

[NCBBallFan]

Putting them all in a single thread will make it easier to summarize them on the summary thread... This is were I am going to look to go get them.

Post game write-up in a different thread - just scores here.

[splity]

East Burke 3 (1-0)
Netwon Conover 0

Jeremy Yoder pitched 6 innings of 1 hit ball and Stewart came and pitched a hittless 7th. Play netwon again on wednesday. Walt Plemmons homered in the first.

[Village Idiot]

JV 3/3/03
Central Cabarrus @ Mooresville
Mooresville 7
Central Cabarrus 5

[hitman]

Hickory beat Statesville in six innings today, 12-2, quality performance by all of Hickory's players! Senior, Jamie Yarbrough earned the win today for Hickory.

[cc12501]

Charlotte Christian 7, South Point 2
WP- Ryan Furlong LP-Matt Teague
Daniel Bard: 2 HRs
Robert Cladwell: 1 HR
Chris Carrara: 1 HR

[SteelBalzs]

North Rowan 7 Kannapolis 6

2 out bottom of the 7th. one of the fastest runners in the area
( a senior) on second base. Mead rips one to the 345' left field wall , burns the fielder. Guess where the senior, fastest guy around is ? Yep you are right , standing on second tagging up, decides to run now and gets thrown out at the plate to end the game. UNBELIEVABLE !!!!

Who's fault ??? Mainly the coach , for not explaining to run on 2 outs, and watching the ball almost leave the park instead of waving the runner on. But at the same time the players fault for being on the team anyway. I'm kinda curious wondering if its just to build your past performance resume or to show off that you lettered in 2 or 3 sports. Go back and play football is about all i have to say. UNBELIEVABLE !!!!

And the politics at A.L. Brown are UNBELIEVABLE or is it incompetence of the staff there . Please let me know .

Numerous errors by the catcher kept NR runners in scoring position often. You live with that ( sophmore catcher ).
Petty didnt do so bad , a few errors hurt alot and was left in the game 4 or 5 outs to long , Bowers and Gonzalez finished up looking pretty good .

I saw a few good positives in this game , the infield is pretty good, Boger , Bartles , and Mead. I think First is wide open for Mahre and Carithers to battle for.
The outfield is ok , Worthington with speed , Smith and Gonzalez , Petty when he isnt pitching.
Kannapolis has alot of young pitching,
Petty started today , Mahre will pitch some , junior pitchers , Bowers , Gonzalez ,Carithers , Mead , and Bartles might see some mound time.
Anyway, South Rowan comes to K-Town tomorrow. This ought to be a good one. SR is very young also but has some very talented
players including Stirewalt the senior who transferred after being Dq'd in Kannapolis. ( what a system we have ).

[green&white fan]

the problem with that game was that k-town didnt swing that bat. the pitchers threw just as many ball as the did strikes. the only pitcher who looked strong was gonzalez.it will be intresting to see what happens tomorrow against south rowan.k-town just beat themselves

[BlindMan]

Playme the manager of the caldwell county legion is coach Hamby, he has way too many assistants probally the best one of the bunch is former post 29 stand out shawn denny who has been helping at Hibriten (not sure if he is this year or not)

[Braves]

Originally posted by cc12501
Chris Carrara: 1 HR

That's two so far....and it was said he wasn't a HR hitter:D

Let me check Braves mathamatishun work:

2 guzinta 6 x 32 = 24

Yep...Chris Carrara will finish this school year with 18 HR's

Ol' Braves is a math wizard :xyzthumbs

[FHS03]

I guess everyone thinks that Freedom is gonna be a push over team. Well your wrong. I've seen them work out for the past two months and they are busting their butts. They beat a GOOD Hickory team on this past Saturday. They have good pitching and good hitting. Another thing, I tired of hearing all this BS about **** *******. When he transfered from ******, that was the best thing for the team. All he did was bring destruction to the team. He has the worst attitude of any baseball player that I have EVER seen. I'm very glad to know that everyone is looking past Freedom. I hope you keep that up, b/c when u play them, they will be out to get you.

We don't care whether someone plays or not...NO ONE GETS SLAMMED ON THIS BOARD

[NCBBallFan]

No one is looking past Freedom... The predictions for the observers has Freedom in the middle of the NW4A this year, which is an outstanding conference from top to bottom.

The team that has captured the early season attention so far is ACR, because people did expect them to be a little down and they have started like gang-busters.

And you are right in your assessment of Hickory - that is a fine team. But we are not like the clt.com board - no flame wars on this board... it's about baseball.

[RaiderBall]

Waddell takes on Harding this afternoon @ Waddell at 4:30. Waddell started off their season good with a win against W.M. With a young group, they are promising today against Harding. Be back later to post the score.

[cc12501]

Don't know about Carrara having 18 HRs by the end of the year, but Bard might. Christian 3, Piedmont 2
WP- Barthleson, H-Najaka,Bard, S-Stucky
Bard 2-3: 2 run HR, 3b
Carrara 3-3

Updated in summary

[Mudcat]

TC Roberson 10, Smoky Mountain 0. Nice rebound for TC. Josh Thrailkill (frosh) went the 1st 4 and got the win, giving up 2 hits and 6 k's. I personally saw him throw this summer, he has talent. Brandon Deans was 4/4 with a home run, Herila, Hubbard, and Fielder all had 2 hits.
Updated in summary

[NCBBallFan]

North Meck over East Gaston 9-3
T. Porter (05) WP
Leading Hitters: J Kellett (05) 2-4 2-2B, T Porter (05) 2-4 1-2B
NM 9 hits, 1 error
EG 3 hits, 5 errors

Matt Murphy (03) closed out the game in the 7th 1-2-3 for NM

[SabreFan]

South Meck 6 vs West Meck 0 @ South Meck
WP: T.J. Worrell

Updated in summary

[rcbbfan]

Salisbury 14 - West Davidson 5

WP- Michael Yost(05)(in relief) 0R, 1H, 7K, 0BB
LP-Tim Peele(06) 7R,6H,1K,3BB

Salisbury:
Zach Glass- 2dbls, 2runs, 4rbi
P.J. Brant- 2h, dbl, 2runs, 2rbi
Phillip Hilliard- 2h, 2rbi

West Davidson:
Michael Rummage- 3run hr

updated in summary

[green&white fan]

a.l.brown (k-town)9 south rowan 2

updated

[NCBBallFan]

Myers Park 7, West Charlotte 5
WP: Bowman

[Tigers]

Mount Pleasant 5, East Rowan 3

WP- Josh Benton
HR- Josh Benton

[skynyrd17]

Northwest Cabarrus-3
Central Cabarrus-2

[highntight]

NM beat East Gaston 5-2 Kelly pitched 4 scoreless innings and Rosenbaum close out the last three. Good defense by NM only one e for the game!

[RainbowDemon]

The Rockets beat East Henderson Tuesday 11-1 to run their record to 4-0..team ERA at this point is 1.47...the new head coach has definitely made a difference..conference play will certainly be tougher but it's been a great start for ACR.

[SouthLoop]

3/4
Hopewell 4, East Meck 1
WP: Cruse

3/4
Olympic 8, Vance 7

[bIg fan]

Butler beat Independence 3-1. Don't have the particulars on the game.

[FHS03]

I'm not trying to start a flame war. I'm just speaking my mind. Freedom suffered a tough loss to West Caldwell on tuesday. They did not show up to play. West Caldwell had a slow left hander and Freedom just couldn't wait on him. They return to action Today @ home against Shelby. Good luck boys.

P.S- Good Luck Walt Plemmons and the EB squad.

[NCBBallFan]

FHS03 - that's not flaming, that's giving an honest evaluation of performances. That's what we want. It's also a good observation. Keep it up.

[Braves]

FHS- no problem..you stick up for your team, which is great. You have an opinion, which is great

We just don't want to get to the place where the words "moron" and "retard" are used..I think you understand

But I'm all for team allegiance...especially from teams perceived as underdogs

Just keep this in mind..if your post is informative, enlightening or entertaining..keep on posting, baby!!

We're glad to have Freedom represented

[SouthLoop]

3/4
Harding 8, Waddell 1

[NCBBallFan]

That score is a HUGE surprise to me. Can anyone give any details about the game. Waddell has a promising young squad and no one knows much about Harding this year yet.

Who's got some details.....

[SouthLoop]

All I heard was that the Waddell team was not hitting last night. Waddell got only 3 hits. 1 from Krimminger, 1 from DeSilva and 1 from Hampton.

[Braves]

ooo..ooo..pic me..pic me

Harding opened the first with a three run blast off of Adam Schirra.
Waddell could not get their bats going..Waddell will have a difficult time this year without Krimminger pitching.

But this time last year they were 10 runned like 4 out of their first 5 games. They have improved quite a bit defensively and will shock some conference teams this year

[fhspatriot]

fhs03

glad to see u on here.

You are one the hardest workers and most dedicated players ive ever seen.I wish you the best in the future.good luck this year in baseball.I'll come to as many games as I can.

[oldguycoach]

I believe the final score was 5 to 1 in favor or N.M. and I also dont remember North making an error. Who was charged with one :confused:

[Mudcat]

North Henderson 5, Rosman 1. Levi Wright got the win for NH. 7 innings, 1ER, 14 k's. Seth Williams (one of the best all around players in Henderson County) 1-1 with a triple and 3 walks.

Landrum, SC 8, Polk County 0.

Asheville 18, Mountain Heritage 2. Scott Russell, an excellent pitcher and shortstop, got the win for Asheville.

North Buncombe 12, Brevard 1. Justin Gwaltney got the win for N. Buncombe. Ryan Klinger (getting some college attention) was 3-3 with a HR and 4 rbi's.

Swain County 6, Franklin 2. A quality early season win for 1A Swain against 3A Franklin. Swain scored 4 runs in the top of the 7th to pull out the victory.

[SabreFan]

3/5

South Meck 5 vs. Harding 0
WP: Kevin Spain

[SabreFan]

Butler vs. Vance - Cancelled

[splity]

Newton Conover 0
East Burke 1

Steven Stewart pitched a complete game giving up 3 hits. East Burke plays Bunker Hill on the 11th.

[splity]

anybody have to freedom - shelby game score ?

[hitman]

Hickory 5 Alexander Central 2

WP: Wilson Boyd (05), 2-1, 5 2/3 innings, 2 hits, 0 earned runs, 6 Ks
Save: Josh Punch (04)

Issac Harrow (05): 2-4, 2 2Bs; Wilson Boyd (05): 1-2, HR; John Patterson (03): 1-2, 2 RBIs; Michael Baker (04): 1-2, RBI; Evan Parsons (03): RBI

[splity]

hitman,

who pitched for alexander ?

[rcbbfan]

West Rowan vs North Rowan - Cancelled

[Garnet_and_Gold]

No, but here's the Hickory / Alexander Central score...

Hickory - 5

ACHS - 2

:xyzthumbs :xyzthumbs :xyzthumbs :notworthy


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[ajax]

splity, Hollifield pitched for Alexander..He threw 5 innings gve up 5 runs (3 earned) and really pitched well after the 1st inning..ACHS just couldnt get started on Offense, seems like they've cured their defensive problems from last year, but their offensive wose continue..But,. this was my first game seeing them this year..

[highntight]

the one error was on the catcher who missed played a pop up with two out in the inning. That batter then walked and the next batter hit the see n eye hit that scored the run for East Gaston.:cool:

[LakeNormanFan]

3/5

Cherryville 6
Lake Norman 1 (late 6th inning)


JVs:
Cherryville 3
Lake Norman 2

[SouthPawDad]

3/5 Mt tabor @ Ashbrook
Ashbrook 7 - Mt. Tabor 6

[splity]

Where was the game played and who are some of Hickorys top players? Who hit the ball tonight ?

[Garnet_and_Gold]

Game was at Hickory.

The sophomore, Isaac Harrow, smacked a pair of doubles. John Patterson and Michael Baker got hits; Will Boyd, also a sophomore, hit a solo homer. Evan Parson drove in a run and made a great catch in left field...what speed this kid has!

Boyd (2-1) picked up the win and had 6 Ks; Josh Punch got the save.

Tornadoes have another tough assignment on Friday, when they host Newton-Conover.
:teeth:


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[SouthPawDad]

Scores from the Gaston Gazette:

Forestview 2 - Weddington 2 (called after 7, darkness)

East Gaston 8 - Olympic 7 (9 inns. - Coach Van Dyke's 300th win)

Bess. City 15 - Hunter Huss 3

East Lincoln 3 - Bandys 0

[246]

Scores from Rutherford County via The Daily Courier:

McDowell 4 - East Rutherford 2
WP - Michael Taylor allowed 6 hits
LP - Marcus Covington hampered by 4 unearned runs


Chase 5 - Crest 5 (game called due to darkness)
No lights at Chase


RS Central 6 - North Gaston 4
Brandon Walker complete game victory for RS.

[allrightnow]

I just heard that Freedom beat Shelby 5 or 6 to 2. Weatherman evidently pitched very well and Dergins shut them down in relief from what I have heard. Maybe someone that was there can fill in the blanks.

[FHS03]

Yes, Freedom did beat Shelby 5-2. Chad Weatherman pitched a great game. He pitched 5 innings and gave up 2 runs. The 2 runs were off a home run, (which the ball was 2 feet out of the zone, and the kid still hit it out). Alex Dergins came in and pitched the final 2 innings. Alex Chapman and Cody Bryant led the Patriots with 2 hits a piece. The Pats are suppose to play Hibritan today, but their field is in bad shape. If they don't play today, they will play on Saturday. The Patriots did a better job of hitting the ball against a better pitcher. I hope they get their game in today. Good Luck Boys!!!!

[RainbowDemon]

AC Reynolds ran their record to 5-0 with a 7th inning come from behind win at Erwin...5-4...play TC Roberson at TCR Saturday. Thru 4 games...team ERA 1.35...team batting ave....390

[Mudcat]

Tuesday:
AC Reynolds 11, East Henderson 2
Chris Pearce , 2-0, got the win for AC. Pearce also had a HR in the game. Billy Britt, Ben Green, and Sean O'Donnell all had 2 hits for AC. Shawn Gibson had 2 hits for EH.

Tuscola 9, Hendersonville 3
Dennis Downey, 2-0, got the win for Tuscola. Neither team threw their aces in this game. Eric McConnell had a HR and Downey had 3 hits. Tuscola is now 3-0.

Wednesday:
AC Reynolds 5, Erwin 4
This game was tied til AC scored a run in the bottom of the 7th. David Shelton and Landon Ford had 2 hits for Erwin with Ford having a HR. Billy Britt, Chris pearce, and Matt Burns all had 2 hits for AC. AC Reynolds is now 5-0.

[Braves]

Thanks guys...this is what were talking about. I'm getting to know who is who in the NW4A and elsewhere

[rcbbfan]

WP Patrick Adams 1R, 1H, 3K, 0BB
LP Brett Moulkey 3R, 2ER, 2H, 2K, 3BB

West

Seth Waller, HR
Paul Link, HR

[NCBBallFan]

North Meck got 5 innings of no hit pitching from Sam Pierce (05) in a win tonight against Butler. North also used it's team speed to create problems for the Butler defense.

Benji Sheehan (04) came in to close out the last two innnings, allowing just an infield single and complete the shutout.

Final Score: North Meck: 9, Butler 0

[ajax]

Alexander brought out the bats for the first time this year and beat Davie County at ACHS 7-1..Brandon Kinniard (junior) threw a 2-hitter and struck out 7 in 6 innings of work facing only 20 batters. Kinniard I was told by one of the coaches only threw 58 pitches!!Offensively ACHS was led by Payne,Hollifield,Wagner,Kerley,Hefner,and Kinniard. Hefner pitched the 7th striking out all 3 hitters he faced.

[NCBBallFan]

Score only: No details

Hopewell 7, Olympic 6

[hitman]

Hickory 5 Newton-Conover 2

WP: Josh Punch (04), 1-0, 7 innings
LP: Duffy

Hitters (Hickory): Punch: 2-3, 2b, 2rbi's; Yarbrough (03): 1-3, 2b; Boyd (05): 1-3, 2b, 2 runs; Dickson (05): 1-2, rbi; Patterson (03): 1-3, rbi

[phantom89]

Myers Park defeated Independence tonight 10-1 on a strong, team showing at the plate and solid pitching from Robert Woodard and Rob Wilson.

Next up for the Mustangs: conference opponent Waddell on Tuesday and Vance on Wednesday. Both are at Myers Park.

Congratulations, Mustangs, on a GREAT overall performance!

[SouthPawDad]

Mooresville 8
Ashbrook 5

Catcher Geoff Ballard (04) 2 3run HRs accounting for 6 of Mooresville's 8 runs. Geoff obviously had a great game!

Tomorrow: Kings Mtn. @ Ashbrook NEW TIME 12:00

[rcbbfan]

:applause: for Geoffery, talented catcher, great kid!!!!!!!

[Mudcat]

West Henderson 12, Polk County 2. 1st game of the year for WH. Shortened to 5 innings due to 10 run mercy rule. Mitchel Pridmore pitched all 5 innings for WH giving up 1 earned run, with 6 k's, 3BB's, and 4 hits. Pridmore, Kevin Allen, Kemper Booth, Mike Facchinei, and Curtis Frisbee all had 2 hits for WH. Booth and Facchinei each had 3 rbi's and Frisbee had 4 rbi's.


TC Roberson 7, AC Reynolds 6. Don;t have any details yet but this avenges a loss last week for TC.

Thurs:
Polk County 7, Mitchel 5. John Craddock for Polk got the win.

[al_bundy]

Kannapolis 7
Central Cabarrus 0

Brett Bartles pitched 5 innings and homered on the first pitch of the game for ALB. Central only had 1 hit the entire game. Still not sure when Daniel Smith is due to return form his hamstring injury.

[baseballfan30]

South Caldwell beat Hibriten 5-2 on Tuesday and West Caldwell 13-0 Friday and host Wilkes Central today at 3pm.

[Mudcat]

Freshman Josh Thrailkill, 2-0, got the win for TC. Billy Britt took the loss for AC. Britt was 2-4 with a HR for AC, and Sean O'donnell had 3 hits. For TC, Bobby Hubbard was 2-2. With the score tied 6-6 in the bottome of the 7th, Britt walked in the winning run.

[Mudcat]

Chris White, 2-0, got the win for H'ville. Trinity Phillips took the loss for NH. Josh Moore had 3 hits for H'ville, Seth Williams had a HR for NH.

[246]

East Rutherford 5 Crest 2
WP - lefty G. Jones

[Spartanfan]

As reported from the Monroe Enquirer:

(1-1) Piedmont - 1
Anson County - 0

WP - Matt Foard, 11 K's, 2 hits
Dan Brooks - GW rbi

No report from the Enquirer on who pitched for Anson County, but must have pitched awesome to only lose to Piedmont 1-0.


(2-0) Sun Valley - 7
Concord - 3

WP - Lee Blalock (2-0), 8 k's, 3 hits

The game was highlighted by a sophomore, Andy Tillman who dropped a bomb, his first homerun, and went 3-3 with 2 rbis.

[SouthPawDad]

Ashbrook 7
Kings Mtn. 6

WP: Bogaert ('05)
LP: Ellis ('03)

Ashbrook came from down 3 in bottom of 7th to win. Briggs game winning hit.

[rcbbfan]

Northwest Cabarrus 7 South Rowan 3

WP ????????????
LP Andrew Morgan

Got info from The Salisbury Post. It was kinda one sided in favor of South. Didn't mention anything about Northwest players.

[whoeverwins]

WP- Lucas Dalton
He through 4 complete. I think he gave up 2-3 hits and 1 ER and struck out 4or5.
Johnathon Goodman threw 3 complete and gave up 2-3 hits and struck out 3-4.

Homeruns- Dalton (1), Michael Hamilton (1)

Dalton was also 3-4 at the plate.

[SouthPawDad]

More "End of Week Scores" from Gaston Gazette:

R-S Central 6, North Gaston 5
WP: Ledbetter
LP: Bates

Cherryville 6, West Lincoln 2 (Friday)
WP: Justice
LP: Cook

Bessemer City 10, Hunter Huss 0 (Friday)
WP:McDaniel
LP: Mase

South Point 6, Kings Mtn. 1 (Friday)
WP: Teague
LP: Hamrick
SV: Bumgardner

[rcbbfan]

Thanks for helping me out, whoeverwins. BTW, welcome to the board, look forward to hearing from ya.

[acesbaseball]

From the EAST:

Edenton 5 Washington 3
Northeastern 16 Perquimans 6
Topsail 7 James Kenan 2
Kinston 5 Green Central 1
Rose 13 Washington 1
North Pitt 19 Northside 3
Ayden Grifton 11 Pamlico 0
Plymouth 6 Bertie 0
Southside 10 Jamesville 4
Midway 9 Spring Creek 0

[cc12501]

Charlotte Christian 8, South Point 2
WP- Barthleson(2-0)
South Point played very sloppy today in the field.

[BlindMan]

A.L. Brown used two three run home runs in this one to keep it close but just couldn't keep West Rowan off the bases.

WP Adams
Lp Mead
S Link

[rcbbfan]

For West Rowan:

Shane Grahan, 3-3, run
Luke overcash, 2-4: DBL, run
Patrick Adams, 2-3; DBL, RBI, run
Ryan Wilson, 2-3; TPL, 3 RBI, run
Seth Waller, DBL, 2 RBI, 2 runs

For Kannapolis:

Brett Bartles, 3 run homerun
Ryan Petty, 3 run homerun
Andrew Mead; 2-4, DBL, run
Garrett Sherrill; 3-3, 2 runs

[Mudcat]

West Henderson 10, Swain 0. 5 inning game due to mercy rule.

Mike Facchinei, 1-0, threw a no hitter tonite for WH, facing 1 batter over the minimum. 12 k's, 1 walk. Was at 86 on the gun with a nasty 12-6 curveball that he had control of all game. Very strong for 1st outing of the year and 2 weeks removed from basketball.
Hitting for WH, Facchinei was 1-3, but that was a grand slam in the 3rd. Junior Josh Andrews was 2-3 with 2 HR's. Mitchel Pridmore was 3-3 with 2 doubles. Kevin Allen was 2-4.
WH starts conference play Tues against Mountain Heritage.

[NCBBallFan]

Keep them brief here... Posted the detailed game write ups on the Detailed Game Reports thread.

[NCBBallFan]

From the Observer for Monday, 3/10

Latin 5, JM Robinson 4
Westminster Catabwa 20, Gaston Day 3

[246]

East Rutherford 10 - RS Central 9

[phantom89]

The "Bicknell Bats" are making a lot of noise at Myers Park!

Myers Park 10
Waddell 0

Way to go Mustangs!

[NCBBallFan]

North Meck 4, Hopewell 3

WP: Porter, LP: Cruse, Save: Pierce

[SabreFan]

3/11

South Meck 9, Olympic 0
WP: Worrell

[reddtroll]

Prov. -2
Butler-0
Collins pitched a NO NO.:(

[splity]

Bunker Hill 1
East Burke 6

Bunker scored on 2 errors in the 2nd inning. East Burke hosts Hickory friday then playes them again on saturday. Jeremy Yoder got the win for tonight Steven Stewart got the save.

[rcbbfan]

West Rowan 4 North Iredell 2

WP- Paul LInk
LP- Steven Hancock

[phantom89]

Rob Wilson was the winning pitcher in the MPvsWaddell game!

[Mudcat]

West Henderson 4, Mountain Heritage 0

TC Roberson 14, Enka 0

[SouthPawDad]

Ashbrook 17
Burns 12

Game played at Burns. 6 HRs in the game. A real "pitcher's duel"!

[rcbbfan]

From The Salisbury Post:

Mooresville 10
South Rowan 1

WP Tyler Lackey
LP Daniel Moore

HR Lackey

[baseballfan30]

South Caldwell beat St. Stephens tonight 14-4 or 14-5 in 7 innings

WP-Reid (2-0)
LP-Matthews

[splity]

WOW really surprised on that many runs scored on Mathews. South must be warming up the bats bigtime. What were some hightlights of the south- st. stephens game?

[Garnet_and_Gold]

Yikes, and he's their ACE!:scared2:


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[biggun18]

The East Burke game score was 7-1 not 6-1. Not tryin to make a big deal just for the sake of being correct.

[Tigers]

Mount Pleasant-18
W. Montgomery-3

[LakeNormanFan]

Lake Norman 7 (W, Frye)
A.L.Brown 4 (L, Bowers)

JVs
Lake Norman 12 (W, Gurley - 10 KOs in 4 innings)
A.L.Brown 3 (L, Tito)

[hitman]

Newton Conover 7
Hickory 5

[Wufman]

LakeNormanFan,,,, its official. You guys "DID" beat us yesterday. It wasn't pretty for us, and to be honest, we expected more. I think thats our problem, our boys "just showed up". To their credit, they played a very big and emotional game with West Rowan just the night before. Anyway, nobody likes to hear excuses, so congratulations.

Btw, you have a beautiful school and you will have a beautiful baseball facility in time.

[SouthLoop]

3/12 - Varsity
Independence 1, West Meck 0 in 8 innings
WP: Zach Farry
Pitchers for both the Indy and West teams went the entire 8 innings!

Harding 6, Vance 3

[RealMcCoy]

Sun Valley goes to 3-0!

[SouthPawDad]

From the Gaston Gazette:

Monday 3/10

Hunter Huss 6
West Lincoln 5
WP: Mace
LP: Kofhler

Tuesday 3/11

Mooresville 9
Cherryville 4
WP: Sullivan
LP: Walls

East Lincoln 12
West Lincoln 4
WP: Rue
LP: Jones

[NCBBallFan]

Independence 1, West Meck 0

Harding 6, Vance 3

Mooresville 9, Cherryville 4

E Lincoln 12, W Lincoln 4

Charlotte Country Day 7, Catholic 5

Greensboro Day 11, Providence Day 1

Northside 11, Metrolina 3

Winn 2, Westminster Catawba 1

Hickory Grove 7, Gaston Christian 2

[Mudcat]

North Henderson 12, Brevard 1
Tuscola 14, Hendersonville 3
East Henderson 9, Erwin 6
Avery 9, Owen 6
Franklin 11, Asheville 0
Polk County 6, Robbinsville 4
North Buncombe 8, Smoky MOuntain 4

[Braves]

Originally posted by Wufman
LakeNormanFan,,,, its official. You guys "DID" beat us yesterday. It wasn't pretty for us, and to be honest, we expected more. I think thats our problem, our boys "just showed up". To their credit, they played a very big and emotional game with West Rowan just the night before. Anyway, nobody likes to hear excuses, so congratulations.

Btw, you have a beautiful school and you will have a beautiful baseball facility in time.


:applause: ......classy post wuffie

[NCBBallFan]

St. Stephens beat Alexander 5-1

Details to come (I hope).

[NCBBallFan]

East Meck over Garinger by 10-run rule

[SouthLoop]

Thanks...

[thsbb]

:) Tuscola got back on the winning track by beating Hendersonville 14 to 3. John Shannon pitch 2 innings giving up 1 earned run and 1 unearned run. Clay Tatham pitched 3 innings giving up 1 earned run. Sophmore Greg Munoz hit 2 bombs and Steven Reinhold hit 1. Nathan Lowe had 2 hits and 2 rbi's.

[246]

Chase High Trojans 3 - Bessemer City Yellow Jackets 2

[Mudcat]

picked up off another site

Ragsdale 7, Western Guilford 2
pretty tough early season game for 2 highly ranked teams.

[baseballfan30]

In the South/ St. Stephens Matthews and Reid both had a hard time getting calls from the home plate umpire. All the runs didnt come off of Matthews. He exited the game in the 4th inning giving up maybe 5 or 6. South Caldwell hit him well though. The Spartans had 5 players with at least 2 hits apiece. Casey Morris was 4-5, Josh Bentley, Charlie Harrison,Russell Reid, Shane Coffey each had 2 hits apiece. Reid went the distance pitching for the spartans striking out 13. The spartan offense seems to be coming around though.

[Wufman]

Kannapolis' bats came alive again after a terrible day yesterday to beat a good East Meck team in 5 innings by the mercy rule. Daniel Smith, Andrew Mead and Ryan Query led Kannapolis with 2 hits apiece. One of Smith's hits was a homerun and Ryan Petty also homered for Kannapolis. Drew Mahre pitched well for the Wonders. Somebody from East Meck also homered during this game, but I haven't gotten his name yet. It was good to hear the sound of those bats again in Ktown...

[Braves]

8 innings Vance 6 vs Myers Park 5

[rcbbfan]

South Rowan 5 West Rowan 1

WP - Andrew Morgan
LP - Peter Allen
S - Cody Wright

For South;
Morgan 2-3, RBI, run

For West;
Brian Graham 2-2

[SabreFan]

3/12

South Meck 8, Harding 4
WP: Vartanian

[NCBBallFan]

3/12 - at North Meck

North Meck 10, East Gaston 7

[SouthPawDad]

From the Gaston Gazette:

3/12

South Point 12
Burns 3

WP: Teague
LP: Mitchell

North Gaston 12
Lincolnton 2

WP: J. Bates
LP: Hammonds

Shelby 9
Kings Mtn. 3

WP: Trice
LP: Gaffney

[SouthLoop]

3/12
Butler 7, Independence 6
WP: Logan Taylor

A.L. Brown (Kannapolis) 14, East Meck 4
WP: Maher

West Meck 9, Hunter Huss 3
WP: Vaughn

[SouthPawDad]

3/13

Ashbrook 18
Kings Mtn. 3

Michael Bogaert (05) Grand Slam

[LakeNormanFan]

West Iredell over Lake Norman
(don't have score or pitchers yet)

JVs:
West Iredell 7 (W, Earnhardt)
Lake Norman 4 (L, Kindley)

[cc12501]

Charlotte Christian 7, Richmmond Senior 2
WP- Najaka LP- Flood
Christian went up 2-0 early before Richmond got two back in the 4th. Christian scored 3 in the 5th highlighted by Bryant Goodman's base hit with the bases loaded that scored three(one was unearned on the play). In the 6th Christian sealed the game when Donald Nelson came off the bench and hit a 2 run HR.

[NCBBallFan]

Scores from the hinterlands

Charlotte Country Day 9, Weddington 3

Charlotte Latin 8, Indian Land 5

Westminster Catawba 8, Hickory Grove 5

FAC Concord 13, Northside 7

Wesleyan Acad 11, Providence Day 1

Concord 9, Lexington 7

[246]

3-13-03

RS Central 9 - Enka 3

McDowell 9 - East Rutherford 2

[NCBBallFan]

North Meck 17, Vance 0
WP: Sam Pierce (2-0) 3 hit shutout
Records: NM 2-0, 6-0, Vance 0-2, 1-4

In 12 1/3 innings of work so far this year, Sam Pierce (05) has not allowed a run to score .... Opponent batting average: .075
His record is 2-0 with 2 saves. Wins against Butler & Vance, saves against South Meck & Hopewell. Great pitching for a sophomore!!!!!!

Mike Cavasinni (05), Blake Epps (04) & Matt Nossell (03) fired up the offense in this one.

[NCBBallFan]

Central Cabarrus 10, Hopewell 2

No details yet

[hitman]

East Burke 4 Hickory3

WP: Stewart Save: Yoder
LP: Boyd

EB scores 3 runs on pb and wild pitch

[NCBBallFan]

Olympic 5, Butler 4

Details to follow

[AUSTIN POWERS]

3-14-03

Northwest Cabarrus- 4

East Rowan- 1


WP- Dalton

LP- Cauble

[Wufman]

Congratulations Austin...

[NCBBallFan]

Via reports:

Myers Park 7, East Meck 5

[SabreFan]

3/14

South Meck 16, Garinger 0 in 5 innings
WP: Chip Pope

[provfan]

Providence 2, Waddell 1
WP: Ryan Jones

[baseballfan30]

South Caldwell 7 West Caldwell 0

WP- Guerra (2-0)
LP-Collins

Hr's- Josh Bentley (3)

[SabreFan]

3/14

Independence 13, West Charlotte 3
WP: Holt

West Meck 7, Harding 3
WP: Biggs

[ajax]

Alexander Central 13, Davie County 3

WP-Hollifield (1-1)

HR-Hollifield (1), Payne (1)