July 21, 2025 – Monday Schedule UPDATED

No Local Events Scheduled

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Garner (Area I), Union County (Area III) and Asheville (Area IV) have each won their Area Championships with the Area II title to be decided tonight between Wilmington and Beulaville.

[**UPDATED: AREA II Championship Game postponed until Tuesday night, July 22 due to rain]

The 2025 North Carolina Championship Tournament begins Saturday in Cherryville.

Cherryville is also hosting the Junior Legion (17U) Championship with today being day three of the double-elimination tournament. Elimination games are scheduled for 1:00 and 4:00 with a 7:00 game between Matthews and South Caldwell, both of which are 2-0 in the event.

[**UPDATED: Matthews 4, South Caldwell 2. South Caldwell (2-1) will play Wilson (2-1) at 4:00 Tuesday; Matthews (3-0) will play Cherryville (2-1) at 7:00.

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July 20, 2025 – Sunday Result

  LEGION BASEBALL – AREA III CHAMPIONSHIP

Union County 4, Rowan County 0

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July 19, 2025 – AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL

The eight teams which qualified for the 2025 American Legion Baseball State Championship Tournament were determined this week and the four Area Championships which will determine seeding for the tournament have begun. All four areas are playing single game championships for the area titles.

Friday night regular season champion Asheville Post 70 defeated Cherryville Post 100 11-5 for the Area IV title. Post 70 will be seeded as the #1 team from Area IV and Cherryville in the #2 spot as host of the event.

This afternoon the Garner Nationals and Pitt County Post 39 are scheduled for a 4:00 start for the Area I Championship with Pitt as the host team.

Sunday night at 7:00 Union County Post 535 will travel to Salisbury to face Rowan County Post 342 for the Area III title. That game will be played at Catawba College.

Wilmington Post 10 will host Beulaville Post 511 for the Area II title Monday night at 7:00. That game will be played at Legion Stadium in Wilmington.

The 2025 North Carolina Championship Tournament will begin play next Saturday in Cherryville.

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July 18, 2025 – Friday Schedule

No Events Scheduled

July 17, 2025 – Thursday Result

  LEGION BASEBALL – AREA III SEMI-FINALS (3 of 5)

Rowan County 7, High Point 1 (Rowan wins series 3-2)

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July 17, 2025 – SPECIAL FEATURES

Dennis Garcia spoke with Asheboro High School's new varsity baseball coach Jamey May for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

July 16, 2025 – Wednesday Results

  LEGION BASEBALL – AREA III SEMI-FINALS (3 of 5)

High Point 8, Rowan County 7 (9 innings)  (Series tied 2-2)

Union County 2, Randolph County 1  (Union wins series 3-1)

Single runs were all either team could manage with Randolph County scoring one in the first inning and Union County scoring once in the bottom of the second and again in the sixth inning for the final score.

Post 45 got two hits from Jake Riddle with a run scored and from Carter Brown with a triple and an rbi. There were single hits by Tate Andrews, Cohen Caviness and Ben Luck.

Starter Braxton Walker took the loss going 5.1 innings with two runs on seven hits and five walks and four strikeouts. Grat Dalton walked two batters and recorded the final two outs.

Union County advances to the state championship tournament in Cherryville beginning Saturday, July 26 and Randolph County will be back in action on August 6 when the American Legion Southeast Regional begins at McCrary Park in Asheboro.

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July 15, 2025 – Tuesday Results

  LEGION BASEBALL – AREA III SEMI-FINALS (3 of 5)

High Point 5, Rowan County 4 (Rowan leads series 2-1)

Randolph County 13, Union County 6 (Union leads series 2-1)

Post 45 jumped out to a 5-0 lead after three innings before Union County responded with five in the bottom of the fourth to tie the score. Randolph scored five more in the fifth to take the lead for good with Union adding a run in the sixth before Randolph County scored three more runs in the seventh.

Carter Brown had three hits to lead post 45 driving in two runs and scoring two more.Braxton Walker had two hits with two rbi and a run scored. Everyone else in the lineup had one hit and everyone scored at least one run: Ben Luck (double, 2 rbi, run), Grat Dalton (rbi, run), Zack Scruggs (rbi, run), Tate Andrews (rbi, 2 runs), Caleb Coggins (2 runs), Jake Riddle (run) and Ethan Willard (rbi, 2 runs).

Sean Jennison pitched 5.1 innings and got the win giving up six runx (5 er) on four hits and five walks with five strikeouts. Elijah Prince threw 1.2 innings in relief with two hits, one walk and two strikeouts.

Game four will be at Wingate University at 7 pm Wednesday.

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