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July 13, 2026 - ALUMNI NEWS
Tanner Marsh (AHS '23) was selected by the Athletics in the ninth round of the Major League Baseball draft over the weekend.
The Liberty University shortstop has started every game of his college career and has been among the leaders in numerous offensive and defensive
categories for the Liberty program, Conference USA and NCAA baseball. He is the 2026 CUSA Player of the Year and CUSA Defensive
Player of the Year. He was also named to the NCAA Division I All-Region Team for the Atlantic Region.
ARTICLE from Liberty Flames.
July 13, 2026 - Monday Schedule
No Events Scheduled
July 12, 2026 - Sunday Schedule
No Events Scheduled
July 11, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES
Dennis Garcia and coach Nate Cockman talk about the 2026 American Legion Baseball season in the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.
July 11, 2026 - Saturday Result
LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Area 3 Quarter Finals (2 of 3)
Randolph County 12, Queen City 2 (Game 2)
Post 45 advanced to the Area III semi-final series with the road win.
Tate Andrews hit his second home run in two nights - this time a grand slam - and Brady Armfield added a
3-run home run to push Randolph ahead 9-0 at the midway point of the game. Andrews finished with 5 rbi while
Armfield drove in 3 runs and scored two.
Price Kidd got the complete game victory allowing 2 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks with 1 strikeout in five innings.
Jake Riddle (double, rbi, 2 runs), Hudson Deel (double, 2 runs) all had two hits. There were single hits
by Andrews, Lucas Connor (rbi), Sam Gore (run), Ashton Poe (2 runs) and Wilson Boswell.
The semi-finals are scheduled to begin Tuesday with Randolph County facing defending Area Champion Union
County in a best-of-five series. Union defeated Randolph last season 3 games to 1 in a semi-final matchup,
July 10, 2026 - Friday Result
LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Area 3 Quarter Finals (2 of 3)
Randolph County 19, Queen City 15 (Game 1)
The teams combined for 28 hits, including 5 home runs and 6 doubles, and Post 45 scored in all six
offensive innings for the come-from-behind win in the first game against Queen City in the Area III quarter finals.
Tate Andrews had 2 hits with a solo home run and 3 rbi, Lucas Conner hit a solo homer and scored 4 times
and Hudson Deel had 3 hits (2 doubles), scored 3 runs and drove in 2 more. There were 2 hits each by Brady Armfield who
drove in 4 runs and scored three, Jake Riddle (rbi, 2 runs) and Ashton Poe (2 rbi, run). Jackson Hill added a hit and an
rbi and scored a run.
John Kirkpatrick took the mound with 2 outs in the top of the fourth, pitched 3.1 scoreless innings and was the winning
pitcher with scattering 5 hits and a walk. Keaton Hill pitched the first two innings (8 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts)
and Kyle Dillow followed with 1.2 innings of work (7 runs, 4 hits, 3 walks).
July 9, 2026 - Thursday Schedule
No Events Scheduled
July 8, 2026 - Wednesday Result
LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
High Point 13, Liberty 3 (Game 3)
The Hi Toms had an early 1-0 lead but Liberty's Bryson Marley led off the top of the third with a single
and tied the game on an rbi double by John Wittig with 2 outs. Chance Holdaway followed with his third home
run of the season to put Post 81 ahead 3-1.
Post 87, however, batted around in the in fifth, scoring 5 runs, and sent 11 to the plate in the sixth,
adding 7 more. before reaching the 10-run lead to clinch the series.
Wittig had 2 hits for Liberty with a double, a run scored and a run-batted-in. Marley had the 2-rbi homer
and Marley a hit with a run scored and Tyler Westbrooks recorded a single.
Starting pitcher Landon Albright took the loss working 3.1 innings with 6 runs (4 er) on 6 hits and 3 walks
with 1 strikeout. Bryson Arrington pitched the final inning with 7 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks.
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July 7, 2026 - Tuesday Result
LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
Liberty 5, High Point 4 (Game 2)
Post 81 snapped a six game losing streak and evened their playoff series with High Point t one game
each. The decisive third will be Wednesday at Finch Field in Thomasville.
The Hi Toms scored a run in the top of the first inning but Liberty responded with 3 runs in the home half
and another in the second for a 4-1 lead. Post 87 tied the score in the fourth but Liberty scored again in the
sixth for the final margin.
Tyler Westbrooks and Weston Murphy had 2 hits each with Westbrooks recording a double and scoring twice
while Murphy scored once and drove in a run. Liberty got single hits by John Wittig (run), Jackson Vaughn (rbi),
Cade McCallum (run), Josh Nelson (rbi), Chance Holdaway and Avery Wright.
Holdaway pitched 6.1 innings and got the win allowing 4 runs (3 er) on 7 hits and 4 walks with 5
strikeouts. Landon Albright faced 2 batters in recording the final 2 outs and earned a save.
July 6, 2026 - Monday Schedule
LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS
High Point 11, Liberty 2 (Game 1)
Liberty couldn't slow down the Hi Toms who put up 12 hits in the win.
Post 81 got single hits from Tyler Westbrooks, Cade McCallum and Avery Wright.
Both runs came in the fifth inning with a one-out walk to Carter Mustian followed by a single by Westbrooks.
Mustian then scored on a ground out by Weston Murphy and Westbrooks followed on a High Point error.
Bryson Marley took the loss with 10 runs on 10 hits and 4 walks with 2 strikeouts in three innings.
Bryson Arrington pitched the final two frames giving up a run on 2 hits and 2 walks with 2 strikeouts.
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July 6, 2026 - SOFTBALL HONORS
The North Carolina Softball Coaches Association selected 21 Randolph County student-athletes to 2026 All-District teams and 15
of those were tagged as All-State performers in 3A and 4A softball.
4A Champions Southwestern Randolph had 6 players named All-State. Four Randleman players received that honor and 2 players
from Uwharrie Charter Academy.
Providence Grove had 3 players selected to the All-State team in 3A softball.
Local players honored with state and district awards can be seen on the SPORTSTONE
SOFTBALL page.
July 6, 2026 - SPECIAL FEATURES
With a few days between games, Randolph County's Jackson Hill had a chance to talk with Dennis Garcia about the developement of
his game during a busy - but short - American Legion Baseball season for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.
July 5, 2026 - AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
The Area III playoffs are scheduled to begin Monday with series play inside each of the two divisions.
Liberty will face High Point-Thomasville in a best-of-three series with game one set for 6:00 Monday at Finch Field
in Thomasville. Game two will be at 7:00 Tuesday at Eastern Randolph High School.
Randolph County has a bye into the second round as the Northern Division champion since there are only seven teams in that division.
The playoff schedule is available on the AREA III PLAYOFF page.
July 5, 2026 - Sunday Schedule
No Events Scheduled
July 4, 2026 - Independence Day
LEGION BASEBALL
9:30am Area III All-Star Game (at Finch Field)
Northern Division 10, Southern Division 5
July 3, 2026 - AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
Area III American Legion Baseball will hold an All-Star Game for the first time in several years. Post 87 Hi
Toms will host the event Saturday morning at Finch Field in Thomasville with teams made up of players representing the Southern
Division (Stars) against the Northern Division (Stripes).
Admission is $10 for an excellent start to Independence Day 250 with game time scheduled for 9:30 am, Saturday, July 4th.
ALL-STAR ROSTERS
July 3, 2026 - Friday Schedule
No Events Scheduled
July 2, 2026 - Thursday Result
LEGION BASEBALL
Randolph County 8, Moore County 4
Post 45 erased a 3-1 deficit with 5 runs in the bottom of the third and held on for the win.
Kyle Dillow had 2 hits and drove in 2 runs for Randolph. Jackson Hill and John Kirkpatrick also had 2 hits
along with 1 rbi. There were single hits by Lucas Connor (2 runs) and Caleb Coggins (rbi, run).
Sean Jennison pitched 5.1 innings and got the win allowing 4 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks with 5 strikeouts.
Dillow gave up 1 hit with 2 strikeouts in 1.2 innings of relief.
Hamlet 10, Liberty 0
A short-handed Liberty team had trouble once again stopping their opponent from scoring and dropped their regular season finale at Hamlet.
Mason Taylor went 2-for-2 at the plate for Post 81 and Carter Mustian singled for Liberty's 3 hits.
Chance Holdaway started and took the loss giving up 9 runs (6 er) on 8 hits and 1 walk in 2.2 innings. John Wittig took the
mound in relief with 2 outs in the third inning. Wittig allowed 1 run on 3 hits and a walk in an inning and a third.
July 1, 2026 - Wednesday Result
LEGION BASEBALL
Hamlet 14, Liberty 1
In Liberty's third game in two days, five errors were costly resulting in nine unearned runs.
Chance Holdaway had 2 hits for Post 81. Carter Mustian had a hit and Hayden Robbins drove in Tyler Westbrooks for the run.
Bryson Marley started and took the loss giving up 14 runs (5 er) on 15 hits and 3 walks in 4.2 innings.
Robbins recorded the final out.
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