NC Sr. Legion State Tournament

I agree as well tj, especially this year considering Pitt's record. They have won 6 games. I just don't see them competing with anyone in the field. Didn't they get swept in the playoffs by Rocky Mount and get 10-run ruled each game? I could very well be wrong, and please know, I don't want to step on anyone's toes, but come on. I could live with the 9 team deal though.

 

Well before everyone just totally counts out Pitt County with their 6 wins, let me just remind you that Thomasville hosted the tourney in 2006 and they didn't even qualify for the playoffs and I believe (could be wrong) but they only had around 3 wins all year,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, yet they beat someone at the state tournament. So it DOES happen from time to time.

Now with that said, do I believe Pitt County is going to beat Cherryville, HECK NO. I've already went on record as saying Cherryville Coach Reynolds is going to save his ace Jake Watts for the 2nd round against the Rowan County/Duplin winner. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong,,,, but Reynolds has done that before (2003) and IMO he's one of the best coaches around, just check out his record.

I realize you have to win Game 1, before you can think about Game 2, but IMO Coach Gantt needs to "at least" consider the idea of saving Corbin Shive for 2nd round. Afterall, Rowan is playing a team that is 12-11 overall, and Rowan has been hitting the ball awful well lately. Shive vs. Watts in 2nd round would be a pitcher's dual for sure,,, Cherryville will have a huge advantage if it is Watts vs. anyone else.

And I think everyone agrees that if Cherryville does indeed play Rowan in the 2nd round, this LOSER will have a LONG road back thru the loser's bracket.

Comments?

 

Your right, Cherryville is going to be tough to beat. But anyone cant be beat on any given day. All it takes is a dominating performance by a pitcher.

 

You are correct...we had only three wins and only had 11 players dressed for the tournament. You are also correct about winning a game in the tournament. After we got 10 runned by Garner in our first game, we sent Fayetteville home in our second game. And as a matter of fact, we had a 2 run lead in the 8th inning of our 3rd game before losing in the 9th. I can't remember who it was at this time, but when we left, their were only four teams left....But I agree...the format need changed........

 

Rowan Stats 07/23/09

Per Salisbury Post

Rowan (27-6)

Batting AB R H RBI Avg.
THolmes 144 64 67 51 .465
ZSmith 113 39 50 46 .442
Michalec 130 47 57 42 .438
Veal 67 25 28 17 .418
NHolmes 124 41 51 34 .411
Shive 103 44 38 41 .369
Crucitti 89 28 32 30 .360
Miller 53 20 19 17 .358
Little 25 8 8 7 .320
Miclat 131 46 39 29 .298
Troutman 95 30 27 21 .284
Fisher 30 9 8 7 .267
Shull 58 16 9 8 .155

Doubles — THolmes 19, ZSmith 10, Crucitti 8, Miclat 8, Michalec 8, NHolmes 8, Troutman 6, Shive 6, Miller 6, Veal 5, Fisher 2, Shull 1

Triples — Veal 3, THolmes 2, Troutman 1, ZSmith 1, NHolmes 1

Home runs — THolmes 11, Shive 10, ZSmith 9, Michalec 6, NHolmes 5, Crucitti 4, Miller 2, Troutman 2, Miclat 2, Veal 1, Little 1

Stolen bases – Michalec 9, Crucitti 8, ZSmith 5, THolmes 5, Miclat 3, Veal 3, Troutman 2, Shive 2, NHolmes 2, Fisher 1

Pitching IP BB SO W L S ERA
Bchanan 43 12 24 7 0 0 2.51
Shive 45.1 10 45 6 0 0 3.97
Laws 29 10 20 1 2 0 4.03
Veal 44.2 20 50 4 0 1 4.03
NSmith 42.1 20 31 5 0 1 4.25
Gobbel 18 18 18 2 0 0 4.50
Litaker 20.1 11 10 2 1 0 4.87
Troutman 12.2 16 14 0 2 1 5.68
Michalec 9.1 6 7 0 1 0 7.71

 

Venue Change for Sunday

The games on Sunday will be at ECU and Smith High School, not Rose HS as was originally announced.

 

Venue

That site is Guy Smith Stadium. It is not at a high school.

 

Shelby's Streak continues to 4 in a row:

Final

Shelby - 7
Wilmington - 11

 

Rowan vs. Duplin

Rowan's Zach Smith will not play in game 1.

 

Why is that?