Fourth inning swings Post 21 opener Asheville's way
Burke County Post 21’s season opener Friday came down to two bases-loaded situations in the fourth inning.
View ArticlePatton junior legion squad drops 2 on road
The Patton junior American Legion baseball team lost both ends of a Monday non-conference doubleheader at Alexander Central High, 3-2 and 3-1.
View ArticlePost 21 falls at home to Cherryville, slips to 0-2 for season
Five-time defending Area IV Western Division champion and reigning state champion Cherryville Post 100 opened its 2012 American Legion baseball season with a 6-1 win over Burke County Post 21 at Shuey...
View ArticlePost 21 blows lead in 7-5 loss to Hickory
The Burke County Post 21 American Legion baseball team took a 5-3 lead over Hickory Post 48 on Wednesday at Shuey Field, but the visitors pulled off a big double play to get out of the fourth inning...
View ArticleEast Burke jr. legion splits with McDowell
After two road games, the East Burke junior legion baseball team returned home Thursday to face McDowell’s “A” team.
View ArticlePost 21 clipped at the wire by Caldwell, 7-6
In a game that featured a little bit of everything, Burke County Post 21 rallied from deficits of one run, two runs and three runs but was turned away when the potential tying run was gunned down at...
View ArticlePatton bats heat up in 2nd game of Sunday jr. legion split
The Patton junior legion baseball team nearly rallied from a six-run, final-inning deficit in Sunday’s opener and rode the momentum to score 11 of the final 12 runs in a non-conference doubleheader.
View ArticlePost 21 edges Shelby for first win
A pleasant evening for baseball turned even sweeter for the Burke County Legion Post 21 team when it scored two ninth-inning runs to come back and defeat Shelby Post 82 3-2 at Veterans Field at Keeter...
View ArticleEB junior legion drops two at McDowell
The East Burke junior legion baseball team slipped to 3-9 on the summer after being blanked twice on the road Tuesday against the tough McDowell Post 56 Black team, 4-0 and 7-0 in non-conference action.
View ArticleEast Burke splits legion twinbill
East Burke’s Junior American Legion baseball team split a doubleheader with Bunker Hill on Sunday.
View ArticlePost 234 swept by Newton-Conover
In just its second outing of the junior American Legion baseball season, Valdese Post 234 played much better on Wednesday than they did last Saturday but found themselves on the short side of both...
View ArticleValdese junior American Legion team sweeps East Burke
ICARD — Valdese had to rallied in the opener of a doubleheader in the fourth and got out with a 6-5 win against East Burke. Post 234’s Ray Pierce had a strong showing on the mound in the nightcap as...
View ArticleWest Caldwell takes two from Patton
GAMEWELL — Patton team travelled to Gamewell on Friday evening to try to get back to .500 on the season, but instead fell to 4-8 with a 7-2 loss in the opener of a doubleheader and a forfeited second...
View ArticleJR. LEGION ROUNDUP: Patton falls twice to R-S Central
With five of its own players out of action and a little assistance from Freedom High’s team, the Patton junior legion baseball squad was able to play a Monday night home contest versus non-conference...
View ArticlePost 21 falls to Hickory for 2nd time of summer
Area IV West Division leader Hickory Post 48 used solid pitching, fielding and hitting to 10-run rule Burke County Post 21 on Monday night at the Hickory Fairgrounds, completing a regular-season sweep...
View ArticleJR. LEGION ROUNDUP: Post 234 wins 5th, 6th straight games
The young junior American Legion team from Post 234 in Valdese swept the Fred T. Foard “B” team on the road Tuesday by the scores of 11-0 and 13-2 for its fifth and sixth consecutive victories after an...
View ArticlePost 21 rocked again by Rutherford
Burke County Post 21 gave up at least nine runs for the fourth time in six days Wednesday, falling 11-6 to Rutherford County Post 423 at Shuey Field.
View ArticlePatton jr. legion splits mid-week twinbills
Trenton Totty allowed one run on three hits and Luke Baker had a walkoff base hit in the bottom of the fifth inning as the Patton junior American Legion baseball team defeated the McDowell “A” team by...
View ArticleCarver walk-off leads Post 21 to 2nd straight win
Burke County Post 21 is rounding into form as the American Legion Area IV regular season winds down, claiming its second straight victory Sunday night thanks to a three-run walkoff home run by catcher...
View ArticleEB jr. legion ties Newton, falls in nightcap
Despite being no-hit, the East Burke junior legion baseball team’s eight-game losing skid ended Monday at home versus Newton-Conover in a scoreless game one tie.
View ArticleJR. LEGION ROUNDUP: Patton splits road nailbiters at R-S
The Patton junior American Legion baseball team ran the gamut of emotions in a two-hour span Tuesday at R-S Central in a non-conference doubleheader.
View ArticleJR. LEGION ROUNDUP: Post 234 falls to Bunker Hill to end summer at .500
The 2012 Valdese Post 234 junior legion baseball team completed the season on Wednesday night with sweeps in four of its last six doubleheaders.
View ArticleSix-spot in ninth spells doom in Burke season finale
A pair of ninth-inning plays — one in each half of the frame — denied Burke County Post 21 a three-game winning streak to end the regular season on Thursday.
View ArticleJR. LEGION ROUNDUP: Patton wins 4 straight to end summer
The Patton junior American Legion baseball team capped the summer with its second and third doubleheader sweeps and a season-high four-game winning streak after two home victories over Bunker Hill on...
View ArticlePost 21 gets slumping Union Co. in 1st round of playoffs
Burke County Post 21 (4-10) has earned the Western Division's No. 6 seed and will face Eastern Division 3 seed Union County Post 535 (9-5) in the best-of-five Area IV first-round playoff series...
View ArticlePost 21 falls 3-2 in playoff opener
The Burke County Post 21 American Legion baseball team lost a tough one to open the Area IV playoffs Tuesday night, 3-2 at Union County Post 535 in a game played at Wingate University.
View ArticlePost 21 draws even at 1-1 with walkoff win
The Burke County Post 21 baseball team will head back south Thursday wearing a collective smile after a 7-6 walkoff win in the bottom of the 10th inning Wednesday at Shuey Field.
View ArticlePost 21 drops final 2 games
After pounding Post 21 by the seven-inning score of 17-3 on Thursday night at Wingate, Union County Post 535 ended Burke County's season on Friday night at Shuey Field with a 10-4 win.
View ArticleFour locals invited to Jr. legion all-star game
East Burke’s Zach Lowder and Tucker Cranford and Patton’s Jack Reid and Trenton Totty will each continue their summer baseball seasons at Saturday’s Junior American Legion All-Star Game hosted by...
View ArticleLOCAL SPORTS ROUNDUP: Morganton 11-12s keep advancing in state tourney
The Morganton 11-12s all-star baseball team won a losers’ bracket contest by one run for the second straight day, staying alive in the state tournament Monday with a 6-5 victory over Weddington.
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