July 6, 2025 - Sunday Result
LEGION BASEBALL
– PLAYOFFS ROUND 1 (2 of 3)
Chatham County at Randolph (Game 2 postponed - Mon, 7pm)
Liberty 11, Hamlet 5 (McCrary Park - Liberty wins series 2-0)
With no end of the rain from Tropical
Storm Chantal in sight and Liberty leading 11-5 in the middle of the
fifth inning, Game 2 in the series was declared an official game and
Post 81 advanced to the Area III quarter finals.
The game was moved
to McCrary Park in Asheboro and the all-turf field did it's job but
the rain continued to intensify as the afternoon wore on.
Both teams recorded six hits but all
four pitchers who appeared in the game – Cade McCallum and Mason
Taylor for Liberty; Caden Nolan and Riley Brown For Hamlet –
struggled in the tropical storm conditions. Along with six hits, both
teams received eight base-on-balls and two Post 81 batters were
hit-by-pitch for a total of 57 plate appearances and 30 base runners
in four-and-a-half innings.
Liberty scored three runs in the first
inning, one in the second and seven runs in the fourth. Hamlet scored
twice in the second and three more runs in the top of the fifth.
Maddox Dunn had two hits for Liberty,
including a triple, and scored two runs. Single hits by McCallum (2
rbi, 2 runs), Noah Lester (2 rbi, 2 runs), Mason Taylor (double, 3
rbi) and Ethan Mann (2 rbi).
Maddox Locklear had two hits for Hamlet
with an rbi. Post 49 also got hits from Garrett Manning (3 rbi), Jabari
Douglas (2 runs), Jacob Williams (run) and Nolan (double, run).
Nolan pitched into the fourth inning
and took the loss before giving way to Brown.
McCallum was awarded the win after two
innings of work. Following a brief stoppage of play before the third
inning started, McCallum was relieved by Taylor who pitched the final
three innings.
July 5, 2025 – Saturday Results
LEGION BASEBALL
– PLAYOFFS ROUND 1 (2 of 3)
Randolph County 10,
Chatham County
0 (Rand Co leads 1-0)
Ethan Willard went 4-for-4 to drive in
four runs and Braxton Walker hit a two-run home run to lead the Post
45 offense while Walker gave up just two hits with seven strikeouts
in five innings for the complete game win.
Willard had four hits with two doubles,
four rbi and scored two runs. Single hits by Walker (HR, 2 rbi, run),
Tate Andrews (double, rbi, 3 runs), Jackson Hill (double, 2 runs),
Carter Brown and Zack Scruggs.
Liberty 4, Hamlet 1
(Liberty leads 1-0)
Both teams scored a run in the sixth
inning but Liberty added three more in the top of the seventh for the
win.
Lucas Smith got the complete game win
with one (unearned) run on three hits and two walks with four
strikeouts.
Post 81 got two hits each from Mark
King (run), Eli Holland (rbi, run), Noah Madren (double, rbi, 2
runs), Mason Taylor (rbi) and Ethan Mann. Single hits by Noah Lester
(rbi) and Cade McCallum.
Due to rain from TS Chantal, Game 2
between Liberty and Hamlet has been move to McCrary Park in Asheboro
with a 1:00 start time Sunday afternoon.
July 5,
2025 – ALL-STATE SOFTBALL
HONORS
The 2025 All-State Softball
Team has
been announced by the North Carolina Softball Coaches Association.
Randolph County is represented by eight players for their performance
during the spring season.
All-State honorees are Kadie
Green,
Addyson Dees and Kinzie Ivey from Randleman High School and Macie
Crutchfield, Kami Dunn, Alyssa Harris, Maddie Strider and Nauttica
Parrish from Southwestern Randolph.
SPORTSTONE
SOFTBALL
July 5, 2025
– SPECIAL FEATURES
American Legion
Baseball playoffs start tonight in Area III and Dennis
Garcia spoke with Post 81 Head Coach Nate Cockman and Liberty catcher
Eli Holland for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE
from SportsTone.
July 4, 2025 - INDEPENDENCE DAY SCHEDULE
No Events Scheduled
July 3, 2025 - Thursday Result
LEGION BASEBALL
Randolph County 5, Chatham County 0
Post 45 ended the regular
season on a
six game winning streak after their home win against Chatham County.
Randolph finished 9-1 in their division and have won 13 of their last
14 games heading into the Area III playoffs this weekend.
Randolph scored all of their
runs early
by taking advantage of five walks, a Chatham error and three Post 45
hits over the first two innings. Zack Scruggs and Braxton Walker had
back-to-back rbi-singles in the first inning after Caleb Coggins led
off by reaching on an error. A bases-loaded walk to Tate Andrews gave
Post 45 a 3-0 lead after one inning.
In the second inning, Grat
Dalton and
Scruggs drew walks, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a double
by Carter Brown.
Brown and Andrews both hit
doubles with
singles by Jake Riddle, Walker and Scruggs.
Parker Kines pitched five
innings for
the win allowing four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts. Drew
Harmon (1 strikeout) and Sean Jennison (1 hit, 1 strikeout) pitched
one inning each.
The two teams will play
again Saturday
in the opening game of a best-of-three series in the first round of
the Area III playoffs. With the Asheboro Zookeepers home Saturday,
Post 45 will travel to Jordan-Matthews High School in Siler City for
game 1. Game 2 will be played at McCrary Park Sunday night and, if
necessary, game 3 will also be at McCrary Park Monday night.
The other division series
will have #3
Liberty against #2 Hamlet. The first game in that series will be
Saturday at Hamlet.
AMERICAN
LEGION PLAYOFFS
July 2, 2025 – Wednesday Result
LEGION BASEBALL
Randolph County 8,
Hamlet 3
Randolph County led 3-0
after three
innings but Hamlet answered with runs in the fourth and fifth innings
for a 3-3 tie. In the top of the fifth however, Post 45 scored five
runs for the final tally.
Jake Riddle had three hits
with two rbi
and a run scored and Ethan Willard recorded two hits including a
double with and rbi and one run scored for Randolph County. There
were single hits by Zack Scruggs (3 rbi, run), Caleb Coggins (2
runs), Grat Dalton (rbi, run), Cohen Caviness (double, run) and
Carter Brown.
Lincoln Coble (4 hits, 1
run, 6 walks,
2 strikeouts) got no decision in four innings of work. Elijah Prince
gave up two runs on two hits and a walk and got the win. Tate Andrews
(3 walks, 1 strikeout) pitched 1.1 innings and Brett Smith got the
final two strikeouts.
July 1, 2025 – Tuesday Result
LEGION BASEBALL
Randolph County 9,
Liberty 2
Post 45 got their first hits
in the
fifth inning and took a 4-0 lead which Post 81 quickly cut in half in
the bottom of the inning. That was all winning pitcher Jake Riddle
and the Randolph County defense would allow however while Post 45
plated five more runs in the seventh inning.
Riddle used 82 pitches in
the complete
game win giving up two runs on seven hits and no walks while striking
out seven batters.
Jackson Hill (2 rbi, run),
Ethan
Willard (hbp, 2 hits, rbi, run), Grat Dalton (hbp, run) and Caleb
Coggins (hbp, 2 runs) all recorded doubles for Post 45. Cohen
Caviness (2 rbi, run) and Braxton Walker (rbi, run) added hits.
Mark King was 3-for-3 at the
plate and
drove in both Liberty runs with a fifth inning double. King took the
loss on the mound giving up four runs on six hits and no walks but hit
four batters. King struck out six in five innings of work. Chance
Holdaway pitched 1.2 innings (5 runs, 2 hits, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts)
and Noah Madren faced two batters with a walk and a strikeout.
Holdaway had two hits with a
double.
Maddox Dunn and Miles Cox recorded one hit and scored one run each.
July 1, 2025
– SOFTBALL HONORS
The North Carolina Softball
Coaches
Association has named fifteen Randolph County players to the 2025
All-District 5 teams for their play during the spring season. The
players represent four different teams and include the 2A Pitcher of
the Year award to Southwestern Randolph's Macie Crutchfield.
All-District 5 honors:
1A – Uwharrie Charter
Academy: Emory
Johnson (Jr), Katelyn West (Jr), Carly Rush (So), Bristol Marine
(Fr).
2A – Randleman: Kadie Green
(Jr),
Addyson Dees (So), Kinzie Ivey (So), Kaylee Phillips (So).
Southwestern Randolph: Macie
Crutchfield (Sr), Savannah Holleman (Sr), Kami Dunn (Jr), Alyssa
Harris (Jr), Maddie Strider (Jr), Nauttica Parrish (So).
Wheatmore: Madison Nichols
(Sr).
SPORTSTONE
SOFTBALL
July 1, 2025
– SPECIAL FEATURES
The final week
of the regular season in American Legion Baseball finds Dennis
Garcia at the ballpark with Post 45's Jake Riddle and Head Coach Ronnie
Pugh for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE
from SportsTone.
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