August 5, 2025– SPECIAL FEATURES

Dennis Garcia spoke with American Legion Post 45 coach Ronnie Pugh about the team and the upcoming Southeast Regional Tournament for the latest SPECIAL FEATURE from SportsTone.

August 5, 2025 – AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL

The 2025 American Legion Southeast Regional is scheduled to begin Wednesday Morning at McCrary Park. Tournament passes for the event are available for $40 at the Asheboro ZooKeepers' office. Tickets for 2-game sessions are $12 each and a ticket for the single game session on Friday (game 9 at 12:30) is $7.

Visit the ZooKeepers WEBSITE for more information.

August 4, 2025 – AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL

The 2025 Southeast Regional Tournament begins Wednesday at McCrary Park in Asheboro with Randolph County Post 45 serving as the host team for the twelfth time.

Among the returning teams is the defending national champion from Troy, Alabama. Troy advanced through the Southeast Region and defeated Midland, Michigan for the 2024 AL World Series title. It was the second championship for Troy, which won the 2022 title, and the third consecutive appearance in the ALWS.

Jacksonville, Florida returns from last year's field and Owensboro, Kentucky - which made the trip to Asheboro in 2022 and 2023 – is back after being a part of the Great Lakes Region last year. With Georgia not sending a team this year, South Carolina will have two representatives in the event. First-time State Champion Richland Post 215 will make their regional debut while the runner-up team from Florence will be back after a one year absence.

It's been a longer wait for Asheville, North Carolina to return to regional play. Asheville won the 1929 North Carolina championship which, according to information at the American Legion website, would have sent them to East Regional action in a single-elimination tournament format.

Those teams along with the Puerto Rico Champion and the Post 45 host team will be in action at McCrary Park from Wednesday through Sunday. The Regional Champion will then head to Shelby, NC for the American Legion World Series which starts on Thursday, August 14.

SOUTHEAST REGIONAL

August 2, 2025 – HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Fall sports tryouts and practices began Wednesday (July 30) for NCHSAA member schools with the first date for competition in most sports (not including scrimmages) set for Monday, August 11. The first playing date for football is Friday, August 22.

The 2025 season will be the start of a new era in high school sports with the member schools of the state association divided into eight classifications. Local schools will be split into three different classifications:

6A: Asheboro

The previous system of four classifications was adopted in 1959.

August 1, 2025 - Friday Schedule

No Events Scheduled

July 31, 2025 - Thursday Schedule

No Events Scheduled

July 30, 2025 – Wednesday Results

  LEGION BASEBALL – STATE CHAMPIONSHIP DAY  (Day 5)

Garner 12, Rowan County 5

Asheville Post 70 used an 11-run sixth inning to secure the program's second North Carolina Championship in the decisive 15th game of the tournament over Garner Nationals Post 232.

Post 70 won the second North Carolina title in 1929.

AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT

July 29, 2025 – Tuesday Results

  LEGION BASEBALL – STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT (Day 4)

Rowan County 10, Wilmington 2

AMERICAN LEGION STATE TOURNAMENT

July 29, 2025 – AMERICAN LEGION SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Caldwell County 9, Davidson County 1

Davidson County won the program's fifth straight championship in American Legion softball with wins in games 2 and 3 over Caldwell County in the best-of-3 State Championship at Salisbury Community Park. Post 8 needed runs in the final inning in both victories for come-from-behind wins.

Allie Johnston had two home runs for the Post 8 Choppers with a grand slam in game 2 and a two-run homer in game 3.

AMERICAN LEGION SOFTBALL