What's shocking to me is Hamlet Post 49 is not shown as one of the 43 teams this year! They made the 2024 NCAL State Tournament as Area II Champions.
My bad they moved to Area III!
My bad they moved to Area III!
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Legion Baseball
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Don, do have or know the schedule for when legion starts. I’m planning on watching some games this year.
Mt. Airy has had a team for several years now. Not sure they has finished a year yet though. Wilkes comes and goes like the weather. Has been in Area III.
With Lincoln County no longer having a legion team, Cherryville Post 100 has changed its base school to Lincolnton High School. That means they can recruit players from the following high schools: Cherryville, West Lincoln, Lincolnton, North Lincoln, and Maiden. All Post 100 home games will still be played at Fraley Field in Cherryville.
Does that remove them from getting kids from Burns? I know in the past some Burns kids have been with Cherryville and some with Shelby.
Coming from Mike London twitter, 18 had signed up for Rowan American Legion on Sunday. According to Coach Graham “this is a great group”. I’m looking forward to when season starts.
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Wondered about that, too. Burns has contributed good players to Post 100 for a long time. Cherryville has had a few guys from Kings Mountain and Bessemer City, and even a North Gaston and Bandys player as well. There was a Maiden player as recent as last year, and back in the 80's NC Preps poster AceTenSevenEleven (from Maiden) played for them. Hope they have success getting some Lincoln County/Maiden players to come out. This could be something of an opportunity.
Linkman, Post 100 was called the Linc Cherries (Short for Lincolnton/Cherryville) back in the day. This time, maybe we could talk them into a throwback to the early 60's name, except this time, call them the Link Cherries. They like you quite a bit over there (and they don't like just anybody if you get my drift) so that might be a possibility, too.
For the most part yes. There could still be some kids that live in the Burns district, but are closer to Cherryville. That kid would be able to choose which team he wants to "tryout" for.
With Cherryville moving their base school, it is really effecting several teams. Both Gaston teams will lose players to Cherryville. Lincoln County not having a legion team is surprising. There is good baseball being played in that county, and they could put together a good product on a legion field. Cherryville hasn't been up to their standards lately, so from their standpoint, it's a brilliant move.
I'm willing to bet, Lincoln County will eventually try to start a team up again and that will make things very interesting.
With the base school being Lincolnton High School it is doubtful that Post 100 would get any Burns players since it's not likely that kids who live in the Burns district are closer to Lincolnton than Shelby. Of course Lincolnton High School is further away from KM and Bessemer City than Cherryville so they probably won't be getting any of those kids.
It's not really surprising to me that Lincoln County is not having a team. They didn't have one last season and Lincoln County has struggled in recent years to get enough players to have a team and keep enough to finish out the season. There is no doubt that they could put a good product on the field. Lots of talent out of East Lincoln and North Lincoln year in and year out. However, the best players for NL and EL usually have little interest in playing legion ball. As someone said, the challenge is for Post 100 to convince players from North Lincoln and Maiden to player legion ball.
Most of the players who attend East Lincoln will probably live closer to one of the Gaston County base schools than Lincolnton High so I don't see them losing many players to Post 100. Of course Post 100 could get a player or two from EL or Lincoln Charter if their domicile is close to Lincolnton High School.
Mr Lincolnton, it would suit me if Post 100 would go back to being called the Link Cherries. But if they do. I assure you it won't have anything to do with my name. LOL. It would be the Linc Cherries.
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Bleed Burns Blue,who is in your district.Going by Eastern Randolph Post 45 will be average.
I'm a Shelby Post 82 guy. Burns, Crest, Kings Mountain and Shelby are our 4 schools.
I believe we have gotten a kid or 2 over the last few years from Pinnacle and Thomas Jefferson.
Hon, can u keep district standings up to the Cherryville tournamanet?
Area 1- Ahoskie Post 100,Durham Post 416,Garner Post 232,Kinston Post 43,Pitt County Post 39,Roanoake Post 37,Wake Forest Post 187,Wayne County Post 11,Wilson Post 13
Area 2-Beaufort Post 92,Hampstead Post 167,Hope Mills Post 32,Jacksonvillle Post 265,Port City Post 545,Tabor City Post 507,Wilmington Post 10
Area 3 South Division-Matthews Post 235,Queen City Mustangs,Union County Post 535,Wadeboro Post 446,South Division 2 Concord Post 51,Kannopolis Post 115,Mooresville Post 66,Rowan County Post 342,North Division 1
avidson County Post 8,High Point Post 87,Mocksville Post 54,Mt.Airy Post 290 North Division 2 :Chatam County Post 292,Hamlet Post 49,Liberty Post 81,Moore County Post 12,Randolph County Post 45Area IV Asheville Post 70,Burke County Post 21,Caldwell County Post 29,Cherryville Post 100,Gaston Braves 144-266,Gastonia Post 23,Hickory Post 48,Rutherford County Post 423,Shelby Post 82,Wilkes County Post 31
Linkman, you and I are similar in age, and at a time in life when someone might wonder what things are going be like, say, fifty or sixty years from now, when guys from our time are no more. You know, for me, I tend to let my imagination get off the chain once in a while and think about whether there is even going to be American Legion Baseball, then.
As someone in his golden years, I feel like it's only right for me to wish the best for future generations, no matter what, long as their efforts are based in good intentions. In the Bible, Paul wrote to Titus that an older men should be "grave, temperate. sound in faith, love and patience, but such seriousness should not equate to a lack of warmth and friendliness."
Might have been 1983 or 1984, a writer for the Hickory Daily Record penned that it was time to bring legion baseball to an end. He wrote this after a game between Hickory Post 48 and well, Cherryville Post 100. His reasoning was that it was what he called "Just too local." Maybe he would have been more receptive if Cherryville had been playing Columbia Tennessee, which they will, this year, courtesy of you posting the Cherryville schedule; but I would counter by asking, isn't emotions just one of the things that makes American Legion Baseball fun ? I think so.
Nevertheless, back on topic. It just may be that years into the future, teams that haven't been able to appreciate each other as they should, like Cherryville and Caldwell County, could limit their differences to friendly competition. Heck, maybe as time goes by and before a game, they could sit down in the grass in the outfield and picnic, sounds odd, but who knows ? Actually, it could be done, now, if a huge effort was made by all, and local law enforcement along with the highway patrol and local National Guard Units could donate some off-time to keeping the peace between them. You know, right now, I'm feeling fairly optimistic about the future, and how easily I can see these two teams getting along fine, without the National Guard, and only needing the locals and the Highway Patrol. Don't you think.
Probably going to be an interesting summer, see you at the game.
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