Cary Post 67, 21-8, faces off against Cherryville Post 100, 25-14, Saturday at 12:30 p.m. in the first round of the double-elimination American Legion State Tournament in Asheboro.
"This is the first senior legion team Cary has ever had to go to the state playoffs," said Cary coach Neil Woodall. "It's just a real exciting time for us right now. We're real excited to be able to go to try to compete and to experience that whole state championship series thing."
Eight teams from throughout the state converge on McCrary Park for the tournament, which runs through Wednesday.
Rocky Mount Post 58, which defeated Cary two games to one in a seeding series, is the top seed and starts the tournament off with a 9 a.m. game Saturday against Rutherford County Post 423. On Wednesday, Rocky Mount earned the position with an 8-2 win at Cary. The other four teams competing are Wilmington Post 10, Kernersville Post 36, Randolph County Post 45 and Whiteville Post 137.
Rocky Mount at 24-6 and Wilmington at 22-3 have the best records of the contenders. The winner of the Cary-Cherryville game plays the winner of the Wilmington-Randolph County game on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The losers of those games play each other at 9:30 a.m. Sunday.
To find out more about the tournament, please click here. To read a story about one of Cherryville's best players, who overcame a surgery, please click here.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
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