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American Legion
Playoffs Are Underway
By: Calvin Hastings
It’s do or die for Area IV
American Legion baseball teams as the
Area IV tournament got underway this
week. Pineville took the top seed from
the Eastern Division posting a 13-5
division record. They were followed by
Union County at 12-6. Cherryville Post
100 and Shelby Post 82 tied for the top
honors in the Western Division, each
posting 13-3 division records. Shelby
rides a 15 game winning streak entering
the playoffs. Shelby then won a drawing
with Cherryville for the top seed of Area
IV. It’s Shelby’s first top
seed since 1976.
Congratulations to the Crest Junior
American Legion baseball team. Crest
completed their inaugural season by
posting a 13-3 record. The team will not
participate in this year’s playoffs
because of a decision that was made
before the season. Rutherfordton which
finished second in the division to Crest
will host an eight team double
elimination tournament that gets underway
this weekend.
Forestview’s Shannon Smith has
commited to play basketball at North
Carolina. Smith was named the 2009 Gaston
Gazette girls basketball player of the
year and will play for Gastonia’s
Sylvia Hatchell at Chapel Hill. The Lady
Tarheels went 28-7 last season and
advanced to the second round of the NCAA
Tournament. Smith averaged 23.6 points
per game and 6.6 assists per game last
season for the Lady Jaguars which lost to
Greensboro Dudley 60-58 in the girls
state championship game. Smith set a
school record with 841 points this past
season. Her 1657 career points ranks 11th
in the Gaston County record book and is
third in school history.
Hats off to the Boger City Optimist 11
and 12 year old girls softball team. The
girls went undefeated in the Dixie Youth
district tournament and will now
represent Lincoln County in the state
tournament which will be held in
Wilmington from July 10th – 15th.
For 29 years Butch Richardson has coached
the Lincolnton High School girls
volleyball team. Last week coach
Richardson called it quits after coaching
nearly 600 varsity and 200 junior varsity
matches. Richardson has three conference
championships and was named coach of the
year three seasons. Richardson will be
replaced by junior varsity head coach
Holly Procita. Jennifer Queen will take
over as the new junior varsity coach.
Hats off to East Lincoln’s Kasi
Benskin and Rebekka Glass. The two were
part of the west team that won the Gold
Medal Game in the North Carolina girls
soccer state showcase. East Lincoln coach
Jason Dragoon served as the team’s
head coach. The West team won by a 1-0
score over the East team and a 2-0 score
over the South team on Sunday.
Congratulations to the West Lincoln 7
year old All Star Optimist Coach Pitch
Team. The team won their District
Championship.
Former Crest High School graduate Travis
Padgett finished fourth overall in the
men’s 100 meter United State
Championships last week in Eugene,
Oregon. Micheal Rodgers won the event and
is the 2008 Indoor National Champion at
60 meters.
Shelby’s Norris Hopper was traded
from the Cincinnatti Reds to the Chicago
White Sox organization last week. Hopper
will play for the Triple A Charlotte
Knights. Hopper had been with the Reds’
Louisville Bats hitting .282 with 20 RBIs
and 13 stolen bases. Hopper was traded
for catcher Corky Miller. In 2006 Hopper
led the International League in hitting
with a.347 average.
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