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MORGANTON – Three Burke County baseball teams – Freedom, Draughn and Patton – won on the opening day of the Tony Causby Classic at Patton.
Freedom slipped by Chase 5-4 in eight innings to open the tournament before R-S Central won 9-2 to hand Bandys its seventh straight loss.
Draughn nipped West Caldwell 7-6 and, in the nightcap, Patton pounded East Burke 10-3.
Today’s semifinals at Patton are Freedom (5-11) against R-S Central (14-3) at 4:30 p.m. ad Draugn (11-5) facing Patton (6-13) at 7 p.m.
In consolation games today, Bandys (3-14-1) meets Chase (1-15) at 11:30 a.m., followed at 2 p.m. by East Burke (2-15) against West Caldwell (8-19).
There are four games scheduled on Wednesday – seventh place at 11:30 a.m., fifth place at 2 p.m., third place at 4:30 p.m. and championship at 7 p.m.
The tournament is raising funds for ALS research with the gate revenue going to Patton’s baseball program and also for research for ALS.
Complete pairings for the tournament are posted with tournament results.