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POST 48 SCHEDULE, RESULTS
MAY
25, Cherryville, Lost 5-8 (9)
27, Randolph County, Lost 3-8; Won 10-2
28, Maiden, ppd., June 22
31, at Maiden, Lost 4-9
JUNE
1, at Mocksville (Rich Park), Lost 0-9
2, at Taylorsville (Alexander Central HS), Won 3-0
3, Henderson County, DH, Won 3-2, 9-3
4, at Cherryville (Cherryville HS), Lost 3-10
7, at Gaston Braves (South Point HS), Lost 2-7
12, at Lincoln County (E. Lincoln HS), Won 7-5
14, Lincoln County, Lost 1-3
16, Burnsville, DH, Won 9-1, Won 11-0, 5 inn.
17, Mocksville, Won 5-4
18, Napoleon, Ohio, Lost 4-14
20, Caldwell County, Lost 4-18, 6 inn.
22, Maiden, Won 7-6, 9 inn.
24, at Asheville, DH (Asheville Roberson HS), Won 10-6; Lost 7-8
25, Taylorsville, ppd., June 29
26, at Rutherford County (McNair Field), ppd., June 28
27, Rutherford County, ppd., June 28 at Rutherford County
28, at Rutherford County, Lost 1-0, Lost 7-5, 8 inn.
29, Waverly, Ohio, Lost 5-7; Taylorsville, Lost 3-9
30, at Burke County (Shuey Field), Lost 2-4
JULY
1, Burke County, Won 3-2
2, Cherryville, 7 p.m.
4, at Caldwell County (M.S. Deal Stadium), 7 p.m.
NEWTON – Pierson Hanvey threw a complete game and scored the game-winning run on Sunday as Hickory snapped a six-game losing streak by beating visiting Burke County 3-2 in Area IV American Legion baseball.
HANVEY
Hickory (11-15, 7-7) rallied to win at the Legion Fairgrounds in Newton after Post 21 (6-9, 6-8) had an early 2-0 edge.
Post 48 scored two runs in the fifth inning, when it had three hits, and broke a tie in the sixth inning when Kevin Shuford (Hickory High) singled to score Hanvey (Hickory).
Burke County scored in the first inning when Brycen Seymore (McDowell) singled in Nate Watkins (McDowell), who had singled.
Ryan Murdoch (McDowell) singled and advanced on two wild pitches and scored in the second inning for a 2-0 lead by Post 21.
Hickory won after chasing Seymore, picking up the game-winning hit off reliever Josh Maddox (McDowell).
Post 48 came into Sunday’s game — which began 90 minutes earlier than the original 7 p.m. start time due to a forecast for rain – tied for fourth place in the Area IV West standings with Burke County and Asheville.
Hickory has a non-division game on Monday at 7 p.m. at the Fairgrounds against Cherryville and closes the regular season on Wednesday at 7 p.m., facing Caldwell County at M.S. Deal Stadium in Granite Falls.
Burke County has two games left on its regular season schedule, Tuesday at East Division champion Rutherford County (7 p.m.), and Thursday at 7 p.m. against Taylorsville at Alexander Central High.
The Area IV schedule continues through Thursday night with pairings for the first round to be set on Friday night in a league meeting. The postseason begins on Saturday night.