Friday, May 28, 2010

Post 76 out to 3-0 start; Softball tonight

The finish to Thursday's Stanly County American Legion game was quite dramatic despite the late hour Thursday night. Through Friday's game, Post 76 is 3-0 and 2-0 in league play and is off to a strong start so far.

The next few days will be a tough test for Stanly. Three road games in three nights, with Friday at Statesville, Saturday at Mocksville and Sunday at Eastern Randolph. Add to that a non-league game Monday night at home with Concord, and it's four games in four nights. Thankfully, those last two games are non-league games and will not count in the divisional standings.

Also, another scheduling change: Post 76 will play at Rowan County on Sunday, June 7. If you have never been to a game at Newman Park in Salisbury, you owe it to yourself to go. The Pinky's hotdogs are great (not as good as Whispering Pines at Don Montgomery Park), the slush machines are a godsend on a hot night (and $1 each) and the atmosphere is down home. Dr. Clyde Young plays a trumpet in the stands, doing the fight songs for all of the Armed Forces branches between innings, along with sound effects for walks, home runs, etc. You all know how I love sound effects at a game.

I'm heading out to South Stanly tonight to see if the Rebel Bulls can make it to the state championship series next week. They have a tough test with East Surry tonight...and considering the gloom, despair and agony predicted tonight by the weather people, this game may have trouble getting finished if it's anything like last year's ten-inning classic.


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