Moors go 1-up on Stanly
Michael Elwell hit a two-run triple to tie Mooresville Post 66’s game against Stanly County Post 76 at 3, and then he scored on a wild pitch to give the Moors a lead they did not relinquish.
View ArticleMoors fall to Stanly, series heads to Albemarle
Mooresville Post 66 missed its opportunity to close out its opening-round series in the Area III tournament on the Fourth of July. The Moors lost 12-8 to Stanly County on Wednesday and have a 2-1 lead...
View ArticleSeries goes on
Kannapolis pitcher Weston Smith did a heck of a job Thursday to extend the series against Statesville Post 65 to a fifth game. The right hander went eight innings in his first start in the series after...
View ArticleMoors, Legends lose crucial games
Stanly County beat the Mooresville Moors 16-10 on Thursday to extend the first-round series of the Area III tournament to a fifth game.
View ArticleMoors take Round 1 in nailbiter
Mooresville Post 66 scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and clinched the opening round of the Area III tournament with a 5-4 win Friday over the No. 6 seed Stanly County.
View ArticleMowing them down
Statesville used a potent combination of powerful bats and solid pitching by Sean Grant on Friday to earn its spot in the second round of the Area III tournament.
View ArticleIredell teams prep for Round 2 showdown
A pair of American Legion teams from Iredell County go head to head this week with a lot on the line. The No. 3 seed Mooresville Moors and No. 7 seed Statesville Post 65 – both fresh off their...
View ArticleRound 2 of Legion starts tonight
The second round of the American Legion Area III tournament gets under way tonight. Here is the schedule for the week's action in the Southern and Northern divisions. Games start at 7 p.m.
View ArticleStatesville 1-up on Mooresville
Statesville Post 65 and Mooresville Post 66 needed more than 3 hours Monday to decide who was going to get the advantage in their matchup in the Area III tournament.
View ArticleLegion playoff results, schedule
Statesville is up 1-0 on the Mooresville Moors after its 17-10 win Monday at Lake Norman High. Meanwhile, the two series in the Northern Division were put on hold becuase of a hard rain that hit the area.
View ArticleMoors even series
Sam Marshall was a workhorse on the mound for Mooresville Post 66 a day after being pulled from a game when he took a ball to the back of the head. Marshall had to leave Monday’s game after a ball...
View ArticleCrucial game tonight in Legion series
The second-round series between No. 3 Mooresville Post 66 and No. 7 Statesville Post 65 is scheduled to continue tonight.
View ArticleStatesville back out front
Statesville’s Colby Dishmond stepped to the plate Tuesday with Statesville down 6-5 in the top of the ninth inning with one out and two runners on. Dishmond got down 0-2 and then crushed a ball over...
View ArticleStatesville clinches
Colt Corley got over a rocky start to his relief effort to give Statesville Post 65 a 9-6 series-clinching victory over Mooresville Post 66.
View ArticleStatesville Owls doubleheader postponed
The heavy rain that fell around 3 p.m. Friday forced the Statesville Owls to postpone their doubleheader at Statesville High with the Ballantyne Smokies.
View ArticleStatesville Post 65 waits to learn its opponent
Statesville Post 65 was lucky enough to avoid the rain last week, and it was good enough to beat the Mooresville Moors 3-1 in the second round of the Area III tournament. Statesville won Wednesday and...
View ArticleStatesville riding offensive wave into Round 3
Putting up huge numbers has not been a problem for Statesville Post 65 in its first two series in the American Legion Area III tournament.
View ArticleGame 1 of Statesville's Legion series postponed
Randolph County and Statesville had to wait one day to start their semifinal series in the American Legion Area III tournament. Game 1 was scheduled for Monday at South Iredell, but bad weather rolled...
View ArticleMooresville's Lester named MVP of East-West game
Mooresville graduate Shawn Lester went out of his last high school basketball game on top. Lester, a UNC Charlotte signee, led the West to a 107-97 victory in Greensboro on Monday in the N.C. Coaches...
View ArticleStatesville down 1
Statesville Post 65 failed to get anything going Tuesday against Randolph County Post 45 pitcher Connor Pratt. Pratt retired 18 of the first 20 batters he faced, and Randolph County Post 45 beat...
View ArticleStatesville Legion against the wall
For the second game in a row, Statesville Post 65’s offense barely got off the ground against Randolph County Post 45.
View ArticleMooresville juniors make state Legion tournament
The junior American Legion team in the Mooresville Post 66 baseball program is still going strong. Post 66 starts its push for a state championship against Jacksonville at 3:30 p.m. today in Swansboro.
View ArticleStatesville extends series, season
Sam Laws was virtually unhittable Thursday in a must-win game for Statesville. Laws faced only 17 batters through five innings and worked seven innings while Post 65 built an 8-2 lead.
View ArticleStatesville's run ends
The magical postseason run for No. 7 seed Statesville Post 65 ended Friday in Troutman. Randolph County broke a 4-4 tie with a run in the top of the fifth inning and won 9-4 at South Iredell High. The...
View ArticleMooresville honors the late Joe Popp
Dozens of current and former football players withstood the midday heat Tuesday to walk solemnly up Main Street in downtown Mooresville, accompanying a hearse carrying the late Joe Popp.
View ArticleStatesville, South Iredell players plan to graduate early
Three high school football players plan to graduate early to get a jump on their college careers. Quarterback Carlis Parker (Statesville) and linebackers Tristan Mumford (Statesville) and LaChaston...
View ArticleKiley's wheelchair team back on court in Mooresville
Mooresville's Dave Kiley is extremely proud of his hometown.
View ArticleSouth Iredell's Smith suffers broken leg
South Iredell linebacker LaChaston Smith suffered a devastating, but apparently not season-ending, injury Friday in the Vikings’ 17-16 victory at Lake Norman.
View ArticleChapman earns starting goalie job at South Iredell
Junior goalkeeper Aaron Chapman earned the starting spot with his performance last week against West Iredell. Chapman made five saves, four in the second half, in the Vikings’ 1-1 tie with the Warriors...
View ArticleL-R Hall of Fame to add pair from Statesville
Two of the five members of Lenoir-Rhyne University’s 2012 Hall of Fame class go way back. Fred Brown and John Davidson will be honored by the Bears for their athletic contributions to the program.
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