Biggie Legion Game Goes to Post 58

The battle for first place in the North Division of area Legion baseball goes to Post 58. Both teams score once in the first but 58 scored four times in the third to get some breathing room. 58 put a single run on the board in the fourth and Post 13 got that back in the fifth to give 58 a 6-2 lead after five.

Post 58 blew open the game by scoring six times in the sixth and Jeremy Sloop went the distanced on the mound  as Rocky Mount Post 58 guns down Post 13 12-2 in seven innings. Sloop allowed six hits. The wins makes 58 4-0 on division play and sole position of first place.  They are right back in action Thursday at Mt Olive College playing Wayne County.

Thomas Berry had two hits and two rbi.  Tyler Wooten also had two hits in the 13 hit attack for 58 who did not seem sluggish after a week off.  Post 13 added to their misery by committing five errors.

I hope you saw the article in Tuesday Telegram about Thomas Berry.  The Telegram has done a really good job of doing features on the Post 58 players this past couple of weeks.  The article stated that Berry has signed to play at Lander College next year.  Lander is a Division II school out of South Carolina and assistant Post 58 coach "Baseball" Britt Johnson is an assistant coach there.  There is nothing better for a recruiter than to be able to see a recruit every day.

Holy Cow do I have great news.  Cousin Lauren Doughtie who in six Futures Tournaments  this year has made the cut in three of them qualified for the US Women's open last week.  She went to the Sectional qualifying in Sanford at Carolina Trace.  She tied for top honors shooting 145 in her 36 holes.Only four players from Sanford made the Open.

 The Open is July 7th-10th in Colorado and if some how or other she could make the cut, she would make more money in the Open than she has in two years on the Futures Tour.  This is her second U S Open appearance.  Her first Cousin Brooks will be in Colorado Springs at the Olympic training  site and plans to be there to support his cousin.

I didn't care one way or the other about who won the NBA title.  I do kind of like Rick Carlyle coach of the Mavericks.  One of the reason I like him is as a guard at Virginia he lead UVA to the Final Four the year after Ralph Sampson graduated That of course would have been 1984.