Post 13 Still Alive

Wilson Post 13 is still alive in the Eastern playoffs beating Kinston 9-2 on Sunday.  The best three of five series with Kinston is tied two games apiece.  Losing the first two games of the series Wilson has bounced back winning Friday night and a big win on the road Sunday.  Game five has been pushed to Monday after a rainout on Saturday night.

The winner Monday starts a  three out of five series with Wayne County Tuesday at Wayne County.  One thing must happen Monday as far as Wilson is concerned and that is the game must be played. Should a rainout occur Monday night by rule if a series cannot be finished on time the team that wins the first game of the series win the series.  Since Monday night's game is in Wilson I suspect Post 13 would wait as long as possible to try to get the game in.

My life has been  dominated by sports.  I was eight years old before Ahoskie started any kind of city baseball for kids under nine.  All my life every Friday night I was at  a high school football game.  My fathers friends follow Ahoskie High and we were in the same conference with Edenton Williamston, Plymouth and  Hertford. Who ever won the conference we followed them too.

Back in the fifties the playoffs were played some where in between.  I remember in 1966 Ahoskie played Cary for the state 2-A title in Municipal Stadium in Rocky  Mount.  Ahoskie won 53-7.  So I have good memories of the old stadium whether it was being the Post 102 bat boy for three years
1963 was Ahoskie's only  Legion conference win.

  I remember my last year at  12 years old in 1965 we were playing Post 58 in Ahoskie.   Around the seventh inning a thunder storm came up and it was decided the next trip back to Rocky Mount we would finish that game before the regular game which happened to be the last game of the year with Rocky Mount.  In 65 Ahoskie was not very good around 10-10 on the year so  it didn't matter to us whether we won or not but Rocky Mount was still trying to win the league.  In those days only the champion went to the playoff.

The game was restarted right where the game was rained delayed but Rocky Mount chose not to pitch the same pitcher that was in the game when the delay occurred.  The game was tied in the ninth inning and Rocky Mount tried to pitch hit the pitcher who had been taken out of the game.

The Ahoskie coach Albert Vaughn let one pitch go to the batter when he called time, walked to the umpire behind the plate and said that batter had already been used in the game so he was not allowed to bat.  I do not remember Post 58's coach at the time but Albert caused what seemed like 30 minute delay until 58 put the right batter back in.  Ahoskie won the game on a suicide squeeze in about the 12th inning.  I think that lost knocked 58 out of the playoffs. Rocky Mount won the second easily. The memories of Legion ball.