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Zimmerman named Post 21 coach
The Burke County Post 21 American Legion baseball committee tabbed Clint Zimmerman as the program’s next head coach in its monthly meeting on Jan. 4.
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Swink likely finished as legion coach
After 28 years and 368 wins, Post 21 baseball coach Ron Swink hoped he’d earned the right to leave the ball club when he was ready.
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Post 21's summer ends in sweep
It was a reminder of how evenly matched two teams with strikingly different records can be, but ultimately, served notice to just how quickly the American Legion baseball playoffs can end.
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Burke comeback denied in 15-11 Game 1 loss
Burke County Post 21 might be an 8 seed in the Area IV playoffs, but they looked far from overmatched Wednesday night in Game 1 of the opening round.
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Mo-town finishes jr. legion season over .500
After a 1-5 start to the summer, the Morganton junior legion baseball team crept up on the .500 mark all season and finally eclipsed it with a doubleheader sweep of Fred T. Foard at Patton High in Wednesday’s season finale.
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Post 21 playoff opener rained out
Burke County Post 21’s American Legion baseball playoff opener was postponed Tuesday due to heavy rains throughout the area.
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JR. LEGION ROUNDUP: EB sweeps Foard to end year
The East Burke junior American Legion baseball team ended its first season on a high note, with four straight victories capped off by a pair of 4-3 home wins Monday over Fred T. Foard.
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Post 21 ends regular season with win
Burke County Post 21 survived its final regular-season game by holding off Henderson County 8-7 on Saturday night at Shuey Field.
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Post 21 drops a pair on the road
A Justin O’Dear two-run home run in the eighth inning followed by a Tre Young three-run blast in the ninth proved to be too little and too late, as Hickory Post 48 held on for a 13-10 legion win over Burke County Post 21 on Thursday night.
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JR. LEGION ROUNDUP: EB picks up third, fourth wins with sweep of Valdese
The East Burke junior American Legion baseball team went to Draughn High School on Friday afternoon and took a pair of games from Valdese Post 234, winning 8-4 and 8-0.
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BURKE BUMMER: Post 21 ahead 3-0 with 3 outs to get when rain forces do-over
Everything was going the way of Burke County Post 21 in Wednesday night’s American Legion baseball game on the road.
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EB swept by Hickory in jr. legion play
Playing their next-to-last home doubleheader of 2011, the East Burke junior legion baseball team was swept by visiting Hickory 6-1 and 7-2 on Wednesday.
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Post 21 swipes one from Alexander Co.
Tuesday’s American Legion baseball game at Shuey Field ended like it started, with Burke County Post 21 scoring the first run in the first inning and the final run in its last at bat in the bottom of the eighth.
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Post 234 splits with West Caldwell
The Valdese Post 234 junior American Legion baseball team had the bats going Tuesday at Draughn High in a doubleheader split with West Caldwell, winning the opener 9-8 before falling 11-6 in extra innings.
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Morganton junior legion splits with Watauga
The Morganton junior American Legion baseball team lost an extra-inning pitchers’ duel Monday on the road against the Watauga “A” team in the opener, 2-1, before rallying for a 7-2 win in the nightcap.
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Post 21 blanked in road loss to surging Shelby
The Burke County Post 21 American Legion baseball team suffered through an 8-0 shutout loss at suddenly-surging Shelby Post 82 on Father’s Day Sunday.
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Caldwell six-spot in sixth sends Post 21 to loss
Burke County Post 21 rightfielder Alex McGee slammed two home runs to account for four RBIs on Friday at Shuey Field against Caldwell County Post 29, but a six-run sixth inning, in which three bases loaded walks were issued by Post 21 pitching, was too much for the home team to overcome in Post 29's 8-6 victory.
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Morganton sweeps EB
The Morganton junior legion baseball team, with a four-game losing streak, came to East Burke on Friday night looking to come away with a win or two.
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EB junior legion splits with Bunker Hill
The East Burke junior legion team gained its second overall win in its first season, splitting with Bunker Hill on Wednesday.
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JR. LEGION ROUNDUP: Valdese picks up first sweep of season
Tuesday was a banner day for the young Valdese Post 234 junior American Legion baseball team, which swept their first five-inning doubleheader of the season over the Watauga “B” team, 4-2 and 4-0 at Draughn High’s field.
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Morganton junior legion tripped twice by Bunker Hill
The Morganton junior American Legion baseball team slipped to 8-10 in its first season of operation after losing both ends of a Monday doubleheader at Bunker Hill. Morganton dropped the opener 10-4 and the second game 4-3.
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East Burke junior legion team falls in home opener
The first-year East Burke junior legion baseball team held its home opener on Sunday at EBHS and entertained the home crowd with a pitcher’s duel.
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Post 21 tramples Clover for 12-3 win
The Burke County American Legion Post 21 baseball team traveled down to South Carolina on Thursday and defeated Clover Post 38 by the score of 12-3.
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Post 234 wins first game, splits with Morganton
The Valdese Post 234 junior American Legion baseball team earned a measure payback against Morganton on a steamy Thursday afternoon at Patton High.
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Post 21 sputters in attempt to get to .500
Burke County Post 21’s two-game win streak ended at Cherryville on Tuesday when host Post 100 scored in seven of the eight innings they batted to win 12-3.
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