American Legion World Series News

 
Local American Legion baseball ready for 2012 with fewer teams, 18-player rule
Gaston Gazette
GASTONIA – With the high school baseball playoffs upon us, American Legion baseball is just around the corner. And the 2012 season will be bringing fewer local teams than before and a rule change that will change the way teams build their rosters.
Hickory area will field 3 Legion baseball teamsHickory Daily Record

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CVCC, with help of 5 local products, headed to JUCO World Series
Gaston Gazette
But even he couldn't imagine how fast the program has thrived, highlighted by this week's appearance in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II World Series in Enid, Okla. “When you come into something like this, you have a dream ...


 
Post 21 opens season at Asheville on Friday
Morganton News Herald
1-5 in Granite Falls, while Shelby Post 82 is again the site of American Legion World Series from Aug. 17-21. Burke County Post 21 won its opening-round Area IV series in 2010 and lost in the first round in 2011. Only the Area IV champion will claim a ...


 
Post 65 baseball team to honor past members
Statesville Record & Landmark
“Now if he could see the (American Legion) World Series in Shelby, he would really be impressed.” Traci Lynne Stewart, Siceloff's granddaughter, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Monday's home game against West Forsyth.

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Yakima Herald-Republic
Determination drove '75 Beetles
Yakima Herald-Republic
The 1975 Yakima Beetles, who won the American Legion world series that season, pose for a team photo.||Photo courtesy of Bob Garretson Jr. Even as the Yakima Beetles Senior American Legion baseball team went through periods of up-and-down play, ...


 
NOLA.com
David Baudry named Hahnville baseball coach
NOLA.com
Baudry's resume includes one trip to the mountain top of American Legion baseball as coach of Rummel's Nationwide Restoration team that won the 2006 American Legion World Series in Cedar Rapids , Iowa . In addition to the World Series and state title ...

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Lee Greenwood to appear during World Series week
Gaston Gazette
SHELBY – Add Lee Greenwood to the list of names who will be part of this year's American Legion World Series festivities. In a plan that has taken local American Legion World Series officials months to bring to fruition, the writer and singer of the ...

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