From staff reports
The Rowan County Junior American Legion team bowed out of the state tournament on Sunday with a 4-3 loss to Leland.
Starting pitcher Connor Johnson did well for Rowan but errors cost Rowan an early 2-0 lead.
Nolan Meyerhoeffer had a run-scoring double to lead Rowanís offense, but Leland scored the decisive run on a passed ball.
Alex Bost took the loss on the mound.
n Kernersville stayed alive by beating South Caldwell 7-5 in nine innings on Sunday.
West Johnston, the only remaining unbeaten, topped Cary 6-5 in eight innings.
Today, Cary plays Kernersville and Leland takes on West Johnston.
n Minor leagues
Daniel Wagner (South Rowan) went 2-for-3 in Winston-Salemís 2-0 loss to Kinston in the Carolina League on Sunday.
n Errors hurt the Kannapolis Intimidators in Sundayís 4-3 home loss to the Lakewood BlueClaws.
Kevin Dubler singled to drive in one Kannapolis run, and Rafael Vera and Juan Silverio drew bases-loaded walks.
The Intimidators play an 11:05 a.m. game today against the BlueClaws.
n Independent leagues
Zach Ward (A.L. Brown) pitched all nine innings for Fargo-Moorhead in a 2-1 American Association win against the Kansas City T-Bones.
n Garrett Sherrill (A.L. Brown) pitched a scoreless inning for the Lincoln Salt Dogs in a 3-1 win against the Amarillo Sox on Saturday, striking out two.
n American Legion
Cherryville (25-7) battered Hickory 10-0 on Sunday to send the Area IV championship series to a decisive Game 3 tonight in Cherryville. Drew Reynolds struck out nine in seven innings, and Blake Mosteller homered.
n Wood bat leagues
Forrest Buchanan (Salisbury) allowed only two hits on Sunday afternoon in the Carolina Hurricanesí 6-0 win against the West Virginia Wild in Pineville. Buchanan is 4-0.
n Alex Litaker (East Rowan) pitched the ninth inning of the Carolina-Virginia All-Star Game and retired the three batters he faced on groundballs in a 14-9 victory.
n Asheboroís Trey Holmes (East) connected for one homer in Sundayís Coastal Plain League Home Run Derby.
n Youth baseball
East Rowanís 10U all-stars won their division in pool play in the Western North Carolina Cal Ripken State Tournament in Matthews.
East beat South Buncombe 20-10 on Saturday and finished pool play with a 3-1 record to advance to the double-elimination portion of the tournament.
n East Rowanís 11U all stars also won their division in pool play in the WNC Cal Ripken State Tournament in Yadkinville.
East swept a doubleheader Saturday by beating MARA 15-5 and St. Stephens 9-5. East finished pool play 3-1 and advanced to the double-elimination round.
n East Rowanís 13U all-stars fell to Queen City National/Stewards 5-1 Friday and Union County American 16-1 Saturday and were eliminated from the WNC Babe Ruth State Tournament in Weddington.
n East Rowanís 14U all-stars finished 2-2 in the WNC Babe Ruth State Tournament at Staton Field.
East split a doubleheader Saturday, losing 6-5 to Myers Park-Dilworth and beating Sawmills 3-1. East failed to make the double- elimination bracket of the tournament.
n Prep basketball
Salisbury post player Olivia Rankin and guard Ayanna Holmes will play for the West squad in tonightís East-West All-Star Game in Greensboro. Both are Charlotte signees.
The womenís game is set to tip off at 6:30 p.m. at Greensboro Coliseum, with the menís game to follow.
n Prep football
The National Select 7-on-7 Championships presented by Under Armour, along with iHigh.com, will get under way on Thursday, July 21, from Buccaneer Stadium in Hoover, Ala. Participating teams include West Rowan and South Carolinaís Dorman.
n The Border Battle scrimmages on Aug. 13 at Concordís Bailey Stadium include Mount Pleasant vs. North Rowan (6 p.m.), Northwest Cabarrus vs. East Rowan (7 p.m.) and Concord vs. South Rowan (8 p.m.)
n A.L. Brown Fan Day is Saturday, Aug. 6, at 5 p.m. There will be a Green-White Scrimmage, complete with band, cheerleaders and concessions. n Brown will scrimmage Crest at 8 p.m. in the Cleveland Jamboree on Aug. 12 at Burns.
n Local golf
The McCanless ladies played a Member-Member tournament with Mary Seaford and Kristi Layton winning first gross.
In a scorecard playoff, first net went to Tammie Drew and Susan Houston, while second place went to Trudy Csanyi and Karla Swanson.
n The McCanless Couples played a nine-hole tournament on Sunday with a Texas-Scramble format. Winning was the team of Ty and Beverly Cobb and Ricky and Treva Honeycutt. They won with a 33 in a scorecard playoff with Tim and Jessica Earnhardt and Sharon Miller.
Closest to the pin went to Harry Owens on hole No. 3. Don Goodnight won the longest putt on No. 9.