From staff reports
South Rowan catcher Eric Tyler has committed to East Carolina’s baseball program.
The rising senior has been a three-year starter and three-time .300 hitter for coach Thad Chrismon and has been all-county the past two seasons.
Tyler is batting .332 for his prep career with 66 runs scored and 49 RBIs and is considered a top-flight defensive catcher.
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Tyler is playing this summer for the South Charlotte Panthers 2013 showcase team. The Panthers recently won the Capital City Classic at N.C. State.
Carson rising junior Colton Laws competes for the South Charlotte Panthers 2014 team and played recently in the Perfect Game World Wood Bat National 16U in Atlanta.
The SCP team played six games in 48 hours, went 11-1 and finished second in a field of 240 teams from 31 states and Puerto Rico. SCP lost 1-0 to Team Georgia in the championship game at Georgia Tech.
Laws was 1-0 in the event, winning against 6-4-3 Double Play from Marietta, Ga. Laws also batted .300.
The SCP teams will complete their summer schedules this weekend in Greenville, N.C., in the Dynamic World Series. Salisbury rising senior Brian Bauk will be joining the SCP 2013 team for that event.
American Legion
High Point outscored Randolph 11-10 on Tuesday at Finch Field in Game 2 of a best-of-five Area III championship series.
High Point leads the series 2-0.
A weary High Point team gets tonight off. The teams are scheduled to play in Asheboro on Thursday.
In the best-of-seven Area IV championship series, Cherryville beat the Gaston Braves 6-3 on Tuesday to take a 3-1 series lead. Caldwell gets an automatic berth in the state tournament as the host team. Cherryville is one win away from locking up Area IV’s other berth.
Junior Legion
Cary (53-5) beat Mooresville Post 66 8-1 to win the Junior American Legion state championship for the fifth time in the 12 years the event has been held.
The Moors (24-8) forced a second championship game on Tuesday morning by beating Cary 4-0, but Cary won the deciding game on Tuesday afternoon.
Minor leagues
Keegan Linza (North Rowan) pitched well for Great Falls on Tuesday in a 7-2 victory against Idaho Falls. Linza (3-0) allowed one earned run, two hits and no walks in six innings and fanned six.
The Kannapolis Intimidators lost 8-1 at Savannah on Tuesday. Martin Medina knocked in the only run for Kannapolis.
Wood bat leagues
Carson-Newman’s Alex Britt (Salisbury) was named Pitcher of the Week in the Prospect League.
Britt (4-1) pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts and lowered his ERA for the season to 1.97, fourth-best in the league.
Due in large part to Britt’s consistent pitching—he never threw less than six innings or allowed more than three earned runs in his starts—the Bombers won the Western Division first half.
Asheboro’s John J. Tuttle (A.L. Brown) pitched six strong innings, striking out five, but lost a 1-0 decision to Thomasville.
Tuttle is 2-4 despite a 2.31 ERA.
Justin Roland (East Rowan) had two hits for Thomasville and scored the game’s only run in the first .
Wilmington’s Ross Whitley (Catawba) has been one of the CPL’s best. He’s 5-1 with a 1.41 ERA.
Nick Lomascolo (Catawba) has been the ace for Forest City in the CPL. He’s 4-1 with a 1.84 ERA.
Catawba could be headed for another great season in 2013 with Lomascolo, Whitley and Tuttle returning to head the pitching staff.
Youth basketball
The Carolina Phenoms 12U basketball team beat teams from Florida and Texas in bracket play but lost to a Wisconsin team and finished 11th nationally with a 6-2 record.
Sixty-two teams from 39 states were entered in the AAU D2 National Championship Tournament in Hampton, Va. The Phenoms’ other loss was to an Ohio team that was national runner-up.
The Phenoms will compete in the 2013 AAU National Championship Tournament in Memphis.
Throwback basketball
Former West Rowan star Scooter Sherrill announced that the Throwback Alumni Basketball Tournament will be returning to Rowan County for its third year.
Behind 23 points and 15 rebounds by Donte Minter, West beat South Rowan 66-56 in last summer’s title game.
In the inaugural tournament in 2010, Jamel Carpenter tossed in 16 points as West topped Salisbury 65-53 for the championship.
It’s an eight-team tournament this time, with A.L. Brown and North Meck joining the six Rowan schools. Games will be played at Carson on Friday, Saturday (all day) and Sunday. The championship game is set for 4:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Games scheduled for Friday are East vs. North at 6:30 p.m., and Carson vs. South at 7:45. The full tournament schedule is in Scoreboard.
Alumni girls all-star games are also planned for the big weekend.
Admission will be $5 per day.
Local golf
Eighty-one GARS members played the second round of their annual ABCD tournament on Monday at Lexington Country Club.
Low ‘A’ Flight winner with a net of 65.68 was Bill Hathcock.
Low ‘B’ Flight winner with a net of 63.17 was Clarence Derrick.
Low ‘C’ Flight winner with a net of 68.51 was John Cress.
Low ‘D’ Flight winner with a net of 72.91 was Art Hattaway.
The first round of the Toshiba Carolina Open was played on Tuesday at the Club at Irish Creek.
Charles Frost shot 9-under 62 to lead the pack. Luke Lovell had a 31 on the back nine and shot 65 for second place. Scott Harvey made four straight birdies on his way to a 66.
Local golfer Troy Beaver shot 76.
The 54-hole tournament continues today at 7:30 a.m.
In a one-day Four-Ball tournament held at the Country Club of Salisbury on Monday, Salisbury’s Lee Frick-George Benfield won low gross in the A Division with a score of 64.
Brandon Shirley-Phil Miller shot 66 for second place. Jim Christy-Mallory McDaniel finished tied for fourth at 69. Bill Haynes-Charlie Graeber finished at 71, while Corey Basinger-Seth Waller shot 77.
David Wall (Madison) and Johnny Kellam (Stoneville) shot 70 to win low gross in the B Division.
Mocksville’s Roger West-Mike West shot 76 to tie for eighth.
Local scores included a 79 by Bryce Beard-Bill Troxler.
The Corbin Hills Ladies held their weekly golf event on Tuesday.
Low gross was won by Kristi Laton. She was followed by Toni Iossi and Treva Honeycutt.
Low net was won by Ruth Bowles. She was followed by Shirley Baucom and Karla Swanson.
Low putts was won by Cindy Carmazzi with Honeycutt second.
In U.S. Amateur sectional qualifying at Warrior on Tuesday, the five qualifiers were Stefan Brewer (Charlotte), Zachery Munroe (Charlotte), Barry Dyche (Charlotte), Isaac Spencer (Winston-Salem) and Ryan Eibner (Greenville). Brewer led qualifying at 65-64 — 129.
Local players who made the first-day cut were Eric Edwards 73-69 — 142 (tied for 25th), Roy Dixon 72-73 — 145 (tied for 35th) and Andrew Purcell 72-80 — 152 (46th).