Legion baseball update: Fuquay-Varina wins championship
Published 5:21 am Monday, August 2, 2021
State Tournament
at Cherryville
Stars Pool — Rowan County (2-1), Port City (0-3), Wayne County (1-2), Cherryville (3-0)
Stripes Pool — Kannapolis (1-2), Rutherford County (1-2), Wilmington (2-1), Fuquay-Varina (2-1)
Wednesday’s scores
Rowan County 3, Port City 2
Wilmington 6, Rutherford County 3
Fuquay-Varina 10, Kannapolis 2
Cherryville 8, Wayne County 2
Thursday’s scores
Kannapolis 9, Rutherford County 4
Wayne County 7, Port City 6
Fuquay-Varina 11, Wilmington 3
Cherryville 17, Rowan County 1
Friday’s scores
Rutherford County 15, Fuquay-Varina 5
Rowan County 7, Wayne County 4
Cherryville 12, Port City 9
Wilmington 15, Kannapolis 1
Saturday’s semifinals
Fuquay-Varina 12, Rowan County 5
Wilmington 17, Cherryville 10
Sunday’s championship game
Fuquay-Varina 8, Wilmington 6
Mid-Atlantic Regional
Asheboro, Aug. 3-8
Wednesday’s games
Pennsylvania (2) vs. Delaware, 9 a.m.
Maryland vs. Pennsylvania (1)
Virginia vs. Fuquay-Varina, 4:30 p.m.
New Jersey vs. Randolph County
World Series
Shelby, Aug. 12-17
State champions
1928 — Raleigh Post 1
1929 — Asheville Post 70
1930 — Gastonia Post 23
1931 — Roanoke Rapids
1932 — Gastonia Post 23
1933 — Gastonia Post 23
1934 — Charlotte Post 9
1935 — Gastonia Post 23 (won World Series)
1936 — Charlotte Post 9
1937 — Charlotte Post 9
1938 — Gastonia Post 23
1939— Charlotte Post 9
1940 — Albemarle Post 76 (won World Series)
1941 — Gastonia Post 23
1942 — Shelby Post 82
1943 — Whiteville Post 137
1944 — Albemarle Post 76 (World Series runner-up)
1945 — Shelby Post 82 (won World Series)
1946 — Kannapolis Post 115
1947 — Kannapolis Post 115
1948 — Hickory Post 48
1949 — Gastonia Post 23
1950 — Gastonia Post 23
1951 — Shelby Post 82
1952 — Kannapolis Post 115
1953 — Cherryville Post 100
1954 — Gastonia Post 23 (World Series runner-up)
1955 — Salisbury Post 14
1956 — Wilmington Post 10
1957 — Shelby Post 82
1958 — Shelby Post 82
1959 — Wilmington Post 10
1960 — Wilmington Post 10
1961 — Kannapolis Post 115
1962 — Wilmington Post 10
1963 — Greensboro Cone Post 386
1964 — Charlotte Post 9 (World Series runner-up)
1965 — Charlotte Post 9 (World Series winner)
1966 — Asheboro Post 45
1967 — Greensboro Cone Post 386
1968 — Greensboro Burtner Post 53
1969 — Rowan County Post 342
1970 — Wilmington Post 10
1971 — Rowan County Post 342
1972 — Hamlet Post 49
1973 — Rocky Mount Post 58
1974 — Hamlet Post 49
1975 — Sanford Post 382
1976 — Newell Post 287
1977 — Newell Post 287
1978 — Asheboro Post 45
1979 — Hamlet Post 49
1980 — Wilmington Post 10
1981 — Cherryville Post 100
1982 — Hamlet Post 49
1983 — Hamlet Post 49
1984 — Rowan County Post 342
1985 — Whiteville Post 137
1986 — Caldwell County Post 29
1987 — Hamlet Post 49
1988 — Kernersville Post 36
1989 — Whiteville Post 137
1990 — Caldwell County Post 29
1991 — Caldwell County Post 29
1992 — Kernersville Post 36
1993 — Rowan County Post 342
1994 — Wilmington Post 10
1995 — Wilmington Post 10
1996 — Whiteville Post 137
1997 — Cherryville Post 100
1998 — Cherryville Post 100 (World Series runner-up)
1999 — Garner Post 232
2000 — Caldwell County Post 29
2001 — Shelby Post 82
2002 — Rowan County Post 342
2003 — Cherryville Post 100 (World Series runner-up)
2004 — (Garner Post 232 vacated title due to an ineligible player)
2005 — Pitt County Post 39
2006 —Morehead City Post 46
2007 — Cherryville Post 100
2008 — Randolph County Post 45
2009— Rowan County Post 342
2010 — Kernersville Post 36
2011 — Cherryville Post 100
2012 — Wilmington Post 10
2013 — Wilmington Post 10
2014 — Shelby Post 82
2015 — Rowan County Post 342
2016 — Rowan County Post 342 (World Series runner-up)
2017 — Randolph County Post 45
2018 — Wilmington Post 10
2019 — Wilmington Post 10
2020 — COVID
2021 — Fuquay-Varina Post 116