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Kevin Carver
A total of ten Rutherford County teams qualified for the upcoming state championship rounds.
Seven won district one championships, while three others make it to state on account of being the host team and/or district runner-ups of the host team. District one is represented by five counties that also includes Polk, Lincoln, Gaston and Cleveland Counties.
On the baseball field, Chase grabbed the Senior League title, as Rutherfordton claimed 10-11 year old and Junior League championships. Forest City’s Juniors and Rutherfordton’s Seniors gets invite to state as the host teams.
In softball, Rutherfordton took the 9 & 10-year old championship. Forest City captured the Majors and Junior League titles, while Chase brought home the Senior League championship. Chase will take it’s Majors into state tourney play as district runner-ups, since host team, Forest City won district.
This Saturday (July 16), Crowe Park will host the Major League softball tourney. Next Saturday (July 23), Crowe Park will be the site of the Junior League baseball state tourney and R-S Central High School welcomes the Senior League tourney to town.
Despite an already guaranteed Coastal Plain League playoff spot, Forest City’s Owls aren’t slowing down. The boys of summer are 5-3 now during the second half of the season and hold an overall record of 21-14. Forest City is in search of a CPL title three-peat this summer and only Thomasville has ever recorded the same feat within the league. Edenton and the Outer Banks also two titles to their credit.
Staying on the topic of baseball for just a moment longer, I hope people start to understand the ramifications of how one bone-headed move can impact another. Look closely into last week’s incident at a baseball park in Texas.
After Ranger’s outfielder, Josh Hamliton threw a ball into the crowd during a game, a man fell over the railing in trying to catch the ball. The man later died as a result of hitting his head on a concrete pad that lay 20-feet below.
While the man’s heart was in the right place in attempting to catch the ball for his son to have, the son no longer has a father to lean on as the years pass by. Although, as tragic as that is, unfortunately the incident all comes down to using common sense.
And as they say, sometimes the risks are far more greater than the rewards.
On the motorsports front, last Saturday night’s inaugural event in Sparta Kentucky, may have been one of the biggest debacles in NASCAR history.
While the Quaker State 400 was boring until the final 15 laps, Kentucky Speedway traffic made track owner, Bruton Smith’s nightmare even worse. There are stories about folks who thought they had left in plenty of time and usually make it by a 90-minute drive or less, didn’t even reach the parking lot until 13 hours later. Another story in which it took eight hours to go four miles from the hotel they stayed at is just insane.
For those who are still waiting in traffic and by wishful thinking, reading this online, the Kyle Busch Invitational is about all you missed at the Kentucky Speedway.
