Wednesday, June 13, 2007

RM area baseball players at State Games

GREENSBORO - The 2007 State Games of North Carolina are being held in the Triad Area this summer and the high school baseball tournament, with rising juniors and seniors, is being played at three sites: UNC-G, First Horizon Park and War Memorial Stadium.

The state is divided into eight regions by the NCHSAA, and the Rocky Mount area is in Region 3. Two Rocky Mount players and one from Northern Nash are representing this area. Gryphons Jim Leggett and Brian Goodwin and Northern's Tyler Joyner. Leggett is also playing for ImpactBaseball.com's Dirtbags traveling team, while Goodwin and Joyner are staples on the Nash County Post 58 squad.

Region 3 begins play Thursday at 3 p.m. versus Region 1 (northeatern NC) at UNC-G. Friday, it plays a 7 p.m. contest against Region 5 (Triad Area) at UNC-G. Saturday, Region 3 moves over War Memorial Stadium for a 1 p.m. tilt with Region 7 (northwestern NC).

The Gold Medal game will played at 2 p.m. Sunday at UNC-G. The Region 3 team is coached by Dave Kline (Kerr-Vance Academy). For more on the tournament, go to http://www.ncsports.org/.

Region 3 roster

Bryan Bass - Northern Durham
Kevin Bratcher - Ravenscroft
Landon Adams - Middle Creek
Cameron Richards - Knightdale
Jacob Dixon - Roanoke Rapids
Jim Leggett - Rocky Mount
Kris Richards - West Johnston
Tyler Joyner - Northern Nash
Jeremy Dowdy - Wakefield
Blaze Tart - Riverside
Steele Myers - Durham Jordan
Brian Goodwin - Rocky Mount
Zack Howell - Garner
Dylan Kipp - Green Hope
Zac Crumpler - Fike
Jerry Glover - South Johnston
Jake Dailey - Cedar Ridge
Pratt Maynard - South Granville
Cameron Connor - Fuquay-Varina
Corey Thompson - Apex

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