Rocky Mount-Ardrey Kell to tangle in IMPACT Invitational

For the third straight season, the Rocky Mount varsity baseball team will be participating in the Impact Invitational High School Baseball Tournament which will be held this spring on Saturday, March 6.

After starting out at Wilson's Fleming Stadium, then moving to the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, the event, with 18 of the best high school baseball teams in the state in the field, will be splitting fields with USA Baseball and the old Durham Bull Park, now called Durham Athletic Park.

The Gryphons will face the No. 1 preseason team in the 4-A ranks - defending NCHSAA champion Ardrey Kell. Game time will be 4:30 p.m. at Field 2 at the USA Baseball Complex.

Rocky Mount is ImpactBaseball's No. 1 preseason team in the 3-A ranks.

IMPACT Invitational
High School Baseball Tournament
Saturday - March 6, 2010
USA Baseball Complex & Durham Athletic Park

The annual IMPACT Invite is the most scouted high school baseball event in North Carolina every spring.

*Admission: $8 (covers all games)
*Concessions: Will be run by USA Baseball.
*NO pets allowed passed gate.

*USA Baseball Complex Address: 200 Brooks Park Lane, Cary

*Durham Athletic Park Address: Corner of Washington and W. Corporation Streets, Durham

IMPACT Invitational Schedule

USA Complex

Field 2
11:00 AM: Ragsdale vs. J.H. Rose
1:45 PM: Pinecrest vs. Providence
4:30 PM: Ardrey Kell vs. Rocky Mount

Field 3
11:15 AM: Northwood vs. West Rowan
2:00 PM: Watauga vs. Graham
4:45 PM: C.B. Aycock vs. Smithfield-Selma

Durham Athletic Park (Former Durham Bulls Park)
11:00 AM: Southern Alamance vs. Middle Creek
1:45 PM: Forsyth Country Day vs. Whiteville
4:30 PM: D.H. Conley vs. Orange