Here are the results of the all the state championship games Rocky Mount has played in since winning its first title in 1963. Thanks to Ernie Murray for the complete 1963 and 1965 series scores.
1963 - 4-A Series
Rocky Mount 2, Greensboro Page
Rocky Mount 11, Greensboro Page 6
(RM wins series 2-0)
1965 - 4-A Series
Garinger 4, Rocky Mount 3
Garinger 2, Rocky Mount 1
(RM loses series 0-2)
1967 - 4-A Series
Game 1: Rocky Mount 7, West Mecklenburg 5
Game 2: West Mecklenburg 2, Rocky Mount 1
Game 3: Rocky Mount 4, West Mecklenburg 1
(RM wins series 2-1)
1973 - 4-A Series
Game 1: North Mecklenburg 5, Rocky Mount 2
Game 2: Rocky Mount 6, North Mecklenburg 3
Game 3: Rocky Mount 4, North Mecklenburg 1
(RM wins series 2-1)
1980 - 4-A Series
Game 1: Rocky Mount 7, Greensboro Grimsley 2
Game 2: Rocky Mount 7, Greensboro Grimsley 2
(RM wins series 2-0)
2008 - 3-A Series
Game 1: Rocky Mount 7, East Rowan 4
Game 2: East Rowan 6, Rocky Mount 2
Game 3: Rocky Mount 8, East Rowan 6
(RM wins series 2-1)
5 comments:
Charles:
My recollection is that the 63 and 65 championships were determined in a 3-game series too. Again, this is recollection from 40-something years ago and I was in elementary school in 63 and jr hi in 65, so I may well be wrong. I think the 63 series went 3 games, or maybe not, then again, maybe that was the 65 series. Oh well, one of us is getting old!
Ernie M.
1963 NCHSAA AAAA
Baseball Championship Series
Game 1: June 7,1963
RMHS at 2
G'boro Page 1
Game 2: June 8, 1963
RMHS at 11
G'boro Page 6
The NCHSAA only listed one score for 1963 and 1965 in its baseball record book. Thanks to Ernie Murray, both 1963 scores are up. Does anyone know the other score or scores from 1965?
Charles: Why not add the coaches to this liating? They are:
1963 Dudley Whitley
1965 Dudley Whitley
1967 Dale Tompkins
1973 Jerry Carter
1980 George Kelly
2008 Pat Smith
(Note that the game program sold at Five County Stadium had Coach Tompkins' first name wrong. He was an interesting guy. He coached one year, won a state championship,and got out of coaching.)
Ernie
Charles:
OK I went to the library and checked the old Telegrams. The 63 series went 2 games 2-1 and 11-6 and both games were played in Charlotte.
The 65 series was played entirely in Rocky Mount. The Blackbirds dropped the first game 4-3 and lost 2-1 the next night.
So contrary to my first post, neither of those serieses went 3 games.
There were sophomores on the 63 team that were seniors on the 65 team and sophomores on that 65 team that were seniors on the 67 team.
Ernie
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