Big East Coaches meet on Aug. 10 in Wilson

The Big East Conference will gather all its coaches from each and every sport to discuss the upcoming school year next Wednesday, Aug. 10, at Fike High School in Wilson.

Since the induction of Wilson Hunt into the family, the league has held the event at Hunt, at Southern Nash and now at Fike.

For us high school football fans, the football coaches will take center stage. The area and regional media, including myself, will be there probing each coach about their upcoming season and all the new faces, the returning faces and sadly, some of the missing faces gone due to graduation.

I will get to poll these coaches for their prediction of the order of finish for the league race. They all should have a better idea about the teams in the league after eight or nine practices.

Look for these poll results right here next Wednesday afternoon!

Wayne Co. plays Cherryville for Legion State title Tuesday

MOREHEAD CITY - Area I's Wayne County Post 11 will have to win two games Tuesday, but if it can pull off that feat, it will be the N.C. American Legion Baseball state champion.

But it will have do it Tuesday against Cherryville Post 100 which is undefeated in state tourrnament play at Puck O'Neil Field at Big Rock Stadium. 

The two teams will play at 1 p.m. Should Wayne Co. win, the two will meet again at 4 p.m.

For the second straight year, the team that knocked out Coleman-Pitt Post 58 is playing for the state title.

Cherryville will be looking for its fifth state title in the past 15 years. Post 100 previously won N.C. championships in 1953, 1981, 1997, 1998, 2003 and 2007. The 1953, 1998 and 2003 seasons ended in the Little World Series with Cherryville finishing as the national runner-up in 1998 and 2003.

Wayne County was the runner-up to Cherryville in the 2007 state championship.

2011 N.C. American Legion State Tournament Recap

Friday’s games

Rowan County 6, Wayne County 4
High Point 11, Cary 7
Wilmington 12, Hickory 3
Cherryville 13, Morehead City 1, 7 innings

Saturday’s games

Wayne County 14, Hickory 0, 7 innings
Morehead City 11, Cary 7
Wilmington 5, Rowan County 4, 10 innings
Cherryville 7, High Point 0

Sunday’s games

Rowan County 11, Morehead City 7
Wayne County 11, High Point 7
Cherryville 4, Wilmington 2

Monday’s games

Wayne County 8, Wilmington 6
Cherryville 6, Rowan County 4

Tuesday’s games

Wayne County vs. Cherryville, 1 p.m.
If Wayne wins at 1 p.m., 4 p.m.