By Thomas Grant Jr. The South Carolina American Legion Baseball playoffs opened with three Lexington County teams with title aspirations. On July 31, the last remaining team was eliminated in the semifinals played at Sparrow Stadium in Florence. Lexington Post 7 lost 5-4 to defending champion Florence Post 1. JacksonContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. The South Carolina American Legion Baseball playoffs opened with three local teams with title aspirations. As on Wednesday, only Lexington Post 7 remaining in the running for the championship and a spot in the Southeast Regional. On Tuesday, Lexington eliminated West Columbia Post 79 with aContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. Call this week the “calm before the storm” in American Legion baseball. It’s a relatively light schedule for Lexington Post 7, West Columbia Post 79, and Chapin/Newberry Post 193/24. The three teams will play a combined three games all out of their respective leagues. The followingContinue Reading
By Thomas Grant Jr. West Columbia Post 79 and Lexington Post 7 are involved in a 3-team race for first place in the American Legion League 3 standings. West Columbia (4-3, 4-2) held a ½ game lead over Richland Post 215 (3-4, 3-2) following Monday’s 2-0 loss to Orangeburg PostContinue Reading