South Stanly hosts YVC baseball, softball tournaments

Published 2:35 pm Monday, May 2, 2022

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This week, South Stanly will host the baseball and softball tournaments of the Yadkin Valley Conference.

Baseball

No. 3 Union Academy (13-7, 6-4 YVC) will take on sixth seed Gray Stone (6-10, 0-10) at 4 p.m. today with the No. 4 seed, host South Stanly (5-12, 4-6) taking on No. 5 seed Robinson (7-12, 4-6) at 7.

The No. 2 seed, Mount Pleasant (9-9, 6-4) will take on the winner of the Union Academy / Gray Stone matchup Wednesday at 4 p.m. Top seed and regular-season champion North Stanly plays the South Stanly / Robinson winner Wednesday night at 7.

Friday’s championship finals will start at 7:30 p.m.

Softball

Today at 4:30 p.m., third seed Union Academy (15-4, 7-3 YVC) will be the home team against No. 6 Robinson (2-14, 0-10).  No. 4 North Stanly (11-7, 4-6 YVC) will play No. 5 Gray Stone (10-9, 2-8) at 6:30 p.m.

The winner between the Comets and the Knights will face No. 2 seed Mount Pleasant (13-7, 7-3) at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday. The winner of the Union Academy / Robinson games takes on top seed South Stanly (20-3, 10-0) at 6:30 p.m.

Finals for the YVC softball tournament have been scheduled for Friday night at 6.

About Charles Curcio

Charles Curcio has served as the sports editor of the Stanly News & Press for more than 16 years and has written numerous news and feature storeis as well. He was awarded the NCHSAA Tim Stevens Media Representative of the Year and named CNHI Sports Editor of the Year in 2014. He has also won an award from Boone Newspapers, and has won four North Carolina Press Association awards.

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