Patton, Alexander Central find out game times

By Chris Hobbs | Hickory Daily Record

Published: June 2, 2009

It all starts again at 5 p.m. on Friday for the Patton baseball and Alexander Central girls' softball teams.

On Monday, the Panthers (27-7) and Cougars (28-1) got their first game times from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) as they chase state high school championships.

The first pitch in Patton's best-of-three 2A baseball series with McMichael (24-6) comes Friday at 5 p.m. at N.C. State's Doak Field.

The starting time Friday for Alexander Central's first game in the double-elimination 4A softball tournament at the Walnut Creek Softball Complex in Raleigh is also at 5 p.m., against North Davidson (28-1).

Game 2 in the baseball series is at 11 a.m. on Saturday at N.C. State. A third game, if needed, would start at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Alexander Central will play a second game Friday in softball, at 7:30 p.m. in a winner's bracket or loser's bracket elimination game.

Play resumes Saturday with another elimination game at 11 a.m. and the championship game is set for 1:30 p.m. Should the loser's bracket team beat the winner's bracket team, a deciding game will be played at 4 p.m.

Patton, coached by Brandon Scott, is a second-year school vying for its first state baseball title.
Alexander Central, coached by Monte Sherrill, has won five state softball titles.