The Little League Baseball season is entering an important stretch as local district champs are now taking their talents to larger diamonds.<\/p>\n
Three clubs, of varying age groups, are representing Greenville this week on the road in hopes of taking home state championship trophies.<\/p>\n
At the 8-10 tourney, Tar Heel beat Wilson 6-4 in Monday\u2019s semifinals. The team advanced to the title game, set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Huntersville.<\/p>\n
North State (9-11) has a state tournament date with Bull City LL Friday at 4 p.m. Meanwhile, North State (10-12) is also in the state tourney and faces either Winston-Salem National or South Durham at 10 a.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Both North State squads play at the J. Burt Athletic Complex Field in Wilson.<\/p>\n
Yard Gnomes drafted<\/p>\n
This past weekend saw two former players from the Greenville Yard Gnomes drafted by MLB organizations Sunday.<\/p>\n
Wills Maginnis went in the 11th round to the Boston Red Sox. In 2024, he posted a .300 batting average and 14 RBIs through 21 games in Greenville.<\/p>\n
Brian Garmon was snagged by the St. Louis Cardinals with the 444th overall pick. The righty posted 16 strikeouts through 12 games as a Yard Gnome between 2024-25.<\/p>\n
Legion series delayed<\/p>\n
Pitt County Post 39\u2019s American Legion Baseball playoffs series against Wilson Post 13 was delayed due to bad weather.<\/p>\n
The best-of-five Area I East final was supposed to begin in Wilson Monday, but wet weather postponed the matchup. Tuesday was the rescheduled start date.<\/p>\n
Wednesday evening is when the series comes to Pitt, hosted at South Central High. The East final winner receives an automatic bid to the state tournament.<\/p>\n