June 2009

• Summer League Sizzles

  When Richmond Senior visits Pinecrest on Monday to open the summer baseball season, fans will be treated to a double-header.

  Friday, June 12, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Pats Baseball Opens Summer With Win

  Pitcher Joey Vecchione and the rest of the Pinecrest players needed only one hour and 40 minutes to dispatch Richmond Senior 6-2 in Monday's summer league baseball opener at John Williams Field.

  Wednesday, June 17, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Richmond Summer League Senior Team Falls in Opener to Pinecrest

  The Richmond Raiders baseball senior summer league team committed seven errors and dropped their season opener 6-2 to Pinecrest Monday.

  Wednesday, June 17, 2009 | From Staff Reports | YourDailyJournal.com

• Patriots, Vikes Split Baseball Games

  Thursday in Cameron, the Vikings and Patriots split a cross-county Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League (CCSSL) doubleheader. Union Pines took the jayvee game 9-8, while Pinecrest won the varsity nightcap 8-3.

  Sunday, June 21, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Taking a Hit: Pats Improve 3-0 on Summer

  With Monday's summer league game between Pinecrest and Hoke County tied at 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, the stage was set for the Patriots to try to execute one of the most exciting plays in baseball.

  Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Twice as Nice: Vikes Jayvee Tops PHS Again

  The Union Pines junior varsity summer baseball team defeated Pinecrest for the second time in four days on Monday afternoon.

  Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• PHS Improves To 4-0 in Baseball

  he Pinecrest varsity team continues to team up the summer baseball league. The Patriots extended their record to 4-0 with a 9-6 victory over South View, Tuesday evening.

  Friday, June 26, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Pinecrest Summer Baseball Rallies In Late Innings, Improves to 5-0

  Pinecrest pitcher Zach Christian appeared to be cruising with a 3-1 lead, two outs and no one on base in the top of the seventh inning of Thursday's Central Carolina Summer League baseball game.

  Sunday, June 28, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Scotland Ends Pinecrest's Unbeaten Streak in 8 Innings

  The ability of Scotland pitchers to work their way out of trouble was a big key in the team's 3-2 win over Pinecrest in eight innings on Monday at McCoy Field.

  Monday, June 29, 2009 | By Michael Gilliland | LaurinburgExchange.com

• Scots Hand Pats First Loss of Summer

  The Pinecrest baseball team suffered its first loss of the summer when Scotland County scored an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth inning in Laurinburg Monday night.

  Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Richmond ‘Squeezes’ Past Pinecrest

  Even though the well was dry for the first six innings, Richmond coach Kevin Wallace went back to it one more time in the seventh.

  Tuesday, June 30, 2009 | By Shawn Stinson | YourDailyJournal.com

July 2009

• Win Streak Snapped: Unearned Run Helps Scots Top Pats

  Don't tell Pinecrest coach Jeff Hewitt that Monday's encounter with Scotland County was just another summer league baseball game.

  Wednesday, July 1, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Patriots Lose In Final Inning

  A short week for the Pinecrest varsity baseball team became a costly one when it lost in walk-off fashion for the second game in a row on Tuesday evening in Rockingham.

  Friday, July 3, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• PHS Jayvees Win Third In a Row

  The Pinecrest summer league jayvee baseball team overcame an early 4-1 deficit on Tuesday in Rockingham and defeated Richmond 7-6 for its third win in a row.

  Friday, July 3, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Pats Scoop Up Win, Near Summer Playoffs

  Pinecrest first baseman Joe Herbert was the subject of some good-natured kidding from his teammates and coaches following Tuesday's 8-2 summer baseball victory over Scotland County.

  Friday, July 17, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Patriots Make Playoffs

  James Baldwin III helped the Pinecrest baseball team ride into the CCSSL playoffs with a spectacular performance at Southern Lee, Thursday evening.

  Sunday, July 19, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Pinecrest Rallies Back to Drop Lee County in CCSSL Tournament

  Lee County led 3-1 after three innings before falling 5-3 to the Patriots in Wednesday’s opening round of the Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League state tournament at Pine Forest to officially end the Jackets’ baseball season.

  Thursday, July 23, 2009 | By Ryan Sarda | SanfordHerald.com

• Patriots Advance in Summer League Playoffs

  At the site of one of its most memorable high school baseball victories in this decade, Pinecrest stumbled and bumbled in the field for two innings against Lee County.

  Friday, July 24, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Patriots Face 'Dogs Tonight

  Thursday's scheduled second round Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League playoff game between Pinecrest and Terry Sanford was postponed because of early afternoon rains. The two baseball teams will try again in a 5 p.m. contest this afternoon at Pine Forest High School.

  Friday, July 24, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Pinecrest Moves On in Playoffs

  Pinecrest took another step toward a Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League baseball title by breezing to a 10-0 victory over Terry Sanford, Friday evening.

  Sunday, July 26, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com

• Youth Give Hope to Pats Baseball

  The starting lineup for Pinecrest in Saturday's CCSSL semi-final baseball game against South Central included a rising freshman and four rising sophomores.

  Wednesday, July 29, 2009 | By Charlie Bergmann | ThePilot.com