ASHEBORO – Troy (Ala.) Post 70 needed a full day of baseball to win American Legion’s Southeast Regional on Sunday at McCrary Park.
Troy recovered from a loss to edge North Carolina champion Wayne County Post 11 by 5-4 in nine innings on Cody Walsh’s two-out single.
Troy will be in the American Legion World Series, which begins this week in Shelby, for the third year in a row.
Wayne County, which was a first-time North Carolina state champion, won its third consecutive game after a loss by topping Troy 4-1 earlier Sunday.
That was Troy’s first loss, so it forced a winner-take-all matchup.
Wayne County’s John McLamb hit a two-run home run in the first inning of the final game. Post 11 extended the lead to 4-1 in the fourth.
Troy pulled even with a pair of runs in the sixth.
Randolph County Post 45 went 0-2 in the tournament and was eliminated Thursday.
