The American Legion baseball team from Florence doesn’t need much of an opening to come bursting through.

Pineview scored seven runs in the first inning and survived a 3:40 rain delay to claim its first state title with a 13-2 victory over Maple Park on Thursday in the championship game of the McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball AAA State Tournament.

Alex Hill’s RBI double in the bottom of the 10th scored Jesse Bosnik and lifted Wilmington to a 2-1 win over the Florence RedWolves on Thursday night in Coastal Plain League baseball.

Florence starting pitcher Spencer Jordan didn’t expect to go the entire nine innings Wednesday night in a 5-1 win against host Spartanburg in the opening round of the American Legion state championship tournament at Duncan Park Stadium.

Rayshawn Coe hit a three-run homer and Casey Kelley drilled a towering two-run shot to help Hartsville National to a 12-3 victory over Lake Marion at the McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball Majors State Tournament on Wednesday.

Steven Neff shut out Columbia over the final 4 2/3 innings Wednesday night and helped the Florence RedWolves hold off the Columbia Blowfish 7-4 in Coastal Plain League baseball.

Steven Neff’s sacrifice fly in the sixth inning helped the Florence RedWolves to a 2-1 win over Wilson in game one of a doubleheader Tuesday. Wilson won the second game 3-2.

Comeback kids? No need for that title this year. The seemingly impossible late-inning rallies that defined Florence Post 1’s 2008 season were replaced this year by dominant performances and lopsided scores. Comebacks are rarely required when a team averages 10.5 runs a game.

Fox Field was the site of the junior legion baseball state championships and Marion took advantage playing at home.

Trevor Bigham hit a solo homer and struck out 10 batters in a complete-game pitching effort as Surfside Beach beat Midland 5-2 in a winners’ bracket game at the 2009 McLeod Health Dixie Youth Baseball Majors State Tournament, Monday night (July 27) in Florence.

Austin Drummond hit his third home run in as many days, a three-run shot in the fourth inning, to help McLeod Park beat Laurens 9-1 on Monday in the Majors division of the Dixie Youth state tournament at Freedom Florence.

Columbia’s late offensive heroics led to five runs and the Blowfish beat Florence 7-5 on Monday in Coastal Plain League baseball.

D’Juan Scudder had two hits and drove in two runs and Maple Park held off a late Pineview rally to claim an 8-6 win on the second day of the Dixie Youth Baseball Minors state tournament on Sunday at Freedom Florence.

The Florence Junior American Legion baseball team captured its third straight state championship Sunday with a 9-3 win over Marion in the championship game.

William Goodwin drove in five runs with a single and a double to lead Maple Park to a 10-0 win over Laurens in the opening round of the Dixie Youth Baseball Majors state tournament, on Saturday at Freedom Florence.