Rutherford Weekly

Our 18th Year • Issue No. 26 • July 1, 2010 Wi-Fi Available OLD FASHIONED ICE CREAM SCOOPS Italian Ice • Shakes • Sundaes Banana Splits Coffee & More NEW LOCATION! 644 S. Broadway St. • Forest City 644 S. Broadway St. • Forest City (Behind Food Lion) “SMALL T WN FRIENDL “SMALL TOWN FRIENDL Y”® Y” 369 Butler Road, Forest City, North Carolina 28043 • Phone: 828-248-1408 • NEW LOCATION! 828-202-5597 Email: advertising@rutherfordweekly.com It's BasebalIt's Baseballmania!lmania! Fri., July 2 • 7:05 Vs. Asheboro Fri., July 2 • 7:05 Vs. Asheboro Sat., July 3 • 7:05 Vs. Martinsville Sat., July 3 • 7:05 Vs. Martinsville Sun., July 4 • 7:05 Vs. Thomasville Sun., July 4 • 7:05 Vs. Thomasville Mon., July 5 • 7:05 Vs. Thomasville Mon., July 5 • 7:05 Vs. Thomasville Tues., July 6 • 7:05 Vs. Gastonia Tues., July 6 • 7:05 Vs. Gastonia McNair Field McNair Dr Forest Cit ForestCityBaseball.com ForestCityBaseball.com JULY 4 McNair Dr., Forest City Info • 828-2Info • 828-245-0000 45-0000 JULY 4TH TH FIREWORKS th FIREWORKS SHOW SHOW Sunday, July 4th The Beach at Lake Lure Pull up a chair on the beach and enjoy fireworks over Lake Lure at dark. Inside This WInside This Week:eek: Did You Realize?...........................7 nquiriing Photographer.................26 Church Happenings......................8 Community News........................20 Rutherford County Cooks............11 Bob's Carolina' ............................6 ..............18 Did You Realize?...........................7 IInquir ng Photog apher ...............26 Church Happenings......................8 Community News........................20 Rutherford County Cooks............11 Bob s Carolina Wea her................18eathert Outdoor TtOu door Tru hs..............................6uthst Classifieds...............................2-27 Classifieds...............................2-27 Local Churches ..........................21 Business & Services DirectoriD rectory................................14-15................................14-15 Faces, Places & Things...............22 Obituaries....................................4 Let's Talk Bible..............................8 Local Churches ..........................21 Business & Services aces, Places & Things...............22 Obituaries....................................4 Let's Talk Bible..............................8 McNair Field McNair Dr Forest Cit Rutherford - County Of Champions Rutherford - County Of Champions And Our Cavaliers Lead The Pack! By M A. Andrews • maandrews@rutherfor week .com By M.A.. bas Ea No to nia Sc jus of Ou th fiv R A at R G R 7 h d i Their colors are red and black and they are in the Southwestern 3A/2A baseball league. They play baseball in Rutherford County. This year the East Rutherford High School Cavaliers Baseball team won their fifth, 2A North Carolina State Championship! That's right, fifth! When it comes to championship baseball, our East Rutherford Cavaliers are a peren- nial. They finished the 2010 season ranked #1 in Impact Baseball's High School poll. Their recent championship achievement was accomplished in just two straight games. The championship being decided in a best two out of three series. Athletic Director and Baseball Coach is Bobby Reynolds. Our Cavaliers have played in the finals six times since 2002 and claimed the championship in '02, 03, '04, '07 and now 2010! The coach of all five championship teams is the Cavaliers 'five star' leader- Coach Bobby Reynolds. That's quite a claim to fame! T It happened at the 94th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state baseball championship series. The games were played at Doak Field on the campus of North Carolina State University. East Rutherford entered this years games sporting a 28-2 record. They played Graham (20-11) for the championship. In the first game, pitcher Drew Reynolds threw ten strikeouts in a runaway win with the final score being 7-3. Dakota Thomas set the tone in the fourth inning with a three run homer to make the score 5-2. That home run had to be a depressing moment for Graham. m In the second game Cavalier right-hander Dakota Thomas went the distance. He struck out 15 and put down the Graham rally in the seventh inning. East Rutherford came away with another jewel to put in its' cham- pionship crown by a score of 4-3. p f Photos courtesy of East Rutherford Cavaliers Cash on the Spot! rings...anything gold & Cash on the Spot! Bring us your chains, bracelets, Bring us your chains, bracelets, rings...anything gold & we’ll pay you TOP DOLLAR! TOP DOLLAR! B&D’S THRIFT & LOAN B&D’S THRIFT & LOAN Mon.-Fri. 8:00-5:45 596 S. Broadway St., Forest City • 828-245-3551Sat. 8:30-4:30 Drew Reynolds was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The final tally for the season was an impressive record of 30-2. The Cavs won their last 17 games. Continued on page 15. Andrews • maandrews@rutherfordweeklly.com ©Community First Media Community First Media 16,000 copies 6,000 copies THURSD THURSDAY! EVER EVERY

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