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M’Ville Dominates Nemesis Rowan

Rowan County scores as the ball gets away from catcher Hernan Bautista.
By Brian Pitts - Mocksville’s first-year Legion baseball coach, Charles Kurfees, would love nothing better than to bury the ghost of Rowan County. Thirteen of Mocksville’s 28 seasons have ended with playoff failures against Rowan, and it lost 51 of 61 overall meetings between 1994-2009.
If Mocksville ever turns the tables on Rowan - even if Mocksville only turns them a little bit - folks might look back at June 6, 2010 as the turning point. Mocksville was the one that dominated, rather than the vice-versa, in a 14-5 decision Sunday afternoon at Rich Park. The makeup game was played at 2 o’clock.
Mocksville (6-4 overall, 4-3 Southern Division) picked up its fifth straight win and totally outplayed a team that dropped to 2-3 overall and 5-5 in the division.
It was a measure of payback for a 1-4 record against Rowan in ‘09. Rowan swept Mocksville 3-0 in the first round of the playoffs, and Rowan had won 11 of 13 meetings in recent history.
“We can’t look at Rowan any differently than any other team,” Kurfees said. “We can’t put Rowan up on a pedestal every doggone year. We’ve got to treat them just like we do every ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise, P.O. Box 4639, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.

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