Garner Post 232 and Apex Post 124 both kept their seasons alive for at least another night on Saturday, forcing deciding Game 3s in their American Legion Baseball playoff series.

Garner took an 10-5 victory over Cary Post 67, earning a deciding game tonight at Cary High School. Apex beat Johnston County-based Post 71 9-6 to earn another shot at the Sabres. Game 3 of that series is tonight at Smithfield-Selma High School.

Both games tonight start at 7.

The winners of each of these series meet in the Area I West Championship Series, starting Tuesday night. The winner of that series is guaranteed a spot in the state championship tournament.

Johnston County-based Post 71 downed Apex Post 124 in a wild Game 1 of their Area I West divisional playoff series, 18-16, on Friday night. Game 2 of the best-of-3 set is tonight (Saturday) at Apex High School.
 

Apex Post 124 moved a win away from advancing to the second round of the Area I West American Legion Baseball playoffs Monday night with a 16-9 victory over Durham Post 7. Post 124 goes for the series sweep tonight at Apex High School at 7 p.m.

The series winner faces Clayton Post 71 starting Friday night. If Game 3 is needed in the Apex-Durham series, it will be played Wednesday night in Durham.

The Area I West American Legion Baseball playoffs start tonight with best-of-three series. Division champs Clayton Post 71 and Cary Post 67 get byes into the second round (also best-of-three sets), which starts Friday.

Garner meets Raleigh Post 1 in an opening round series, while Apex Post 124 takes on Durham Post 7 in the other series.

Games 1 and 2 of the Garner-Raleigh series will be played at Trojan Park on the campus of Garner High School, starting Tuesday. If needed, Raleigh Post 1 will host a third game on Thursday night at a site to be determined.

Durham hosts Game 1 (and Game 3, if needed) in its series against Apex, which is the host squad for Tuesday night's game in that series.

Cary gets the winner of the Garner-Raleigh series at home on Friday night, while Clayton gets either Apex or Durham.

We'll keep things updated here with results updates during the week.