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Pennridge's dream season will last at least another week, as they are assured of a bid to national regionals.  Not only that, but they also find themselves with a spot in the championship round of the state tournament, they can finish no worse than second.

Things didn't look good early for the Region 2 champions, they jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, but quickly squandered t...

It was a huge day for Region 2 on Wednesday, as both of their representatives advanced with impressive wins.  Pennridge routed Millcreek in seven innings, beating them 16-3.  Boyertown blanked Hopewell, topping them 7-0.  The two teams will meet in game eleven, the winner's bracket final, at 7:30pm on Thursday evening.  The winner gets a trip into the championship round, and more importantly, a bid into national regional play.

Hopewell certainly has the top pitcher in the tournament, their ace literally hasn't lost a game since last year; while Boyertown may very well have the deepest pitching staff in the state again this year.  Their unsung number two starter Steve Price turned in the top pitching performance of the tournament thus far.

Price went eight innings, yielding just three base hits while shutting out t...

After a huge win, and an apparent upset, yesterday afternoon, Millcreek was looking to take the next step and establish itself as a top team in the 2010 PA Legion State Tournament Wednesday.  The Region 6 champs got by Spring City by a 7-6 score yesterday.  Today, they weren't so lucky.

Pennridge jumped on them, early and often.  The Rams posted sixteen runs on twenty-one hits in j...

Taras Letnaunchyn couldn't have been more eager to take the mound for Boyertown in their opening round matchup with State College in the 2010 Pennsylvania American Legion Championship Tournament.  After all, his last time out there he was plagued by spotty control and ultimately ended up taking his first loss of the season in the Berks County League winner's bracket final.

Tonight's task inv...

In the first of many exciting games on day one of the tournament, region two champion Pennridge held on and staved off a late Danville rally to win 5-4.

Danville was down two entering the ninth, when they rallied four two runs.  Despite having the tying run in scoring position with nobody out, they were unable to push the runner across for the equalizer.  

Part two of the eight part state preview series.  We'll post the rest in the days leading up to the tournament.

Region: 2

League: Bux-Mont League, second place regular season, postseason champion

Record: 25-7-1

Pennridge heads to Boyertown aft...

Action at the Region Two Tournament in West Lawn began this morning with North Parkland of the Lehigh Valley League defeating Berks Champ Twin Valley by a score of 9-7.  Twin Valley will play in Game 5 of the Loser's Bracket tomorrow at 9:45, while North Parkland advances to the Game 7 in the Winner's Bracket at 4pm.  More updates to follow as they come in...

As can always be expected come playoff time, some interesting play took place in yesterdays third round of the Berks County playoffs.

The results are as follows:

Winner's Bracket Final

(3) Twin Valley 10, (1) Boyertown 8 (in 13 innings)

The heavy rain that passed through the area on Saturday led to postponements and delays through the eastern part of the state.  The three Bux-Mont League playoff games scheduled for Quakertown were pushed back, but were able to be played thanks to the great work by the grounds crew.  Hatfield stayed alive in the first game of the day by defeating Pottstown 8-7.  Another one run game followed, as Pennridge eliminated the Doylestown Tigers 10-9.  In the...

The pairing for the new Schuylkill-Berks League's first title game was set after the games played on Saturday.  Tamaqua won the North Division crown by defeating Southern Area 12-5.  Southern Area had qualified for the game by ending Valley View's run earlier in the day by a score of 14-0, in a game stopped after 5 innings due to the mercy rule.  These games were moved to Pottsville from Tamaqua due to rain earlier in the day.  In the South Division, ...

Berks County has a built in off day/rain date tonight, so the third round of competition will continue tomorrow afternoon at Bear Stadium in Boyertown.

Day 2 results:

Winner's Bracket

(1) Boyertown 13, (5) West Lawn 1  (7 innings)

(3) Twin Valley 6...

The Berks County League, in PA's Region 2, began their postseason double elimination tournament last evening.  Four games were held at the higher seed.  Tonight's matchups will also take place at the higher seeded team, with all action moving to Bear Stadium in Boyertown beginning on Friday.

The results are:

(1) Boyertown...

The Lehigh Valley League in PA's Region 2 began their annual double-elimination postseason tournament this evening.

The results are as follows:

(1) North Parkland 11, (8) Lower Macungie 1

(2) South Parkland 13, (7) Fullerton 0

(6) Northern Valley 1...

A full page dedicated to all the playoff contests in Region 2 is now available at the top of the drop-down menu under the main Region 2 link.  Simply scroll over Region 2 at the top of the page and click the desired link from the drop-down.

This page has up to date information for the postseason in each of Region 2's five leagues, including schedules, seedings, and results.  We'll be updatin...

The eight teams of southeastern PA's Berks County League begin their respective playoff games on Wednesday evening.  Tournament is double elimination, nine inning games.

Games are hosted by the higher seed for the first two days, before heading over to Bear Stadium for the remainder of the tournament.  

First ro...

The Northampton County League kicked off their playoffs last night in Region 2 with four first round matchups that were all closely contested games.  Each matchup was the first in a best of three series between the teams. 

The results are as follows:

Wind Gap defeated Bath 8 to 7  (Wind Gap leads 1-0)

The Schuylkill-Berks League has completed its regular season and set the matchups for the league-wide playoffs.  There will be separate playoff tournaments for the North and South Divisions, with the division winners meeting in the championship game for the right to move on to the state regional tournament.  The first round is slated for Tuesday and the matchups are listed below.

North ...

The playoff picture in Region Two has begun to come into focus.  North Parkland has clinched a spot in the regional tournament at West Lawn by virtue of its Lehigh Valley League regular season championship.  The Buffaloes won the title by defeating rival South Parkland 9-5 on Saturday night.  North Parkland will participate in the league's playoffs as the number one seed.  If North Parkland wins the league tournament, then the league runner up will cl...

We took in the always highly anticipated match-up between the Boyertown Bears and West Lawn Owls of PA Region 2's Berks County League.  The rivalry generally features some highlight reel plays and a hostile environment.  Tonight's game was no different.

West Lawn jumped out to an early one run lead when their leadoff hitter began the game with a walk and came around to score on a base h...