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All good things must inevitably come to an end.  Over the course of the past few weeks, it appeared that the talented bunch from the Chester County League in Southeastern PA would close their season earlier than anticipated.  They dropped their first game of the Region 3 tournament, before rallying for the championship.  They did it again last week, dropping the first game of the state tournament to Millcreek before winning five in a row.

The best season in Pennridge history has officially come to a close, but not before an incredible run through the state and national regional tournaments.  Pennridge dropped a 6-2 decision against Indiana champion Terre Haute who came into the game with a gaudy 40-6 record.

Things looked good early for for the PA runner-ups, as they went ahead in the bottom of the first on a Tim Eversole sin...

Pennridge couldn't have been too pleased with their 13-4 loss yesterday at the hands of the Ohio state champions from Tuscarawas County.  They bounced back today, handily defeating the host of the Great Lakes Regional.

The PA runner-ups got three runs in the second inning, and then added another in the third before Mattoon could counter with two of their own in the bottom of the inning. ...

Another day, same story for the host West Lawn Owls.  For the second straight day, they had a state champion on the ropes but surrendered a huge inning and ended up dropping the game.  Last night it was against Virginia champion Chesapeake, today, it's familiar foe Spring City.

The Owls led 8-4 heading into the bottom of the eighth.  Timely hits, a fe...

Coming into national regional play, there are always a bunch of unknowns.  What you can generally expect though, is to find stellar defense and effective pitching that is instrumental in getting through a tough state tournament.  The Mid-Atlantic Regional's nightcap, between Virginia champion Chesapeake and host West Lawn was anything but that.

Chesapeake jumped to a lead first, with tw...

After winning the PA Region 2 Tournament a couple of weeks ago, Pennridge went on a tear through the first few days of the PA State Tournament.  They won their first three games, securing an automatic bid to national regionals and the state championship round.

Since then, the newly crowned PA runner-up has dropped three contests in a row.  The first two came at the hands of the eventual...

The Spring City Red Sox, Pennsylvania's top legion team this summer, find themselves in a familiar precarious situation at the 2010 Mid-Atlantic National Regional Tournament.  For the third straight week, the Region 3 natives have dropped into the loser's bracket on the first day with an opening round defeat.

If the Region 3 and PA State tournaments were any indication, Spring City's season ...

Though the vast majority of PA's teams have ended their seasons, we hope you'll stick around and enjoy the coverage of National Regional play and the World Series over the next couple of weeks.  We'll follow Spring City, Pennridge, and West Lawn in their bids to represent the state in the 2010 ALB World Series!

Also, we have a plethora of news stories coming.  These include many year in...

The 2010 Mid-Atlantic National Regional Championship Tournament bracket has now been posted.  Six of the eight teams for the tournament have been decided, with Maryland and New York's teams being decided today.

Be sure to follow the progress of PA State Champion Spring City in their quest to represent the Mid-Atlantic at the World Series.

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...

Spring City bounced back to top Danville in game five of the 2010 PA Legion Championship Tournament Wednesday morning by a final score of 11-2.

Danville has been eliminated, while Spring City advances to game ten tomorrow afternoon, where they'll take on the loser of Boyertown-Hopewell.

We'll be at Bear Stadium this afternoon for the winner's bracket games between Millcreek-Pennridge and Boyertown-Hopewell.  As we did yesterday, we'll post live updates from the game on our Twitter feed.  Every couple of innings or so you'll get a short update about what's going on in the game.

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Day one of the tournament featured four thrilling games, all of which were hotly contested until the very end.  In game one, Pennridge edged Danville 5-4.  In the second game, Hopewell topped Upper Dauphin 4-2.  

Millcreek downed Spring City 7-6 in the third game of the day, with Boyertown beating State College 2-1 in the nightcap.

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...