Pennsylvania

American Legion Baseball

League's around Region Seven are now in the thick of their playoffs.  In Jefferson County, the four team, double-elimination playoffs began with two games.  Punxsutawney defeated Clearfield 11-8, while top seed DuBois beat Brookville 10-5.  Brookville will travel to Clearfield for a loser's bracket matchup, while Punxsutawney will play DuBois for a spot in the finals.  No matter what, Clearfield's season will continue past this round, since it host next week's regional tournament.

The Central Penn playoffs also kicked off following a similar format.  Perennial power State College got off to a good start by beating last year's regional champ Mifflin County 3-1.  Beech Creek also was victorious, defeating Tyrone 3-2.  Mifflin County and Tyrone will meet in an elimination game, while State College and Beech Creek meet in the winner's bracket final.

The Somerset Businessmen clinched one of the two regional berths alloted to the Cambria County League by virtue of their 15-4 semifinal victory over Portage.  The game was stopped after 5 innings due to the mercy rule.  Somerset will await the winner of the Bedford-Claysburg series.  Bedford stayed alive by defeating Claysburg 13-6 to force a decisive third game to be played at Claysburg.  The winner will also advance to the regional tournament at Clearfield.

Following Saturday's quarterfinal games, four teams remain alive in the single-elimination York County playoffs.  Pleasureville beat Hanover 9-6, and will play at Spring Grove, which defeated Red Lion.  To seed Southwestern York knocked out Glen Rock 5-2 and Suburban York eliminated New Oxford by a 9-4 count.  Suburban York will visit Southwestern in Sunday's other semifinal.  The semifinals winners will meet for the York County title and a berth in the Region Four tournament which is slated to begin Saturday at league rival Hanover.

Following a very successful run during the high school season, Hopewell was forced to complete its legion schedule in just sixteen days.  The teams picked up right where they left off in the Spring, winning all fourteen games scheduled.  This same momentum stuck with Hopewell, as it defeated Beaver Falls 11-1 in the opener of the Best of Five Beaver County Championship Series.  Hopewell is now just two wins away from another trip to the Region Six Tournament which begins next week.

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 night cap, eight seed Perkiomen dropped the hosts 14-4 in a game that didn't end until early Sunday morning.

Saturday's results set up the schedule for Sunday.  Pennridge will meet Quakertown in a loser's bracket contest at 3pm.  Perkiomen, the sole remaining undefeated team, plays Hatfield at 7pm.  Win or lose, Perkiomen will play for the league title.  The winner of the tournament advances to Saturday's Region Two Tournament, joining regular season champ Nor-Gwyn.

Rivals Spring City and Norchester will meet Sunday in Royersford to decide the Chester County Championship following their victories in Saturday's games.  Norchester ended Caln's season 11-10 in the day's opener at Ram Stadium.  Spring City then finished off West Chester surprising playoff run with a 15-4 rout.  Norchester will have to beat the host Red Sox twice on Sunday to win the title, with Spring City only needing one more victory to claim Chester County glory.  The day's results also clinched a berth in the Region Three Tournament for Spring City.  The league gets two bids, and Norchester has already qualified by virtue of its regular season title.  That tournament kicks off Saturday at Warminster.

Milford and Hawley split the first two games of their District 15 Championship Series Saturday at Hawley.  Milford took the first game from the hosts 9-3, with Hawley striking back in Game 2, winning 14-2 to stay alive.  After an off day Sunday, the series will move to Milford for the finale.  Hawley and Milford will meet one more time to determine the league champion and the representative to the Region Five Tournament at Mountaintop.

Regular season champ Greater Pittston fell 11-4 to four seed Old Forge in the first round of the Wyoming Valley playoffs at Mountain Post's home field in Mountaintop.  Plains was the other first round winner, knocking off Plymouth by a score of 9 to 3.  Sunday's schedule begins with Old Forge and Plains meeting in the a winner's bracket contest, while Greater Pittston will try to stay alive in an elmination game against Plymouth.  The winner of the tournament will advance to the Region Five Tournament at the same site, joining league rival Mountain Post, which has qualifed as the host team.

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, Kutztown disposed of Hamburg 4-1 to claim their own division title.

The championship game will be played Sunday night at 7pm at Reading's First Energy Stadium.  The winner will claim the league title and the league's lone berth to next week's Region Two Tournament in West Lawn.

Here are the playoff results and another great report from Elk County Fan1:

Smethport 15, Kane 7

Ridgway 13, Smethport 5

Best of Three Series:

Fox Twp 9, Bradford 4

Fox Twp 17, Bradford 16

Fox Twp wins series 2-0

SM 9, Ridgway 4

SM 9, Ridgway 8

SM wins series 2-0

Elk County League Champioship Series:

July 11th Fox Twp at SM

July 12th SM at Fox Twp

July 14th (if ness) Fox Twp at SM

Fox Twp and SM will play to decide the champion of the Elk County League. Both teams swept through their opening round series. Fox Twp ousted the two time Elk County League Champion Bradford in two games. The second game of the series will be talked about for many years to come as Bradford overcame a 12-3 deficet to take a 16-15 lead into the bottom of the seventh inning on a two out bases loaded infield single by Cory Viola. Fox Twp faced with the possibility of having to head back to Bradford for a series deciding game three rose to the occassion in the bottom half of the seventh. Lead off hitter Bobby Vollmer homered to right center to tie the game at 16. After a fly out Brett Quiggle reached on a single and moved to second when Jos Schlimm was hit by a pitch. Jess Cogan then stepped to the plate and delivered a game winning single to center that scored Quiggle as the Fox Twp advanced to the finals with a dramatic 17-16 victory. Since starting the season 1-4 Fox Twp has won 12 of their past 13 games to stand 13-5 on the season. They now face a SM team that has been near or at the top of the Elk County League standings all season long. SM took two out of the three regular season meetings with Fox Twp. SM won the first two games by 12-6 and 10-8 scores, while Fox won the third game by an 8-6 score. These two teams usually play some very interesting games so the finals should be pretty entertaining. Both teams will advance to the Region 8 Tournament starting next Saturday in SM. SM will be the host team in this year's tournament.

Region 2

Schuylkill-Berks, South Division

Hamburg 2, Muhlenberg 0, Muhlenberg eliminated

Kutztown 8, Fleetwood 7, Fleetwood eliminated

Saturday's schedule:

Hamburg @ Kutztown, with a second game to follow for the title if Hamburg wins

Norco

Sunday's Game:

Bath @ Nazareth

The Best of 3 Championship Series will begin Monday night between Freemansburg and the Bath-Nazareth victor.

Region 3

Philadelphia

Semifinals, Best of 3

Game 3:  Bustleton 14, Olney 9

Championship Series, Best of 3 begins Sunday

Bustleton @ Ivy Ridge

Chester

Thursday's results:

Loser's Bracket

Westtown 12, Exton 5

West Chester 15, Kennett 5

Winner's Bracket

Spring City 12, Norchester 8

Caln 17, Downingtown 3

Friday's results:

Loser's Bracket

Norchester 16, Westtown 2

West Chester 10, Downingtown 7

Winner's Bracket Final

Spring City 13, Caln 11

Saturday's schedule:

Loser's Bracket

Norchester vs. Caln

Spring City vs. West Chester, Spring City undefeated

Greater Norristown

Best of 3 Semifinals

Game 2

Valley Forge 10, Whitpain 7 (series tied 1-1)

JP Mascaro 11, Paul's Auto 5 (wins series 2-0)

Game 3

Whitpain @ Valley Forge, Saturday

Best of 3 Finals begin Sunday at JP Mascaro

Lower Bucks

Best of 3 Semifinals

Newtown vs. Yardley

Yardley-Morrisville vs. Falls

Lower Montco

First Round

Fort Washington 7, Horsham 0

Warminster 6, Morelanders 0

Loser's Bracket

Morelanders 8, Horsham 5, Horsham eliminated

Winner's Bracket

Fort Washington 12, Warminster 0

Loser's Bracket

Warminster 8, Morelanders 5, Morelanders eliminated

Sunday's schedule:

Warminster @ Fort Washington, Warminster must win twice to win the title

Region 4

Lebanon

Annville 10, 5th Ward 4 (5th Ward eliminated)

Loser's Bracket

Annville @ Fredericksburg

Winner's Bracket

Campbelltown 7, Myerstown 1

York

9th/10th Place Tiebreaker

Dallastown 11, Glen Rock 6

First Round

Glen Rock 4, Biglerville 0

Red Lion 13, Dallastown 1

Quaterfinals

Glen Rock @ SW York

New Oxford @ Suburban York

Hanover @ Pleasureville

Red Lion @ Spring Grove

Region 5

District 15

Best of 3 Semifinals

Game 3

Hawley 15, Honesdale 11

Best of 3 Finals

Delaware Valley @ Hawley

Susquehanna Valley

Bloomsburg 19, Line Mountain 12 (Line Mountain eliminated)

Selinsgrove 12, Danville 5

Loser's Bracket

Berwick @ Bloomsburg

Berwick/Bloomsburg winner vs. Danville

Remaining team must beat Selinsgrove twice on Sunday for the title

Region 6

Fayette

Loser's Bracket

Farmington @ Connellsville

Belle Vernon vs. Colonial 3

Winner's Bracket

California vs. Uniontown (winner meets Charleroi in the winner's bracket final)

Region 7

Indiana

First Round

Marion Center 11, Young Township 9

Creps United 9, Indiana Legion 4

Loser's Bracket

Indiana Legion 9, Young Township 2 (Young Township eliminated)

Winner's Bracket

Homer City 6, Marion Center 4

Loser's Bracket

Marion Center vs. Indiana Legion

Winner's Bracket

Creps United vs. Homer City

Region 8

Clarion

Knox 6, Cranberry 0

New Bethlehem 7, North Clarion 3

Clarion vs. Knox

Clarion/Knox winner vs. New Bethlehem

Four teams will participate in the Jefferson County Playoffs in Region Seven.  Below are the first round matchups.  The tournament is double elimination and all games will be played at the home field of the higher seed.

#3 seed Clearfield @ #2 seed Punxsutawney

#4 seed Brookville @ #1 seed DuBois

The sixteeen team, double elimination playoff schedule has been set for the teams in Allegheny County.  Each of the leagues sends representatives into the tournament.  The first round is scheduled to begin Saturday at several sites.  Here are the matchups:

CIT vs. Pleasant Hills

Bethel Park vs. Plum

Keystone Oaks vs. Elizabeth Forward

Shaler vs. Baldwin

Monroeville vs. Penn Hills

Peters Township vs. Swissvale

West Mifflin vs. Upper St. Clair

Moon vs. Springdale

Second round matchups are currently scheduled for Sunday.

Region 2

Schuylkill-Berks

Valley View 4, Tamaqua 2

Southern Area 12, Pine Grove 8

Saturday's Games

Southern Area vs. Valley View

Tamaqua vs. Winner of Southern Area/Valley View

Bux-Mont

Winner's Bracket

(8) Perkiomen beat (4) Doylestown 11-8

(7) Quakertown beat (6) Hatfield 4-3

Loser's Bracket

(5) Pottstown eliminated (1) Nor-Gwyn 5-4

(2) Pennridge eliminated (3) Warminster 9-8

Saturday's Games

Loser's Bracket

(5) Pottstown vs. (6) Hatfield, 11am

(2) Pennridge vs. (4) Doylestown, 3pm

Winner's Bracket Final

(7) Quakertown vs. (8) Perkiomen, 7pm

Northampton County

Bath 12, Nazareth 5 (series tied 1-1)

Freemansburg 7, Northampton 6 (Freemansburg wins 2-0)

Lehigh Valley

Loser's Bracket

(4) Lehighton 8, (5) Coplay 7 (Coplay eliminated)

(3) Salisbury 5, (6) Northern Valley 3 (Northern Valley eliminated)

Winner's Bracket

(1) North Parkland 12, (2) South Parkland 8

Saturday's Games

(2) South Parkland vs. (3) Salisbury, 5:30pm

(1) North Parkland vs. (4) Lehighton, 7pm

Region 4

Lebanon County

Campbelltown 20, Annville 3

Saturday's Games

Annville vs. 5th Ward

Fredericksburg vs. Winner of Annville/5th Ward 

Winner's Bracket

Campbelltown vs. Myerstown

Region 5

Wyoming Valley

Four team, double elimination tournament commences today with these games:

(1) Greater Pittston vs. (4) Old Forge

(2) Plains vs. (3) Plymouth

Region 7

Cambria County

Best of three semifinals begin Friday.

(2) Somerset beat (6) Portage 13-3,  Somerset leads series 1-0

Claysburg defeated Bedford 5-0, Claysburg leads series 1-0

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, (7) Gregg Post 4

Loser's Bracket

(2) Conrad Weiser 11, (6) Daniel Boone 1

(8) Exeter 6, (4) Shillington 5

Boyertown was able to slow West Lawn's hot bats and invoked the ten-run, 7 inning, mercy rule for the second straight game against the Owls.  The big surprise this season is Shillington, who as the league's second most prolific team of the last few decades, was unable to get a league playoff win.

Saturday's Games

Loser's Bracket

(2) Conrad Weiser vs. (5) West Lawn, noon

(7) Gregg Post vs. (8) Exeter, 3:30

Winner's Bracket

(1) Boyertown vs. (3) Twin Valley, 7

Region 2

Schuylkill-Berks

Loser's Bracket

Valley View 16, Pottsville 11

Pine Grove 7, Schuylkill Valley North 2

Winner's Bracket

Tamaqua 11, Southern Area 4

Loser's Bracket

Fleetwood 10, Schuylkill Valley South 5

Hamburg 5, Oley Valley 3

Winner's Bracket

Kutztown 4, Muhlenberg 0

Friday's Games

North Division

Pine Grove @ Southern Area – 5:30

Valley View @ Tamaqua – 5:30

South Division

Hamburg @ Muhlenberg – 6:30

Fleetwood @ Kutztown – 7:00

Tamaqua & Kutztown are undefeated, so those are their throw away games.

Bux-Mont

Perkiomen 2, Nor-Gwyn 1

Doylestown 2, Pottstown 0

Quakertown 7, Pennridge 3

Hatfield 6, Warrington 4

Loser's

Pottstown @ Nor-Gwyn

Warrington @ Pennridge

Winner's

Perkiomen @ Doylestown

Quakertown @ Hatfield

Lehigh Valley

Loser's

Salisbury 12, Lower Macungie 5

Coplay 8, Fullerton 7

Winner's

North Parkland 9, Northern Valley 8

South Parkland 14, Lehighton 2

Friday's Games

Loser's

Coplay @ Lehighton

Northern Valley @ Salisbury

Winner's

South Parkland @ North Parkland

Northampton

Best of 3 Semis

Game 1

Freemansburg 5, Northampton 4 (1-0)

Region 3

Philadelphia

Best of 3 Semis

Wed., Game 1

Ivy Ridge 9, Loudenslager 3

Bustleton 12, Olney 5

Thursday, Game 2

Ivy Ridge 19, Loudenslager 4 (2-0)

Olney 14, Bustleton 10 (1-1)

Friday

Olney @ Bustleton, Arch. Ryan HS

Champ. Series starts Saturday

Chester County

Wednesday

Game 1 (8) West Chester -1 @ (1) Norchester -26 5 P.M.

Game 3 (5) Spring City -7 @ (4) Kennett -2 5 P.M.

Game 2 (6) Exton-10 @ (3) Downingtown -16 5 P.M.

Game 4 (7) Westtown -15 @ (2) Caln -16 5 P.M.

Thursday July 8

Game 6 Westtown @ Exton 5 P.M.

Game 5 West Chester @ Kennett 5 P.M.

Game 7 Spring City @ Norchester 5 P.M.

Game 8 Downingtown @ Caln 5 P.M.

Region 4

Lebanon County

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Winner's

Campbelltown 20, Annville 3

Myerstown 9, Fredericksburg 6

Loser's Bracket

Friday

Richland @ Fredericksburg (Richland will be the home team)

Saturday

5th Ward @ Annville

Winner's, Saturday

Myerstown @ Campbelltown

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 13, (8) Exeter 2

(5) West Lawn 27, (4) Shillington 13

(3) Twin Valley 12, (6) Daniel Boone 2

(7) Gregg Post 15, (2) Conrad Weiser 10

Thursday's matchups

Winners Bracket

(1) Boyertown vs. (5) West Lawn

(3) Twin Valley vs. (7) Gregg Post

Loser's Bracket

(4) Shillington vs. (8) Exeter

(2) Conrad Weiser vs. (6) Daniel Boone

Stay tuned throughout the week for more updates!

District 31

Greensburg 14, Kiski Valley 12 in the deciding game three of their matchup

Cambria County

Ebensburg 10, Portage 2

Bedford 10, St. Michael 7

Somerset 16, Patton 6

Ebensburg forced a game three with the win.  The winner of that matchup will take on the second seed Somerset in the next round.  Bedford has advanced to play Claysburg.  

The Fayette County League will begin their playoffs this week with a double elimination tournament.

The first round matchups are:

(1) Uniontown vs. (8) Farmington

(4) Connellsville vs. (5) California

(3) Colonial vs. (6) Charleroi

(2) Belle Vernon vs (7) Point Marion

Stay tuned for updates on this league, as well as many others from around the state.

District 15

Semifinals, best of 3

In game 1, Hawley defeated Honesdale 9-4.

We'll be posting a series of round up posts throughout the coming days as we get scores from around the state.  Some leagues have no published information, so results from every team may not be available... but we're working on it.

Lebanon County

First round, double elimination

Annville 6, Richland 5

Myerstown 7, 5th Ward 3

Thursday's Winner's Bracket

Annville at Campbellstown

Myerstown at Fredericksburg

The losers from Tuesdays games will match up against the losers from Wednesday's games on Friday evening.