Pennsylvania

American Legion Baseball

This year's Region Six Tournament will begin Saturday and is hosted by Shaler at two sites.  The majority of games will be played at Matulevic Field at Shaler High School.  The North Allegheny High School Field will be used as a secondary site.  The schedule for Saturday is below.  Continue to check back for further score and schedule updates as the teams march towards the State Tournament.

Day #1 (Saturday, July 16)

Monroeville vs. California 10:00 AM at Matulevic Field

Bethel Park vs. Peters Twp. 12:00 PM at North Allegheny HS Field

Blackhawk vs. Keystone Oaks 1:00 PM at Matulevic Field

Shaler vs. New Brighton 4:00 PM at Matulevic Field

Representatives from the five leagues that comprise Pennsylvania's Region 2 will descend on Hostelley Field in Nor-Gwyn on Saturday to commence the 2011 PA Region 2 Tournament.  The tournament will feature both perennial powers and teams trying to make a name for themselves on a larger scale.

Northern Valley wrapped up a bid to the regional tournament by way of claiming the Lehigh Valley League's regular season crown with a record of 15-3.  They are led on the offensive side by Payton Bachman who led the team in nearly every statistical category including batting average, slugging percentage, OPS, runs scored, and bases stolen.  The team as a whole will get on base and cause trouble for opposing defenses with their daunting speed.  Collectively, they had three of the top five base stealers in the league this season with Bachman, Jake Kern, and Ty Cunningham all swiping double digit bases.  Sawyer Smith is their top pitcher, statistic-wise, where he was near the top of the league in both WHIP and wins.  The team opened the Lehigh Valley League playoffs with a shutout win over Southern Lehigh before dropping the next two games against Coplay and Lower Macungie.

Pennridge, the defending regional champions and state runner-up, fought through the BuxMont League postseason as the seven seed and knocked off Quakertown for the league title.  The team finished the regular season with an even record of 10-10 before starting another postseason run.  Pennridge led off their postseason tournament with a dramatic upset of second seeded Doyelstown in the first round.  From there, they were unstoppable as they blanked the four seed Warrington before dispatching Nor-Gwyn in the winner's bracket final.  The defending champions eased into the championship round with a double digit win over Perkiomen before topping Quakertown in game fourteen on Tuesday.

Nazareth, the fourth seed in the Northampton County League, began their postseason march by sweeping top seeded East Stroudsburg in a best of three semifinal series.  In the finals, Nazareth shut out Bath in both games to earn the league's top slot in the regional tournament.  They are led on the offensive side of the ball by Karl Kleglovits.  Through the regular season, he led the team in home runs and RBIs and had a batting average of nearly .500.  Jordan Smith posted the top pitching stats on the staff, striking out 41 batters on the season while only surrendering twelve hits.  Klegovits was dominating on the mound during the spring high school season, but saw limited action during the summer.

Fullerton earned a bid into the tournament by way of winning the Lehigh Valley's postseason tournament.  The team finished the regular season in fifth place with an 10-8 record.  They began their championship run by defeating fifth seeded West Allentown in the first round.  After a rainout on Friday, the eventual champions shut out Lower Macungie on Saturday.  Following up on that performance, the team knocked off Coplay in subsequent days.  In the championship round they defeated Lower Macungie to earn the league's second spot in the tournament.  Joe Taves and Davin Pagan lead the team on the offensive side while Gio Fuentes led the entire league in runs scored.  Mike Tatasciore is currently one of the league leaders in wins, strikeouts, and innings pitched.

Bath will be the second representative from Northampton County by way of their  second place postseason finish.  Things got off to a great start for the team as they swept the Birches in their semifinal series.  Nazareth blanked Bath in their final series sweep to earn the league's top slot in this weekend's tournament.  Bath's offsense is led by James Bertolotti and their pitching staff's top pitcher so far has been Jason Mitch.  The team has split the bulk of their innings between four pitchers.  They have a rather evenly skilled offense with no glaring holes in the lineup.

Southern Area has earned their way to the tournament by winning the Schuylkill-Berks League championship over Muhlenberg.  The team captured the top record in the northern division which is comprised mostly of teams from Schuylkill County.  The eventual champions started the postseason with a win over Northern Schuylkill.  They then topped Pine Grove and second seeded Pottsville in the north division's winner's bracket final.  In the proverbial throw away game, the A's were beaten by Minersville.  Southern Area bounced back to defeat Minersville and claim the north division title before their league title win over Muhlenberg at the home of the Reading Phillies.  Southern Area has established themselves as a difficult team to play and will look to take a big step towards the state tournament beginning on Saturday.

Nor-Gwyn is the host of the 2011 Region 2 Tournament.  The Hawks had a bit of a down year in the Bux-Mont League where they finished eighth overall.  That didn't stop the perennial power from making a run in the league tournament.  They began the postseason with an upset win over top seeded Hatfield.  The Hawks kept it going after a rain day by defeating fourth seeded Pottstown in the second round.  Pennridge knocked off Nor-Gwyn in the winner's bracket final that featured the seven and eight seeds in the tournament.  Quakertown eliminated the Hawks on the next day.  The 2005 state champions have established themselves as one of the premier teams in the state over the past decade and will have the hometown crowd behind them during the tournament.  Their experience and abilities should carry them deep into the tournament.

Boyertown has earned the Berks County League's only berth into the regional tournament.  The Bears won the regular season crown and earned a bye in the first round of the postseason tournament.  They were able to win a thrilling come from behind game against rival West Lawn in the tournament's second round.  Colby Hartman had one of the area's top pitching performances of the year in the winner's bracket final against Twin Valley where he struck out the first eight batters he faced.  The Bears knocked off the seventh seed Conrad Weiser Scouts on Monday.  Looming in the final round was longtime rival Shillington.  The Red Sox were able to beat the Bears in game 14 of the tournament to force a decisive championship game.  Despite trailing for much of the game, the Bears again struck back in a big way by scoring ten straight runs late Tuesday evening to win another county title.

We've posted pages for the regional tournaments beginning this weekend in regions 2, 3, 4, and 7.  We'll have regions 5, 6, and 8 posted soon.  The pages contain the brackets and the participating teams.  They will be updated throughout the tournaments to reflect the most up to date scores and scenarios, so check back often!

The Region Three Tournament will begin Saturday morning and will be hosted by Norchester of the Chester County League.  The tournament will continue through Wednesday and the champion will move on to the State Tournament hosted by West Lawn, which begins on July 26th.  The opening round matchups are below:

Game 1 -- Spring City vs. Whitpain

Game 2 -- Fort Washington vs. Olney

Game 3 -- Wayne vs. Bristol

Game 4 -- Narberth vs. Norchester

Check back for continued updates from palegionball.com!

The field of eight has been set for the Region Seven Tournament hosted by Bedford.  The tournament will begin Saturday with four games and will continue through Wednesday, July 20th.  The Region Seven champion will join six others from around the state at the State Tournament which begins in West Lawn on July 26th.  The opening round matchups will be:

Game 1 -- Beech Creek vs. West Hempfield

Game 2 -- Indiana Legion vs. Bushy Run

Game 3 -- Claysburg vs. DuBois

Game 4 -- Mifflin County vs. Bedford

Continue to visit palegionball.com for additional scores and news from around the Keystone State!

Here are the playoff scores from around the state from Wednesday night.  Additional scores will be added here as they come in.

Lower Bucks

Wednesday’s Games - Championship Round

Bristol 15, Yardley 7

Bristol 6, Yardley 1

Bristol wins the Lower Bucks Championship

Philadelphia

Wednesday’s Game - Championship, Game Three

Olney 6, Del Val Senators 5 (Olney wins series 2-1)

Olney wins the Philadelphia Championship

Cumberland

Wednesday’s Games

New Cumberland 2, Silver Spring 1

Red Land 18, New Cumberland 4

Red Land wins the Cumberland County Championship

Dauphin

Wednesday’s Game - Championship Round

Hummelstown 12, Paxton 5

Hummelstown wins the Dauphin County Championship

Susquehanna Valley

Wednesday’s Game - Championship Round

Danville 12, Sunbury/Norry 1

Danville wins the Susquehanna Valley Championship

Allegheny East

Wednesday’s Games

Shaler 11, Springdale 1

Monroeville 11, Swissvale 1

Allegheny Central

Wednesday’s Games - Losers’ Bracket

West Mifflin 6, Elizabeth Forward 5

Bethel Park 15, West Mifflin 4

Bethel Park and Peters Township advance to regionals

Beaver

Wednesday’s Game, Game Three

Blackhawk 12, New Brighton 7

Blackhawk wins the Beaver County Championship

Fayette

Wednesday’s Games, Championship

California 4, Uniontown 3 (California wins series 2-0)

California wins the Fayette County Championship

Cambria

Wednesday’s Games, Championship, At Ebensburg

Somerset 9, Claysburg 6 (Series tied 1-1)

Claysburg 15, Somerset 13 (Claysburg wins the series 2-1)

Claysburg wins the Cambria County Championship

District 31

Bushy Run has defeated West Hempfield in the finals to win the District 31 Championship. Both teams will compete at regionals.

Clarion

Tuesday’s Game

Clarion 8, Knox 4

Wednesday’s Game - Championship

Clarion vs. Knox

Elk

Wednesday's Game, Finals, Best of Three

Wilcox 7, St. Mary's 0 (Wilcox wins series 2-1)

Wilcox wins the Elk County Championship

The field of eight has been set for the Region Two Tournament hosted by Nor-Gwyn.  The tournament will begin Saturday with four opening round games and will continue through July 20th.  The champion will join six others from around the state at the State Tournament which begins in West Lawn on July 26th.  The opening round matchups will be:

Game 1 -- Northern Valley vs. Pennridge, 9:45am

Game 2 -- Nazareth vs. Fullerton, 1pm

Game 3 -- Boyertown vs. Bath, 4pm

Game 4 -- Southern Area vs. Nor-Gwyn, 7:30pm

Other regional brackets from around the state will be posted as they are finalized.  Check back for continued updates and news from around the state!

Crawford Venango

Meadville has won the Crawford Venango Championship

Elk

Wednesday's Game, Finals, Best of Three

Wilcox @ St. Mary's, Game Three

Erie

Tuesday’s Games - Championship Round

Millcreek 14, West County 3

Millcreek wins the Erie County Championship

Warren

Youngsville has forfeited its championship series to Corry

Corry has won the Warren County Championship

Cambria

Tuesday’s Game, Championship

Claysburg 12, Somerset 10 (Claysburg leads series 1-0)

Wednesday’s Games, Championship, At Ebensburg

Claysburg vs. Somerset, Game Two

Claysburg vs. Somerset, Game Three, if necessary

Central Penn

Monday's Game - Losers' Bracket

Mifflin County 12, Bellefonte 7

Mifflin County and Beech Creek will not meet for the playoff championship.  Beech Creek will be the CPL #1 seed at the regional, and Mifflin County will be #2.

District 31

Tuesday’s Game, Resumption of Game One

Bushy Run vs. West Hempfield

Indiana County

Tuesday’s Game, Championship - Game Two

Indiana Legion 8, Marion Center 3 (Indiana wins series 2-0)

Indiana Legion wins the Indiana County Championship

Jefferson County

Tuesday’s Game - Championship

DuBois 6, Punxsutawney 4

DuBois wins the Jefferson County Championship

Allegheny East

Tuesday’s Games - Losers’ Bracket

Springdale 8, Plum 4

Swissvale 8, Penn Hills 2

Winners’ Bracket

Shaler 4, Monroeville 0

Wednesday’s Games

Springdale vs. Shaler, Springdale is eliminated with a loss

Monroeville vs. Swissvale, Loser is eliminated

Allegheny Central

Tuesday's Games - Losers' Bracket

West Mifflin 11, Upper St. Clair 3

Elizabeth Forward 9, Baldwin 2

Winners' Bracket Final

Peters Township 7, Bethel Park 5

Wednesday’s Games - Losers’ Bracket

Elizabeth Forward vs. West Mifflin

Bethel Park vs. Elizabeth Forward/West Mifflin winner

Allegheny West

Wednesday’s Games

Sewickley vs. Char Valley

Sewickley/CV winner vs. Keystone Oaks, Second game to follow, if necessary

Beaver

Tuesday’s Game, Game Two

Blackhawk 9, New Brighton 1 (Series tied 1-1)

Wednesday’s Game, Game Three

Blackhawk @ New Brighton

Fayette

Tuesday's Game, Championship - Game One

California 4, Uniontown 1 (California leads series 1-0)

Wednesday’s Games, Championship

California vs. Uniontown, Game Two

California vs. Uniontown, Game Three, if necessary

Bradford-Tioga

Tuesday’s Game - Semifinals

Canton 18, Wyalusing 11

Wednesday’s Game - Championship

Canton vs. TBD

Wyoming Valley

Tuesday’s Game - Championship Round

Back Mountain 6, Plains 0

Back Mountain wins the Wyoming Valley Championship

Susquehanna Valley

Tuesday’s Game - Championship Round

Danville 5, Sunbury/Norry 2

Wednesday’s Game - Championship Round

Danville vs. Sunbury/Norry

West Branch

Tuesday’s Game

Jersey Shore d. Hughesville

Jersey Shore wins the West Branch Championship

District 11

Monday’s Game - Championship Round

Green Ridge 4, West Scranton 2

Green Ridge wins the District 11 Championship

District 15

Championship Round

FMS 1, Hawley 0

FMS wins the District 15 Championship

Cumberland

Tuesday’s Games - Losers’ Bracket

Silver Spring 10, Mechanicsburg 4

Winners’ Bracket Final

Red Land 11, New Cumberland 0

Wednesday’s Games

Silver Spring vs. New Cumberland

Red Land vs. Silver Spring/New Cumberland winner

Dauphin

Tuesday’s Game - Losers’ Bracket

Paxton 10, Upper Dauphin 5

Wednesday’s Game - Championship Round

Hummelstown vs. Paxton, A Paxton win will force a second, decisive game

Franklin

The league does not have playoffs.  Waynesboro is the league champion by virtue of having the top regular season record.

Lancaster

Tuesday's Game - Championship Round

Ephrata 8, Conestoga Valley 3

Ephrata wins the Lancaster County Championship

Lebanon

Tuesday’s Game - Championship Round

Annville 14, Fredericksburg 13

Annville wins the Lebanon County Championship

York

Sunday’s Game - Championship

Southwestern 6, Glen Rock 0

Southwestern York wins the York County Championship

By virtue of being the lone undefeated team left in the Berks County League playoffs, Boyertown had the luxury of needing just one win out of the possible two scheduled games against long-time rival Shillington on Tuesday evening.  Despite facing an early four run deficit, the second-seeded Red Sox rallied back against Boyertown's pitching staff and handed the Bears their first loss of the week.

Upbeat and determined, they returned to Owls Field in West Lawn less than an hour later for a decisive championship game that would ultimately award the league's only Region 2 Tournament berth.  Shillington, once again the visiting team, sent Adam Beilhart to the mound.  Boyertown countered with sixteen year old Dan Woodley.  After striking out the first two batters of the game, Woodley surrendered a base hit to Collin Hecker and a homerun by clean-up hitter Kyle Hartman.  The drive to right field gave the Red Sox a 2-0 lead.

Boyertown, to their credit, answered right back.  Leadoff hitter Ryan Schwager got things going with a base hit which was followed by Matt Purnell's hit by pitch.  After a successful sacrifice bunt, Travis Kreitz drove in the first run and reached based on a fielding error by third baseman Brandon Snyder.  Purnell would eventually tie the game up after scoring on a bases loaded walk to Paul Mills.

The Red Sox took back the lead in the third with two hits to open the frame, a sacrifice bunt, and an RBI groundout by Dillon Landrigan.  Shillington attempted to break the game open in the top of the fifth when they plated four runs on hits by Ben Spezialetti, Landrigan, Zach Woodworth, Dave Clemens, and Kyle Summers.  The Bears, again, were able to answer Shillington's rally in the bottom of the inning by plating three runs of their own.  Schwager led off with a walk and eventually scored, Purnell doubled and scored, and Kreitz singled and scored on an error by the left fielder.

Ryan Pinter, fresh off a win in Monday's game against Conrad Weiser, was able to settle things down for the Bears as he tossed three perfect innings starting in the sixth.  The Bears capitalized on another Shillington error to tie the game in the seventh with runs by Andrew Gehringer and Paul Mills.  The flood gates opened in the bottom of the eighth, as Boyertown scored five runs on hits by Purnell and Schnell, a sacrifice bunt and throwing error on the third baseman, a hit by pitch to Gehringer (his fourth such feat of the day), a basehit by designated hitter Colby Hartman, and an error on the Shillington shortstop.  The Bears were able to put pressure on early in the inning and keep things going by way of the errors committed by the Red Sox defense.

Colby Hartman came on for the Bears to try and close things out in the ninth.  After a leadoff walk, he was able to retire the next three batters in order to end it.  Final score: Boyertown 12, Shillington 7.

Chester

Tuesday’s Game, At Spring City

Norchester 22, Spring City 6

Norchester wins the Chester County Championship

Greater Norristown

Tuesday’s Game - Championship Round

Whitpain 9, Presidential Caterers 5

Whitpain wins the Greater Norristown Championship

Lower Bucks

Tuesday’s Games

Yardley Western 7, Bensalem 6

Bristol 4, Yardley-Morrisville 1

Wednesday’s Games - Championship Round

Yardley Western vs. Bristol, A second game will follow if Bristol wins game one

Lower Montco

Monday’s Game - Championship Round

Fort Washington 3, Roslyn 2

Fort Washington wins the Lower Montco Championship

Main Line

Tuesday’s Game - Losers’ Bracket

Wayne 11, Springfield 3

Wayne and Narberth have been declared Main Line Co-Champions

Philadelphia

Tuesday’s Game - Championship, Game Two

Del Val Senators 7, Olney 6 (Series tied 1-1)

Wednesday’s Game - Championship, Game Three

Del Val Senators vs. Olney @ Frankford HS

Berks

Tuesday’s Games, At West Lawn

Shillington 9, Boyertown 8

Boyertown 12, Shillington 7

Boyertown wins the Berks County Championship

Bux-Mont

Tuesday’s Game, At Quakertown

Pennridge 5,Quakertown 3

Pennridge wins the Bux-Mont Championship

Lehigh Valley

Monday’s Games - Championship Round

Fullerton 7, Lower Macungie 5

Fullerton wins the Lehigh Valley Championship

Northampton

Tuesday’s Game, Championship

Nazareth 2, Bath 0 (Nazareth wins series 2-0)

Nazareth wins the Northampton County Championship

Schuylkill-Berks

Tuesday’s Game, At First Energy Stadium, Reading

Southern Area 12, Muhlenberg 3

Southern Area wins the Schuylkill-Berks Championship

Indiana Legion defeated Marion Center 8-3 Tuesday evening to sweep the championship series 2 games to none.  Tyler Grube pitched a complete game and helped his cause with a solo home run in the 2nd inning.

Indiana Legion (14-10) won all 4 of its playoff games and takes a 6-game winning streak into the Region 7 Tournament at Bedford.  Marion Center (12-12), one of the youngest teams in the Indiana County league, had won 7 of 8  before running into the red hot Indiana team.

Crawford Venango

Saturday’s Games

Franklin 7, Meadville 5

French Creek Valley 11, Titusville 1

Sunday’s Games - Losers’ Bracket

Meadville vs. Titusville

Winners’ Bracket

Franklin vs. French Creek Valley

Elk

Sunday's Game, Finals, Best of Three

St. Mary's 4, Wilcox 3

Monday's Game, Finals, Game Two

Wilcox 6, St. Mary's 1 (Series tied 1-1)

Wednesday's Game, Finals - Game Three

Wilcox @ St. Mary's

Erie

Friday’s Games (All games played at Northwestern High School Albion, Pa)

Erie 12 West County 11

Albion/Edinboro 7 Waterford 2

Saturday’s Games

Westleyville 5 Albion/Edinboro 2

Millcreek 9 Erie 3

West County 7 Albion/Edinboro 4

Waterford 9 Erie 0

Sunday’s Games

West County 9 Waterford 4

Millcreek 25 Wesleyville 6

West County 7 Wesleyville 2

Monday’s Game

Millcreek vs West County postponed due to rain

Tuesday’s Games - Championship Round

Millcreek vs West County 5:30 PM

Millcreek vs West County 8:30 PM if necessary

Cambria

Monday’s Game, Championship, Game One

Claysburg 8, Somerset 3, Suspended, 2nd Inning, Rain

Tuesday’s Game, Championship

Claysburg @ Somerset, Continuation of Game One

Central Penn

Sunday's Game - Losers' Bracket

Mifflin County 8, Philipsburg 2

Monday's Game - Losers' Bracket

Mifflin County @ Bellefonte

Tuesday's Game - Championship Round

Mifflin County/Bellefonte winner vs. Beech Creek

District 31

Monday’s Game, Championship Round - Game One

Bushy Run 2, West Hempfield 0, Suspended due to rain in the 2nd inning

Tuesday’s Game, Resumption of Game One

Bushy Run vs. West Hempfield

Indiana County

Saturday’s Games

Indiana Legion 10, Blairsville 2 (Indiana wins series 2-0)

Marion Center 9, Homer City 4 (Marion Center wins series 2-1)

Sunday’s Game, Championship - Game One

Indiana Legion 11, Marion Center 3 (Indiana Legion leads series 1-0)

Tuesday’s Game, Championship - Game Two

Marion Center @ Indiana Legion

Jefferson

Sunday’s Game

DuBois 15, Punxsutawney 3

Tuesday’s Game - Championship

Punxsutawney @ DuBois

Allegheny East

Tuesday’s Games - Losers' Bracket

Plum vs. Springdale

Swissvale vs. Penn Hills

Winners' Bracket Final

Shaler vs. Monroeville

Allegheny South

Tuesday's Games - Losers' Bracket

Upper St. Clair vs. West Mifflin

Elizabeth Forward vs. Baldwin

Winners' Bracket Final

Bethel Park vs. Peters Township

Allegheny West

Saturday's Games - Opening Round

Sewickley @ Keystone Oaks

CIT @ West Allegheny

Moon @ Char Valley

Sto-Rox @ Carrick

Beaver

Saturday’s Game

New Brighton 5, Blackhawk 2 (New Brighton leads series 1-0)

Tuesday’s Game, Game Two

New Brighton @ Blackhawk

Fayette

Monday's Game, Championship - Game One

Uniontown @ California

Bradford-Tioga

Playoffs begin Tuesday, Matchups to be determined

Wyoming Valley

Monday’s Game - Losers’ Bracket

Plains 11, Greater Pittston 6

Tuesday’s Game - Championship Round

Back Mountain vs. Plains

Susquehanna Valley

Monday’s Game - Losers’ Bracket

Danville 7, Selinsgrove 6

Tuesday’s Games - Championship Round

Sunbury/Norry vs. Danville, A second game will follow if Danville wins game one

West Branch

Monday’s Game - Losers' Bracket

Hughesville 18, Watsontown 17

Tuesday’s Game - Championship Round

Hughesville @ Jersey Shore, A second game will follow if Hughesville wins game one

District 11

Monday’s Game - Championship Round

Green Ridge 4, West Scranton 2

Green Ridge wins the District 11 Championship

District 15

Championship Round

FMS 7, Hawley 3

FMS 1, Hawley 0 (FMS wins series 2-0)

FMS wins the District 15 Championship