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We've updated the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic National Regional Tournament pages with the scores from the two completed games from each region so far.  Be sure to check back, as we'll post the finals from the rest of the games and the matchups for the PA teams on day two!

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 state champion, Spring City.  That second loss jettisoned the team into the Great Lakes Regional out in Mattoon, Illinois.  By luck of the draw, Pennridge was placed in the second game of the day against the Ohio state champions from Tuscarawas County.

Things didn't start off well for Pennridge, and they didn't get much better from there.  A single, double, and wild pitch to open the game led to a runner at third and a run scored before starting pitcher Ryan Trauger had a chance to settle his nerves.  A walk and an rbi double made, sandwiched between another wild pitch, made it 2-0.  The seven hole hitter, Kyle Widder, drilled a three run homerun and the Ohio champs never looked back from their five run lead.

They got another run in the second, and three more in the fourth before Pennridge finally answered with three of their own.  They did it the hard way, as they manufactured runs and capitalized on Tuscarawas' mistakes.  The first run came on a wild pitch, the second an rbi groundout off of reliever Adam Mizer, and the last one came on another wild pitch.

Tuscarawas County tacked on three more before Pennridge plated their final run in the seventh on yet another wild pitch.  The Ohio champions got one more in the eighth to end the scoring.

Final score: Tuscarawas County, OH 13, Pennridge, PA 4.

Tuscarawas County advances to game 8 of the tournament tomorrow night, while Pennridge will play again at approximately 1:30pm eastern time. 

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 is far from over.  Unlike last week, when it seemed they had a favorable match-up against Region 8 champion Millcreek and just beat themselves, today's opponent comes into the tournament as one of the favorites.  Brooklawn, New Jersey is fresh off its twenty-forth state title last week and downed the Red Sox 9-3 in the second overall game at Owls Field in West Lawn.

Brooklawn's starting pitcher did most of the damage for the New Jersey champions, he held Spring City in check for much of the game and nailed a booming three run homerun in the fourth inning that turned a 2-1 Red Sox lead into a 4-2 deficit.

Spring City was able to add another run before the end of the game, but not before Brooklawn got five more runs off of Spring City's relief pitching.  Brooklawn advances to game eight tomorrow night against the winner of the Chesapeake, VA vs. West Lawn game.  Spring City will play again tomorrow at about 12:30, where they'll take on the loser of that game.

Currently, Spring City trails Brooklawn, NJ 4-2 in the bottom of the 7th at Owls Field in West Lawn.

Pennridge is having a very rough go at things today, they trail Tuscarawas County, Ohio 9-0 in the fourth inning.

We're updating our twitter frequently with news from both tournaments, so be sure to check that out!

Sixty-four teams remain throughout the country, and just eight will get a ticket punched to the 2010 ALB World Series in Spokane, Washington.  Tomorrow morning eight national regional tournaments will begin, with three Pennsylvania teams representing the state.

Spring City will take on perennial power Brooklawn, New Jersey in the second game of the Mid-Atlantic Regional at Owls Field in West Lawn, Berks County.  The host Owls will begin their tournament run against Chesepeake, Virginia at approximately 7pm.

State runner-up Pennridge will travel to Moline, Illinois and take on Tuscarawas County, Ohio in the Great Lakes Regional.  That game is set to begin at about 1pm eastern time.

We'll have updates throughout the day, be sure to check back and follow the state's representatives as they vie for a World Series bid!

The Pottstown Baby Steelers forced a decisive game fifteen in the 2010 PA Junior Legion State Championship Tournament this afternoon by defeating the previously unbeaten Swoyersville 6-5.

Things were tight in the final for the first three innings, before Swoyersville rallied for eight runs in the fourth, putting the game away.  The final score was 15-8.

Congratulations to Swoyersville on an incredible season!  We'll see how this translates to senior legion in a few years, when Greater Pittston should be a force to be reckoned with in the Wyoming Valley League.

Pottstown won a thriller over the Boyertown Bear-Cubs yesterday afternoon, 13-12 to advance to today's championship round.  They will meet undefeated Swoyersville today at 11am at Sundstrom Field in Pottstown.

The Baby Steelers must defeat Swoyersville twice today in order to claim the junior legion state championship.

More details to follow.

In the next couple of days, we'll be posting more information about the national regional tournaments.  Here are some links to help you better follow Spring City, Pennridge, and West Lawn as they enter regional play.

Here is a link to a page with links to the American Legion's Gametracker for each of the regions:

Regional Gametracker

From that page, you can click on any game to get play by play updates from around the country.  Spring City will be playing in Game 2 of the Mid-Atlantic Regional.  West Lawn, as the host team, will be playing in Game 4.  Pennridge will begin play in Game 2 of the Great Lakes Regional.

Here is the American Legion's Main Results Page:

Regional Tournament Results

From this link, you can access the Gametracker page mentioned above, along with box scores and stats after the completion of the games.  Brackets are also currently posted there for each of the regions.

For the Great Lakes Regional, audio of each of the games will be streamed online.  Here is the link to the station's website:

WEIU Website

To listen, click on the Odyssey Link of the right hand side of the page.

Also, we'll continue to cover Spring City, Pennridge, and West Lawn as they play for regional championships and a trip to Spokane, Washington for the 2010 American Legion World Series!

Another day is in the books in Pottstown, and the field at the Junior Legion State Tournament is down to four teams.  Here are Monday's results:

Loser's Bracket

Boyertown 11, Saegertown 1, 5 innings

Conestoga 11, West Chester 5

Winner's Bracket Final

Swoyersville 10, Pottstown 0

Tuesday's Schedule

Boyertown vs. Pottstown

Swoyersville vs. Conestoga

Swoyersville is the lone undefeated team, and has clinched a berth in the state title game.  If three teams remain following Tuesday, Tuesday's winners will play for the right to meet Swoyersville in the title game.  If two teams remain, Swoyersville must be beaten twice on Wednesday for the state title.

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 review posts, tournament reviews, our very first rankings (which will feature everything from best team to best stadium and top moments of the year), and much much more.

Slowly but surely you'll notice big changes from the site, too.  We've got a lot of big things planned, and will let you in on what some of those things will be in the not too distant future.

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The matchups for the Great Lakes Regional in Mattoon, Illinois have been posted.  Informaton for the tournament can be found on the Great Lakes Regional page accessable in the News menu at the top of each page.  A link to the Mid-Atlantic Regional page can be found there as well.  We'll have a preview of each regional coming up prior to the beginning of national play on Thursday.

The second day of action in the Junior Legion State Tournament at Pottstown is completed.  Here are Sunday's results:

Loser's Bracket

Conestoga 11, Millcreek 0

Saegertown 9, Penn Trafford 4

Winner's Bracket

Swoyersville 15, Boyertown 0, 5 innings

Pottstown 13, West Chester 1, 6 innings

Here is the Day 3 schedule for Monday:

Loser's Bracket

Saegertown vs. Boyertown

Conestoga vs. West Chester

Winner's Bracket Final

Swoyersville vs. Pottstown

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.

They have a tough opening day draw, as they take on notorious New Jersey power Brooklawn.  Brooklawn won their twenty-forth state championship this weekend.  They are playing with heavy hearts this season as one of their coaches was killed in a tragic accident a few weeks ago, as we outlined on the site.

Stay tuned for much more information and the Great Lakes Region bracket!

Although our coverage focuses on the Senior Division of Legion Baseball in the state, we'd like to provide scores of the Junior State Tournament that is currently being played in Pottstown.  Here are the scores from Saturday:

Swoyersville 6, Millcreek 1

West Chester 10, Saegertown 9

Boyertown 12, Conestoga 6

Pottstown 8, Penn Trafford 1

Today's Schedule:

Loser's Bracket

Conestoga vs. Millcreek

Saegertown vs. Penn Trafford

Winner's Bracket

Boyertown vs. Swoyersville

West Chester vs. Pottstown

We'll post any results that we get as the tournament progresses.

They did it the hard way... dropping their first game and fighting back through the loser's bracket to claim the 2010 PA State Legion Title.

Pennridge, after an incredible run takes second.

Spring City will open Mid-Atlantics vs. Brooklawn, NJ.  Pennridge will take on the Tuscarawas County Panthers from Dover, Ohio in the Great Lakes Regional.

More to come!

The Spring City Red Sox advanced to this afternoon's state championship game with a 7-6 win over the host Boyertown Bears.  The Bears scored 3 runs on a throwing error in the bottom of the eighth, but two 2-out runs in the 9th were the difference for Spring City.  Boyertown's season has come to end, but Spring City moves on to play Pennridge in the title game.  The Red Sox have also clinched the state's second berth to national regionals.

We'll be at Bear Stadium for game fourteen of the PA State Championship Tournament this afternoon.  Local rivals Boyertown and Spring City will square off for the right to take on Pennridge in the state championship game, and for the second berth into national regionals.

Play will begin at 12:30pm, so if you can't make it out to the stadium be sure to follow the updates on our twitter by simply clicking the twitter logo on the right side of the page.

Thanks for stopping by!

Spring City and Pennridge entered Friday night's Game 13 at Bear Stadium facing much different scenarios.  Pennridge, by virtue of its Game 11 victory on Thursday night, had already clinched a spot in Saturday's championship and a coveted spot in next week's national regionals.  Spring City, on the other hand, was facing elimination for the third straight day following its loss on Tuesday to Millcreek.  Pennridge opened the scoring, but Spring City was too much in the end, winning by an 8-2 count.

Spring City will play Boyertown Saturday at 12:30 in Game 14, with a national regional berth on the line, as well as a spot in the state title game versus Pennridge.  That game will follow about 40 minutes after Game 14's conclusion.

The host Boyertown Bears stayed alive in the State Tournament, with a 11-3 win over Millcreek in Game 12.  Despite giving up an early run, the Bears put away the Region 8 champs, ending Millcreek's most successful playoff run ever.  The Bears will move on to Saturday's play, facing off with local rival Spring City at 12:30.  The winner will meet Pennridge for the State Championship in the game that follows.

We're proud to offer another set of live updates via our Twitter account for game twelve between Boyertown and Millcreek.  The game is an elimination game (with the winner possibly heading into national regionals) and will commence around 4pm... updates will begin shortly thereafter.

To access the updates, simply click the twitter logo on the right hand side of the page.

Thanks for following along!