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The four team Lower Montco League playoffs will begin Wednesday night with two games.  In the first round of the double elimination tournament, regular season champion Warminster will host four seed Roslyn at Warminster's Munro Park.  Three seed Horsham will travel to Upper Dublin High School to take on the three seeded Fort Washington Golden Generals.  The tournament will continue through Sunday night, or Monday, if necessary.  The league champion wi...

PA Legion Baseball News Site, through a partnership with WZAR TV, will be providing the first ever live video streaming broadcast of the Mid-Atlantic National Regional Tournament this August.  If you are interested in sponsoring one of the streams, or may need additional information, please contact us at your earliest convenience at [email protected].

Eight teams will begin play tonight in the first round of the Northampton County Playoffs.  The first round will be contested as a best of three, with the higher seeds hosting the first game, as well as the third game, if necessary.  The league will send two representatives to the regional tournament at Nor-Gwyn later this month.  Top seed East Stroudsburg will host eight seed the Bethlehem Jeffs and seven seed Kemp Post will travel to two seed Bath. ...

The District 11 Semifinals will begin tonight in Region 5.  The playoffs will consist of two best of three rounds, with the higher seed in each matchup getting homefield advantage in two of the three games.  Tonight, four seed South Scranton will visit undefeated regular season champion West Scranton at Bataglia Field.  Wednesday, the action will shift to South Scranton's home field at Connell Park, before returning to Bataglia for a decisive game Thursday...

The fourteen team Schuylkill-Berks League will begin its postseason tournament on Tuesday night with a slate of six games.  The North Division, comprising the Schuylkill County teams, and the South Division, made up of the six Berks County entries, will conduct separate double elimination tournaments, with the playoffs culminating in a one game championship to be held at the home of the Reading Phillies.  The winner of the tournament will represent the league a...

Eight teams will take the field today to begin the District 31 (Westmoreland County) Playoffs.  Although members of the league's two divisions did not meet during the regular season, the top four teams from each division were combined for the playoffs.  The tournament will use a best of three structure throughout.  Eight seed Irwin, the fourth place team from the North/West Division, will travel to South/East champ and overall one seed West Hempfield today...

Blairsville Kovacik Insurance clinched the Indiana County (Region 7) regular season title with a 5-3 win over Indiana Legion today.  Blairsville, 14-5 in the league and 14-7 overall, is playing its first season after a 3-year hiatus.  Manager Bob Thompson's team will open the playoffs on Thursday at WyoTech Field in Blairsville against an opponent that is yet to be determined.

The remaining three playoff spots are ...

Wayne has secured the number one seed in the Main Line League Playoffs, which begin on Tuesday.  All ten teams will participate in the tournament, with the champion moving on to the Region Three Tournament hosted by Norchester.  Action will be Tuesday with a pair of single elimination games.  Number nine seed Nether Providence will visit number eight seed Aston-Media in one matchup, while Haverford is at seven seed Norwood in the other.  The two victo...

The four team playoff field in Region 7's Jefferson County has been decided.  The double elimination event will begin Tuesday with two games.  Regular Season Champion DuBois will host number four seed Brookville and number three Clearfield will travel to second seed Punxsutawney.  The winner of the tournament will advance to the Region 7 Tournament hosted by Bedford.

DuBois won last year's title and finished 1...

Interview Part 2:

PA ALB

Where does your team's final day rally to win two games over St. Mary's in the Region 8 final last year rank in terms of your coaching accomplishments?

Coach Hansen

It is always a thrill to win the region tournament. ...

It's gotten to that point of the year where some leagues have a clear favorite or two, but some are still closely packed.  Head over to the forums and let us know who you think has what it takes in each league.

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Millcreek, led by manager Tom Hansen, has enjoyed a great deal of success in Region 8 and state play in recent years.  In last year's state tournament, Millcreek started out strong by defeating eventual champion Spring City by a run on the first day.  After dropping a game to eventual runner-up Pennridge, the Region 8 champs defeated Upper Dauphin of Region 4 before bowing out with a season-ending loss to host Boyertown.

As some of you may have heard by now, there will be no statewide legion baseball showcase held this year.  In response, the Boyertown Bears and manager Rick Moatz will host a showcase at Bear Stadium on Thursday July 14th.  The showcase is open to all players from any team or league.

The showcase will include a full pro style workout and evaluation in front college coaches, recruiters, ...

As teams continue vying for crucial positioning in their league playoffs that are set to begin in a few weeks, we thought we'd take a look at the Chester County League in PA's Region 3 in the southeastern part of the state.  The league very well could contain the most talent of any in the state.  

The league is home to Spring City, the 2010 state champions and 2011 high school state run...

Another summer, the same old story.  Boyertown has been unstoppable so far in Berks County League play this year, as they're out to a 13-0 start under the new schedule format.  For years, the league had been one of the only ones in the state that featured all nine inning league games.  This season, in an attempt to schedule more league games into the ever-shrinking amount of time allotted for play, the league has adopted a new format.  Each team will ...

It is with great honor that we here at PA ALB News Site announce that, through a partnership with WZAR TV, we will be providing exclusive live streaming video coverage of games 9 through 15 of the 2011 Mid-Atlantic National Regional Tournament to be held at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, Pennsylvania at www.palegionball.com.  If you can't make it out to the tournament, be sure to catch all of the exciting action live on our site!  

As tough economic times have hit the country, most businesses have looked to reduce spending and costs where possible.  The American Legion is no different, and this summer will begin a new policy that aims to reduce travel costs and concerns for national regional play.  In years past, those states with more than one representative (both Pennsylvania and NJ in the Mid-Atlantic) would send their teams to different tournaments.  For instance, PA would send t...

Though the PA ALB is in full swing, we wanted to pass along some unfortunate and rather unsettling news from PA's Region 7.  The defending region champion and longtime state power, State College, is not fielding a team this summer.

The shocking news comes after their manager was unable to return and many players left for neighboring AAU and other travel teams.  This means that this summ...

We've received a large amount of inquiries from concerned parents and coaches about what bats are and are not legal for use in the 2011 season.  We'll attempt to clarify the regulations as best as we understand them.

To put it simply, in 2011 legion baseball is still under last year's rules of general BESR bats being allowed and BESR composite bats being illegal.  BBCOR bats are legal t...

A few weeks into the legion season and there are already some familiar, and some unfamiliar, teams rising to the top of their respective leagues in Region 2.

Boyertown has jumped out to a quick 6-0 start in the Berks County League.  Twin Valley, who may very well be their top competition, has yet to play a game yet due to the success of their high school team.  They'll have to play anot...