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American Legion Baseball

A major shake-up in PA Legion Baseball has officially been announced.  The NorChester Bulldogs, long-time participants in Region 3's Chester County League, will make the move to the Berks County League this summer.  The move will solidify the Berks County League as one of the nation's top legion leagues with several state and national powers in NorChester, Boyertown, West Lawn, and Shillington.

We here at www.palegionball.com are hard at work getting ready for our third season of comprehensive legion baseball coverage this summer.  As we look to continue to expand our reach, we're looking for additional assistance with the site.

We're currently searching for individuals interested in doing freelance or full time writing/blogging for the site.  In addition, in order to provide ...

While players and coaches around the state have been unwinding after a long and successful season for Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball, the groups that oversee the state and national programs have been hard at work.  Over the next couple of summers, legion baseball in the state will phase in two rather drastic changes.  

The national legion program has announced that beginning in t...

Things couldn't have started out much worse for the defending national runner-up this week in Shelby, North Carolina.  Eden Prairie, Minnesota began the 2011 American Legion Baseball World Series with an eight inning mercy rule defeat at the hands of Midland, Michigan.

The team was able to reverse their fortune on Saturday morning when a seventeen hit outburst propelled them to an eight run ...

The 2011 American Legion Baseball World Series commences on Friday morning at Keeter Stadium in Shelby, North Carolina.  The first day's matchups are as follows:

Game 1 (10am)

Eden Prairie, MN vs. Midland, MI

Game 2 (doubleheader)

Las...

If you were unable to catch the action live or would like a keepsake to remember this year's postseason by, pick up a copy of our live tournament coverage!  We're proud to offer DVDs of each of the tournament games for which we provided live video coverage.  Games 9 through 14 of the 2011 Mid-Atlantic National Regional Tournament are available for a very reasonable price.  

Each DV...

Two elimination games and the winner's bracket final will take place today.  Don't forget, all action from here on out can be seen LIVE on www.palegionball.com! 

Game 9 (12 noon)

Chaney Enterprises (Waldorf), MD vs. South Charleston, WV

Game 10 (doubleheader)

Beginning with game 9 on Saturday afternoon, PALegionBall.com and WZAR TV will provide the first ever live streaming video coverage of the Mid-Atlantic National Regional Tournament on www.palegionball.com.  The video can be accessed by scrolling over the 'postseason' heading at the top of the page, hovering over 'Mid-Atlantic Tournament' and then clicking on 'Live Video'.  The video will go live shortly before the first game.

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Updated: 7:30am

Today will feature two morning session elimination games and two afternoon session winner's bracket games.  We'll post the final scores here, but be sure to follow along with our Twitter feed on the 'Live Updates' page which can be accessed by scrolling over the postseason heading then down to the Mid-Atlantic Tournament page and finally over to 'Live Updates'.

In a game that ended just moments ago, the Blackhawk Cougars, Pennsylvania's third place team, dropped a thrilling game to New Jersey state champion Brooklawn.  Blackhawk battled back from a four run deficit and was the beneficiary of several unearned runs after some shaky defensive plays by the Brookers.

Blackhawk trailed by two runs, 6-4, heading into the bottom of the ninth.  After t...

Updated 7:30am

We'll post the final scores here after the conclusion of each game.

Game 1 (9:30am)

Middletown, DE 5, Bordentown, NJ 1

Game 2 (doubleheader)

Brooklawn, NJ 6, Blackhawk, PA 5

We've added a page solely dedicated to the live updates we'll be providing this week on our Twitter page.  To access it, simply go to postseason, then Mid-Atlantic Tournament, and then over to 'live updates'.  The page features a much larger, and easier to read, version of the Fan Feed from the front page of the site.  You'll be able to see the latest updates, plus go back and read earlier ones to catch up on the action.

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We'll begin our extensive coverage of the 2011 Mid-Atlantic National Regional Tournament from Bear Stadium in Boyertown tomorrow.  Eight teams will begin the five day tournament tomorrow vying for one spot in the ALB World Series next week.  Be sure to follow our twitter and blog posts for the most up to date information on the tournament available.  

Don't forget, we'll begin the ...

By virtue of its 6-4 win over Bloomsburg today in Homer City, Northampton has won the 2011 Pennsylvania American Legion Junior Baseball Championship.  Northampton completed a 45-4-1 season with an undefeated run through the tournament.  Along with this year's title, Northampton also captured the title in 2009, also in Homer City.  We congratulate Northampton on the championship!

The Junior Legion State Tournament field is down to four teams in Homer City.  All four of the eastern teams have survived the first three days.  Northampton remains the lone unbeaten team and will play in Wednesday's final regardless of the result of Game 13.  Tuesday's matchups are below.

Game 12

Bloomsburg 3, Nether Providence 2 (Nether ...

As the games conclude, we'll post the scores from Day 3 of the Junior Legion State Tournament in Homer City.

Losers' Bracket

Concord 5, Blairsville (Kovacik Insurance) 4 (Blairsville eliminated)

Bloomsburg 13, Penn Township 3 (Penn Township eliminated)

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Round 1

Concord 8, Millcreek 2

Bloomsburg 4, Blairsville (Kovacik) 0

Nether Providence 15, Penn Township 1

Northampton 14, Homer City (Gorell) 1

Round 2

Penn Township 14, Millcreek 9 (Millcreek eliminated)

The 2011 Mid-Atlantic National Regional Championship Tournament page has been updated to include the bracket and the six teams that have qualified thus far.  West Virginia and Maryland will crown their champions tomorrow, weather permitting.

Bristol claimed its first ever legion state championship on Saturday afternoon with a 11-3 win over Boyertown.  We'll have a lot more on the game and the national regional qualifiers coming soon.

Updated: 9:30am

At the beginning of the season, nearly 400 teams from across the state were vying for a position in today's final round in West Lawn.  Two teams, perennial power Boyertown and new-comer Bristol, have played their way into the state finals.  Bristol, by virtue of their undefeated standing in the tournament, must be defeated twice by Boyertown today.