2007 PENNSYLVANIA STATE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

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Boyertown wins the Mid-Atlantic National Regional, 7-0 over Morgantown

Boyertown advances to Bartlesville, OK to play in the ALB World Series

NorChester bows out of the Great Lakes Regional, losing a 2-1 heartbreaker to Apple Valley, MN

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BOYERTOWN WINS 2007 PA. STATE CHAMPIONSHIP !!!

Beat NorChester, 15-1 to claim second straight state title, third time in four years

Norchester beats Plymouth earlier on Saturday, 7-1, to advance to title game and claim a National Regional berth

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The Boyertown Bears needed both games on Monday to win the Mid-Atlantic National Regional and advance to Bartlesville, Oklahoma for the 2007 American Legion Baseball World Series which starts this Friday. In the first game at West Lawn, PA on Monday, Morgantown kept their hopes alive as they edged the Bears, 2-1 in 13 innings. Morgantown had the early 1-0 lead in the fifth inning. Boyertown tied it in the seventh. Michael Martin got the win in relief, throwing the final two innings. The Bear's Alex Neiman took the loss. He pitched the last inning in relief of Shayne Houck who pitched 12 innings.

In the nitecap, it was all Boyertown. Garret Crable went all nine innings and the Bears used six hits to score five runs in the second inning and never looked back as they beat Morgantown. Steven Bealer had three hits and Cody Culp added two. Boyertown will now play the Mid-South Regional Champion, Bryant, AR, who was a 6-2 winner over League City, TX on Monday evening. This will be the last game on Friday night.

Game No. 15 - Monday Aug 20, 2007 - Boyertown, PA ..... 7, Morgantown, WV ..... 0

Game No. 14 - Monday Aug 20, 2007 - Morgantown, WV ..... 2, Boyertown, PA ..... 1

Game No. 13 - Sunday Aug 19, 2007 - Boyertown, PA ..... 12, New Castle, DE ..... 3

Game No. 12 - Sunday Aug 19, 2007 - Morgantown, WV ..... 14, Staunton, VA ..... 4

Game No. 11 - Saturday Aug 18, 2007 - Boyertown, PA ..... 11, Morgantown, WV ..... 1

Game No. 10 - Saturday Aug 18, 2007 - New Castle, DE ..... 14, Bordentown, NJ ..... 3

Game No. 9 - Saturday Aug 18, 2007 - Staunton, VA ..... 8, West Lawn, PA ..... 7

Game No. 8 - Friday Aug 17, 2007 - Morgantown, WV ..... 7, Bordentown, NJ ..... 6

Game No. 7 - Friday Aug 17, 2007 - Boyertown, PA ..... 16, Staunton, VA ..... 12

Game No. 6 - Friday Aug 17, 2007 - West Lawn, PA ..... 6, Cecil County, MD ..... 4

Game No. 5 - Friday Aug 17, 2007 - New Castle, DE ..... 6, Melvin Roads, NY ..... 5

Game No. 4 - Thursday Aug 16, 2007 - Morgantown, WV ..... 2, West Lawn, PA ..... 1

Game No. 3 - Thursday Aug 16, 2007 - Boyertown, PA ..... 10, New Castle, DE ..... 4

Game No. 2 - Thursday Aug 16, 2007 - Bordentown, NJ ..... 9, Cecil County, MD ..... 4

Game No. 1 - Thursday Aug 16, 2007 - Staunton, VA ..... 3, Melvin Roads, NY ..... 1

The Pottstown (PA) Mercury : Story on the Boyertown Bears in the Mid-Atlantic National Regional at West Lawn, PA (8-20-07)

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In the Great Lakes National regional in MENOMINEE, MICHIGAN, NorChester's great season came to an end as they lost to Apple Valley, MN in the first game on Monday night, 2-1. Trailing 2-0, heading into the ninth inning, NorChester's Rodney Francis singled and with one out, stole second. DH Steve Lerch then doubled into the gap in left center field to score Francis. However, a pop-up to short and a fly ball to right field would end the comeback. Matt Murray started the game for NorChester, went seven innings and took the loss. Rockport, IN won the Regional later in the evening, 7-2 over Apple Valley.

Game No. 15 - Monday Aug 20, 2007 - Rockport, IN ..... 7, Apple Valley, MN ..... 2

Game No. 14 - Monday Aug 20, 2007 - Apple Valley, MN ..... 2, Norchester, PA ..... 1

Game No. 13 - Sunday Aug 19, 2007 - Apple Valley, MN ..... 14, Rockport, IN ..... 3

Game No. 12 - Sunday Aug 19, 2007 Norchester, PA ..... 6, Blissfield, MI ..... 4

Game No. 11 - Saturday Aug 18, 2007 - Rockport, IN ..... 14, Norchester, PA ..... 11

Game No. 10 - Saturday Aug 18, 2007 - Blissfield, MI ..... 10, Arlington Heights,IL ..... 7

Game No. 9 - Saturday Aug 18, 2007 - Apple Valley, MN ..... 8, Steubenville, OH ..... 6

Game No. 8 - Friday Aug 17, 2007 - Norchester, PA ..... 1, Arlington Heights,IL ..... 0

Game No. 7 - Friday Aug 17, 2007 - Rockport, IN ..... 4, Steubenville, OH ..... 3

Game No. 6 - Friday Aug 17, 2007 - Apple Valley, MN ..... 14, Menominee, MI ..... 3

Game No. 5 - Friday Aug 17, 2007 - Blissfield, MI ..... 6, Neenah, WI ..... 5

Game No. 4 - Thursday Aug 16, 2007 - Norchester, PA ..... 19, Menominee, MI ..... 5

Game No. 3 - Thursday Aug 16, 2007 - Rockport, IN ..... 7, Blissfield, MI ..... 2

Game No. 2 - Thursday Aug 16, 2007 - Steubenville, OH ..... 10, Neenah, WI ..... 3

Game No. 1 - Thursday Aug 16, 2007 - Arlington Heights,IL ..... 11, Apple Valley, MN ..... 1

The Pottstown (PA) Mercury : Story on NorChester in the Mid-Atlantic National Regional at West Lawn, PA (8-20-07)

Good afternoon ! Sorry for the delay. Had a family emergency to deal with on Saturday, so I did not get a chance to update this page. The Boyertown Bears won the 2007 Pennsylvania State American Legion Baseball Championship on Saturday. They defeated NorChester, 15-1 to claim their second straight state title and their third in four years. It was also their record holding 20th PA Championship crown as well.

By winning, Boyertown (47-7) will move on to the Mid-Atlantic Regional at Berks County League rival West Lawn, where they'll open 4:30 p.m. Thursday against Delaware State champion, Stahl Post of Wilmington. NorChester (33-13) moves on to the Great Lakes Regional in Menominee, Mich., where they'll open in Thursday's nightcap against the host team

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Saturday August 9th Results

LOSER's BRACKET

Game No. 14 - NorChester (33-12) ..... 7 - Plymouth (31-8) (Plymouth eliminated)

2007 PENNSYLVANIA STATE ALB CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Game No. 15 - Boyertown (47-7) ..... 15 - NorChester (33-13) ..... 1 (Boyertown wins the PA State ALB Championship) (Both teams will advance into the National ALB Regionals.)

Plymouth defeated host Spring City, 7-4, this morning in the completion of last night's rain-delayed game in the Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball state tournament at Ram Stadium at Spring-Ford High School in Royersford. In the second game, Boyertown beat State College, 11-9 in ten innings.

In the third game of the day, an exhausted State College was no match a rested NorChester squad. NorChester eliminated them, 10-0 in eight innings.

Plymouth beat Boyertown, 9-8 in the nitecap to stay alive.

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2007 PENNSYLVANIA STATE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Saturday August 9th Schedule

LOSER's BRACKET

Game No. 14 - NorChester (32-11) vs. Plymouth (31-7) (Winner advances to meet Boyertown, loser is eliminated)

2007 PENNSYLVANIA STATE ALB CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Game No. 15 - Boyertown (47-7) ..... 15 - NorChester ..... 1 (Boyertown wins the PA State ALB Championship) (Both teams will advance into the National ALB Regionals.)

Mother Nature spent her day creating havoc and misery throughout the state. That included Spring City and American Legion baseball officials trying to get the PA State ALB Championship tournament in. Rain plagued the tournament all day, and they were lucky to get the first (and only) game of the day in. NorChester outlasted Red Land and the dampness, 18-12 in 12 innings on Thursday.

The second game of the tournament, host Spring City and Plymouth, did get started but then another downpour ended that in the first. The game will be resumed this morning at 9:00 AM. The Boyertown/State College game will immediately follow. This is, of course, if the field and Mother Nature co-operate. At 2:30 AM, here in Brookhaven (less than 50 minutes south of Royersford), it was pouring.

I will continue to provide you with updates as best as I can.

The Sentinel Online (PA) : Story on the Red Land/NorChester game (8-10-07)

It was two and out for West Allegheny in the PA State ALB Tournament in Spring City on Tuesday morning. Plymouth defeated West Allegheny, 9-6. The loss sent WA home after a great run in the Allegheny County and Region 6 playoffs. My personal congratulations to WA Manager, Matt Kropf and his players on a tremendous season.

This afternoon, Red Land eliminated Region Champion, Millcreek, 11-10. In a game that started two hours late, Boyertown went out to an early 6-0 lead, but had to hold on to a 10-7 win over Region 3 Champ, NorChester. In the late, late game, State College, stayed in the winner's bracket with a 6-3 win over host team, Spring City.

Centre Daily Times/State College (PA) : Story on State College win over Spring City (8-9-07)

Pottstown (PA) Mercury : Story on State College win over Spring City (8-9-07)

Pottstown (PA) Mercury : Red Land, Plymouth survive in loser's bracket (8-9-07)

Pottstown (PA) Mercury : Boyertown/NorChester game (8-9-07)

Allegheny/Beaver County Times : West A. optimistic despite season-ending loss (8-9-07)

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Thursday August 9th Schedule

LOSER's BRACKET

Game No. 9 - NorChester (31-11) ..... 17 - Red Land (27-7) ..... 12 (13 innings)

Friday August 10th Schedule

LOSER's BRACKET

Game No. 10 - Plymouth (30-7) ..... 7 - Spring City (24-15) ..... 4 (Spring City eliminated)

WINNER's BRACKET

Game No. 11 - Boyertown (51-6) ..... 11 - State College (33-11) ..... 9 (10 innings)

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LOSER's BRACKET

Game No. 12 - NorChester (32-11) ..... 10 - State College (33-12) ..... 0 (8 innings, 10 run-rule) (State College eliminated)

Game No. 13 - Plymouth (31-7) ..... 9 - Boyertown (51-7) ..... 8

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West Allegheny first trip the PA State ALB Championship tournament was disasterous. They were manhandled by Norchester, the Region 3 Champion, 12-3 this morning at Spring-Ford High School in Royersford/Spring City, PA. WA will play in a loser's bracket elimination game tomorrow morning at 9:45 AM against Plymouth.

Plymouth lost to Boyertown, 11-1, in seven innings via the ten-run rule. The Bears outhit the Grunts, 10-5. In the nitecap, host, Spring City beat Mill Creek, 8-4

Pottstown (PA) Mercury : Story on Boyertown's win over Plymouth (8-8-07)>

Pottstown (PA) Mercury : Story on State College come from behind win over Redland (8-8-07)

Pottstown (PA) Mercury : Story on Spring City's win over Millcreek (8-8-07)

The Times Leader/Wilkes Barre (PA) : Story on Boyertown win over Plymouth (8-8-07)

Pottstown (PA) Mercury : Story on NorChester's win over West Allegheny (8-8-07)

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Wednesday August 8th Schedule

LOSER's BRACKET

Game No. 5 - Plymouth (29-7) ..... 9 - West Allegheny (27-7) ..... 6 (West Allegheny eliminated)

Game No. 6 - Red Land (27-6) ..... 11 - Millcreek (24-10) ..... 10 (Millcreek eliminated)

WINNER's BRACKET

Game No. 7 - Boyertown (50-6) ..... 10 - NorChester (30-11) ..... 7

Game No. 8 - State College (33-10) ..... 6 - Spring City (24-14) ..... 3

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OPENING DAY - Tuesday August 7th Results

GAME NO. 1 - Norchester (Region 3, 30-10) ..... 12 - West Allegheny (Region 6, 27-6) ..... 3

GAME NO. 2 - State College (Region 7, 32-10) ..... 6 - Red Land (Region 4, 26-6) ..... 5

GAME NO. 3 - Boyertown (Region 2, 49-6) ..... 11 - Plymouth (Region 5, 28-7) ..... 1 (7 innings, 10 Run-Rule)

GAME NO. 4 - Spring City (Host, 24-13) ..... 8 - Millcreek (Region 8, 24-9) ..... 4

Good morning !!!! The main core of West Allegheny High School's WPIAL Class AAA Championship team was intact on Wednesday afternoon when they defeated Plum, 9-8, to win the 2007 Pennsylvania Region 6 American Legion Baseball Championship at CCAC Boyce Campus Field. It was the second time the two teams met in this tourney and pretty much the same result. Another very tight and high scoring game was the case.

West Allegheny had the edge having only to wait and see who their opponent would be. That was decided earlier in the day as Plum pummeled Blackhawk, 13-3. Plum had only a 1/2 hour to recover and play WA. Here is an article on the West Allegheny win over Plum written by Bill Utterback of the Allegheny/Beaver County Times.

Beaver County Times : Story on West A's winning the Region 6 title (8-3-07)>

My congratulations to West Allegheny and their manager, Matt Kropf on winning the title. Good luck to them in Spring City, PA at the PA. State ALB Championship tournament that starts Tuesday August 7th. WA will play the Region 3 Champion, Norchester. The Region 3 Championship was played on Thursday and Norchester won both games against Broomall/Newton, 14-4 and 12-1. Hopefully, I might get up that way to see them next week.

I would also like again to congratulate all the teams, their players and coaches, that made it to the County and Region playoffs. Stay tuned to this site for scores from Spring City.

At this time I would also like to thank a dear friend and a great gentleman, Bob Hester, the Region 6 Director for all his support and supplying me with scores and schedules. Bob has been the director now for well over twenty years. He is talking of retirement, I, for one, would hate to see him leave. He has meant so much to American Legion baseball in our area. Thank you, Bob !!! God Bless and watch over you !!!!

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1st RESULTS

LOSER's BRACKET

Plum (Host, 29-2) ..... 13 - Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 22-8) ..... 3(Blackhawk eliminated)

WINNER's BRACKET

West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 26-5) ..... 9 - Plum (Host, 29-3) (West Allegheny advances to the state championship tournament in Spring City as the 2007 Region 6 Champion)

REGION 2 Champion : Boyertown (48-6) (defeated West Lawn, 12-1 (7 inn) on Wednesday)

REGION 3 Champion : Norchester (29-10) (defeated Broomall/Newtown twice on Thursday, 14-4 and 12-1)

REGION 4 Champion : Red Land (26-5) (defeated Hummelstown, 4-3 on Thursday)

REGION 5 Champion : Plymouth (27-6) (defeated Mountain Post on Wednesday)

REGION 6 Champion : West Allegheny (27-5) (defeated Plum, 9-8 on Wednesday)

REGION 7 Champion : State College (31-10) (defeated Mifflin County, 9-7 on Wednesday)

REGION 8 Champion : Millcreek ( - )(defeated Johnsonburg, 12-4 on Wednesday)

TOURNAMENT HOST : Spring City (23-14)

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Tuesday August 7th Schedule

GAME NO. 1 - West Allegheny (Region 6, 27-5) vs. Norchester (Region 3, 29-10) (9:45 AM)

GAME NO. 2 - State College (Region 7, 31-10) vs. Red Land (Region 4, 26-5)(1:00 PM)

GAME NO. 3 - Boyertown (Region 2, 48-6) vs. Plymouth (Region 5, 27-6) (4:00 PM)

GAME NO. 4 - Millcreek (Region 8,) vs. Spring City (Host, 23-14) (7:30 PM)

I'm very sorry for the delay in updating this site, on Tuesday, Plum rebounded from the loss on Monday to eliminate Houston, 9-6. Plum now plays Blackhawk at 11 AM, who was a surprise 14-2 winner over West Allegheny. Effectively ending WA's 17 game winning streak. The winner of this game set for Wednesday, meets West Allegheny again for the Region 6 Championship about a half hour after the first game.

Here is an excellent article by Bill Utterback of the Beaver/Allegheny County Times on Blackhawk's win on Tuesday :

Beaver County Times : Story on Blackhawk's win over WA (8-1-07)

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WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1st SCHEDULE

LOSER's BRACKET

Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 22-7) vs. Plum (Host, 28-2) (11:00 AM)(Loser will be eliminated)

WINNER's BRACKET

West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 26-5) vs. Blackhawk/Plum winner (This game will start a 1/2 hour after the first game ends)(Winner of this game advances to the state championship as the Region 6 Champion)

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TUESDAY JULY 31st RESULTS

LOSER's BRACKET

Plum (Host, 28-2) ..... 9 - Houston (Allegheny #4, 20-6) ..... 6 (Houston eliminated)

WINNER's BRACKET

Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 22-7) ..... 14 - West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 26-5) ..... 2

Sorry, I posted some wrong information this (Monday) afternoon, it was Blackhawk who won by forfeit over Robinson today, 9-0, not Lincoln Place. It was Houston winning 10-2 over Lincoln Place, eliminating Lincoln Place. In the winner's bracket game, West Allegheny (25-4) took a big step and advanced to the championship round with a win over Plum, 7-5.

On Tuesday, Houston will play Plum at 1:00 PM and West Allegheny will play Blackhawk at 4:30 PM

MONDAY JULY 30th RESULTS

LOSER's BRACKET

Houston (Allegheny #4, 19-5) ..... 10 - Lincoln Place (Allegheny #1, 20-9) ..... 2 (Lincoln Place eliminated)

Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 21-7) ..... 9 - Robinson Township (Allegheny #3, 18-13) ..... 0* (Forfeit) Robinson Twp. eliminated)

WINNER's BRACKET

West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 26-4) ..... 7 - Plum (Host, 27-2) ..... 5

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TUESDAY JULY 31st SCHEDULE

LOSER's BRACKET

Houston (Allegheny #4, 19-5) vs. Plum (Host, 27-2)(Loser will be eliminated)

WINNER's BRACKET

West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 26-4) vs. Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 21-7)(If WA wins, Blackhawk will be eliminated)

In Sunday's PA Region 6 ALB Playoffs, Beaver Falls and Charleroi got shown the exit door out of the tournament first. In the loser's bracket, Houston, in the first game of the day, blew out Beaver Falls, 16-6. Blackhawk, the defending Region 6 champions, stayed alive beating Fayette County Champ, Charleroi, 7-4.

In the winner's bracket games, West Allegheny won their 17th straight game knocking out their ORL league mates, Robinson Township, 5-3. In the last game of the day, Host Plum continued on with a 9-7 win over Lincoln Place.

On Monday, in the loser's bracket, Houston will play Lincoln Place at 9:30 AM, followed at 12:30 PM with Blackhawk meeting Robinson Township. Losers of those two games pack it up for the season. In what might be the marquee game of the tournament, Plum meets West Allegheny at 4:30 PM.

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SUNDAY JULY 29th RESULTS

LOSER's BRACKET

Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 19-7) ..... 7 - Charleroi (Fayette, 18-9) ..... 4 (Charleroi eliminated)

Houston (Allegheny #4, 18-5) ..... 16 - Beaver Falls (Beaver #1, 15-12) ..... 6 (Beaver Falls eliminated)

WINNER's BRACKET

West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 25-4) ..... 5 - Robinson Township (Allegheny #3, 18-12) ..... 3

Plum (Host, 27-1) ..... 9 - Lincoln Place (Allegheny #1, 20-8) ..... 7

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MONDAY JULY 30th SCHEDULE

LOSER's BRACKET

Lincoln Place (Allegheny #1, 20-8) vs. Houston (Allegheny #4, 18-5) (9:30 AM)

Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 19-7) vs. Robinson Township (Allegheny #3, 18-12) (12:30 PM)

WINNER's BRACKET

West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 25-4) vs. Plum (Host, 27-1) (4:30 PM)

Opening day of the PA Region 6 American Legion Baseball tournament presented some interesting results. In the opening game, West Allegheny (Alleg #2, 24-4) continued to roll on, undefeated in their last 16 games, they beat the Beaver County champion, Beaver Falls, 7-1. Lincoln Place (Alleg.#1, 20-7) edged defending Region 6 Champion, Blackhawk (Beav.#2, 18-7), 9-8.

In the second session, Robinson Township (Alleg.#3, 18-11) surprised and shutout Houston (Alleg.#4, 17-5), 5-0. In the nightcap, Host Plum (26-1) handled Fayette Co. Champ, Charleroi, 8-5.

Another full slate of games starts again tomorrow morning at 9:30 AM. In the first two games, both in the loser's bracket, Blackhawk plays Charleroi at 9:30 PM, Beaver Falls plays Houston at 12:30 (at Haymaker Field in Murraysville), West Allegheny meets Robinson Township, at 1:00 PM, and host Plum meets Lincoln Place at 4:30 PM

SUNDAY JULY 29th SCHEDULE

LOSER's BRACKET

Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 18-7) vs. Charleroi (Fayette, 18-8) (9:30 AM)

Beaver Falls (Beaver #1, 15-11) vs. Houston (Allegheny #4, 17-5) (*at Haymaker Field) (12:30 PM)

WINNER's BRACKET

West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 24-4) vs. Robinson Township (Allegheny #3, 18-11) (1:00 PM)

Plum (Host, 26-1) vs. Lincoln Place (Allegheny #1, 20-7) (4:30 PM)

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SATURDAY JULY 28th Results

GAME NO. 1 : West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 24-4) ..... 7 - Beaver Falls (Beaver #1, 15-11) ..... 1

GAME NO. 2 : Lincoln Place (Allegheny #1, 20-7) ..... 9 - Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 18-7) ..... 8

GAME NO. 3 : Robinson Township (Allegheny #3, 18-11) ..... 5 - Houston (Allegheny #4, 17-5) ..... 0

GAME NO. 4 : Plum (Host, 26-1) ..... 8 - Charleroi (Fayette, 18-8) ..... 5

The last piece of the 2007 Pennsylvania Region 6 American Legion Baseball Playoff Pairings puzzle was put into place last night at Burkett Complex's Marko Field as Lincoln Place defeated Elizabeth Forward, 4-1. Lincoln Place now advances as Allegheny County #1 and will meet Beaver County's No. 2 seed, Blackhawk at Haymaker Field in Murraysville.

So, now the stage is set for Region 6 tourney which begins Saturday at CCAC Boyce Campus Field. Hope all you folks can get out to Monroeville to see it and support American Legion baseball at its best.

Congratulations to all the teams that made it and to the teams that tried their best to be there. Good luck to all the teams.

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GAME NO. 1 : West Allegheny (Allegheny #2, 24-4) ..... 7 - Beaver Falls (Beaver #1, 15-11) ..... 1

GAME NO. 2 : Lincoln Place (Allegheny #1, 20-7) ..... 9 - Blackhawk (Beaver #2, 18-7) ..... 8

GAME NO. 3 : Robinson Township (Allegheny #3, 18-11) ..... 5 - Houston (Allegheny #4, 17-5) ..... 0

GAME NO. 4 : Plum (Host, 26-1) ..... 8 - Charleroi (Fayette, 18-8) ..... 5

Good morning !!! The Pennsylvania Region 6 American Legion Baseball Playoff Pairings are just about solidified. In Beaver County, Beaver Falls won the title, knocking off Blackhawk, 10-4 and three games to two the series. However both teams advance to the regional.

Beaver County Times : Beaver Falls win Beaver Co. Championship (7-23-07)

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In Allegheny County, Robinson Twp. and Houston both advanced to the regionals with wins on Tuesday night. In Fayette County, Charleroi had won the title on Monday night.

Only one place remains, Elizabeth Forward will play Lincoln Place on Thursday July 26th at 6:00 PM at Burkett Complex's Marko Field in Robinson Twp.

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY DOUBLE ELIMINATION PLAYOFFS

TUESDAY JULY 24th RESULTS

LOSER'S BRACKET GAMES (6:00 PM)

Houston (SL #2, 17-4) ..... 11 - Elizabeth Forward (MYL #2, 14-11) ..... (Houston advances to regionals as Allegheny County #4)

Robinson Township (ORL #4, 17-11) ..... 1 - Lincoln Place (MYL #1, 18-7) (Robinson Township advances to regionals as Allegheny Co # 3)

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WEDNESDAY JULY 25th RESULTS

LOSER'S BRACKET CONSOLATION GAME (6:00 PM)

Lincoln Place (MYL #1, 19-7) ..... 4 - Elizabeth Forward (MYL #2, 14-12) ..... 1 (Elizabeth Forward eliminated)

Lincoln Place goes to regionals as Allegheny County # 1)

The Beaver County League Best-Of-Five Championship Series, Blackhawk ties the series back up at 2-2 with a 9-1 win over BF. Vince Lloyd, perhaps because of recurring back problems has been very disappointing. He pitched tonight and gave up 3 runs in the 1st inning putting BF in an instant hole. BF made it 3-1, but Lloyd collapsed in the 7th and Evan Chiappetta was brought in to mop up. McGowin pitched for Blackhawk and again only gave up a couple of hits but walked a few and hit 3 or 4 batters. The series finale set for Tuesday at 5:30 PM at Chippewa Park Field.

Beaver County Times : Beaver Falls takes series lead, 2-1, with 5-3 win (7-23-07)

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In the Fayette County League Best-Of-Five Championship series, Charleroi outlasted Uniontown 14-12 and doing so won the Fayette Championship, 3 games to 2 to advance to the PA. ALB Region 6 playoffs.

Uniontown Herald Standard : Charleroi wins Championship, advances to Regionals (7-24-07)

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Allegheny County Double Elimination playoff games from Sunday afternoon. In the winner's bracket games. Plum (ARL # 1, 25-1) defeated Lincoln Place, 10-2 to advance to the Region 6 tournament as the host team. Plum had already qualified before the tournament started because they are hosting the Region 6 tourney at CCAC Boyce Campus Field.

West Allegheny (ORL #1, 23-4) also advanced to the Region 6 tournament by crushing Elizabeth Forward, 10-1. West Allegheny will be the Allegheny No. 2 seed. In the loser's bracket games, Penn Hills edged Sewickley, 5-4, West Mifflin beat Springdale in eight innings, 8-7, and Houston came from behind to beat Moon Twp., 6-5. As mentioned earlier, Robinson Twp. won by forfeit, 7-0 over Bethel Park.

Only two games on tap for Monday as the ACP's wind down. BTW, I'm sorry I got Tuesday's schedule quite a bit messed up. I fixed it. See schedule below for games, sites, and times

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY DOUBLE ELIMINATION PLAYOFFS

MONDAY JULY 23rd SCHEDULE

LOSER'S BRACKET GAMES (6:00 PM)

Robinson Township (ORL #4, 16-11) ..... 7 - Penn Hills (ARL #2, 21-6) ..... 5 (Penn Hills eliminated)

Houston (SL #2, 17-4) ..... 7 - West Mifflin (MYL #4, 13-11) ..... 4 (West Mifflin eliminated)

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY DOUBLE ELIMINATION PLAYOFFS

TUESDAY JULY 24th SCHEDULE

LOSER'S BRACKET GAMES (6:00 PM)

Elizabeth Forward vs. Houston at Peterswood Park in Peters Township (winner goes to regionals as Allegheny County #4)

Lincoln Place vs Robinson Township at Burkett Complex's Marko Field (winner goes to regionals as Allegheny Co # 3)

Losers bracket consolation game for the last spot in the regionals: Tuesdays losers, either Tuesday 7/24 8:30pm at Burkett Complex's Marko Field or Wednesday 7/25 6:00 PM at a site TBD- (winner of this game goes to regionals as Allegheny County # 1)

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY DOUBLE ELIMINATION PLAYOFFS

SUNDAY JULY 22nd RESULTS

WINNER'S BRACKET GAMES (4:00 PM)

Plum ..... 10 - Lincoln Place ..... 2 (Plum advances to Region 6 as Host)

West Allegheny ..... 10 - Elizabeth Forward ..... 1 (West Allegheny advances to Region 6 as Allegheny #2)

LOSER'S BRACKET GAMES (1:00 PM)

Robinson Township ..... 7 - Bethel Park ..... 0 (FORFEIT)(Bethel Park eliminated)

Houston ..... 6 - Moon Township ..... 5 (Moon Township eliminated)

Penn Hills ..... 5 - Sewickley ..... 4 (Sewickley eliminated)

West Mifflin ..... 8 - Springdale ..... 7* (* - 8 innings)(Springdale eliminated)

In Allegheny County Dbl. Elim. Playoff action on Saturday, which was a full slate, in the winner's bracket : West Allegheny topped Penn Hills, 8-3, Lincoln Place edged Springdale, 1-0, Plum got by Houston, 3-1, and Elizabeth Forward was handed a 7-0 forfeit win when the Southern League's #1 seed, Bethel Park only had eight players. Apparently, Bethel Park also was eliminated from the tourney for the same reason.

In the loser's bracket games, Moon rebounded over Shaler, 6-2 ; Robinson Township jumped Carrick, 11-4 ; West Mifflin outlasted Peters Township, 18-17 ; and Sewickley tripped Baldwin, 10-2. ACP action continues on Sunday (TODAY) with another full schedule. See below for games, sites, and times. Have a great Sunday !

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The Beaver County League Best-Of-Five Championship Series was idle on Saturday and returns to action on Sunday (TODAY) at 5:30 PM at Blackhawk's Chippewa Park Field. This series is tied at one game each. Beaver Falls had won Friday night's game, 5-4. Here is the story featuring the highlights of the game :

Beaver County Times : Beaver Falls wins game two, 5-4 (7-22-07)

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In the Fayette County League Best-Of-Five Championship series, Uniontown took back command of the series, 2 games to one, with a convincing 10-2 victory over Charleroi. The series continues Sunday (TODAY) with Game No.4 at Charleroi's Veteran's Field at 2:00 PM. For more information regarding Saturday's game and more details of the series, you can click this link :

Uniontown Herald Standard : Uniontown/Charleroi Game Three (7-22-07)

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY DOUBLE ELIMINATION PLAYOFFS

SATURDAY JULY 21st RESULTS

WINNER'S BRACKET GAMES (1:00 PM)

West Allegheny ..... 8 - Penn Hills ..... 3

Lincoln Place ..... 1 - Springdale ..... 0

Elizabeth Foward ..... 7 - Bethel Park ..... 0 (Forfeit)

Plum ..... 3 - Houston ..... 1

LOSER'S BRACKET GAMES (4:00 PM)

Robinson Township ..... 11 - Carrick ..... 4 (Carrick eliminated)

Moon Township ..... 6 - Shaler ..... 2 Shaler eliminated)

West Mifflin ..... 18 - Peters Township ..... 17 Peters Township eliminated)

Sewickley ..... 10 - Baldwin ..... 2 Baldwin eliminated

Good morning ! In the Allegheny Co. DBL. ELIM. Playoffs, (A.C.Playoffs) from Friday night, in the suspended game, Bethel Park ended up winning 3-2 over Shaler. In the regularly scheduled games postponed from Thursday night, Houston rolled Carrick, 14-5, Springdale topped Sewickley, 6-4, Elizabeth Forward beat Moon Twp., 5-3, and Penn Hills defeated Peter's Twp., 4-1.

The ACP's will get back on track on Saturday wil a full day of doubleheader action at each site. In the winner's bracket games set for 1:00 PM, Plum plays Houston, Lincoln Place plays Springdale, West Allegheny meets Penn Hills, and Bethel Park plays Elizabeth Forward.

In the other loser's bracket nitecap games, at 4:00 PM, Robinson plays Carrick, Baldwin vs. Sewickley, Carrick meets Peters Twp., and Moon plays Shaler.

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In the Beaver County Championship Best of Five series, Beaver Falls defeated Blackhawk, 5-4, on Friday night at home. The win ties the series up at 1-1.

Brandon Rue pitched the complete game for the Falls. Blackhawk had the bases loaded with no outs in the top of the 7th, but Rue got Cam Davis to bounce to second baseman Chiapetta for the force at home and the next batter to hit into a 6-3 double play to end the game. The series returns to Chipewa Park on Sunday at 5:30 PM for Game No. 3.

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In the Fayette County Best of Five series, Charleroi took advantage of a key Uniontown error to come from behind on Friday night to beat Uniontown, 8-7 in 10 innings. This ties the series at 1-1.

Uniontown had held a 7-3 lead late in the game. You can read more details and highlights from this game and series by clicking the link below this story. Game No.3 of this series is set for Saturday afternoon at 3:30 PM at Hopwood, PA.

Uniontown Herald Standard : Uniontown/Charleroi Game Two (7-21-07)

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ALLEGHENY COUNTY DOUBLE ELIMINATION PLAYOFFS (All games at 6:00 PM)

Wednesday July 18th results

West Allegheny ..... 7 - West Mifflin ..... 4

Plum ..... 3 - Robinson Township ..... 1

Bethel Park ..... 3 - Shaler ..... 2 (12 innings)

Lincoln Place ..... 2 - Baldwin ..... 1 (10 innings)

Friday July 20th games

Houston ..... 14 - Carrick ..... 5

Springdale ..... 6 - Sewickley ..... 4

Elizabeth Forward ..... 5 - Moon Township ...... 3

Penn Hills ..... 4 - Peters Township ..... 1

I have been informed by Bob Hester that last night's game between Lincoln Place and Baldwin was actually won by Lincoln Place, 2-1 in 10 innings. Earlier today, it was reported the game was tied after 10 innings. Sorry for the mis-information. I was also just informed that all of Thursday scheduled games (including the suspended game) have been moved to Friday. The postponement is due to the rain that the area is recieving.

In the AC Playoffs on Wednesday night, Plum, the overall No. 1 seed in the tournament, got past Robinson Twp., 3-1. The No.2 seed overall, West Allegheny, defeated West Mifflin, 7-4. Lincoln Place defeated Baldwin in 10 innings, 2-1. The other opening night game ended in extra inning tie, Bethel Park and Shaler went 11 innings tied at 3-3 before darkness ended it. The games will be picked up this afternoon before the Friday night schedule. I will be in close contact with Region 6 Director Bob Hester during these games. As well as my own source, Moon Twp. ALB Manager Dom Santeufemio.

In Beaver County, from last night (Wednesday), Blackhawk took a 1-0 lead in the best of five Beaver County Championship series. Blackhawk got past Beaver Falls, 7-5. Game two of this series resumes today (Thurssday) at Beaver Falls at 5:30 PM.

Beaver County Times : Blackhawk wins game one, 7-5 (7-19-07)

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In Fayette County, Uniontown took a one game to none lead over Charleroi on Tuesday night, with a 15-3 win. The game was stopped on the 12 run rule. The best of five Fayette County Championship series took off on Wednesday night and resumes at 5:30 PM tonight (Thursday) at Charleroi's Veteran's Field.

Uniontown Herald Standard : Uniontown/Charleroi Game One (7-18-07)

Hello everyone ! Sorry for the reconstruction phase of the Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Region 6 Homepage. I talked to PA State Region 6 Director Bob Hester on Wednesday afternoon. He will be sending me all the master schedules for the four county and all Region 6 teams which I will post as .PDF files for everyone to read. I'm sorry for the lateness, I actually didn't think anybody was reading this site and was about to mothball it.

The other reason for this I have been trying to get my Moon Twp. American Legion page back up and running. We had a crisis in Moon recently, where the newly hired manager decided to "dump" the team on the eve of the season. The Moon Twp. Little League Baseball Board had to scramble and find a replacement in the the 23rd hour. Thank the Good Lord they were able to pull former Moon Twp. ALB Manager (and current Moon Area H.S. Varsity Baseball Head Coach) Dom Santeufemio out of retirement.

I hope to have this site up and running in the next month. So please bear with me. As you may have noticed all the scores from the last two seasons are no longer on this page. I have archived them and they are available at the links listed on the lower part of this page for your reading pleasure.

The PA. State American Legion Baseball program is under the direction of State Chairman Ford "Skip" Carnes. The PA. Region 6 Director is Robert Hester. The Sectional (6-1) Director is Bob Bizyak. The Allegheny County Director is Bill "Homer" Holmes.