Pennsylvania American Legion Baseball

The first set of results from around the state has now been posted.  Recent scores can be accessed for each region by clicking on the link for that region at the top of each page.  Updated standings can be found at the respective league pages, which are grouped by region.

Please send any additional scores, standings updates, or other news to palegionbaseball@gmail.com and we'll add them to t...

In 2011, the Wyoming Valley League was the strongest in the Region Five Postseason.  League members Plains and Back Mountain ran through the Regional Tournament at Bloomsburg, finishing as the top two teams.  Although Back Mountain knocked Plains off in the Winners' Bracket Final of the tournament, Plains was better on the final day, defeating Back Mountain twice for the regional title and the trip to the State Tournament.  This year's league season is sch...

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 ...

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)

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

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)

Updated 9:15am

Here is the revised schedule for Friday's action in West Lawn.

Game 11 - Continuation (11:00am)

Bristol 5, Boyertown 2

Bristol clinches a berth in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament.

And then there were 6.  Two more elimination games and the winner's bracket final are on tap for today.

Game 9 (12:00pm)

Blackhawk 10, Millcreek 9 (10 innings) (Millcreek eliminated)

Game 10 (doubleheader)

We...

Updated 10:10pm

Day 2 of the state tournament will feature two elimination games in the morning session and two winner's bracket games in the afternoon doubleheader.

Game 5 (9:45 am)

Red Land 13, Plains 12 (Plains eliminated)

Gam...

Updated 10:45pm

The 2011 PA State Championship Tournament commences this morning at Owls Field in West Lawn.  If you are going to the games and would like to help the site out, please contact palegionbaseball@gmail.com for more info.  Also, don't forget to use your twitter account to tweet with the hashtag #palegionball.  Anything you post with that tag...