Friday, July 08, 2011

LEGION BASEBALL NEWS

FROM THE MORNING CALL

Rain finally broke the heat and humidity … and postponed most of the American Legion playoffs.

Only Coplay and Northern Valley played amid the dampness and drizzle, with Coplay knocking off the Lehigh Valley Legion regular-season champion in the winners’ bracket semifinals.

Everything else in the LVL and Northampton County Legion postseason was delayed until Saturday.

The LVL schedule for Saturday in the double-elimination tournament:

12:30 p.m.: Lower Macungie vs. Fullerton at Harry Glasser Field (loser is eliminated)

12:30 p.m.: West Allentown vs. South Parkland at Parkland High School (loser is eliminated)

5:30 p.m.: TBA vs. Northern Valley at Northwestern High School

5:30 p.m.: Coplay at Fullerton/Lower Macungie winner.



The Norco best-of-three semifinals are Saturday at 1 p.m.:

No. 1 East Stroudsburg vs. No. 4 Nazareth at Nazareth Boro Park;

No. 3 Birches vs. No. 2 Bath at Cowling Field

Game 2s are Sunday at East Stroudsburg and Birches, respectively.

Game 3s, if necessary, are at East Stroudsburg and Bath, respectively.


http://blogs.mcall.com/varsity/2011/07/rain-coplay-big-winners-in-american-legion-baseball.html

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