Saturday, July 07, 2012

NorCo Legion baseball playoff pairings set

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/sports/index.ssf/2012/07/norco_legion_baseball_playoff_1.html FROM THE EXPRESS TIMES West Division champion Bath earned the top seed in next week's Northampton County American Legion playoffs, and Easton claimed the eighth and final playoff spot by winning a tiebreaker with Wanderers. Bath (18-3) and Easton (11-10) will meet in the best-of-three games quarterfinals starting Monday at Bath. Other quarterfinal series are No. 2 Nazareth (17-4) vs. No. 7 Freemansburg (12-9), No. 3 East Stroudsburg vs. No. 6 Kemp (13-8) and No. 4 Roseto (14-7) vs. No. 5 Palmer (13-8). Palmer won a tiebreaker over Kemp for the fifth seed. Game 1 and Game 3, if necessary, will be at the field of the higher seed and Game 2 will be at the lower seed. The quarterfinals will be played Monday through Wednesday starting at 5:30 p.m. The best-of-three semifinals will be played Thursday, Friday and Saturday (1 p.m. start), and the championship series will be July 16, 17 and 18. All games in the Kemp-East Stroudsburg series will be played at Kemp's home field at Stroudsburg High School. FINAL STANDINGS East Division -- Roseto 14-7, Palmer 13-8, Easton 11-10, Wind Gap 10-10-1, Wilson 6-15. South Division -- Freemansburg 12-9, Wanderers 11-10, Jeffs 9-12, Hellertown 8-12-1, Lehigh-West Bethlehem 5-16. North Division -- East Stroudsburg 16-5, Kemp 13-8, Big Pocono 7-14, Birches 5-16. West Division -- Bath 18-3, Nazareth 17-4, Northampton 8-13, Lehigh Township 5-16. Note: Lehigh Township must appeal to the league to return in 2013 because of too many forfeits in 2012.

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