August 11, 2024

2024 Legion Baseball regionals: Championship Sunday

By Richard Walker
Baseball
2024 Legion Baseball regionals: Championship Sunday
2024 Legion Baseball regionals: Championship Sunday

The field is set for the 97th American Legion World Series after eight regional champions were crowned.

The last two American Legion World Series champions, 2022 winner Troy (Ala.) and 2023 winner League City (Tex.), lead the eight-team field for the 2024 event at Keeter Stadium at Veterans Field in Shelby, N.C., that starts Thursday.  

Rounding out the field are fellow regional champions Hudson (Mass.), Wilmington Delvets (Del.), Bossier City (La.), Billings Scarlets (Mont.), Midland (Mich.) and Fargo (N.D.).

Midland is making its 12th ALWS appearance and ninth trip to Shelby.

Troy and League City are in the ALWS for the third straight year, which means they join nine other programs to achieve that feat in the 97-year history of the event. Only Billings (Mont.) from 1960 to 1962, Rio Piedras (P.R.) from 1972 to 1974, Cedar Rapids (Iowa) from 1974 to 1976, Santa Monica (Calif.) from 1976 to 1978, Boyertown (Pa.) from 1986 to 1988, Brooklawn (N.J.) from 1998 to 2001 and 2011 to 2015, Waipahu (Hawaii) from 2013 to 2015, Randolph County (N.C.) from 2017 to 2019 and Idaho Falls (Idaho) from 2019 to 2022 had previously advanced three straight years or more.

Here are Sunday’s regional results:

Region 1: Northeast

At Manchester, N.H. (Post 2)

Sunday’s results

Game 14: Hudson (Mass.) Post 100 d. Cumberland (R.I.) Post 14, 15-9; Hudson wins Northeast Regional. Reliever and winner Peter Ward (1 2/3 innings), Daniel DeMerjian (3 hits, 3 RBIs), Anthony Moura (double, 3 RBIs) and Chase Barrett (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Hudson, which trailed 9-8 after the top of the sixth inning before scoring seven runs in the bottom of the frame.

Region 2: Mid-Atlantic

At Ridge, Md. (Post 255)

Sunday’s results

Game 14: Wilmington Delvets (Del.) Post 1 d. Cumberland (Md.) Post 13, 7-6 (11 innings); Cumberland eliminated.

Game 15: Wilmington Delvets (Del.) Post 1 d. Northeastern (Pa.), 3-2; Wilmington wins Mid-Atlantic Regional.

NOTE: Final statistics were not provided for Sunday’s Mid-Atlantic Regional games.

Region 3: Southeast

At Asheboro, N.C. (Post 45)

Sunday’s results

Game 14: Wayne Co. (N.C.) Post 11 d. Troy (Ala.) Post 70, 4-1. Starter and winner John Nelson McLamb (4-hitter, 5 strikeouts), Davis Albert (1 hit, 1 RBI), Everett Johnson (1 hit, 1 RBI), Joseph Buckley (1 hit, 1 RBI) and Drew Sweet (double, 1 RBI) led Wayne County, whose victory forced a second game.

Game 15: Troy (Ala.) Post 70 d. Wayne Co. (N.C.) Post 11, 5-4 (9 innings); Troy wins Southeast Regional. Winning pitcher Cody Walsh (3 innings, 2 strikeouts) hit a 2-out game-winning RBI single as Troy rallied from a 4-1 deficit after 3 1/2 innings. Cody Markham (2 hits) and Haze McCorkel (2 hits) were other offensive standouts for Troy, who bounced back from their first loss of the regional.

Region 4: Mid-South

At Washington, Mo. (Post 218)

Sunday’s results

Game 14: Bossier City (La.) Post 2 d. Bryant (Ark.) Post 298, 2-0; Bryant eliminated. Starter and winner William Bryant threw his second tournament gem with a no-hitter while facing one over the minimum (one walk) with six strikeouts on 72 pitches. Bryant had pitched six innings of three-hit, one-run baseball in Bossier City’s 5-1 opening round victory over Ada, Okla., on Thursday. Jackson Jones (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Griffin Sibley (double, 1 RBI) led Bossier City's offense.

Game 15: Bossier City (La.) Post 2 d. Tupelo (Miss.) Post 49, 5-3; Bossier City wins Mid-South Regional. Starter and winner Easton Sanders (6 2/3 innings, 9 strikeouts), reliever Cade Moore (1/3 inning, save), Hudson Brignac (2 hits, triple, 2 RBIs) and William Bryant (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Bossier City.

Region 5: Great Lakes

At Carol Stream, Ill. (Post 76)

Sunday’s results

Game 14: Midland (Mich.) Post 165 d. Eau Claire (Wis.) Post 53, 7-1; Eau Claire eliminated. Starter and winner Jack Sequin (6 innings, 6 strikeouts), Cayden Smith (4 hits, double), Aiden Robinson (2 hits, 1 RBI), Tanner Sonntag (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Jake Szajenko (1 hits, 1 RBI) led Midland.

Game 15: Midland (Mich.) Post 165 d. Evansville (Ind.) Post 265, 6-3; Midland wins Great Lakes Regional. Starter and winner Cayden Smith (6 innings, 6 strikeouts), reliever Landon Love (1 inning, 1 strikeout), Mitchell Walters (1 hit, 1 RBI), Cayden Nieto (1 hit, 1 RBI) and Tanner Sonntag (1 hit, 1 RBI) led Midland.

Region 6: Central Plains

At West Fargo, N.D. (Post 308)

Sunday’s results

Game 14: Fargo (N.D.) Post 2 d. Farmington (Minn.) Post 189, 17-3 (5 innings); Farmington eliminated. Reliever and winner Landon Hale (1 1/3 innings), Sam Ovsak (2 hits, 3 RBIs), Jordan Leininger (2 hits, 3 RBI), Jaxon Beiswenger 2 hits, 3 RBIs) and Charlie Kalbrener (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led Fargo.

Game 15: Fargo (N.D.) Post 2 d. Swisher (Iowa) Post 671, 9-3; Fargo wins Central Plains Regional. Starter and winner Wyatt Kosidowski (6-hitter, 4 strikeouts), Landon Meier (2 hits) and Jaxon Beiswenger (double, 3 RBIs) led Fargo.

Region 7: Northwest

At Billings, Mont. (Post 4)

Sunday’s results

Game 14: Billings Scarlets (Mont.) Post 4 d. Eugene (Ore.), 5-4 (9 innings). Reliever and winner Jakob Wilcox (2 innings, 1 strikeout on the mound and game-winning 2-out RBI single in top 9th inning) and Brady Randall (2 hits, double) led Billings, which forced a second game with their victory. 

Game 15: Billings Scarlets (Mont.) Post 4 d. Eugene (Ore.), 7-0; Billings wins Northwest Regional.

Starter and winner Jakob Wilcox (5 2/3 innings, 4 strikeouts), Nolan Berkram (2 hits, 2 RBIs), Kyler Northrop (2 hits, double, 1 RBI), Colter Wilson (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Kade Vatnsdal (2 hits) led Billings. 

Region 8: Western

At Fairfield, Calif. (Fairfield Expos)

Sunday’s results

Game 14: League City (Tex.) Post 554 d. Hyrum (Utah) Post 47, 7-1; League City wins Western Regional. Starter and winner Tyler Ryden took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and finished with 13 strikeouts in his 2-hitter. Thomas Huang (3 hits), Brice Smith (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and Austin Rawls (2 hits, 1 RBI) led League City’s offense.

 

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