08/06/24 American Legion Baseball Regional Tournaments - updated

08/06/24 American Legion Baseball Regional Tournaments - updated 08/06

AUGUST 7-11, 2024

UPDATE: De Pere, WI Legion replaces Milwaukee, WI Post 426 in the Great Lakes Regional - not sure, but I think it was an issue with player eligibility.

Thanks to De Pere, WI for letting me make this correction!

#Regional field set for 2024 American Legion Baseball season (The American Legion - Aug 04, 2024)

https://www.legion.org/baseball/262340/regional-field-set-2024-american-legion-baseball-season

#American Legion Baseball Post-Season Hub - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8336943-2024-postseason

Some possible regional media links noted at the bottom

Unofficial

Looking thru the list of state champions, runner-ups and host teams I notice quite few that either played “my area” teams (Michigan, Ohio, Indiana & Illinois) or were entered in the same tournaments. Some of the tournaments -

Alaska Legion Tour by Napoleon, OH Post 300

Battle of Omaha (Nebraska)

Beast of the East (Ohio & West Virginia)

Columbia, TN Invitational

Elsberry, MO 4th of July

Gopher Classic (Minnesota with teams from both Dakotas, Nebraska and other states)

Palmetto Classic (North & South Carolina, Florida & Georgia)

 

#Region 1: Northeast Region - Manchester, NH (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)

Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8337087-region-1-northeast

Connecticut Champion - West Hartford, CT Post 96

Maine Champion - Hampden, ME Post 213

Massachusetts - Shrewsbury, MA Post 397

Massachusetts - Hudson, MA Post 100

New Hampshire Champion - Portsmouth, NH Post 6

Host - Sweeney, NH Post 2

Rhode Island Champion - Cumberland, RI Post 14

Vermont Champion - South Burlington, VT Legion

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#Region 2: Mid-Atlantic Region - Ridge, MD (DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA WV)

Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8337088-region-2-mid-atlantic

Delaware Champion - Wilmington, DE Post 1

Maryland Champion - Cumberland, MD Post 13

Host - St. Mary's, MD - Post 255

New Jersey Champion - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72

New York Champion - Rome, NY Post 24

Pennsylvania Champion - Quakertown, PA Legion

Pennsylvania Runnerup - Northeastern, PA Legion

West Virginia Champion - Wheeling, WV Post 1

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#Region 3: Southeast Region - Asheboro, NC (AL, FL, GA, NC, PR, SC, VA)

Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8337089-region-3-southeast

Alabama Champion - Troy, AL Post 70

Florida Champion - Jacksonville, FL Post 316

Georgia Champion - Covington, GA Post 32

North Carolina Champion - Wayne County, NC Post 11

Host - Randolph County, NC Post 45

Puerto Rico Champion - San Juan, PR Post 160

South Carolina Champion - Camden, SC Post 17

Virginian Champion - Chesapeake, VA Post 280

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#Region 4: Mid-South Region - Washington, MO (AR, KS, LA, MS, MO, OK, TN)

Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8337090-region-4-mid-south

Arkansas Champion - Bryant, AR Post 298

Kansas Champion - Topeka, KS Post 421

Lousiana Champion - Bossier, LA Post 2

Missouri Champion - Elsberry, MO Post 226

Host - Washington, MO Post 218

Mississippi Champion - Tupelo, MS Post 49

Oklahoma Champion - Ada, OK Legion

Tennessee Champion - Columbia, TN Post 19

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#Region 5: Great Lakes Region - Carol Stream, IL (IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WI)

Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8337091-region-5-great-lakes

Illinois Champion - Barrington, IL Post 158

Host - Carol Stream, IL Post 76

Indiana Champion - Evansville, IN Post 265

Kentucky Champion - Owensboro, KY Post 9

Michigan Champion - Midland, MI Berryhill Post 165

Ohio Champion - Lancaster, OH Post 11

Wisconsin Champion - Eau Claire, WI Post 53

Wisconsin Runnerup - De Pere, WI Legion

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#Region 6: Central Plains Region - West Fargo, ND (IA, MN, ND, NE, SD)

Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8337092-region-6-central-plains

Iowa Champion - Swisher, IA Post 671

Minnesota Champion - Farmington, MN Post 186

Minnesota Runnerup - Osseo, MN Post 172

Nebraska Champion - Papillion, NE Post 32 (Gene's Auto)

Nebraska Runnerup - Elkhorn, NE Post 211 (OrthoNebraska Antlers)

North Dakota Champion - Fargo, ND Post 2

Host - West Fargo, ND Post 308

South Dakota Champion - Renner, SD Post 307

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#Region 7: Northwest Region - Billings, MT (AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)

Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8337094-region-7-northwest

Alaska Champion - Anchorage, AK Post 28 Service

Colorado Champion - Fort Collins, CO Legion

Idaho Champion - Pocatello, ID Post 4

Montana Champion - Missoula, MT Post 27 (Mavericks)

Host - Billings, MT Post 2 (Scarlets)

Oregon Champion - Eugene, OR Legion (Challengers)

Washington Champion - Bellevue, WA Legion (Lakeside Recovery)

Wyoming Champion - Cheyenne, WY Post 6

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#Region 8: Western Region - Fairfield, CA (AZ, CA, HI, NV, NM, TX, UT)

Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8337095-region-8-western

Arizona Champion - Tucson, AZ Post 7

California Champion - Clovis, CA Post 147

Host - Fairfield, CA Expos

Hawaii Champion - Honolulu, HI Team Central

Nevada Champion - Reno, NV Legion (Knights)

New Mexico Champion - Albuquerque, NM Post 49

League City, TX Post 554

Hyrum, UT Trappers

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Media (08/06/24) -

#American Legion Region 1 / Northeast -

*2024 American Legion baseball Northeast Regional (Gerry deSimas, Jr. - Collinsville Press 08/04/24) https://collinsvillepress.com/2024/08/2024-american-legion-baseball-northeast-regional/38272/

#American Legion Region 2 / Mid-Atlantic -

*St. Mary's Legion baseball team to host region tournament (Ted Black - Southern Maryland News July 31, 2024) https://www.somdnews.com/sports/national/st-marys-legion-baseball-team-to-host-region-tournament/article_e615ab70-4ad4-11ef-8329-87cd7115e126.html

#American Legion Region 3 / Southeast -

*American Legion baseball: Regional starts Aug. 7 in Asheboro (Salisbury Post July 31, 2024) https://www.salisburypost.com/2024/07/30/american-legion-baseball-regional-starts-aug-7-in-asheboro/

*Carolina SportsHub / Legion Baseball - https://carolinassportshub.com/legion-baseball/

#American Legion Region 4 / Mid-South -

*Field set for Mid-South Regional Tournament (Bill Battle - @emissourian.com 08/05/24) https://www.emissourian.com/sports/field-set-for-mid-south-regional-tournament/article_e07a2726-50e3-11ef-8ef1-e7ddd3769fa5.html

#American Legion Region 5 / Great Lakes -

Looks bad for traditional media coverage!

#American Legion Region 6 / Central Plains -

*Maybe - Valley News Live - https://www.valleynewslive.com/sports/

*Hot Mic Interview: West Fargo welcomes the Central Plains regional this week (Audio / InForum - https://www.inforum.com/sports/hot-mic-interview-west-fargo-welcomes-the-central-plains-regional-this-week)

#American Legion Region 7 / Northwest -

*Scoreboard: American Legion Baseball Northwest Region 7 Tournament (406 MT Sports) https://406mtsports.com/baseball/legion/2024-american-legion-baseball-northwest-region-7-tournament/article_a7a5f0f6-5386-11ef-98b6-eb08cdd5d39f.html

*2024 Northwest Class A Regional Tournament Bracket & Schedule (nwcart) http://nwcart.org/scores.html

#American Legion Region 8 / Western -

*American Legion Western Regional Baseball Tournament returns to Fairfield Wednesday (Matt Miller - The Daily Republic August 4, 2024) https://www.dailyrepublic.com/sports/community/american-legion-western-regional-baseball-tournament-returns-to-fairfield-wednesday/article_611285a0-4f8a-11ef-9e64-33b2b9d9c73f.html

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