08/01/26 ALB West Virginia State Tournament

08/01/26 ALB West Virginia State Tournament (Southeast) - July 23-July 27 Host - Beckley/WV Post 32 at Linda K Epling Stadium

Format - 8 team double elimination

Link - https://www.wvlegion.org/

G/C - “2026 West Virginia American Legion Baseball Senior State Tournament”

2026 West Virginia American Legion Baseball Champion - Wheeling Post 1

2026 West Virginia American Legion Baseball Junior Champion - Beckely/WV Post 32

*Awards -

Tournament MVP - Jake Brown (Wheeling/WV Post 1)

Diamond West Virginia Player of the Year -

*All Tournament -

Beckley/WV Post 32 (Degan Williams; Zach Hunt);

Potomac Valley/WV Post 64 (Lucas Williamson; Jaxon Hare);

South Charleston/WV Post 94 (Luke Gordon; Eli Smith);

Berkeley/WV Post 14 (Marshall Derrick; Andrew Engle);

Parkersburg/WV Post 15 (Cooper Cancade; Peyton West);

Wheeling/WV Post 1 (Chris Upton; Steven Brodegard; Jake Brown*)

*Teams -

Host - Beckely/WV Post 32 (Area 3)

Area 1 Champion - Wheeling/WV Post 1

Area 2 Champion - Morgantown/WV Post 2

Area 3 Champion - South Charleston/WV Post 65

Area 4 Champion - Berkeley/WV Post 14

Qualifier - Parkersburg/WV Post 15 (Area 1)

Qualifier - Bridgeport/WV Post 68 (Area 2)

Qualifier - Potomac Valley/WV Post 64 (Area 4)

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*Schedule - (arranged by game time, not game #)

Thursday July 23 -

G1 Berkeley/WV Post 14 8, Parkersburg/WV Post 15 4

*v Berkeley/14: 8-13-1; SP J Gross; P2 S Dupree; P3 J Sweeney; P4 J Brown; HR (M Derrick);

*H Parkersburg/15: 4-6-2; SP/LP L Boice; P2 B Linville; 2B (C Cumpston);

G2 Wheeling/WV Post 1 10, Potomac Valley/WV Post 64 0 - 6innings (run rule)

*v Potomac Valley/64: 0-3-4; SP/LP C Durst; P2 P Durst; P3 L Williamson; P4 O Reel; 3B (O Reel);

*H Wheeling/1: 10-12-1; SP/WP J Brown; P2 B Ernest; 2B (B Earnest; B Groome);

G3 South Charleston/WV Post 94 4, Bridgeport/WV Post 68 2

*v South Charleston/94: 4-8-2; SP/WP Eli Smith (6ip, 2R/2er, 4H, 4BB, 6K, 1-HBP); P2/SV Luke Gordon (1ip, 0R, 1BB); 2H (Carter McClung; Preston Keiffer); 3B (P Keiffer); 2B C McClung; E Smith; L Gordon; Ryan Anderson);

*H Bridgeport/68: 2-4-2; SP/LP Owen Sondericker (6.2ip, 4R/1er, 6H, 3BB, 4K); P2 Dom Fazalare (1/3ip, 0R. 1H); 2H (Alex Greene); 2RBI (A Greene); 2B (A Greene 2);

G4 Beckley/WV Post 32 1, Morgantown/WV Post 2 0

*v Morgantown/2: 0-7-1; SP/LP James Bryner (6ip+/CG-25bf/90p; 1R/0er, 5H, 2BB, 2K, 1-HBP); 2H Kai Henkins; Baret Shuba);

*H Beckley/32: 1-5-0; SP/nd Sam Barnett (6.2ip, 0R, 7H, 1BB, 4K); P2/WP Eli Hilling (1/3ip, 0R); 2H (Zach Hunt);

*Winning run scores on an error in bottom of 7th;

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Friday July 24 -

G5 Parkersburg/WV Post 15 9, Bridgeport/WV Post 68 7 - elimination

G6 Potomac Valley/WV Post 64 9, Morgantown/WV Post 2 4 - elimination

G7 Berkeley/WV Post 14 3, South Charleston/WV Post 94 0

G8 Wheeling/WV Post 1 3, Beckley/WV Post 32 0

*v Beckley/32: 0-1-0; SP/LP Kadyn Hines (2.1ip, 3R/3er, 3H, 2BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2 Drew Gallaher (3.2ip, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 2K); *1H (Zach Hunt);

*H Wheeling/1: 3-4-0; SP/WP Steven Brodegard (7ip/CG-23bf/85p; 0R, 1H, 0-BB, 10K, 1-HBP); 2RBI (Jake Brown);

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Saturday July 25 -

G9 South Charleston/WV Post 94 8, Potomac Valley/WV Post 64 1 - elimination

G10 Parkersburg/WV Post 15 11, Beckley/WV Post 32 9 - elimination

G11 Wheeling/WV Post 1 3, Berkeley/WV Post 14 1 - Winner's Bracket

*v Berkeley/14: 1-7-1; SP/LP Jett Gross (5.2ip, 3R/3er, 5H, 4BB, 7K, 2-HBP); P2 JP Sweeney (1/3ip, 0R, 1K); 2H (20/Connor Smith; Jamere Brown); 2B (3/Cole Smith; J Brown);

*H Wheeling/1: 3-5-2; SP/nd Aleks Zanieski (4ip, 1R/0er, 5H, 3BB, 7K); P2/WP Tucker Doty (3ip, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 2K); 2H (Jake Brown); 3B (J Brown);

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Sunday July 26 -

G12 Parkersburg/WV Post 15 11, Berkeley/WV Post 14 0 - elimination

G13 Wheeling/WV Post 1 10, South Charleston/WV Post 94 0 - 5innings (run rule)

*v South Charleston/94: 0-1-2; SP/LP Ryan Anderson (3ip, 4R/4er, 8H, 3K); P2 Braxton Burke (1ip, 1R/1er, 3H, 2K); P3 Preston Keiffer (1/3ip, 5R/1er, 2H, 2BB); P4 Wyatt Pence (1/3ip, 0R, 1H, 2BB); *1H (Gavin Comer);

*H Wheeling/1: 10-14-1; SP/WP Kayden Knapp (5ip/cg-21bf/81p; 0R, 1H, 2BB, 2K, 2-HBP); 2H (Chris Upton 4; Dom Fato; Nolan Yanchak); 2RBI (Jake Brown 3; D Fato); 2B (C Upton 2);

Monday July 27 -

G14* Championship Wheeling/WV Post 1 11, Parkersburg/WV Post 15 8

*v Parkersburg/15: 8-9-5; SP/LP Bronson Linville (1.1ip, 6R/4er, 3H, 2BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P2 Mason Boice (4.2ip, 5R/1er, 3H, 4BB, 1K, 1-HBP); 2H (Wyatt Boice; Peyton West 4); 2RBI (CJ McCartney; Seth Menarchek 3);

*H Wheeling/1: 11-7-1; SP/nd Jake Brown (3ip, 6R/6er, 5H, 2BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P2/WP Brady Ernest (4ip, 2R/1er, 4H, 2BB, 3K, 1-HBP); 2H (Braxton Billick); 2RBI (Chris Upton 3; Andrew Murdock; B Billick 3); 3B (B Billick);

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