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2017 Delaware State Championship

DE Post 1 Loses to Eventual Regional Winner and plays an epic game in the Loser's Bracket

In the Mid Atlantic Regionals, DE Post One won their Opener over the Virginia Champ (Albemarle) 5-2, but lost to the eventual tournament Champ New Jersey 11-9 in the 2nd round.

The next game was against the other Virginia Team (Host Leesburg) and the game went into extra innings before Virginia prevailed 9-8.

In the Winner Bracket Final, New Jersey beat Pennsylvania (Ephrata) but lost to Virginia (Leesburg) in the Semi-final round. New Jersey drew the bye in the first Championship Game and beat Pennsylvania (Ephrata) 10-6 to clinch the Regional Championship.

All the games were close, but New Jersey (4-1) eventually came out on top, earning a berth in the 2017 American Legion Baseball World Series.

Championship Round Pages:

The First 4 Days of the Championship Tournament can be found by following the Date Links in the Ribbon Above.


Tournament Statistics

Taken From the Official Scorebooks - Pitching includes Total Pitch Counts


2017 Delaware State Championship Awards

Awards Presented Following the Championship Game:
 
The Donald F. Kimsey Tournament Most Valuable Player Award
 
Oliver Campbell - DE Post 1

Most Valuable Pitcher Award
Matt Danz - DE Post 1
 

Francis Lucia Sportsmanship Award

Fox Post 2

The Delaware American Legion Baseball Scholarship

Alex Barker - Post 10

Batting and Pitching Statistics in Team/Post Number Order

Individual Players by Team

Day 6 - Friday, July 28 - Championship Round

A Win by DE Post 1 ends the tournament - a Win by Post 10 forces a second game.

WDEL's Highlight Video of the Game

James Almquist's video story on WDEL

302Sports.com Broadcast of the Complete Game

The Live Webcast by 302Sports.com of the final game in the 2017 Delaware American Legion Baseball Championship. Post 10 Newark takes on DE Post 1.

Day 5 - Thursday July 26 - Semi Final Round



DE Post 1 - 2017 Delaware American Legion Baseball Champions - Phil Almquist/WDEL