The Tournament was sponsored in 2019 by ALWS Champion, Delaware Post 1. It was held July 20-27 at Caravel Academy and St. Mark's High School (Remaining days).
Because there were only 8 teams in the Delaware League this year, the tournament was restricted to the top 6 teams in the league, playing the American Legion Baseball's approved 6 team, double elimination schedule.
Brian Bullock, Winner 2019 Scholarship
The Donald F. Kimsey Tournament Most Valuable Player Award
Gabe Dermott - Canal Post 25
Most Valuable Pitcher Award (2 Awards)
Derek Pusey & Jonathan Hines - Canal Post 25
American Legion Baseball Scholarship
Bryan Bullock - Nanticoke Post 6
The Francis Lucia Team Sportsmanship Award
Walter F. Fox Post 2
Canal Post 25 is the Delaware State Champion for 2019
Fox Post 2 takes on Canal Post 25 in a battle between two Southern Division teams.
Fox Post 2, the #2 Seed, features a balanced attack with good pitching and solid defense. In the tournament they defeated #3 seed Stahl and #1 Seed Delvets.
Canal Post 25, the #5 seed, has demonstrated power, and enough pitching to win. They lost early to Delaware Post 1, but then beat #3 Stahl, #4 DE Post 1, and #1 Delvets to earn their spot in the Championship Round.
Fox needs to win Game 10 to take the crown, Canal must beat Fox twice, in a double header on Friday.
Canal Post 25 at Stahl Post 30 - Opening game of the loser bracket. Winner plays Post 1 on Tuesday, Noon.
Canal scored first and carried a 2-1 lead into the 5th, where they added 2 runs in the 5th, 6th, and 7th innings. Stahl got one back in the 6th, to make it 8-2. Canal then held off a last minute rally by Stahl as they scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th to make the final 8-6.
Stahl's Shaun Haut hit a 2 run home run in the losing cause, Jake Walls got the win.
Prior to the scheduled game, Delvets and DE Post 1 had to finish the final 3 innings of a slugfest, that resulted in a 14-13 win for Delvets, as they advance to the Winner's Bracket Final on Wednesday.
Fox Post 2 jumped on DelVets early and then rode the arm of Dom Velasquez to win the Winner Bracket final and advance to the Championship round on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Canal Post 25 beat DE Post 1 to continue in the losers bracket and set up a meeting with Delvets on Thursday at 4 PM.
Aftger a day off the deal with almost 2" of rain, we've reached the Winner's Bracket Final - and the top two seeds are playing: #2 Walter L. Fox Post 2 will meet the #1 Seed, Delaware Veterans Post 1 in the late game at St. Mark's
But before that, two teams with 1 loss meet to see who stays in the hunt for the Championship.
Its survival time for these 2 teams with 1 loss each.
The Game starts at Noon,
The top 2 seeds meet in the Winner Bracket Championship game.
4 PM at St. Mark's
Today's single game at 4 PM will decide which team with 1 loss takes on Fox Post 2, who won the winner bracket on Wednesday, in the final series on Friday.
Today's game features several of the tournament's leading batters, so the challenge will be on the mound as both team's pitchers will be facing players who can drive the ball.
Another Winner Bracket Game:
Post 1 showed both their pitching strength and their power at the plate as they rocked Canal Post 25 Saturday. Expect Delvets to bring a little better pitching to the mound, but this should be an early test of this year's #1 Seed.
Delvets finally shuts down DE Post 1's attack and scores enough runs to win the 2 day slugfest.
Winner Bracket game between the #3 and #2 Seeds - Fox Post 2 rocks Stahl, scoring 5 in the 2nd inning to take the lead for good.
Game 2: Delaware Post 1 pounded out 12 hits, and took advantage of 4 - Canal Post 25 errors, to win their opening round game of the 2019 Delware American Legion Baseball State Tournament.
Eric Ludman blasted a Solo home run, Chris Colmery pitched a strong 5 Innings, scattering 4 hits, and giving up one unearned run. Shane Loughead doubled for Post 1, on a 2 for 4, 2 RBI day.
Gabe Dermot doubled for Canal, David Keane took the loss.
Game 1: Nanticoke Post 6 Patriots did not have enough eligible players and withdrew from the tournament. Stahl Post 30 advances to Sunday's game with Fox Post 2.
Follow all the action at the Mid Atlantic Tournament in North Carolina as Canal Post 25 takes on the best of the Mid Atlantic..
A 6 run 2nd inning doomed the Canal Post 25 team to a mid tournament exit on day 3 of the 2019 Mid Atlantic American Legion Baseball Tournament.
The Host team also scored 2 in the first and 3 in the 3rd, to take an 11-4 lead into the 4th Inning. Canal mounted a small comeback in the top of the 7th, but the team from Randolph County held on to get the 11-6 win.
Canal now heads home, having lost their 2nd game.
Canal had to work their way back into the tournament through the loser's bracket, and on Thursday morning, beat Funkstown Post 211, 10-5. (Funkstown was a14-4 loser on opening day).
Canal scored 2 in the first, 4 in the 4th and another 4 in the 7th in a game where they never trailed. Jarrett Weglarz (2 for 4) and Chris O'Niell (2 for 3) provided 2 RBI's each. Jon Hines got the win for Canal.
Next Game for Canal Post 25 is at 4:30 Friday.
You can look at a replay of the I-Score game file here.
First round of the Mid Atlantic Regionals for Canal Post 25, and its the team from West Virginia - Morgantown Post 2.
Canal and Morgantown were tied after 7, but a 2 run homerun in the top of the 8th put the boys from West Virginia up by 2. Canal scored one, and had the tieing run on second, but a 3rd out strikeout ended the game 6-5 and put Canal into the loss column, with a make or break game at 9:30 AM Thursday.
if you go to the Schedule Pages you will see the full lists of everyone who played in the tournament this year.
One thing that stood out, Canal's starters, except for one player, all fielded 1.000 for the full tournament. The player who didn't started one less double play than he had errors. Not a bad tradeoff?
Brian Bullock, Winner 2019 Scholarship
The Donald F. Kimsey Tournament Most Valuable Player Award
Gabe Dermott - Canal Post 25
Most Valuable Pitcher Award
Jonathan Hines & Dereck Pusey* - Canal Post 25
American Legion Baseball Scholarship
Bryan Bullock - Nanticoke Post 6
The Francis Lucia Team Sportsmanship Award
Walter F. Fox Post 2
* After reviewing the tournament statistics, the Committee decided to Recognize two of Canal Post 25's pitchers for their contributions to their team's wins.
The daily results of the tournament games, with line scores and links to the full scorebooks are on the 2019 Championship Page.
Canal Post 25 is the American Legion Baseball Delaware State Champion for 2019.
They are off to North Carolina for the Mid-Atlantic Regional.
Fox Post 2 takes on Canal Post 25 in a battle between two Southern Division teams.
Fox Post 2, the #2 Seed, features a balanced attack with good pitching and solid defense. In the tournament they defeated #3 seed Stahl and #1 Seed Delvets.
Canal Post 25, the #5 seed, has demonstrated power, and enough pitching to win. They lost early to Delaware Post 1, but then beat #3 Stahl, #4 DE Post 1, and #1 Delvets to earn their spot in the Championship Round.
Fox needs to win Game 10 to take the crown, Canal must beat Fox twice, in a double header on Friday.