The 2025 American Legion Baseball regionals began Wednesday at eight sites nationwide.
Defending American Legion World Series champion Troy (Ala.) Post 70 and last year’s runner-up, Midland (Mich.) Post 165, each took opening round victories as regional playoffs began on Wednesday at eight sites in the 64-team nationwide tournament.
Here are Wednesday’s results and Thursday’s pairings (all times local, schedule subject to change):
At Shrewsbury, Mass.
Wednesday’s results
Game 1: Greece (N.Y.) Post 468 d. Cumberland (R.I.) Post 14, 5-1. Nathan Power (2-hitter, 8 strikeouts), Tyler Cannon (3 hits, double) and Nate Brinza (1 hit, 3 RBIs) led Greece and Ben Jahnz (RBI single) led Cumberland.
Game 2: St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Post 58 d. Farmington (Maine) Post 28, 14-1 (5 innings). Starter and winner Parker Tate (2 innings, 4 strikeouts) and relievers Adrian Mitchell (1 inning), Wil Eaton (1 inning, 1 strikeout) and Nate Cushing (1 inning, 1 strikeout) combined on a 3-hitter for St. Johnsburg, whose offense was led by Carson Finn (2 hits), Rex Hauser (2 triples, 1 RBI), Averill Parker (2 home runs, 4 RBIs) and Declan Kendall (2 hits).
Game 3: Bedford (N.H.) Post 54 d. Fall River (Mass.) Post 464, 9-3. Isaac Crivec (3 hits, triple), Carter Crowley (2 hits, 1 RBI), Jake Oster (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Noah Durham (3-run home run) led Bedford.
Game 4: Waterford (Conn.) Post 161 d. Shrewsbury (Mass.) Post 397, 8-5. Starter and winner Matthew Shampine (6 2/3 innings, 6 strikeouts and double, triple, 1 RBI as batter), Donte Valentine (3 hits, 2 RBIs), Martin Light (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) and Colby Sheehan (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Waterford.
Thursday’s games
Game 5: Cumberland (R.I.) Post 14 vs. Fall River (Mass.) Post 464, 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Farmington (Maine) Post 28 vs. Shrewsbury (Mass.) Post 397, after Game 5
Game 7: Greece (N.Y.) Post 468 vs. Bedford (N.H.) Post 54, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Post 58 vs. Waterford (Conn.) Post 161, after Game 7
Region 2 (Mid-Atlantic Region)
At Ridge, Md.
Wednesday’s results
Game 1: Cherry Hill (N.J.) Post 372 d. Wheeling (W. Va.) Post 1, 5-4. Brett Chiesa hit a walk off sacrifice fly and Noah Harvey had earlier hit a 3-run home run for Cherry Hill.
Game 2: New Castle (Del.) Post 30 d. Chesapeake (Va.) Post 280, 4-1. John Grybowski (4-hitter, 3 strikeouts), Samuel Diaz (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) and Shawn Roy (2 hits) led New Castle.
Game 3: Cecil County (Md.) Post 194 d. Bristol (Pa.) Post 382, 3-2. Starter and winner Wyatt McDowell (6 1/3 innings, 7 strikeouts) hit a 2-run triple in the bottom of the 6th for the game-winner for Cecil County.
Game 4: Hazleton (Pa.) Post 76 d. Ridge (Md.) Post 255, 4-0. Starter and winner Jordan Castrine (5 1/3 innings, 7 strikeouts), Aiden Timmons (1 1/3 innings, 2 strikeouts) and Gavin Perkosky (1/3 inning, 1 strikeout) combined on a 4-hitter for Hazleton.
Thursday’s games
Game 5: Wheeling (W. Va.) Post 1 vs. Bristol (Pa.) Post 382, 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Chesapeake (Va.) Post 280 vs. Ridge (Md.) Post 255, 12:30 p.m.
Game 7: Cherry Hill (N.J.) Post 372 vs. Cecil County (Md.) Post 194, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: New Castle (Del.) Post 30 vs. Hazleton (Pa.) Post 76, 7:30 p.m.
At Asheboro, N.C.
Wednesday’s results
Game 1: Richland (S.C.) Post 215 d. Caguas (P.R.) Post 2, 10-0 (6 innings). Starter Miller Peele (3 innings, 3 strikeouts) and reliever and winner Sam McCutcheon (3 innings, 4 strikeouts) combined on a 1-hitter for Richland, which scored in five of its six innings at the plate led by Alvin Murray (3 hits, double, 2 home runs, 7 RBIs).
Game 2: Jacksonville (Fla.) Post 316 d. Owensboro (Ky.) Post 9, 10-0 (5 innings). Starter Skyler Kokoszka (3 innings, 2 strikeouts) and reliever and winner Nate Burnsed (2 innings, 1 strikeout) combined on a 1-hitter for Jacksonville, whose offense was led by Tanner Jones (3 hits, 2 doubles).
Game 3: Asheville (N.C.) Post 70 d. Florence (S.C.) Post 1, 10-6. Kolt Nelson (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) had a 2-run RBI single to highlight a 5-run top of the 7th inning as Asheville overcame a 6-5 deficit for the win.
Game 4: Troy (Ala.) Post 70 d. Randolph County (N.C.) Post 45, 11-0 (6 innings). Starter and winner Drew Colon (5 innings, 10 strikeouts) and reliever Porter Dykes (1 inning, 1 strikeout) combined on a 3-hitter for Troy, whose offense was led by Wells Ganey (3 hits, triple, 3 RBIs) and Tabor Offord (2 hits, double, 1 RBI).
Thursday’s games
Game 5: Caguas (P.R.) Post 2 vs. Florence (S.C.) Post 1, 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Owensboro (Ky.) Post 9 vs. Randolph County (N.C.) Post 45, 12:30 p.m.
Game 7: Richland (S.C.) Post 215 vs. Asheville (N.C.) Post 70, 4:30 p.m.
Game 8: Jacksonville (Fla.) Post 316 vs. Troy (Ala.) Post 70, 7:30 p.m.
At Washington, Mo.
Wednesday’s results
Game 1: Columbia (Tenn.) Post 19 d. Mountain Home (Ark.) Post 52E, 12-2 (6 innings). Andrew Fulmer (3 hits, home run, 2 RBIs), Caden Duggin (2 hit, double, 1 RBI), Baylan Tuten (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and Nicholas Johnson (2 hits) powered a 13-hit Mountain Home offense.
Game 2: Bossier City (La.) Post 202 d. Pontotoc (Miss.) Post 16, 21-8 (5 innings). Cole Snell (4 hits, double, home run, 3 RBIs), Dillion Braxton (3 hits, triple, 1 RBI), Abel Thetford (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs), Hudson Brignac (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Jackson Jones (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) led Bossier City's 16-hit offense.
Game 3: Moberly (Mo.) Post 6 d. Ada (Okla.), 10-4. tarter and winner Cooper Scott Harvey (6 innings, 4 strikeouts and 2 hits, double, 4 RBIs) led Moberly on the mound and at the plate. Carson Cade Fletcher (2 hits), Nolan Samuel (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Jackson Engel (2 hits, 1 RBI) also had big offensive games for Moberly.
Game 4: Washington (Mo.) Post 218 d. Pittsburg (Kan.) Post 64, 7-5 (8 innings). Benjamin Nieder's 2-run RBI single in the top of the 8th broke a 5-all tie. Drew Eckhoff (2 hits, double, home runs, 3 RBIs), Josh Koirtyohann (2 hits, 1 RBI) and Nieder (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led the Washington offense.
Thursday’s games
Game 5: Mountain Home (Ark.) Post 52E vs. Ada (Okla.), 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Pontotoc (Miss.) Post 16 vs. Pittsburg (Kan.) Post 64, after Game 5
Game 7: Columbia (Tenn.) Post 19 vs. Moberly (Mo.) Post 6, 3 p.m.
Game 8: Bossier City (La.) Post 202 vs. Washington (Mo.) Post 218, after Game 7
At Carol Stream, Ill.
Wednesday’s results
Game 1: Midland (Mich.) Post 165 d. Rockport (Ind.) Post 254, 2-0. Starter and winner Chad Brown (6 innings, 10 strikeouts) and reliever Landon Love (1 inning, 1 strikeout, save) combined on a 3-hitter for Midland, whose offense was led by Jack Sequin (2 hits) and Cayden Nieto (2 doubles).
Game 2: Beverly/Lowell (Ohio) Posts 389/750 d. De Pere (Wis.), 9-4. Dominic Fry (4 hits, 1 RBI), Carter Wheeldin (3 hits, double, 2 RBIs) and Owen McCoy (2 hits, 2 RBIs) led Beverly-Lowell's 13-hit offense.
Game 3: Appleton (Wis.) d. Danville (Ill.) Post 210, 6-5 (10 innings). Cade Prestigiacomo's 2-run RBI triple in the top of the 10th inning allowed Appleton to outlast Danville. Reliever and winner Jack Schlueter (2 innings, 2 strikeouts) and Dawsen Burrington (2 hits, 1 RBI) were other Appleton standouts.
Game 4: Cedar Rapids Swisher (Iowa) Post 671 d. Carol Stream (Ill.) Post 76, 16-0 (6 innings). Tait Turney (1-hitter, 6 strikeouts), Drake Obermueller (4 hits, double), Colton Duerling (3 hits, double, home run, 5 RBIs), Colin McClintock (2 hits, 1 RBI), Grayson Kirsch (2 doubles, 3 RBIs) and V.J. Schulte (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) led Cedar Rapids Swisher, which had 16 hits.
Thursday’s games
Game 5: Rockport (Ind.) Post 254 vs. Danville (Ill.) Post 210, 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: De Pere (Wis.) vs. Carol Stream (Ill.) Post 76, after Game 5
Game 7: Midland (Mich.) Post 165 vs. Appleton (Wis.), 4 p.m.
Game 8: Beverly/Lowell (Ohio) Posts 389/750 vs. Cedar Rapids Swisher (Iowa) Post 671, after Game 7
Region 6 (Central Plains Region)
At Fargo, N.D.
Wednesday’s results
Game 1: Lincoln (Neb.) Post 500 d. Harrisburg (S.D.) Post 45, 6-0. Starter and winner Kalai Larsen (5 innings, 9 strikeouts) and relievers Trevor Roach (1 inning, 1 strikeout) and Santino Arranaga (1 inning, 2 strikeouts) combined on the 1-hitter for Lincoln, whose offense was led by Carter Harmes (2 hits, 2 RBIs).
Game 2: Shakopee (Minn.) Post 2 d. Elkhorn (Neb.) Post 211, 6-1. Starter and winner Keegan Hutson (6 innings, 3 strikeouts) and reliever Jack Stensrud (1 inning, 1 strikeout) combined on the 3-hitter for Skakopee, whose offense was led by Carson Schroeder (2 hits), Kaden Olsen (double, 3 RBIs) and Ryder Peace (home run, 2 RBIs).
Game 3: West Fargo (N.D.) Post 308 d. Grand Rapids (Minn.) Post 60, 4-0. Starter and winner Hudson Dinger (6 2/3 innings, 11 strikeouts) and reliever Caden Rademacher (1/3 inning) combined on a 5-hitter for West Fargo, whose offense was led by Brody Medina (2 hits, double) and Max Zenker (2 hits, double).
Game 4: Fargo (N.D.) Post 400 d. Yankton (S.D.) Post 12, 4-1. Starter and winner Matthew Bryant (6 1/3 innings, 5 strikeouts), Kane Mathiason (2 hits) and Caleb Christianson (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) led Fargo.
Thursday’s games
Game 5: Harrisburg (S.D.) Post 45 vs. Grand Rapids (Minn.) Post 60, 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Elkhorn (Neb.) Post 211 vs. Yankton (S.D.) Post 12, noon
Game 7: Lincoln (Neb.) Post 500 vs. West Fargo (N.D.) Post 308, 3:30 p.m.
Game 8: Shakopee (Minn.) Post 2 vs. Fargo (N.D.) Post 400, 6:30 p.m.
At Billings, Mont.
Wednesday’s results
Game 1: Gillette (Wyo.) Post 42 d. Anchorage (Alaska) Post 28, 22-3 (5 innings). Carmine Newman (3 hits, triple, 1 RBI), Karver Partlow (3 hits, 2 RBIs), Ethan Hecker (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs), Cason Loftus (2 hits, 4 RBIs), Riley Hawk (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and Riley Schilling (2 doubles, 3 RBIs) led a 19-hit Gillette offense which blew the game open with a 14-run 2nd inning.
Game 2: Yakima (Wash.) d. Portland (Ore.) Post 158, 6-5 (8 innings). Beau Benjamin's RBI single in the top of the 8th was decisive for Yakima. Starter and winner Rowdy Mullins (7 1/3 innings, 4 strikeouts) and reliever Connor Speer (2/3 innings, 1 strikeout) combined on an 8-hitter and Benjamin (3 hits) and Jonathan Rominger (3 hits, double) led Yakima.
Game 3: Missoula (Mont.) Post 27 d. Fort Collins (Colo.), 9-0. Starter and winner Easter Reimers (5 1/3 innings, 4 strikeouts) and Stellan Ridley (1 2/3 innings, 1 strikeout) combined on a 2-hitter for Missoula, whose offense was led by Carter Taylor (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs), Rylan Davis (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and Ridley (2 hits, double).
Game 4: Idaho Falls (Idaho) Post 56 d. Billings (Mont.) Post 4, 10-0 (6 innings). Starter Carter Bowen (3 innings, 5 strikeouts) and reliever and winner Brock Bowman (3 innings, 3 strikeouts) combined on a 3-hitter for Idaho Falls, whose offense was led by Colton Spagnuolo (2 hits, 3 RBIs).
Thursday’s games
Game 5: Anchorage (Alaska) Post 28 vs. Fort Collins (Colo.), 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: Portland (Ore.) Post 158 vs. Billings (Mont.) Post 4, after Game 5
Game 7: Gillette (Wyo.) Post 42 vs. Missoula (Mont.) Post 27, 4 p.m.
Game 8: Yakima (Wash.) vs. Idaho Falls (Idaho) Post 56, after Game 7
At Fairfield, Calif.
Wednesday’s results
Game 1: Las Vegas (Nev.) Post 149 d. Eldorado (N.M.) Post 49, 4-3. Landon O'Dell's RBI squeeze bunt in the top of the 7th inning was decisive for Las Vegas. Reliever and winner Sebastian Mansell (2 1/3 innings, 4 strikeouts), Trinton Taylor (3 hits, 1 RBI) and Lincoln Guillermo (2 hits) led Las Vegas.
Game 2: Honolulu (Haw.) d. League City (Tex.) Post 554, 11-7. Logan Sanchez (2 hits, 1 RBI), Aaron Rapoza (2 hits, double, 4 RBIs), Kaili Kane (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs) and Kalei Alana (2 hits) led Honolulu's 11-hit offense.
Game 3: Petaluma (Calif.) Post 28 d. Hyrum (Utah) Post 47, 10-4. Rowan Ball (3 hits, home run, 4 RBIs), Brandon Curry (2 hits, double, triple), Danny Mercado (2 hits, 3 RBIs), Carson Davis (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) and reliever and winner Adrian Rosales (3 innings, 3 strikeouts) led Petaluma.
Game 4: Tucson (Ariz.) Post 7 d. Fairfield (Calif.) Expos, 6-5. Antonio Trejo pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to pick up the win as Tucson held off a late Fairfield rally.
Thursday’s games
Game 5: Eldorado (N.M.) Post 49 vs. Hyrum (Utah) Post 47, 9:30 a.m.
Game 6: League City (Tex.) Post 554 vs. Fairfield (Calif.) Expos, 12:30 p.m.
Game 7: Las Vegas (Nev.) Post 149 vs. Petaluma (Calif.) Post 28, 4 p.m.
Game 8: Honolulu (Haw.) vs. Tucson (Ariz.) Post 7, 7 p.m.
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