A record four teams recover from opening-round losses to advance to the ALWS.
History was set twice on Sunday as the eight-team American Legion World Series field was set following regional championship games.
An unprecedented four teams came back to win their respective regionals on Sunday after losing their first regional contest on Wednesday.
The previous record of three had been set in 1962 and repeated in 1980, 2008, 2014 and last year since the American Legion began using the regional concept to determine its eight-team ALWS field in 1960.
Chesapeake (Va.) Post 280, Rockport (Ind.) Post 245, Portland (Ore.) Post 158 and League City (Tex.) Post 554 make up the quartet of teams that overcame opening round defeats.
Additionally, League City's regional title makes Post 554 the second post to reach the ALWS four straight seasons. Previously, only Brooklawn (N.J.) Post 72 had done so when it advanced four straight seasons from 1998 to 2001 and five straight seasons from 2011 to 2015.
Here are Sunday’s results:
At Shrewsbury, Mass.
Game 14: Waterford (Conn.) Post 161 d. Shrewsbury (Mass.) Post 397, 9-5; Shrewsbury eliminated. Reliever and winner Jack Hayes (4 innings, 3 strikeouts), Zaydin Martinez (3 hits), A.J. Montejano (3 hits, double) and Matthew Shampine (3 hits, 2 RBIs) led Waterford and Connor Rice (3 hits, double), Brayden Mercier (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs) and Pearson Dodds (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Shrewsbury.
Game 15: Greece (N.Y.) Post 468 d. Waterford (Conn.) Post 161, 7-5; Waterford eliminated. Reliever and winner Jack Kelly (3 innings, 3 strikeouts), reliever Cam Barbulean (2 innings, 1 strikeout), Colden Forney (2 hits, 3 RBIs) and Wes Sturrup (2 hits) led Greece.
Region 2 (Mid-Atlantic Region)
At Ridge, Md.
Game 14: Chesapeake (Va.) Post 280 d. New Castle (Del.) Post 30, 13-2 (5 innings); New Castle eliminated. Reliever and winner Jack Bonney (2 1/3 innings, 3 strikeouts), Keegan Haelser (3 hits, 1 RBI), Wes Stubbe (2 hits, home run, 4 RBIs) and Reid Downs (2 hits, double) led Chesapeake.
Game 15: Chesapeake (Va.) Post 280 d. Cherry Hill (N.J.) Post 372, 10-6; Cherry Hill eliminated. Starter and winner Colin Lebel (6 innings, 9 strikeouts), Keegan Haelser (4 hits, double, 1 RBI), Trey Campos (3 hits, 2 doubles, 2 RBIs), Thomas Conrad (2 hits) and Ryan Gocio (double, home run, 3 RBIs) led Chesapeake, which won five straight games after losing its regional opener to New Castle on Wednesday.
At Asheboro, N.C.
Game 14: Asheville (N.C.) Post 70 d. Troy (Ala.) Post 70, 7-6 (8 innings); Troy eliminated. For the second time in three days, Asheville's Micah Simpson hit a walkoff RBI single for Asheville in a win over Troy. Trailing 6-3 after 4 1/2 innings, Asheville forced extra innings with single runs in the 5th, 6th and 7th innings. Starter Kolt Nelson (4 innings, 7 strikeouts), relievers Tae Trantham (3 innings) and Jordyn Brown (1 inning, 1 strikeout, win as pitcher, 3 hits, double as batter) and Evan Conner (2 hits, 3 RBIs) led Asheville. Haze McCorkel (2 hits, 1 RBI) led defending ALWS champion Troy, which finished just shy of a fourth straight regional title.
At Washington, Mo.
Game 14: Bossier City (La.) Post 202 d. Columbia (Tenn.) Post 19, 10-1. Kade Bryant (6-hitter, 5 strikeouts), Jackson Jones (4 hits, 3 doubles, 2 RBIs), Easton Sanders (2 home runs, 4 RBIs) and Griffin Sibley (2 hits, 1 RBI) led Bossier City.
Game 15: Bossier City (La.) Post 202 d. Columbia (Tenn.) Post 19, 5-3; Columbia eliminated. Gavin Brint (7-hitter, 5 strikeouts), Griffin Sibley (1 hit) and Case Jorden (1 hit) led Bossier City.
At Carol Stream, Ill.
Game 14: Rockport (Ind.) Post 254 d. Cedar Rapids Swisher (Iowa) Post 671, 11-4. Talon Jennings (5-hitter, 3 strikeouts), Peyton Gray (5 hits, double, 3 triples, 1 RBI), Max Fortwendel (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs), Jared Burger (2 hits, triple, 2 RBIs), Declan Lewko (2 hits, double, 2 RBIs), Seth Deom (2 hits, triple) and Ty Brown (home run, 3 RBIs) led Rockport.
Game 15: Rockport (Ind.) Post 254 d. Cedar Rapids Swisher (Iowa) Post 671, 13-6; Cedar Rapids eliminated. Starter and winner Colton Hopf (5 innings, 2 strikeouts), reliever Micah Toler (2 innings, 2 strikeouts, save as pitcher, 3 hits, 1 RBI as batter), Peyton Gray (3 hits, home run, 7 RBIs), Declan Lewko (3 hits, double, 2 RBIs) and Ty Brown (2 hits) led Rockport, which won five straight games after losing its regional opener last Wednesday against Midland (Mich.).
Region 6 (Central Plains Region)
At Fargo, N.D.
Game 14: Lincoln (Neb.) Post 500 d. West Fargo (N.D.) Post 308, 6-3; West Fargo eliminated. Starter and winner Santino Arranaga (5 1/3 innings, 7 strikeouts), Lewis Cockle (double, 3 RBIs) and Landon Moser (home run, 2 RBIs) led Lincoln.
At Billings, Mont.
Game 14: Portland (Ore.) Post 158 d. Idaho Falls (Idaho) Post 56, 12-9. Jayden Nakamura, Kainoa Santiago and Dakota Chun had RBI hits in the top of the 7th inning to break a 9-all tie for Portland, who was led by reliever and winner Griffin Scott (3 innings, 4 strikeouts), Gabe Coltman (3 hits, 1 RBI), Nakumura (3 hits, double, 3 RBIs), Carter Stewart (2 hits), Nakamura (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) and Santiago (2 hits, double, 3 RBIs).
Game 15: Portland (Ore.) Post 158 d. Idaho Falls (Idaho) Post 56, 13-5; Idaho Falls eliminated. Logan Nakamura (2 hits, double), Dakota Chun (2 hits, 1 RBI), Gabe Coltman (2 hits, 2 RBIs) and Joe Fagan (2 doubles, 1 RBI) led Portland, which won five straight games after losing its regional opener last Wednesday to Yakima (Wash.)
At Fairfield, Calif.
Game 14: League City (Tex.) Post 554 d. Petaluma (Calif.) Post 28, 11-1. Starter and winner Asa Sampson (6 1/3 innings, 4 strikeouts), Caden Schindler (3 hits, triple, 3 RBIs), Noah Paulson (2 hits, double, 1 RBI), Ronald Rouse (2 doubles, 2 RBIs), Tyler Sauers (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) and Trenton Flores (2 hits, double, 1 RBI) led League City.
Game 15: League City (Tex.) Post 554 d. Petaluma (Calif.) Post 28, 9-1; Petaluma eliminated. Starter and winner Jaret Williams (5 innings, 10 strikeouts) and reliever Evan Sanchez (2 innings, 1 strikeout) combined on a 5-hitter for League City, whose offense was led by Asa Sampson (3 hits, 3 RBIs), Tyler Sauers (2 doubles, 2 RBIs) and Caden Schindler (2 hits, 1 RBI). Post 554 won five straight games after losing its regional opener on Wednesday to Honolulu (Haw.).
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