Milbank, S.D., will host a four-team tournament July 11-13 in conjunction with American Legion Baseball’s 100th anniversary.
The birthplace of American Legion Baseball will celebrate the program’s 100th birthday this weekend with a four-team tournament in Milbank, S.D.
Milbank Post 9’s Legion Baseball team will be joined by Glenwood Post 187/Lowry Post 253 from Minnesota, LaMoure Post 19 from North Dakota and Broken Bow Post 126 from Nebraska for the Centennial Classic, July 11-13.
The four teams will compete in double-elimination play leading into Sunday’s winner-take-all championship game.
On July 17, 1925, during the Department of South Dakota convention in Milbank, the idea that would develop into American Legion Baseball was suggested to the Legionnaires by former U.S. Army Maj. John L. Griffith, the commissioner of what would become the Big Ten Conference.
Centennial Classic schedule (all times Central, subject to change)
July 11
Game 1: Minnesota (Glenwood Post 187/Lowry Post 253) vs. North Dakota (LaMoure Post 19), 11:30 a.m.
Game 2: Nebraska (Broken Bow Post 126) vs. South Dakota (Milbank Post 9), 2:30 p.m.
July 12
Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 11:30 a.m.
Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2:30 p.m.
Game 5: Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 6:30 p.m.
July 13
Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 11:30 a.m.
All six games will be streamed on The American Legion’s YouTube channel.
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