Spring Grove and Dallastown earned the top spots in the six-team tournament, which begins play Monday.
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The York-Adams American Legion playoff bracket is set.
Six of the league’s nine teams will compete in a sprint for the championship this week. Winners of two games Monday will advance to play division winners Tuesday, with the title game set for Thursday, should weather permit.
With the increase from six to nine teams in 2025, scheduling and playoff seeding were split by divisions. The five-team West Division ultimately featured the league’s three best teams by record this season. Teams were scheduled to play 11 or 12 games — they ultimately played between nine and 11 — from May 28 to Thursday, July 3.
West Division champion Spring Grove (9-2) and East leader Dallastown (6-4) received byes to Tuesday’s semifinals. Spring Grove will await the winner of Monday’s contest between New Oxford (7-3-1, West No. 3) and two-time defending league champion Northeastern (3-6, East No. 2). On the other side of the bracket, Shiloh (8-2-1, West No. 2) will host Dover (3-7, East No. 3) with the winner earning a shot at Dallastown.
Wednesday is the rain date for early-round games, while Friday is the rain date for Thursday’s final. All contests are scheduled to start at 6 p.m.
The finalization of the playoff bracket marks the end of the season for Hanover (5-4) and Southwestern (3-6) in the West, as well as Pleasureville (0-10) in the East.
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Spring Grove won three games in the season’s final two days to vault Shiloh for the top spot in the standings. After a pair of five-inning victories over Hanover on Wednesday (2-0, 6-4), the group picked up a 4-2 win at Dallastown on Thursday. Spring Grove enters the postseason with four straight wins and an 8-1 record in its last nine games.
Shiloh started 7-0 and allowed just three runs in its first six games. While the West runner-up finished 1-2-1 in its final four contests, the lone victory was a 6-1 triumph over Spring Grove on June 26.
The league champion will advance to the Pennsylvania Region 4 tournament later this month. The winner of that event will compete at states, which will send two teams to the Mid-Atlantic Regional draw, which will send its champ to the American Legion World Series in August. After Northeastern’s historic run last season, several squads have their eye on a memorable summer. But only one will earn the chance.
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