The District 5 American Legion Baseball Senior Championship Series is set to begin Sunday. The Champion is decided by an 8-team double elimination tournament.
The Tournament seeds are as follows:
1 – Whitestown Post 1113
2 – Henry P Smith Post 24
3 – Oriskany Post 1448
4 – Ilion Post 920
1 – Sherrill Post 230
2 – Utica Post 229
3 – Charles H Adrean Post 625
4 – Love Post 406
Sunday July 16
Game 1: Utica Post vs. Oriskany Post---5 pm @ Murnane Field
Game 2: Sherrill Post vs. Ilion Post ---5 pm @ Noyes Park
Game 3: Smith Post vs. Adrean Post ---1 pm @ RFA (old)
Game 4: Whitestown Post vs. Love Post---1 pm @ SUNY POLY
Monday July 17
Game 5: Loser game 2 vs. Loser Game 3--- 5:15 pm @ higher seed
(Loser Eliminated)
Game 6: Loser game 1 vs. Loser Game 4-- 5:15 pm @ higher seed
(Loser Eliminated)
Game 7: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3--- 5:15 pm @ higher seed
Game 8: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 4--- 5:15 pm @ higher seed
Tuesday July 18
Game 9: Loser Game 7 vs. Winner Game 6---3 pm @ Murnane Field
(Loser Eliminated)
Game 10: Loser Game 8 vs. Winner Game 5---5:30 pm @ Murnane Field
(Loser Eliminated)
Game 11: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8---8 pm @ Murnane Field
Wednesday July 19
Game 12: Winner game 9 vs. Winner Game 10---5:30 pm @ Murnane Field
(Loser Eliminated)
Game 13: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 11---8:00 pm @ Murnane Field
(Loser Eliminated)
Thursday July 20
Game 14: Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 13---8:00 pm @ Murnane Field
Friday July 21.
Game 15: Winner Game 14 vs. Loser Game 14---8:00 pm @ Murnane Field
(if necessary)
The District 5 championship game(s) will be streamed live on www.legionbaseball.com. Just go to the website, click State Championship on the left side, then click Stream the games live on the right side or click here.
Teams will be battling to advance to the Department of New York Championship Tournament which is held at Murnane Field from July 25-July 29. Two teams will be headed to the States, the District 5 Champion and the host team, Charles H Adrean Post 625.