It was a race to see which would finish first, the Major League Baseball playoffs or the Pride of the Diamond playoffs. A rough stretch of weather provided scheduling hardships for the teams but thanks to their cooperation and patience we were finally able to play under ideal conditions this weekend. On Sunday November 8th, yes four days after the completion of the World Series, we were finally able to crown a champion. The 2009 fall league champion is the Brodheadsville Bears.
Brodheadsville was able to win three games this weekend and win the Third Annual Pride of the Diamond Fall League. It was a difficult journey to the championship for the Brodheadsville team as they had to first win a second round game on Saturday morning against the Emmaus Athletics. After beating Emmaus, Brodheadsville had to play a semifinal game versus the Crusaders Saturday afternoon. By sweeping their two games, Brodheadsville earned a championship match-up on Sunday with Perk Baseball who defeated Quakertown in the other semifinal match-up on Saturday afternoon.
Perk Baseball reached its third consecutive championship game Sunday and was hoping that this year would be their turn to wear the crown. It is an incredible accomplishment and the Perk team deserves to be noticed for their consistent excellence over the past three years. However, the third time was not a charm for Perk and again the team from Perk would have to settle for being the 2009 runners-up. Brodheadsville completed a tough stretch of three games in two days to take home the championship. A feat well deserving of being crowned as the 2009 Champions. Congratulations Brodheadsville coaches, players and parents.
Thank you to all the teams for their participation in this years fall league. The continued growth and excellence of the league is a tribute to all of those involved who have helped make this league extremely enjoyable for Pride of the Diamond. We wish all of you success and health during you upcoming spring seasons and we look forward to seeing many of you again next fall.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Fall League Playoff updated 11/09
For the third weekend in a row, rain has hampered the Pride of the Diamond fall leagues ability to complete their schedule. As of last weekend all but one first round game has been completed. the Brodheadsville v The Force game was suspended at 1-1 in the bottom of the 4th inning. This game will be completed on Tuesday night at Limeport. Perk baseball has already advanced to the semi-final round with a second round Saturday over the Bethlehem Patriots. Two more semi-finalists will be determined when the Crusaders play Phillipsburg on Tuesday and Quakertown plays Easton on Wednesday.
Below is the upcoming schedule for the week and winners (in red)
Tuesday
Crusaders v Phillipsburg @ Limeport Stadium, 4:30 pm (winner advances to semis)
Brodheadsville v The Force @ Limeport immediately following game 1 (completion of 1st round game, tied 1-1 bottom of 4th)
Wednesday
Quakertown v Easton @Limeport Stadium, 5:00 pm (winner advances to semis)
Saturday
Game 1: Emmaus v Brodheadsville @ DSU (2nd round)
Semi Final 1: Crusaders v Brodheadsville @ DSU
Semi Final 2: Quakertown v Perk @ The Perkiomen School
Sunday
Perk v Brodheadsville
Below is the upcoming schedule for the week and winners (in red)
Tuesday
Crusaders v Phillipsburg @ Limeport Stadium, 4:30 pm (winner advances to semis)
Brodheadsville v The Force @ Limeport immediately following game 1 (completion of 1st round game, tied 1-1 bottom of 4th)
Wednesday
Quakertown v Easton @Limeport Stadium, 5:00 pm (winner advances to semis)
Saturday
Game 1: Emmaus v Brodheadsville @ DSU (2nd round)
Semi Final 1: Crusaders v Brodheadsville @ DSU
Semi Final 2: Quakertown v Perk @ The Perkiomen School
Sunday
Perk v Brodheadsville
Monday, October 26, 2009
Fall League Playoffs
Rain continues to challenge the fall league season but thanks to some hard work by coaches and players some teams were able to begin their first round games this weekend. Those that were unable to play Sunday will be making up games on Monday and Tuesday.
Below is the schedule for the first round of the playoffs. Winners are indicated in RED and will be moving on to the second round
Sunday 10/25
Crusaders v Vikings
Phillipsburg v Spartans
Perk v Lightning
Quakertown v Cavaliers
Monday 10/26
Collegeville v Easton
Tuesday 10/27
Hawks v Emmaus (rained out- rescheduled for 10/31)
Patriots v Canaries (rained out- rescheduled for 10/29)
Thursday 10/29
Patriots v Canaries
Saturday
Emmaus v Hawks
Brodheadsville v The Force (game suspended in the 4th due to rain)
Quakertown v Easton (game suspended in the 1st due to rain)
Perk v Patriots (2nd round game)
Below is the schedule for the first round of the playoffs. Winners are indicated in RED and will be moving on to the second round
Sunday 10/25
Crusaders v Vikings
Phillipsburg v Spartans
Perk v Lightning
Quakertown v Cavaliers
Monday 10/26
Collegeville v Easton
Tuesday 10/27
Hawks v Emmaus (rained out- rescheduled for 10/31)
Patriots v Canaries (rained out- rescheduled for 10/29)
Thursday 10/29
Patriots v Canaries
Saturday
Emmaus v Hawks
Brodheadsville v The Force (game suspended in the 4th due to rain)
Quakertown v Easton (game suspended in the 1st due to rain)
Perk v Patriots (2nd round game)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Fall League Report 10/19-10/25
Rain wreaked havoc on the final weekend of the regular season. However some teams are rescheduling games for this week, others will be made up on future dates.
The Fall league playoffs will begin this Saturday and Sunday and the schedule will be posted on the website on Wednesday. Every team in the league qualifies for the playoffs in a single elimination format. The first round will be played on Saturday with the higher seeds being the home team. The second round will take place on Sunday.
Below are the scores and schedule for REGULAR SEASON GAMES this week.
Monday 10/19
Crusaders 11 v Canaries 4
Tuesday 10/20
Crusaders v Emmaus
Wednesday 10/21
Emmaus v Collegeville
Thursday 10/22
Emmaus v Quakertown
The Fall league playoffs will begin this Saturday and Sunday and the schedule will be posted on the website on Wednesday. Every team in the league qualifies for the playoffs in a single elimination format. The first round will be played on Saturday with the higher seeds being the home team. The second round will take place on Sunday.
Below are the scores and schedule for REGULAR SEASON GAMES this week.
Monday 10/19
Crusaders 11 v Canaries 4
Tuesday 10/20
Crusaders v Emmaus
Wednesday 10/21
Emmaus v Collegeville
Thursday 10/22
Emmaus v Quakertown
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Fall League report 10/12-10/18
The 2009 Pride of the Diamond Fall League regular season schedule concludes this week. Weather has turned cold pre-maturely but for the most part the fall has remained dry on game days. At the conclusion of this weekends games seedings will be determined (1-8) in each division and the first round will see the two divisions crossing over to play each other. Playoffs will be four rounds of single elimination.
Below are the schedule and scores for 10/12-10/18
Monday 10/12
Canaries 9 v Collegeville 5 (Game 1)
Canaries 1 v Collegeville 5 (Game 2)
Easton 5 v Cavaliers 2 (Game 1)
Easton 8 v Cavaliers 0 (Game 2)
Tuesday 10/13
Easton 7 v Bears 8
Allentown 3 v Beth Pats 2
Canaries 8 v Spartans 16
Wednesday 10/14
Allentown 0 v Beth Pats 10
Canaries 2 v Crusaders 4
Thursday 10/15 (all games rained out)
Easton v Bears
Crusaders v Canaries
Q-Town v Emmaus
Saturday 10/17 (all games rained out)
Emmaus v Crusaders
Sunday 10/18 (all games rained out)
Quakertown v Perk (Game 1)
Quakertown v Perk (Game 1)
Emmaus v The Force (Game 1)
Emmaus v The Force (Game 2)
Spartans v Collegeville (Game 1)
Spartans v Collegeville (Game 2)
Cavaliers v Hawks (Game 1)
Cavaliers v Hawks (Game 2)
Below are the schedule and scores for 10/12-10/18
Monday 10/12
Canaries 9 v Collegeville 5 (Game 1)
Canaries 1 v Collegeville 5 (Game 2)
Easton 5 v Cavaliers 2 (Game 1)
Easton 8 v Cavaliers 0 (Game 2)
Tuesday 10/13
Easton 7 v Bears 8
Allentown 3 v Beth Pats 2
Canaries 8 v Spartans 16
Wednesday 10/14
Allentown 0 v Beth Pats 10
Canaries 2 v Crusaders 4
Thursday 10/15 (all games rained out)
Easton v Bears
Crusaders v Canaries
Q-Town v Emmaus
Saturday 10/17 (all games rained out)
Emmaus v Crusaders
Sunday 10/18 (all games rained out)
Quakertown v Perk (Game 1)
Quakertown v Perk (Game 1)
Emmaus v The Force (Game 1)
Emmaus v The Force (Game 2)
Spartans v Collegeville (Game 1)
Spartans v Collegeville (Game 2)
Cavaliers v Hawks (Game 1)
Cavaliers v Hawks (Game 2)
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Fall League Standings as of 10/6
The Pride of the Diamond fall league consists of two divisions; Black and Gold. Teams from each division play each team with in their division twice. At the end of the 14 game regular season, standings will determine the seeding for the playoff schedule.
Below are the current standings for the Pride of the Diamond Fall League
Black Division
Brodheadville 9-1
Bethlehem Pats 6-4
Phillipsburg 5-5
Bethlehem Hawks 4-5-1
Easton 3-4-1
Lehighton Lightning 4-6
Allentown Vikings 3-7
E.S.S. Cavs 3-5
Gold Division
Crusaders 7-2
Quakertown 6-2-1
Perk Baseball 5-3
Emmaus Athletics 4-3
The Force 2-4
CV Spartans 2-4
Collegeville 2-5
Canaries 0-5-1
Below are the current standings for the Pride of the Diamond Fall League
Black Division
Brodheadville 9-1
Bethlehem Pats 6-4
Phillipsburg 5-5
Bethlehem Hawks 4-5-1
Easton 3-4-1
Lehighton Lightning 4-6
Allentown Vikings 3-7
E.S.S. Cavs 3-5
Gold Division
Crusaders 7-2
Quakertown 6-2-1
Perk Baseball 5-3
Emmaus Athletics 4-3
The Force 2-4
CV Spartans 2-4
Collegeville 2-5
Canaries 0-5-1
Monday, October 5, 2009
Fall League Report 10/5-10-11
Highlighting this week is the Pride of the Diamond All-Star game, which will be played at Limeport Stadium @ 6:00pm on Tuesday Oct. 6th. Each team will be represented as some of the best players in the Pride of the Diamond Fall League compete for nine innings.
As for the regular season, some of the teams are close to completing their schedules while others are playing catch-up. Either way, teams are enjoying great weather for the most part and hopefully this cntinues through the weekend.
Below are the schedule and results for games played 10/5-10/11
Monday Oct. 5th
Emmaus 2 v Crusaders 4
Beth Pats 5 v Easton 3
Tuesday Oct. 6th
All-Star Game
Wednesday Oct. 7th
Hawks 1 v Beth Pats 5
Bears 11 v Lightning 6
Easton 15 v Allentown 1
Emmaus 13 v Canaries 3
Thursday Oct. 8th
Hawks 3 v Beth Pats 1
Bears 3 v Lightning 1
Easton 9 v Allentown 10
Emmaus 12 v Canaries 2
Saturday Oct. 1oth
The Force 2 v Perk 3 (Game 1)
The Force 6 v Perk 9 (Game 2)
Spartans 10 v Canaries 21
Cavaliers v Easton (RAINED OUT)
Sunday Oct 11th
Phillipsburg 4 v Cavaliers 1 (Game 1)
Phillipsburg 15v Cavaliers 5 (Game 2)
Spartans 8 v Perk 5 (Game 1)
Spartans 4 v Perk 2 (Game 2)
Quakertown 10 v Crusaders 3 (Game 1)
Quakertown 12 v Crusaders 4 (Game 2)
Collegeville 7 v The Force 4 (Game 1)
Collegeville 12 v The Force 9 (Game 2)
Spartans v Perk (Game 1)
Spartans v Perk (Game 2)
Crusaders v Q-Town (Game 1)
Crusaders v Q-Town (Game 2)
The Force v Collegeville (Game 1)
The Force v Collegeville (Game2)
As for the regular season, some of the teams are close to completing their schedules while others are playing catch-up. Either way, teams are enjoying great weather for the most part and hopefully this cntinues through the weekend.
Below are the schedule and results for games played 10/5-10/11
Monday Oct. 5th
Emmaus 2 v Crusaders 4
Beth Pats 5 v Easton 3
Tuesday Oct. 6th
All-Star Game
Wednesday Oct. 7th
Hawks 1 v Beth Pats 5
Bears 11 v Lightning 6
Easton 15 v Allentown 1
Emmaus 13 v Canaries 3
Thursday Oct. 8th
Hawks 3 v Beth Pats 1
Bears 3 v Lightning 1
Easton 9 v Allentown 10
Emmaus 12 v Canaries 2
Saturday Oct. 1oth
The Force 2 v Perk 3 (Game 1)
The Force 6 v Perk 9 (Game 2)
Spartans 10 v Canaries 21
Cavaliers v Easton (RAINED OUT)
Sunday Oct 11th
Phillipsburg 4 v Cavaliers 1 (Game 1)
Phillipsburg 15v Cavaliers 5 (Game 2)
Spartans 8 v Perk 5 (Game 1)
Spartans 4 v Perk 2 (Game 2)
Quakertown 10 v Crusaders 3 (Game 1)
Quakertown 12 v Crusaders 4 (Game 2)
Collegeville 7 v The Force 4 (Game 1)
Collegeville 12 v The Force 9 (Game 2)
Spartans v Perk (Game 1)
Spartans v Perk (Game 2)
Crusaders v Q-Town (Game 1)
Crusaders v Q-Town (Game 2)
The Force v Collegeville (Game 1)
The Force v Collegeville (Game2)
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