Walter Stump Stadium in Pine Grove (Photo by Eli Doyle).
Three lower-seeded teams pulled off upset victories Friday in the Schuylkill County Teener League Junior Division quarterfinals.
Top-seeded and undefeated Hegins Black rolled into Monday’s semifinals of the single-elimination tournament with a 13-1 rout of Blue Mountain Blue. The defending champions will host No. 7 Hope’s Collision (14-4), which knocked off No. 2 Williams Valley 6-3, at 5:30 p.m. at Hegins Park.
The other semifinal will have No. 6 Schuylkill Haven (14-4) visiting No. 5 Schuylkill Valley (14-4) at 5:30 p.m. in Middleport. Haven upended No. 3 Pine Grove 7-5 while Schuylkill Valley outlasted No. 4 Blue Mountain 13-10 in a back-and-forth affair.
The winners of Monday’s semifinals advance to a best-of-3 championship series that will be played Wednesday-Thursday-Friday, June 25-27.
Here’s a complete look at the Schuylkill County Teener League Junior Division playoff bracket:
Schuylkill County Teener League
Junior Division Playoffs
All games start at 5:30 p.m.
Single-Elimination
Opening Round
Monday, June 16
Pine Grove 15, Mrs. T’s 0
Tuesday, June 17
Schuylkill Haven 11, Mahanoy Area 1
Williams Valley 19, Seitz Bros. 4
Wednesday, June 18
Blue Mountain White 15, Branch 7
Blue Mountain Blue 15, Frackville Red 3
Schuylkill Valley 10, Frackville White 0
Hegins Black def. Tompkins Insurance, forfeit
Thursday, June 18
Hope’s Collision 17, Pottsville 7
Quarterfinals
Friday, June 20
Hegins Black 13, Blue Mountain Blue 1
Schuylkill Valley 13, Blue Mountain White 10
Schuylkill Haven 7, Pine Grove 5
Hope’s Collision 6, Williams Valley 3
Semifinals
Monday, June 23
Game 5 — No. 7 Hope’s Collision (14-4) at No. 1 Hegins Black (18-0)
Game 6 — No. 6 Schuylkill Haven (14-4) at No. 5 Schuylkill Valley (14-4)
Championship Round
(Best of 3)
Wednesday, June 25
Game 7 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (at higher seed)
Thursday, June 26
Game 8 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (at lower seed)
Friday, June 27
(if necessary)
Game 9 — Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 (at higher seed)