Tournament Results:
Semifinal Round (Thursday, August 10):
Connellsville 6, Newberry 5
Old Forge Lions 4, Pennsbury National 3 (7 innings)
Consolation Game (Friday, August 11):
Newberry 7, Pennsbury National 5
Championship Game (Saturday, August 12):
Connellsville 8, Old Forge Lions 3 (TITLE)
Summary:
Connellsville Little League became the first Pennsylvania league ever to win three consecutive state titles with an 8-3 triumph over Old Forge Lions Little League. 5'10" first baseman/pitcher Mark Blackstone led Connellsville to its state tournament victories by driving in all of his team's runs in the 6-5 semifinal round victory over Newberry Little League and then hurling a complete game in the championship game.
In the semifinals, Blackstone hit a two-run homer in the first inning, singled in a run in the third (slicing Newberry's lead to 4-3), and put his team ahead for good with a three-run homer in the fifth. Newberry had jumped to an early lead by scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning.
Blackstone took to the mound in the title game, and held Old Forge to five hits. He also hit a three-run homer and scored three runs. Connellsville pulled away by scoring seven runs over the course of the third and fourth innings. Greg Lonigro had three singles for Connellsville.
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Linescores:
| Semifinal Round |
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6 |
7 |
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| Connellsville |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
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6 |
6 |
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| Newberry |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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5 |
6 |
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| Semifinal Round |
| Old Forge Lions |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
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4 |
3 |
- |
| Pennsbury National |
0 |
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0 |
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9 |
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| Championship Game |
| Connellsville |
1 |
0 |
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4 |
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8 |
7 |
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| Old Forge Lions |
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1978 Pennsylvania District Champions and Sectional Tournament Results
District Champions
in Section 1 |
District Champions
in Section 2 |
D1 - French Creek Valley Tri-Boro
D2 - Sharpsville
D3 - Warren
D4 - Ingomar (McCandless)
D6 - Waynesburg
D9 - Connellsville
D25 - Oil City
Section 1 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Connellsville (District 9)
At Dutch Bottom Field
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Ingomar 3, Waynesburg 2
2 - French Creek Valley Tri-Boro 4, Warren 0
3 - Oil City 5, Sharpsville 1
4 - Connellsville 11, Ingomar 5
5 - Tri-Boro 7, Oil City 4
6 - Ingomar 4, Oil City 2 (consolation)
7 - Connellsville 5, Tri-Boro 1 (TITLE)
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D5 - Four Leaf Clover (Morrisdale)
D7 - Ford City
D10 - DuBois
D11 - Mount Union
D12 - Newberry (Williamsport)
D26 - West Deer
Section 2 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Latrobe (District 26)
At James E. Bowman Memorial Field
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Newberry 2, Four Leaf Clover 0
2 - Mount Union d. DuBois
3 - Ford City 7, West Deer 2
4 - Newberry 4, Mount Union 3 (7 innings)
5 - West Deer 9, Mount Union 0 (consolation)
6 - Newberry 4, Ford City 0 (TITLE)
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District Champions
in Section 3 |
District Champions
in Section 4 |
D13 - Snyder County Area (Middleburg)
D14 - Camp Hill
D15 - Roosevelt Trail (Laceyville)
D16 - Duryea
D17 - Old Forge Lions
D18 - Hazleton American
Section 3 Tournament
Championship Game Host - West Scranton (District 17)
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Camp Hill 12, Hazleton American 3
2 - Old Forge 13, Roosevelt Trail 1
3 - Camp Hill 2, Snyder County Area 0
4 - Old Forge 7, Duryea 3
5 - Old Forge 8, Camp Hill 4 (TITLE)
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D19 - Media
D20 - Southern Lehigh (Coopersburg)
D21 - Pennsbury National
D22 - Horsham
D23 - Devon-Strafford
D24 - Railway Park (Pottsville)
Section 4 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Bensalem Ramblers (District 21)
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Railway Park 6, Southern Lehigh 5
2 - Horsham 4, Media 2
3 - Pennsbury National 6, Horsham 4
4 - Devon-Strafford 4, Railway Park 3
5 - Pennsbury National 17, Devon-Strafford 6 (TITLE)
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