Tournament Results:
Semifinal Round (Thursday, August 13):
Berwick 6, Devon-Strafford 5 (8 innings)
DuBois 9, West Middlesex 5
Consolation Game (Friday, August 14):
Devon-Strafford 6, West Middlesex 4
Championship Game (Saturday, August 15):
DuBois 6, Berwick 5 (TITLE)
Summary:
Host DuBois Little League rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to edge Berwick Area Little League, 6-5, in the state title game.
Rightfielder Brian Wruble -- whose three-run homer in the first inning gave DuBois an early 3-1 lead -- capped the sixth-inning rally with a two-out single that scored Dennis Haag. DuBois' rally was fueled by a costly slip by the Berwick pitcher. With Berwick leading 5-3, Mike Gaeta opened the DuBois half of the sixth inning with a walk. One out later, Doug Adams dribbled a slow roller near the mound. The Berwick pitcher slipped on the wet grass while trying to throw to second base, and his throw sailed into left-center field. Gaeta scored, and Adams scampered around to third base. Tom Frank's single tied the game, and Haag's ground-rule double put runners on second and third. After Frank was caught in a rundown on Scott Johnson's roller to third, Wruble drove his game-winning hit down the third-base line.
In the opening semifinal, Gred Segin's two-run homer in the top of the sixth inning lifted Berwick into a 5-5 tie with Devon-Strafford Little League, and Scott Welliver's RBI single in the eighth carried his team to the extra-inning win. DuBois capitalized on six West Middlesex Little League errors and 10 walks to eliminate the Section 1 champions in the nightcap.
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Linescores:
| Semifinal Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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R |
H |
E |
| Berwick Area |
2 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
6 |
11 |
2 |
| Devon-Strafford |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
6 |
0 |
|
|
| Semifinal Round |
| DuBois |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
|
9 |
6 |
2 |
| West Middlesex |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
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|
|
5 |
4 |
6 |
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|
| Championship Game |
| Berwick Area |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
5 |
9 |
3 |
| DuBois |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
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|
|
6 |
9 |
3 |
|
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1981 Pennsylvania District Champions and Sectional Tournament Results
District Champions
in Section 1 |
District Champions
in Section 2 |
D1 - French Creek Valley Tri-Boro
D2 - West Middlesex
D3 - Harborcreek
D4 - Bon Air Knoxville
D6 - Clarksville
D9 - Dunbar
D25 - Franklin
Section 1 Tournament
Championship Game Host - West Middlesex (District 2)
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - West Middlesex 4, Franklin 0
2 - French Creek Valley Tri-Boro 3, Harborcreek 0
3 - Bon Air Knoxville 10, Dunbar 1
4 - West Middlesex 11, French Creek Valley Tri-Boro 1
5 - Bon Air Knoxville 12, Clarksville 2
6 - West Middlesex 20, Bon Air Knoxville 8 (TITLE)
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D5 - Bellefonte and Vicinity
D7 - Ford City
D10 - DuBois
D11 - Nanty-Glo
D12 - Montoursville
D26 - Latrobe
Section 2 Tournament
Championship Game Host - State College (District 5)
At Gill Field
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Latrobe 4, Ford City 2
2 - DuBois 3, Nanty-Glo 1
3 - Montoursville 9, Bellefonte 3
4 - DuBois 14, Latrobe 3
5 - DuBois 1, Montoursville 0 (TITLE)
|
District Champions
in Section 3 |
District Champions
in Section 4 |
D13 - Berwick Area
D14 - Chambersburg
D15 - Tunkhannock
D16 - Mountain Top Area
D17 - West Scranton
D18 - Hazleton National
Section 3 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Berwick Area (District 13)
At Ber-Vaughn Park
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Chambersburg 8, Hazleton National 2
2 - Tunkhannock 4, West Scranton 3
3 - Berwick Area 9, Chambersburg 3
4 - Mountain Top Area 7, Tunkhannock 0
5 - Berwick Area 9, Mountain Top Area 0 (TITLE)
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D19 - Haverford Township #1
D20 - Lehigh (Bethlehem)
D21 - Council Rock Northampton National (Richboro)
D22 - Conshohocken
D23 - Devon-Strafford
D24 - Ashland
Section 4 Tournament
Championship Game Host - Lower Perkiomen Indians (Collegeville) (District 23)
Tournament Schedule/Results:
1 - Ashland 1, Lehigh 0 (10 innings)
2 - Haverford Township #1 6, Conshohocken 4 (7 innings)
3 - Devon-Strafford 9, Ashland 1
4 - Haverford Township #1 5, Council Rock Northampton National 2
5 - Devon-Strafford 4, Haverford Township #1 1 (TITLE)
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