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The Wyoming Valley Playoffs began Friday with two games. The tournament champion will advance to the Region 5 Tournament, which begins on July 20.

Friday, July 13 - Single Elimination

Greater Pittston 4, Tunkhannock 0

Stripes & Strikes 5, Wilkes-Barre 3

Wyoming Valley Playoffs

Opening Round - Saturday, July 8

Greater Pittston 5, Plains 2

Stripes & Strikes 6, Nanticoke 5

Sunday, July 9

Plains vs. Nanticoke

Stripes &a...

West Branch Playoffs

Opening Round

Montoursville 7, Williamsport 5

Lewisburg 5, Jersey Shore 0

Loser's Bracket

Williamsport defeated Jersey Shore

Williamsport vs. Miffli...

District 11 Playoffs

Play-in game - Thursday, July 6

South Scranton 7, West Scranton 2

First Round - Friday, July 7

South Scranton @ Abington, ppd.

Montrose 3, Carbondale/Lakeland 0

Susquehanna Valley Playoffs

Opening Round

Selinsgrove 6, Bloomsburg 1

Shamokin/Mt. Carmel 7, Hughesville 3

Berwick 6, Line Mountain 1

Danville - Bye

Winner's Bracket

The Susquehanna Valley League of Region 5 begins its 7 team double elimination tournament on Wednesday.  Here's how the bracket breaks down:

Wednesday, July 6

Line Mountain (#1) Bye

Shamokin/Mount Carmel 9, Berwick 4

Selinsgrove 7, Danville 5

Bloomsburg 10, Sunbury/Northumberland 0

Thursday, July 7

Winner's Bracket

Line Mountain 8, Shamokin 6

Bloomsburg 10, Selinsgrove 0

Saturday, July 2

Quarterfinal Round

Troy-Canton 13, Wyalusing 3

Semifinal Round

Mansfield-Wellsboro 8, Troy-Canton 0

Towanda 6, Athens 4

Championship Game

Mansfield-Wellsboro 20, Towanda 6

The Wyoming Valley League playoffs will begin Sunday with two matchups in the double elimination tournament. All games in the tournament are hosted by Mountain Post.

Sunday's Games

• Nanticoke 6, Tunkhannock 0
• Swoyersville 5, Greater Pittston 4

The District 11 League of Region 5 has begun its postseason tournament.  The results and the upcoming schedule are posted below.

Opening Round (single elimination)

• South Scranton 5, Carbondale/Lakeland 4
• Dickson City 8, Moscow 4

Athens shut out Mansfield/Wellsboro 6-0 to clinch the league title.  Athens reached the title game by shutting out Canton 10-0 in five innings while Mansfield/Wellsboro reached the final round by topping Troy 8-5.

Athens will advance to the Region 5 Tournament to be held in Bloomsburg.  Regional tournament teams will be added as berths are earned.

Heading into the final week of the regular season, Nanticoke (14-2) enjoys a 1.5 game lead in the league over second place Swoyersville (11-2).  Greater Pittston (9-4) currently sits in third while Valley (8-6) and Tunkhannock (9-7) are five games back.  Plains (7-8 ) and Mountain Post (6-9) are 6.5 games and 7.5 games back, respectively.  Rounding out the league standings are Wilkes-Barre (1-14) and Back Mountain (1-14), both teams are 12.5 games out of first.

The Region 5 Tournament, being held at Mansfield University, has completed the first two days of competition.  Dickson City, representing District 11, topped Line Mountain of the Susquehanna Valley League in the tournament's opening game.  Nanticoke, the Wyoming Valley League champion, posted the biggest win of the day, a 16-0 win over Berwick of the Susquehanna Valley League.  Swoyersville, the Wyoming Valley's regular season champion, continued the league's winning ways with ...

Bradford-Tioga

Mansfield-Wellsboro defeated Athens 7-3 in the league final, claiming the league's lone bid into regionals.  The team got off to a quick start at regionals, downing West Scranton in the tournament opener.  The Bradford-Tioga champions didn't fare as well the rest of the way, dropping consecutive games to Swoyersville and South Scranton.

District 11

South Scranton defeated cross town rival West Scranton 3-0 in the league cham...

The Region 5 Tournament will begin Saturday with four games being hosted by the Wyoming Valley League.

Mansfield-Wellsboro, the Bradford-Tioga champion will open up their tournament play in the first game of the day against West Scranton, the second representative from District 11.  That game will take place on the campus of Hanover High School.

Region 5 Tournament Capsules

Towanda

League: Bradford-Tioga Champion

Manager: Andrew Ripic, III

How They Got Here: Towanda won two games on the league playoff tournament's final day to takee the title. After defeating Mansfield-Wel...

Updated 11:20pm

Bradford-Tioga League

Semifinal

Towanda 9, Wellsboro 6

Championship Game

Towanda 12, Athens 7

Towanda advances to the Region Five Tournam...

Hawley and Hamlin finished off their respective semifinal series to move on to District 15's best of three championship series.  Following a 5-0 win at home on Thursday evening, Hawley defeated Hamlin 6-5 on Friday night to win the series.  Milford hammered Montrose 11-1 in a game stopped after five innings due to the mercy rule.  As the top seed, Hawley will have home field advantage for the championship series, which begins on Tuesday.  The league c...