Hello All Managers,

  Please check the League Schedule is posted and make sure all of your games are correct if not please email me any changes needed Thank You Neil

Hello Everyone, 

Just a few notes from todays meeting

Next meeting March 3rd  at 2:00 at Souderton Legion

Umpire Fee Update passed the first proposal

Went over Back ground checks for all  Managers,  Coachs and anyone that would be in the dugouts

Barry  B Werley our Sectional Director will help us with our League until we vote in a new President

Talk of naming some sort of award with Bill Stevens name on ( Player of the Year or Umpire of the League) 

 "In Memory of William (Bill) Harris Stevens III
a great Baseball Man, Umpire and Leader" Bux Mont League president from xxxx to 2012.

   COME TO ME                                                                                                      

God saw you were getting tired,
   And a cure was not to be.
 So he put his arms around you
and whispered, "Come to me".

With tearful eyes we watched you,
  And saw you pass away.
 Although we loved you dearly,
  We could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,
  Hard working hands at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
    He only takes the best.       

God saw you were getting tired,
  And a cure was not to be.
 So he put his arms around you
and whispered, "Come to me".

With tearful eyes we watched you,
  And saw you pass away.
 Although we loved you dearly,
  We could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,
  Hard working hands at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
    He only takes the best.

God saw you were getting tired,
   And a cure was not to be.
 So he put his arms around you
and whispered, "Come to me".

With tearful eyes we watched you,
  And saw you pass away.
 Although we loved you dearly,
  We could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,
  Hard working hands at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
    He only takes the best.       

God saw you were getting tired,
  And a cure was not to be.
 So he put his arms around you
and whispered, "Come to me".

With tearful eyes we watched you,
  And saw you pass away.
 Although we loved you dearly,
  We could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,
  Hard working hands at rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us
    He only takes the best.

Today's (August 2) schedule:

11:30 AM ... Milton vs. Wilcox

2:30 PM ... Hempfield East vs. Ephrata

7:30 PM ... Doylestown vs. Spring City

In Wednesday's action:

Game #5 ... Hempfield East def. Penn Hills, 7-3 ... Penn Hills eliminated

Game #6 ... Wilcox def. Boyertown, 2-0 ... Boyertown eliminated

Game #7 ... Doylestown def. Milton, 11-1

Game #8 ... Spring City def. Ephrata, 6-3

The Doylestown club took the Region 2 title, with a 5-0 Game #15 win over Bath, after losing Game #14, 5-4, to the same club earlier in the day.  Next comes the State Cchampionship Tournament at Bears Stadium in Boyertown.  Here's the schedule for Tuesday, July 31:

9:30 AM ... Doylestown vs. Hempfield East

1:00 PM ... Ephrata vs. Wilcox

4:00 PM ... Penn Hills vs. Milton

7:00 PM ... Spring City vs. host team Boyertown

Doylestown moves to the "Undefeated Game" (Game #11) at the Region 2 Tournament in West Lawn by virtue of a hard-fought, 6-4 over Oley/Topton.  The Tigers next play a very tough Shillington squad at 7:30 PM Monday.

Meanwhile, Hatfield lost to Shillington in extra innings, 6-5.  Hatfield next plays Bath in an elimination game, at 12:30 PM Monday.

The 4:00 PM Monday elimination game features North Parkland and Oley-Topton.  Host West Lawn and Valley View were both eliminated, two straight.

For more complete schedules go to "Calendar" (at left).

Hatfield defeated Souderton in a 2-1 nail-biter, with both pitchers going the distance. Coupled with Doylestown's win later that evening, Hatfield is guaranteed a slot in the upcoming Region 2 Tournament at West Lawn, July 21-25.

In the other playoff game, Doylestown, which had already secured a bid to the regional tourney, eliminated defending champions Pennridge, 6-5.

In Bux Mont Tournament action Saturday:

  –  Plumstead fell to defending champion Pennridge

  –  Hatfield eliminated Pottstown

  –  Doylestown won over Souderton

#1 Doylestown, #2 Souderton, #3 Pennridge, and #4 Pottstown were all winners in close, low scoring games Thursday night. That means those four clubs will host Winners' Bracket Games 5-8 Friday night, while the four first-round losers – Warrington, Perkiomen, Plumstead, and Hatfield will play second-round games:  Hatfield and Plumstead will be home teams Friday.

The 2012 League playoffs are set, with Perkiomen winning a special tie-breaker playoff for eighth place over Nor-Gwyn.  Here's the schedule for Day One:

5:30 ... Perkiomen at Doylestown

5:30 ... Warrington at Souderton

5:30 ... Hatfield at Pennridge

Time TBA ... Plumstead at Pottstown

Doyletown and Souderton are guaranteed second-round home games on Friday; the other two will come from Plumstead, Pottstown, Pennridge, and Hatfield.

As a result of the latest US Census and new guidelines regarding population limits, Warrington has agreed to cede New Britain Township and New Britain Borough to the (Lansdale) Cannoneers club.  This move – approved unanimously by the eleven member clubs at the League's December 4 special inter-season meeting – will (a) bring Warrington within the 50,000 limit and (b) bolster the struggling Cannoneers club.  Warrington will retain New Britain players rostered in 2011.  No other territorial changes were needed or proposed.

In other news and announcements coming out of the 12/4 meeting:

•  Strict adherence to the National rule set will be enforced in 2012 ... that is, the League will not be permitted to use the re-entry and NFHS DH rules (but the American League's DH rule may be used).  Games may still be seven innings.  To what extent League players may wear jewlery will be decided upon at the next League meeting.

•  It was revealed that Kevin Manero will be inducted into the Pennsylvania American Legion Hall of Fame in August.  Kevin was recently named head coach of the North Penn H.S. team, and has relinquished his Nor-Gwyn field manager's duties to former assistant Kevin Harris.

•  Beginning with the 2013 season, only wood bats will permitted in Pennsylvania.  For 2012, metal bats labeled "BBCOR" (as well as wood) may be used.

•  Henceforth, club-to-club player waivers will be valid for only one season

•  Our League will send two teams to the 2012 Region 2 Tournament at West Lawn.  The state tourney will be at Boyertown.

League representatives, officers, and commissioners are called to a special meeting at the Souderton American Legion Post on Sunday, December 4, at 7:00 PM.  This very important meeting is necessary to make certain decisions and plans prior to the January 2012 kick-off meeting.  Many issues need to be resolved, including (but not limited to):

-  Reinstatement of Cannoneers (Lansdale) club 

–  Redistricting of the Warrington and Lansdale franchises 

-  Playing rule changes for 2012

-  New waiver rules

-  New bat regulations

-  Playoff structure

With a convincing 10-3 win over Fullerton Monday afternoon, Pennridge remained alive, albeit in the losers' bracket, at the 2011 Region 2 Tournament at Nor-Gwyn.  Later on, Nor-Gwyn's season came an end with a 9-0 loss to Bath.

Pennridge will next play either Nazareth or Bath at either 4:00 PM or 7:30 PM Tuesday.

Pennridge, BuxMont's tournament champion, defeated newcomer Northern Valley, in a 16-12 slugfest, in Game #1 of the Region 2 tournament at the Nor-Gwyn complex.  Next, host team Nor-Gwyn took on Schuylkill/Berks champion Southern Area, at 7:30 PM Saturday (well, more like 9:00 PM) and emerged victorious in another shootout by a score of 15-11.

In other Region 2 action, Boyertown beat Northampton's Bath, 15-5, in eight innings.  Northampton's other entry, Nazareth, defeated Lehigh Valley's Fullerton, 16-5.

All this sets up the following for Sunday:

9:45 AM ... Northern Valley vs. Bath

1:00 PM ... Fullerton vs. Southern Area

4:00 PM ... Pennridge vs. Boyertown

7:30 PM ... Nor-Gwyn vs. Nazareth

Both #1 Hatfield and #2 Doylestown fell in the second round of the BuxMont League playoff tournament, and were eliminated.  Results from Saturday's action:

  Game #5 ... Perkiomen defeated Hatfield, 9-6

  Game #6 ... Quakertown defeated Doylestown, 6-4

  Game #7 ... Nor-Gwyn defeated Pottstown, 8-3

  Game #8 ... Pennridge defeated Warrington, 1-0

 Play moves to Quakertown Stadium for Games #9-15, beginning at 11:00 AM Sunday.

All Friday second-round games of the BuxMont League's playoff tounrey are postponed until tomorrow (Saturday, the 9th) by severe thunderstorms.  The entire tournament, then will be pushed back one day.  Here's the tentative schedule for Saturday:

  1:00 ... Pennridge at Warrington (time approximate)

  4:00 ... Doylestown at Quakertown (Doylestown is home team)

  5:00 ... Perkiomen at Hatfield

  7:00 ... Nor-Gwyn at Pottstown (time approximate)

Saturday's schedule now becomes Sunday's.

In an "anyone-can-win-this-tourney" first round, top-seeded Hatfield, second-seeded Doylestown, asnd fourth-seeded Perkiomen all lost.  Third-seeded Warrington did manage to knock off Quakertown.

Results from Thursday:  Nor-Gwyn 8, Hatfield 7; Pennridge 6, Doylestown 5, Warrington 7, Quakertown 3; and Pottstown 3, Perkiomen 0.

Friday's line-up looks like this:

  5:30 ... Quakertown at Doylestown (loser eliminated)

  7:00 ... Perkiomen at Hatfield (loser eliminated)

  7:00 ... Nor-Gwyn at Pottstown

  7:00 ...  Pennridge at Warrington

The BuxMont League's 2011 playoff tournament gets underway tonight (July 7).  Here are the first round match-ups:

  5:30 PM ... #7 Pennridge at #2 Doylestown

  7:00 PM ... #5 Pottstown at #4 Perkiomen

  7:00 PM ... #8 Nor-Gwyn at #1 Hatfield

  7:00 PM ... #6 Quakertown at #3 Warrington

The tournament continues on Friday ... Doylestown and Hatfield are assured of home games (5:30 PM and 7:00 PM,  respectively); the #3 through #6 could host Friday games (all at 7:00 PM); Pennridge and Nor-Gwyn cannot.  Weather permitting, the tournament contunues with nine-inning games on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday

This year's tourney is a winner-take -all affair, with the BuxMont tournament winner going forward to the Region 2 Tournament at Nor-Gwyn.  Since Nor-Gwyn hosts that event, the Hawks get an automatic slot there; should Nor-Gwyn win OUR tourney, the runner-up would advance.

Just prior to the start of the 2011 Bux Mont season, the American Legion National Office notified the states (which passed the word along to each league) that certain composite bats will be declared illegal for the season.  Specifically, composite bats not bearing the stamp BBCOR, are illegal ... they almost always bear the word "Composite" or "Comp" on their barrels.

To be even more specific, it has been decided that "non-BBCOR" DeMarini bats are illegal, despite the fact that they do not actually bear the word "Composite".

Umpires are instructed to inspect bats and other safety equipment prior to each game; however, this does not relieve teams from their responsibility to use legal equipment, especially bats and helmets.

Silver Creek A.A., a member of the Bux Mont League for over fifty years, has announced that it will be unable to field a senior American Legion team for two or more years into the future.

Accordingly, by majority vote of the League's members, the territory formerly included in Silver Creek's franchise will now be assumed in its entirety by the Plumstead club.  Therefore, Plumstead's territory will now encompass the following ten municipalities:  New Hope and Riegelsville Boroughs, and the Townships of Plumstead, Solebury, Bridgeton, Durham, Nockamixon, Solebury, Springfield, and Tinicum.

Each team will now play a twenty-game regular season schedule.  All else remains the same, including playoffs.

Ernie Quatrani has announced his retirement as head coach of both the Perkiomen American Legion team and the Upper Perkiomen H.S. varsity squad.  A teacher and coach at U.P.H.S. since 1979, Ernie took over the Perkiomen Legion team in 1987 and led it to numerous Bux Mont League tournament appearances and titles in his 24-year stint.

Unbeknownst to many, Ernie also coached the Ardmore Manor Legion team (Main Line/Delaware County League) in the 1970s while still a college student.

Quatrani, who leaves the League as its longest-tenured manager, will continue on as a teacher and Chairman of the English Department at the high school, as well as devoting more time to another passion, writing.