The Albion Junior Legion Baseball team took to the field on Greg Paesl Memorial Field in Creighton for the 2024 Class C Junior Area 1 tournament with their first game on July 12.

The Juniors fell to Crofton’s Post 128 boys in the first game in an uncharacteristic 11-1 game; and then defeated the #1 seeded Adams Post 221 in a final inning 8-7 win, in their second game to catapult them back into the tournament in good fashion.

The Legion team moved forward on Sunday’s bracket to take on the Tri-County Titans, defeating the local team 13-5 to move into great position on Tuesday, July 16 to take a comeback run against Hartington Post 4, who defeated Adams Post 221.

Hartington is the only team out of three without a loss, so the win for over Adams would mean the Albion boys have to win twice to claim the Championship title.

The game will be played in Creighton on July 16 at 5:30 p.m. to determine the champion, and if another game was needed, it was played immedately following.

Brackets can be found at www.nelegionbaseball.net by clicking on the 2024 Class C alignment and brackets.

Photos by Sean Anderson, AN/BCT Staff