Following an outstanding ten-game run of post-season play, the Wolverines fell to Bensalem Saturday, July 26, in the finals of Pennsylvania Junior American Legion Eastern Regionals, in Emmaus, PA. Bensalem advances with Boyertown to the State Championship in Homer City, PA, next week. (In the second game of the day, Boyertown avenged their loss to Bensalem the evening before, defeating Bensalem 11-2 to claim the Regional Championship.)
The Wolverines may now enjoy a well-deserved, but brief, vacation, before many of the boys must start preseason practice or attend camps for fall and winter sports. Congratulations to the team for an outstanding run of post-season play.
The Wolverines, this year, had a 14 - 3 record in regular season play, and a 7 - 3 record in post - season play (4 - 1 in league playoffs, and 3 - 2 at the Eastern Regionals).
Click here for the Official Eastern Regional Tournament Website, for information, bracket schedules, results, etc.
The Regional Tournament results were as follows:

2003 Junior American Legion Baseball Eastern
Regional Tournament

#	Date	Time	Team 1	-	Team 2	-	Location
1	Tue, 22-Jul	10:00 AM	Coatesville– Chester	2	Bensalem – Bux-Mont	1	Jasper
2	Tue, 23-Jul	10:00 PM	Milford – Scranton	4	Whitemarsh – Montco #1	3	Jasper
3	Tue, 23-Jul	12:00 PM	Boyertown – Berks	10	Wayne - Main Line	5	Jasper
4	Tue, 23-Jul	12:00 PM	Fredericksburg – Lebanon #2	2	Emmaus (Host) – Lehigh Valley	7	Emmaus
5	Wed, 23-Jul	3:30 PM	Bensalem	6	Whitemarsh	0	Jasper
6	Wed, 23-Jul	3:30 PM	Wayne	8	Fredericksburg	3	Emmaus
7	Wed, 23-Jul	6:00 PM	Coatesville	3	Milford	0	Emmaus
8	Wed, 23-Jul	8:30 PM	Boyertown	8	Emmaus (Host)	0	Field 1
9	Thu, 24-Jul	1:00 PM	Emmaus	4	Bensalem	6	Field 1
10	Thu, 24-Jul	4:00 PM	Milford	2	Wayne	7	Field 1
11	Thu, 24-Jul	7:00 PM	Coatesville	3	Boyertown	7	Field 1
12	Fri, 25-Jul	4:00 PM	Wayne	3	Coatesville	1	Field 1
13	Fri, 25-Jul	7:00 PM	Boyertown	5	Bensalem	6	Field 1
14	Sat, 26-Jul	11:00 AM	Wayne	1	Bensalem	5	Field 1
15	Sat, 26-Jul	1:30 PM	Boyertown	11	Bensalem	2	Field 1

Congratulations to the Wolverines on winning the Main Line Junior Legion League Championship July 15 with an 11-4 victory over Roxborough.
The Wolverines will next move to sectional or regional playoffs against a Berks County team in Emmaus on July 22. The coaches have also announced plans for practices on Sunday July 20, and Monday July 21. Details will follow.

Playoffs 2003

#	Date	Time	Team 1	-	Team 2	-	Location
1	Tue 08-Jul	5:45 PM	4th Haverford	2	5th Concord	10	Grange Field
2	Tue 08-Jul	5:45 PM	3rd Brookhaven	12	6th Narberth	2	Sun Valley HS
3	Wed 09-Jul	5:45 PM	Concord	1	1st Roxborough	10	Philadelphia University
4	Wed 09-Jul	5:45 PM	Brookhaven	1	2d Wayne	4	RHS Varsity Field
5	Thu 10-Jul	5:45 PM	Brookhaven	2	Haverford	6	Sun Valley HS
6	Thu 10-Jul	5:45 PM	Concord	12	Narberth	2	Garnet Valley HS
7	Fri 11-Jul	5:45 PM	Roxborough	7	Wayne	3	Philadelphia University
8	Fri 11-Jul	5:45 PM	Haverford	L	Concord	W	Grange or Skatium
9	Sun 13-Jul	5:45 PM	Wayne	11	Concord	1	Odoriso Field
10	Mon 14-Jul	5:45 PM	Roxborough	8	Wayne	11	Philadelphia University
11	Tue 15-Jul	5:45 PM	Roxborough	4	Wayne	11	Philadelphia University

For the Main Line Junior American Legion League standings, click here. Click here for the League playoff bracket schedule.

Final Standings Main Line Junior Legion 2003

Team	Won	Lost	Pct.	G.B.
ROXBOROUGH BANDITS	16	2	0.889	--
WAYNE WOLVERINES	14	3	0.824	1.5
BROOKHAVEN	11	6	0.647	4.5
HAVERFORD HEAT	8	9	0.471	7.5
CONCORD	7	9	0.437	8
NARBERTH	3	15	0.167	13
NETHER PROVIDENCE	1	16	0.059	14.5

Click here to view game photos for the games listed. I am using Yahoo Photos as the method of display this year, which is a slightly different system from 2002. Click the link below for photos of a particular game. You will be taken to an album page with thumbnails of the photos for a game, 12 to a page. Click the next 12 and so forth to see more thumbnails. Clicking on a thumbnail will bring up a larger version of the photo. The largest photos come up when you click the slideshow link from the album page. There are navigation buttons at the top of the slideshow page to stop, go forward, go backward and control speed.
I am not sure how Yahoo's "order photo" system works, but I am planning to give everyone a disk with the full resolution photos at the end of season so that you may get prints or print your own, which is an alternative option to buying through Yahoo.

April 13, 2003 Wolverines v. Nether (Preseason)
June 14, 2003 Wolverines vs. Brookhaven
June 28, 2003 Wolverines vs. Nether
June 29, 2003 Wolverines vs. Concord
June 30, 2003 Wolverines vs. Narberth
July 9, 2003 Wolverines vs. Brookhaven (Playoff #1)
July 11, 2003 Wolverines vs. Roxborough (Playoff #2)
July 13, 2003 Wolverines vs. Concord (Playoff #3)
July 14, 2003 Wolverines vs. Roxborough (Playoff #4)
July 15, 2003 Wolverines vs. Roxborough (League Championship)
July 23, 2003 Wolverines vs. Boyertown (Regionals #1)
July 23, 2003 Wolverines vs. Fredericksburg(Regionals #2)
July 24, 2003 Wolverines vs. Milford (Regionals #3)
July 25, 2003 Wolverines vs. Coatesville (Regionals #4)
July 26, 2003 Wolverines vs. Bensalem (Regional Finals)

Front Row: Chris Koch (Mgr), Harry Duke, Joe Yuschak, Anthony Fenza, Louis Baldini, Rob Crowley (Coach). Second Row: Tim Morris, Eric Soring, Rob Crowley, Will Whitcomb, Eric Soring (Coach). Third Row: Patrick Murphy, Andrew Criner, Jim McConlogue, Matt Miller, Jeff Levin, Gary Farley. Missing from photo: Brian Wolfman.

Click here to view a letter from Phillies Manager Larry Bowa, congratulating the Wolverines on their excellent season.

Click here for a newspaper article describing Boyertown's
victory to win the State Championship.

The Main Line Junior American Legion League All-Star Game occurs at 10:00 AM on Saturday at Odorisio Field. Representing the Wolverines are Lou Baldini, Andrew Criner, Rob Crowley, Anthony Fenza, Tim Morris and Eric Soring. Congrtaulations to all. Players are to report to the field at 9:15 AM.