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Legion playoff bracket finalized

Saxonburg went 14-3 and earned the No. 1 seed in the Butler County Legion baseball playoffs, which begin Tuesday.

Saxonburg will play No. 8 seed Meridian. No. 2 seed East Butler will host No. 7 seed Mars. No. 3 seed Kiski will host No. 6 seed Cranberry and No. 4 seed Valley will host No. 5 seed Center Township.

All games begin at 6 p.m.

The second round and first-round losers’ bracket games will be played Thursday with the semifinals scheduled for Saturday.

Saxonburg reaches Pony regional

Gavin Phillips tossed a complete-game, one-hitter with 13 strikeouts as the Saxonburg Pony team blanked Butler Township 13-0 to advance to the Pony World Series Regionals.

Zack McMillen had two singles and drove in three runs, Rocky Kopac added a double, single and two RBI and Bradyn Clark a pair of singles and two RBI for Saxonburg.

David Leslie broke up the no-hitter with a fourth-inning hit for Butler Township.

Saxonburg will open the regional Friday in Boardman, Ohio, against a team to be determined.

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