The Lower Macungie Youth Legion baseball team is off to a red-hot start to its season winning its first five games.
Seventh-year head coach Shawn Betz’s squad is currently unbeaten (5-0) and has outscored its five opponents 40-11 with wins over Kutztown (8-0), Perk Valley (1-0), Norchester (5-4), Southern Area (12-1) and Oley (14-6).
Lower Mac competes in the 17-team Berks County Youth Legion (BCAJLL) along with the Bear Cubs, Daniel Boone, Grizzlies, Hamburg, Kutztown, Muhlenberg, Norchester, Perk Valley, Post 217, Post 625, Shillington, Southern Area, Spring City, Twin Valley, Upper Perk and West Lawn.
The top two teams from each division will automatically qualify for the playoffs along with next four teams with best records. The playoffs will get underway on either July 7 or 8.
A year ago Lower Mac finished 14-7 overall, but they return eight players from last year’s squad.
Upper Perk is the defending Berks County champion after beating West Lawn in last year’s championship game.
Here’s a look at the schedule and the roster for Lower Mac this season:
Schedule:
May –
31 – KUTZTOWN – W 8-0
June –
2 – @ Perk Valley – Won 1-0
3 – @ Norchester – Won 5-3
4 – SOUTHERN AREA – Won 12-1
5 – @ Oley – Won 14-6
7 – @ Hamburg (7:30 pm)
9 – MUHLENBERG
10 – @ Upper Perk (Noon)
12 – FLEETWOOD
14 – @ Bear Cubs
17 – @ Spring City (Noon)
19 – @ Southern Area
21 – @ Kutztown (7 pm)
23 – DANIEL BOONE
24 – WEST LAWN (Noon)
26 – SHILLINGTON
28 – POST 217
30 – TWIN VALLEY
July –
1 – @ Grizzlies (11 am)
3 – HAMBURG
5 – @ Post 625
Home games – CAPS (Church Lane Park)
6 p.m. start unless noted
ROSTER:
Logan Armstrong, Robbie Barnes, Cameron Bauer, Logan Benner, Jaden Betz, Aaron Fleetwood, Cole Geiger, Cole George, Owen Haas, Alex Harris, Zach Heller, Ryan Heller, Connor Horwath, Ryan Hummell, Aiden Issler, Andrew Lee, Mason Saylor, Jack Sparango, Massimo Tranguch.
COACHES:
Shawn Betz, Brian Coffman, Jason Geist, Chris Saylor