For the first time since 2006, the Hiawatha Post 66 Legion Baseball team is set to compete in the state tournament. The pool play format will start on Wednesday as Hiawatha open play at 10:00 AM against Larned. Then on Thursday at 2 PM, Hiawatha will play Concordia before finishing pool play with a 2PM Friday contest against Iola. The top two teams in this pool with advance to a single-elimination bracket with a semifinal on Saturday.
All games will be played at Bettis Sports Complex in Topeka and all Hiawatha state games will be broadcast live on KNZA 103.9 FM and free online at www.mscsports.net.
With their backs against the wall facing elimination, Hiawatha won three straight games in the Zone Tournament in Wathena last week by a combined incredible score of 47-3. The team enters state with a record of 15-10.
2022 Kansas Senior Legion State
July 27-30
AAA Teams AA Teams
1. Kansas Senators 1. Iola Indians
2. Ottawa Arrows 2. Concordia Blues
3. Pittsburg Post 64 3. Hiawatha Post 66
4. Leavenworth 4. Larned Post 106
Wednesday, July 27
GM#1 10 Hiawatha Post 66 v Larned Post 106
GM#2 12:30 Pittsburg Post 64 v Ottawa Arrows
GM#3 3:00 Iola Indians v Concordia Blues
5:30 Ceremony- All teams present and in uniform
GM#4 6 Kansas Senators v Leavenworth
Thursday, July 28
GM#5 9 Iola Indians v Larned Post 106
GM#6 11:30 Leavenworth v Pittsburg Post 64
GM#7 2 Hiawatha Post 66 v Concordia Blues
GM#8 4:30 Kansas Senators v Ottawa Arrows
Friday, July 29
GM#9 9 Concordia Blues v Larned Post 106
GM#10 11:30 Ottawa Arrows v Leavenworth
GM#11 2 Iola Indians v Hiawatha Post 66
GM#12 4:30 Kansas Senators v Pittsburg Post 64
*** All game times are approximate. Joe Durham as State Chairman has right to delay games
for weather and safety reasons.
Saturday, July 30
GM#13 9 TBD
GM#14 11:30 TBD
GM#15 2:30 W’s of GM 14 & 15
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