Cherry Hill Stealers into Legion Winners-Bracket Final

Patience is paying off for the Cherry Hill Stealers.

Facing another deficit in the second round of the Junior American Legion tournament Sunday, the locals kept fighting and came back to tie it up against Brooklawn and send it to extras at Cherry Hill East, then got an unlikely walk-off when Vinny Guckin drew a walk to bring in the game-winner in the bottom of the eighth in the 4-3 victory.

Jeff Dixon got the victory on the mound for the Stealers, pitching all eight.

The win puts Cherry Hill into the winner’s-bracket finals, which will be a battle of the host teams for the tournament, after Gibbsboro squeaked out a 6-4 win against Washington Township in the other Sunday game.

That game is slated for 5 p.m. Monday at East.

Weather wiped out the later games in the elimination bracket, which have been pushed to early Monday afternoon—Warren Hills will play Washington Township at 2 p.m. at East, while Brooklawn will take on North Warren at the same time at Eastern.

The winners of those two games will play each other at 5 p.m. Eastern in the elimination-bracket semis.

The remaining tournament schedule is below:

Monday

At East

• 2 p.m.—Washington Township vs. Warren Hills
• 5 p.m.—Cherry Hill vs. Gibbsboro

At Eastern

• 2 p.m.—Brooklawn vs. North Warren
• 5 p.m.—Washington Township/Warren Hills winner vs. Brooklawn/North Warren winner (elimination semifinal)

Tuesday

At East

• 2 p.m.—Cherry Hill/Gibbsboro loser vs. elimination semifinal winner (elimination final)
• Doubleheader—Cherry Hill/Gibbsboro winner vs. elimination final winner

Wednesday (if Tuesday is first loss for Cherry Hill/Gibbsboro)

• 6 p.m.—Cherry Hill/Gibbsboro winner vs. elimination final winner