The Birches won their NorCo Legion semifinal series against top-seeded Hellertown over the weekend, picking up the clinching win on Sunday.

BLUE MOUNTAINNorCo LegionHellertown-BirchesHellertown bounced back in Game No. 2 on Saturday with a 16-6 win over The Birches.Alstan Wolfe led Hellertown with four hits and a home run during the victory. Zach Thatcher added a trio of hits.Luke Hohenstein had a double for The Birches.Matt Konopke, DaKota George, and Marshall Hanyon accounted for the rest of the Birches' hits.Hellertown 500 461 0 - 16 13 5The Birches 202 011 0 - 6 4 3Wildrick, Hein (6), Sharkey (7) and Kologie, Morrisey (7); Coursey, George (1), Konopke (5), Hanyon (7) and Hanyon, Pandolfo (7). HR - Hellertown: Wolfe.Birches-HellertownThe Birches earned a victory in the rubber-match of the NorCo Legion semifinal series against first-seeded Hellertown, 3-0.Travis Van Houten was masterful on the mound for the Birches. He fired a complete-game-shutout, scattering just three hits and striking out a dozen batters.Van Houten received his run support from Luke Hohenstein, who compiled two doubles, one run, and an RBI.With the victory, the Birches clinched a berth in the NorCo Legion Championship series, as well as a Region 2 berth. The Championship series will begin Tuesday night between the Birches and the winner of the Wanderers-Nazareth series, who will play their deciding game on Monday night.The Birches 000 102 0 - 3 8 0Hellertown 000 000 0 - 0 3 0Van Houten and Hanyon; Smith and Kologie. W - Van Houten. L - Smith.Berlinsville-NorthamptonNorthampton's Nate Kester hit a three-run walk-off homer in the bottom of the seventh inning to top Berlinsville, 5-2.Jake Augusuts stole a base and scored the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh, which gave the Braves a brief lead. Mike Wozniak and Kyle Friebolin each had two hits for Berlinsville. Ben Hudock added an RBI.For Northampton, Tyler Tocci added a pair of hits and Nick Ampiertro hit a triple.Berlinsville 000 011 - 2 6 2Northampton 001 000 4 - 5 6 1Yocum and Webb; Aungst, Ampietro (7) and Bodnar. W - Ampietro. L - Yocum. HR - Northampton: Kester (two on , seventh inning)PV Tournament9-10 year-oldFT White-TowamensingFranklin Township put on a hitting display to score a 15-0 rain-shortened victory over Towamensing in the opening game of the Panther Valley Tournament.Aiden Babick, Franklin Township White's lead-off hitter, paced the visitors with three singles, a run scored and three RBIs, while Michael Yeakel followed with a single, triple, two runs scored and two RBIs.Noah Brandt, who also earned the pitching victory, finished with two singles and a run scored.While Towamensing was held without a hit, Mason Becker, Zach Anthony and Jameson Trainer all reached base virtue a walk to spoil the perfect game for Brandt.Franklin Twp. White 771 - 15 14 0Towamensing 000 - 0 0 0Brandt and Yeakel; Anthony, Lesher (3) and Becker, George (4). W - Brandt. L - Anthony.