Latrobe clinches District 31 Legion baseball title; playoffs begin Monday

By: Paul Schofield
Sunday, July 6, 2025 | 9:24 PM

Latrobe clinched the District 31 American Legion regular-season title by defeating Bushy Run, 8-3, on Sunday.

The Jethawks won their final two games to win the title. They defeated Unity, 3-2, on July 4.

Bushy Run halted Lower Burrell’s seven-game winning streak with a 5-4 win Saturday.

Hempfield clinched second place by defeating Young Township in a doubleheader Saturday, and Young Township came back Sunday to defeat Murrysville and Unity.

The playoffs begin Monday with a pigtail-round game between Mt. Pleasant and Unity at Pitt-Greensburg.

The rest of the playoffs begin on Tuesday.

Final standings

W-L-T (Pts)

Latrobe 14-4-0 (64)

Hempfield East 13-4-1 (62)

Bushy Run 13-4-1 (56)

Lower Burrell 9-8-1 (55)

Homer City 9-9-0 (54)

Murrysville 8-10-0 (52)

Young Township 6-12-0 (48)

Unity 5-13-0 (46)

Mt. Pleasant 2-15-1 (41)

Monday’s schedule

(All games 5;30 p.m.)

Pigtail round: Mt. Pleasant at Unity (Pitt-Greensburg)

Quarterfinals (Best-of-3)

Tuesday’s schedule

Mt. Pleasant/Unity winner at Latrobe (Legion Keener)

Young Township at Hempfield East (Pitt-Greensburg)

Murrysville at Bushy Run (Penn-Trafford)

Homer City at Lower Burrell (ABC Field)

Wednesday’s schedule

Latrobe at either Mt. Pleasant or Unity

Hempfield East at Young Townhip (Bertolino Field)

Bushy Run at Murrysville (Haymaker Park)

Lower Burrell at Homer City (First Commonwealth Bank Field)

Paul Schofield is a TribLive reporter covering high school and college sports and local golf. He joined the Trib in 1995 after spending 15 years at the Daily Courier in Connellsville, where he served as sports editor for 14 years. He can be reached at pschofield@triblive.com.