A-K Valley Senior Legion baseball teams enter stretch runs

The A-K Valley’s Senior Legion baseball teams continue to move through their league schedules as they enter a busy stretch run to the playoffs.

Plum visits Highlands on Saturday at 1 p.m. in Allegheny South action at Highlands High School.

Plum enters the game 4-2 overall after a 7-2 win over South Allegheny on Friday. The team also owns victories over Upper St. Clair, Bethel Park and Highlands.

Highlands, a new team in the league this season, started 0-3 before sweeping a doubleheader from Elizabeth Forward on June 12.

The team, consisting entirely of players from the Highlands high school squad, is 2-5 heading into the rematch with Plum.

Highlands then hosts South Allegheny on Sunday at 2 p.m., while Plum plays at South Park on Monday at 8 p.m.

After Saturday’s game between Highlands and Plum, players who are rising seniors and younger from the nine Allegheny South teams will gather at Highlands for a showcase and all-star tryout.

A group of 20 – four pitchers and two from each of the other eight positions – will be selected to compete against players from the Fayette County and Washington County leagues in a showcase Thursday at Washington’s Wild Things Park.

College coaches will be on hand to evaluate the talent, and players will be selected to form two teams for a nine-inning all-star game.

Kiski Valley among leaders in District 31

After seven games played and several contests postponed because of adverse weather conditions, Kiski Valley stands at 5-2 in District 31 league play, tied for second with Latrobe.

Both Kiski Valley and Latrobe are looking up at 7-0 Hempfield East in the standings.

Kiski Valley, who has outscored its league opponents 33-18, has 11 games remaining in the regular season between Saturday’s game at Murrysville, set for 6 p.m., and a July 5 matchup at Latrobe.

It will play a doubleheader Sunday against Hempfield East at Laube Field at Freeport Community Park. The games are set for 1 and 3 p.m.

Kiski Valley, with players from Freeport, Kiski Area, Burrell, St. Joseph, Armstrong and Leechburg high schools, also will play two games at Laube Field on June 30. The first game, against Bushy Run, will be at noon; with the second game, against Latrobe, slated for 3 p.m.