Peyton Meyers and Caleb Everitt pitched Quakertown's American Legion baseball team to the championship round of the Region 2 Tournament on Monday night. The two combined to subdue Pennridge's offense in the tournament's winners' bracket final.

            The Blue Jays took advantage of six errors by their Bux-Mont League rivals to win 4-2 at Bear Stadium in Boyertown, scoring four unearned runs to qualify for Wednesday's title round.

Quakertown second baseman Caleb Everitt dives for a  line drive during his team's 4-2 win over Pennridge on  Monday in the Region 2 Tournament at Bear Stadium in Boyertown.

            Tanner Clancy registered two of the team's three hits and scored a run for Post 242, which delivered its third consecutive victory and handed Pennridge its first tournament loss. Cole Reich had the other hit.

            Meyers, Quakertown's starting pitcher, earned the victory, tossing 4 1/3 innings, scattering seven hits and working around four walks, while allowing one earned run.

            Everitt recorded the final eight outs to earn a save, allowing only one walk and striking out two to secure the team's second win of the day.

            Post 242, which reached the regional tournament final last season before losing to NorChester, remained undefeated with an extra-inning victory over West Lawn on Tuesday night despite committing five errors and squandering a five-run lead. Brandon Pierce's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth clinched an 8-7 victory.

            The team can secure a berth in the state tournament, which begins Monday at Rosa-Oglietti Field in Latrobe, with one victory Wednesday over the Bethlehem Wanderers. It will have two opportunities, beginning at 1 p.m. 

            The Blue Jays took advantage of three errors in the top of the fifth inning by Pennridge Post 255 to score three runs. The rally snapped a 1-1 tie for their second victory in five meetings between the two teams this season.

            With one out, Everitt reached on an infield error and Quakertown loaded the bases on a hit batter and a walk. Everitt scored when Reich was hit by a pitch. Two additional runs eventually scored on consecutive errors to put Quakertown ahead 4-1.

            Pennridge, who won the league's regular season and playoffs, pulled within 4-2 in the bottom of the fourth inning with an earned run. With one out, Will Slamm doubled and advanced to third on an outfield error. He then scored on a hit by Aiden Fretz.

            Two throwing errors on the same play allowed the Blue Jays to open the scoring in the second inning. Clancy singled with two outs, then circled the bases on an errant pickoff throw by Pennridge pitcher Robert Pliszka and a wild throw to third by first baseman Fretz.

            In the bottom of the fourth, Post 255 forced a 1-1 tie when Andrew Fantaskey led off the inning with a double to right field, took third on a sacrifice and scored on Garrett Navitsky's single to center.

            Pennridge seemed poised to take a lead later in the inning when Nick Leight delivered a two-out single up the middle with Navitsky at second base. However, Quakertown center fielder Thomas Kozlusky threw out Navitsky to end the inning and preserve the tie.

            On Monday afternoon, Post 242 rallied in its final at-bat to defeat the Wanderers. Cole Reich's three-run double with two outs in the top of the seventh lifted Quakertown to a 3-1 victory.

            A double by Meyers, leading off the inning, sparked the rally. After Caden Brozino retired the next two hitters, a walk to Everitt and a hit batsman loaded the bases for Reich, who cleared the bases with a double off relief pitcher Aaron Clark.

            Quakertown managed just one hit through six innings off Brozino, the Bethlehem starting pitcher. Daniel Qualteria led off the game with a hit and stole second. Two innings later, Qualteria worked a two-out walk and stole second.

            Tanner Clancy earned the mound victory in relief. He worked the sixth and seventh inning, allowing just one hit and one walk.

            The Wanderers scored their only run in the bottom of the fourth inning off Post 242 starting pitcher Cooper Natisin. J.C. Spinosa delivered a leadoff double down the right field line. He scored from third on a single by Thomas Mason.

            Bethlehem got runners on second and third with two outs on a passed ball. Brozino attempted to score on the play, but was tagged out at the plate to end the threat.

            Natisin lasted five innings on the mound. He allowed three hits and one walk while striking out two.

            The Wanderers threatened in the sixth inning against Clancy, putting runners at second and third with no outs. However, Quakertown threw out Braylen Gonzalez between third base and home plate on a ground ball to third baseman Everitt for the second out. Clancy then retired Brozino on a ground ball to end the inning.

            Natisin's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh lifted Post 242 to a walkoff victory over the host Bears in the opening round. His fly ball to center field plated Ty Everitt from third base for a 6-5 victory on Saturday, July 15.

            Everitt worked a leadoff walk against Boyertown reliever Conner Moyer and advanced two bases on Meyers' one-out single to right field.

            Meyers earned the mound win with 1 1/3 perfect innings of relief recording one strikeout after relieving Blue Jays starter Vincent Pellegrini in the top of the sixth inning after Boyertown rallied for three runs on consecutive run-scoring hits.

            Steven Colucci triggered the flurry with an RBI double and Patrick McNeill followed with an RBI hit. Randy Wynings' single forced a 5-5 tie.

            Down 2-1, Post 242 rallied for three runs in the bottom of the third inning. Everitt worked a one-out walk, moved to second on a wild pitch, and scored on Ethan Beil's double to left center. Clancy delivered a two-run single that staked the team to a 4-2 advantage.

            Quakertown extended its lead to 5-2 in the fourth inning on a double by Qualteria and a single to center by Reich. However, the Bears forced a 5-5 tie two innings later.

            Reich, Post 242's leadoff hitter, had two hits, scored one run and drove in another. Qualteria contributed two hits off the bench for Quakertown, which finished with nine hits.