Tournament scenarios for American Legion Senior District A with one game still remaining

The early District A games scheduled for Sunday are in the books and the eight-team field for the American Legion Senior state tournament is a little clearer.

Concord Post 21 improved to 10-7 with a 5-0 win over Keene Post 4, while Laconia Post 1 knocked off Lebanon Post 22 7-6 in 10 innings to move to 11-7 and into a tie with Bedford Post 54 and Milford Post 23.

Concord and Lebanon were scheduled to finish the regular season at 5 p.m. in Lebanon to complete a game that was suspended from last Wednesday with the game tied 10-10 in the 10th inning.

Here’s how the standings look before that game was done.

District A

1. Lebanon (14-3) – clinched No. 1A seed
2. Sweeney (14-4) – clinched No. 2A seed
3. Bedford (11-7) – clinched tourney berth
4. Milford (11-7)
5. Laconia (11-7)

Others in contention: Concord (10-7). Eliminated: Goffstown (8-10), Plymouth (5-11), Keene (3-15), Jutras (0-18).

District B

1. Rochester (16-2) – clinched No. 1B seed
2. Dover (13-4) – clinched No. 2B seed
3. Hudson (11-6) – clinched No. 3B seed
4. Derry (10-7) – clinched No. 4B seed

Eliminated: Nashua 8-9, Londonderry 8-10, Portsmouth 8-10, Merrimack 5-12, Exeter 4-14, Salem 4-13.

Regardless of the results from Sunday’s games, District B is locked in for the tournament, which begins Thursday at Holman Stadium in Nashua.

There are still two possible scenarios for District A, depending on the result of the Concord-Lebanon game. Regardless of that result, Bedford should win enough tiebreakers (see state tiebreakers) to be either the third or fourth seed no matter what Concord does.

If Concord beats Lebanon, it will finish 11-7 to create a four-way tie with Bedford, Milford and Laconia. The first tiebreaker is head-to-head result and all four teams split with each other, leaving them all with a 3-3 record. The second tiebreaker is record against the tourney field, which would be Lebanon and Sweeney. If Concord beats Lebanon, it would 2-2 against those two teams, while the other three would be 1-3, meaning Concord would get the third seed. The three remaining teams would have to go to the third tiebreaker, which is runs allowed in head-to-head games, and Bedford (22 runs) would finish ahead of Laconia (24) and Milford (28), giving Bedford the fourth seed.

If Concord loses to Lebanon, it will finish 10-6 and be eliminated from the tournament, meaning Bedford, Milford and Laconia would remain tied going to the third tiebreaker – runs allowed in head-to-head games – which would give Bedford the third seed and Laconia the fourth.

Here’s the tournament schedule for the first day.

• Game 1: Derry (B4) vs. Lebanon (A1), 9 a.m.
• Game 2: Hudson (B3) vs. Sweeney (A2), 12 p.m.
• Game 3: A3 (Concord/Bedford) vs. Dover (B2), 4 p.m.
• Game 4: A4 (Bedford/Laconia) vs. Rochester (B1), 7 p.m.