Portland Legion champs reach World Series semis

After winning the Northwest Regional, the Portland Barbers reach the final four in the Series event

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SHELBY, N.C. - The Portland Barbers legion baseball team narrowly missed hitting their way to a World Series title, reaching the semifinals of the national tournament before falling to eventual champions Chesapeake, Vir., Monday, Aug. 18.

After scoring an average of more than 10 runs per game in six regional tournament games, the Oregon champions averaged 12 runs per game in three Series games to reach the semifinals. The Barburs - based out of Southwest Portland high schools - went into the bottom of the sixth inning of its semifinal game tied at 2 with Chesapeake when the home team broke out for five runs and eventually won 7-3.

Chesapeake beat League City, Texas the following day for the Series title.

Portland lost 7-6 to League City earlier in the tournament.

The Barbers won the Northwest Regional in Billings, Mont., with five consecutive wins after losing their opening game. In those five wins, they averaged 12 runs per game.

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Cliff Pfenning

Cliff is a lifelong resident of Oregon and has four decades of experience as a writer, photographer, videographer, broadcaster and now producer. He's a grad of Benson High in Portland and the University of Oregon. His writing background includes stints at The Oregonian, The Register-Guard, The News-Review in Roseburg, The Portland Tribune, The Portland Observer as well as regular contributions to The Medford Mail-Tribune and Willamette Week. He was set to be a content provider for Action Sports Cable Network if it had began operations in 2000. He also has taught sports broadcasting through the high school program at KBPS in Portland.

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