The Hackensack Troast Club won the rubber match for the league title on Friday evening in Lyndhurst with a 4-0 victory over the Bergenfield Yankees.

FINAL BRACKET
   

On Thursday, the Yanks evened the best of 3 championship series with Hackensack with a 7-1 victory in Bergenfield.

In Hackensack, the Troast grabbed game 1 of the Championship Series 7-1 over Bergenfield.

With a 4-2 hard fought victory over a very tough and resilient Dumont team, the Hackensack Troasts advance to the Met League Championship best of 3 series to challenge the Bergenfield Yankees. Game 1 is Wednesday night in Hackensack 8pm. Game 2 moves to Bergenfield on Thursday at 7pm.

In semi-final action, Dumont jumped out to a 6-0 early lead. Hackensack fought back to make it 6-5 until the Huskies exploded for 10 runs in the 7th to blow the game open and extend the semi-finals and force a deciding game on Tuesday night in Hackensack. The winner will play the Bergenfield Yankees in the Championship series set to start on Wednesday.

The Bergenfield Yankees advanced to the league championship series by virtue of a 3-0 win over the SoX... while the Dumont Huskies KO'd the Bergen Mets 10-8 in an elimination game. Dumont travels to Hackensack to face off with the Troast Club on Monday night in the semis. The Yanks await the winner of that game in the Met League Championship series.

The Mets eliminated Little Ferry Saturday afternoon in Hackensack before the night cap in which  the Torast Club held on for a 3-2 victory in the winner's bracket game over Dumont. Meanwhile, Saturday night in North Haledon, the Reds were eliminated by the SoX. 

Finally the first round game between Dumont and the the Bergen Mets was abe to get played and Dumont came out on top 2-0... The Yankees defeated the 1-seeded SoX in a winner's bracket matchup and the Reds eliminated the Rays from playoff contention. The Mets play Little Ferry at 4pm in a survival game, and Dumont plays at Hackensack on Sautrday at 8pm with both games at Foschini Park. The Sox will play North Haledon in another elimination game at Municipal Park in NH at 8pm, also Saturday.

Hackensack beat Little Ferry 2-0 and the SoX got by North Haledon 5-1... Dumont Huskies v. Bergen Mets was again postponed due to field conditions and will be played on Friday evening. 

Bergenfield beat Rutherford to open up the playoff tournament. The other 3 games were rained out on Wednesday.

Single elimination play-in game:
Reds 7 - Pirates 1
The North Haledon Reds defeated the Bergen Pirates by the score of 7-1 in the single-elimination play-in game on Tuesday to earn the 8th and final seed in the 8-team Met League Playoff Tournament.

Playoff tournament acton kicks off Wednesday evening with 4 games:
(5)Rutherford Rays @ (4) Bergenfield Yankees - 7pm
(6)Bergen Mets @ (3)Dumont Huskies - 7pm
(7)Little Ferry Blue Devils @ (2)Hackensack Troasts - 8pm
(8)North Haledon Reds @ (1)SoX - 8pm (at No. Haledon)

Met League Baseball kicks off the 2024 season with 9 teams this year!

METROPOLITAN BASEBALL LEAGUE
Bergen Mets
Bergen Pirates
Bergenfield Yankees
Dumont Huskies
Hackensack Troasts
Little Ferry Blue Devils
North Haledon Reds
Rutherford Rays
SoX

Check out this phenomenal book on the history of amateur baseball in NJ. Our very own Bob Klapisch is a contributing writer in the book and he talks about glory days of the Met League. Troast captain Johnny Digirolamo is quoted in the book and there is also a photo of the 2011 regional champion Hackensack Troasts. Grab a copy. It'll make a great Christmas gift for any baseball player or fan!

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