Cherry Hill West Earns Top Seed In Baseball's Diamond Classic

CHERRY HILL, NJ - The Cherry Hill High School West baseball team is the top seed in the new look Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic.

Cherry Hill West qualified for South Jersey’s unofficial baseball championship tournament as an at-large team, according to the Courier Post.

Cherry Hill West will host No. 16 Haddon Township, the first place team in the Colonial Conference's Patriot Division, in the first round. The winner plays the winner of the game between No. 8 Haddonfield and No. 9 Moorestown in the second round.

Despite being undefeated at 12-0, Cherry Hill West is only 5-0 in conference action. Bishop Eustace is 6-0 in conference play, so they earned the automatic bid as the first place team in the Olympic Conference's National Division. At 12-3, Bishop Eustace is the No. 2 seed.

Automatic spots go to the 10 teams in first place in each of South Jersey’s divisions, and six teams qualify as at-large selections. However, this year, teams are seeded 1 through 16 instead of being matched up based on how they qualified, according to nj.com. This is why Cherry Hill West is seeded higher than Bishop Eustace, despite Bishop Eustace being in first place in the division.

First round matchups must be played by May 8. Second round games and semifinals will take place on Saturday, May 11 at Washington Township. The final is set for Wednesday, May 15, 6:30 p.m. at Eastern Regional High School in Voorhees.