Moorestown Baseball Team Set For Diamond Classic

MOORESTOWN, NJ - The Moorestown High School baseball team has qualified for the new look Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic.

Moorestown qualified for South Jersey’s unofficial baseball championship tournament as the top team among the Burlington County Scholastic League's large schools, according to the Courier Post.

Moorestown is the No. 9 seed and will visit No. 8 Haddonfield, the first place team in the Colonial Conference's Liberty Division in the first round. The winner will play the winner of the game between No. 1 Cherry Hill West and No. 16 Haddon Township in the second round.

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.

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.