Cherry Hill West Earns At-Large Bid to Diamond Classic

Cherry Hill, NJ -- The Cherry Hill High School West baseball team is ready to make a run at South Jersey’s unofficial championship.

The Lions (9-4) open the 43rd annual Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic at Washington Township against West Deptford (13-4) on Saturday, 10:30 a.m., according to the Courier Post.

Cherry Hill West earned the fourth at-large bid into the tournament. West Deptford qualified as the first place team in the Colonial Conference Liberty Division.

A total of 16 teams from what is traditionally considered the South Jersey area will compete in the tournament, with 10 teams qualifying because they were in first place in their division at the cutoff date and six other teams qualifying as wild-card teams.

The second round is scheduled for Saturday, May 21. The semifinals and finals are scheduled for Sunday, May 22.

The schedule for the first round, as posted on courierpostonline.com, is as follows:

43rd annual Joe Hartmann Diamond Classic

At Maple Shade:

Camden Catholic (Olympic National) vs. St. Augustine (Cape-Atlantic American), 10:30

Gloucester Catholic (1 at-large) vs. Trenton Catholic (Burlco Freedom), 1

At Deptford:

Cherokee (3 at-large) vs. Clearview (Tri-County Royal), 10:30

Millville (5 at-large) vs. Haddon Heights (Colonial Patriot), 1

At Hammonton:

Lenape (Olympic American) vs. Cinnaminson (Burlco Liberty), 10:30

Mainland (6 at-large) vs. St. Joseph (Cape-Atlantic National), 1

At Washington Twp.:

Cherry Hill West (4 at-large) vs. West Deptford (Colonial Liberty), 10:30

Eastern (2 at-large) vs. Wildwood (Tri-County Classic), 1