League & District Records

The Lancaster–Lebanon League was founded in 1972. The spring of 1973 was the first year in which a champion was crowned in baseball. Prior to the formation of the Lancaster–Lebanon League, Lancaster County teams played in the “County High League,” from 1944–1972.

The league initially divided teams based on geography. In the first two years of existence, the League had three divisions for baseball: “Northern,” “Central” and “East.” In 1975 the League changed the Section names from “Northern,” “Central” and “East” to “One,” “Two” and “Three.” The Sections remained organized by geography. Three years later (1978), a fourth section was added—again, the Sections remained organized by geography.

1993 was the first year that the League Tournament was expanded to include Section Runners-Up in the structure of the eight team tournament that remains today.

In 1995, Section realignment arranged school districts by size. There are a few exceptions to this alignment as the League currently stands. Schools may go up or down a Section based on enrollment; however, the alignment largely remains by school enrollment.

In the first two years of District Playoffs (1977 and 1978), all schools competed in one classification. From 1979–2004, schools were divided by size across three classifications, A–AAA. In 2005, a fourth classification was added. Another revision was adopted prior to the 2017 season, adding two additional classifications to the Baseball Championships.

This collection covers the single classification in 1977–1978, AAA from 1979–2004, AAAA and AAA from 2005–2016, and AAAAAA and AAAAA from 2017 onward.