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Second-Place Showdown

In honor of the 43rd President of the United States (heh, heh, heh), The Al Gore Cup is a forum for teams that finished second and most likely feel that they're more deserving than all of the other first-place teams to be in the championship bracket.

 

Teams are seeded 1-4 based on regular season records and play a best-of-seven semifinal round followed by another seven game series to crown the winner.

 

The winner receives a bonus of 1 million Benchwarmer Bucks.  The runner-up gets 500,000.

 

The 2026 Entrants (in order of seeding):

  1. Waynedale (89-61)
  2. Greek (85-65)
  3. Woodside (73-78)
  4. Astoria (71-79)

 

Semifinals - Astoria vs. Waynedale; Woodside vs. Greek

 

Astoria won 4 games to 2

Woodside won 4 games to 2

 

Finals - Astoria vs. Woodside

Season series: Woodside won 4-2

2026 Gore Cup Winner - Woodside won 4 games to 0

 

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Finals

Game Astoria vs. Woodside

1

 RHE 
Astoria470

Box

Woodside681
WP - C.Mize (1-0) LP - Ast BP (0-1)
HR: Ast: L.Butler (1); Wood: K.Schwarber (1), D.Baldwin (1), C.Mayo (1), C.Mullins (1)
Woodside leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Astoria640

Box

Woodside760
WP - Wood BP (1-0) LP - Z.Thornton (0-1)
HR: Wood: K.McGonigle (1), K.Schwarber (2)
Woodside leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Woodside391

Box

Astoria242
WP - C.Rodon (1-0) LP - Ast BP (0-2)
HR: Wood: K.Marte (1)
Woodside leads 3-0
 

4

Extra InningsRHE 
Woodside690

Box

Astoria590
WP - Wood BP (2-0) LP - F.Valdez (0-1)
HR: Wood: K.Schwarber 2 (4), T.Edman (1); Ast: R.Acuna (1), M.Massey (1)
Woodside wins series 4-0
 

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Semifinals

Game Semifinal One Semifinal Two

1

 RHE 
Astoria471

Box

Waynedale2131
WP - J.Luzardo (1-0) LP - D.Cease (0-1)
HR: Ast: B.Eldridge (1); Way: J.Chourio (1), K.Tucker (1)
Astoria leads 1-0
 
 RHE 
Woodside560

Box

Greek342
WP - Wood BP (1-0) LP - Gre BP (0-1)
HR: Wood: K.Schwarber (1), D.Baldwin (1), I.Paredes (1)
Woodside leads 1-0
 

2

 RHE 
Astoria491

Box

Waynedale212
WP - Z.Thornton (1-0) LP - Way BP (0-1)
HR: Ast: C.Carroll (1), L.Butler (1)
Astoria leads 2-0
 
 RHE 
Woodside5111

Box

Greek360
WP - S.Alcantara (1-0) LP - J.Ryan (0-1)
HR: Wood: K.Marte (1); Gre: T.Peters (1)
Woodside leads 2-0
 

3

 RHE 
Waynedale280

Box

Astoria1111
WP - G.Williams (1-0) LP - F.Griffin (0-1)
HR: none
Astoria leads 2-1
 
Extra InningsRHE 
Greek6111

Box

Woodside5110
WP - Gre BP (1-1) LP - Wood BP (1-1)
HR: Gre: T.Larnach (1), M.Olson (1); Wood: D.Baldwin (2), I.Paredes (2)
Woodside leads 2-1
 

4

 RHE 
Waynedale3102

Box

Astoria670
WP - F.Valdez (1-0) LP - T.Melton (0-1)
HR: Way: J.Caminero (1); Ast: R.Acuna (1), G.Moreno (1)
Astoria leads 3-1
 
 RHE 
Greek550

Box

Woodside390
WP - N.McLean (1-0) LP - M.Liberatore (0-1)
HR: Gre: R.Jeffers (1); Wood: K.Schwarber (2), T.Edman (1)
Series tied 2-2
 

5

Extra InningsRHE 
Waynedale692

Box

Astoria580
WP - M.Wacha (1-0) LP - P.Tolle (0-1)
HR: Way: J.Chourio (2), M.Harris II (1), K.Tucker (2); Ast: C.Carroll (2), R.Acuna (2), J.Ramirez (1), M.Massey (1)
Astoria leads 3-2
 
Extra InningsRHE 
Greek5100

Box

Woodside6110
WP - C.Rodon (1-0) LP - P.Messick (0-1)
HR: Gre: R.Anthony (1), M.Olson (2), B.Lowe (1), H.Ramos (1); Wood: J.Lee (1)
Woodside leads 3-2
 

6

 RHE 
Astoria7133

Box

Waynedale4122
WP - J.Luzardo (2-0) LP - D.Cease (0-2)
HR: Ast: S.Torkelson 2 (2), A.Riley 2 (2)
Astoria wins series 4-2
 
 RHE 
Woodside6130

Box

Greek370
WP - Wood BP (2-1) LP - M.Perez (0-1)
HR: Wood: D.Baldwin 2 (4), T.Grisham (1); Gre: R.Jeffers (2)
Woodside wins series 4-2
 

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