Berks baseball playoff pairings to be finalized tonight
Defending champ Gov. Mifflin will open the Berks League playoffs Thursday as the top seed and favorite to win its fourth championship over the last seven tournaments.
The eight-team field was finalized last week, with the Mustangs, Muhlenberg, Hamburg and Kutztown clinching division titles, and Exeter, Twin Valley, Wilson and Oley Valley securing the other four quarterfinal berths, via second-place finishes or wild card berths.
The quarterfinals will be played Thursday, with doubleheaders at Owls Field and at Muhlenberg, starting at 4.
The pairings will be finalized Tuesday evening, following a coaches’ “challenge” meeting. The teams are currently seeded one through eight, via the District 3 power ratings. Coaches may challenge their seeding if they believe they should be ranked higher; a vote of the coaches will determine each challenge.
Barring any successful challenges, here are the potential quarterfinal match-ups:
| 1 | Gov. Mifflin | vs. | 8 | Oley Valley |
| 4 | Twin Valley | vs. | 5 | Wilson |
| 2 | Muhlenberg | vs. | 7 | Kutztown |
| 3 | Exeter | vs. | 6 | Hamburg |
Power ratings, through games played Monday:
- Gov. Mifflin .786
- Muhlenberg .750
- Exeter .691
- Twin Valley .642
- Wilson .618
- Hamburg .604
- Kutztown .600
- Oley Valley . 574
Exeter qualified as the second-place team from Divisions I and II; it finished second in Berks I and defeated Berks II runner-up Twin Valley in its head-to-head meeting.
Oley Valley qualified as the second-place team from Divisions III and IV; it finished second in Berks III and defeated Berks IV runner-up Brandywine Heights in its head-to-head meeting.
Twin Valley and Wilson qualified as the next two teams with the highest power ratings.
Recent Berks League champs
| Year | Champion | Runner-up |
| 2021 | Gov. Mifflin | Wilson |
| 2020 | No tournament | |
| 2019 | Wilson | Hamburg |
| 2018 | Muhlenberg | Fleetwood |
| 2017 | Wilson | Twin Valley |
| 2016 | Gov. Mifflin | Exeter |
| 2015 | Gov. Mifflin | Daniel Boone |
| 2014 | Reading High | Berks Catholic |
| 2013 | Oley Valley | Kutztown |
| 2012 | Fleetwood | Gov. Mifflin |
| 2011 | Gov. Mifflin | Twin Valley |
| 2010 | Conrad Weiser | Twin Valley |