Sidney Post 217 will take on Circleville Wednesday in its first game of the State American Legion Baseball Tournament in Lancaster.

Sidney reached the tournament for the second year in a row by edging Piqua 8-7 in 11 innings in a game that concluded Monday night in Troy after being suspended in the ninth inning because of the weather on Sunday night.

But Post 217 had to wait for a game being played Wednesday night in Chillicothe to find out who the opponent would be.

Circleville will also be making a return trip to the state tournament, and the two teams also met at state last season. Both teams were 2-1 when they played, and Post 217 rolled to a 10-2 victory, eliminating Circleville. Sidney went on to finish third in the tournament with a 3-2 record, the losses coming to Pickerington and Toledo, who met for the championship.

This year, the two teams will meet at 7 p.m. on opening night, next Wednesday. The winner comes back to play at 7 p.m. the following night against the Beverly/Lowell-Napoleon winner. The loser plays at 1 p.m. Thursday against the loser of that game.

Sidney and Napoleon will play a doubleheader on Saturday at Sidney’s Custenborder Field beginning at 1 p.m. in a tuneup for the state tournament.

Following are the pairings:

State Legion Tournament

July 26-30

Lancaster Beavers Field

1651 Granville Pike, Lancaster

Schedule

Wednesday

Game 1, 10 a.m. — Utica Post 92 vs. Steubenville Post 33

Game 2, 1 p.m. — Beverly/Lowell Post 389 vs. Napoleon Post 300

Game 3, 4 p.m. — Lancaster Post 11 vs. Sandusky Post 83

Game 4, 7 p.m. — SIDNEY POST 217 vs. Circleville Post 143

Thursday

Game 5, 10 a.m. — Loser of game 1 vs. Loser of game 3

Game 6, 1 p.m. — Loser of game 2 vs. loser of game 4

Game 7, 4 p.m. — Winner of game 1 vs. winner of game 3

Game 8 — Winner of game 2 vs. winner of game 4

Friday

Game 9, 10 a.m. — Winner of game 6 vs. loser of game 7

Game 10, 1 p.m. — Winner of game 5 vs. loser of game 8

Game 11, 7 p.m. — Winner of game 7 vs. winner of game 8

Saturday

(Championship day)

Game 12, 10 a.m. — Winner of game 9 vs. loser of game 11

Game 13, 1 p.m. — Winner of game 10 vs. winner of game 11

Game 14, 7 p.m. — Winner of game 12 vs. winner of game 12

Sunday (if necessary)

Game 15, 1 p.m.