Finishing the regular season at 5-12, Salisbury was given two final chances to reach the Lehigh Valley Legion playoffs. The team was included in a three-team playoff to fill the seventh and eighth seeds, thanks to a situation that complicated the season for a number of teams.

Northern Valley and Fullerton finished the season at 6-12, but Salisbury ended its season with one less game thanks to having a game against Lower Macungie removed from its record when Lower Mac was found to have had used an ineligible player and was punished by having four wins removed from its record. The argument could be made that had that game had to have been replayed, Salisbury might have also finished with a 6-12 record, which would have tied them with Northern Valley and Fullerton.

Salisbury was given the task of having to play Northern Valley, with the winner gaining a playoff spot and the loser moving on to play Fullerton for the final spot in the post-season. Unfortunately for Salisbury, Northern Valley used six hits and three Salisbury errors in the second inning to jump out to a 7-0 lead. Things got worse from there, when the Chargers struck again for four runs in the bottom of the third and added another in the fourth on a home run from Travis Nelmes. The end result was a 12-0 loss.

With one final chance to reach the post-season, Salisbury went on to face Fullerton, which ended Salisbury's season and grabbed the final playoff spot. Fullerton wound up as the seventh seed and advanced to within one game of playing for the playoff championship, but ultimately bowed out with a 4-2 loss to Lower Macungie.

"We didn't come through defensively," said Salisbury head coach Chris Rapp of his team's five errors against Northern Valley. "We had a lot of miscues and didn't make plays when we needed to. When you do that, you put yourself in trouble and we couldn't come back from that."

Salisbury used three different pitchers in the loss to Northern Valley, but the Chargers' bats were able to find ways to get hits off all three. In all, Northern Valley picked up 12 hits in the game, while John Taylor allowed just three hits and threw a complete game against Salisbury.

"You have to tip your cap to them," said Rapp. "They hit the ball really well today. They took advantage of our mistakes and played a great game. We didn't help ourselves, but they played well and they're headed to the playoffs."

While some didn't agree with the plan to have Salisbury be given a shot to make the playoffs, Rapp defended the decision as being the right thing to do.

"There was some stuff that happened and I think in the end, the league was trying to do what was right for the kids and give them the benefit of the doubt," said Rapp. "You have to remember, that this game is for the kids and I think it was the right decision to give these kids a chance, based on everything that happened this season."