The newly reformatted Whitehall-Coplay American Legion baseball team is off to a blazing start.

This spring marks the inaugural season for the Whitehall-Coplay legion team, a merger of the teams that once represented Fullerton and Coplay. Now their storied pasts are merged into one team that kicked off its season a few weeks ago.

The team features Zack Hartman, Bryce Bashore, Nick Kaintz, David Jarrah, Matt Snyder, Owen Ness, Ayden Dunbar, Matt Bernard, Austin Miller, Ryan Hausman, Dylan Carfara, Sammy Castillo, Tyler Mastropieri, Matt Rader, Bryan Weller, Josh Chimento, Nick Lindenmuth and Jayden Lightner.

They’re 3-0 right out of the gate, winning a 10-7 slugfest over Lower Macungie, followed by a 4-1 victory over Salisbury, and then clubbing Lower Mac again, 9-3.

The Lehigh Valley Legion has six teams this season, and Whitehall-Coplay General Manager Andy Hausman said that the playoffs are scheduled to run July 5-13. It will be a double-elimination format.

That hot start is reflected in the numbers posted at the plate and on the mound. Bernard is among then top-five in OPS (on-base percentage + slugging), average, slugging, and quality at-bats. He had three hits in the win over Salisbury on June 10.

Ness tops the LVL leader board in quality at-bats, while Lindenmuth is among the top-five in batting average. Ness collected three hits in their 9-3 win over Lower Mac on Monday. Lindenmuth also had three hits, while Bernard had two in the victory.

Chimento had two RBIs in Monday’s win. Lindemuth also knocked in two runs, while Snyder went six innings for the win, striking out eight batters along the way.

Additionally, Carfara ranks second in RBIs in the LVL. He got three of those RBIs in their 10-7 win over Lower Mac on June 1. Miller also had a good day knocking in runs that game, plating two runners

Snyder is among the league leaders in strikeouts. A major portion of that high K total is his ability to throw first-pitch strikes, and he ranks second among his peers in that category so far this season. Also making that first-strike percentage list is Ness.

Castillo shows up among the top-five in both WHIP (walks and hits to innings pitched), and ERA.

South Parkland was able to cool off Whitehall-Coplay on Tuesday evening, handing them their first loss of the season. They lost 10-1, scoring their lone run in the top of the second.