The semifinals of the NORCO legion playoffs turned out to be a bracket buster, as two of the top seeds in the eight-team tournament were eliminated over the weekend.

Top-seeded Birches (18-6) and third-seeded Bath (16-8), the favorites to reach this week's finals, fell in sweeping fashion last week to Easton and Nazareth to set up a NORCO final against the two regional rivals.

Easton (17-8), the fifth seed, swept Birches with a 6-4 win in game one and a 5-2 series clincher in the second game of the best-of-three series Sunday.

Nazareth (15-7-2), a finalist in last year's NORCO final against eventual champion Bath, got their own dose of revenge over their counterparts on Saturday, eliminating Bath by winning game two 6-4.

Nazareth jumped all over Bath to open the series with a 14-5 victory in game one to set the tone of the unlikely upset.

It's a disappointing end of season run for Bath, who had hoped to repeat as league champions in Gene Sostarecz's second-season in command and make another run at regionals.

However, it turned out the summer of 2013 wasn't for Bath, as they had a chance in the sixth inning of Saturday's contest with two men on and no out to bring across the tying runs, but came out empty handed.