Much Thanks goes to Ben Enters, President of the Perkiomen Valley Twi-Light league and also to Dave Kurtz and the Times Herald for much of this information

Perkiomen Valley Twilight League History

The league was called the Perkiomen Valley League from 1921-1937 or so (there is no information available from 1938-1944. Also, some say the league started in 1915, but there is no information available to document this from 1915 to 1920 either. The games were played on Saturdays and sometimes on Sundays. The league slowly dissolved after the 1937 season or became so small, it was not covered by any of the local newspapers. The teams played in the other area leagues such as the East Penn (Harleysville, Lansdale), North Penn (Souderton, North Wales) and Montco (Evansburg, Norristown) Leagues during this time. The league was “reborn” in 1946 as the Perkiomen Valley “Twilight” League were games were played during the week at night or after work. In the early days, the team finishing in first place in the regular season was awarded the league championship. If teams were tied, then a playoff was held. Some seasons (1929-30, 32-37) also played split seasons and awarded first half and second half champions. The two champs would meet for the overall league title, unless the same team won both halves, then that team was awarded the championship and no playoff were held. Some Franchises in existence back then included Gratersford, Worcester, Oaks, Schwenksville, Fairview, Skippack, Port Providence (Lower & Upper Providence), Trooper, Norristown, Royersford, Limerack, West Point, Collegeville, Pottstown and The Legionaires (from Perkiomen, Red Hill, Pennsburg and East Greenville). Royersford was frequently called the Needle Point Company (from Royersford) and Pottstown was also called the Spicer Corporation (from Pottstown). The older Norristown club was the Norristown High School Baseball Club (ex-Norristown High Players). A fellow named Meixel was the league President from 1921-37. Warren  Zeigler was the VP, Wilmer Cressmen, Sr. was the Secretary and Carl Marberger was the Treasurer. The league statistician was Ezra Markley of Zeiglerville who kept track of the standings and sometimes as best he could, the league batting leaders, etc. 

 Perkiomen Valley League Championships
Year Champion Result Runner-up Comment
1921 Oaks     (Regular Season Champ)
1922 Worcester     (Regular Season Champ)
1923 Trooper 1-0 Collegeville (Regular season ended in a tie)
1924 Oaks     (Regular Season Champ)
1925 Trooper 1-0 Schwenksville (Regular season ended in a tie)
1926 Schwenksville     (Regular Season Champ)
1927 Trooper     (Regular Season Champ)
1928 Schwenksville     (Regular Season Champ)
1929 Graterford 2-0 Trooper (Championship series)
  Trooper      (First half champ)
  Graterford 1-0 Collegeville (Second half ended in a tie)
1930 Legionnaires 3-0 Schwenksville (Championship series)
  Schwenksville      (First half champ)
  Legionnaires      (Second half champ)
1931 Oaks     (Regular Season Champ)
1932 Port Providence     (Champions - won both halves)
  Port Providence 1-0 Royersford (First half ended in a tie)
  Port Providence     (Second half champ)
1933 Port Providence 2-1 Collegeville (Championship series)
  Port Providence     (First half champ)
  Collegeville     (Second half champ)
1934 Royersford     (Champions - won both halves)
  Royersford 2-0 Port Providence (First half ended in a tie)
  Royersford     (Second half champ)
1935 Limerack 3-1 Harleysville (Championship series)
  Limerack     (First half champ)
  Harleysville     (Second half champ)
1936 Port Providence 3-0 Pottstown (Championship series)
  Pottstown     (First half champ)
  Port Providence     (Second half champ)
1937 Pottstown 3-1 Port Providence (Championship series)
  Port Providence     (First half champ)
  Pottstown     (Second half champ)

NOTE: From (1915-20) and (1938-45), no info was available, either the league was not in operation or the local newspapers did not cover it.

NOTE: When there was a Regular Season champ or a First and/or Second half Champion without any ties or a team won both halves of the season, there was no playoffs.

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Statistical Leaders
Year Batting Leader Avg Other Comments
1922 Bill Dannenhower, Collegeville 0.452 no info on HR Leader
1923 Sam Werkiser, Trooper 0.439 Bill Dannenhower, Collegeville (2 HRs)
1924 Mike Soppick, Trooper 0.438 11 players tied with 1 HR
Hennie Detwiler, Oaks 11-2 Pitching Leader

NOTE: From (1915-21) and (1925-45), no info was available


League Presidents:
1915-20 - ?
1921-37 - Meixel
1938-59 - ?
1960-66 - Judge Harold Knight
1967 - Ernie Gaugler
1978 - Fran Harris
1985-94 - John King
1995-96 - Bob Strimmel
1997-98 - John Cunningham
1999- current - Ben Enters


The League was re-organized in 1946 from the Perkiomen Valley League to the Perkiomen Valley Twi-Light League with the help of Charlie Romanowski. Instead of the old format of just playing in weekends, this league will now operate during the weeknights.

Perkiomen Valley Twi-Light League Championships
Year Champion      Series Runner-up Finals MVP (if named, italics means not sure)
1946 Skippack 1-0 Souderton  
1947 Souderton 2-0 Collegeville  
1948 Collegeville 3-0 Franconia  
1949 Franconia 2-1 Collegeville  
1950 Franconia 2-1 Collegeville  
1951 Franconia 3-1 Souderton  
1952 Skippack   ? * see note  
1953 Lansdale 3-1 Souderton  
1954 Harleysville 3-2 Collegeville  
1955 Tylersport 3-0 Souderton  
1956 Lansdale 3-2 Norristown  
1957 Harleysville 3-1 Lansdale  
1958 Collegeville 3-1 Norristown  
1959 Harleysville 3-1 Norristown  
1960 Lansdale 3-1 Collegeville  
1961 Norristown 3-1 Sourdeton  
1962 Lansdale 3-1 Norristown  
1963 Norristown 3-2 Souderton  
1964 Norristown 3-2 Lansdale  
1965 Lansdale 3-1 Harleysville  
1966 Skippack 3-2 Harleysville  
1967 Lansdale 3-1 Souderton  
1968 Lansdale 3-0 Souderton  
1969 Lansdale 3-1 Harleysville  
1970 Souderton 3-1 Skippack  
1971 Collegeville 3-2 Souderton  
1972 Souderton 3-0 Skippack  
1973 North Wales 3-2 Skippack  
1974 Collegeville 3-1 North Wales  
1975 Harleysville 3-1 North Wales  
1976 Souderton 3-1 North Wales  
1977 Collegeville