{
  "id": 371514,
  "title": "AAABA 2026 | Johnstown franchise history in AAABA Tournament title game",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/aaaba-2026-johnstown-franchise-history-in-aaaba-tournament-title-game",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-09T11:46:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/aaaba-2026-johnstown-franchise-history-114600888.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Johnstown has a rich AAABA Tournament history, having hosted the championship game in 79 of 81 tournament weeks and reaching the final four in the past decade. The Johnstown franchise won three championships in 2018, 2023, and 2025, while finishing as runner-up eight times overall. After the two-bracket system was implemented in 1981 and pool play introduced in 2016, Johnstown's championship game performance improved significantly. Johnstown-2, a second franchise added later, has also had success, finishing as runner-up three times since the pool play era began. The host city's championship game history includes notable appearances by various teams, such as Hahn Packing (1956), Sani-Dairy (1995), Galliker Dairy (2001), Delweld (2003), and Delweld (2010 and 2013).",
  "summary": "As the host city in 79 of 81 AAABA Tournament weeks, Johnstown has plenty of experience in the championship game, especially in the past decade. It wasn't always that way. Since the implementation of the two-bracket system in 1981, the addition of the Johnstown-2 entry, and later with the introduction of pool play in 2016, Johnstown has fared much better. Johnstown made only two appearances in ...",
  "key_points": [
    "Johnstown franchise has won 3 AAABA titles (2018, 2023, 2025)",
    "Hosted championship game in 79 of 81 tournament weeks",
    "Johnstown-2 has reached final four three times since 2016"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}