Scott Kelly, District Commissioner 231-547-1144
208 W. Lincoln; Charlevoix, MI 49720

Joe Malec, Umpire in Chief 231-838-0886
P.O. Box 2363; Petoskey, MI 49770


Men's Class B State Finals
Petoskey, Michigan


July 17-19, 2015


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Men's Class B State Finals Completed Bracket

Order of Finish:

1. Reese A’s from Reese (4-0 record) (team picture)

2. Tiffany’s from Frankenmuth (4-2 record) (team picture)

3. Homer Aces from Homer (2-2)

4. Wrightway from Dimondale (2-2)

5. Turner Concrete from Saginaw (1-2)

5. Twin City Gray Sox from St. Joseph (1-2)

7. The Blues from Hastings (0-2)

7. Carey All State from Midland (0-2)

Tournament Individual Awards: (group photo-LtoR:Will, Gunnar, Pete, Lee, Greg), (Brian’s photo)

Champion – Reese A’s – Greg Wright (2-0 record, 18 IP, 8 R’s, 14 H’s, 12 K’s, 4 BB’s), Will Tack (10-15 .667 avg, 4 HR’s, 12 RBI’s), Gunnar Bouvy (9-15 .600 avg)

Runner – Up – Tiffany’s – Pete Loachridge (4-1 record, 33 IP, 17 R’s, 35 H’s, 37 K’s, 5 BB’s), Lee Foco (8-18 .444 avg, 4 HR’s, 9 RBI’s)

3rd Place – Brian Edwards from Homer Aces (8-14 .571 avg)

Game Results:

Game 1: Homer Aces – 10 (9 hits) over Carey All State – 3 (7 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Shannon Damron (2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Rick Engle (5 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Aces – Brian Edwards had 2 hits with a homerun, Steve Myers had 2 hits with a double, singles by Zac Neal, Jordan Birch, Joe Barnette, Derek Sherman and Shannon Damron.

Carey – Josh Lough tripled, singles by Robin Allen, Lenny Grennon, Eric Krafft, Dave Dufort, Rob Smith and Ryan Hilliard.

 

Game 2: Tiffany’s – 3 (5 hits) over Wrightway – 2 (6 hits)

WP – Pete Loachridge (11 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Greg Heath (6 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Jason Hoisington had 2 hits with a homerun, singles by Lee Foco, Jared Bender, Todd Sprowl.

Wrightway – Mark Young had 2 hits with a double, Mike Young had 2 hits, Thomas Beebee doubled and Trent Pell singled.

Notes: Jared Bender had the game winning RBI single in the bottom of the 6th inning with two outs scoring Lee Foco who had singled to lead off the inning.

 

Game 3: Reese A’s – 7 (12 hits) over Twin City Gray Sox – 1 (2 hits)

WP – Greg Wright (6 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Todd Winkworth (5 IP, 5 R’s, 9 H’s, 3 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Mike Rappette (2 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Reese – Joe Edwards had a homerun and double, Will Tack had 2 hits with a homerun, Mike Hebolshimer, Gunnar Bouvy and Isaac Zimmer each had 2 hits, Cody Peyok homered and Corey Travis singled.

Gray Sox – Derek Weaver homered and Aaron Davis doubled.

 

Game 4:  Turner Concrete – 5 (5 hits) over The Blues – 4 (7 hits)

WP – John Gwizdala (12 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Ryan Nichols (9 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Turner – Jeff Nowaczyk had 2 hits with a homerun, Aaron Hall homered, Eric Johnson doubled and Gene McKinstry singled.

Blues – Jared Nichols had 2 homeruns (3 RBI’s), singles by Cody Pogodginski, Ryan Nichols, Brad Tuesink, Mike Cross and John Ouendag.

 

Game 5: Wrightway – 7 (10 hits) over Carey All State – 2 (7 hits)

WP – Greg Heath (6 IP, 1 R, 5 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Matt Wright (1 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB), LP – Rick Engle (5 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Wrightway – Greg Heath had a homerun and double, Trent Pell, Mark Young and Russ Christoff each had 2 hits, Mitch Parish homered and Mike Young tripled.

Carey – Shawn Turkelson had 2 hits with a homerun, Josh Lough had 2 hits, singles by Lenny Grennon, Eric Krafft and Rick Engle.

 

Game 6: Twin City Gray Sox – 6 (5 hits) over The Blues – 0 (1 hit)

WP-Todd Winkworth (5 K’s, 3 BB’s – 1 HITTER!), LP-Ryan Nichols (12 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Reid Benson had 2 hits with a homerun, Jared Knuth doubled, singles by Aaron Davis and Jeff Gaugler.

Blues – Cody Ybema doubled in the 3rd inning for the only hit.

 

Game 7: Homer Aces – 6 (7 hits) over Tiffany’s – 3 (6 hits)

WP – Brian Edwards (12 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Paul Hoisington (4 2/3 IP, 6 R’s, 6 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) with relief from Pete Loachridge (2 1/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s).

Aces – Brian Edwards had 2 hits with a double, Jordan Birch and Derek Sherman each had 2 hits, Joe Barnette singled.

Tiffany’s – Cam Weichman had 2 hits, singles by Jason Hoisington, Mike Meinecke, Brad Gnatkowski and Brett Szagesh.

 

Game 8: Reese A’s – 7 (11 hits) over Turner Concrete – 3 (7 hits) in 9 innings

WP – Matt Spiekerman (4 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 5 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Greg Wright (5 IP, 1 R, 4 H’s, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – John Gwizdala (8 2/3 IP, 7 R’s, 11 H’s, 12 K’s, 2 BB).

Reese – Mike Herbolshimer had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Joe Edwards had 2 hits with a homerun, Gunnary Bouvy and Will Tack each homered, Mark Gwizdala doubled, singles by Corey Travis, Isaac Zimmer and Cody Peyok.

Turner – Justin Sherman had 2 hits with a homerun, Jeff Nowaczyk had 2 hits, Eric Johnson tripled, singles by Chris Dipzinski and Jaimie Tackabury.

Notes: Will Tack hit a grand slam walk off homerun in the bottom of the 9th inning.

 

Game 10: Wrightway – 6 (6 hits) over Turner Concrete – 4 (5 hits)

WP – Greg Heath (5 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Graham Church (2 IP, 5 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s) with relief from Jon Gwizdala (5 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 9 K’s, 1 BB)

Wrightway – Greg Heath had 2 hits with a homerun, Trent Pell had 2 hits with a double and Devin Milheim had 2 hits.

Turner Concrete – Jaimie Tackabury had 2 homeruns, Gene McKinstry homered and Eric Johnson and Justin Sherman each doubled.

 

Game 9: Tiffany’s – 7 (9 hits) over Twin City Gray Sox – 3 (9 hits)

WP – Pete Loachridge (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Todd Winkworth (2 K’s, 1 BB)

Tiffany’s – Lee Foco and Paul Hoisington each had 2 hits with homeruns, Rich Katherns had 2 hits with a double, Cam Weichman doubled, singles by Jason Hoisington and Loren Weichman.

Gray Sox – Jared Knuth had a homerun and double, Aaron Davis had 2 hits with a double, Deke Knuth and Reid Benson had 2 hits, Matt Fites singled.

 

Game 11: Reese A’s – 14 (12 hits) over Homer Aces – 2 (6 hits) in 4 innings

WP – Matt Spiekerman (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Brian Edwards (1/3 IP, 5 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 3 BB’s) with relief from Shannon Damron (3 2/3 IP, 9 R’s, 9 H’s, 1 K’, 2 BB’s).

Reese A’s – Will Tack had 3 hits including a homerun, Gunnar Bouvy had 3 hits, Joe Edwards doubled twice, Cody Peyok had 2 hits, Jacob Bouvy homered, and Mark Gwizdala singled.

Homer Aces – Brandon Myers had 2 hits, Joe Barnette doubled, singles by Steve Myers, Brian Edwards, and Derek Sherman.

 

Game 12: Tiffany’s – 3 (6 hits) over Wrightway – 0 (1 hit)

WP – Pete Loachridge (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Greg Heath (4 2/3 IP, 3 R’s, 5 H’s, 4 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Matt Wright (1 1/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Brad Gnatkowski doubled, singles by Jason Hoisington, Paul Hoisington, Cam Weichman, Todd Sprowl, and Drew Thompson.

Wrightway – Thomas Beebee singled.

 

Game 13: Tiffany’s – 8 (10 hits) over Homer Aces – 5 (9 hits)

WP – Pete Loachridge (9 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Brian Edwards (7 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Todd Sprowl had 3 hits, Paul Hoisington had 2 homeruns, Lee Foco had a homerun and double, Mike Meinecke had 2 hits, Jason Hoisington singled.

Homer – Brian Edwards had 3 hits, Steve Myers had 2 hits, Jordan Birch homered, Zac Neal doubled, singles by Joe Barnette and Derek Sherman.

 

Game 14: CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Reese A’s – 13 (14 hits) over Tiffany’s – 6 (8 hits) in 6 innings.

WP – Greg Wright (2 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (2 2/3 IP, 7 R’s, 9 H’s, 3 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Paul Hoisington (2 1/3 IP, 6 R’s, 5 H’s, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Reese – Will Tack had 4 hits with a homerun, Gunnar Bouvy had 3 hits with a double, Jacob Bouvy had 3 hits, Mark Gwizdala and Mike Herbolshimer homered, Shane Wark doubled and Cody Peyok singled.

Tiffany’s – Lee Foco had 3 hits with 2 homeruns, Brad Gnatkowski had 2 hits, Jason Hoisington homered, singles by Cam Weichman and Rich Katherns.

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Pre-Tournament Information:

Tournament Bracket (posted 7/8/15 at 7:50 pm)

Reminder to all teams to make sure all players are in full uniform with matching pants, jerseys and hats. Pick-up players may wear their original team's uniform. Pick up player forms need to be turned in prior to the team's first game. All players will also need to sign the insurance liability waiver at the time of check-in. Any roster player under the age of 18 must be signed in by a parent or legal guardian.

Tournament sign-in will require player's driver's license or state identification card. If neither of these is available, please bring additional sources of picture identification. Bats will be tested at the time of sign-in and must have a "MASA State Finals" sticker AND be cleared by umpires prior to each game to be used in the game. State Finals t-shirts will be available for purchase at sign in and throughout the weekend in the scorer's booth at Petoskey for $15 each. Limited quantities in XXL, XL, L, M in two different colors (blue and gray) - all short sleeve. (very nice, dri-fit material)

2015 Participating Teams:

1) Tiffany's from Frankenmuth - entry fee paid on 6/5/15 (D17)

2) Reese A's from Reese- paid March 2015 (D17)

3) Carey All State from Midland - paid on 7/2/15 (D16)

4) Twin City Gray Sox from St Joseph- paid on 7/6/15 (D1)

5) Wrightway from Dimondale - paid on 7/6/15 (D11)

6) The Blues from Hastings - paid on 7/6/15 (D7)

7) Turner Concrete from Saginaw - paid on 7/8/15 (D17)

8) Homer Aces from Homer - paid on 7/13/15 (D3)

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