B & C Men's - Ken Zulski
Memorial Invitational
Petoskey, Michigan

Final Results Bracket

Order of Finish:

1. Crouch Electric – Coldwater 4-0 (Team Picture with Zulski Family Members)

2. Castle Plumbing – Byron Center 4-2 (Team Picture with Zulski Family Members)

3. Carey All State – Midland 3-2

4. Blues Softball – Hastings 2-2

5. Mayan Agency – Merrill 1-2

5. Munger Volunteers – Munger 2-2

7. Up to Date Painting – Millington 1-2

7. Superior Vault M46ers – Hemlock 1-2

9. Smalltown Fastpitch – Benton Harbor 0-2

9. Tiffany’s – Frankenmuth 0-2

Individual Awards: Picture - LtoR: Frank Zulski, Brandon, Tyler, Steve, Irene Zulski

Outstanding Pitcher – Tyler Kelly, Crouch Electric (3-0 record, 18 IP, 16 R, 22 H, 15 K, 12 BB)

Outstanding Hitter – Jeff Kucharczyk, Blues (6-9 .667 avg; 3 HR’s, 8 RBI’s, 7 R’s)

Outstanding Outfielder – Steve Meyering, Castle Plumbing (7-16 .437 avg)

Outstanding Infielder – Brandon Elser, Crouch Electric (7-13 .538 avg; 3 HR’s, 2 DB’s, 9 RBI’s, 8 R’s)

Game Results:

Game 1:  Munger – 6 (9 hits) over Superior Vault 46ers – 5 (6 hits)

WP – Ryan Truemner (13 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Randy Wade (0 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Munger – Craig Histed had 2 hits, Josh Wheeler and Al Ellison homered, singles by Blaise Zimmer, Jay Szekely, Jake Bouvy, Del Benson and Ryan Truemner.

46ers – Jeremy Doan had 2 hits with a double, singles by Juston Davenport, Keith Davenport, Jason Young and Jerry Dankert.

Notes: This game was suspended after 4 ½ innings Friday night due to rain and completed early Saturday morning – playing all 7 innings.

Games #2 thru #15 were all 5 inning games due to rain out of 3 games Friday night.

Game 2: Castle Plumbing – 3 (7 hits) over Tiffany’s – 1 (6 hits)

WP – Mike Gruppen (1 K, 1 BB), Pete Loachridge (9 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Castle – Mike Gruppen had 2 hits, Steve Gruppen tripled, Steve Meyering Jr. and Keith Hutchens each doubled, Jeff Gebben and Randy Venneman each singled.

Tiffany’s – Brad Gnatkowski had 2 hits, Brandon Carbeno doubled, singles by Chad Carbeno, Matt Maturen and Gary Thompson.

Game 3: Mayan Agency – 5 (5 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 4 (7 hits)

WP – Jeff Buckley (2 K’s, 6 BB’s), LP – Mike Spagnuola (5 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Mayan – Jim DeBeau had 2 hits with a homerun, Marcus Doan homered, Scott Holzinger doubled and Mike Weideman singled.

UTD – Kevin Jammer had 2 hits with a double, Gene McKinstry doubled, singles by Tim Roberts, Jason Harper, Brandon Ryan and Jamie Tackabury.

Game 4: Blues Softball – 7 (8 hits) over Smalltown Fastpitch – 1 (3 hits)

WP – Ryan Nichols (3 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Browning Chabot (3 2/3 IP, 7 R’s, 6 H’s, 2 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Heath Davis (1/3 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s)

Blues – Guy Thurston had 2 hits, Jeff Kucharczyk homered, John Fulmer and Mike Cross each doubled, singles by Shawn Davis, Ryan Nichols and John Ouendag.

Smalltown – Brent Chabot doubled, Robbie Prenkert and Nate Clark singled.

Game 5: Crouch Electric – 9 (9 hits) over Munger Volunteers – 7 (9 hits)

WP – Tyler Kelly (6 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Craig Histed (3 IP, 8 R’s, 8 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s) with relief from Ryan Truemner (1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 K’s, 1 BB)

Crouch – Brandon Elser had 2 hits with a homerun, Derek Lytle had 2 hits, singles by Tyler Kelly, Kevin Dirchell, Toby Elliot, Jeremy Ball and Andy Wade.

Munger – Craig Histed had 2 hits with a homerun, Blaise Zimmer had 2 hits with a double, Al Ellison homered, singles by Mike Herbolshimer, Jay Szekely, Jake Bouvy and Brad Ackerman.

Game 6: Castle Plumbing – 4 (4 hits) over Carey All State – 1 (3 hits)

WP – Mike Gruppen (2 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Steve O’Keefe (3 K’s, 1 BB)

Castle – Josh Meyering doubled, singles by Mike Gruppen, Jeff Gebben and Randy Venneman.

Carey – Steve O’Keefe had 2 hits with a double, Darrin Haut singled.

Game 7: Up to Date Painting – 5 (6 hits) over Tiffany’s – 2 (4 hits)

WP – Mike Spagnuolo (1 K, 1 BB), LP – Pete Loachridge (6 K’s, 1 BB)

UTD – Chris Dipzinski tripled, Jason Harper doubled, singles by Tim Roberts, Adam Brechtelsbauer, Eric Brandt and Kevin Jammer.

Tiffany’s – Brandon Carbeno had 2 hits, singles by Brad Gnatkowski and Maturen.

Game 8: Superior Vault 46ers – 3 (6 hits) over Smalltown Fastpitch – 2 (5 hits)

WP – Jerry Dankert (2 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Browning Chabot (2 K’s, 3 BB’s)

46ers – Singles by Tommy Snyder, Sam Davenport, Jeremy Doan, Jason Young, Corey Garstecki and Jim Dankert.

Smalltown – Triple by Robbie Prenkert, double by Lance Nothstine, singles by Nate Clark, Fred Chabot and Jeff Weaver.

Game 9: Munger – 3 (3 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 2 (6 hits)

WP – Ryan Truemner (3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Mike Spagnuola (0 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Munger – singles by Blaise Zimmer, Craig Histed and Josh Wheeler.

UTD – Brandon Ryan had 2 hits, singles by Gene McKinstry, Tim Roberts, Chris Dipzinski and Bill Brandle.

Game 10: Carey All State – 10 (11 hits) over Superior Vault 46ers – 3 (7 hits)

WP – Brad O’Keefe (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Randy Wade (1 1/3 IP, 4 R’s, 5 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Jerry Dankert (3 2/3 IP, 6 R’s, 6 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB)

Carey – Brad O’Keefe had 2 hits with a triple, Dave Dufort doubled, singles by Catlin Porter, Shea Bryant, Mike Hoon, Steve O’Keefe, Ken Haut, Tom Neuenfeldt, Robin Allen and Dan Secord.

46ers – Jeremy Doan had 2 hits with a double, Jeremy Clapp had 2 hits, singles by Sam Davenport, Keith Davenport and Jason Young.

Game 11: Crouch Electric – 4 (8 hits) over Mayan Agency – 3 (5 hits)

WP – Tyler Kelly (3 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Jeff Buckley (1 K, 4 BB’s)

Crouch – Rob Lewis had 2 hits with a homerun, Kevin Dirchell had 2 hits, Brandon Elser homered, singles by Derek Griffith, Jeremy Ball and Andy Wade.

Mayan – Bill DeBeau doubled, singles by Jim DeBeau, Mitch Bohn, Mike Weideman and Scott Holzinger.

Game 12: Castle Plumbing – 7 (4 hits) over Blues Softball – 6 (7 hits)

WP – Keith Hutchens (1 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) in relief of Mike Gruppen (4 IP, 6 R’s, 7 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Guy Thurston (1/3 IP, 1 R, 0 H’s, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s) in relief of Greg Heath (5 IP, 6 R’s, 7 H’s, 3 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Castle – Homeruns by Josh Meyering and Steve Meyering Jr., singles by Keith Hutchens and Matt Zulski.

Blues – Jeff Kucharczyk had 2 homeruns, Andy Gilbert had 2 hits, John Ouendag doubled, singles by Ryan Nichols and Josh Nichols.

Notes: Castle scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 5th inning with the final run coming as a result of a wild pitch to win the game.

Game 13: Carey All State – 7 (8 hits) over Mayan Agency – 5 (6 hits)

WP – Robin Allen (4 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 2 K’s, 3 BB’s) in relief of Steve O’Keefe (1 IP, 3 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s), LP – Jeff Buckley (4 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Carey – Darren Haut and Shea Bryant each had 2 hits, singles by Catlin Porter, Mike Hoon, Timm Richardson and Gregg Sauve.

Mayan – Marcus Doan had 2 hits, Scott Holzinger homered, Jim DeBeau doubled, Ryan Holzinger and Mike Weiderman singled.

Game 14: Blues Softball – 7 (6 hits) over Munger – 0 (1 hit)

WP – Ryan Nichols (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Ryan Truemner (4 IP, 7 R’s, 5 H’s, 5 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Craig Histed (1 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 2 K’s, 0 BB)

Blues – Jeff Kucharczyk and Rich Brown each had 2 hits, Guy Thurston doubled, Mike Cross singled.

Munger – Craig Histed singled in the 4th inning.

Game 15: Crouch Electric – 16 (13 hits) over Castle Plumbing – 13 (13 hits) in extra innings

WP – Lou Kelly (3 IP, 8 R’s, 9 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) in relief of Tyler Kelly (3 IP, 5 R’s, 4 H’s, 2 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Mike Gruppen (2 IP, 7 R’s, 8 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s) in relief of Keith Hutchins (4 IP, 9 R’s, 5 H”s, 5 K’s, 10 BB’s)

Crouch – Brandon Elser had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Rob Lewis had 3 hits, Jeff Wilkings had 2 hits with a homerun, Derek Griffith had 2 hits, singles by Derek Lytle, Tyler Kelly and Andy Wade.

Castle – Josh Meyering had 3 hits with a double, Keith Hutchins, Steve Meyering Jr., Nolan Wiersma and Randy Venneman each had 2 hits, Matt Zulski doubled and Steve Gruppen singled.

This was the final 5 inning game due to weather make-ups. The game was completed at 1:45 a.m.

Game 16: Carey All State – 3 (6 hits) over Blues Softball – 2 (6 hits)

WP – Brad O’Keefe (2 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Ryan Nichols (6 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Carey – Dan Secord had 2 hits, singles by Brad O’Keefe, Steve O’Keefe, Tom Neuenfold and Dave Dufort.

Blues – Shawn Davis had 3 hits, singles by Jeff Kucharczyk, Guy Thurston and Lee Nichols.

Game 17: Castle Plumbing – 7 (10 hits) over Carey All State – 6 (3 hits)

WP – Mike Gruppen (3 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Keith Hutchens (4 IP, 5 R’s, 1 H, 1 K, 9 BB’s), LP – Brad O’Keefe (1 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 0 K, 0 BB) in relief of Robin Allen (5 IP, 5 R’s, 8 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB)

Castle – Josh Meyering had the game winning solo homerun in the bottom of the 7th inning to break the 6-6 tie, Jeff Gebben had 2 hits with a double, Nolan Wiersma had 2 hits, singles by Steve Gruppen, Steve Meyering Jr., Mike Gruppen, Keith Hutchens and Matt Zulski.

Carey – Steve O’Keefe hit a homerun, singles by Shea Bryant and Dave Dufort.

Game 18 Championship Game: Crouch Electric – 8 (10 hits) over Castle Plumbing – 1 (4 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Tyler Kelly (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Mike Gruppen (0 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Crouch – Kevin Dirchell and Jeremy Ball each had 2 hits, Brandon Elser doubled, singles by Derek Lytle, Rob Lewis, Derek Griffith, Toby Elliot and Andy Wade.

Castle – Steve Meyering Jr. had 2 hits with a double and Steve Gruppen had 2 hits.

Notes: Castle scored in the top of the 1st inning, Crouch answered with 2 runs in the bottom of the 1st, added another in the 2nd inning and had a 3-1 lead. In the bottom of the 4th inning, Crouch added two more runs and then scored three in the bottom of the 5th to end the game on the mercy rule.