2023 Department of Michigan Champions / awards

Midland Berryhill Post 165 - Class AA Champion
Trenton, MI Post 426 - Class A Champion
Michigan Player of the Year - Caden Oliver (Adrian Post 275)
Robert Turner Memorial Scholarship - Jack Wyatt Bakus (Midland Berryhill Post 165)
Kiki Cuyler Award (AA) - Tanner Sonntag (Midland Berryhill Post 165)
Hal Newhouser Award (A) - Brock Beaudrie (Trenton Post 426)
Michigan American Legion Baseball site - https://michiganlegion.org/baseball/

Michigan Zone 2 American Legion Baseball programs - 2023

Adrian Post 275 "G. Chandler Bond"
Blissfield Post 325 "Robert Meachen"
Hudson Post 180 "Hannan-Colvin"
Stevensville Post 586
Three Oaks Post 204
Ypsilanti Post 282
Stevensville Post 586 (Junior)

Monday, July 31, 2017

07/31 - Great Lakes Region state champions, Michigan American Legion player awards and Michigan and Ohio Zone and state region champions

07/31 - Great Lakes Region state champions, Michigan American Legion player awards and Michigan and Ohio Zone and state region champions - Unofficial

unofficial American Legion District 2 (MI) - http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/
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Abbreviated - hope to recap Michigan Class A Tuesday

Congratulations to -
Gladstone, MI Post 71 - Michigan American Legion Class A Champion
Midland Berryhill Post 165 - Michigan American Legion Class AA Champion
Napoleon, OH Post 300 / River Bandits - Ohio American Legion Senior Champion

American Legion Awards (Michigan only) -

*Kiki Cuyler Award (Class AA State MVP) - Martin Money (Midland Berryhill Post 165 / Midland HS) -

*Hal Newhouser Award (Class A State MVP) - Ben Schwalbach (Gladstone Post 71 / Gladstone HS) -

*American Legion Baseball / Robert Turner Scholarship - Kyle Staelgraeve (Adrian Post 275 / Clinton HS - Goshen College) -

*American Legion Baseball / Diamond Scholarship (Michigan) - Kyle Staelgraeve (Adrian Post 275 / Clinton HS - Goshen College);

*American Legion Adrian Post 275 Frank & Shirley Dick Scholarship - Ty Peck (Adrian Post 275 / Adrian HS - Jackson College);

*American Legion Adrian Post 275 G. Chandler Bond Scholarship - Kyle Staelgraeve (Adrian Post 275 / Clinton HS - Goshen College);

Champions -
ALBB / Illinois State Champion (A) - Edwardsville Post 165, IL
ALBB / Illinois State Runnerup (B) - Danville Post 210, IL (Kentucky's slot)
ALBB / Indiana State Champion - Rockpost Post 254
ALBB / Kentucky State Champion - Shelbyville Post 39 (not playing in the National)
ALBB / Michigan Class AA State Champion - Midland Berryhill Post 165
ALBB / Michigan Class A State Champion - Gladstone Post 71
ALBB / Michigan Zone 2 Class AA Champion - Blissfield Post 325
ALBB / Michigan Zone 2 Class A Champion - Hudson Post 180
ALBB / Michigan Zone 4 Class AA Champion - Midland Berryhill Post 165
ALBB / Michigan Zone 4 Class A Champion - Gaylord Baseball Club
ALBB / Michigan Zone 5 Class A Champion - Gladstone Post 71
ALBB / Michigan Zone 1 AA - Fort Dearborn Post 364 is the only participating team
ALBB / Michigan Zone 3 AA - no participating teams
ALBB / Michigan Zone 5 AA - Sault Ste Marie Post 3 / AA is the only partiipating team
ALBB / Ohio Senior State Champion / Host - Napoleon Post 300 / River Bandits
ALBB / Ohio Senior State Runnerup - Beverly / Lowell Post 389 / 750
ALBB / Ohio Junior State Champion - Conneaut Post 151
ALBB / Ohio Region 1 - Napoleon Post 300 / River Bandits
ALBB / Ohio Region 2 - Sidney Post 217
ALBB / Ohio Region 3 - Sandusky Post 83
ALBB / Ohio Region 4 - Utica Post 92
ALBB / Ohio Region 5 - Circleville Post 134
ALBB / Ohio Region 6 - Lancaster Post 11
ALBB / Ohio Region 7 - Steubenville Post 33
ALBB / Ohio Region 8 - Beverly / Lowell Post 389/750
ALBB / Wisconsin State Champion (A) - Eau Claire Post 53
ALBB / Wisconsin State Runnerup (B) - Oshkosh
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Sunday, July 30, 2017

07/30- Michigan Class AA Championship recap - Midland Berryhill Post 165 Champion

07/30 - Michigan Class AA Championship recap - Midland Berryhill Post 165 Champion


ALBB 2017 Department of Michigan Class AA State Tournament - July 27-30

Champion - Midland Berryhill Post 165
Location - Gerace Field / Northwood University, Midland, MI
Host - Midland Berryhill Post 165
Teams -
Host - Midland Berryhill Post 165
Zone 1 - Fort Dearborn Post 364
Zone 2 - Blissfield Post 325
Zone 3 - Adrian Post 275 (runner-up Zone 2)
Zone 4 - Gladwin Post 171
Zone 5 - Sault Ste Marie Post 3 / EUP Travelers
Media -
Sault Ste Marie Evening News - http://www.sooeveningnews.com/sports
Adrian Daily Telegram - http://www.lenconnect.com/sports
Gladwin Record & Clarion (07/26) - https://www.gladwinmi.com/

Schedule - some guesswork on player's high schools, so no guarantees!

*THURSDAY, JULY 27 -

G1 - Blissfield Post 325-10 (1-0), Dearborn Post 364-1 (0-1)
*Fort Dearborn/364 (1-9-x);
*Blissfield/325 (10-x-x); SP/WP-Alex Slomski (9ip/cg, 1R/0er, 9H, 5K; Blissfield/17); 2H (Joe Jones-3 (Blissfield/17); Logan Nolff-3 (Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central); Slomski-3); 2RBI (Slomski);
Media -


G2 - Adrian Post 275-7 (1-0), Sault Ste Marie Post 3-4 (0-1) - Jim's unofficial stats
(game played at Bullock Creek HS due to weather delays)
*V-Adrian/275 (7-11-1); SP/nd-Jacob Land (1-1/3ip, 1R/1er, 1H, no BB, 2K; Lenawee Christian/16 - Glen Oaks); 2nd-James Estes (2ip, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 1-HBP; Clinton/18); 3rd-Cole Hayes (2-2/3ip, 2R/1er, 4H, 1BB; Adrian/20); 4th-Aaron Luci (2/3ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 1BB, 1K; Tecumseh/17 - Spring Arbor); 5th/WP-Blake Thompson (1-2/3ip, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 1K; Adrian/17); 6th/Save-Noah Snyder (2/3ip, 0R, 1H, 2K; Britton Deerfield/16 - Lake Michigan); 2H (Andrew Hribar (Adrian/18); Clark Nelson-4 (Clinton/18); Thompson);
*H-Sault Ste Marie/3 (4-10-1); SP/nd-Trevor Wregglesworth (7ip, 4R/2er?, 8H, 1BB, 1K, 2-HBP; Onaway/18); 2nd-Shane Thompson, JR (1ip, 1R/1er, 1H, 1BB, 1-HBP; Sault Ste Marie/18); 3rd/LP-James Burton (1ip, 2R/2er, 3H, no BB; Rudyard/18); 2H (Hayden Schneider-3 (Cheboygan/17); Michael Radle-3 (Cheboygan/17)); 2B (Schneider);
Media -


G3 - Blissfield Post 325-8 (2-0), Gladwin Post 171/AA-3 (0-1) - Gladwin GameChanger
*V-Blissfield (8-10-0); SP/WP-Drew Sconochia (6ip, 3R/3er, 4H, 4BB, 7K; Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central/16); 2nd- Anthony Sconochia (3ip, 0R, no BB, 2K; Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central); 2H (Jake Dunnett-3 (Bedford/17); Spencer Fisher (Blissfield/17); Andrew Brown (Blissfield/18)); 2RBI (Joe Jones (Blissfield/17)); 2B (Dunnett);
*H-Gladwin (3-4-2); SP/LP-Jacob Beckrow (4ip, 4R/4er, 5H, no BB, 2K, 1-HBP; Hemlock/17); 2nd-Ben Fleming (5ip, 4R/3er, 5H, 1BB, 3K, 1-HBP; Freeland/18); 2RBI (Colin Stahl (Ogemaw Heights/18)); HR (Luke Gunsell/1R (Gladwin/17); Stahl/2R);
Media -


G4 - Midland Berryhill Post 165-13 (1-0), Adrian Post 275-3 (1-1) - 7in - Jim's unofficial stats (EUP Travelers GameChanger available to check)
*V-Adrian/275 (3-5-3); SP/LP-Andrew Hribar (4-2/3ip, 9R/5er?, 8H, 2BB, 1-HBP; Adrian/18); 2nd-Spencer Cowen (1-1/3ip, 2R/2er, 4H, 1BB, 2K, 1-HBP; Tecumseh/17); 3rd-Clark Nelson (1/3ip, 2R/2er, 2H, 1BB; Clinton/18); 2H (Nelson); 2B (Cowen);
*H-Midland Berryhill/165 SP/WP-Garrett Willis (7ip/cg*, 3R/1er?, 5H, 2BB, 3K; Midland/18); 2H (Jordan patty (Midland/17 - Central Michigan); Martin Money-3 (Midland/18); Zach Schirmer (Bay City Western/16 - Delta); Logan LaCourse (Bay City Western/18)); 2RBI (Money-3; Schirmer); HR (Money/3R); 2B (Tyler David (Bay City Western/18); Gabe Denton (Clare/17 - Northern Iowa));
Media -

*FRIDAY JULY 28 -

Note - Of the games I saw, Game #5 (below) was the best to watch as an impartial observer (in my opinion and unofficial!).

G5 - Gladwin Post 171/AA-3 (1-1), Sault Ste Marie Post 3-1 (0-2 / eliminated) - Jim's unofficial stats (Gladwin & EUP Travelers GameChanger available to check)
V-Sault Ste Marie/3 (1-4-1); SP/LP-Derrick Edington (8ip/cg, 3R/3er, 8H, 2BB, 7K, 1-HBP; Pickford/16 - Kellogg CC); 2B (Shane Thompson, JR (Sault Ste Marie/18));
H-Gladwin/171 (3-8-1); SP/WP-Hunter Merillat (9ip/cg, 1R/1er, 4H, 1BB, 5K; Meridian/18); 2H (Colin Stahl (Ogemaw Heights/18); Nolan raymond-3 (Standish Sterling/18)); 2RBI (Stahl); 2B (Zachary Backus (Pinconning/18));
Media -

G6 - Fort Dearborn Post 364-7 (1-1). Adrian Post 275-5 (1-2 / eliminated) - Jim's unofficial stats
*V-Fort Dearborn/364 (7-14-1); SP/WP-Luke Maness (6-2/3ip, 4R/4er, 10H, 1BB, 2K, 1-HBP; Dearborn Edsel Ford/17); 2nd/Save?-Jacob Hanoian (2-1/3ip, 1R/1er, 3H, 2BB, 3K; Riverview Gabriel Richard/17); 2H (Zachary Loewengruber-3 (Riverview/17); Hanoian; Kyle Amend-4 (Dearborn/16); Daniel Litwin (Dearborn/16)); 2RBI (Loewengruber; Amend);
*H-Adrian/275 (5-13-3); SP/LP-Jacob Land (4-2/3ip, 6R/6er?, 13H, 6BB, 2K; Lenawee Christian/16 - Glen Oaks); 2nd-James Estes (4-1/3ip, 1R/1er, 1H, 2BB, 2-HBP; Clinton/18); 2H (Ty Peck (Adrian/17); Noah Snyder-3 (Britton Deerfield/16 - Lake Michigan); Andrew Hribar (Adrian/18); Spencer Cowen (Tecumseh/17); Collin Bradley (Napoleon/19)); 2B (Snyder; Hribar; Clark Nelson (Clinton/18); Bradley);

G7 - Gladwin Post 171/AA-6 (2-1), Fort Dearborn Post 364-3 (1-2 / eliminated) - Gladwin GameChanger
V-Gladwin/171 (6-11-1); SP/WP-Garhet Metiva (9ip/cg, 3R/3er, 7H, 3BB, 9K, 1-HBP; Freeland/18); 2H (Alec Reed (Ogemaw Heights/18); Drew Cantrell (Gladwin/16 - Lansing CC); Colin Stahl (Ogemaw Heights/18)); 2RBI (Hunter Merillat (Meridian/19)); 2B (Metiva; Nolan Raymond (Standish Sterling/18); Stahl);
H-Fort Dearborn/364 (3-7-1); SP/LP-Shane Moran (6-1/3ip, 4R/3er, 8H, 5BB, 2K, 1-HBP; Dearborn/17); 2nd-Timothy Ohtake (2-2/3ip, 2R/2er, 3H, 1BB, 2K, 1-HBP; Livonia Churchill/17); 2H (Andrew Worth (?/17); Craig Weaver (Dearborn/16)); 2B (Reed Richardson (Dearborn/16));
Media -

G8 - Midland Berryhill Post 165-9 (2-0), Blissfield Post 325-3 (2-1)
Media -

*SATURDAY JULY 29 -

G9 - Gladwin Post 171 AA-12 (2-1), Blissfield Post 325-1 (2-2 / eliminated) - 7in - Gladwin GameChanger
*V-Blissfield/325 (1-4-2); SP/LP-Anthony Sconochia (2ip, 2R/2er, 3H, 1BB, 1K, 3-HBP; Monroe St Mary Catholic Central); 2nd-Justin Gelso (1-1/3ip, 6R/6er, 3H, 3BB, 1K; Ida/18); 3rd-Joe Jones (1-2/3ip, 4R/4er, 4H, 3BB, 1K; Blissfield/17); 4th-Gage Campbell (1ip, 0R, 0H, no BB, 1K; Dundee/17); 2B (Daniel Rickle (Monroe/17));
*H-Gladwin/171 (12-10-1); SP/WP-Carson Longstreth (7ip/cg*, 1R/1er, 4H, 2BB, 11K, 2-HBP; Beaverton/19); 2H (Nolan Raymond (Standish Sterling/18); Drew Cantrell-3 (Gladwin/16 - Lansing CC); Zack Backus (Pinconning/18)); 2RBI (Cantrell-4; Cam Floyd (Pinconning/18));
Media -

G10 Championship - Midland Berryhill Post 165-5 (3-0), Gladwin Post 171 AA-2 (2-2) - Gladwin GameChanger
*V-Midland Berryhill/165 (5-7-0); SP/WP-Jordan Patty (6ip, 1R/1er, 5H, 1BB, 10K; Midland/17 - Central Michigan); 2nd-Cam Mitchell (2ip, 1R/1er, 3H, no BB, 3K; Mt Pleasant/17 - Northwood); 3rd/Save-Logan LaCourse (1ip, 0R, 0H, 1K; Bay City Western/18); 2H (Gabe Denton-3 (Clare/17 - North Iowa CC); Martin Money (Midland/18)); 2RBI (Money); 2B (Jeff Allen (Clare/18); Money);
*H-Gladwin/171 (2-8-1); SP/LP-Shane Yzquierdo (5ip, 5R/4er, 5H, 4BB, 5K, 1-HBP; Sanford/17); 2nd-Nolan Raymond (4ip, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 1K; Standish Sterling/18); 2H (Raymond-4; Brandon Bakos (Hemlock/17); Drew Cantrell (Gladwin/16 - Lansing CC)); 2B (Bakos; Cantrell; Raymond-2);
Media -
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

07/26 - American Legion Baseball - the Michigan Class A State Tournament begins Thursday (07/27) at Gladwin HS's Wilmot Field

American Legion Baseball - the Michigan Class A State Tournament begins Thursday (07/27) at Gladwin HS's Wilmot Field

2017 Department of Michigan Class A State Tournament - July 26-30
Location - Wilmot Field / Gladwin HS, Gladwin MI (1400 N Spring St, Gladwin, MI 48624)
Host - Gladwin Post 171

*Teams -
Host - Gladwin Post 171/A
Zone 1 - Hancock Post186 / Copper Country Flames (from Zone 5 - 2nd place)
Zone 2 - Hudson Post 180
Zone 3 - Menominee Post 146 (from Zone 5 - 3rd place)
Zone 4 - Gaylord Baseball Club
Zone 5 - Gladstone Post 71

Media -
RRNSports (also Radio/Internet coverage) - http://rrnsports.com/
Escanaba / Gladstone Daily Press - http://www.dailypress.net/sports/
Gladwin Record & Clarion (07/26) - https://www.gladwinmi.com/
Adrian Daily Telegram - 
 
Notes -
*Seven inning games / Mercy rule - 10 runs after five innings
*Double elimination
*American League Rules with American Legion / Michigan Class A exceptions
American Legion Pitchcount
No National tournament after State
Below - "*" by Zone indicates that no Class A team entered

Schedule (subject to change and / or my mistakes) -

*Thursday July 27 -
(1) 9am Zone 2 (Hudson Post 180) vs Zone 1* (Hancock Post 186/Copper Country - 2nd place Z5)
(2) Zone 5 (Gladstone Post 71) vs Zone 3 (Menominee Post 146 - 3d place Z5)
(3) Zone 4 (Gaylord Baseball Club) vs Winner G1
(4) Host (Gladwin Post 171/A) vs Winner G2

*Friday July 28 -
G5 9:00am - Loser G2 vs Loser G3
G6 Loser G1 vs Loser G4
G7 Winner G5 VS Winner G6
G8 Winner G3 VS Winner G4

*Saturday July 29 -
G9 9:00 - Loser G8 (1 loss) vs Winner G7 (1 loss)
G10 - Winner G8 (no losses) vs Winner G9 (1 loss) - Championship/1

*Sunday July 30 -
G11 NOON (if necessary) - Winner G10 (1 loss) vs Loser G10 (1 loss)
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