08/01 - Jim's unofficial notes on Michigan Class A American Legion Championship - Gladstone Post 71 wins!

08/01 - Jim's unofficial notes on Michigan Class A American Legion Championship - Gladstone Post 71 wins!

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ALWAYS unofficial and normally unaudited - check dates, times, locations - things change (and I do make typos) - feel free to send me corrections, complaints and information;

American Legion Awards (Michigan) -

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

Description - http://www.michiganlegion.org/assets/kikicuyler.pdf

Prior winners - http://www.michiganlegion.org/assets/kikicuyler_winners.pdf

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

Prior winners - http://www.michiganlegion.org/assets/halnewhousermvpaward.pdf

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

Description and Prior winners - http://www.michiganlegion.org/assets/turner-scholarship-list.pdf

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

Deacription - http://usascholarships.com/american-legion-baseball-scholarship/

2016 winners - https://www.legion.org/documents/legion/pdf/baseball2016_alb_state_scholarship_winners.pdf

*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);

#American Legion Baseball National Regional preview - https://www.legion.org/baseball/238629/legion-baseball-64-team-regional-tournament-field-announced

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

AABC Connie Mack North Central Region - Grand Rapids Diamonds/MI

PONY / Palomino North Zone Champion - CM Stars/MI

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

Champion - Gladstone Post 71

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

Prior winners - http://www.michiganlegion.org/assets/halnewhousermvpaward.pdf

Location - Wilmot Field / Gladwin HS, Gladwin MI

Host - Gladwin Post 171

*Teams -

Host - Gladwin Post 171/A

Zone 1 - Hancock Post186 / Copper Country Flames (Zone 5 2nd place)

Zone 2 - Hudson Post 180

Zone 3 - Menominee Post 146 (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/

Daily Mining Gazette - http://www.mininggazette.com/sports/local-sports/2017/07/ready-to-roll-2/

*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

*Thursday July 27 -

(1) Hancock Post 186-7 (1-0), Hudson Post 180-6 (0-1) - Jim's unofficial stats -

*V-Hancock/186 (7-8-2); SP/nd?-Hans Stimac (2-2/3ip, 2R/2er, 5H, 1BB, 2K, 1-HBP; Hancock/17); 2nd-Carter Crouch (1ip, 3R/2er, 3H, 2BB, 2K; Lake Linden/20); 3rd/WP?-Logan Fish (3-1/3ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 2BB, 2K; L'Anse/19); 2H (Fish-3); 2RBI (Fish-5; Stimac); HR (Fish/3R); 2B (Baily Ribich (Wakefield/18); Carter Nettell (Hancock/18); Brody Budweg (Hancock/17));

*H-Hudson/180 (6-10-1); SP/LP-John Kortz (7ip/cg, 7R/6er?, 8H, 2BB, 7K, 1-HBP; Napoleon/17); 2H (Griffin Reynard-3 (Sand Creek/19); Blake Borck (Hudson/19)); 2B (Reynard; Borck);

Media -

Adrian Daily Telegram - http://www.lenconnect.com/sports/20170728/local-american-legion-baseball-teams-begin-state-tournaments

(2) Menominee Post 146-2 (1-0), Gladstone Post 71-0 (0-1) - Menominee & Gladstone GameChanger

*V-Menominee/146 (2-4-0); SP/WP-Bryce Tharp (7ip/cg, 0R, 3H, 5BB, 4K; Stephenson/17); 2H (Jesuo Beccera (Stehenson/18));

*H-Gladstone/71 (0-3-2); SP/LP-Quinn Downey (7ip/cg, 2R/0er, 4H, 5BB, 9K; Gladstone/19); 2B (Noah Olsen (Gladstone/17));

Media -

RRN Sports (Menominee / Gladstone) - http://rrnsports.com/story.cfm?story=2849

(3) Gaylord Baseball Club-4 (1-0), Hancock Post 186-0 (1-1) - Hancock & Gaylord GameChanger

*V-Hancock/186 (0-0-0); SP/LP-Hans Stimac (6ip/cg, 4R/4er, 6H, 2BB, 1K; Hancock/17);

*H-Gaylord/458 (4-6-1); SP/WP?-Drew Long (2-1/3ip, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 2K; Gaylord St mary/18); 2nd-Brendan Mendolina (2-2/3ip, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 3K; Gaylord/18); 3rd-Levi Irish (2ip, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 2K; Gaylord/17); 2H (Adam Nowicki (Gaylord St Mary/16); Josh Nowicki (Gaylord St Mary/17); Charlie May (Gaylord/18)); 2RBI (May); 3B (Adam Nowicki); 2B (May);

(4) Menominee Post 146-14 (2-0), Gladwin Post 171/A-3 (0-1) - 6in - Gladwin GameChanger

*V-Menominee/146 (14-12-3); SP/nd-Nathan Nowack (1ip, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 2K; Menominee/16); 2nd/WP-Levi Kempka (5ip, 3R/1er, 6H, 5BB, 5K; Menoninee/17); 2H (Jason Janquart (Menominee/18); Jesus Becerra (Stephenson/18); Alex Hanson (Stephenson/18); Bryce Tharp (Stephenson/17); Joe Ebsch (Menominee/18); Kyle Porath (Menominee/18)); 2RBI (Hanson; Tharp; Ebsch); 3B (Janquart; Tharp); 2B (Janquart; Becerra; Hanson; Ebsch);

*H-Gladwin/171 (3-7-3); SP/LP-Aaron Weston (7bf, 7R/2er, 1H, 3BB, 1-HBP; Gladwin/17); 2nd-Tanner Mielke (6ip, 7R/5er, 11H, 1BB, 2K; Gladwin/19); 2H (Damien Leddy-3 (Gladwin/19)); 2B (Leddy);

Media -

Gladwin Record & Clarion phot slide-show - https://www.gladwinmi.com/gallery/american-legion-class-a-state-tournament/collection_9ca89f3c-73a0-11e7-b8ac-8bc194a226d5.html

*Friday July 28 -

Media -

RRNSports (all games) - http://rrnsports.com/story.cfm?story=2851

G5 - Gladstone Post 71-8 (1-1), Hancock Post 186-0 (1-2 / eliminated) - Hancock GameChanger

*V-Gladstone/71 (8-6-0); SP/WP-Elliot Danhoff (7ip/cg, 0R, 5H, 5BB, 7K; Gladstone/16); 2H (Braeden Lamberg-3 (Gladstone/18); Jack Stephenson (Gladstone/17)); 2RBI (Lamberg-4; Stephenson); 2B (Stephenson);

*H-Hancock/186 (0-5-0); SP/LP-Carter Nettell (4ip, 3R/3er, 4H, 7BB, 3K; Hancock/18) ; 2nd-Carter Crouch (3ip, 5R/5er, 2H, 7BB; Lake Linden/20); 2H (Crouch);

G6 - Hudson Post 180-11 (1-1), Gladwin Post 171/A-2 (0-2 / eliminated) - Gladwin GameChanger

*V-Hudson/180 (11-12-2); SP/WP-Griffin Reynard (7ip/cg, 2R/1er, 4H, 2BB, 5K, 3-HBP; Sand Creek/19); 2H (Reynard-3; Nick Hamlin (Vandercook Lake/17); Scott Boden (Hanover Horton/17); John Kortz (Napoleon/17)); 2RBI (Hamlin-3; Boden; Brady Kaufman (Sand Creek/18)); 2B (Dylan Roddy (Sand Creek/17); Boden-2; Drew French (Hanover Horton/17); Kortz; Kaufman);

*H-Gladwin/171 (2-4-10); SP/LP-Justin Greer (5ip, 9R/6er, 9H, 2BB, 2K, 1-HBP; Gladwin/18); 2nd-Chandler Worden (2ip, 2R/0er, 3H, 1BB, 2K; Gladwin/19); 2RBI (Damien Leddy (Gladwin/19));

G7 - Gladstone Post 71-10 (2-1), Hudson Post 180-6 (1-2 / eliminated) - Gladstone GameChanger

*V-Hudson/180 (6-13-0); SP/LP-Chad Sommers (6ip/cg, 10R/10er, 9H, 4BB, 3K, 1-HBP; Jonesville/18); 2H (Dylan Roddy (Sand Creek/17); Scott Boden (Hanover Horton/17); Blake Borck-3 (Hudson/19); Sommers); 2B (Roddy-2; Borck);

*H-Gladstone/71 (10-9-1); SP/WP-Brandon Cooper (7ip/cg, 6R/5er, 13H, 1BB, 2K; Gladstone/17); 2H (Braeden Lamberg-3 (Gladstone/18); Jack Stephenson (Gladstone/17)); 2RBI (Lamberg; Lucas Weinert (Gladstone/18); Tyson Seymour (Gladstone/17); Ben Schwalbach (Gladstone/17)); HR (Ben Schwalbach/2R); 2B (Noah Olsen (Gladstone/17));

Media -

Adrian Daily Telegram - http://www.lenconnect.com/sports/20170731/hudson-post-180-baseball-falls-at-class-state-tournament

G8 - Menominee Post 146-8 (2-0), Gaylord Baseball Club-6 (1-1) - Gaylord & Menominee GameChanger

*V-Gaylord/458 (6-9-2); SP/LP-Charlie May (5-1/3ip, 8R/6er, 7H, 4BB, 3K, 1-HBP; Gaylord/18); 2nd-Levi Irish (2/3ip, 0R, 1H, no BB; Gaylord/17); 2H (May; Irish; Brendan Mendolia (Gaylord/18)); 2RBI (Josh Nowicki-3 (Gaylord St Mary/17)); 2B (Irish);

*H-Menominee/146 (8-8-3); SP/nd-Nathan Nowack (5-2/3ip, 6R/4er, 7H, 4BB, 4K; Menominee/16); 2nd/WP-Jason Janquart (1-1/3ip, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 1-HBP; Menominee/18); 2H (Kyle Struve-3 (Wausaukee/19)); 2RBI (Jesus Becerra (Stephenson/18); 3B (Nowack); 2B (Janquart; Joey Ebsch (Menominee/18));

Media -

RRNSports (Menominee / Gaylord) - http://rrnsports.com/story.cfm?story=2852

*Saturday July 29 -

G9 - Gladstone Post 71-6 (3-1), Gaylord Baseball Club-2 (1-2 / eliminated) - Gaylord GameChanger

*V-Gladstone/71 (6-6-4); SP/WP-Tyson Seymour (7ip/cg, 2R/0er, 6H, 3BB, 2K; Gladstone/17); 2H (Ben Schwalbach (Gladstone/17)); 2B (Lucas Weinert (Gladstone/18); Ben Schwalbach; Jack Stephenson (Gladstone/17));

*H-Gaylord/458 (2-6-2); SP/LP-Brendan Mendolia (5ip, 5R/3er, 2H, 7BB, 7K, 2-HBP; Gaylord/18); 2nd-Drew Long (2ip, 1R/1er, 4H, 3BB, 1K; Gaylord St Mary/18); 2H (Jack Ryan-3 (Gaylord/17); Charlie May (Gaylord/18)); 2B (May);

G10 - Gladstone Post 71-9 (4-1), Menominee Post 146-6 (1 loss) - Menominee GameChanger

*V-Gladstone/71 (9-12-0); SP/WP-Owen Hanson (7ip/cg, 6R/6er, 8H, 1BB, 6K; Gladstone/18); 2H (Hunter Garling-3 (Gladstone/16); Den Schwalbach (Gladstone/17); Ian Schwalbach (Gladstone/20); Owen Hanson); 2RBI (Ben Schwalbach; Ian Schwalbach; Owen Hanson-4); HR (Owen Hanson/3R); 3B (Garling); 2B (Lucas Weinart (Gladstone/18); Garling; Ben Schwalbach; Ian Schwalbach);

*H-Menominee/146 (6-8-2); SP/LP-Jason Janquart (7ip/cg, 9R/9er, 12H, 3BB, 3K; Menominee/18); 2H (Jesus Becerra (Stephenson/18); Nathan Nowack-3 (Menominee/16); Jacob Rivard (Menominee/18)); 2RBI (Nowack-3; Bryce Tharp (Stephenson/17)); HR (Nowack/2R); 2B (Becerra; Tharp; Nowack);

Media -

RRNSports - http://rrnsports.com/story.cfm?story=2853

*Sunday July 30 -

G11 - Gladstone Post 71-15 (5-1), Menominee Post 146-2 (3-2) - CHAMPIONSHIP - Menominee GameChanger

*V-Gladstone/71 (15-10-2); SP/nd-Ian Schwalbach (2ip, 1R/1er, 0H, 5BB, 3K; Gladstone/20); 2nd/WP-Zach Hanson (4ip, 0R, 1H, 3BB, 2K; Gladstone/20); 3rd-Noah Olsen (4bf, 1R/1er, 3BB, 1-HBP; Gladstone/17); 4th-Ben Schwalbach (1ip, 0R, 0H, no BB, 2K; Gladstone/17); 2H (Braden Lamberg (Gladstone/18); Ben Schwalbach-3; Jack Stephenson (Gladstone/17)); 2RBI (Hunter Garling-4 (Gladstone/16); Ben Schwalbach-3; Stephenson-4; Elliott Danhoff (Gladstone/16)); HR (Garling/2R; Ben Schwalbach/2R); 3B (Stephenson); 2B (Lamberg);

*H-Menominee/146 (2-1-4); SP/LP-Alexander Hanson (5ip, 8R/8er, 6H, 5BB, 4K, 4-HBP; Stephenson/18); 2nd-Kyle Struve 92ip, 7R/5er, 4H, 2BB, 2K, 1-HBP; Wausaukee/19);

Media -

RRNSports - http://rrnsports.com/story.cfm?story=2856

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