08/09 - 2018 American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional unofficial update - August 9, 2018

08/09 - 2018 American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional unofficial update - August 9, 2018

Below are some (unofficial) notes on the Great Lakes Regional and the other regionals. Most - if not all - regional games should have "on-line" coverage, while the World Series will be carried by ESPNU / ESPN3 live. Other regional W-L standings are AFTER media links for the Great Lakes teams.

Radio / Internet coverage - WZOQ (Ottawa, OH) - https://www.zsportslive.com/

2018 American Legion Baseball Regionals (August 8-12) - the eight winners advance to the 2018 American Legion World Series in Shelby, NC (August 16-12)

2018 American Legion World Series - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018alws

Live television coverage by ESPNU and ESPN3

2018 American Legion Regional "hub" - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/

*Team rosters (a maximum of 18 players each) were frozen in late June - there are no "pick-up" players. Team rosters may be viewed at https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams (select the state and then the post). This site also indicates the number of registered teams by state.

*Region 5: Great Lakes Region (IL - 2 teams, IN, MI, OH - 2 teams, WI - 2 teams)

Host - Napoleon, OH - Post 300

Location - Mercy Field in Toledo, OH (525 S Holland Sylvania Rd, Toledo, OH 43615)

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018region5

Wisconsin - Sheboygan Post 83 (1-0)

Michigan - Midland Post 165 (1-0)

Indiana - Terre Haute Post 346 (1-0)

Illinois - Danville Post 210 (1-0)

Illinois - Mt. Prospect Post 525 (0-1)

Wisconsin - Eau Claire Post 53 (0-1)

Ohio - Circleville Post 134 (0-1)

Ohio - Napoleon Post 300 (0-1)

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Concessions at Mercy Field are (in my opinion) quite good;

Coffee stop - Strachn Bakery (759 S Holland Sylvania Rd, Toledo, OH 43615);

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Thursday 08/09 -

+G5 / 11am - Eau Claire, WI Post 53 / Circleville, OH Post 134 - elimination game

+G6 / after - Mt. Prospect, IL Post 525 / Napoleon, OH Post 300 - elimination game

+G7 / 4:30 - Midland, MI Post 165 / Sheboygan, WI Post 83

+G8 / after - Terre Haute, IN Post 346 / Danville, IL Post 210

High school affiliations are by me (Jim) and therefore subject to error!

Wednesday 08/08 -

+G1 - Midland Berryhill Post 165-4, Eau Claire Post 53-0 - Jim's unofficial scoring

*Midland Berryhill/165 (4-7-0); SP/WP-Garrett Willis (Midland/18; 7ip/cg, 0R, 3H, 2BB, 9K, 1-HBP); 2H (Seth Gower (Bay City Western/18); Brandon Smith (Saginaw Heritage/18)); 3B (Nick Dardas (Bay City Western/19)); 2B (Gower; Smith);

*Eau Claire/53 (0-3-0); SP/LP-Levi Schaller (Eau Claire Emmanuel Luther/18; 2-2/3ip, 3R/3er, 4H, 3BB, 3K); 2nd-Draeson Marcoux (Eua Claie Memorial/18; 2=1/3ip, 1R/1er, 2H, 1BB, 2K); 3rd-Logan Rasmussen (Eau Claire North/19; 1ip, 0R, 1H); 2H (Jaxson Kostka (Eau Claire Regis/18)); 2B (Kostka);

*Jim's notes: Eau Claire got the lead-off batter on base in the 1st, 5th, 6th and 7th but could not get anyone past 2nd base. Midland Berryhill got RBIs from Zach Nelson, Martin Money, Seth Gower and Brandon Smith.

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+G2 - Terre Haute Post 346-5, Mt Prospect Post 525-1 - Jim's unofficial scoring

*Terre Haute/346 (5-8-1); SP/WP-Luke Lancaster (Northview/17; 7ip/cg, 1R/0er?, 6H, 2BB, 3K); 2H (Connor Brown (Terre Haute South/18)); 2RBI (Connor Brown); 2B (Ryan Brown (West Vigo/19); Cameron Cook (Terre Haute South/18); Connor Brown; Austin Morris (Terre Haute South/17));

*Mt Prospect/525 (1-6-2); SP/LP-Patrick McKermitt (Loyola/18; 5ip, 4R/1er?, 6H, 1BB, 5K); 2nd-Joseph Coen (Rolling Meadows/18; 2ip, 1R/1er, 2H); 2H (Liam Blackburn (Maine West/20));

*Jim's notes: Connor Brown (Terre Haute/346) had a 2-out / 2-RBI double in the 4th; Mt Prospect/535's Patrick McKermitt picked TWO runners off first in the 1st inning;

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+G3 - Sheboygan Post 83-8, Centerville Post 134-6 - IScore

*Sheboygan/83 (8-15-2); SP-Nick Akstulewicz (Sheboygan North/18; 4-2/3ip); 2nd-Sal Parra (Sheboygan North/17; 2-1/3ip); 2H (Dylan Lidnow-4 (Sheboygan North/17); Brent Widder-3 (Sheboygan North/19); Lars Krugel-4 (Sheboygan South/19); Erik Johnson (Sheboygan North/17)); 2RBI (Lidnow-3); 3B (Lidnow); 2B (Krugel; Johnson);

*Circleville/134 (6-8-3); SP-Nick Salyer (Teays Valley/19; 2-2/3ip); 2nd-Kyle Wingo (Teays Valley/20; 4-1/3ip); 2H (Brett Carson (Teays Valley/18); Salyer); 2RBI (Salyer-3); 3B (Carson; Chris Conrad (Amanda-Clearcreek/17));

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+G4 - Danville Post 210-7, Napoleon Post 300-3 - IScore

*Napoleon/300 (3-6-1); SP/LP-Quincy Rhodes (Anthony Wayne/17; 3ip); 2nd-Ryan Mohr (Tinora/19; 3ip); 2H (Jason Beverly (Delta/18)); 2B (Luke Breininger (Fairview/17));

*Danville/210 (7-9-1); SP/WP-Chase Vinson (Oakwood/18; 5-1/3ip); 2nd?-Devonte Hicks (Danville/17); 3rd?-Gage Romack (Salt Fork/19; 1-2/3ip); 2H (Hicks; Austin Littleton (Paris/18)); 2B (Littleton; Noah Nelson (Danville/17));

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Media links -

*American Legion Regional updates - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018regionalrecaps

*Prep Baseball Report - https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/news/PBR/Great-Lakes-Regional-Returns-To-Ohio-3204918657

*Midland Daily News (Midland / Eau Claire) - https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Willis-s-shutout-carries-Berryhill-to-win-in-13141496.php

*Eau Claire Leader - Telegram (Midland / Eau Claire) - http://www.leadertelegram.com/Sports/2018/08/08/Legion-blanked-in-Great-Lakes-Regional-opener.html

*Northwest Signal (Napoleon / Danville) - https://www.northwestsignal.net/sports/article_449e1973-7511-5298-af28-26e83c334d1c.html

*Danville Commercial - News (Napoleon / Danville) - http://www.commercial-news.com/sports/local_sports/speakers-take-region-opener/article_a5408b73-a199-5acd-9fff-fe69c52718d5.html

*Circleville Herald (Circleville / Sheboygan) - https://www.circlevilleherald.com/sports/sheboygan-edges-circleville-in-great-lakes-opener/article_24908e55-a4d9-5e6c-b4de-97e28ba0850a.html

*Sheboygan Press (Sheboygan background) - https://www.sheboyganpress.com/story/sports/2018/08/07/american-legion-baseball-sheboygan-heads-great-lakes-regional/922444002/

*Terre Haute Tribune (Terre Haute background) - http://www.tribstar.com/sports/local_high_school_sports/post-s-riley-trio-used-to-big-tournaments/article_0507e183-b702-5b8c-947c-a95b3d0d50f7.html

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*Region 1: Northeast Region (CT - 2 teams, MA - 2 teams, ME, NH, RI, VT)

Host - Shrewsbury, MA - Post 397

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018region1

Connecticut - Southington Post 72 (0-1)

Connecticut - Ellington Post 62 (0-1)

Maine - Portland (1-0)

Massachusetts - Braintree Post 86 (1-0)

Massachusetts - Shrewsbury Post 397 (0-0)

New Hampshire - Rochester Post 7 (0-0)

Rhode Island - Cumberland Post 14 (0-1)

Vermont - Essex Post 91 (1-0)

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*Region 2: Mid-Atlantic Region (DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA - 2 teams, VA - 2 teams)

Host - Leesburg, VA - Post 34

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018region2

Delaware - Wilmington Post 1 (1-0)

New Jersey - Broad Street Park Post 313 (1-0)

Maryland - Severna Park Post 175 (1-0)

Virginia - Vienna Post 180 (1-0)

New York - Rockland Post 130 (0-1)

Pennsylvania - Spring City Post 602 (0-1)

Pennsylvania - Souderton Post 234 (0-1)

Virginia - Leesburg Post 34 (0-1)

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*Region 3: Southeast Region (AL, FL, GA, KY, NC, SC - 2 teams, WV)

Host - Asheboro, NC - Dixon Post 45

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018region3

Florida - Tallahassee Post 13 (1-0)

Alabama - Troy Post 70 (1-0)

Kentucky - Lyon County Post 68 (1-0)

North Carolina - Randolph Post 45 (0-0)

South Carolina - Chapin/Newberry Post 193/24 (0-0)

North Carolina - Wilmington Post 10 (0-1)

West Virginia Parkersburg Post 15 (0-1)

South Carolina - Sumter Post 15 (0-1)

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*Region 4: Mid-South Region (AR, KS, LA - 2 teams, MS, MO - 2 teams, TN)

Host - New Orleans, LA - Post 285

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018region4

Arkansas - Bryant Post 298 (1-0)

Mississippi - Tupelo Post 49 (1-0)

Louisiana - Gonzales Post 81 (1-0)

Missouri - Jefferson City Post 5 (1-0)

Missouri - Cape Girardeau Post 63 (0-1)

Tennessee - Columbia Post 19 (0-1)

Kansas - Salina Post 62 (0-1)

Louisiana - New Orleans Post 285 (0-1)

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*Region 6: Central Plains Region (IA, MN - 2 teams, ND - 2 teams, NE - 2 teams, SD)

Host - Dickinson, ND - Dickinson Parks & Recreation / Dickinson Baseball Club

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018region6

Iowa - Dubuque County Post 137 (1-0)

Nebraska - Omaha Post 1, Burke H.S. (1-0)

Nebraska - Millard West Post 374 (1-0)

North Dakota - West Fargo Post 308 (1-0)

Minnesota - New Brighton Post 513 (0-1)

Minnesota - Wayzata Post 118 (0-1)

North Dakota - Dickinson Post 3 (0-1)

South Dakota - Rapid City Post 22 (0-1)

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*Region 7: Northwest Region (AK, HI, ID, MT - 2 teams, OR, WA, WY)

Host - Missoula, MT - Missoula Mavericks Baseball

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018region7

Washington - Yakima Post 36 (1-0)

Idaho - Meridian Post 113 (1-0)

Wyoming - Cheyenne Post 6 (1-0)

Montana - Billings Post 4 (1-0)

Montana - Missoula Post 27 (0-1)

Oregon - Medford Post 15 (0-1)

Alaska - Juneau Post 25 (0-1)

Hawaii - Waipahu (0-1)

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*Region 8: Western Region (AZ, CA, CO - 2 teams, NV, NM, TX, UT)

Host - Denver, CO - Colorado ALB Association

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018region8

Nevada - Henderson Post 40 (1-0)

Colorado - Fort Collins Post 1879 (1-0)

Colorado - Greeley Legion Baseball (1-0)

Texas - League City Post 554 (1-0)

Arizona - Tucson Post 7 (0-1)

California - Petaluma Post 28 (0-1)

New Mexico - Albuquerque Post 13 (0-1)

Utah - Pleasant Grove Post 72 (0-1)

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