2024 Department of Michigan Champions / awards

Midland Berryhill Post 165 - Class AA Champion
Marquette Post 44 - Class A Champion
George W. Rulon Player of the Year* - Cayden Smith (Midland Berryhill Post 165)
Michigan Player of the Year - Sean Parker (Adrian Post 275)
Robert Turner Memorial Scholarship - Nicklas Pantti (Marquette/MI Post 44)
Kiki Cuyler Award (AA) - Luke Lacourse (Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165)
Hal Newhouser Award (A) - Blake Walther (Marquette/MI Post 44)
Dr. Irvin L. Cowger RBI Memorial Award* - Nathan Ball (Midland Berryhill Post 165)
* = American Legion National Award
Michigan American Legion Baseball site - https://michiganlegion.org/baseball/

Michigan Zone 1 & 2 American Legion Baseball programs - 2024

Adrian Post 275 "G. Chandler Bond" (Zone 1)
Blissfield Post 325 "Robert Meachen" (Zone 1)
Hudson Post 180 "Hannan-Colvin" (Zone 1)
Stevensville Post 586 (Zone 2)
Three Oaks Post 204 “Randall Couchman” (Zone 2)
Trenton Post 426 “Harold J Chatell” (Zone 1)

Friday, August 10, 2018

08/10 - 2018 American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional unofficial update - August 10, 2018

08/10 - 2018 American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional unofficial update - August 10, 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.

Of passing interest - in the Connie Mack World Series four teams remain out of the 17 that started. Of the four, three teams (Southern California Renegades, Midland/OH Redskins and D-BAT Bonesio/TX) were "automatic qualifiers" who were in the "world series" based on past performance.

Radio / Internet coverage (all games) - WZOQ (Ottawa, OH) - https://www.zsportslive.com/
(It also looked like Terre Haute and Napoleon had radio or internet broadcasts of their own games)

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 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)
Michigan - Midland Post 165 (2-0)
Illinois - Danville Post 210 (2-0)
Wisconsin - Sheboygan Post 83 (1-1)
Wisconsin - Eau Claire Post 53 (1-1)
Ohio - Napoleon Post 300 (1-1)
Indiana - Terre Haute Post 346 (1-1)
xIllinois - Mt. Prospect Post 525 (0-2) - eliminated
xOhio - Circleville Post 134 (0-2) - eliminated
*
Concessions at Mercy Field are (in my opinion) quite good;
Coffee stop - Strachn Bakery (759 S Holland Sylvania Rd, Toledo, OH 43615)
*

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


Friday 08/10 -
+G9 / noon - Napoleon Post 300 (1 loss) vs Sheboygan Post 83 (1 loss) - elimination game
+G10 / 4pm - Eau Claire Post 53 (1 loss) vs Terre Haute Post 346 (1 loss) - elimination game
+G11 / 6pm - Midland Berryhill Post 165 (no losses) vs Danville Post 210 (no losses)

Thursday 08/09 -

+G5 - Eau Claire, WI Post 53-12, Circleville, OH Post 134-4 (eliminated) - Jim's unofficial stats
*Circleville/134 (4-9-0); SP/LP-Noah Cline (Teays Valley/18; 1+ip, 6R/6er, 6H, 2BB); 2nd-Brantlyn Anderson (Logan Elm/18; 4-1/3ip, 6R/6er, 7H, 3BB); 3rd-Jared Younkin (Teays Valley/17; 2/3ip, 0R, 1H, 1K); 2H (Nicolas Salyer-3 (Teays Valley/19); Travis Grim (Teays Valley/17)); 2RBI (Cline); HR (Cline/2R);
*Eau Claire/53 (12-14-2); SP/WP-Austin Selz (Eau Claire Memorial/18; 5-1/3ip, 4R/4er, 9H, 3BB, 2K); 2nd-Logan Rasmussen (Eau Claire North/19; 1-2/3ip, 0R); 2H (Zacharey Stange (Eau Claire North/17); Ethan Kjellberg-3 (Elk Mound/18); Jaxson Kostka-3 (Eau Claire Regis/18); Cooper Kapanke (Eau Claire Memorial/19)); 2RBI (Ryan Venne (Eau Claire Borth/18); Kjellberg; Kostka-4; Kapanke-3); HR (Venne/2R); 3B (Kostka); 2B (Kostka; Kapanke-2);
*Jim's unofficial notes: Circleville stareted strong with Noah Cline's 2-out / 2-run home run to left in the top of the 1st inning but could not hold the early lead. Eau Claire scored four runs in the 1st, 2nd and 6th innings - hitting for the "team cycle" (2-run home run by Ryan Venne; rbi triple by Jaxson Kostka; doubles from Kostka and Cooper Kapanke (2); and numerous singles;
*

+G6 - Napoleon, OH Post 300-9, Mt. Prospect, IL Post 525-8 (eliminated) - IScore (watched but did not keep score)
*Mt Prospect/525 (8-8-1); SP/nd-James Denten (Hersey/19; 5ip, 5R/5er, 4H, 7BB, 4K); 2nd-Tony Composto (Prospect/18; 1ip, 3R/2er, 2H, 2BB, 1K); 3rd/LP-Liam Blackburn (Maine West/20; 1R/1er, 2H, 1BB, 1-HBP); 2H (Matt Raymond-3 (Loyola/18); Denten); 2RBI (Raymond; Denten-3); 3B (Will Adamski (Hersey/19)); 2B (Denten);
*Napoleon/300 (9-8-3); SP/nd-Landon Willeman (Napoleon/20; 3-1/3ip, 8R/6er, 6H, 5BB, 7K); 2nd/WP-Spencer Giesige (Tinora/19; 3-2/3ip, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 2K); 2H (Parker Thiel (Hicksville/19); Luke Breininger (Fairview/17)); 2RBI (Jason Beverly (Delta/18)); 2B (Hunter Bostater (Fairview/19));
*Jim's unofficial notes: Mt Prospect took and early lead (8-3 after 4 innings) but Napoleon scored six runs in the last three innings to take a 9-8 walk-off win in an elimination game as Spencer Giesige threw 3-2/3 scoreless innings in relief for the win.
*

+G7 - Midland, MI Post 165-13, Sheboygan, WI Post 83-3 - 5 innings - IScore (watched but did not keep score)
*Midland Berryhill/165 (13-11-2); SP/WP-Adam Randall (Bay City Western/19; 6ip, 3R/2er, 4H, 2BB, 8K); 2H (Logan LaCourse-4 (Bay City Western/18)); 2RBI (Nicholas Dardas (Bay City Western/19); Martin Money (Midland HS/18)); 2B (Money; Brandon Smith (Saginaw Heritage/18); LaCourse);
*Sheboygan/83 (3-4-1); SP/LP-Ethan Scherg (Sheboygan North/19; 1-1/3ip, 7R/7er); 2nd-Erik Johnson (Sheboygan North/17; 2-2/3ip, 5R/5er); 3rd-Nathan Hendriske (Sheboygan County Christian HS/19; 1-2/3ip, 0R); 4th-Trey Klessig (Sheboygan South/19; 1/3ip); 2B (Brent Widder (Sheboygan North/19));
*Jim's unofficial notes: Midland Berryhill took an eary 7-1 lead and Sheboygan could not solve Adam Randall's pitch selection.
*

+G8 - Danville, IL Post 210-5, Terre Haute, IN Post 346-2 - 8 innings - IScore
*Danville/210 (5-8-2); SP/nd-Noah Nelson (Danville/17; 6ip, 2R/1er, 6H, 2BB, 5K); 2nd/WP-Gage Romack (Salt Fork/19; 2ip, 0R, 3K); 2H (Austin Littleton-3 (Paris/18); Chase Vinson (Oakwood/18)); 2RBI (Vinson); 3B (Nelson);
*Terre Haute/346 (2-6-2); SP/LP-Evan Newman (West Vigo/19; 8ip/cg, 5R/5er, 8H, no BB, 7K); 2H (Newman);
*

Wednesday 08/08 -
+G1 - Midland Berryhill Post 165-4, Eau Claire Post 53-0
+G2 - Terre Haute Post 346-5, Mt Prospect Post 525-1
+G3 - Sheboygan Post 83-8, Centerville Post 134-6
+G4 - Danville Post 210-7, Napoleon Post 300-3
* * *

Media links -
*American Legion Regional updates - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2018regionalrecaps
*Prep Baseball Report - nothing new
*Sheboygan Press - nothing new
*Terre Haute Tribune - nothing news
* * *

*Region 1: Northeast Region (CT - 2 teams, MA - 2 teams, ME, NH, RI, VT)
Host - Shrewsbury, MA - Post 397
Maine - Portland (2-0)
Massachusetts - Braintree Post 86 (2-0)
Connecticut - Southington Post 72 (1-1)
New Hampshire - Rochester Post 7 (1-1)
Rhode Island - Cumberland Post 14 (1-1)
Vermont - Essex Post 91 (1-1)
xConnecticut - Ellington Post 62 (0-2) - eliminated
xMassachusetts - Shrewsbury Post 397 (0-2) - eliminated
*
*Region 2: Mid-Atlantic Region (DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA - 2 teams, VA - 2 teams)
Host - Leesburg, VA - Post 34
Delaware - Wilmington Post 1 (2-0)
New Jersey - Broad Street Park Post 313 (2-0)
Maryland - Severna Park Post 175 (1-1)
Virginia - Vienna Post 180 (1-1)
Pennsylvania - Souderton Post 234 (1-1)
Virginia - Leesburg Post 34 (1-1)
xNew York - Rockland Post 130 (0-2) - eliminated
xPennsylvania - Spring City Post 602 (0-2) - eliminated
*
*Region 3: Southeast Region (AL, FL, GA, KY, NC, SC - 2 teams, WV)
Host - Asheboro, NC - Dixon Post 45
Kentucky - Lyon County Post 68 (2-0)
North Carolina - Randolph Post 45 (2-0)
Florida - Tallahassee Post 13 (1-1)
Alabama - Troy Post 70 (1-1)
West Virginia Parkersburg Post 15 (1-1)
South Carolina - Sumter Post 15 (1-1)
xSouth Carolina - Chapin/Newberry Post 193/24 (0-2) - eliminated
xNorth Carolina - Wilmington Post 10 (0-2) - eliminated
*
*Region 4: Mid-South Region (AR, KS, LA - 2 teams, MS, MO - 2 teams, TN)
Host - New Orleans, LA - Post 285
Arkansas - Bryant Post 298 (2-0)
Mississippi - Tupelo Post 49 (2-0)
Louisiana - Gonzales Post 81 (1-1)
Missouri - Jefferson City Post 5 (1-1)
Tennessee - Columbia Post 19 (1-1)
Louisiana - New Orleans Post 285 (1-1)
xMissouri - Cape Girardeau Post 63 (0-2) - eliminated
xKansas - Salina Post 62 (0-2) - eliminated
*
*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
North Dakota - West Fargo Post 308 (2-0)
Iowa - Dubuque County Post 137 (1-0) - postponed to Friday
Nebraska - Omaha Post 1, Burke H.S. (1-0) - postponed to Friday
Nebraska - Millard West Post 374 (1-1)
Minnesota - New Brighton Post 513 (1-1)
South Dakota - Rapid City Post 22 (1-1)
xMinnesota - Wayzata Post 118 (0-2) - eliminated
xNorth Dakota - Dickinson Post 3 (0-2) - eliminated
*
*Region 7: Northwest Region (AK, HI, ID, MT - 2 teams, OR, WA, WY)
Host - Missoula, MT - Missoula Mavericks Baseball
Washington - Yakima Post 36 (2-0)
Idaho - Meridian Post 113 (2-0)
Wyoming - Cheyenne Post 6 (1-1)
Montana - Billings Post 4 (1-1)
Alaska - Juneau Post 25 (1-1)
Hawaii - Waipahu (1-1)
xMontana - Missoula Post 27 (0-2) - eliminated
xOregon - Medford Post 15 (0-2) - eliminated
*
*Region 8: Western Region (AZ, CA, CO - 2 teams, NV, NM, TX, UT)
Host - Denver, CO - Colorado ALB Association
Texas - League City Post 554 (2-0)
Nevada - Henderson Post 40 (2-0)
Colorado - Fort Collins Post 1879 (1-1)
Colorado - Greeley Legion Baseball (1-1)
Arizona - Tucson Post 7 (1-1)
California - Petaluma Post 28 (1-1)
xNew Mexico - Albuquerque Post 13 (0-2) - eliminated
xUtah - Pleasant Grove Post 72 (0-2) - eliminated
*

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