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)

Thursday, August 5, 2021

08/05/2021 - Jim's unofficial American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional - 08/05/2021

08/05/2021 - Jim's unofficial American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional - 08/05/2021

(I left out the American Legion World Series schedule)

AMERICAN LEGION Baseball Code of Sportsmanship
I WILL:
Keep The Rules
Keep Faith with My Teammates
Keep My TemperKeep Myself Fit
Keep A Stout Heart in Defeat
Keep My Pride Under in Victory
Keep A Sound Soul, A Clean Mind And A Healthy Body

REMINDER - this is all unofficial and subject to my age, eyesight, typing and information availability

#August 3-8 - American Legion Great Lakes Regional (Region 5) - Morgantown, WV
(West Virginia champion + Morgantown/WV Post 2 (host); Illinois champion + Runner-up; Indiana champion; Michigan champion; Ohio champion); - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region5
(*matchup for games 12-15 may be altered by rule - see region link)
Host - Morgantown/WV Post 2
Location - Dale Miller Field
Teams- (won-loss may not be completly accurate!) -
Host - Morgantown/WV Post 2 (13-9)
Illinois Champion - Rock Island/IL Post 200 (25-3)
Illinois Runner-up - Barrington/IL Post 158 (16-3)
Indiana Champion - Rockport/IN Post 254 (20-7)
Kentucky Champion - Owensboro/KY Post 9 (28-4)
Michigan Champion - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 (28-3-1)
Ohio Champion - Harrison/OH Post 199 / Yeager Benson (27-5)
West Virginia Champion - Bridgeport/WV Post 68 (16-6)
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Wednesday 08/04/2021 -

+08/04 G1 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165-7, Barrington/IL Post 158-1 -
(Midland / Barrington GameChanger)
(High school, grad years, colleges are my "best" guesses!)
*V Midland/165 (7-13-0 / 7-13-0); SP/WP-Danny Witbeck (RHP; Evart HS/21-Northwood - 6ip, 24bf; 1R/1er, 6H, 2BB, 1-HBP); 2P-Blake Waible (LHP; Bay City John Glenn HS/20-Grand Rapids CC - 1ip, 3bf; 0R, 1H); 2H (Al Money (Midland HS/21-Hope); Logan McCoy (Midland Dow HS/21-Hope); Griffin Clark (Midland HS/20-Chattanooga State CC); Derek Beougher (Bullock Creek HS/20-Saginaw Valley)); 2RBI (Clark; Avain Rivera (Midland Dow HS/20-Grand Rapids CC)); HR (Rivera (2R)); 3B (Al Warner (Clare HS/23)); 2B (Beougher);
*H Barrington/158 (1-7-2 / 1-7-3); SP/LP-Matt Vojack (South Barrington HS/21 - 5.2ip, 31bf; 6R/5er, 11H, 1BB, 6K, 1-HBP); 2P-Harley Thompson (Barrington HS/22 - 1.1ip, 7bf; 1R/1er, 2H, 2BB, 1K); 2H (Ryan Jenkins (Barrington HS/21); AJ Christoffer (Barrington HS/20-Rock Valley College);
*Jim's notes - (1) All of Midland/165's runs scored with two (2) out; (2) Every batter in the Midland/165 lineup had a hit; (3) Midland/165's starter (D. Witbeck) had no strikeouts and only 70 pitches in six (6) innings; (4) Midland/165 turned four (4) double plays;

+08/04 G2 - Owensboro/KY Post 9-6, Rock Island/IL Post 200-3 -
(Owensboro GameChanger)
(High school, grad years, colleges are my "best" guesses!)
*V Rock Island/200 (3-5-1); SP/LP-Chance Carrathers (Alleman HS/22; 6ip/cg, 30bf; 6R/4er, 10H, 3BB, 4K); 2B (Julian Harris (Rock Island HS/22));
*H Owensboro/9 (6-10-1); SP/WP-Cohl Proctor (RHP; Breckenridge County HS/22-5.1ip, 25bf; 3R/2er, 5H, 3BB, 6K); 2P/Save?-Braxton French (Owensboro HS/20-Southern Indiana-1.2ip, 7bf; 0R, 0H, 2BB, 2K); 2H (Braxton French (Owensboro HS/20-Southern Indiana); Brock Brubaker (Daviess County HS/22); Ethan Gibson (Owensboro HS/21-Southern Indiana)); 2RBI (French; Gibson-3); HR (Gibson (2R)); 3B (Brubaker); 2B ( Cohl Proctor (Breckenridge County HS/22));

+08/04 G3 - Rockport/IN Post 254-11, Bridgeport/WV Post 68-10
(High school, grad years, colleges are my "best" guesses!)
*V Bridgeport/68 (10-16-4); SP/LP-Conner Blake (RHP; Bridgeport HS/23; 1ip, 12bf; 8R/4er, 6H, 2BB); 2P-Benjamin McDougal (LHP; Bridgeport HS/22; 6ip, 27bf; 3R/3er, 2H, 5BB, 6K, 2-HBP); 2H (Cole Peschl-3 (East Fairmont HS/21-U of Charleston); Aiden Paulsen (Bridgeport HS/21); Austin Mann (Bridgeport HS/?); Francis Lopez (Robert C Byrd HS/21); Connor Buffington (Bridgeport/?)); 2RBI (Andrew Hogue (Bridgeport HS/21-Fairmont State)); HR (Lopez); 2B (Peschl; Paulsen; Grant Lowther (Robert C Byrd HS/21-Glenville State));
*H Rockport/254 (11-8-3); SP/nd-Jake Stuteville (RHP; South Spencer HS/21; 1ip, 4bf; 0R, 0H, 1BB); 2P/WP-Tanner Jennings (Tell City/22; 1ip, 7bf; 3R/3er, 5H); 3P/Save-Houston Compton (; 5ip, 30bf, 7R/7er, 11H, 2BB, 1K, 1-HBP); 2H (Jason Raaf-4 (South Spencer/22); 2RBI (Raaf-3);

+08/04 G4 - Harrison/OH Post 199 vs Morgantown/WV Post 2 - Suspended rain in 5th inning
(Morgantown / Harrison GameChanger)
(High school, grad years, colleges are my "best" guesses!)
(Note Harrison Post 199 is also "South West Ohio Yeager-Benson Post 199")

*V Morgantown/2 (); SP/??-Reed Bailey (LHP; Morgantown HS/22; 4.2ip, 15bf; 0R, 0H, 1BB, 6K);
2H (Tony Marsh (University HS/21)); 2B (Zach Owens (Morgantown HS/21-Davis & Elkins); Ethan Smith (Morgantown HS/21));

*H Harrison/199 (); SP/??-Damon Stock (Cincinnati Oak Hills HS/21-Tiffin; 5ip, 22bf; 3R/3er, 7H, 1BB, 1K, 1-HBP)

Thursday 08/05/2021 -
+08/05 G5 - Barrington/IL Post 158 (1L) vs Bridgeport/WV Post 6 (1L) - 9:30am - elimination
+08/05 G6 - Rock Island/IL Post 200 (1L) vs Loser/G4 (1L) - 12:30am - elimination
+08/05 G7 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 vs Rockport/IN Post 254 - 4pm
+08/05 G8 - Owensboro/KY Post 9 vs Winner/G4 - 7:30pm
Friday 08/06/2021 -
+08/06 G9 - Winner/G6 (1L) vs Loser/G7 (1L) - 11am - elimination
+08/06 G10 - Winner/G5 (1L) vs Loser/G8 (1L) - 4pm - elimination
+08/06 G11 - Winner/G7 (0L) vs Winner/G8 (0L) - 7pm
Saturday 08/07/2021 -
+08/07 G12* - Winner/G9 (1L) vs Loser/G11 (1L) - 4pm - elimination
+08/07 G13* - Winner/G10 (1L) vs Winner/G11 (0L) - 7pm
Sunday 08/08/2021 -
+08/08 G14* - Winner/G12 (1L) vs Winner/G13 (0L or 1L) - championship
+08/08 G25* - if necessary game
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Great Lakes Regional Teams -

*Host - Morgantown/WV Post 2

*Illinois Champion - Rock Island/IL Post 200

*Illinois Runner-up - Barrington/IL Post 158

*Indiana Champion - Rockport/IN Post 254

*Kentucky Champion - Owensboro/KY Post 9

*Michigan Champion - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165

*Ohio Champion - Harrison/OH Post 199 (Yeager Benson)

*West Virginia Champion - Bridgeport/WV Post 68

OTHER American Legion National Regions

#REGION 1 (Northeast) - Shrewsbury, MA Host - Shrewsbury Post 397
Departments (States) - CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT

#REGION 2 (Mid-Atlantic) - Asheboro, NC - Host - Randolph County Post 45
Departments (States) - DE, MD, NC, NJ, PA, VA

#REGION 3 (Southeast) - Pelham, Ala. - Host - tbd
Departments (States) - AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN

#REGION 4 (Mid-South) - Hastings, NE - Host - Hastings Post 11
Departments (States) - AR, CO, IA, KS, MO, NE

#REGION 5 (Great Lakes) - Morgantown, WV - see above
Departments (States) - IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WV

#REGION 6 (Central Plains) - Sioux Falls, SD - Host - Sioux Falls Post 15
Departments (States) - MN, ND, SD, WI

#REGION 7 (Northwest) - Gillette, Wyo - Host - tbd
Departments (States) - AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY

#REGION 8 (Western) - Fairfield, CA - Host - Fairfield Expos Baseball (OS)
Departments (States) - AZ, CA, HI, NM, NV, TX, UT

The 2021 American Legion World Series / August 11-17 - American Legion World Series - Shelby, NC - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021alws
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#Media items of interest (my selection) -
Social media sites abound, but they are too complex for me!

*The American Legion (08/05/2021) "2021 American Legion Baseball regionals: Day 1 roundup" by Richard Walker - https://www.legion.org/baseball/253273/2021-american-legion-baseball-regionals-day-1-roundup

*Midland Daily News (08/05/2021) "Great start: Berryhill wins regional opener 7-1" by Fred Kelly - https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Great-start-Berryhill-wins-regional-opener-7-1-16363349.php
*Midland Daily News (08/05/2021) "Second chance: Berryhill's (Nolan) Sanders making most of opportunity" by Fred Kelly - https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/highschool/article/Second-chance-Berryhill-s-Sanders-making-most-of-16365399.php

*Courier & Press (Rockport Post 254)

*WBOY Sports - https://www.wboy.com/sports/ (West Virginia)
*WBOY (08/05/2021) "Morgantown Post 2 heats up in Great Lakes opener before rain postponement, game resumes Thursday morning" by Abbie Backenstoe - https://www.wboy.com/sports/morgantown-post-2-heats-up-in-great-lakes-opener-before-rain-postponement-game-resumes-thursday-morning/
*WBOY (08/05/2021) "Bridgeport Post 68 gives up seven-run lead in the seventh inning of Great Lakes Regional Tournament opener" by Abbie Backenstoe - https://www.wboy.com/sports/bridgeport-post-68-gives-up-seven-run-lead-in-the-seventh-inning-of-great-lakes-regional-tournament-opener/

*WVNews (08/05/2021) "Bridgeport Post 68 loses dramatic game to open regional tournament" by Owen Krucoff - https://www.wvnews.com/sports/highschool/bridgeport-post-68-loses-dramatic-game-to-open-regional-tournament/article_5bac111c-f59c-11eb-9f8e-63369cce4c1c.html

*WVMetroTimes (08/05/2021) "Bailey shines, Morgantown Post 2 holds 3-0 lead when game halted in 5th" by Greg Carey - https://wvmetronews.com/2021/08/04/bailey-shines-morgantown-post-2-holds-3-0-lead-when-game-halted-in-5th/

*Quad City Times (08/04/2021) "Rock Island Legion loses opener" by staff - https://qctimes.com/rock-island-legion-loses-opener/article_a99d1e3b-8242-540d-9101-0764ec7bdbc3.html

*Indiana RBI (Baseball new & notes) by Steve Krah - www.IndianaRBI.com


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