08/07/2021 - Jim's unofficial American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional - 08/07/2021

08/07/2021 - Jim's unofficial American Legion Baseball Great Lakes Regional - 08/07/2021

Below you may find -

The Great Lakes Regional schedule, scores and notes;

List of Great Lakes Regional teams with links

Schedule of the 2021 American Legion World Series

Media coverage of the prior day's games

A list of the other Regionals with a link and the competing teams

AMERICAN LEGION Baseball Code of Sportsmanship

I WILL:

Keep The Rules

Keep Faith with My Teammates

Keep My Temper

Keep 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

Official box scores and statistics are available through each regional site provided by "StatBroadcast"

#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 completely accurate!) -

Host - Morgantown/WV Post 2 (13-9)

xIllinois Champion - Rock Island/IL Post 200 (25-3) - eliminated 08/05

Illinois Runner-up - Barrington/IL Post 158 (16-3)

Indiana Champion - Rockport/IN Post 254 (20-7)

xKentucky Champion - Owensboro/KY Post 9 (28-4) - eliminated 08/06

Michigan Champion - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 (28-3-1)

xOhio Champion - Harrison/OH Post 199 / Yeager Benson (27-5) - eliminated 08/06

xWest Virginia Champion - Bridgeport/WV Post 68 (16-6) - eliminated 08/05

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Wednesday 08/04/2021 -

+08/04 G1 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165-7, Barrington/IL Post 158-1

+08/04 G2 - Owensboro/KY Post 9-6, Rock Island/IL Post 200-3

+08/04 G3 - Rockport/IN Post 254-11, Bridgeport/WV Post 68-10

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Thursday 08/05/2021 -

+08/04 / 08/05 G4 - Morgantown/WV Post 2-3, Harrison/OH Post 199-2 - (completed on 08/05)

+08/05 G5 - Barrington/IL Post 158-4, Bridgeport/WV Post 68-3 - elimination

+08/05 G6 - Harrison/OH Post 199-3, Rock Island/IL Post 200-2 - elimination

+08/05 G7 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165-9, Rockport/IN Post 254-0 -

+08/05 G8 - Morgantown/WV Post 2-12, Owensboro/KY Post 9-2 (6 innings / 10 run rule)

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Friday 08/06/2021 -

+08/06 G9 - Rockport/IN Post 254-5, Harrison/OH Post 199-1 - elimination

(Harrison / Yeager-Benson GameChanger)

*V Harrison/199 (1-5-2); SP/LP-Austin Dennis (RHP; Cincinnati Oak Hills HS/21; 6ip/cg, 28bf; 5R/0er, 6H, 2BB, 4K, 1-HBP); 2H (Nathan Aug (Cincinnati Oak Hills HS/21));

*H Rockport/254 (5-6-1); SP/WP-Jake Stuteville (RHP; South Spencer HS/21; 5.1ip, 28bf; 1R/1er, 5H, 7BB, 5K); 2P-Spencer Sandage (Tell City/22; 1.2ip, 6bf; 0R, 0H, 2K);

*Note 1: Rockport/IN Post 254 scores 5 unearned runs in the 1^st inning - with one on, two out an infield error followed by a HBP and 4 consecutive singles before Harrison/199 could get the 3^rd out;

*Note 2: Rockport/IN Post 254's Jake Stuteville gave up seven (7) walks and five (5) hits but only allowed one (run) in 5-1/3 innings (28 batters);

+08/06 G10 - Barrington/IL Post 158-4, Owensboro/KY Post 9-1 - elimination

(Barrington / Owensboro GameChanger)

*V Barrington/158 (4-7-0); SP/WP-Daniel Hoffman (RHP; Barrington HS/22; 7ip/cg, 27bf, 1R/1er, 8K); 2H (Ryan Jenkins (Barrington HS/21); Logan Eisenbarth (Barrington HS/22)); 2B (Jimmy Koza (IMG Academy/22));

*H Owensboro/9 (1-7-5); SP/LP-Hunter Payne (Daviess County HS/21; 5.1ip, 25bf; 4R/1er, 5H, 3BB, 1K, 1-HBP); 2P-Brandon Davis (Ohio County HS/21;2/3ip, 4bf; 0R, 1H); 3P-Derek Hall (Owensboro HS/20; 1ip, 3bf; 0R, 1H); 2H (Harrison Bowman-3 (Apollo/21); Ethan Gibson (Owensboro/21));

*Note 1: Barrington/IL scored four (4) runs in the 1^st - the first four batter reached safely for one run, then a one-out error scored three more runs;

+08/06 G11 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165-7, Morgantown/WV Post 2-3 -

(Midland / Morgantown GameChanger)

*V Midland/165 (7-7-2 / 7-9-2);

SP/??-DJ (Dylan) Thompson (RHP; Alma HS/22; 6ip, 28bf; 3R/2er, 7H, 2BB, 5K, 3-HBP); 2P/Save-Brady Krysiak (RHP; Bay City John Glenn HS/23; 1ip, 4bf; 0R, 2H); 2H (Al Money (Midland HS/21-Hope); Avain Rivera (Midland Dow HS/20-Grand Rapids CC)); 2RBI (Money); 2B (Derek Beougher (Bullock Creek HS/20-Saginaw Valley); Money-2; Rivera);

*H Morgantown/2 (3-9-2 / 3-9-3); SP/LP-Zach Harman (University HS/23; 5.2ip, 29bf; 5R/4er, 6H, 5BB, 5K); 2P-Caleb Cottle (Morgantown HS/23; 1.1ip, 8bf; 2R/2er, 3H, 1BB, 1K); 2H (Zach Owens (Morgantown HS/21-Davis & Elkins); Ty Galusky (Morgantown HS/23)); 2B (Cody Thomas (University HS/23));

*Note 1: Brady Krysiak entered the game for Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 in the 7^th with three on and no outs - Morgantown/WV Post 165 scored once then got an infield fly and a game-ending double-play.

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Saturday 08/07/2021 -

+08/07 G12* - Rockport/IN Post 254 (1L) vs Morgantown/WV Post 2 (1L) - 4pm - elimination

+08/07 G13* - Barrington/IL Post 158 (1L) vs Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 (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

ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/wv/302838

Team site - https://morgantownpost2.com/

*Illinois Champion - Rock Island/IL Post 200

ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/il/101688

*Illinois Runner-up - Barrington/IL Post 158

ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/il/303307

*Indiana Champion - Rockport/IN Post 254

ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/in/3020252

*Kentucky Champion - Owensboro/KY Post 9

ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/ky/305586

*Michigan Champion - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165

ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/mi/163718

Team site - https://midlandberryhill.wixsite.com/midlandberryhill

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

ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/oh/3023798

Team site - https://post199.org/home/programs/baseball/about-j-b-yeager-baseball

*West Virginia Champion - Bridgeport/WV Post 68

*ALB link - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2021/wv/303220

The 2021 American Legion World Series (removed today (08/06))

August 11-17 - American Legion World Series - Shelby, NC - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021alws

(2 - four team pools, winner & runnerup play semifinal)

*Stars Pool -

Region 6: Central Plains Region (MN, ND, SD, WI)

Region 2: Mid-Atlantic Region (DE, MD, NC, NJ, PA, VA)

Region 3: Southeast Region (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN)

Region 8: Western Region (AZ, CA, HI, NM, NV, TX, UT)

*Stripes Pool -

Region 5: Great Lakes Region (IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WV)

Region 4: Mid-South Region (AR, CO, IA, KS, MO, NE)

Region 1: Northeast Region (CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT)

Region 7: Northwest Region (AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)

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Thursday 08/12/2021 - pool
+08/12 G1 - Central Plains vs Western - 10am

+08/12 G2 - Mid-South vs Northeast - 1pm

+08/12 G3 - Great Lakes vs Northwest - 4pm

+08/12 G4 - Southeast vs Mid-Atlantic - 7:30pm

Friday 08/13/2021 - pool

+08/13 G5 - Central Plains vs Southeast - 4pm

+08/13 G6 - Mid-Atlantic vs Western - 7pm

Saturday 08/14/2021 - pool

+08/14 G7 - Mid-South vs Northwest - 1pm

+08/14 G8 - Great Lakes vs Northeast - 4pm

+08/14 G9 - Southeast vs Western - 7:30pm

Sunday 08/15/2021 - pool

+08/15 G10 - Mid-South vs

Monday 08/16/2021 - semifinals

+08/16 G13 - Winner/Stripes vs Runner-up/Stripes - 4pm

+08/16 G14 - Winner/Stripes vs Runner-up/Stars - 7pm

Tuesday 08/17/2021 - Championship

+08/17 G15 - Winner/13 vs Winner/G14 - 6:30pm

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#Media items of interest (my selection) -

Social media sites abound, but they are too complex for me!

*The American Legion - https://www.legion.org/baseball

*The American Legion (08/06/2021) "2021 American Legion Baseball regionals: Day 2 roundup" by Richard Walker - https://www.legion.org/baseball/253303/2021-american-legion-baseball-regionals-day-2-roundup (reacp of Thursday 08/05)

*Midland Daily News (08/07/2021) "Closing in: Berryhill two wins from regional title" by Fred Kelly - https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/Closing-in-Berryhill-two-wins-from-regional-title-16370958.php (Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 remains undefeated at the Great Lakes Regional by defeating Morgantown/WV Post 2 7-3 on Friday night);

*WVMetroNews (08/07/2021) "Midland Post 165 tops Morgantown Post 2, 7-3, to move into driver’s seat of tournament" by Greg Cary - https://wvmetronews.com/2021/08/06/midland-post-165-tops-morgantown-post-2-7-3-to-move-into-drivers-seat-of-regional-tournament/

*Dominion Post (08/07/2021) "Michigan champ hands Post 2 its first loss in Great Lakes regional tournament" by Mark Schraf - https://www.dominionpost.com/2021/08/06/michigan-champ-hands-post-2-its-first-loss-in-great-lakes-regional-tournament/

*WDTV (08/07/2021) "Morgantown Post 2 falls to Michigan in Great Lakes Regional Tournament" by Casey Kay - https://www.wdtv.com/2021/08/07/morgantown-post-2-falls-michigan-great-lakes-regional-tournament/ (video article)

*Messenger-Inquirier "Bombers fall 4-1 at Great Lakes regional" by Joseph Russell - https://www.messenger-inquirer.com/sports/local/bombers-fall-4-1-at-great-lakes-regional/article_7bd533fb-38ac-5eb3-bd5e-4fe7b4587695.html (Owensboro/KY Post 9 eliminated by Barrington/IL Post 158 4-1)

*WBOY Sports - https://www.wboy.com/sports/ (West Virginia)

*WBOY (08/07/2021) "Morgantown Post 2 falls to Midland (MI) in Great Lakes Regional Tournament quarterfinals " by Ryan Decker - https://www.wboy.com/sports/morgantown-post-2-falls-to-midland-mi-in-great-lakes-regional-tournament-quarterfinals/

(video article)

*WVNews

*Owensboro Times

*Quad City Times

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

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OTHER American Legion National Regions

#REGION 1 (Northeast) - Shrewsbury, MA Host - Shrewsbury Post 397

Departments (States) - CT, MA, ME, NH, NY, RI, VT

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region1

Connecticut: Windsor Locks Post 36
Maine: Bangor Post 75
Massachusetts: Beverly Post 331
New Hampshire: Portsmouth Post 6
New York: Hamburg Post 527
Rhode Island: Newport Post 18
Vermont: Essex Junction Post 91
HOST: Shrewsbury Post 397 - 2019 ALWS qualifier

#REGION 2 (Mid-Atlantic) - Asheboro, NC - Host - Randolph County Post 45

Departments (States) - DE, MD, NC, NJ, PA, VA

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region2

Delaware: Wilmington Post 1 - 2018 ALWS champion
Maryland: Ridge St. Mary's Post 255
North Carolina: Fuquay-Varina Post 116
New Jersey: Allentown (OS)
Pennsylvania: Pottstown Norchester (OS)
Pennsylvania (B): Harrisburg Paxton Post 370
Virginia: Chesapeake Post 280
HOST: Randolph County Post 45 - 2019 ALWS qualifier

#REGION 3 (Southeast) - Pelham, Ala. - Host - tbd

Departments (States) - AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TN

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region3

Alabama: Troy Post 70
Florida: Tallahassee Post 13
Georgia: Covington Post 32
Louisiana: New Orleans Post 285
Mississippi: Tupelo Post 49
South Carolina: Florence Post 1
Tennessee: Columbia Post 19
HOST: Shelby County Post 555

#REGION 4 (Mid-South) - Hastings, NE - Host - Hastings Post 11

Departments (States) - AR, CO, IA, KS, MO, NE

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region4

Arkansas: Cabot Post 71
Colorado: Grand Junction (OS)
Iowa: Dubuque County Post 137
Kansas: Pittsburg Post 64
Missouri: Washington Post 218
Missouri (B): Oak Grove Post 379
Nebraska: Gretna Post 216
HOST: Hastings Post 11

#REGION 5 (Great Lakes) - Morgantown, WV - see above

Departments (States) - IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WV

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region5

#REGION 6 (Central Plains) - Sioux Falls, SD - Host - Sioux Falls Post 15

Departments (States) - MN, ND, SD, WI

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region6

Minnesota: Osseo Post 172
Minnesota (B): Hopkins Post 320
North Dakota: West Fargo Post 308
North Dakota (B): Fargo Post 400
South Dakota: Renner Post 307
Wisconsin: De Pere (OS)
Wisconsin (B): La Crosse Post 52
HOST: Sioux Falls Empire Baseball (OS)

#REGION 7 (Northwest) - Gillette, Wyo - Host - tbd

Departments (States) - AK, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region7

Alaska: Eagle River
Idaho: Idaho Falls Post 56 - 2019 ALWS Champion
Montana: Helena Post 2
Montana (B): Billings Royals Post 4
Oregon: Eugene (OS)
Washington: Yakima Valley (OS)
Wyoming: Cheyenne Post 6
HOST: Gillette Post 42

#REGION 8 (Western) - Fairfield, CA - Host - Fairfield Expos Baseball (OS)

Departments (States) - AZ, CA, HI, NM, NV, TX, UT

link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2021region8

Arizona: Boulder Creek (OS)
California: Petaluma Post 28
Hawaii: Honolulu (OS)
Nevada: Henderson Southern Nevada Post 40
New Mexico: Rio Grande (OS)
Texas: League City Post 554
Utah: Herriman Post 40
HOST: Fairfield Expo Baseball (OS)

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