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)

Saturday, July 19, 2025

07/19/25 - SECLMW - Michigan Zone 4/AA and Ohio Senior Region1 Tournament notes

 07/19/25 - SECLMW - Michigan Zone 4/AA and Ohio Senior Region1 Tournament notes

 Note that I dug out the high schools & grad years and they MAY NOT be correct! 

Two four team brackets for each, both sending two teams to states.  

In Ohio Region 1 Ottawa Post 63 defeated Pemberville Post 183 on Saturday to win the Region championship outright.  Ottawa will advance to the state tournament, while Pemberville will play a "play in" game against Chillicothe Post 757 (2nd place in Region 3) to see who will play in the State tournament.

In Michigan Big Rapids Post 98 defeated Bay City Post 18 on Saturday - both teams have one loss - and it appears that they will not play the "championship" game since both will advance to the State tournament.

#Michigan Zone 4 / Class AA - Mt Pleasant HS, Mt Pleasant, MI

Thursday July 17 -

G1 Bay City/MI Post 18 15 (14-7-1), Mt Pleasant/MI Post 110 10 (6-16-2)

G2 Linwood/MI Post 239 3 (20-9-1), Big Rapids/MI Post 98 2 (7-18-1) - 8 innings (Int tie-breaker)

G3 Big Rapids/MI Post 98 7 (7-18-1), Mt Pleasant/MI Post 110 6 (6-18-2) - elimination

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Friday July 18 -

G4 Bay City/MI Post 18 3 (15-7-1), Linwood/MI Post 239 2 (20-10-1)

*v Bay City/18: 1-1-0.0-0-1.0 = 3 (3-7-2) SP/WP-Owen Yens (North Branch/25; 6.2ip/27bf, 2R/2er, 5H, 1BB, 9K, 2-HBP); P2/SV-Quinten Leamon (Standish Sterling/25; 0.1ip/1bf, 0R, 1H); 2H (Standish Sterling/26; Rylee Blanchard); HR (R Blanchard); 2B (Brady Vannest (Midland/25); Connor Lasceski (Freeland/25));

*H Linwood/239: 2-0-0.0-0-0.0 = 2 (2-5-0) SP/nd-Caleb Emans (Standish Sterling/25; 3ip/17bf, 2R/2er, 6H, 2BB, 1K, 2-HBP); P2/LP-Robby Mularz (Freeland/27; 4ip/15bf, 1R/1er, 1H, 2BB, 4K); 3B (Mikey DeLuca (Bay City Western/25));

*Jim's note: Rylee Blanchard's leadoff home run the the top of the sixth inning was the go-ahead run.

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G5 Big Rapids/MI Post 98 10 (8-18-1), Linwood/MI Post 239 6 (20-11-1) - elimination

*v Big Rapids/98: 0-5-0.0-2-0.3 = 10 (10-13-2) SP/WP-Russell Toth (Newygo/25; 6ip/30bf, 4R/3er, 5H, 7BB, 1K); P2-Coby Franklin (Cadillac/25; 1ip/5bf, 2R/2er, 3H, 1-HBP); 2H (Ty Gielczyk (Big Rapids/25); Jon Losinski (Big Rapids/26); Caleb Somers 4 (Reed City/26); C Franklin; Lucas Johnson (Evart/25)); 2RBI (T Gielczyk 4; J Losinski; C Somers); 3B (L Johnson); 2B (C Somers; T Gielczyk);

*H Linwood/239: 1-2-0.0-1-0.2 = 6 (6-10-2) SP/LP-Mason Meier (Gladwin/25; 1.2ip/13bf, 5R/5er, 6H, 2BB, 1K); P2-Dane Alexander (Clare/27; 4.2ip/23bf, 4R/4er, 5H, 3BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P3-Westyn Bryant (Clare/24; 0/2ip/5bf, 1R/1er, 2H, 2BB); 2H (Nick Naylor (Bay City John Glenn/25); Connor Ritchie (Gladwin/25); W Bryant); 2RBI (C Ritchie 3); HR (C Ritchie); 2B (W Bryant 2; C Ritchie; N Naylor);

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Saturday July 19 -

G6 Big Rapids/MI Post 98 11 (9-18-1), Bay City/MI Post 18 10 (15-8-1) - 8inn/Int Tie-braker -

*v Bay City/18: 0-3-0.0-1-2.1-3 = 10 (10-9-2) SP/nd-Cam Parker (Essexville-Garber/25; 3ip/12bf, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 1K, 2-HBP); P2-Ty Yorton (Standish Sterling/25; 2ip/9bf, 3R/1er, 1H, 2BB, 1K); P3/LP-Braden Fluty (Elk Rapids/26; 2.1ip/18bf, 7R/7er, 5H, 5BB, 2K, 1-HBP); 2H (Quinton Leamon (Standish Sterling/25); B Fluty; Landon Nixon (Standish Sterling/27)); 2RBI (B Fluty; T Yorton); HR (B Fluty); 2B (Kale Koin (Standish Sterling/24-Mid Michigan); L Nixon; Q Leamon);

*H Big Rapids/98: 0-0-0.2-1-2.2-4 = 11 (11-6-1) SP/nd-Karsen Rehkopf (Big Rapids/26; 5ip/24bf, 4R/3er, 4H, 4BB, 6K); P2- Caleb Somers (Reed City/26; 2ip/14bf, 3R/3er, 4H, 5BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P3/WP-Coby Franklin (Cadillac/25; 1ip/6bf, 2R/2er, 2H); 2H (Aiden Anderson (Evart/26)); 2RBI (Jon Losinski (Big Rapids/26); A Anderson; K Rehkopf); 3B (A Anderson); 2B (A Anderson);

*Jim's note: Big Rapids Post 98's Lucas Johnson has a one-out RBI single to end the game in the bottom of the eighth inning - Big Rapids Post 98 scored four times in the bottom of the eighth.

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#Ohio ALB Region 1 - at Ottawa Memorial Park, Ottawa, OH

Region 1 Champion - Ottawa/OH Post 63

Wednesday July 16 - at Kalida Holy Name Ball Park (moved due to weather)

+G1 Ottawa/OH Post 63 4 (19-11), Pemberville/OH Post 183 “Steam” 2 (8-11)

+G2 Napoleon/OH Post 300 3 (20-11-1), Findlay/OH Post 3 2 (8-15-1?)

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Thursday July 17 -

+G3 Pemberville/OH Post 183 13 (9-11), Findlay/OH Post 3 8 (8-14-1) - elimination

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Friday July 18 -

+G4 Ottawa/OH Post 63 12 (20-11), Napoleon/OH Post 300 8 (20-12-1) - Jim's unofficial scoring

*v Ottawa/63: 3-6-0.2-0-0.0 = 12 (12-13-2-9lob) SP/WP-Austin Koch (Ottawa-Glandorf/25; 3ip/20bf, 5R/4er?, 5H, 4BB, 2K, 1-HBP; P2-Brayden Niese (Miller City/25; 1.1ip/7bf, 2R/0er?, 2H, 1BB); P3-Hunter Scott (Lima Perry/25; 2.2ip/14bf, 1R/1er, 3H, 3BB, 3K); 2H (Jayden Stechshulte (Ottawa-Glandorf/25); Ryan Mcgue 3 (Elida/25); Kyle Hopkins (Columbus Grove/25); Grant Leopold (Ottawa-Glandorf/26)); 2RBI (R Mcgue; G Leopold; Dalton Chiles (Lima Senior/24));

*H Napoleon/300: 1-3-1.0-2-0-1 = 8 (8-10-3-12lob) SP/LP-Cory Herman (Edgerton/25; 1.1ip/13bf, 7R/5er?, 6H, 1BB, 1K); P2-Mason McQuillin (Tinora/25; 1.2ip/14bf, 5R/5er, 5H, 3BB, 1K); P3-Hunter Bostelman (Tinora/25; 3ip/15bf, 0R, 2H, 1BB, 1K, 1-HBP); 2H (Noah Gomez 3 (Defiance/25); Zander Zeiter (Liberty Centra/25-Siena Heights); Owen Espinoza (Napoleon/25); Parker Woods (Napoleon/25)); 2RBI (N Gomez; Landon Amstutz (Liberty Center/24)); 2B (O Espinoza);

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+G5 Pemberville/OH Post 183 9 (9-11) , Napoleon/OH Post 300 5 (20-13-1) - elimination - G/C

*v Napoleon/300: 0-0-1.0-2-2.0 = 5 (5-7-1) SP/LP-Owen Lloyd (Ayersville/26; 3.1ip/16bf, 3R/3er, 5H, 3BB, 1K); P2-Zander Zeiter (Liberty Center/25-Siena Heights; 2.2ip/15bf, 6R/6er, 7H, 1BB, 1K); 2H (Landon Amstutz (Liberty Center/24-Owens CC); Kenneth Smeltzer 3 (Montpelier/26)); 2RBI (Noah Gomez (Defiance/25); Cohen Stockman (Defiance/25)); 3B (N Gomez); 2B (K Smeltzer; L Amstutz);

*H Pemberville/183: 1-0-1.5-0-2.x = 9 (9-12-3) SP/WP-Paul Lautzenheiser (Eastwood/25; 5ip/24bf, 5R/3er, 6H, 5BB, 2K); P2/SV-Braxton Mefferd (Perrysburg/25; 2ip/9bf, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 5K); 2H (Drew Tucker (Toledo St Francis/25); Drew Tajblik 4 (Lake/25); Nolan Hoover (Gibsonburg/25)); 2RBI (D Tucker; Noah Schacht (Oregon Clay/24-Ohio Dominican); D Tajblik 3); 3B (D Tajblik); 2B (N Schacht);

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Saturday July 19 -

G6 Championship - Ottawa/OH Post 63 11 (21-11), Pemberville/OH Post 183 8/7 (10-12) - G/C

*v Pemberville/183: 0-0-3.0-4-0.1/0 = 7/8 (7-7-2) SP/LP-Xander Greulich (Eastwood/24-Bluffton; 5.1ip/31bf, 10R/6er, 9H, 5BB, 3K); P2-Erich Hepler (Eastwood/27; 0.2ip/5bf, 1R/1er, 2H); 2H (Alex Spencer (Genoa/25)); 2RBI (Drew Tajblik (Lake/25); X Greulich); 2B (A Spencer; Drew Kachmarik (Eastwood/25));

*H Ottawa/63: 0-0-2.4-0-5.x = 11 (11-12-2) SP/nd-Kyle Hopkins (Columbus Grove/25; 5ip/25bf, 7R/3er, 6H, 3BB, 6K); P2/WP-Jon Pester (Miller City/26; 1ip/3bf, 0R, 0H); P3/SV-Brayden Niese (Miller City/25; 1ip/6bf, 1R/0er, 1H, 1BB); 2H (Jayden Stechshulte (Ottawa-Glandorf/25); Ryan Mcgue (Elida/25); Grant Leopold (Ottawa-Glandorf/26)); 2RBI (R Mcgue; Case Stegaman 3 (Van Wert/25)); 3B (C Stegaman); 2B (Ayden Hyitt (Crestview/25); C Stegaman; J Stechshulte; K Hopkins);

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