06/09/25 Tawa Run Baseball Tournament (day 3) - Ottawa, OH hosted by Ottawa Post 63 (Fighting 63rd)

06/09/25 Tawa Run Baseball Tournament (day 3) - Ottawa, OH hosted by Ottawa Post 63 (Fighting 63rd)

(scheduled 4 game minimum, max 6 games)

SECLMW's unofficial schedule / notes -

Dates: Friday June 6 - Sunday June 8

Locations (sites are about 10 minutes apart) -

Memorial Field at Memorial Park - 730 N Locust St, Ottawa, OH 45875

*Ottawa-Glandorf Athletic Complex - 247 Easthaven Dr, Ottawa, OH 45875, USA

Concessions - Yes - hamburgers, hot dogs, pickles and more!

Rest Rooms - There are restrooms near both locations;

Teams -

1 - Blissfield/MI Post 325 (5-0)

2 - Ottawa/OH Post 63 (4-1)

3 - Adrian/MI Post 275 (3-1-1)

4 - Findlay/OH Post 3 (1-3-1)

5 - Sidney/OH Post 217 (0-4)

5 - Columbus/OH Post 532 (0-4)

Jim's scoring - I make my choices (hit & errors) and don't dwell on them. So don't think my stats are “undonditionally” right or wrong. Earned runs are spotty - I make my best guess.

If I didn't score the game I'm using GameChanger as available.

Time limit: 2 hours for Friday games

Mercy: 13 runs after 4 innings

(schools may be incorrect)

Sunday June 8 -

Championship - Blissfield/MI Post 325 14, Ottawa/OH Post 63 12 - Blissfield/325 GameChanger

*v Blissfield/325: 2-2-2.0-1-3.4 = 14 (14-15-2) SP/nd-Jayden Ramsey (Ypsilanti Lincoln; 1.1ip/8bf, 3R/2er, 1H, 3BB, 1K); P2-Nate Stevens (Ottawa Lake Whiteford; 0.2ip/5bf, 2R/2er, 2H, 2BB, 1K); P3/WP-Dave Jones (Ypsilanti Lincoln; 3ip/15bf, 2R/2er, 3H, 2BB, 5K, 1-HBP); P4-Drew Bradley (?; 2ip/15bf, 5R/3er, 5H, 3BB, 1K); 2H (Dan Call 3 (Brighton); D Bradley; J Ramsey 4; N Stevens 3); 2RBI (J Ramsey 4; N Stevens 4); 3B (N Stevens); 2B (D Call);

*H Ottawa/OH Post 63: 3-0-2.2-0-3.2 = 12 (12-11-2) SP/LP-Case Stegaman (Van Wert; 1.2ip/11bf, 4R/3er, 4H, 1BB, 1-HBP); P2-Brayden Niese (Miller City; 4.1ip/26bf, 6R/6er, 9H, 3BB, 2K, 2-HBP); P3-R Miller (?; 1ip/8bf, 4R/0er, 2H, 2BB); 2H (Kyle Hopkins 4 (Columbus Grove); Hunter Scott (Lima Perry); Jayden Stechschulte 3 (Ottawa-Glandorf)); 2B (J Stechschulte; K Hopkins);

Semifinal 1 - Ottawa/OH Post 63 7, Findlay/OH Post 3 3 - Jim's eyeball

*v Findlay/3: 0-0-0.0-0-3.0 = 3 (2-4-2-5lob) SP/LP-Caden Fritz (Seneca East; 3.2ip/20bf, 7R/2er?, 5H, 3BB, 2K); P2-Luke Crates (Findlay; 2ip/11bf, 0R, 3H, 3BB, 1K); P3-Payton Longnecker (1/3ip/1bf, 0R, 0H, 1K); 2RBI (Grady Mason (Van Buren)); 2B (Kellen Frankart (Hopewell-Loudon);

*H Ottawa/63: 0-0-2.5-0-0.x = 7 (7-8-1-7lob) SP/WP-Kyle Hopkins (Columbus Grove; 7ip-CG/29bf, 3R/3er, 4H, 3BB, 5K); 2H (Case Stegaman (Van Wert)); 2RBI (Stegaman; Brendan Barlage (Miller City); Hunter Scott (Lima Perry));

Jim's notes: A close game thru 3-1/2 innings, but Ottawa Post 63 scored five runs (all unearned) in the bottom of the fourth - all with two out and the bases empty - two walks, an infield error, another walk and three RBI singles by Stegaman, Barlage and Hunter Scott. Kyle Hopkins threw a complete game. Caden Fritz started for Findlay and took the loss but only gave up two earned runs - Kellen Frankart had a double and Grady Mason two RBI. For Ottawa Stegaman had two his and two RBI, Barlage and Hunter Scott had two RBI each.

Semifinal 2 - Blissfield/MI Post 325 5, Adrian/MI Post 275 2 - Jim's eyeball

*v Adrian/275: 0-0-0.1-1-0.0 = 2 (2-5-1-9lob) SP/LP-Carter Arbuckle (Concord/24-Adrian; 5ip/26bf, 5R/5er, 8H, 2BB, 2K, 2-HBP); P2-Miles Frank (Adrian Madison/24-Albion; 1ip/5bf, 0R, 0H, 2BB, 2K); 2H (Tristan Hayes 3 (Adrian/24-Adrian)); 2B (T Hayes);

*H Blissfield/325: 0-3-0.1-1-0.x = 5 (5-8-0-8lob) SP/WP-Cole Cryan (Otsego/OH/26; 3.2ip/17bf, 1R/1er, 1H, 5BB, 6K); P2-Casey Monroe (Carleton Airport/25; 2ip/9bf, 1R/1er, 2H, 1BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P3-David Jones (Ypsilanti Lincoln/24-Jackson; 1.1ip/6bf, 0R, 2H, 2K); 2H (Dan Call (Brighton/24-Northwestern Ohio); Zayne Emch (Otawa Lkae Whiteford/26); 2RBI (Jayden Ramsey 3 (Ypsilanti Lincoln)); 2B (Brennan Runyon (Monroe SMCC/25-Adrian); Z Emch; J Ramsey);

Jim's notes: The key moment(s) came in the bottom of the second when with two out Jayden Ramsey doubled to drive in two runs followed by Dan Call's RBI single to bering Ramsey home to give Blissfield a 3-0 lead. Blissfield scored two more runs on sacrifice flys by Ramsey and Lincoln Bucher. Tristan Hayes had a double and two singles for Adrian; Carter Arbuckle started - 5 innings, 5 runs on 8 hits - and got the loss while Miles Frank threw a scoreless sixth inning.

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Saturday June 7 -

G7 - Blissfield/MI Post 325 13 (3-0), Westerville/OH Post 532 1 (0-6) - 5inn

*v Blissfield/325 (13-7-1) SP/WP J Cheney (5ip-cg/21bf, 1R/0er, 1H, 2BB, 7K, 2-HBP); 2H (N Morse 3; ); 2RBI (N Stevens); 2B (J Ramsey; N Morse);

*H Columbus/532 (1-1-3) SP/LP M Carroll - 5 pitchers used (5ip/40bf, 13R/8er, 6H, 12BB, 1K, 5-HBP); Single (D Byrd);

G8 - Adrian/MI Post 275 0 (2-0-1), Findlay/OH Post 3 0 (0-2-1) - tie 7inn - Jim's eyeball -

*v Findlay/3 (0-4-0-10LOB) SP/nd-Kenyon McQueen (4ip/21bf, 0R, 5H, 5BB, 5K, 1-HBP); P2/nd-Devon Miller (3ip/13bf, 0R, 1H, 3BB. 3K); Single (Tranton Smith; Caine McDonald; Brady Lance; Luke Long);

*H Adrian/275 (0-6-1-13LOB) SP/nd-Tristan Hayes (6ip/26bf, 0R, 3H, 1BB, 7K, 4-HBP); P2/nd-Miles Frank (1ip/5bf, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 1K); 2H (Cameron Sherwood0; Single (Hayes; Max Bledsoe; Jalen Seltzer; Jordan Medellin);

Jim's notes: “Do not Pass Third” - Adrian got a runner to third base in 6 of the 7 innings and Findlay twice but neither team could get a runner home. Kenyon McQueen went four innings for Findlay stranding nine Adrian baserunners and Devon Miller threw the last three innings stranding four more. Adrian's Tristan Hayes went six innings stranding eight and Miles Frank pitched a scoreless seventh. The game ended on the time limit.

G9 - Ottawa/OH Post 63 5 (), Sidney/OH Post 217 3 (1-4) - Sidney GameChanger

*v Sidney/217 (3-6-3) SP/LP-K Green (5ip/27bf, 5R/3er, 6H, 5BB, 6K); P2-L Branam (1ip/3bf, 0R, 1H, 1K); 2H (S Goubeaux);

*H Ottawa/63 (5-7-1) SP/WP-#8/Austin Koch? (6ip, 24bf, 0R, 2H, 3BB, 12K, 1-HBP); P2-#23/Mitchell Schroeder? (1ip, 3R/2er, 4H, 1K, 1-HBP); 2H (#11/Case Stegaman?);

G10 - Findlay/OH Post 3 5 (1-2-1), Sidney/OH Post 217 2 (1-5) - Jim's eyeball

*v Sidney/217: 0-0-0.0-2-0.0 = 2 (2-10H-2-12LOB) SP/LP-Chase Monnin (6ip-CG/31bf, 5R/2er?, 10, 1BB, 4K); 2H (Noah Aufderhaar; Caleb Davis); 2B (Atley Zerkle);

*H Findlay/3: 0-1-0.0-1-3.x = 5 (5-10-2-8LOB) SP/nd-Kellen Frankart (5.1ip/28bf, 2R/2er, 9H, 1BB, 5K, 2-HBP); P2/WP?-Grady Mason (1.2ip/7bf, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 2K, 1-HBP); 2H (Trenton Smith 3;Kellen Frankart 3; Lander Stansbery); 2RBI (Frankart); 2B (Frankart);

Jim's notes: Findlay's Kellen Frankart and Sidney's Chase Monnin dueled into the sixth inning tied 2-2, but in the bottom of the sixth a leadoff error and a two out rally (RBI single by Trenton Smith, infield error and a two run double by Frankart) gave Findlay a 5-2 lead and reliever Grant Mason (taking over in the top of the sixth) closed out for the win. Noah Aufderhaar and Caleb Davis had two hits for Sidney, Atley Zerkle had a double; Monnin pitched the complete game. Findlay was led by Trenton Smith (3 hits, 1RBI), Frankart (3 hits, 2RBI, double) and Landen Stansbery (2 hits) with Frankart going 5-1/3 innings and Grant Mason closing the game out.

G11 - Adrian/MI Post 275 12 (3-0-1), Columbus/OH Post 532 10 (0-7) - Jim's eyeball (Adrian) & Columbus/532 G/C

*v Columbus/532 (10-13-3) SP/nd-D Hobbs (4.2ip/28bf, 10R/7er, 6H, 8BB, 4K); P2/LP-A Alston (1ip/8bf, 2R/2er, 2H, 4BB, 1K); P3-C Camphorst (0.1ip/2bf, 0R, 0H, 1BB, 1K); 2H (D Hobbs 3; C Lee; M Carroll; R Sparks); 2RBI (M Carroll; D Byrd); 2B (C Camphorst; C Lee);

*H Adrian/275 (12-8-8?) SP/nd-Carter Bettcher (2+ip/15bf, 5R/3er, 5H, 3BB, 3K); P2-Cameron Sherwood (2ip/12bf, 2R/1er, 1H, 3BB,1K); P3/WP-Max Bledsoe (3ip/16bf, 3R/1er, 5H, 1BB, 3K); 2H (Jordan Medellin); 2RBI (Tristan Hayes; Jordan Illenden); 2B (T Hayes; Calen Keith);

Jim's notes: Columbus/532 was short on pitching and Adrian/275 short on bodies - leading to an interesting game. Columbus starter Drew Hobbs went 4-2/3 innings (pitch count) and left with a 10-10 tie - Columbus then almost got out of the bottom of the 6th with a tie, but with two out Adrian scored twice on a single, error, walk, wild pitch and an RBI single by Jordan Medellin. Carter Bettcher started for Adrian (5 runs, 3 earned?) followed by Cameron Sherwood (2 runs, 1 earned?) and Max Bledsoe who got the win (3 runs, 1 earned?). For Columbus I had Casey Lee with 2 hits (2B), Micah Carroll and Dana Byrd with 2RBI each, and Caden Camphorst with a double. Adrian had two hits from Medellin, 2RBI from Tristan Hayes and Jordan Illenden, and doubles from Hayes and Calen Keith.

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Friday June 6 -

G1 - Adrian/MI Post 275 9 (1-0), Sidney/OH Post 217 2 (1-2) - 6inn/time - Jim'e eyeball

*v Adrian/275: 4-1-1.0-1-2-x = 9 (9-12-0-6lob) SP/WP-Wade Sommers (Jonesville/Lansing CC; 5ip/23bf, 2R/2er, 2H, 3BB, 4K, 3-HBP); P2-Carter Arbuckle (Concord/Adrian College; 1ip/3bf, 0R, 0H, 1K); 2H (Tristan Hayes (Adrian/Adrian College); Jordan Illenden (Sand Creek/Adrian College); Max Bledsoe (Tecumseh/Siena Heights); Jalen Seltzer (Clinton/25-Henry Ford); Jack LaPorte (Parma Western/Albion)); 2RBI (J Seltzer 4); 3B (J LaPorte); 2B (M Bledsoe; J Seltzer);

*H Sidney/217: 2-0-0.0-0-0-x = 2 (2-2-6-6lob) SP/LP-S Goubeaux (4ip/22bf, 6R/4er, 8H, 2BB); P2-C Rose (2ip/11bf, 3R/2er, 4H, 1BB, 2K); 2H (N Aufderhaar);

*Jim's notes: Adrian Post 275's Wade Sommers endured a shakey first inning (2 runs on 2 walks, 2-HBP and 2 wild pitches) but then held Sidney Post 217 scoreless for the next four innings with Carter Arbuckle throwing scoreless sixth inning. The game ended afyer six innings on time limit. Sam Goubeaux started for Sidney and took the loss, Noah Aufderhaar had two hits. Tristan Hayes, Jordan Illenden, Max Bledsoe (2B), Jalen Seltzer (2B, 4RBI) and Jack LaPorte (3B) all had two hits for Adrian.

G2 - Adrian/MI Post 275 13 (2-0), Columbus/OH Post 532 0 (0-4) - 13/4inn - Jim's eyeball

*v Westerville/532: 0-0-0.0-x-x.-x = 0 (0-4-3-3lob) SP/LP-F Shuman (3ip/22bf, 10R/7er, 8H, 3BB); P2-C Lee (0.2ip/6bf, 3R/3er, 1H, 3BB, 1K); Single (A Hobbs; C Beck; Aston; R Spark);

*H Adrian/275: 2-6-2.3-x-x.x = 13 (13-9-0-4lob) SP/WP-Jalen Seltzer (Clinton/25-Henry Ford; 4ip/15bg-cg, 0R, 4H, 1BB, 4K); 2H (Jordan Illenden (Sand Creek/Adrian); Max Bledsoe (Tecumseh/Siena Heights); Jordan Medellin (Concord/25-Owens CC)); 2RBI (J Illenden 3; M Bledsoe; J Medellin); 2B (M Bledsoe 2; J Medellin);

Jim's notes: Adrian Post 275's Jalen Seltzer scattered four hits (no runs, 1 walk) to defeat Westerville Post 532 13-0 in four innings. Adrian used nine hits and six walks and eight Adrian players scored. Jordann Illenden (3RBI), Max Bledsoe (2-2B, 2RBI) and Jordan Medellin (2B, 2RBI) all had two hits. D Hobbs, C Beck, A Alston and R Spark had singles for Westerville and F Shuman startedand tookk the loss.

G3 - Blissfield/MI Post 325 10 (1-0), Sidney/OH Post 217 4 (1-3) - 6inn/time - GameChanger

*v Blissfield/325: 2-1-0.2-2-3.x = 10 (10-12-20 SP/WP S Decator (3.1ip/20bf, 4R/2er, 7H, 3BB, 2K); P2-C Monroe (2.2ip/12bf, 0R, 1H, 2BB, 3K); 2H (D Call; D Bradley; Z Grinde; D Jones); 2RBI (Z Grinde); HR (Z Grinde); 2B (D Bradley 2; D Jones; Z Grinde);

*H Sidney/217: 2-0-1.1-0-0.x = 4 (4-10-0) SP/LP-L Frey (6ip-CG/38bf, 10R/10er, 14H, 6BB, 1K, 3-HBP); 2H (M Diller; O Zimmerman; S Goubeaux); 2RBI (O Zimmerman); 2B (O Zimmerman 2);

G4 - Ottawa/OH Post 63 11 (), Columbus/OH Post 5321 (0-5) - 5inn - Westerville GameChanger

*v Westerville/532: 1-0-0.0-0-x.x = 1 (1-4-5) SP/LP C Beck (2.1ip/16bf, 6R/1er, 5H, 0-BB, 1K); P2-M Carroll (1.2ip/7bf, 2R/1er, 2H, 0-BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P3-A Alston (4bf, 3R/2er, 2H, 2BB);

*H Ottawa/63: 3-0-3.2-3-x.x = 11 (11-9-1) SpWP-C Niese (4.1ip/15bf, 1R/1er, 4H, 0-BB, 4K); P2-I Schaub (0.2ip/5bf, 0R, 0H, 4BB, 1K); 2H (B Barlage; J Stechschulte); 2RBI B Barlage); 2B (B Barlage);

G5 - Blissfield/MI Post 325 3 (2-0), Findlay/OH Post 3 1 (0-1) - Jim's eyeball

*v Findlay/3: 0-0-0.1-0-0.0 = 1 (1-3-1-4lob) SP/LP-L Stanbery (6ip-CG/27, 3R/2er. 8H, 2BB. 3K, 2-HBP); 2B (C Fritz); G Mason (Suicide squeeze RBI);

*H Blissfield/325: 3-0-0.0-0-0.0 = 3 (3-8-1-6lob) SP/WP-B Runyon (5ip/20bf, 1R/1er, 3H, 3BB. 2K); P2/SV-N Stevens (2ip/6bf, 0R, 0H, 1BB); 2H (D Call); 3B (Z Grinde); RBI singles (L Bucher; J Ramsey);

Jim's notes: Blissfield scored three time in the first with four singles, a walk and throwing error but Findlay's L Stansbery scoreless for the next five innings scattering four hits - including a triple - a walk and two hit batters. B Runyon went five innings (one run) with three hits, 3 walks and two strikeouts.L Bucher and J Ramsey both had two-out RBI singles, Z Grine had a triple and D Call two singles. C McDonald and K Frankart had singles for Findlay and C Fritz a double.

G6 - Ottawa/OH Post 63 1 (), Findlay/OH Post 3 (0-2) - 8inn - *Findlay GameChanger

*v Findlay/3: 0-0-0.0-0-0.0-0 = 0 (0-7-1) SP/nd-C McDonald (5ip/20bf, 0R, 3H, 2BB, 9K); P2/LP R Maas (2ip/10bf, 1R/1er, 2H, 1BB, 1K, 1-HBP); 2H (T Smith 3);

*H Ottawa/63*: 0-0-0.0-0-0.0-1 = 1 (1-5-0) SP/nd-H Scott (6ip/23bf, 0R, 5H, 1BB, 9K, 1-HBP); P2/WP-K Hopkins (2ip/8bf, 0R, 2H, 4K); 2H (C Stegaman; K Hopkins); GWRBI (K Hopkins);

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Media coverage (who knows!) -

*WZOQ (Putnam County) - https://www.zsportslive.com/

*Findlay Courier - https://thecourier.com/news-category/sports/local-sports/2/2/

*Crescent News - https://www.crescent-news.com/sports/local_sports/

*Sidney Daily News - https://www.sidneydailynews.com/category/sports/

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