08/05/25 Great Lakes Regional American Legion Baseball Rosters - UNOFFICIAL!

08/05/25 Great Lakes Regional American Legion Baseball Rosters - UNOFFICIAL!

Source: https://register.legion.org/baseball/teams

American Legion Baseball: https://www.legion.org/get-involved/youth-programs/baseball

American Legion Baseball Tournament: https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8866268-2025-postseason

Great Lakes Region Tournament: https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8866299-region-5-great-lakes

Note:

*Wisconsin Teams: Wisconsin - based on the number of registered teams - sends two teams to the Great Lakes Regional in 2025, normally the AAA Champion and Runner-Up.

Middleton, WI won the Wisconsin AAA Championship but declined to participate in the Great Lakes Regional. AAA Runner-Up De Pere, WI therefore takes the “Wisconsin Champion” spot in the bracket and the third place Appleton Duble Days take the “Wisconsin B” spot.

Disclaimers -

Rosters are (as I understand it) what was submitted on June 25 and verified by the state;

Uniform numbers may be different;

Substitutions are permitted (military service, signed professional BB contract, verified medical, death);

Players over 18 must have had background checks along with the coaching staff;

Player positions may vary;

Not all players listed may be avaailable - high school fall sports, college coach “shutdowns”, etc.;

If a high school or college is indicated it is my “google-guess” and should be treated with suspicition!

Plus -

Any errors, omissions, and other mistakes I may have made;

#Swisher Post 671 Legion Baseball 2025 Baseball Team - SR Legion Team (19 and under) - Iowa Champion

Cedar Rapids, IA Sponsored by Swisher

Team manager Andy Volz

Team Roster -

#2 Michael Day Third Base - Prairie/25

#3 Jake Miller Shortstop - Marion/25

#4 Vaughn Schulte Second Base - Walford/25

#6 Kamren Francois Second Base - Prairie/25

#7 Ty Donels First Base - Kennedy/26

#8 Tait Tierney Center Field - Prairie/26

#9 Drake Obermueller Center Field - Iowa City/25

#10 Maddux Mueller Second Base - Prairie/26

#11 Matthew Stoltenberg Shortstop - Kennedy/24 - Kirkwood CC

#12 Jaxton Schroeder Pitcher - Iowa City/25

#13 Shraden Lechtenberg Catcher - Prairie/25

#14 Brady Dill Catcher - Kennedy/26

#15 Collin McClintock Left Field - Prairie/26

#16 Colton Duerling Second Base - Kennedy/25

#17 Logan Wagemester Pitcher - Prairie/24 - Wartburg

#18 Grayson Kirsch First Base - Marion/25

#21 Jordan Woodhouse Pitcher - Prairie/25

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#Danville Post 210 Seniors 2025 Baseball Team SR Legion Team (19 and under) - Illinois Champion

Danville, IL Sponsored by Curtis G Redden

Team manager Brent Hart

Team Roster -

#1 Jordan Johnson Right Field - Bismack-Henning - Kankakee CC

#4 Pedro Rangel Pitcher - South Fork/25

#5 Ryan Edwards Pitcher - Armstrong/26

#7 Cruz Dubois Shortstop - Bismarck-Henning/26

#11 Jaydon Riggs Catcher - Urbana/24 - Illinois Valley CC

#13 Charles Cambridge Third Base - Paxton-Buckley-Loda/25

#14 Kollin Asbury Pitcher - Armstrong - Kankakee CC

#15 Matthew Darling Pitcher - Westville/26

#16 Caden Keleminic Pitcher - Bismarck-Henning/

#17 Brandt Hobick Second Base - Oakwood/25

#18 Ryker Small Center Field - Hoopeston Area/24 - Kankakee CC

#20 Easton Barney Second Base - Westville/26

#22 Zach Russell Shortstop - Westville/24 - Danville Area CC

#23 Miles Crosby Pitcher - Schlarman/26

#33 Chase Harrison Pitcher - Oakwood/25

#35 Cole Miller Catcher - Hoopeston Area/26

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#Post 76 Thunder 2025 Baseball Team SR Legion Team (19 and under) - Host

Carol Stream, IL Sponsored by Perrottet-Nickerson

Team manager Jerry Miller
Team Roster -

#1 Lucas Jackson Second Base - Wheaton Academy/25

#2 Brandon Kiebles Right Field - Wheaton Academy/25

#3 Gino Spinelli Left Field - Wheaton Academy/25

#5 Alex Karlovitz Catcher - Wheaton North/25

#6 Josh Christman Pitcher - Glenbard North/24 - Aurora

#7 Logan Swaney Pitcher - St Francis/24 - Oakland City

#8 Colt Armbrust Pitcher - St Francis/25

#9 Carson Miller First Base - Wheaton Academy/26

#11 Bryce Legel Pitcher - Wheaton Academy/25

#12 Andrew Mueller Pitcher - St Francis/24 - Loras

#14 Luke Lopatka Left Field - Wheaton Academy/26

#15 Dallas Johnston Third Base - Wheaton Academy

#16 Jackson Younce Second Base - Wheaton Academy/26

#17 Nate Burden Pitcher - Wheaton Academy/24 - Wheaton

#18 Jake Williams Pitcher - Wheaton North/25

#20 Gunnar Fitzpatrick Catcher - Wheaton Academy/25

#21 Carter Johnson First Base - Wheaton North/25

#22 Ian Bagaconza Second Base - St Francis/25

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#Rockport Post 254 2025 Baseball Team SR Legion Team (19 and under) - Indiana Champion

Rockport, IN Sponsored by Jenkins

Team manager - Darrell Stephens

Team Roster -

#1 Peyton Gray Shortstop - Heritage Hills/26

#2 Declan Lewko Pitcher - Hancock County, KY/25

#3 Ty Mattingly First Base - South Spencer/25

#4 Jack Hammond Pitcher

#6 Jaxon Lueken Pitcher - Forest Park/26

#7 Tyce Winchell Third Base - Heritage Hills

#8 Beau Heck Third Base - South Spencer/26

#9 Seth Deom Second Base - Heritage Hills/24

#10 Micah Toler Center Field - Heritage Hills

#11 Max Fortwendel Catcher - Tell City/25

#12 Colten Hopf Catcher - Heritage Hills

#13 Andersen Smith Third Base - Heritage Hills

#14 Ty Brown Center Field - South Spencer/25

#15 Jared Burger Shortstop - Forest Park

#16 Ethan Ball Pitcher - Perry Central

#17 Braden Pruitt Pitcher - Heritage Hills

#19 Talon Jennings Pitcher - Tell City

#33 Bronson Pund Pitcher - Heritage Hills

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#Midland Berryhill Post 165 AA 2025 Baseball Team SR Legion Team (19 and under) - Michigan Champion

Midland, MI Sponsored by Berryhill

Team manager - Dan Cronkright

Team Roster -

#1 Gibson Brown Second Base - Midland Dow/25

#2 Jimmey Sequin Left Field - Bay City Western/28

#3 Ryan Louch Second Base - Clare/25

#4 Taber Edwards-Benner Third Base - Midland/27

#5 Jack Sequin Pitcher - Bay City Western/25

#6 Caden Sommerfield Pitcher - Frankenmuth/26

#7 Jake Szajenko Left Field - Midland Dow/25

#8 Drew Tolfree Pitcher - Lansing Catholic/25

#9 Cayden Nieto Catcher - Midland/25

#10 Jayden Arthur Catcher - Clare/25

#11 Landon Love Pitcher - Beaverton/26

#12 Jayden Mieske First Base - Gladwin/25

#13 Sam Briggs Left Field - Standish-Sterling/25

#14 Trey Williams Catcher - Grand Blanc/25

#15 Dawson Doan Center Field - Hemlock/25

#17 Jack Wetters Catcher - Bay City All Siants/16

#20 Cayden Smith Shortstop - Beal City/24 - Central Michigan

#21 Chad Brown Pitcher - Hemlock/25

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#Beverly/Lowell post 389/750 8 2025 Baseball Team SR Legion Team (19 and under) - Ohio Champion

beverly, OH Sponsored by Russell Chadwick

Team manager - Terry d. Wainwright

Team Roster -

#1 tavin brooks Second Base - Fort Frye/24

#2 colman//coleman? welsh Second Base - Morgan

#3 jackson mccurdy Right Field

#4 grady hesson Second Base - Fort Frye/27

#5 clayton miller Center Field - New Lexington/25

#6 dominic fry Left Field - Caldwell/25

#7 carter wheeldin Shortstop - Caldwell/25

#9 kainan bradford Third Base - Turkey Valley/26

#10 easton walker Pitcher - Parkersburg South

#11 grady shuster Left Field - Morgan/27

#12 john curry Catcher - Caldwell

#15 jacob laswell Pitcher - Caldwell/27

#16 kyler starr Center Field - Caldwell/26

#17 mason landefeld Pitcher - Monroe Central/26

#18 jenner burge Pitcher - Williamstown/26

#22 cameron sidwell Second Base - Caldwell/28

#25 witten schaad Pitcher - Morgan/26

#35 owen mccoy First Base - Morgan/24

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#Appleton Double Days AAA 2025 Baseball Team SR Legion Team (19 and under) - Wisconsin AAA 3rd place (see note on Wisconsin teams)

APPLETON, WI Sponsored by Fox Valley Baseball Club

Team manager - Kevin Tobak

Team Roster -

#2 Wyatt Schlueter Third Base - Fox Valley Lutheran/27

#6 Benjamin Beyer Left Field - Fox Valley Lutheran/

#7 Thomas-Jensen (TJ) Parker Third Base - Appleton East/24

#8 Cade Prestigiacomo Shortstop - Appleton East/25

#9 Alex Thompson Second Base - Appleton East

#11 Brandon Tobak First Base - Appleton East/25

#12 Jackson Bines-Sabrowsky Center Field - Appleton East/26

#13 Rylan Winkler Pitcher - Appleton East/

#14 Ethan Winkler Pitcher - Appleton East/25

#15 Jack Schlueter Pitcher - Fox Valley Lutheran/26

#18 Daniel Dieck Left Field - Appleton East/25

#19 James Heimerl Pitcher - Fox Valley Lutheran/25

#21 Mason Winkler Catcher - Appleton East/25

#23 Brady Kern Pitcher - Appleton East

#27 Matthew Bixler Pitcher - Appleton East/25

#28 Dawsen Burrington Shortstop - Fox Valley Lutheran

#29 Jacob Bickel Shortstop - Fox Valley Lutheran/25

#30 Lincoln Thede Catcher - Fox Valley Lutheran/25

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#De Pere Legion AAA 2025 Baseball Team SR Legion Team (19 and under) - Wisconsin AAA Runner-up (see note on Wisconsin teams)

De Pere, WI Sponsored by De Pere Baseball Inc

Team manager - Bryan Setzer

Team Roster -

#1 Brett Weckwerth Left Field - De Pere/25

#2 Trevor Heck Pitcher - West De Pere/25

#3 Colton Setzer Left Field - De Pere/26

#4 Trey Butterfield First Base - West De Pere/25

#5 Holden Mulloy Pitcher - West De Pere/26

#6 Gavin Kempen Pitcher - West De Pere/26

#7 Ethan Collar Second Base - West De Pere/26

#8 Trenton Kriewaldt Catcher - De Pere/25

#9 Mason Sequin Center Field - De Pere/25

#10 Rory Obma Third Base - De Pere/26

#11 Caleb Scheller Catcher - West De Pere/26

#13 Ethan Krepline Third Base - De Pere/25

#15 Isaac Herlache Third Base - De Pere/26

#16 Caden Krutz Shortstop - De Pere/25

#17 Brady Leurquin Shortstop - West De Pere/25

#19 Isaac Poehlman First Base - De Pere/25

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08/09/2023 American Legion World Series Rosters - unofficial!

08/09/2023 American Legion World Series Rosters - unofficial!

This will be posted at http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/

Regions 1 (Northeast), 2 (Mid-Atlantic), 3 (Southeast), 4 (Mid-South), 5 (Great Lakes), 6 (Central Plains), 7 (Northwest) and 8 (Western) -

Disclaimers:

*UNOFFICIAL

**Rosters are from the American Legion “find a team” site

***High school information is generally taken from “googling” and is subject to MY Mistakes!

****For Entertainment purposes only!

*If you are gambling on these games - SEEK HELP!

#American Legion World Series - August 10-15, 2023 at Keeter Stadium, Shelby, NC

*2023 Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023

*2023American Legion World Series Media Guide and Record Book - https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/legion/documents/Media%20Guide%20Record%20Full%20Book.pdf

*Ways to follow the American Legion World Series - https://www.legion.org/baseball/followus?utm_campaign=Source+Code+Here&utm_content=BASEBALL&utm_term=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra

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Schedule - Note that this NOT double elimination - it is the media-friendly “pool play” format

*Thursday - August 10 - Games online on ESPN3

Game 1 10am - Cheyenne, WY Post 6 v. League City, TX Post 554

Game 2 1pm - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72 v. Cedar Rapids, IA Post 671

Game 3 4pm - Ellsworth, ME Post 207 v. Troy, AL Post 70

Game 4 7:30pm - Florence, SC Post 1 v. Lincoln, NE Post 3

*Friday – August 11 - Games online on ESPN3

Game 5 4pm - Ellsworth, ME Post 207 v. Cheyenne, WY Post 6

Game 6 7pm - Troy, AL Post 70 v. League City, TX Post 554

*Saturday – August 12 - Games online on ESPN3

Game 7 noon - Cedar Rapids, IA Post 671 v. Florence, SC Post 1

Game 8 3pm - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72 v. Lincoln, NE Post 3

Game 9 7:30pm - Troy, AL Post 70 v. Cheyenne, WY Post 6

*Sunday – August 13 - Games online on ESPN3

Game 10 1pm - Ellsworth, ME Post 207 v. League City, TX Post 554

Game 11 4pm - Cedar Rapids, IA Post 671 v. Lincoln, NE Post 3

Game 12 7pm - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72 v. Florence, SC Post 1

*Monday – August 14 - Games on ESPNU

Game 13 4pm - Winner Stripes v. Runner-up Stars

Game 14 7pm - Winner Stars v. Runner-up Stripes

*Tuesday – August 15 - Game on ESPNU

Game 15 7pm - Winner Gm 13 v. Winner Game 14

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2023 American Legion World Series Teams - all Regional Champions, no automatic bids - https://www.legion.org/baseball/259765/meet-teams-2023-american-legion-world-series

Team rosters can be looked up at https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams

Actual game uniform numbers may be different!

*Region 1 / Northeast - Ellsworth, ME Post 207 (21-5) “Arcadians” - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2023/me/304169

Ellsworth, ME - Sponsored by Hancock Memorial

Team manager - Brad Smith

Team Roster - High school/grad year are unofficial!!

#1 Brady Pert - George Stevens Academy/24

#1 Wyatt Bragdon - Ellsworth/24

#2 Joseph Wellman-Clouse - Mount Desert Island/24

#3 Miles Palmer - Ellsworth/24

#4 Drew Cote - Ellsworth/23

#5 Andre Lozono - Mount Desert Island/22

#6 Hunter Curtis - Ellsworth/22 - Husson

#7 Dawson Curtis - Ellsworth/26

#9 David Baugh - Ellsworth/22

#10 Daniel Howie - Ellsworth/22

#11 Brett Bragdon - Ellsworth/22

#11 Hollis Grindal - Ellsworth/25

#12 Colin Sullivan - Mount Desert Island/26

#12 Peter Keblinsky - Ellsworth/23

#14 Brayden King - Ellsworth/25

#17 Timothy Smith - Searsport/24

#18 Craig Burnett - Ellsworth/22

#23 Isaac MacDonell - Mount Desert Island/23

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*Region 2 / Mid-Atlantic - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72 (27-4) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2023/nj/300232

Brooklawn, NJ - Sponsored by Brooklawn Memorial

Team manager - Dennis Barth

Team Roster - High school/grad year are unofficial!!

#1 Salvatore Serici - Gloucester Catholic/22

#2 Joseph Bogart - Gloucester Catholic/26

#3 Graham Adams - Rancocas Valley/23

#4 Flash Krzywicki - Gloucester Catholic/26

#5 Sal Marziani - Gloucester Catholic/25

#8 Matthew Leahy - Gloucester Catholic/22

#11 Evan Brasberger - Gloucester Catholic/24

#15 Douglas King - Paulsboro/23

#17 Tanner Nolan - Gloucester Catholic/23

#19 Jack Bauer - Eastern Regional/25

#21 Jack Mustaro - Gloucester Catholic/25

#22 Raymond Mustaro - Gloucester Catholic/23

#23 Tyler Bunting - Gloucester Catholic/23

#24 Damon Suriani - Gloucester Catholic/23

#25 Nicholas Spaventa - Gloucester Tech/23

#26 Joe Dinneen - Rancocas Valley/23

#28 Gavin Friel - Gloucester Catholic/25

#41 Jackson Smallets - Gloucester Catholic/25

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*Region 3 / Southeast - Florence, SC Post 1 SR (30-5) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2023/sc/3026102

Team site - https://www.scalb.org/teams/default.asp?u=SCALB-FLORENCEPOST1&s=baseball&p=home

Florence, SC - Sponsored by Fred H Sexton Inc

Team manager - Derick Urquhart

Team Roster - High school/grad year are unofficial!!

#2 Nick Foster - P27 Academy/23 - Coastal Carolina

#3 Zane Davis - Chesterfield/22 - Florence-Darlington

#4 Collin Minshew - Latta/23 - Francis Marion

#5 Jacob Hardee - South Florence/22 - Francis Marion

#6 Jackson Moore - Hartsville/25

#7 Huntley "Tanner" Hall - Trinity Collegiate/23 - College of Charleston

#9 KJ Hughes - Marion/24

#10 Noah Moore - South Florence/24

#11 Tucker Bass - Lake View/24

#12 Aydin Palmer - South Florence/23 - Florence-Darlington JC

#13 Landon Vick - Chesterfield/23

#14 Dylan Wiegel - South Florence/23 - Francis Marion

#16 Shemar Simes - Darlington/23 - Florence-Darlington JC

#17 Luke Miller - South Florence/23 - Hillsdale

#20 Ja'Marcus Williams - Hannah-Pamplico/25

#21 Brody Cook - Latta/24

#22 Josh Williams - West Florence/22

#23 Zachary Hunt - Lake View/23 - Florence-Darlington JC

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*Region 4 / Mid-South - Troy, AL Post 70 Div I (24-5) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2023/al/300842

Troy, AL - Sponsored by Troy

Team manager - Ross Hixon

Team Roster - High school/grad year are unofficial!!

#1 Luke Nelson - Headland/23 - Enterprise

#2 Cason Eubanks - Pike Liberal Arts/22 - Georgia Southern

#3 Mason Steele - Headland/23 - Shelton State

#4 Bryce Speakman - Opelika/23 - Gadsden State

#5 Trent Weatherley - Headland/23

#6 Drew Shiver - Enterprise/23 - Wallace

#7 Blake Wynn - Dothan/23 - Wallace

#9 Landon Tyler - Ariton/23

#10 Tanner Taylor - Headland/23 - Southern Union CC

#11 Jake Johnson - Headland/23 - Wallace CC

#12 Carter Davis - Dothan/23 - Wallace CC

#16 Brady Richardson - Enterprise/25

#22 Christian Hill - Greenville/23 - Alabama State

#25 Connor Cosby - Auburn/23 - Wallace

#26 Aiden Wright - Dale County/23 - Enterprise

#27 Tucker Jackson - Houston Academy/22 - Pensacola State College

#28 Matt Snell - Providence Christan/23 - Enterprise

#34 Brody Lindsey - Dothan/23 - Southern Union CC

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*Region 5 / Great Lakes - Cedar Rapids, IA Post 671 (18-10) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2023/ia/3021387 (HS notes are unofficial!)

Cedar Rapids, IA - Sponsored by Swisher

Team manager: Andy Volz

Team Roster - High school/grad year are unofficial!!

#2 Michael Day - Cedar Rapids Prairie/25

#3 Layton Baber - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

#4 Maddux Frese - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23 - Southeastern CC

#5 Ty Dinusson - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23

#7 Spencer Wood - Cedar Rapids Prairie/25

#8 Mason Trpkosh - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23

#9 Reid Meier - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

#10 Jace Rickertsen - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23

#12 Caden Roffey - Ceadr Rapids Prairie/24

#13 Shraden Lechtenberg - Cedar Rapids Prairie/25

#14 Reid Burkle - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

#15 Andrew Robinson - Cedar Rapids Prairie/22 - Wartburg

#15 Landon Ruby - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23

#16 Kade Knock - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23 - Kirkwood

#17 Logan Wagemester - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

#18 Kameron Volz - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

#19 Keegan Erickson - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

#22 Noah Day - Cedar Rapids Prairie/22 - Wartburg

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*Region 6 / Central Plains - Lincoln, NE Post 3 (51-10) “Carpet Land, Post 3, Lincoln East A” - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2023/ne/3020230

Lincoln, NE - Sponsored by Lincoln

Team manager: Mychal Lanik

Team Roster - High school/grad year are unofficial!!

#1 Luke Larson - Lincoln East/25

#2 Kai Burkey - Lincoln East/24

#3 Chase Nelson - Lincoln East/24

#3 Paul Shortridge - Lincoln East/24

#4 Joey Senstock - Lincoln East/25

#5 Harrison Biester - Lincoln East/23

#6 Owen Laessig - Lincoln East/24

#7 Alex Evasco - Lincoln East/24

#10 Carter Mick - Lincoln East/25

#11 Mason Gaines - Lincoln East/24

#12 Ryan Clementi - Lincoln East/22 - Augustana

#13 Connor Johnson - Lincoln East/24

#14 Tanner Peterson - Lincoln East/25

#15 Landon Sandy - Lincoln East/25

#19 Garrett Springer - Lincoln East/24

#24 Keith Knaak - Lincoln East/24

#27 Troy Peltz - Lincoln East/25

#42 Jeter Worthley - Lincoln East/25

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*Region 7 / Northwest - Cheyenne, WY Post 6 AA (65-15) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2023/wy/3020202

Cheyenne, WY - Sponsored by Francis E Self

Team manager - Ty Lain

Team Roster - High school/grad year are unofficial!!

#2 Caden Westby - Cheyenne East/24

#3 Peyton Seelye - Cheyenne East/25

#4 Braden Pearson - Carey/24

#6 Nolan Horton - Cheyenne Central/25

#7 Landon McAnelly - Cheyenne East/25

#8 Julian Romero - Cheyenne East/22 - University of Jamestown/ND

#9 Kaed Coates - Wheatland/25

#10 Andrew Thomson - Cheyenne Central/24

#11 Kaden Anderson - Cheyenne Central/22 - Scottsdale

#12 Jaden Moore - Cheyenne East/23

#13 Mason Tafoya - Cheyenne Central/24

#14 Hayden Swaen - Cheyenne East/24

#16 Corey Williams - Cheyenne Central/24

#20 Marcus George - Cheyenne Central/25

#21 Cayden Guerra - Cheyenne East/23

#22 Ethan Reisdorfer - Cheyenne Central/?

#27 Colter McAnelly - Cheyenne East/23

#33 Bradley Feezer - Cheyenne Central/23 - Nebraska

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*Region 8 / Western - League City, TX Post 554 6A (23-3) - https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2023/tx/164919

League City, TX - Sponsored by League City

Team manager - Ronnie Oliver

Team Roster - High school/grad year are unofficial!!

#1 Chase Bourgeois - Clear Falls/22

#2 Kyeler Thompson - Santa Fe/23

#3 Scott Martinez - Clear Creek/23

#4 Logan Sanders - Clear Falls/23

#5 Alec Beversdorf - Clear Falls/23

#6 Braden Castle - Santa Fe/24

#7 Tyler Robinson - Clear Creek/24

#8 Noah Ferraro - Clear Creek/22

#9 Christopher (Wyatt?) Easter - Clear Creek/22?

#11 Brice Smith - Santa Fe/23

#12 Jackson Higgins - Santa Fe/25

#13 Erik Anchondo - Clear Falls/23

#14 Parker Collier - Clear Falls/25

#15 Ayden Roecker-Allen - Clear Creek/23

#16 Jacob Cyr - Santa Fe/22

#17 Tyler Austin - Clear Creek/24

#18 Alexander Kudler - Clear Falls/23

#19 Gavin Shuttlesworth - Hitchcock/23?

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08/08/2023 American Legion Great Lakes Regional (Region 5) - All Over

08/08/2023 American Legion Great Lakes Regional (Region 5) - All Over

The official stats - These are important because they are included in determining post-season American Legion Baseball awards (so mine are worthless, but I like to keep my own book!).

Disclaimers:

All the way at the bottom a list of some of the non-Michigan players I have looked up to detrmine high school affiliations - VERY UNOFFICIAL!

#American Legion World Series - August 10-15, 2023 at Keeter Stadium, Shelby, NC

*2023 Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023

*2023American Legion World Series Media Guide and Record Book - https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/legion/documents/Media%20Guide%20Record%20Full%20Book.pdf

*Ways to follow the American Legion World Series - https://www.legion.org/baseball/followus?utm_campaign=Source+Code+Here&utm_content=BASEBALL&utm_term=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra

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2023 American Legion World Series Teams - all Regional Champions, no automatic bids - https://www.legion.org/baseball/259765/meet-teams-2023-american-legion-world-series

Region 1 / Northeast - Ellsworth, ME Post 207 (21-5)

Region 2 / Mid-Atlantic - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72 (27-4)

Region 3 / Southeast - Florence, SC Post 1 (30-5)

Region 4 / Mid-South - Troy, AL Post 70 (24-5)

Region 5 / Great Lakes - Cedar Rapids, IA Post 671 (18-10)

Region 6 / Cental Plains - Lincoln, NE Post 3 (51-10)

Region 7 / Northwest - Cheyenne, WY Post 6 (65-15)

Region 8 / Western - League City, TX Post 554 (23-3)

Team rosters can be looked up at https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams

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Schedule - Note that this NOT double elimination - it is the media-friendly “pool play” format

*Thursday - August 10 - Games online on ESPN3

Game 1 10am - Cheyenne, WY Post 6 v. League City, TX Post 554

Game 2 1pm - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72 v. Cedar Rapids, IA Post 671

Game 3 4pm - Ellsworth, ME Post 207 v. Troy, AL Post 70

Game 4 7:30pm - Florence, SC Post 1 v. Lincoln, NE Post 3

*Friday – August 11 - Games online on ESPN3

Game 5 4pm - Ellsworth, ME Post 207 v. Cheyenne, WY Post 6

Game 6 7pm - Troy, AL Post 70 v. League City, TX Post 554

*Saturday – August 12 - Games online on ESPN3

Game 7 noon - Cedar Rapids, IA Post 671 v. Florence, SC Post 1

Game 8 3pm - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72 v. Lincoln, NE Post 3

Game 9 7:30pm - Troy, AL Post 70 v. Cheyenne, WY Post 6

*Sunday – August 13 - Games online on ESPN3

Game 10 1pm - Ellsworth, ME Post 207 v. League City, TX Post 554

Game 11 4pm - Cedar Rapids, IA Post 671 v. Lincoln, NE Post 3

Game 12 7pm - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72 v. Florence, SC Post 1

*Monday – August 14 - Games on ESPNU

Game 13 4pm - Winner Stripes v. Runner-up Stars

Game 14 7pm - Winner Stars v. Runner-up Stripes

*Tuesday – August 15 - Game on ESPNU

Game 15 7pm - Winner Gm 13 v. Winner Game 14

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*Region 5 - Great Lakes (Gerace Field / Northwood University - Midland, MI - IA, IL (2), IN, MI (2), WI (2)) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional5

Region 5 Great Lakes Teams - (Won-Loss - maybe!)

Host / Champion - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 (27-4)

Illinois Champion - Barrington/IL Post 158 (19-7)

Illinois Runner-up - Danville/IL Post 210 (35-7)

Indiana Champion - Lafayette/IN Post 11 (27-6)

Iowa Champion - Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 (Swisher, IA) - Great Lakes Region Champion

Wisconsin Champion - Janesville/WI Post 205 (20-9)

Michigan Runner-up - Linwood/MI Post 239 (19-11)

Wisconsin Runner-up - Eau Claire/WI Post 53

Media -

#Berryhill falls in devastating regional final (Fred Kelly - Midland Daily News) https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/berryhill-falls-devastating-regional-final-18282021.php

#2023 Legion Baseball Regionals: Monday roundup (Richard Walker - American Legion) https://www.legion.org/baseball/259760/2023-legion-baseball-regionals-monday-roundup

#2023 Legion Baseball Regionals: Sunday roundup (Richard Walker - American Legion) https://www.legion.org/baseball/259746/2023-legion-baseball-regionals-sunday-roundup

The Games - Championship, then Wednesday-Saturday

Warning - High School affiliations are generally from “google” so don't take them as “gospel”!

Sunday, August 6 / Monday, August 7 - Championship

Note: Game began on Sunday 08/06 at Gerace Field (grass - Northwood University) in Midland, MI. Heavy rains suspended the game in the 4th inning. The game was resumed on Monday Morning at Theunissen Stadium (“turf” - Central Michigan University) in Mt Pleasant, MI.

Game 14 - Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 2 (5-0/18-10), Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 (3-2/32-6) - official score report

*v Midland/165: 0-0-1.0-0-0.0 = 1; (1-5-0-7lob); SP/nd-Tanner Sonntag (Bay City John Glenn/23-Oakland; 3ip/10bf (32p), 0R, 1H, 0BB, 3K); P2/LP-Thomas Bacigalupo (Midland Dow/23-Hope; 3.2ip/17bf (58p), 2R/2er, 2H, 3BB, 2K, 2-HBP);

*H Cedar Rapids/671: 0-0-0.0-0-1.1 = 2; (2-3-0-5lob); SP/nd-Reid Burkle (Cedar Rapids Prairie/24; 4ip/16bf (52p), 1R/0er, 3H, 1BB, 4K); P2/WP-Kameron Volz (Cedar Rapids Prairie/24; 3ip/13bf (59p), 0R, 2H. 3BB, 1K); 2H (Kade Knock (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Kirkwood CC)); 3B (Knock); 2B (Spencer Wood (Cedar Rapids Prairie/25)); GWRIB (2-out bases loaded walk to Tyler Dinusson (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23) in the bottom of the 7th inning);

Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468300

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Wednesday, August 2 -

http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/central.php?tid=931&t=1#tourny

Game 1 -Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 3 (1-0/13-10), Danville/IL Post 210 0 (0-1/35-8) - Jim's unofficial scoring -

*v Danville/210: 0-0-0.0-0-0.0 = 0; 0-3-0-5lob); SP/LP-Gavin Parkeron (Armstrong/23-Parkland JC; 4.1ip/23bf (97p), 3R/3er, 6H, 4BB, 6K); P2-Blake Norton (Salt Fork/23-Illinois Central JC; 1.2ip/7bf (25p), 0R, 2H, 2K);

*H Cedar Rapids/671: 0-0-0.2-1-0-x = 3; (3-8-0-9lob); SP/WP-Reid Burkle (Cedar Rapids Prairie/24; 5+ip/19bf (67p), 0R, 2H, 7K, 2-HBP); P2-Maddux Frese (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Southeastern CC; 2ip/7bf (22p), 0R, 1H, 2K); 2H (Frese; Andrew Robinson (Cedar Rapids Prairie/22-Wartburg); Mason Trpkosh (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23));

Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468287

Game 2 - Eau Claire/WI Post 53 6 (1-0/27-7), Lafayette/IN Post 11 3 (0-1/22-14) - 9 innings - Jim's unofficial scoring -

*v Eau Claire/53: 0-0-0.1-0-0.2-0-3 = 6; (6-9-4-10); SP/nd-Tyler Webb (Eleva-Strum/24; 6+ip/29bf (95p), 3R/3er, 5H, 3BB, 2K, 1-Balk); P2/WP-Tyler Iverson (Eau Claire Memorial/24; 2ip/7bf (30p), 0R, 0H, 1BB, 3K); P3-/SV-CJ Varsho (Altoona/23-Winona State; 1ip/5bf (112p), 0R, 1H, 1K); 2H (Cooper Dykes (Eau Claire Regis/23-St Norbert); Sawyer Stein-3 (Eau Claire Memorial/24); Sam Knickerbocker-3 (Eau Claire Regis/23-St Mary's/MN)); 2RBI (Knickerbocker-4); 2B (Knickerbocker);

*H Lafayette/11: 0-1-1.0-0-0.1-0-0 = 3; (3-6-0-11); SP/nd-Gavin Owsley (West Lafayette Harrison/23; 5.2ip/22bf (80p), 1R/1er, 4H, 1BB, 2K); P2-Tanner Turnpaugh (Flora Carroll/23; 2/3ip/6bf (19p), 2R/2er, 0H, 3BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P3/LP-Tanner Coble (Monticello Twin Lakes/24; 2ip/10bf (36p), 2R/2er, 4H, 1K); P4-Hayden Slate (West Lafayette Harrison/23; 2/3ip/5bf (19p), 1R/1er, 1H, 1BB, 1K, 1-HBP); 2H (Aiden Lowry (West Lafayette Harrison/24)); 2B (Slate; Corbin Payne (West Lafayette Harrison/23-John Logan JC));

Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468288

Game 3 - Janesville/WI Post 205 9 (1-0/21-9), Linwood/MI Post 239 1 (0-1/19-12) - official score report

*v Linwood/239: 0-1-0.0-0-0.0 = 7; (1-6-3-6lob); SP/LP-Hayden Hileman (Freeland/22; 5.1ip/31 (105p), 9R/5er, 10H, 3BB, 1K); P2-Landon Love (Beaverton/26; 2/3ip/3 (5p), 0R, 1H);

*H Janesville/205: 0-0-5.0-0-4.x = 9; (9-11-0-7lob); SP/WP-Jack Ryan (Janesville Craig/22-Wisconson Whitewater; 7ip/2bf (105p), 1R/1er, 6H, 1BB, 7K, 2-HBP); 2H (Trace Jacobson (Janesville Parker/22-St Norbert); Nicholas Gregg (Janesville Craig/24); Jaicy Campbell (Janesville Parker/23)); 2RBI (Jacobson-3); 2B (Ryan; Gregg);

Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468289

Game 4 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 3 (1-0/29-4), Barrington/IL Post 158 2 (0-1/26-8) - official score report

*v Barrington/158: 0-0-0.0-0-1.1 = 2; (2-4-1-8lob); SP/LP-Ryan Oztekin (Barrington/23; 7ip/26bf (81p), 3R/1er, 8H, 2BB, 2K); 2H (Daniel Hoffman (Barrington/22)); 3B (Connor Fitzpatrick (Barrington/24));

*H Midland/165: 0-0-0.3-0-0.0 = 3; (3-8-0-5lob); SP/WP-Tanner Sonntag (Bay City John Glenn/23-Oakland; 4ip/18bf (69p), 0R, 2H, 2BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2-Thomas Bacigalupo (Midland Dow/23-Hope; 1.2ip/9bf (39p), 1R/0er, 1H, 2BB, 1-HBP); P3/SV-Nathan Masar (Bullock Creek/23-Saginaw Valley; 1.1ip/5bf (27p), 1R/1er, 1H, 3K); 2H (Mitchell Walters (Shepherd/23-Alpena)); 2B (Nathan Ball (Bay City John Glenn/23-Eastern Michigan));

Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468290

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Thursday, August 3 -

G5 - Linwood/MI Post 239 13 (1-1/20-12), Danville/IL Post 210 7 (0-2/35-9) - elimination - official score report

*v Danville/210: 0-1-1.3-1-1.0 = 7; (7-10-2-7lob); SP/LP-Kollin Asbury (Armstrong/24; 4.1ip/23bf (78p), 10R/9er, 7H, 2BB, 4K); P2-Ethan McMasters (Westville/23; 1.2ip/10bf (27p), 3R/3er, 3H, 1BB, 3K, 1-HBP); 2H (Drew Wichtowski (Westville/24); Dalton Hobick (Oakwood/23-Kankakee CC); Drew Pinkston (Paris/22-Danville Area)); 2RBI (Hobick; Landon Haurez (Westville/?)); 2B (Hobick-2);

*H Linwood/239: 2-0-0.0-10-1.x = 13; (13-10-1-2lob); SP/nd-Chase Raymond (Standish-Sterling/22-Saginaw Valley; 1ip/4bf (10p), 0R, 0H, 1K, 1-HBP); P2-Owen Wendt (Midland/23; 4ip/21bf (65p), 5R/1er, 6H, 2BB, 1K); P3/WP-Jacob Kowalski (Freeland/23-Mid Michigan; 2ip/10bf (29p), 2R/2er, 4H, 2K); 2H (Lucas Mead (Gladwin/23-Saginaw Valley); Raymond-3; Addison Vallad (Standish-Sterling/22-Alma)); 2RBI (Mead; Raymond-4; Connor Dee (Gladwin/23-Spring Arbor)); HR (Raymond-2); 2B (Connor Dee; Vallad; Colin Dee (Freeland/24));

G6 - Barrington/IL Post 158 16 (1-1/27-8) , Lafayette/IN Post 11 5 (0-2/22-15) - 5 innings - elimination - official score report

*v Barrington/158: 4-3-1.0-8-x.x = 16; (16-9-1-8lob); SP/WP-Jackson Kanak (Barrington/22; 5ip/22bf-cg (66p), 5R/5er, 6H, 1BB, 6K, 1-HBP); 2H (Brendan Beals (Barrington/23); Connor Fitzpatrick (Barrington/24)); 2RBI (Daniel Hoffman-3 (Barrington/22); Fitzpatrick; Dylan Provenzano (Barrington/23)); 2B (Beals; Hoffman);

*H Lafayette/11: 1-0-2.0-2-x.x = 5; (5-6-5-2lob); SP/LP-Konnor Kreinbrook (West Lafayette Harrison/22-Oakland City; 6bf (29p), 4R/4er, 3h, 2BB, 1-HBP); P2-Maysen Meyers (Lafayette Jefferson/23; 4.1ip/22bf (77p), 6R/5er, 3H, 4BB, 2K, 1-HBP); P3-Gavin Ingram (Lafayette Harrison/23; 1/3ip/4bf (13p), 3R/2er, 0H, 2BB, 1-HBP); P4-Jadan Franceschina (Monticello Twin Lakes/23; 1/3ip/7bf (18p), 3R/0er, 3H, 1BB, 1-HBP); 2H (Samuel Hallada (West Lafayette Harrison/23-Lipscomb); Aidan Lowry (West Lafayette Harrison/24)); 2RBI (Lowry-4); 3B (Lowry); 2B (Lowry);

G7 - Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 2 (2-0/14-10), Janesville/WI Post 205 0 (1-1/21-10) - official score report

*v Janesville/205: 0-0-0.0-0-0.0 = 0; (0-5-2-4lob); SP/LP-Carson Dupuis (Edgerton/23; 6ip/25bf-CG (103p), 2R/1er, 3H, 4BB, 6K); 2H (Nicholas Gregg (Janesville Craig/24));

*H Cedar Rapids/671: 1-0-0.1-0-0.x = 2; (2-3-0-5lob); SP/WP-Kameron Volz (Prairie/24; 7ip/25bf-CG (80p), 0R, 5H, 1BB, 3K); 2B (Andrew Robinson (Prairie/22-Wartburg));

G8 - Midland/MI Post 165 (2-0/30-4), Eau Claire/WI Post 53 0 (1-1/27-8) - 5 innings - official score report

*v Midland/165: 4-1-2.3-3-x.x = 13; (13-11-0-8); SP/WP-Chad Brown (Hemlock/25; 2.2ip/12bf (34p), 0R, 3H, 1BB, 2K); P2-Brett Faccio (Midland/25; 1.1ip/5bf (26p), 0R, 0H, 1BB, 3K); P3-Brendan Martin (Beal City/22-Mid Michigan; 1ip/3bf (9p), 0R, 0H); 2H (Tanner Sontag-4 (Bay City John Glenn/23-Oakland); Ryan Louch (Clare/25); Brady Rogers (Bay City John Glenn/23-Lawrence Tech)); 2RBI (Sonntagg-4; Louch; Rogers); 2B (Louch);

*H Eau Claire/53: 0-0-0.0-0-x.x = 0; (0-3-1-5); SP/LP-Trenton Palmer (Eau Claire North/23; 3ip/19bf (56p), 7R/6er, 7H, 2BB, 1-HBP); P2-Eli Rathke (Eau Claire North/23; 1.1ip/15bf (58p), 6R/5er, 4H, 6BB, 2K); P3-Patrick Callaghan (Eau Claire Regis/23; 2/3ip/2bf (4p), 0R, 0H); 2H (Cooper Dykes (Eau Claire Regis/23-St Norbert)); 2B (Bennett Stokke (Altoona/25));

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Friday, August 4 - Jim's returms to Midland (for a while)!

Game 9 - Barrington/IL Post 158 2 (2-1/23-15), Janesville/WI Post 205 1 (1-2/21-11) - elimination - Jim's unofficial scoring

*v Barrington/158: 0-0-0.0-0-0.2 = 2; (2-6-0-6lob); SP/WP-Nick Lacson (Barrington/23-Colrado School of Mines; 7ip/26bf-CG (87p), 1R/1er, 7H, 4K); GWRBI (7th inning, 2-out walk to Brendan Beals (Barrington/23));

*H Janesville/205: SP/LP-Dylan Snyder (Janesville Craig/23-St Mary's/MN; 7ip/29bf (91p), 2R/0er, 6H. 1BB, 5K, 1-IntBB); 2H (Trace Jacobson (Janesville Parker/22-St Norbert)); 2B (Jacobson);

*Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468295

*Jim's unofficial notes:

*General note - a close, fast-paced and exciting game. Some errors / mistakes but well pitched (2 complete games, 1 walk, 9 strikeouts combined).

*Errors matter: A top of the 7th inning, 2-out error with bases loaded allowed Barrington/158 to tie the game at 1-1;

*Walks matter: Janesville/205 only issued one walk - a 2-out bases loaded walk in the top of the 7th to give Barrington/158 a 2-1 lead (Janesville/205 also had one Intentional Walk);

*Players need to know the game of baseball and the situation - with 1 out (runners 2nd & 3rd) in the bottom of the 5th (score 0-0) a flyball to center seems like a sacrifice fly - but the runner on 2nd was late returning to 2nd and was doubled off to end the inning;

*Keep your head in the game at all times - In the bottom of the 6th a 1-out/runner on 1st double scores the runner from 1st with a close play at the plate - but the batter is caught (in a run-down) trying to advance to 3rd on the same play;

*Jim's Narrative top of the 7th for Barrington/158 - score is Janesville 1, Barrington 0 -

(1) Strikeout; (2) infield single; (3) popup to short - 2 out!; (4) single to right, runner on 1st goes to 3rd; (4a) runner on 1st steals 2nd; (5) with 2-0 count Intentional Walk to load the bases; (6) ground ball to 3rd, attempting to tag runner the ball rolls free - 1 run scores (1-1), bases remain loaded; (7) RBI Walk, score now Barrington/158-2, Janesville/205-1; (8) linedrive out to RF; Janesville went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 7th;

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Game 10 - Eau Claire/WI Post 53 3 (2-1/28-8), Linwood/MI Post 239 2 (1-2/20-13) - elimination - Jim's unofficial scoring

*v Linwood/239: 0-0-0.2-0-0.0 = 2; (2-7-4-9); SP/nd-Daniel Duley (Freeland/24; 2ip/9bf (30), 0R, 0H, 3BB, 1-HBP); P2/LP-Jacob Kowalksi (Freeland/23-Mid Michigan; 4.1ip/23bf (77p), 3R/1er, 3H, 4BB, 2-HBP); 2H (Chase Raymond (Standish-Sterling/22-Saginaw Valley); Connor Dee-3 (Gladwin/23-Spring Arbor));

*H Eau Claire/53: 0-0-0.1-0-0.2 = 3; (3-3-1-10); SP/nd-Bennett Stokke (Altoona/25; 4ip/19bf (65p), 2R/2er, 4H, 3BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2/WP-Sawyer Stein (Eau Claire Memorial/24; 3ip/13bf (37p), 0R, 3H); 2H (Trenton Palmer (Eau Claire North/23); 2RBI (Palmer); GWRBI (Palmer - 1-out, 2RBI single in the bottom of the 7th);

*Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468296

*Jim's unofficial notes:

*General note: A close game, tense with Eau Claire Post 53 leaving 10 men on base and Linwood Post 239 leaving 9. Linwood Post 239 had two critical errors in the bottom of the 7th.

*Eau Claire/53's starting pitcher Bennett Stokke took a pitch off his helmet in the 2nd inning, stayed in but left after pitching the 4th inning;

*Getting away with “freebies”?: Linwood/239 issued 7 walks, 3 hit-batters and 4 errors where the batter reached base - but only 2 of those 14 baserunners scored;

*The timing of “freebies” matters!: Linwood/239 gave up one walk and two errors in the bottom of the 7th to load the bases with 1 out - followed by the game-winning 2 RBI single;

*Double plays help: Linwood/239 had double plays in the first 3 innings stranding three Eau Claire/53 baserunners;

*Failure to capitalize: Linwood/239 had 5 men reach to start the 4th inning (single, single, HBP, RBI walk, RBI walk) but then a foul-out to third, a strikeout and a fly-out to center for only two runs.

*Jim's Narrative bottom of the 7th for Eau Claire Post 53 (Linwood/239-2, Eau Claire 53-1): (1) Batter safe at 1st (E3F); (2) Sac Bunt (1-3), baserunner advances to 2nd; (3) Walk (runners on 2nd, 1st); (4) Fielder's Choice/E4F to load the bases with 1 out; (5) A 2-run single to center, play at the plate on the 2nd runner ws too late (though close);

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Game 11 - Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 4 (3-0/15-10), Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 2 (2-1/30-5) - official scorekeeper

*v Midland/165: 0-0-0.0-1-1.0 = 2; (2-9-2-7lob); SP/LP-Luke LaCourse (Bay City Western/25; 4ip/22bf (86p), 4R/4er, 3H, 6BB, 1K); P2-Thomas Bacigalupo (Midland Dow/23-Hope; 2ip/5bf (22p), 0R, 0H, 2K); 2H (Mitchell Walters (Shepherd/23-Alpena); Nathan Ball (Bay City John Glenn/23-Eastern Michigan); Brady Rogers (Bay City John Glenn/23-Lawrence Tech));

*H Cedar Rapids/671: 2-0-0.2-0-0.x = 4; (4-3-1-5lob); SP/WP-Maddux Frese (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Southeastern CC; 7ip/30bf (98p), 2R/1er, 9H, 6K); 2B (Kade Knock (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Kirkwood));

*Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468297

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Saturday, August 5 -

Game 12 - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 9 (3-1/32-5), Barrington/IL Post 158 2 (2-2/24-16) - elimination - official score report

*v Barrington/158: 1-0-0.0-1-0.0 = 2; (2-4-2-5lob); SP/LP-Daniel Hoffman (Barrington/22; 3.1ip/23bf (89p), 9R/6er, 9H, 3BB, 3K, 10HBP); P2-Owen Ruff (Barrington HS/23; 2.2ip/10bf (32p(, 0R, 2H, 1-BB, 1K); 2H (Noah Rasmussen (Barrington/24));

*H Midland/165: 3-0-3.3-0-0.x = 9; (9-11-0-6lob); SP/WP-Nathan Masar (Bullock Creek/23-Saginaw Valley; 6ip/25bf (92p), 2R/2er, 4H, 3BB, 5K); P2-Brendan Martin (Beal City/22-Mid Michigan; 1ip/3bf, 0R, 0H, 1-BB); 2H (Zachary Parker (Midland Dow/23-Northwood); Mitchell Walters (Shepherd/23-Alpena); Braylen Laverty-4 (Midland/22-Delta); Nathan Ball (Bay City John Glenn/23-Eastern Michigan)); 2RBI (Ball-3; Tanner Sonntag (Bay City John Glenn/23-Oakland)); 2B (Parker; Ball; Sonntag);

*Official score report: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468298

Game 13 - Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 12 (4-0/17-10), Eau Claire/WI Post 53 2 (2-2/29-9) - 5 innings - elimination - official score report

*v Eau Claire/53: 0-0-1.0-1-x.x = 2; (2-4-4-8lob); SP/LP-Cooper Dykes (Eau Claire Regis/23-St Norbert; 4ip/25bf (84p), 7R/5er, 10H, 2BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2-Tyler Iverson (Eau Claire Memorial/24; 1/3ip/8bf (28p), 5R/4er, 5H); 2H (Trenton Palmer (Eau Claire North/23)); 2RBI (Palmer);

*H Cedar Rapids/671: 2-1-1.3-5-x.x = 12; (12-15-1-6lob); SP/WP-Logan Wagemeister (Cedar Rapids Prairie/24; 5ip/25bf-cg; (87p), 2R/2er, 4H, 4BB, 4K, 1-HBP); 2H (Kade Knock-4 (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Kirkwood); Mason Trpkosh-4 (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23); Spencer Wood (Cedar Rapids/25); Ty Dinusson (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23)); 2RBI (Maddux Frese (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Southeastern CC); Trpkosh; Wood); 2B (Knock; Frese; Wood);

*Official score report: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468299

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The other seven regions -

*Region 1 Northeast (Fitton Field - Shrewsbury, MA - CT, MA (2), ME, NH, NY, RI, VT) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional1

*Region 2 Mid-Atlantic (Dale Miller Field - Morgantown, WV - DE, MD, NJ, OH, PA (2), WV (2)) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional2

*Region 3 Southeast (McCrary Park - Asheboro, NC - FL, GA, KY, NC (2), SC, TN, VA) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional3

*Region 4 Mid-South (Bobby Hayes Stadium - Pelham, AL - AL (2), AR, KS, LA, MO, MS, OK) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional4

*Region 6 Central Plains (Fitzgerald Stadium - Rapid City, SD - MN (2), NE (2), ND (2), SD (2)) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional6

*Region 7 Northwest (Hladky Memorial Stadium - Gillette, WY - AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY (2)) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional7

*Region 8 Western (FEBA Fields - Fairfield, CA - AZ, CA (2), HI, NM, NV, TX, UT) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional8

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Awards -

#2023 KiKi Cuyler Award: Tanner Sonntag - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 / Bay City John Glenn HS - Class AA Tournament MVP - unofficial list of prior recepients - http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2023/07/073023-kiki-cuyler-award-michigan.html

#2023 Hal Newhouser Award: Brock Beaudrie - Trenton/MI Post 426 / Trenton HS (Alma College) - Class A Tournament MVP - http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2023/07/073123-hal-newhouser-award-michigan.html

#2023 Robert Turner Scholarship: Jack Wyatt Bakus - Midland Berryhill Post 165 / Midland Dow HS ($500)

*Turner Family announcement: https://michiganlegion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/Programs/2023TurnerBaseballScholarship.pdf?aa8385&aa8385

*Application: https://michiganlegion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/Programs/2023TurnerBaseballScholarship.pdf?aa8385&aa8385

*Prior recipients - http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2023/07/073023-robert-turner-scholarship.html

#2023 American Legion Baseball Player of the Year Scholarship: Caden Oliver - Adrian Post 275 / Parma Western HS ($500 - qualifies for American Legion “All Academic Team” sponsored by Diamond Sports ($2,500 (8 players) / $5,000 (captain));

*Application: https://michiganlegion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/Programs/baseball_scholarship.pdf?aa8385&aa8385

*Some prior recipients - http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2023/08/073123-american-legion-baseball.html

Champions -

2023 American Legion Region 1 / Northeast - Ellsworth, ME Post 207 (21-5)

2023 American Legion Region 2 / Mid-Atlantic - Brooklawn, NJ Post 72 (27-4)

2023 American Legion Region 3 / Southeast - Florence, SC (30-5)

2023 American Legion Region 4 / Mid-South - Troy, AL Post 70 (24-5)

2023 American Legion Region 5 / Great Lakes - Cedar Rapids, IA Post 671 (18-10)

2023 American Legion Region 6 / Cental Plains - Lincoln, NE Post 3 (51-10)

2023 American Legion Region 7 / Northwest - Cheyenne, WY Post 6 (65-15)

2023 American Legion Region 8 / Western - League City, TX (23-3)

2023 Michigan American Legion Class AA Champion - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 (Great Lakes)

2023 Michigan American Legion Class A Champion - Trenton Post 426

2023 Michigan American Legion Class AA Runner-up - Linwood/MI Post 239 (Great Lakes)

2023 Michigan American Legion Zone 4 Class A Champion - Gaylord Baseball Club

2023 Michigan American Legion Zone 5 Class A Champion - Norway/MI Post 145

2023 Michigan American Legion Zone 5 Junior Champion - Marquette/MI Legion Reds

Ohio American Legion Senior Champion - Yeager-Benson/OH Post 199 (Mid-Atlantic Regional)

Ohio American Legion Junior Champion - Athens/OH Post 21

Ohio American Legion 1 Champion - Napoleon/OH Post 300

Ohio American Legion 2 Champion - Sidney/OH Post 217

Ohio American Legion 3 Champion - Wooster/Wayne County/OH Post 68

Ohio American Legion 4 Champion - Utica/OH Post 92

Ohio American Legion 5 Champion - Yeager-Benson/OH Post 199

Ohio American Legion 6 Champion - Pickerington/OH Post 283

Ohio American Legion 7 Champion - New Philadelphia/OH Post 139

Ohio American Legion 8 Champion - Beverly-Lowell/OH Post 389/750

Illinois American Legion Senior Champion - Barrington, IL Post 158

Illinois American Legion Senior Runner-up - Danville, IL Post 210 (Great Lakes Regional)

Illinois American Legion Junior Champion - Alton, IL Post 126

Indiana American Legion Senior Champion - Lafayette/IN Post 11 (Great Lakes Regional)

Indiana American Legion Junior Champion - Plymouth/IN Post 27 “Spyders”

Iowa American Legion Champion - Swisher, IA Post 671

Wisconsin American Legion AAA Champion - Janesville, WI Post 205 (Great Lakes Regional)

Wisconsin American Legion Senior Runner-up - Eau Claire, WI Post 53 (Great Lakes Regional)

Wisconsin American Legion AA Champion - Ashwaubenon, WI

Wisconsin American Legion A Champion - Denmark, WI

Wisconsin American Legion 17U Champion - Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Wisconsin American Legion 16U Champion - La Crosse, WI A's

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2023 Great Lakes Regional Players - unofficial and subject to my errors

(ones I looked up)

Janesville/WI Post 205

Jack Ryan - Janesville Craig/22 - Wisconson Whitewater

Jaicy Campbell - Janesville Parker/23

Trace Jacobson - Janesville Parker/22 - St Norbert

Nicholas Gregg - Janesville Craig/24

Carson Dupuis - Edgerton/23

Dylan Snyder - Janesville Craig/23

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Barrington/IL Post 158

Jackson Kanak - Barrington/22

Brendan Beals - Barrington/23

Dylan Provenzano - Barrington/23

Nick Lacson - Barrington/23

Daniel Hoffman - Barrington/22

Owen Ruff - Barrington/23

Noah Rasmussen - Barrington/24

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Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671

Ty Dinusson - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23

Spencer Wood - Cedar Rapids Prairie/25

Maddux Frese - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23 - Southeastern CC

Kade Knock - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23 - Kirkwood

Andrew Robinson - Cedar Rapids Prairie/22 - Wartburg

Reid Burkle - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

Mason Trpkosh - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23

Kam Volz - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

Logan Wagemeister - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

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Danville/IL Post 210

Kollin Asbury - Armstrong/24

Ethan McMasters - Westville/23

Drew Wichtowski - Westville/23

Dalton Hobick - Oakwood/23 - Kankakee

Drew Pinkston - Paris/22 - Danville Area

Landen Haurez - Westville/?

Gavin Parkerson - Armstrong/23 - Parkland JC

Blake Norton - Salt Fork/23 - Illinois Central JC

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Lafayette/IN Post 11

Konnor Kreinbrook - Lafayette Harrison/22 - Oakland City

Maysen Meyers - Lafayette Jefferson/23

Gavin Ingram - Lafayette Harrison/23

Jadan Franceschina - Monticello Twin Lakes/23

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Eau Claire/WI Post 53

Tyler Webb - Eleva-Strum/24

Tyler Iverson - Eau Claire Memorial/24

CJ Varsho - Altoona/23 - Winona State

Cooper Dykes - Eau Claire Regis/23 - St Norbert

Sawyer Stein - Eau Claire Memorial/24

Sam Knickerbocker - Eau Claire Regis/23 - St Mary's/MN

Bennett Stokke - Altoona/25

Patrick Callaghan - Eau Claire Regis/23

Eli Rathke - Eau Claire North/23

Trenton Palmer - Eau Claire North/23

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08/06/2023 American Legion Great Lakes Regional (Region 5) - Day 4

08/06/2023 American Legion Great Lakes Regional (Region 5) - Day 4

The official stats - These are important because they are included in determining post-season American Legion Baseball awards (so mine are worthless, but I like to keep my own book!).

Disclaimers:

All the way at the bottom a list of some of the non-Michigan players I have looked up to detrmine high school affiliations - VERY UNOFFICIAL!

#American Legion World Series - August 10-15, 2023 at Keeter Stadium, Shelby, NC

*2023 Link - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023

*2023American Legion World Series Media Guide and Record Book - https://www.legion.org/sites/legion.org/files/legion/documents/Media%20Guide%20Record%20Full%20Book.pdf

*Ways to follow the American Legion World Series - https://www.legion.org/baseball/followus?utm_campaign=Source+Code+Here&utm_content=BASEBALL&utm_term=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra

*Region 5 - Great Lakes (Gerace Field / Northwood University - Midland, MI - IA, IL (2), IN, MI (2), WI (2)) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional5

Region 5 Great Lakes Teams - (Won-Loss - maybe!)

Host / Champion - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 (27-4)

Illinois Champion - Barrington/IL Post 158 (19-7)

Illinois Runner-up - Danville/IL Post 210 (35-7)

Indiana Champion - Lafayette/IN Post 11 (27-6)

Iowa Champion - Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 (Swisher, IA)

Wisconsin Champion - Janesville/WI Post 205 (20-9)

Michigan Runner-up - Linwood/MI Post 239 (19-11)

Wisconsin Runner-up - Eau Claire/WI Post 53

Media -

#2023 Legion Baseball Regionals: Saturday roundup (Richard Walker - Americn Legion) https://www.legion.org/baseball/259745/2023-legion-baseball-regionals-saturday-roundup

#Legion baseball: Post 53 eliminated from Great Lakes Regional (Evan Hong - WQOW.com) https://www.wqow.com/sports/legion-baseball-post-53-eliminated-from-great-lakes-regional/article_2496effc-33f3-11ee-8331-475dce1a75a7.html

#Berryhill whips Illinois, advances to regional final (Fred Kelly - Midland Daily News) https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/berryhill-whips-illinois-advances-regional-final-18280994.php

The Schedule!

Warning - High School affiliations are generally from “google” so don't take them as “gospel”!

Saturday, August 5 -

Game 12 - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 9 (3-1/32-5), Barrington/IL Post 158 2 (2-2/24-16) - elimination - official score report

*v Barrington/158: 1-0-0.0-1-0.0 = 2; (2-4-2-5lob); SP/LP-Daniel Hoffman (Barrington/22; 3.1ip/23bf (89p), 9R/6er, 9H, 3BB, 3K, 10HBP); P2-Owen Ruff (Barrington HS/23; 2.2ip/10bf (32p(, 0R, 2H, 1-BB, 1K); 2H (Noah Rasmussen (Barrington/24));

*H Midland/165: 3-0-3.3-0-0.x = 9; (9-11-0-6lob); SP/WP-Nathan Masar (Bullock Creek/23-Saginaw Valley; 6ip/25bf (92p), 2R/2er, 4H, 3BB, 5K); P2-Brendan Martin (Beal City/22-Mid Michigan; 1ip/3bf, 0R, 0H, 1-BB); 2H (Zachary Parker (Midland Dow/23-Northwood); Mitchell Walters (Shepherd/23-Alpena); Braylen Laverty-4 (Midland/22-Delta); Nathan Ball (Bay City John Glenn/23-Eastern Michigan)); 2RBI (Ball-3; Tanner Sonntag (Bay City John Glenn/23-Oakland)); 2B (Parker; Ball; Sonntag);

*Official score report: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468298

Game 13 - Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 12 (4-0/17-10), Eau Claire/WI Post 53 2 (2-2/29-9) - 5 innings - elimination - official score report

*v Eau Claire/53: 0-0-1.0-1-x.x = 2; (2-4-4-8lob); SP/LP-Cooper Dykes (Eau Claire Regis/23-St Norbert; 4ip/25bf (84p), 7R/5er, 10H, 2BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2-Tyler Iverson (Eau Claire Memorial/24; 1/3ip/8bf (28p), 5R/4er, 5H); 2H (Trenton Palmer (Eau Claire North/23)); 2RBI (Palmer);

*H Cedar Rapids/671: 2-1-1.3-5-x.x = 12; (12-15-1-6lob); SP/WP-Logan Wagemeister (Cedar Rapids Prairie/24; 5ip/25bf-cg; (87p), 2R/2er, 4H, 4BB, 4K, 1-HBP); 2H (Kade Knock-4 (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Kirkwood); Mason Trpkosh-4 (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23); Spencer Wood (Cedar Rapids/25); Ty Dinusson (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23)); 2RBI (Maddux Frese (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Southeastern CC); Trpkosh; Wood); 2B (Knock; Frese; Wood);

*Official score report: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468299

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Wednesday, August 2 -

http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/central.php?tid=931&t=1#tourny

Game 1 -Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 3 (1-0/13-10), Danville/IL Post 210 0 (0-1/35-8) - Jim's unofficial scoring -

*v Danville/210: 0-0-0.0-0-0.0 = 0; 0-3-0-5lob); SP/LP-Gavin Parkeron (Armstrong/23-Parkland JC; 4.1ip/23bf (97p), 3R/3er, 6H, 4BB, 6K); P2-Blake Norton (Salt Fork/23-Illinois Central JC; 1.2ip/7bf (25p), 0R, 2H, 2K);

*H Cedar Rapids/671: 0-0-0.2-1-0-x = 3; (3-8-0-9lob); SP/WP-Reid Burkle (Cedar Rapids Prairie/24; 5+ip/19bf (67p), 0R, 2H, 7K, 2-HBP); P2-Maddux Frese (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Southeastern CC; 2ip/7bf (22p), 0R, 1H, 2K); 2H (Frese; Andrew Robinson (Cedar Rapids Prairie/22-Wartburg); Mason Trpkosh (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23));

Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468287

Game 2 - Eau Claire/WI Post 53 6 (1-0/27-7), Lafayette/IN Post 11 3 (0-1/22-14) - 9 innings - Jim's unofficial scoring -

*v Eau Claire/53: 0-0-0.1-0-0.2-0-3 = 6; (6-9-4-10); SP/nd-Tyler Webb (Eleva-Strum/24; 6+ip/29bf (95p), 3R/3er, 5H, 3BB, 2K, 1-Balk); P2/WP-Tyler Iverson (Eau Claire Memorial/24; 2ip/7bf (30p), 0R, 0H, 1BB, 3K); P3-/SV-CJ Varsho (Altoona/23-Winona State; 1ip/5bf (112p), 0R, 1H, 1K); 2H (Cooper Dykes (Eau Claire Regis/23-St Norbert); Sawyer Stein-3 (Eau Claire Memorial/24); Sam Knickerbocker-3 (Eau Claire Regis/23-St Mary's/MN)); 2RBI (Knickerbocker-4); 2B (Knickerbocker);

*H Lafayette/11: 0-1-1.0-0-0.1-0-0 = 3; (3-6-0-11); SP/nd-Gavin Owsley (West Lafayette Harrison/23; 5.2ip/22bf (80p), 1R/1er, 4H, 1BB, 2K); P2-Tanner Turnpaugh (Flora Carroll/23; 2/3ip/6bf (19p), 2R/2er, 0H, 3BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P3/LP-Tanner Coble (Monticello Twin Lakes/24; 2ip/10bf (36p), 2R/2er, 4H, 1K); P4-Hayden Slate (West Lafayette Harrison/23; 2/3ip/5bf (19p), 1R/1er, 1H, 1BB, 1K, 1-HBP); 2H (Aiden Lowry (West Lafayette Harrison/24)); 2B (Slate; Corbin Payne (West Lafayette Harrison/23-John Logan JC));

Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468288

Game 3 - Janesville/WI Post 205 9 (1-0/21-9), Linwood/MI Post 239 1 (0-1/19-12) - official score report

*v Linwood/239: 0-1-0.0-0-0.0 = 7; (1-6-3-6lob); SP/LP-Hayden Hileman (Freeland/22; 5.1ip/31 (105p), 9R/5er, 10H, 3BB, 1K); P2-Landon Love (Beaverton/26; 2/3ip/3 (5p), 0R, 1H);

*H Janesville/205: 0-0-5.0-0-4.x = 9; (9-11-0-7lob); SP/WP-Jack Ryan (Janesville Craig/22-Wisconson Whitewater; 7ip/2bf (105p), 1R/1er, 6H, 1BB, 7K, 2-HBP); 2H (Trace Jacobson (Janesville Parker/22-St Norbert); Nicholas Gregg (Janesville Craig/24); Jaicy Campbell (Janesville Parker/23)); 2RBI (Jacobson-3); 2B (Ryan; Gregg);

Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468289

Game 4 - Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165 3 (1-0/29-4), Barrington/IL Post 158 2 (0-1/26-8) - official score report

*v Barrington/158: 0-0-0.0-0-1.1 = 2; (2-4-1-8lob); SP/LP-Ryan Oztekin (Barrington/23; 7ip/26bf (81p), 3R/1er, 8H, 2BB, 2K); 2H (Daniel Hoffman (Barrington/22)); 3B (Connor Fitzpatrick (Barrington/24));

*H Midland/165: 0-0-0.3-0-0.0 = 3; (3-8-0-5lob); SP/WP-Tanner Sonntag (Bay City John Glenn/23-Oakland; 4ip/18bf (69p), 0R, 2H, 2BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2-Thomas Bacigalupo (Midland Dow/23-Hope; 1.2ip/9bf (39p), 1R/0er, 1H, 2BB, 1-HBP); P3/SV-Nathan Masar (Bullock Creek/23-Saginaw Valley; 1.1ip/5bf (27p), 1R/1er, 1H, 3K); 2H (Mitchell Walters (Shepherd/23-Alpena)); 2B (Nathan Ball (Bay City John Glenn/23-Eastern Michigan));

Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468290

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Thursday, August 3 -

G5 - Linwood/MI Post 239 13 (1-1/20-12), Danville/IL Post 210 7 (0-2/35-9) - elimination - official score report

*v Danville/210: 0-1-1.3-1-1.0 = 7; (7-10-2-7lob); SP/LP-Kollin Asbury (Armstrong/24; 4.1ip/23bf (78p), 10R/9er, 7H, 2BB, 4K); P2-Ethan McMasters (Westville/23; 1.2ip/10bf (27p), 3R/3er, 3H, 1BB, 3K, 1-HBP); 2H (Drew Wichtowski (Westville/24); Dalton Hobick (Oakwood/23-Kankakee CC); Drew Pinkston (Paris/22-Danville Area)); 2RBI (Hobick; Landon Haurez (Westville/?)); 2B (Hobick-2);

*H Linwood/239: 2-0-0.0-10-1.x = 13; (13-10-1-2lob); SP/nd-Chase Raymond (Standish-Sterling/22-Saginaw Valley; 1ip/4bf (10p), 0R, 0H, 1K, 1-HBP); P2-Owen Wendt (Midland/23; 4ip/21bf (65p), 5R/1er, 6H, 2BB, 1K); P3/WP-Jacob Kowalski (Freeland/23-Mid Michigan; 2ip/10bf (29p), 2R/2er, 4H, 2K); 2H (Lucas Mead (Gladwin/23-Saginaw Valley); Raymond-3; Addison Vallad (Standish-Sterling/22-Alma)); 2RBI (Mead; Raymond-4; Connor Dee (Gladwin/23-Spring Arbor)); HR (Raymond-2); 2B (Connor Dee; Vallad; Colin Dee (Freeland/24));

G6 - Barrington/IL Post 158 16 (1-1/27-8) , Lafayette/IN Post 11 5 (0-2/22-15) - 5 innings - elimination - official score report

*v Barrington/158: 4-3-1.0-8-x.x = 16; (16-9-1-8lob); SP/WP-Jackson Kanak (Barrington/22; 5ip/22bf-cg (66p), 5R/5er, 6H, 1BB, 6K, 1-HBP); 2H (Brendan Beals (Barrington/23); Connor Fitzpatrick (Barrington/24)); 2RBI (Daniel Hoffman-3 (Barrington/22); Fitzpatrick; Dylan Provenzano (Barrington/23)); 2B (Beals; Hoffman);

*H Lafayette/11: 1-0-2.0-2-x.x = 5; (5-6-5-2lob); SP/LP-Konnor Kreinbrook (West Lafayette Harrison/22-Oakland City; 6bf (29p), 4R/4er, 3h, 2BB, 1-HBP); P2-Maysen Meyers (Lafayette Jefferson/23; 4.1ip/22bf (77p), 6R/5er, 3H, 4BB, 2K, 1-HBP); P3-Gavin Ingram (Lafayette Harrison/23; 1/3ip/4bf (13p), 3R/2er, 0H, 2BB, 1-HBP); P4-Jadan Franceschina (Monticello Twin Lakes/23; 1/3ip/7bf (18p), 3R/0er, 3H, 1BB, 1-HBP); 2H (Samuel Hallada (West Lafayette Harrison/23-Lipscomb); Aidan Lowry (West Lafayette Harrison/24)); 2RBI (Lowry-4); 3B (Lowry); 2B (Lowry);

G7 - Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 2 (2-0/14-10), Janesville/WI Post 205 0 (1-1/21-10) - official score report

*v Janesville/205: 0-0-0.0-0-0.0 = 0; (0-5-2-4lob); SP/LP-Carson Dupuis (Edgerton/23; 6ip/25bf-CG (103p), 2R/1er, 3H, 4BB, 6K); 2H (Nicholas Gregg (Janesville Craig/24));

*H Cedar Rapids/671: 1-0-0.1-0-0.x = 2; (2-3-0-5lob); SP/WP-Kameron Volz (Prairie/24; 7ip/25bf-CG (80p), 0R, 5H, 1BB, 3K); 2B (Andrew Robinson (Prairie/22-Wartburg));

G8 - Midland/MI Post 165 (2-0/30-4), Eau Claire/WI Post 53 0 (1-1/27-8) - 5 innings - official score report

*v Midland/165: 4-1-2.3-3-x.x = 13; (13-11-0-8); SP/WP-Chad Brown (Hemlock/25; 2.2ip/12bf (34p), 0R, 3H, 1BB, 2K); P2-Brett Faccio (Midland/25; 1.1ip/5bf (26p), 0R, 0H, 1BB, 3K); P3-Brendan Martin (Beal City/22-Mid Michigan; 1ip/3bf (9p), 0R, 0H); 2H (Tanner Sontag-4 (Bay City John Glenn/23-Oakland); Ryan Louch (Clare/25); Brady Rogers (Bay City John Glenn/23-Lawrence Tech)); 2RBI (Sonntagg-4; Louch; Rogers); 2B (Louch);

*H Eau Claire/53: 0-0-0.0-0-x.x = 0; (0-3-1-5); SP/LP-Trenton Palmer (Eau Claire North/23; 3ip/19bf (56p), 7R/6er, 7H, 2BB, 1-HBP); P2-Eli Rathke (Eau Claire North/23; 1.1ip/15bf (58p), 6R/5er, 4H, 6BB, 2K); P3-Patrick Callaghan (Eau Claire Regis/23; 2/3ip/2bf (4p), 0R, 0H); 2H (Cooper Dykes (Eau Claire Regis/23-St Norbert)); 2B (Bennett Stokke (Altoona/25));

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Friday, August 4 - Jim's returms to Midland (for a while)!

Game 9 - Barrington/IL Post 158 2 (2-1/23-15), Janesville/WI Post 205 1 (1-2/21-11) - elimination - Jim's unofficial scoring

*v Barrington/158: 0-0-0.0-0-0.2 = 2; (2-6-0-6lob); SP/WP-Nick Lacson (Barrington/23-Colrado School of Mines; 7ip/26bf-CG (87p), 1R/1er, 7H, 4K); GWRBI (7th inning, 2-out walk to Brendan Beals (Barrington/23));

*H Janesville/205: SP/LP-Dylan Snyder (Janesville Craig/23-St Mary's/MN; 7ip/29bf (91p), 2R/0er, 6H. 1BB, 5K, 1-IntBB); 2H (Trace Jacobson (Janesville Parker/22-St Norbert)); 2B (Jacobson);

*Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468295

*Jim's unofficial notes:

*General note - a close, fast-paced and exciting game. Some errors / mistakes but well pitched (2 complete games, 1 walk, 9 strikeouts combined).

*Errors matter: A top of the 7th inning, 2-out error with bases loaded allowed Barrington/158 to tie the game at 1-1;

*Walks matter: Janesville/205 only issued one walk - a 2-out bases loaded walk in the top of the 7th to give Barrington/158 a 2-1 lead (Janesville/205 also had one Intentional Walk);

*Players need to know the game of baseball and the situation - with 1 out (runners 2nd & 3rd) in the bottom of the 5th (score 0-0) a flyball to center seems like a sacrifice fly - but the runner on 2nd was late returning to 2nd and was doubled off to end the inning;

*Keep your head in the game at all times - In the bottom of the 6th a 1-out/runner on 1st double scores the runner from 1st with a close play at the plate - but the batter is caught (in a run-down) trying to advance to 3rd on the same play;

*Jim's Narrative top of the 7th for Barrington/158 - score is Janesville 1, Barrington 0 -

(1) Strikeout; (2) infield single; (3) popup to short - 2 out!; (4) single to right, runner on 1st goes to 3rd; (4a) runner on 1st steals 2nd; (5) with 2-0 count Intentional Walk to load the bases; (6) ground ball to 3rd, attempting to tag runner the ball rolls free - 1 run scores (1-1), bases remain loaded; (7) RBI Walk, score now Barrington/158-2, Janesville/205-1; (8) linedrive out to RF; Janesville went 1-2-3 in the bottom of the 7th;

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Game 10 - Eau Claire/WI Post 53 3 (2-1/28-8), Linwood/MI Post 239 2 (1-2/20-13) - elimination - Jim's unofficial scoring

*v Linwood/239: 0-0-0.2-0-0.0 = 2; (2-7-4-9); SP/nd-Daniel Duley (Freeland/24; 2ip/9bf (30), 0R, 0H, 3BB, 1-HBP); P2/LP-Jacob Kowalksi (Freeland/23-Mid Michigan; 4.1ip/23bf (77p), 3R/1er, 3H, 4BB, 2-HBP); 2H (Chase Raymond (Standish-Sterling/22-Saginaw Valley); Connor Dee-3 (Gladwin/23-Spring Arbor));

*H Eau Claire/53: 0-0-0.1-0-0.2 = 3; (3-3-1-10); SP/nd-Bennett Stokke (Altoona/25; 4ip/19bf (65p), 2R/2er, 4H, 3BB, 3K, 1-HBP); P2/WP-Sawyer Stein (Eau Claire Memorial/24; 3ip/13bf (37p), 0R, 3H); 2H (Trenton Palmer (Eau Claire North/23); 2RBI (Palmer); GWRBI (Palmer - 1-out, 2RBI single in the bottom of the 7th);

*Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468296

*Jim's unofficial notes:

*General note: A close game, tense with Eau Claire Post 53 leaving 10 men on base and Linwood Post 239 leaving 9. Linwood Post 239 had two critical errors in the bottom of the 7th.

*Eau Claire/53's starting pitcher Bennett Stokke took a pitch off his helmet in the 2nd inning, stayed in but left after pitching the 4th inning;

*Getting away with “freebies”?: Linwood/239 issued 7 walks, 3 hit-batters and 4 errors where the batter reached base - but only 2 of those 14 baserunners scored;

*The timing of “freebies” matters!: Linwood/239 gave up one walk and two errors in the bottom of the 7th to load the bases with 1 out - followed by the game-winning 2 RBI single;

*Double plays help: Linwood/239 had double plays in the first 3 innings stranding three Eau Claire/53 baserunners;

*Failure to capitalize: Linwood/239 had 5 men reach to start the 4th inning (single, single, HBP, RBI walk, RBI walk) but then a foul-out to third, a strikeout and a fly-out to center for only two runs.

*Jim's Narrative bottom of the 7th for Eau Claire Post 53 (Linwood/239-2, Eau Claire 53-1): (1) Batter safe at 1st (E3F); (2) Sac Bunt (1-3), baserunner advances to 2nd; (3) Walk (runners on 2nd, 1st); (4) Fielder's Choice/E4F to load the bases with 1 out; (5) A 2-run single to center, play at the plate on the 2nd runner ws too late (though close);

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Game 11 - Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 4 (3-0/15-10), Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 2 (2-1/30-5) - official scorekeeper

*v Midland/165: 0-0-0.0-1-1.0 = 2; (2-9-2-7lob); SP/LP-Luke LaCourse (Bay City Western/25; 4ip/22bf (86p), 4R/4er, 3H, 6BB, 1K); P2-Thomas Bacigalupo (Midland Dow/23-Hope; 2ip/5bf (22p), 0R, 0H, 2K); 2H (Mitchell Walters (Shepherd/23-Alpena); Nathan Ball (Bay City John Glenn/23-Eastern Michigan); Brady Rogers (Bay City John Glenn/23-Lawrence Tech));

*H Cedar Rapids/671: 2-0-0.2-0-0.x = 4; (4-3-1-5lob); SP/WP-Maddux Frese (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Southeastern CC; 7ip/30bf (98p), 2R/1er, 9H, 6K); 2B (Kade Knock (Cedar Rapids Prairie/23-Kirkwood));

*Official box: http://www.statbroadcast.com/events/archived.php?id=468297

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Sunday, August 6 -

Game 14 1pm - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165(1 loss) vs. Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671 (0 losses)

Game 15 4pm - If Necessary game

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The other seven regions -

*Region 1 Northeast (Fitton Field - Shrewsbury, MA - CT, MA (2), ME, NH, NY, RI, VT) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional1

*Region 2 Mid-Atlantic (Dale Miller Field - Morgantown, WV - DE, MD, NJ, OH, PA (2), WV (2)) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional2

Thursday 08/03 -

Wednesday 08/02 -

G1 - Harrison, OH (Yeager-Benson Post 199) 12, Fort Cumberland, MD 6

G2 - Brooklawn, NJ 9, Harrisburg, PA 4

G3 - Quakertown, PA 13, Berkeley, WV 4

G4 - Wilmington, DE 4, Morgantown, WV 2

*Region 3 Southeast (McCrary Park - Asheboro, NC - FL, GA, KY, NC (2), SC, TN, VA) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional3

*Region 4 Mid-South (Bobby Hayes Stadium - Pelham, AL - AL (2), AR, KS, LA, MO, MS, OK) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional4

*Region 6 Central Plains (Fitzgerald Stadium - Rapid City, SD - MN (2), NE (2), ND (2), SD (2)) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional6

*Region 7 Northwest (Hladky Memorial Stadium - Gillette, WY - AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY (2)) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional7

*Region 8 Western (FEBA Fields - Fairfield, CA - AZ, CA (2), HI, NM, NV, TX, UT) - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2023regional8

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Awards -

#2023 KiKi Cuyler Award: Tanner Sonntag - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 / Bay City John Glenn HS - Class AA Tournament MVP - unofficial list of prior recepients - http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2023/07/073023-kiki-cuyler-award-michigan.html

#2023 Hal Newhouser Award: Brock Beaudrie - Trenton/MI Post 426 / Trenton HS (Alma College) - Class A Tournament MVP - http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2023/07/073123-hal-newhouser-award-michigan.html

#2023 Robert Turner Scholarship: Jack Wyatt Bakus - Midland Berryhill Post 165 / Midland Dow HS ($500)

*Turner Family announcement: https://michiganlegion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/Programs/2023TurnerBaseballScholarship.pdf?aa8385&aa8385

*Application: https://michiganlegion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/Programs/2023TurnerBaseballScholarship.pdf?aa8385&aa8385

*Prior recipients - http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2023/07/073023-robert-turner-scholarship.html

#2023 American Legion Baseball Player of the Year Scholarship: Caden Oliver - Adrian Post 275 / Parma Western HS ($500 - qualifies for American Legion “All Academic Team” sponsored by Diamond Sports ($2,500 (8 players) / $5,000 (captain));

*Application: https://michiganlegion.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/Programs/baseball_scholarship.pdf?aa8385&aa8385

*Some prior recipients - http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2023/08/073123-american-legion-baseball.html

Champions -

2023 Michigan American Legion Class AA Champion - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 (Great Lakes)

2023 Michigan American Legion Class A Champion - Trenton Post 426

2023 Michigan American Legion Class AA Runner-up - Linwood/MI Post 239 (Great Lakes)

2023 Michigan American Legion Zone 4 Class A Champion - Gaylord Baseball Club

2023 Michigan American Legion Zone 5 Class A Champion - Norway/MI Post 145

2023 Michigan American Legion Zone 5 Junior Champion - Marquette/MI Legion Reds

Ohio American Legion Senior Champion - Yeager-Benson/OH Post 199 (Mid-Atlantic Regional)

Ohio American Legion Junior Champion - Athens/OH Post 21

Ohio American Legion 1 Champion - Napoleon/OH Post 300

Ohio American Legion 2 Champion - Sidney/OH Post 217

Ohio American Legion 3 Champion - Wooster/Wayne County/OH Post 68

Ohio American Legion 4 Champion - Utica/OH Post 92

Ohio American Legion 5 Champion - Yeager-Benson/OH Post 199

Ohio American Legion 6 Champion - Pickerington/OH Post 283

Ohio American Legion 7 Champion - New Philadelphia/OH Post 139

Ohio American Legion 8 Champion - Beverly-Lowell/OH Post 389/750

Illinois American Legion Senior Champion - Barrington, IL Post 158

Illinois American Legion Senior Runner-up - Danville, IL Post 210 (Great Lakes Regional)

Illinois American Legion Junior Champion - Alton, IL Post 126

Indiana American Legion Senior Champion - Lafayette/IN Post 11 (Great Lakes Regional)

Indiana American Legion Junior Champion - Plymouth/IN Post 27 “Spyders”

Iowa American Legion Champion - Swisher, IA Post 671

Wisconsin American Legion AAA Champion - Janesville, WI Post 205 (Great Lakes Regional)

Wisconsin American Legion Senior Runner-up - Eau Claire, WI Post 53 (Great Lakes Regional)

Wisconsin American Legion AA Champion - Ashwaubenon, WI

Wisconsin American Legion A Champion - Denmark, WI

Wisconsin American Legion 17U Champion - Wisconsin Rapids, WI

Wisconsin American Legion 16U Champion - La Crosse, WI A's

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2023 Great Lakes Regional Players - unofficial and subject to my errors

(ones I looked up)

Janesville/WI Post 205

Jack Ryan - Janesville Craig/22 - Wisconson Whitewater

Jaicy Campbell - Janesville Parker/23

Trace Jacobson - Janesville Parker/22 - St Norbert

Nicholas Gregg - Janesville Craig/24

Carson Dupuis - Edgerton/23

Dylan Snyder - Janesville Craig/23

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Barrington/IL Post 158

Jackson Kanak - Barrington/22

Brendan Beals - Barrington/23

Dylan Provenzano - Barrington/23

Nick Lacson - Barrington/23

Daniel Hoffman - Barrington/22

Owen Ruff - Barrington/23

Noah Rasmussen - Barrington/24

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Cedar Rapids/IA Post 671

Ty Dinusson - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23

Spencer Wood - Cedar Rapids Prairie/25

Maddux Frese - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23 - Southeastern CC

Kade Knock - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23 - Kirkwood

Andrew Robinson - Cedar Rapids Prairie/22 - Wartburg

Reid Burkle - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

Mason Trpkosh - Cedar Rapids Prairie/23

Kam Volz - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

Logan Wagemeister - Cedar Rapids Prairie/24

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Danville/IL Post 210

Kollin Asbury - Armstrong/24

Ethan McMasters - Westville/23

Drew Wichtowski - Westville/23

Dalton Hobick - Oakwood/23 - Kankakee

Drew Pinkston - Paris/22 - Danville Area

Landen Haurez - Westville/?

Gavin Parkerson - Armstrong/23 - Parkland JC

Blake Norton - Salt Fork/23 - Illinois Central JC

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Lafayette/IN Post 11

Konnor Kreinbrook - Lafayette Harrison/22 - Oakland City

Maysen Meyers - Lafayette Jefferson/23

Gavin Ingram - Lafayette Harrison/23

Jadan Franceschina - Monticello Twin Lakes/23

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Eau Claire/WI Post 53

Tyler Webb - Eleva-Strum/24

Tyler Iverson - Eau Claire Memorial/24

CJ Varsho - Altoona/23 - Winona State

Cooper Dykes - Eau Claire Regis/23 - St Norbert

Sawyer Stein - Eau Claire Memorial/24

Sam Knickerbocker - Eau Claire Regis/23 - St Mary's/MN

Bennett Stokke - Altoona/25

Patrick Callaghan - Eau Claire Regis/23

Eli Rathke - Eau Claire North/23

Trenton Palmer - Eau Claire North/23

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