D21 Softball

Rex Marquardt Memorial Invitational

Men's Major State Final

Petoskey, MI

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Scott Kelly, Jeff Pettit, Virginia Marquardt, Tracy Boetsma, Dave O'Keefe

Scott Kelly, Jeff Pettit, Virginia Marquardt, Tracy Boetsma, Dave O'Keefe
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Tournament Type: Double elimination

Order of Finish:
1. Trophy Case from Petoskey – 4-1
2. Communiquest from Midland – 4-2
3. Priority Mortgage from Grand Rapids – 2-2
4. Plangger’s Furniture from Mishawaka, IN – 2-2
5. Masterkey / Up to Date Painting from Ann Arbor – 1-2
5. Frankenmuth Driving School – 0-2
7. Andreas Construction from Homer – 0-2

Individual Awards:
Pitcher – Jeff Pettit, Trophy Case – 4 wins, 0 losses, 22 2/3 IP, 8R, 19H, 17K, 9BB
Hitter – Tracy Boetsma, Priority Mortgage – 7-13  .538 batting average
Infielder – Scott Kelly, Trophy Case – 8-17  .471 avg, 13 putouts, 10 assists Outfielder – David O’Keefe, Communiquest – 9-18  .500 avg, 4 HR, 9 RBI, 8 R

Game 1:  Trophy Case – 3 (7 hits) over Communiquest – 2 (6 hits)
WP-Jeff Pettit (6K’s,3BB’s); LP-Shane Wilson (3K’s,1BB)
Trophy Case – 2 hits by Tracy Piehl including the game winning solo homerun in the bottom of the 7th inning, 2 hits by Bill Alward, RBI double by Scott Kelly, RBI single by Mike Piehl and a single by Jim Buchanan
Communiquest – 2 hits with RBI by Greg Sauve, solo homerun by David O’Keefe, singles by Mike Hoon, Steve O’Keefe and Nick Phillips

Game 2: Priority Mortgage – 11 (13 hits) over Andreas Construction – 6 (14 hits)
WP-Duke VanderArk (11K’s,2BB’s), LP-Jeff Sherman (4K’s,2BB’s)
Priority – 3 hits by Tracy Boetsma, 2 hits with a homerun each by Mike Gruppen and Tim Grassmid, 2 hits by Duke VanderArk, homerun by Phil Sczepanski, singles by Kevin Gruppen, Jeff Gebben and Scott Gruppen
Andreas – 3 hits by Steve Myers including a homerun, 2 hits with a homerun by Derek Lytle, 2 hits each by Jeff Graff and Clint Cook, singles by Derrick Griffith, Jeff Sherman, Bruce Miller, Toby Elliot and Jim Hoffman

Game 3: Masterkey – 3 (7 hits) over Plangger’s Furniture – 0 (2 hits)
WP-Mike Spagnuola (4K’s,1BB), LP-Rick Plangger (7K’s,2BB)
Masterkey – 2 hits by Adam Kern, homeruns by Brandon Coleman and Dave Lach, singles by Steve Findley, Steve Shores and Chris Dipzinski
Plangger’s – double by Chad Ferguson and single by Jeff Bohne

Game 4: Trophy Case – 6 (6 hits) over Frankenmuth Driving School – 5 (11 hits) in 9 innings; WP-Jeff Pettit (1 2/3 IP,0H’s,3K’s,0BB’s) in relief of Bill Yoder (7 1/3 IP,11H’s,8K’s,5BB’s), LP-Jason Hill (12K’s,9BB’s)
Trophy Case – game winning RBI single with 2 outs in bottom of 9th by Bill Alward for his 2nd hit of the game that scored Tracy Piehl who started at 2nd base with the international tie breaker, 3 hits by Scott Kelly, 3 run homerun by Jeff Pettit and single by Matt Hall
Frankenmuth – 3 hits by Trent Bethune including a 2 RBI double to tie game in top of the 7th inning, 3 hits by Brian Jammer, 2 hits including a homerun by Steve Mullaley, singles by Todd Moore, Jason Hill and Kevin Jammer

Game 5: Priority Mortgage – 7 (12 hits) over Masterkey – 4 (4 hits)
WP-Tracy Boetsma (6K’s,2BB’s), LP-Dan Neff (2/3 IP,5R’s,5H’s,2K’s,0BB’s) with Mike Spagnuola in relief (5 1/3IP,2R’s,7H’s,2K’s,0BB’s)
Priority – 2 hits with a double each by Mike Gruppen, Tracy Boetsma and Terry Bosch, 2 hits by Jeff Gebben, homeruns by Kevin Gruppen, Mike Lalonde and Tim Grassmid, and a triple by Duke VanderArk
Masterkey – 2 hits with a homerun by Dave Lach, singles by Steve Findlay, Chris Frank

Game 6: Plangger’s Furniture – 6 (6 hits) over Andreas Construction – 0 (1 hit)
WP-Sean Kelly (12K’s,2BB’s), LP-Jeff Graff (4K’s,1BB)
Plangger’s – 2 hits by Chad Ferguson, Homerun by Tim Kauffman, double by Doc Brown, singles by Jeff Bohne and Sean Kelly
Andreas – single by Toby Elliot

Game 7: Communiquest – 11 (11 hits) over Masterkey – 3 (5 hits)
WP-Shane Wilson (3K’s,0BB’s), LP-Dan Neff (5 1/3 IP,4R’s,6H’s,1K,3BB’s) with Mike Spagnuola in relief (1 2/3 IP,7R’s,5H’s,1K,2BB’s)
Communiquest – 2 hits by Steve O’Keefe, Timm Richardson and Ken Haut, homerun by Brad O’Keefe, singles by Mike Hoon, Darren Haut and Dave O’Keefe
Masterkey – homerun by Brandon Coleman, singles by Steve Findlay, Adam Kern, Chris Dipzinski and Steve Shores

Game 8:  Plangger’s Furniture - 3 (5 hits) over Frankenmuth – 2 (8 hits)
WP-Sean Kelly (2 IP, 0R’s,2K’s,0BB’s) in relief of Rick Plangger (5 IP, 2R’s,8H’s,8K’s,1BB), LP-Jason Hill (6K’s,3BB’s)
Plangger’s – Tim Kauffman hit a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 6th inning to take a 3-2 lead, Tim also singled in the 4th, Jeff Bohne had a solo homerun in the 2nd inning, singles by Doc Brown and Don Seifert
Frankenmuth – Brian Jammer had an RBI single in the 3rd inning to tie the score at 1-1, Kevin Jammer had a solo homerun in the 4th to take a 2-1 lead, Jason Hill had 2 hits, Brian Jammer had a double and single, Todd Moore doubled, singles by Steve Mullaley and Trent Bethune

Game 9: Trophy Case – 4 (8 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 2 (7 hits)
WP-Jeff Pettit (6K’s,4BB’s), LP-Duke VanderArk (3K’s,1BB)
Trophy Case – Mike Piehl had 3 hits including a double and a 2 run homer in the 3rd inning to give Trophy Case a 4-0 lead, Matt Hall had a double that drove in 2 runs in the 2nd inning for Trophy Case, singles by Scott Kelly, Tracy Piehl, Jeff Pettit and Brad Hasse
Priority – Duke VanderArk hit a solo homerun in the 4th inning to make the score 4-1, Kevin Gruppen had an RBI single in the 5th inning to score Scott Gruppen who had 1 of his 2 hits in the game, singles by Mike Gruppen, Tracy Boetsma and Tim Grassmid.  With 2 outs in the top of the 7th inning, Priority loaded the bases with 3 walks before the game ended on a soft liner to the first baseman

Game 10: Communiquest - 12 (16 hits) over Plangger’s Furniture - 4 (8 hits)
WP-Shane Wilson (4K’s,3BB’s), LP-Sean Kelly (2K’s,1BB)
Communiquest – 4 hits by David O’Keefe with 2 homeruns and 4 RBI’s, 3 hits by Mike Hoon with a homerun and 5 RBI’s, 3 hits by Darren Haut with 2 doubles, 2 hits each by Ken Haut and Robin Allen
Plangger’s – 2 hits with a homerun by Chad Ferguson, 2 hits by Sean Zaborowski, doubles by Sean Kelly and Don Seifert, singles by Tim Kauffman and Steve Hamming

Game 11:  Communiquest  – 8 (11hits) over Priority Mortgage - 5 (5 hits)
WP Shane Wilson (6K’s,1BB’s), LP-Tracy Boetsma (3 2/3 IP,7R,9H,0K,3BB) with Duke VanderArk in relief (3 1/3 IP,1R,2H,1K,1BB)
Communiquest – 2 hits by Dave Dufort and Robin Allen, homerun by Steve O’Keefe, double by Brad O’Keefe, singles by Steve O’Keefe, Ken Haut, Mike Hoon and Dave Dufort
Priority – 2 hits by Duke VanderArk, homerun by Phil Szcepanski, double by Mike Gruppen, single by Tracy Boetsma

Game 12 (CHAMPIONSHIP GAME): Communiquest – 11 (7 hits) over Trophy Case – 0 (4 hits) in 5 innings
WP - Shane Wilson (2K’s, 0BB’s), LP - Bill Yoder (0K’s, 5BB’s)
Communiquest – homerun and triple by Steve O’Keefe, 3 singles for Nick Phillips, singles by Brad O’Keefe and Dave O’Keefe
Trophy Case – two hits for Jim Buchanan, singles for Bill Alward and Mike Piehl

Game 13 (If Game):  Trophy Case – 9 (13 hits) over Communiquest – 4 (6 hits)
WP – Jeff Pettit (2K’s, 2BB’s), LP-Shane Wilson (4K’s,5BB’s)
Trophy Case – Jim Buchanan and Scott Kelly had 3 hits each, Mike Piehl had 2 hits with a homerun, Matt Hall had 2 hits, and double by Shawn Racignol, singles by Jeff Pettit and Bill Alward
Communiquest – Ken Haut had 2 hits with a double, homerun by Dave O’Keefe, double by Mike Hoon, singles by Nick Phillips and Robyn Allen

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Tournament Note: Sunday games were played in rain 90% of the time.