D21 Softball

Rex Marquardt Memorial Invitational

Men's Class A, B & Major

Petoskey, MI

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Individual Awards: LtoR: Brian Skirka, Bryan Boyd, Virginia Marquardt, Bruce Miller, Steve Myers

Individual Awards: LtoR: Brian Skirka, Bryan Boyd, Virginia Marquardt, Bruce Miller, Steve Myers
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Order of Finish:

1. Bernie’s Tavern – Homer – 4-0
2. HBC Rice Creek Lightning – Battle Creek – 4-2
3. Tiffany’s – Frankenmuth – 2-2
4. Delau Fire & Safety – Lansing – 2-2
5. Priority Mortgage – Grand Rapids – 1-2
5. Duncan Outlaws – Elkhart, IN – 1-2
7. Up to Date Painting – Millington – 0-2
7. BASES / Trophy Case – Petoskey – 0-2

Individual Awards:
Outstanding Pitcher – Bryan Boyd / Bernie’s Tavern – (4 wins, 0 losses, 23 IP, 9 R’s, 16 H’s, 39 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Outstanding Hitter – Bruce Miller / Bernie’s Tavern – 7 for 11 / .636 avg
Outstanding Infielder – Steve Myers / Bernie’s Tavern – 7 for 12 / .583 avg
Outstanding Outfielder – Brian Skirka / HBC Lightning – 8 for 16 / .500 avg
 

Game Results:

Game 1: Delau Fire & Safety – 8 (11 hits) over BASES / Trophy Case – 0 (1 hit) in 5 innings
WP – Jeff Graff (11 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Bill Yoder (4 K’s, 4 BB’s)
Delau – Jeff Kucharczyk had 2 hits with a triple, Pete Hurst and John Fulmer each had 2 hits, Chad Hodges had a 2 run homer, BJ Gulick doubled, singles by Dave Wright, Jeff Graff and Shannon Beebe.
B/TC – Steve Hopkins had an infield single in the 2nd inning.

Game 2: Bernie’s Tavern – 3 (4 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 1 (3 hits)
WP – Bryan Boyd (12 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Duke VanderArk (4 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Bernie’s – Steve Meyers had an RBI double in the bottom of the 6th inning to tie the game at 1 run each, Bryan Boyd had an infield single that scored 2 runs in the 6th with the winning runs. Bruce Miller singled in the 5th inning to end the perfect game being thrown by Duke and was then thrown out stealing for the 3rd out of the inning. Jim Huffman singled to lead off the 6th inning but was thrown out on an attempted sacrifice bunt. Derek Sherman stole second with one out.
Priority – Jason Bilahowski hit a monstrous solo homerun in the top of the 1st inning to give Priority a lead that would hold up until the bottom of the 6th inning. Tracy Boetsma singled in the 1st inning after JB’s homerun while Duke VanderArk added a single in the top of the 2nd inning. Boyd was perfect from the 3rd inning on with 8 strike outs and a batted ball never leaving the infield.

Game 3: HBC Rice Creek Lightning – 8 (10 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 2 (3 hits)
WP – Sean Kelly (4 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 7 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Jeff Lovell (3 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 5 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Mike Spagnuola (4 2/3 IP, 8 R’s, 9 H’s, 1 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Dave Lach (2 1/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 3 K’s, 1 BB)
Lightning – Brian Skirka had 2 hits with a grand slam homerun, Bill Kunkel and Matt Shook each had 2 hits, Jeff Lovell hit a homerun, singles by Ryan Saylor, Chad Knox and Josh Marten.
Up to Date – Singles by Adam Brechtelbaur, Chris Dipzinski and Stephan Shores.

Game 4: Tiffany’s – 7 (7 hits) over Duncan Outlaws – 2 (3 hits)
WP – Jeff Hoover (7 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Allen Hodge (6 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Tiffany’s – Jeff Hoover had 2 hits, singles by Dale Doughty, Joe Funsch, Terry Hopp, Drew Collison and Brett Szagesh.
Outlaws – Dean Huppert doubled, Jimmy Cobb and Brent Lehman each singled.
Notes: Duncan Outlaws had a 2-1 lead going into the top of the 7th inning when Tiffany’s scored 6 runs.

Game 5: Priority Mortgage – 10 (6 hits) over BASES / Trophy Case – 1 (5 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Tracy Boetsma (3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Bill Yoder (3 1/3 IP, 10 R’s, 6 H’s, 3 K’s, 6 BB’s) with relief from Jim Potter (2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s)
Priority – Bill Lutke had 2 hits with a homerun and 3 RBI’s, Terry Boetsma had a homerun with 4 RBI’s, Darrin VanderArk had a 2 run homer, Jason Belachowski and Duke VanderArk each singled.
B/TC – Shawn Racignol had 2 hits, Mike Piehl and Brad Hasse singled, and Matt Zulski had an RBI single.

Game 6: Duncan Outlaws – 12 (14 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 4 (5 hits)
WP – Lane Bender (5 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Dave Lach (5 K’s, 4 BB’s)
Outlaws – Brett Lehman had 3 hits, 2 hits each by Craig Foor, Brett Miller and Jeff Brown, singles by Blake Gaugler, Allen Hodge, Wayne Koshmider, Dean Huppert and Dusty Kling.
Up to Date – Adam Brechtelbauer homered, Chad Fournier doubled, singles by Tim Roberts, Dave Lach and Todd Krager.

Game 7: Bernie’s Tavern – 10 (15 hits) over Delau Fire & Safety – 9 (11 hits)
WP – Bryan Boyd (4 IP, 3 R’s, 2 H’s, 7 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Shannon Damron (3 IP, 6 R’s, 9 H’s, 5 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Lance Graf (8 K’s, 1 BB)
Bernie’s – Steve Meyers had 3 hits with a homerun, Jeff Sherman had 3 hits, Josh McCullough had 2 hits with a double, Bruce Miller had 2 hits, Jim Huffman homered, Derek Sherman tripled, singles by Greg Lowder, Bryan Boyd and Shannon Damron.
Delau – Dave Wright had 3 hits, Jeff Kuchaczyk had 2 hits with a homerun, Jeff Graf had 2 hits with a double, Pete Hurst had 2 hits, John Fulmer doubled and Shannon Beebe singled.

Game 8: Tiffany’s – 4 (9 hits) over HBC Lightning – 3 (8 hits)
WP – Jeff Hoover (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Sean Kelly (5 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Tiffany’s – Drew Collison and Gary Thompson each had 2 hits with homeruns, Dale Doughty had 2 hits, Mike Meinecke doubled, singles by Rich Katherns and Brett Szagesh.
Lightning – Sean Kelly had 3 hits with a double, Trevor Kelly homered, singles by Adam Saylor, Bill Kunkel, Josh Marten and Brian Skerka.
Notes: Lightning had a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the 6th when Tiffany’s scored 3 runs on a double by Mike Meinecke, single by Drew Collison and homerun by Gary Thompson. Lightning scored one run in the top of the 7th inning and had a runner on 1st base when the game ended.
Special Note: Drew Collison requested a brief intermission midway through the 4th inning on 7/7/07 to propose to girlfriend, Brandi Johnson. She said yes.

Game 9: Delau Fire & Safety – 8 (11 hits) over Duncan Outlaws – 3 (7 hits)
WP – Jeff Graf (9 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Wayne Koshmider (4 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Delau – BJ Gulick had 3 hits with a double, Jeff Kucharczyk had 3 hits, Pete Hurst had 2 hits with a double, Chad Hodges homered, Dan Hadley doubled and Jeff Graf singled.
Outlaws – Matt Miller had 2 hits, Wayne Koshmider homered, Dean Huppert and Brent Lehman each doubled, singles by Blake Gaugler and Craig Foor.

Game 10: HBC Lightning – 4 (8 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 2 (4 hits)
WP – Jeff Lovell (6 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Tracy Boetsma (6 K’s, 1 BB)
Lightning – Sean Kelly had 2 hits with a homerun, Brian Skirka homered, singles by Ryan Saylor, Trevor Kelly, Matt Shook, Chad Knox and Bill Kunkel.
Priority – Solo homeruns by Terry Boetsma and Phil Szpanski, singles by Jason Belachowski and Bill Lutke.
Notes: 5 of 6 runs scored by homeruns in this game.

Game 11 Notes: (Winner Bracket final between Bernie’s Tavern and Tiffany’s)
We started play Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m. under severe weather alerts and a forecast of thunderstorms with high winds and possible hail for the morning. Play began at 7:57 a.m. and was stopped at 8:39 a.m. due to lightning. At 8:50 a.m. we went into an extended weather delay until 11:00 a.m. when the severe weather alerts were due to expire. Heavy rains moved through over the next 30 minutes while lightning around Little Traverse Bay continued following the rain. At the time of the weather delay, the game was in the bottom of the 3rd inning with one out and a runner on first base with the home team, Tiffany’s, at bat. Bernie’s Tavern was in the lead 7-2. Bryan Boyd pitching for Bernie’s and Jeff Hoover pitching for Tiffany’s. The field took the water well and the grounds crew did a great job with replacing several loads of dirt and using numerous bags of diamond dry to get the field ready for play. Play was resumed at 11:25 a.m.

Game 11: Bernie’s Tavern – 11 (13 hits) over Tiffany’s – 3 (7 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Bryan Boyd (9 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Jeff Hoover (3 1/3 IP, 10 R’s, 10 H’s, 4 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Todd Szagesh (1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H’s)
Bernie’s – Bryan Boyd had 3 hits with 2 homers and a triple, Norm Payne had 2 hits with a double, Shannon Damron and Bruce Miller each had 2 hits, double by Jeff Sherman, singles by Steve Myers, Jim Huffman and Cody Collmenter.
Tiffany’s – Brad Gnatkowski had 2 hits, singles by Dale Doughty, Jeff Hoover, Drew Collison, Terry Hopp and Brett Szagesh.

Game 12: HBC Lightning – 8 (9 hits) over Delau Fire & Safety – 4 (5 hits)
WP – Sean Kelly (6 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Lance Graf (2 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Lightning – Trevor Kelly had 2 hits with a homerun, Adam Saylor had 2 hits, Brian Skirka homered, Matt Shook doubled, singles by Sean Kelly, Chad Knox and Bill Kunkel.
Delau – Chad Hodges and Dan Hadley each had 2 hits, John Fulmer homered.

Game 13: HBC Lightning – 9 (13 hits) over Tiffany’s – 2 (5 hits)
WP – Jeff Lovell (1 K, 5 BB’s), LP – Jeff Hoover (6 1/3 IP, 8 R’s, 10 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Todd Szagesh (2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB)
Lightning – Adam Saylor had 2 homeruns, Trevor Kelly had 2 hits with a homerun, Sean Kelly homered, Josh Marten, Matt Shook and Brian Skirka each had 2 hits with a double, Ryan Saylor and Bill Kunkel each singled.
Tiffany’s – Singles by Joe Funsch, Brad Gnatkowski, Mike Meinecke, Gary Thompson and Brandon Carbeno.

Game 14 - Championship Game: Bernie’s Tavern – 5 (10 hits) over HBC Lightning – 3 (4 hits)
WP – Bryan Boyd (11 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Sean Kelly (7 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Bernie’s – Bruce Miller had 3 hits with a double, Steve Myers and Derek Sherman each had 2 hits, Bryan Boyd had a homerun, Jeff Sherman and Josh McCullough each singled.
Lightning – Trevor Kelly doubled, singles by Adam Saylor, Sean Kelly and Brian Skirka.
Notes: Bernie’s had a 2-1 lead after 2 ½ innings, Lightning took the lead 3-2 in the bottom of the 3rd inning and then in the 5th inning with runners on 1st and 2nd base, Bryan Boyd hit a 3-0 count pitch for a 3 run homer to take the lead 5-3 which was also the game winner.