Order of Finish:

1. Homer Fast Pitch – Homer – 3-1

2. Rice Creek Lightning – Battle Creek – 4-2

3. Tiffany’s – Frankenmuth – 2-2

4. Goshen Gators – Elkhart, IN – 1-2

5. Priority Mortgage – Grand Rapids – 1-2

6. Cheboygan Merchants – Cheboygan – 0-2 

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Bryan Boyd, Homer (3-0 record, 18 IP, 7 R’s, 17 H’s, 26 K’s, 1 BB)

Outstanding Hitter – Josh McCullough, Homer (7-10, .700 avg, 7 RBI’s, 1 HR)

Outstanding Outfielder – Adam Saylor, Lightning (8-20, .400 avg, 11 RBI’s, 5 HR’s)

Outstanding Infielder – Bruce Miller, Homer (7-12, .583 avg, 6 RBI’s, 2 HR’s

Game Results:

Game 1: Priority Mortgage – 13 (11 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 0 (1 hit)

WP – Duke Vanderark (3 IP, 0 R’s, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Tracy Boetsma (2 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Stu Hancock (2 K’s, 6 BB’s)

Priority – Scott Gruppen had 3 hits with a tripke, Steve Gruppen had 3 hits, Jason Bilachowski had 2 hits with a homerun, Terry Boetsma had a homerun, Tracy Boetsma doubled and Tim Grasmid singled.

Cheboygan – Randy Wheelock doubled.

Game 2: Tiffany’s – 9 (9 hits) over Rice Creek Lightning – 8 (8 hits)

WP – Jeff Hoover (2 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 3 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Rob Collamer (4 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 7 H’s, 3 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Jeff Lovell (1 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s) in relief of Tylor Kelly (5 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 6 H’s, 7 K’s, 6 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Rich Katherns and Brad Gnatkowski each had 2 hits, singles by Dale Doughty, Pete Loachridge, Brett Szagesh, Brandon Carbeno and Drew Collison.

Lightning – Adam Saylor had 2 solo homeruns, Bill Kunkel had 2 doubles, Matt Shook had 2 hits with a homerun, Chad Knox tripled and Trevor Kelly singled.

Notes – Tiffany’s scored 6 runs in the top of the 1st inning, Lightning scored 2 in the bottom of the first, Tiffany’s made it 7-2 in the top of the 2nd inning, Lightning picked up 2 runs in the bottom of the 3rd and in the bottom of the 5th inning with the score 7-4, Matt Shook hit a 3 run homer to tie the game at 7’s. Lightning took the lead in the bottom of the 6th inning on Adam Saylor’s second homerun of the game. Tiffany’s scored 2 in the top of the 7th inning when Drew Collison singled, Dale Doughty sacrificed him to 2nd, Rich Katherns singled Collison in to score, Mike Meinecke sacrificed Katherns to 2nd base and Brad Gnatkowski had an RBI single with two outs to score the go ahead and winning run.

Game 3: Homer Fast Pitch – 3 (11 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 0 (3 hits)

WP – Bryan Boyd (14 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Duke VanderArk (6 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Homer – Bryan Boyd and CJ Finch each had 3 hits, Steve Myers, Jeff Sherman, Bruce Miller, Shannon Damron and Greg Lowder each singled.

Priority – Jason Bilachowski doubled, Mike Gruppen and Bill Lutke singled.

Game 4: Tiffany’s – 4 (8 hits) over Goshen Gators – 3 (4 hits)

WP – Jeff Hoover (8 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Wayne Koshmider (3 Ks, 5 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Rich Katherns and Brett Szagesh each had 2 hits, singles by Dale Doughty, Drew Collison, Brad Gnatkowski and Brandon Carbeno.

Gators – Jeff Kling had a 2 run homerun in the 3rd inning, Matt Walker doubled, singles by Mark Bralick and Gordon Bontrager.

Game 5: Rice Creek Lightning – 5 (7 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 4 (6 hits)

WP – Jeff Lovell (1 K, 5 BB’s), LP – Tracy Boetsma (13 K’s, 1 BB)

Lightning – Tyler Kelly had 2 hits with a homerun, Chad Knox had 2 hits, Chris Rivard and Steve Rivard singled and Matt Shook had a game winning single with 2 RBI’s in the bottom of the 7th inning.

Priority – Tracy Boetsma had 2 hits with a double, Terry Boetsma had a homerun, Mike Gruppen doubled, Scott Gruppen and Steve Gruppen each singled.

Notes – Priority scored 3 in the top of the 4th inning, Lightning scored 1 in the bottom of the 4th and 2 in the bottom of the 5th to tie the game at 3’s. Priority took the lead in the top of the 7th on Tracy Boetsma’s RBI double scoring Scott Gruppen who had reached on a walk. Lightning started the bottom of the 7th off with a lead off single by Chad Knox, failed bunt attempt forced Knox out at 2nd base for the first out, ground out unassisted to the first baseman for the 2nd out with a runner on 2nd base, base on balls to Chris Rivard, stolen base placed runners at 2nd and 3rd with 2 out when Matt Shook hit a single through the middle to score both runners and win the game. (Shook had a 3 run homer in game 2 to tie the game also.)

Game 6: Goshen Gators – 4 (10 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 2 (3 hits)

WP – Darren Miller (6 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 7 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Wayne Koshmider (1 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB’s), LP – Stu Hancock (1 K, 3 BB’s)

Goshen – Mark Brolick had 3 hits with a homerun, Matt Walker, Les Geiser and Gordon Bontrager each doubled, singles by Dusty Kling, Jeff Kling, Darren Miller and Brian Yoder.

Cheboygan – Ben Schley hit a solo homerun, Jamie Wheelock and Tom Tryban singled.

Game 7: Homer Fast Pitch – 9 (7 hits) over Tiffany’s – 0 (4 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Bryan Boyd (7 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Jeff Hoover (4 IP, 4 R’s, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Pete Loachridge (2/3 IP, 5 R’s, 4 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB)

Homer – Josh McCullough had 2 hits with a homerun, Jeff Sherman had 2 hits with a double, Bruce Miller homered, Steve Myers doubled, CJ Finch singled.

Tiffany’s – Rich Katherns tripled, singles by Dale Doughty, Brad Gnatkowski and Pete Loachridge.

Game 8: Rice Creek Lightning – 10 (9 hits) over Goshen Gators – 0 (4 hits)

WP – Jeff Lovell (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Wayne Kashmider (2 IP, 7 R’s, 7 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) with relief from Darren Miller (3 IP, 3 R’s, 2 H’s, 2 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Lightning – Adam Saylor had 2 homeruns with 6 RBI’s, Matt Shook had 2 hits with a homerun, Chad Knox had 2 hits, singles by Trevor Kelly, Chris Rivard and Gabby Rivard.

Gators – Singles by Mark Bralick, Jeff Kling, Brian Yoder and Jordan Kling.

Game 9: Rice Creek Lightning – 5 (13 hits) over Tiffany’s – 1 (2 hits)

WP – Tylor Kelly (2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Rob Collamer (5 1/3 IP, 5 R’s, 9 H’s, 3 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Jeff Hoover (1 2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 4 H’s, 3 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Lightning – Tylor Kelly had 3 hits, Josh Martin had 2 hits with a triple, Trevor Kelly, Bill Kunkel and Gabby Rivard each had 2 hits, Chad Knox and Adam Saylor singled.

Tiffany’s – Jeff Hoover homered and Brandon Carbeno doubled.

Game 10 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Rice Creek Lightning – 9 (11 hits) over Homer Fast Pitch – 4 (7 hits)

WP – Jeff Lovell (2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Shannon Damron (2 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Lightning – Trevor Kelly had 2 hits with a homerun and triple, Chad Knox, Tylor Kelly and Josh Marten each had 2 hits with homeruns, Matt Shook had 2 hits, Bill Kunkel singled.

Homer – Josh McCullough had 2 hits, Bruce Miller doubled, singles by Greg Lowder, Bryan Boyd, Brock Winchell and CJ Finch.

Game 11 (IF GAME): Homer Fast Pitch – 11 (17 hits) over Rice Creek Lightning – 7 (10 hits)

WP – Bryan Boyd (5 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Tylor Kelly (1 1/3 IP, 3 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 3 BB) in relief of starter and reliever, Jeff Lovell (5 2/3 IP, 8 R’s, 14 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB) (Lovell started and went 4 1/3 innings, Kelly came in to relieve in the 5th inning and then in the 6th inning with 2 outs, Lovell re-entered the game to finish. The score was 8-7, Homer leading, when Lovell returned.

Homer – Bruce Miller had 4 hits with a dramatic go-ahead 3 run homer in the 6th inning to give Homer the lead 8-7, Jeff Sherman had 3 hits with a homerun, Josh McCullough and Steve Myers each had 3 hits with a double, Bryan Boyd had 2 hits with a homerun and double and CJ Finch had 2 hits.

Lightning – Adam Saylor had 2 hits with a homerun and triple, Matt Shook had 2 hits with a homerun, Trevor Kelly had 2 hits with a double, Chad Knox had 2 hits, Chris Rivard homered and Bill Kunkel singled.

Notes – Homer opened the game with 2 runs in the top of the 1st, Lightning answered with 4 in the first and 3 in the second inning to take a 7-2 lead. Homer scored 2 in the 5th and ended the inning with runners on 2nd and 3rd base. Homer scored 4 runs in the 6th to take the lead 8-7 and then added 3 insurance runs in the top of the 7th inning.

After the second inning, Homer pitcher, Bryan Boyd, allowed just one base runner while striking out seven of the 15 outs over the final 5 innings.