Order of Finish:

1. Lightning Fast Pitch from Battle Creek 4-0
2. Blues Softball from Hastings 3-2
3. Alchin’s Disposal from Fowlerville 2-2
4. Neitzert’s/Kelly’s from Battle Creek 1-2
5. Homer Fast Pitch from Homer 1-2

      5.   Marquette Fence from Marquette 1-2

      7.   Tiffany’s from Frankenmuth 0-2

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Sean Kelly, Lightning (4-0 record, 26 IP, 2 R’s, 7 H’s, 50 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Jeff Kucharczyk, Blues (7-15 .467 avg, 8 RBI’s, 3 HR’s, 1 triple, 1 double, 5 runs scored)

Outstanding Player – Trevor Kelly, Lightning (.500 avg)

Outstanding Player – Ryan Saylor (.429 avg)

Game Results:

Game 1: Alchin’s Disposal – 15 (12 hits) over Kelly’s / Neitzert’s – 1 (3 hits) in 4 innings

WP – Lance Graff (4 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Tyler Kelly (3 1/3 IP, 11 R’s, 8 H’s, 3 K’s, 6 BB’s) with relief from Dean Neitzert (2/3 IP, 4 R’s, 4 H’s)

Alchin’s – Korey Heppeard had 3 hits with a double, Scott Menard also had 3 hits, Kris Smith had 2 hits with a homerun, Jeff Graff doubled, singles by Josh Weaver, Corey Alchin and Greg Hallock.

Kelly’s / Neitzert’s – Brent Kowitz had 2 hits and Cam Lafountain doubled.

Game 2: Lightning – 6 (8 hits) over Tiffany’s – 2 (2 hits)

WP – Sean Kelly (11 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (7 K’s, 1 BB)

Lightning – Adam Saylor had a triple and double, Ryan Saylor had 2 hits, Kevin Knox tripled,  Chad Knox doubled, Trevor Kelly and Bill Kunkel singled.

Tiffany’s – Dale Doughty tripled, Gary Thompson singled.

Game 3: Homer Fast Pitch – 8 (10 hits) over Marquette Fence – 1 (2 hits)

WP – Bryan Boyd (8 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – BJ Hunhoff (9 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Homer – Steve Myers and Bryan Boyd each had 2 hits, Bruce Miller and Mike Koenig each doubled, singles by Jeff Sherman, Josh McCullough, Derek Sherman and Ron Cary.

Marquette – BJ Hunhoff homered and Gary Karp singled.

Game 4: Alchin’s Disposal – 2 (4 hits) over Blues Softball – 1 (4 hits)

WP – Jeff Graff (15 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Ryan Nichols (12 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Alchin’s – Jeff Graff tripled, singles by Korey Hepeard, Lance Graff and Steve Alchin.

Blues – Lee Nichols homered in the 4th inning, Jared Nichols doubled in the 2nd inning, Jeff Kucharczyk and Ryan Nichols singled in the 3rd and 6th respectively.

Notes – Alchins scored 2 runs in the first on an error, bunt single, sacrifice bunt, wild pitch to score the first run and an RBI triple by Jeff Graff. Blues had a lead off solo homerun by Lee Nichols.

Game 5: Lightning – 1 (5 hits) over Homer Fast Pitch – 0 (3 hits)

WP – Sean Kelly (13 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Bryan Boyd (7 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Lightning – Adam Saylor had 2 hits with a double, Trevor Kelly had an RBI double in the 6th inning to bring in Adam Saylor, Bill Kunkel and Ryan Saylor singled.

Homer – Steve Myers, Bryan Boyd and Bruce Miller singled.

Game 6: Marquette Fence – 4 (11 hits) over Tiffany’s – 3 (8 hits)

WP – BJ Hunhoff (7 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Pete Loachridge (11 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Fence – Craig Filizetti had 3 hits with a double, Brian Harris had 2 hits with a double, Cory Jandron and Randy Sundell each had 2 hits, singles by Brian Talus and Gary Karp.

Tiffany’s – Mike Meinecke 3 hits with 2 doubles and a triple, Jeff Hoover had 2 hits with a triple and 3 RBI’s, singles by Brad Gnatkowski, Brandon Carbeno and Terry Hopp.

Game 7: Neitzert’s/Kelly’s – 8 (12 hits) over Homer Fast Pitch – 0 (4 hits)

WP – Tyler Kelly (10 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Shannon Damron (5 IP, 6 R’s, 7 H’s, 4 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Bryan Boyd (2 IP, 2 R’s, 4 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Neitzert’s/Kelly’s – Tyler Kelly had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Corbin Stout had 3 hits, Bill Cary had 2 hits with a homerun, Cam Lafountain doubled, singles by Mitch Neitzert, Ryan Tundevold and Romeo Dudley.

Homer – Zach Neal had 2 hits, Jeff Sherman and Mike Koenig singled.

Game 8: Blues Softball – 9 (9 hits) over Marquette Fence – 1 (1 hit) in 5 innings

WP – Ryan Nichols (10 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – BJ Hunhoff (6 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Blues – Jeff Kucharczyk had a homerun and triple with 4 RBI’s, Jared Nichols had 2 hits with a homerun, Lee Nichols had 2 hits with a triple, singles by Rich Brown and John Brandel.

Marquette – Mark Mattson broke up the no-hitter with a lead off homerun in the bottom of the 5th inning.

Game 9: Lightning – 1 (3 hits) over Alchin’s Disposal – 0 (2 hits)

WP – Sean Kelly (15 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Jeff Graff (11 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Lightning – Bill Kunkel hit a solo homerun in the 2nd inning, Chad Know had a double in the 6th and Trevor Kelly singled in the 4th inning.

Alchin’s – Josh Weaver and Gregg Hallock singled.

Game 10: Blues Softball – 7 (12 hits) over Neitzert’s / Kelly’s – 6 (8 hits)

WP – Ryan Nichols (16 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Tyler Kelly (5 K’s, 1 BB)

Blues – Jeff Kucharczyk had 2 hits with a homerun, Rich Brown and Lee Nichols each had 2 hits with a double, Ryan Nichols had 2 hits, Eric Brandt homered, singles by Jared Nichols, John Brandel and Mike Cross.

Neitzert’s/Kelly’s – Rob Lewis had 3 hits with a doube and 4 RBI’s, Corbin Stout had 2 hits, singles by Brent Kowitz, Bill Cary and Romeo Dudley.

Game 11: Blues Softball – 9 (10 hits) over Alchin’s Disposal – 6 (8 hits)

WP – Ryan Nichols (8 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Jeff Graff (3 IP, 4 R’s, 4 H’s, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Lance Graff (3 IP, 5 R’s, 6 H’s, 3 K’,s 1 BB)

Blues – Jeff Kucharczyk and Eric Brandt each had 2 hits with a homerun and double, Mike Cross had 2 hits with a homerun, John Brandel had 2 hits with a double, Lee Nichols homered and Jared Nichols singled.

Alchin’s – Kris Smith and Corey Alchin each had 2 hits with a double, Korey Heeard doubled, singles by Scott Menard, Jeff Graf and Lance Graf.

Game 12 – CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Lightning Fast Pitch – 7 (8 hits) over Blues Softball – 0 (0 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Sean Kelly (11 K’s, 0 BB’s – NO HITTER), LP – Ryan Nichols (4 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Lightning – Trevor Kelly had 3 hits with two doubles, Sean Kelly had 2 hits, singles by Chad Knox, Chris Rivard and Kevin Knox.

Blues – no hits.