Men's Class B & C
Petoskey, MI
Champions - Crouch Electric – Coldwater
Order of Finish:
1. Crouch Electric – Coldwater 4-0
2. Blues Softball – Hastings 4-2
3. Tiffany’s – Frankenmuth 2-2
4. Oetman Excavating – Byron Center 2-2
5. Mayan Agency – Merrill 1-2
5. Hastings Merchants – Hastings 1-2
7. Carey All State – Midland 0-2
7. Munger Fastpitch – Munger 0-2
Individual Awards:
Outstanding Pitcher – Tyler Kelly, Crouch Electric (2 wins, 0 losses, 10 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 21 K’s, 1 BB)
Outstanding Hitter – Lee Nichols, First base for Blues Softball (.500 avg. 5-10)
Outstanding Outfielder – Rich Brown, Outfielder for Blues Softball (.545 avg. 6-11)
Outstanding Infielder – Jon Gwizdala, Pitcher for Crouch Electric (2 wins, 0 losses, 10 IP, 5 R’s, 6 H’s, 10 K’s, 6 BB’s)
Game Results:
Game 1: Blues Softball – 12 (14 hits) over Carey All State – 0 (2 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Ryan Nichols (5 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – George Wheelock (2 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 10 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Robin Allen (2 2/3 IP, 5 R’s, 4 H’s, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Blues – John Ouendag had 3 hits with a double, two hits each by Ryan Nichols, Guy Thurston, Lee Nichols and Rich Brown, John Fulmer homered, Shawn Davis doubled, Jeff Kucharczyk singled.
Carey – Timm Richardson and Trevor Hoon singled.
Game 2: Tiffany’s – 7 (8 hits) over Mayan Agency – 0 (1 hit) in 5 innings
WP – Pete Loachridge (11 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Jeff Buckley (3 K’s, 4 BB’s)
Tiffany’s – Brad Gnatkowski and Rich Katherns each had 2 hits, Justin Doughty homered, Paul Hoisington doubled, singles by Mike Meinecke and Gary Thompson.
Mayan – Tom Tryban had a single with 2 outs in the 2nd inning for the only hit.
4 hour rain delay to start Saturday’s schedule. All games were started in the 3rd inning for the rest of the day to play 5 inning games with the appropriate mercy rules, schedule approximately one hour apart beginning play at 12:00 noon to get all nine games in for the day.
Game 3: Oetman Excavating – 6 (7 hits) over Munger Fastpitch – 3 (3 hits)
WP – Keith Hutchins (2 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Kyle Beane (3 K’s, 4 BB’s)
Oetman – Matt Zulski had 2 two run homeruns, Bob Lutke had 2 doubles, Gregg Heath tripled, Josh Meyering and Steve Meyering singled.
Munger – Kyle Beane doubled, Craig Histed and Joe Edwards singled.
Game 4: Crouch Electric – 9 (7 hits) over Hastings Merchants – 5 (5 hits)
WP – Jon Gwizdala (6 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Dale Churchill (2 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Crouch – Kevin Lewis homered, Taylor Milligan tripled, singles by Rob Lewis, Brandon Elser, Kevin Dirschell, Andy Wade and Jeremy Ball.
Hastings – Shawn Raymond had 2 hits, Paul Smith homered, singles by Dustin Bensinger and Aaron Snider.
Game 5: Mayan Agency – 8 (10 hits) over Carey All State – 1 (3 hits)
WP – Jeff Buckley (3 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Robin Allen (0 K’s, 1 BB)
Mayan – Marcus Doan had 2 hits with a homerun, Tom Tryban and Mike Weideman each had 2 hits, singles by Joel Buckley, Ryan Holzinger, Bill DeBeau and Andy Lafave.
Carey – Singles by Shea Bryant, Timm Rihcardson and Tom Neuenfeldt.
Game 6: Hastings Merchants – 4 (6 hits) over Munger Fastpitch – 0 (2 hits)
WP – Dale Churchill (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Ryan Truemner (5 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Hastings – Paul Smith homered, singles by Nate Swift, Dustin Bensinger, Jon Lucas, Shawn Raymond and Dylan Cuddahee.
Munger – Dustin Collamar and Kyle Beane each singled.
Game 7: Tiffany’s – 4 (6 hits) over Blues Softball – 0 (1 hit)
WP – Pete Loachridge (8 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Ryan Nichols (4 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Tiffany’s – Dale Doughty had 2 hits, Justin Doughty and Paul Hoisington each had doubles and Chad Carbeno and Brett Szagesh singled.
Blues – Shawn Davis led off the game with a single for the only hit.
Game 8: Crouch Electric – 2 (3 hits) over Oetman Excavating – 0 (1 hit)
WP – Tyler Kelly (11 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Greg Heath Jr. (4 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Crouch – Singles by Brandon Elser, Kevin Dirschell and Jeremy Ball.
Oetman – Single by Steve Meyering.
Notes: Jeremy Ball singled in Brandon Elser and Kevin Dirschell scored on the play as well.
Game 9: Blues Softball – 4 (4 hits) over Hastings Merchants – 3 (4 hits)
WP – Ryan Nichols (7 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Dale Churchill (2 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Blues – Guy Thurston Jr. had a 3 run homerun and a sacrifice fly for all 4 RBI’s, Jeff Kucharcyzk, Rich Brown and John Ouendag each singled.
Hastings – Nate Swift tripled, AJ Tassos doubled, Dustin Bensinger and Paul Smith each singled.
Game 10: Oetman Excavating – 7 (13 hits) over Mayan Agency – 6 (7 hits)
WP – Greg Heath Jr. (2 2/3 IP, 1 R, 5 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Keith Hutchins (2 1/3 IP, 5 R’s 2 H’s, 3 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Jeff Buckley (5 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Oetman – 2 hits each by Steve Gruppen, Steve Meyering, Keith Hutchins and Bill Lutke. Scott Summavilla doubled, singles by Josh Meyering, Bob Lutke, Greg Heath Sr. and Matt Zulski.
Mayan – Mike Weideman had 2 hits with a double, Bill DeBeau had 2 hits, Andy Lefave tripled, singles by Scott Holzinger and Tom Tryban.
Notes: Oetman scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to come from behind to win the game. The game ended at 12:04 am with temps at 47 degrees.
Game 11: (Winner Bracket Final - Started at 12:18 am at 47 degrees on 6/12/11 – finished at 1:26 am – 5 inning game)
Crouch Electric – 1 (2 hits) over Tiffany’s – 0 (1 hit)
WP – Tyler Kelly (10 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (11 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Crouch – Tyler Kelly doubled in the 4th inning, Kevin Dischell had an RBI single to bring in the game’s only run.
Tiffany’s – Brett Szagesh had a ground ball single that hopped over the 3rd baseman’s glove for the only Tiffany’s hit.
Note: Rain delay rules applied with 5 inning game that we started in the 3rd inning. Great pitcher’s duel as double digit strike outs by both in just 5 inning.
Sunday morning games returned to 7 inning games.
Game 12: Blues Softball – 14 (13 hits) over Oetman Excavating – 1 (5 hits) in 6 innings
WP – Ryan Nichols (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Keith Hutchins (9 K’s, 8 BB’s)
Blues – Shawn Davis had 3 hits, Lee Nichols had 2 hits with a triple, Shannon Beebee and Guy Thurston each had 2 hits, Jeff Kocharczyk and John Ouendag doubled, singles by Rich Brown and Mike Cross.
Oetman – Greg Heath Sr. had 2 hits, singles by Steve Gruppen, Josh Meyering and Matt Zulski.
Game 13 Loser Bracket Final: Blues Softball – 8 (7 hits) over Tiffany’s – 7 (6 hits)
WP – Ryan Nichols (4 K’s, 6 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (3 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H’s, 7 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Paul Hoisington (2 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 4 H’s, 2 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Blues – Rich Brown had a homerun and double with the game winning RBI in the 6th inning, Jeff Kucharcyzk had 2 hits, singles by Shawn Davis, John Ouendag and Jared Nichols.
Tiffany’s – Dale Doughty had 2 hits, Brad Gnatkowski homered, Brett Szagesh doubled, singles by Justin Doughty and Rich Katherns.
Note: Tiffany’s scored 4 in the top of the 6th inning to tie the game at 7. Rich Brown led off the bottom of the 6th for the Blues with a game winning solo homerun.
Game 14 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Crouch Electric – 8 (5 hits) over Blues Softball – 0 (1 hit)
WP – Jon Gwizdala (4 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Ryan Nichols (4 K’s, 10 BB’s)
Crouch – Rob Lewis had 2 hits with a homerun, Taylor Milligan doubled, Jeremy Ball and Jeff Wilkins singled.
Blues – Lee Nichols singled in the 2nd inning for the Blues only hit.