Tournament Champion – Twin City Gray Sox from St. Joseph

Tournament Runner-Up – Homer Aces from Homer

Pool Play Official Order of Finish

1 – Twin City Gray Sox (4 wins, 0 losses)

2 – Homer Aces (2 wins, 2 losses – beat Legends head to head)

3 – Explorer Legends (2 wins, 2 losses)

4 – Wranglers (1 win, 3 losses – beat NMFP head to head)

5 – Northern Michigan Fast Pitch (1 win, 3 losses) 
 

Individual Awards: (Picture - LtoR: Steve, Jared, Robby, Todd)

Outstanding Pitcher – Todd Winkworth from Twin City Gray Sox (4 wins, 0 losses, 21 IP, 10 R’s, 30 H’s, 24 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Robby Prenkert from Twin City Gray Sox (12-18 = .667 avg., 3 doubles, 1 homerun, 6 RBI’s, 10 runs)

Outstanding Infielder – Steve Myers from Homer Aces (8-16 = .500 avg., 1 double, 1 homerun, 6 RBI’s, 2 runs)

Outstanding Outfielder – Jared Knuth from Twin City Gray Sox (9-18 = .500 avg., 2 doubles, 5 homeruns, 17 RBI’s, 8 runs)

Game Results:

Game 1: Wranglers – 6 (5 hits) over Northern Michigan Fast Pitch – 2 (8 hits)

WP – Zack Lach (10 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Mike Barber (4 K’s, 1 BB)

Wranglers – Mike Zink had 2 hits with a homerun, Nathan Krafft homered, singles by Alec Bergman and Matt Klenk.

NMFP – Tim Hansen had 2 hits, Kolbi Shumaker and Anthony Derrer both doubled, singles by Denzil Wilson, Randy Wheelock, Catlin Porter, and Kevin Lavanway.

Game 2: Twin City Gray Sox – 7 (10 hits) over Explorer Legends – 2 (6 hits)

WP – Todd Winkworth (8 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Rick Engle (7 K’s, 7 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Reid Benson had 3 hits including a double, Robby Prenkert had 2 hits, Jon Gephart and Aaron Davis each homered, singles by Matt Fites, Derek Weaver, and Cory Winkworth.

Legends – Todd Schultz had 3 hits with a double and homerun, Steve Lashuay homered, singles by Steve O’Keefe and Bryan Kuehne.

Game 3: Homer Aces – 5 (8 hits) over Wranglers – 1 (5 hits)

WP – Brian Edwards (13 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Mike Spagnuola (2 1/3 IP, 5 R’s, 5 H’s, 0 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Zack Lach (3 2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 3 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB)

Homer Aces – Steve Myers had 3 hits, Jordan Birch had 2 hits with a triple, Derek Sherman and Shannon Damron each doubled, Nate Birch singled.

Wranglers – Zack Lach had 2 hits, Matt Klenk homered, singles by Nate Krafft and Mike Zink.

Game 4: Twin City Gray Sox – 8 (9 hits) over Northern Michigan Fast Pitch – 7 (8 hits) in 8 innings

WP – Todd Winkworth (2 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Lane Bender (2 2/3 IP, 3 R’s, 3 H’s, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s) and Mike Rappette (3 1/3 IP, 4 R’s, 4 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Mike Barber (3 K’s, 7 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Robby Prenkert had 3 hits with a double, Erick Biggert had 2 hits with a double, singles by Reid Benson, Jared Knuth, Aaron Davis, and Derek Weaver.

NMFP – Catlin Porter tripled and homered, Randy Wheelock had 2 hits including a homerun, Kolbi Shumaker and Denzil Wilson each homered, Caleb Roberts doubled, and Tim Hansen singled.

*Gray Sox were up 6-0 before NMFP scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 4th inning. NMFP tied the game at 7’s in the bottom of the 6th inning with Catlin Porter’s 2-run homerun. Jared Knuth from Gray Sox had a game winning RBI single in the 8th inning during the international tie breaker.

Game 5: Homer Aces – 7 (8 hits) over Explorer Legends – 5 (7 hits)

WP – Shannon Damron (5 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Doug Sleep (10 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Homer Aces – Derek Sherman had 2 hits including a homerun, Nate Birch had 2 hits, singles by Jordan Birch, Steve Myers, Brian Edwards, and Shannon Damron.

Legends - Steve Lashuay and Ray Stover each had 2 hits, Todd Schultz doubled, singles by Dave Ganton and Dale Robbins.

Game 6: Twin City Gray Sox – 8 (8 hits) over Wranglers – 6 (15 hits)

WP – Todd Winkworth (9 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Zack Lach (5 IP, 8 R’s, 7 H’s, 2 K’s, 4 BB’s) with relief from David Lach (1 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Jared Knuth had 3 hits including 2 homeruns for 7 RBI’s, Robby Prenkert had 2 hits, singles by Reid Benson, Aaron Davis, and Matt Fites.

Wranglers – Nathan Krafft had 4 hits including 2 doubles, David Lach had 3 hits including a double, Zack Lach had 2 hits including a double, singles by Adam Aurenhammer, Alec Bergman, Matt Klenk, Mike Zink, Joe Gorney, and Trent Bellamy.

Game 7: Explorer Legends – 9 (7 hits) over Northern Michigan Fast Pitch – 8 (10 hits)

WP – Rick Engle (5 IP, 3 R’s, 5 H’s, 6 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Todd Schultz (2 IP, 5 R’s, 5 H’s, 3 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Mike Barber (1 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) in relief of Kolby Andrews (5 1/3 IP, 8 R’s, 5 H’s, 2 K’s, 8 BB’s).

Legends – Bryan Kuehne had 3 hits including 2 homeruns, Wade Nolan homered, Steve O’Keefe doubled, singles by Steve Lashuay and Ken Haut.

NMFP – Tim Hansen homered twice, Joey Olsewiecz had 2 hits, Randy Wheelock homered, Kolby Andrews doubled, singles by Josh Bush, Caleb Roberts, Kolbi Shumaker, and Kevin Lavanway.

Game 8: Twin City Gray Sox – 12 (14 hits) over Homer Aces – 8 (11 hits)

WP – Mike Rappette (6 IP, 8 R’s, 10 H’s, 8 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Lane Barber (1 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Brian Edwards (4 K’s, 6 BB’s)

Gray Sox – Jared Knuth had 4 hits with 2 homeruns and 2 double and 7 RBI’s, Rob Prenkert had 3 hits with 2 doubles, Aaron Davis had 3 hits, Reid Benson had 2 hits with a double, singles by Matt Fite and Jon Gephart.

Aces – Shannon Damron had 3 hits with a double, Butch Neal had 2 hits, Zac Neal and Joe Barnett each doubled, singles by Jordan Birch, Steve Myers, Derek Sherman and Brian Edwards.

Game 9: Northern Michigan Fast Pitch – 15 (18 hits) over Homer Aces – 4 (9 hits)

WP – Ben Schley (5 IP, 4 R’s, 6 H’s, 2 K’s, 5 BB’s) with relief from Adam Grote (2 IP, 0 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s), LP – Shannon Damron (5 K’s, 4 BB’s).

NMFP – Catlin Porter had 4 hits with a double, Tim Hansen had 3 hits with a homerun and triple, Caleb Roberts had 3 hits with a triple, Josh Bush had 2 homeruns, Joey Olsiewicz had 2 hits, Kevin Lavanway homered, Denzil Wilson tripled, Kolbi Shumaker and Ben Schley singled.

Aces – Steve Myers had 2 hits with a homerun, singles by Brian Edwards, Jordan Birch, Derek Sherman, Joe Barnette, Shannon Damron, Butch Neal and Nate Birch.

Game 10: Explorer Legends – 5 (8 hits) over Wranglers – 0 (2 hits)

WP – Doug Sleep (4 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Mike Spagnuolo (2 IP, 2 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) with relief from David Lach (2 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 0 K’s, 3 BB’s) and Zack Lach (2 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 3 K’s, 0 BB’s).

Legends – Bryan Kuehne had 2 hits, Mike Hoon tripled, Steve Lashuay and Greg Sauve each doubled, singles by Dave Ganton, Ray Stover, and Dale Robbins.

Wranglers – Nathan Krafft and Colin Bernreuter each singled.

CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Twin City Gray Sox – 11 (10 hits) over Homer Aces – 2 (8 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Todd Winkworth (3 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Brian Edwards (3 1/3 IP, 9 R’s, 8 H’s, 1 K, 5 BB’s) with relief from Shannon Damron (1 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 0 K’s, 1 BB)

Gray Sox – Aaron Davis had 3 hits with a double, Robby Prenkert had 2 hits with a homerun, Jared Knuth homered, Matt Fites and Cory Winkworth each doubled, singles by Reid Benson and Derek Weaver.

Homer Aces – Derek Sherman had 2 hits, Steve Myers and Butch Neal each doubled, singles by Jordan Birch, Joe Barnette, Brian Edwards, and Nate Birch.