Champion – Thunder from Battle Creek

Runner-Up – Lightning from Marshall

Pool Play Order of Finish:

1. Thunder (3 wins)

2. Lightning (1 win, 2 losses, 17 runs allowed)

3. Cary Trucking (1 win, 2 losses, 18 runs allowed)

4. Tiffany’s (1 win, 2 losses, 23 runs allowed)

Individual Awards: (Picture - LtoR: Tyler, Justin, Jeff, Terangi)

Outstanding Pitcher – Tyler Kelly from Thunder (2 wins, 0 losses, 1 save, 1 hold, 15 1/3 IP, 6 R’s, 11 H’s, 17 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Terangi Chadwick from Thunder (8-12 = .667 avg., 2 homeruns, 10 RBI’s, 10 runs)

Outstanding Infielder – Jeff Nowaczyk from Thunder (8-17 = .471 avg., 1 double, 5 homeruns with a grand slam, 12 RBI’s, 9 runs)

Outstanding Outfielder – Justin Krenzke from Thunder (7-14 = .500 avg., 1 triple, 2 homeruns, 5 RBI’s, 7 runs)

Game Results:

Game 1: Lightning – 9 (8 hits) over Tiffany’s – 2 (1 hit) in 5 innings

WP – Sean Kelly (8 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (3 1/3 IP, 8 R’s, 7 H’s, 5 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Paul Hoistington (1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 K’, 1 BB).

Lightning – Trevor Kelly had 2 homeruns, Sean Kelly and Brian Skirka each homered, Caleb Roberts and Doug Counterman both tripled, singles by Adam Saylor and Ryan Tundevold.

Tiffany’s – Lee Foco homered.

Game 2: Thunder – 6 (6 hits) over Cary Trucking – 5 (10 hits)

WP – Terangi Chadwick (5 IP, 5 R’s, 9 H’s, 6 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Tyler Kelly (2 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Jon Gwizdala (6 K’s, 7 BB’s).

Thunder – Terangi Chadwick and Justin Krenzke each had 2 hits including a homerun, singles by Shea Bryant and Rob Lewis.

Cary Trucking – Jon Gwizdala had 3 hits, Zach Lach had 2 hits including a homerun, AJ Tassos doubled, singles by Austin Lord, Brad Thenen, Billy Page, and Chris Schmidt.

Game 3: Thunder – 10 (15 hits) over Tiffany’s – 1 (4 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Doug Gillis (11 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Paul Hoistington (4 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Thunder – Brent Kowitz had 3 hits with a double, Jeff Nowaczyk doubled and homered, Shea Bryant had 2 hits with a double, Terangi Chadwick, Justin Krenzke, and Rob Lewis each had 2 hits, Tyler Kelly homered, Mitch Neitzert singled.

Tiffany’s – Paul Hoistington doubled and tripled, singles by Jason Hoistington and Drew Collison.

Game 4: Cary Trucking – 5 (8 hits) over Lightning – 4 (9 hits)

WP – Zach Lach (6 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Trevor Kelly (5 IP, 5 R’s, 8 H’s, 3 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Lee Noel (1 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Cary Trucking – Zach Lach had 2 hits including a homerun, Jon Gwizdala had 2 hits, singles by Brad Thenen, Billy Page, Lee Page, and Jimmy Cox.

Lightning – Trevor Kelly had 3 hits, Doug Counterman had 2 hits with a double, Fred Bradford had 2 hits, singles by Brian Skirka and Bill Kunkel.

Game 5: Tiffany’s – 8 (7 hits) over Cary Trucking – 4 (7 hits)

WP – Pete Loachridge (3 IP, 4 R’s, 6 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Paul Hoistington (4 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H, 3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Zach Lach (1 IP, 5 R’s, 2 H’s, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from AJ Tassos (5 IP, 3 R’s, 5 H’s, 5 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Jason Hoistington had 2 hits with a double, Lee Foco had 2 hits, Jarred Bender homered, singles by Paul Hoistington and Drew Thompson.

Cary Trucking – Zach Lach had 2 hits, singles by Austin Lord, Brad Thenen, AJ Tassos, Billy Page, and Chris Schmidt.

Game 6: Thunder – 10 (6 hits) over Lightning – 3 (7 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Tyler Kelly (8 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Sean Kelly (4 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Thunder – Terangi Chadwick had 2 hits with a homerun, Jeff Nowaczyk homered, Justin Krenzke tripled, singles by Shea Bryant and Brent Kowitz.

Lightning – Bill Kunkel had 2 hits, Ryan Tundevold doubled, singles by Brian Skirka, Trevor Kelly, Doug Counterman, and Sean Kelly.

Game 7: Lightning – 8 (7 hits) over Cary Trucking – 1 (4 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Sean Kelly (5 IP, 1 R, 4 H’s, 11 K’s, 4 BB’s) with relief from Trevor Kelly (1 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Jon Gwizdala (10 K’s, 3 BB’s).

Lightning – Brian Skirka homered and tripled, Trevor Kelly homered, Ryan Tundevold doubled, singles by Adam Saylor, Caleb Roberts, and Adam AcMoody.

Cary Trucking – Austin Lord tripled, Zach Lach doubled, singles by AJ Tassos and Brad Thenen.

Game 8: Thunder – 13 (14 hits) over Tiffany’s – 4 (9 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Doug Gillis (4 2/3 IP, 4 R’s, 9 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Tyler Kelly (1 1/3 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s), LP – Paul Hoistington (1 K, 3 BB’s)

Thunder – Shea Bryant had 4 hits with a homerun, Jeff Nowaczyk had 3 hits with 2 homeruns (one being a grand slam that forced the mercy rule in the 6th), Justin Krenzke had 2 hits with a homerun, Mitch Neitzert had 2 hits, Tyler Kelly homered, and Rob Lewis and Brent Kowitz both singled.

Tiffany’s – Lee Foco and Paul Hoistington each had 2 hits with homeruns, Mike Meinecke had 2 hits, singles by Jason Hoistington, Drew Thompson, and Brett Szagesh.

Game 9 - CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Thunder – 8 (5 hits) over Lightning – 3 (3 hits)

WP – Tyler Kelly (3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Sean Kelly (9 K’s, 8 BB’s)

Thunder – Jeff Nowaczyk had 2 hits with a homerun, Terangi Chadwick had 2 hits, Brent Kowitz singled.

Lightning – Brian Skirka doubled, Fred Bradford and Caleb Roberts both singled.