Champion - Homer Yard Goats from Homer, MI (picture at top and bottom of page)

Runner-Up - Priority Mortgage from Grand Rapids, MI (picture at bottom of page)

Individual Awards: (Pic at bottom – LtoR: Brian Edwards, Dick Bare, Preston Sherman, Tim Hansen – missing: Brandon Doan)

Outstanding Pitcher – Brain Edwards, Homer (2 wins, 0 losses, 21 IP, 4 R’s, 8 H’s, 35 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Brandon Doan, Rebels (8-13, .615 avg)

Outstanding Infielder – Preston Sherman, Catcher for Homer (8-18, .444 avg)

Outstanding Outfielder – Tim Hansen, Rightfielder for Priority (7-15, .467 avg)

Pool Play Official Order of Finish

1 – Homer Yard Goats – 4 wins, 0 losses

2 – Priority Mortgage – 3 wins, 1 loss

3 – Wranglers – 1 win, 3 losses, 22 runs allowed

4 – Majestic Taxidermy – 1 win, 3 losses, 32 runs allowed

5 – Rebels – 1 win, 3 losses, 38 runs allowed

Game Results:

Game 1: Rebels – 8 (12 hits) over Majestic Taxidermy – 2 (8 hits)

WP – Chris McAuliffe (2 K’s, 0 BB); LP – Chad Pleiness (6 K’s, 1 BB)

Rebels – Tyler Smith homered and doubled, Brian Trombley tripled and singled, two hits each by Brandon Doan, Nick Vani and Aaron Martindale, Micah Wallace-Seals doubled and Austin Deview singled.

Majestic – Adam Jerry had 3 hits, Jim Virden had 2 hit, singles by Jake Anderson, Ian Grey and Austin Garcia.

Game 2: Homer Yard Goats – 7 (7 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 2 (2 hits)

WP – Bryan Boyd ((4 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 5 K’s, 3 BB’s) with relief from Brian Edwards (3 IP, 0 R’s, 0 H’s, 7 K’s, 1 BB); LP – Duke VanderArk (8 K’s, 1 BB)

Homer – Brian Edwards and Caleb Chamberlain each had 2 hits, homeruns by Alex White and Preston Sherman, Kaleb Fondren singled.

Priority – Tim Hansen tripled and Palmer Ponstein singled.

Game 3: Wranglers – 8 14 hits) over Rebels – 3 (6 hits)

WP – Zach Lach (7 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Chris McAuliffe (1 K, 5 BB’s)

Wranglers – Zach Lach had a homerun and single, Keith McGregor had a double and single, two singles each by Nathan Krafft, Alec Bergman, Blaise Zimmer and David Krafft, singles by Aaron Krafft and Mannee Mendham.

Rebels – Gerad Castillo had a double and single, Brandon Doan homered, Austin Deview doubled, singles by Micah Wallace-Seals and Aaron Martindale.

Game 4: Priority Mortgage – 13 (10 hits) over Majestic Taxidermy – 2 (6 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Zak VanderArk (2 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Greg Dilliner (1 K, 3 BB’s)

Priority – Palmer Ponstein had 2 hits with a double, Tim Hansen had 2 hits, homeruns by Tim Boetsma and Zak VanderArk, doubles by Payton Ponstein, Sam Starks and Beua Redfield, Brandon Roon singled.

Majestic – Adam Jerry and Greg Smith each had 2 hits, singles by Jake Anderson and Chad Pleiness.

Game 5: Homer Yard Goats – 4 (5 hits) over Wra5nglers – 1 (4 hits)

WP – Brian Edwards (11 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Zach Lach (7 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Homer – Alex White had 2 hits, Kaleb Fornman homered, Jordan Sherman doubled and Kyle Hebner singed.

Wranglers – Nathan Krafft had a double and single, Alec Bergman and Joe Gorney singled.

Game 6: Priority Mortgage – 13 (16 hits) over Rebels – 6 (9 hits) in 6 innings

WP – Zak VanderArk (5 2/3 IP, 6 R’s, 9 H’s, 2 K’s, 4 BB’s) with 1/3 inning relief from Duke VanderArk who got the one batter he faced on a ground out pitcher to first, LP – Justin Rhody (5 2/3 IP, 13 R’s, 15 H’s, 4 K’s, 5 BB’s) with Brandon Doan coming in to face one batter who doubled in the final run for the mercy.

Priority – Seth Hicks had 2 homeruns and a single, Tim Hansen and Colt Wolfe each had 2 hits with a double, two singles each by Tim Boetsma, Palmer Ponstein and Beau Redfield with a single by Payton Ponstein.

Rebels – Tyler Smith had 2 doubles and a single, Brandon Doan had 2 hits, Nick Vani homered, singles by Justin Rhody, Aaron Martindale and Austin Deview.

Game 7: Homer Yard Goats – 4 (9 hits) over Majestic Taxidermy – 2 (4 hits)

WP – Bryan Boyd (3 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 5 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Jeff Sherman (3 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Chad Pleiness (5 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Homer – Matt Botti had 3 hits with a double, Preston Sherman had 2 hits with a double, Caleb Chamberlain homered, singles by Jordan Sherman, Kaleb Fondren and John Shields.

Majestic – Greg Smith doubled, singles by Adam Jerry, Chad Pleiness and Fritz Peterson.

Game 8: Priority Mortgage – 6 (7 hits) over Wranglers – 5 (8 hits)

WP – Duke VanderArk (7 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Zach Lach (3 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB) I relief of Lee Wyckoff (3 IP, 4 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s)

Priority – Seth Hicks had 2 homeruns, Tim Boetsma doubled and singled, homeruns by Colt Wolfe and the walk off game ender leading off in the bottom of the 7^th inning solo homerun by Sam Starks and Tim Hansen tripled.

Wranglers – Alec Bergman had 2 hits, doubles by Aaron Krafft and Blaise Zimmer, singles by Nathan Krafft, Zach Lach, Nathan Jammer and Adam Auernhamer.

Tournament Director Notes: Priority went up 2-0 in bottom of the first inning with a single by Tim Boetsma followed by a triple from Tim Hansen who then scored on a passed ball. Wranglers scored 3 runs in the top of the 3^rd inning on an error, single putting two men on, then with 2 outs, Aaron Krafft doubled in both runners followed by Alec Bergman singling in Aaron followed by a walk, hit by pitch to load the bases and the inning ended with a strike out. Priority came back in the bottom of the 4^th inning with back to back homeruns by Colt Wolfe and Seth Hicks to take back the lead, 4-3. Priority added one more on the solo homerun in the 6^th inning by Seth Hicks making it 5-3. In the top of the 7^th inning, Wranglers had a pitcher to first out for #1, single by Nathan Krafft, fly ball to right field for out #2, rbi double by Alec Bergman who was then brought home by Zach Lach’s single to tie the game at 5’s. Blaise Zimmer doubled to put runners on 2^nd and 3^rd before a strike out ended the inning. In the bottom of the 7^th inning, Sam Starks led off the inning by depositing the 2^nd pitch into Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan on a no doubter to end the game. 

Game 9: Homer Yard Goats – 15 (15 hits) over Rebels – 14 (13 hits)

WP – Preston Sherman (1 IP, 8 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 3 BB’s) in relief of Caleb Chamberlain (2 IP, 5 R’s, 7 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s) who relieved starter Brian Edwards (4 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 8 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Brandon Doan (3 IP, 10 R’s, 8 H’s, 0 K, 9 BB’s) in relief of starter Chris McAuliffe (4 IP, 5 R’s, 7 H, 0 K, 3 BB’s)

Homer – Preston Sherman had 4 hits with a homerun and double and 5 RBI’s, Kyle Hebner had 2 hits with a double, Jeff Sherman and Chase Cook each had 2 hits, doubles each by Jordan Sherman and Caleb Chamberlain, singles by John Shields, Chaz Hopkins and Matt Botti.

Rebels – Brandon Doan had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Micah Wallace-Seals had 2 hits with a homerun, Tyler Smith and Justin Rhody each had 2 hits, Austin Deview homered, singles by Aaron Martindale, Brian Trombley and Bill Struble.

Game 10: Majestic Taxidermy – 9 (12 hits) over Wranglers – 7 (12 hits)

WP – Chad Pleiness (4 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – David Krafft (4 IP, 8 R’s, 8 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s) with relief from Lee Wyckoff (2 IP, 1 R, 4 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s)

Majestic – Ian Grey had 2 homeruns, Chad Pleiness had a homerun and double, Greg Smith had 2 doubles, Jim Virden and Travis McCormick each had 2 hits, Jake Anderson and Adam Jerry each homered.

Wranglers – Keith McGregor had 3 hits with a homerun, Aaron Krafft had 3 hits, Colin Bernreuter had 2 hits with a homerun, Joe Gorney had 2 hits, Alec Bergman tripled, David Lach singled.

Game 11 – Championship: Homer Yard Goats – 3 (5 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 2 (2 hits)

WP – Brian Edwards (9 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Duke VanderArk (2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB’s) in relief of Zak VanderArk (4 IP, 2 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB)

Homer – Preston Sherman homered, Matt Botti doubled, singles by Alex White, Jordan Sherman and Chase Cook.

Priority – Tim Hansen homered and Tim Boetsma singled.

Tournament Director Notes: Homer scored 2 when an error allowed Alex White to reached base in the 3rd followed by a 2 run homer by Preston Sherman. In the top of the 4th, Tim Boetsma reached on a single with one out followed by a game tying 2 run homer from Tim Hansen, in the bottom of the 5th, Homer's Chase Cook led off with a single and Duke came in to pitch. A wild pitch allowed Chase to go to second, then a ground out third to first keeping the runner at second for the first out. The next hitter also grounded out third to first after being looked back; however, this time he tried to make it to third on the throw to first base and was out 5-3-6 with stellar umpiring by the home plate ump who was within 20 feet of third base to make the close call with no arguments. In the bottom of the 6^th, Jordan Sherman led off with a single, advanced to second on a passed ball and scored on an infield error. The next six hitters went down in order for a great old-time fast pitch game!

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