Charlevoix's MASA Hall of Fame members, Bob Klooster and Leroy Buchanan, by presenting Bob's wife, Eloise, and Leroy with a plaque from MASA. The plaques will also be on display this summer at the Charlevoix Softball Field. This project was funded in part through a donation from Jim Ferguson who wanted to do something special to honor Bob Klooster. Jim stated in a letter from his Texas home that Bob Klooster had been a very influential person in Jim's life as a young man while playing softball in the Charlevoix area.

Tournament Champion: Priority Mortgage from Grand Rapids

Tournament Runner-Up: Cheboygan Merchants from Cheboygan

Pool Play Order of Finish:

1. Priority Mortgage from Grand Rapids – 4 wins / 0 losses
2. Cheboygan Merchants from Cheboygan – 3 wins / 1 loss
3. BASES / Trophy Case from Charlevoix & Petoskey – 2 wins / 2 losses
4. Woodhaven Log & Lumber from Roscommon – 1 win / 3 losses, 22 runs allowed
5. BC Pizza from Petoskey – 1 win / 3 losses, 26 runs allowed
6. The Party Shoppe from Petoskey – 1 win / 3 losses, 27 runs allowed

Game Results:

Game 1:  BASES / Trophy Case – 8 (10 hits) over BC Pizza – 0 (0 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Bill Yoder (5 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Buddy Ormsbee with Francis Hiar in relief (3 K’s, 3 BB’s)
BASES / Trophy Case  – Kraag Lieberman and Dustin Urman each had 2 hits, Matt Hall tripled, Scott Kelly doubled, singles by Mike Piehl, Shawn Racignol, Matt Zulski and Jerry Lochowicz
Game 1 Notes: No hitter for B/TC pitcher, Bill Yoder, who faced the minimum number of batters in five innings by having a lead off walk in the 2^nd eliminated with a 4-6-3 double play and a 5^th inning error that reached base cancelled with a 3-6-3 game ending double play.

Game 2: Cheboygan Merchants – 9 (13 hits) over The Party Shoppe – 5 (9 hits)
WP – Stu Hancock (3 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Steve Hamlin (2 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Cheboygan – Randy Wheelock had 3 hits with a double, Matt Skiera had 3 hits with a triple, Jason McGovern and Tracey Woiderski had 2 hits, Tom Trybon
doubled, singles by Stu Hancock and Ben Schley.
Party Shoppe – Colby Andrews had 2 homeruns, Adam Dustin and Brad Jones each had two hits with a triple, Todd Flynn had 2 hits, Jamie Barkley tripled.
 

Game 3:  Priority Mortgage – 7 (7 hits) over Woodhaven Log & Lumber – 0 (1 hit) in 5 innings
WP – Darren VanderArk (8 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Mark Huntley (2 K’s, 4 BB’s)
Priority – Matt Barr had 3 hits with a triple, Brent Barr doubled, singles by Leon Vanderlaan, Todd Bailey and Brad Williams.
Woodhaven – single by Johnny Lovidcaro.
Game 3 Notes: One hitter by Darren VanderArk.
 

Game 4:  BC Pizza – 8 (9 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 1 (6 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Francis Hiar (1 K, 0 BB’s), LP – Stu Hancock (3 K’s, 0 BB’s)
BC Pizza – Scott Cischke had 3 hits, Bill Brilley had 2 hits with a triple, Kory Ciesielski had 2 hits, singles by Nick McIntosh and Cole Kruzell.
Cheboygan – Tracey Woiderski had 2 hits, singles by Tom Trybon, Dave Wright, Brian Hancock and Jason Robbe.

Game 5:  Priority Mortgage – 9 (17 hits) over Party Shoppe – 3 (4 hits)
WP – Corey Essenberg (5 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Steve Hamlin (5 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Priority – Leon Vanderlaan had 4 hits with a double and triple, Todd Bailey had 4 hits, KC Place and Corey Essenberg each had 2 hits, singles by Matt Barr, Brad Williams, Darrin VanderArk, Jeff Vannoord and Nate Tap.
Party Shoppe – Singles by Jerrod Dohm, Kolby Andrews, Jamie Barkley and Adam Dustin.
 
Game 6: Cheboygan Merchants – 11(9 hits) over Woodhaven Log & Lumber – 8 (13 hits)
WP – Stu Hancock (5 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Tim Galloway (4 K’s, 5 BB’s)
Cheboygan – Mark Schley had 4 hits with a homerun and 2 triples, Benny Schley had a homerun and double, Dave Wright doubled and tripled, Tracy Woiderski singled.
Woodhaven – Mark Huntley had 3 hits with 2 doubles, Johnny Laincano had 2 hits with a triple, Jeff Bumbalough and Tim Galloway each had 2 hits, singles by Mark Sisco Jr, Don Haskins, TJ Lorenz and Virgil Farner.

Game 7:  BASES / Trophy Case – 7 (7 hits) over Party Shoppe – 0 (1 hit) in 5 innings of downpouring rain, muddy track and slick outfield (final game of the day to get it in)
WP – Jim Potter (5 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Adam Dustin (0 K’s, 6 BB’s)
B/TC – Dustin Urman had 2 triples, Jerry Lechowicz tripled, Scott Kelly doubled, singles by Mike Piehl, Shawn Racignol and Matt Zulski.
Party Shoppe – Kolby Andrews tripled in the 4^th inning.
 

Game 8:  Priority Mortgage – 7 (13 hits) over BC Pizza – 0 (3 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Corey Essenberg (2 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Bud Ormsbee (0 K’s, 1 BB)
Priority – Matt Barr had 3 hits, 2 hits each by Leon Vanderlaan, Jeff Mariner and Brent Barr, Jeff VanNoord tripled, Darrin VanderArk doubled, singles by Corey Essenberg and Todd Bailey.
BC Pizza – Cole Kruzell had a triple and single, Scott Cischke singled. 

Game 9:  Cheboygan Merchants – 5 (7 hits) over BASES / Trophy Case – 4 (6 hits) in 8 innings
WP – Stu Hancock (2 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Bill Yoder (7 K’s, 6 BB’s)
Cheboygan – Stu Hancock had 2 hits, singles by Tom Trybon, Dave Wright, Ben Schley, Jason Robbe and Jason McGovern.
B/TC – Brad Hasse had 2 hits, Mike Piehl tripled, doubles by Matt Zulski and Denny Lechowicz, singles by Shawn Racignol and Kyle Jones.

Game 10: Woodhaven Log & Lumber – 10 (12 hits) over BC Pizza – 1 (1 hit)
WP – Tim Galloway (2 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Francis Hiar with 2 innings relief from Bill Brilley (totals 1 K, 5 BB’s)
Woodhaven – Tim Galloway had 3 hits with a triple, George Doebler had a double and triple, 2 hits each by Jeff Bumbalough and Johnny Locaino, Nick Dustin tripled, singles by Mark Sisco Jr. and Mark Huntley.
BC Pizza – Kory Ciesielski singled in the 1^st inning.
 
Game 11: Priority Mortgage – 5 (5 hits) over BASES / Trophy Case – 3 (8 hits) in 9 innings
WP – Darrin VanderArk (5 K’s, 8 BB’s), LP – Jim Potter (7 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Priority – Matt Barr had 3 hits, Darrin VanderArk doubled and Jeff Mariner singled.
B/TC – Scott Kelly had 4 hits, Matt Zulski had 2 hits with a double, singles by Shawn Racignol and Brad Hasse.
Game 11 Notes: Priority scored 2 in the 1^st inning, B/TC added 2 in the 3^rd to tie it, Priority went up 3-2 in the 5^th, B/TC scored in the bottom of the 7^th to tie the game and the bottom of the 7^th ended with a fly out to center field and runner attempting to score was thrown out at home plate for a double play.  Neither team scored in the 8^th inning with the international tie breaker. Priority scored 2 in the top of the 9^th without a hit.
Priority’s win in game 11 placed them into the championship game with a 4-0 record and eliminated BASES / Trophy Case who finished with a 2-2 record. Cheboygan went into the finals with the B/TC loss with a 3-1 record.

Game 12: The Party Shoppe – 3 (3 hits) over Woodhaven Log & Lumber – 2 (7 hits)
WP – Steve Hamlin (3 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Mark Huntley (3 K’s, 7 BB’s)
Party Shoppe – Scott Lepird singled and also reached base on 2 walks and an error to score all three Party Shoppe runs, Kolby Andrews and Todd Flynn each had an RBI single.
Woodhaven – Singles by Mark Sisco Jr, Jeff Bumbalough, Johnny Loaicono, George Doebler, Tim Galloway, TJ Lorenz and Virgil Farner.
 
CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Priority Mortgage – 7 (8 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 3 (8 hits)
WP – Corey Essenberg (8 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Stu Hancock (3 K’s, 1 BB)
Priority – Leon Vanderlaan had 3 hits with a double, Matt Barr had 2 hits, doubles each by Darrin VanderArk and Corey Essenberg and a single by KC Place.
Cheboygan – Stu Hancock had 2 hits with a double, triples each by Dave Wright and Randy Wheelock, singles by Tom Tryban, Ben Schley, Brian Hancock and Jason Robbe.