Order of Finish:

1. Hastings Merchants – Hastings 4-1

2. Northern Michigan Sports Medicine – Petoskey 5-2

3. Bay Street Orthopedics – Petoskey 2-2

4. Cheboygan Merchants – Cheboygan 2-2

5. Hadeed Dentistry – Ludington 1-2

5. Munger Firemen – Munger 1-2

7. Flynn’s Excavating – Petoskey 0-2

7. BC Pizza – Petoskey 0-2

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Corey Essenberg, NM Sports Medicine (5 W’s, 2 L’s, 35 IP, 25 R’s, 34 H’s, 43 K’s, 16 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Paul Smith, Hastings (.500 avg., 6-12, 6 R’s, 3 HR’s, 8 RBI’s)

Outstanding Infielder – Josh Bush, NM Sports Medicine (.471 avg., 8-17)

Outstanding Player – Tyler Spence, NM Sports Medicine (.421 avg., 8-19)

Tournament Director Notes: Rain and thunderstorms plagued the weekend by washing out the field Saturday morning resulting in a delay in resuming play until 6:00 pm Saturday night after the field had plenty of time to dry. Games from this point were five innings in length and 3 of the original Saturday games were moved to Sunday. Play finished Saturday night / Sunday morning at 2:30 am and resumed Sunday morning at 8:00 with a 40 minute rain delay Sunday morning to begin the day. The championship game went to the “if necessary” game and the final out was made at 5:45 pm Sunday afternoon. We modified the mercy rules to be 15 runs after 2 innings, 12 runs after 3 innings and 7 runs after 4 innings with the international tie breaker going into effect during the 6th inning. The results of these modifications made for some highly competitive games and things moved along pretty well which allowed us to play all games in this 15 game weekend tournament on just one field.

Game Results:

Game 1:  Bay Street Orthopedics – 6 (9 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 4 (7 hits)

WP – Dave Seigrist (1 K, 0 BB’s), LP – Mike Barber (4 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Bay Street – Dave Jones had 2 hits with a walk-off 2 run homer in the bottom of the 7th, Mark Thompson had 2 hits with a double, Steve Behan doubled, singles by Jordan Bamberg and Dave Woods.

Cheboygan – Mark Schley had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Randy Wheelock homered, singles by Tom Tryban, Brad Hasse and Aaron Ormsbee.

Game 2: Munger Fireman – 7 (12 hits) over Flynn’s Excavating – 6 (7 hits)

WP – Ryan Truemner (6 K’s, 6 BB’s), LP – Steve Hamlin (7 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Munger – Craig Histed had 3 hits, Aaron Truemner had 2 hits with a double, Tony Histed and Mike Piazza had 2 hits, singles by Justin Jacobs, Al Ellison, Josh Wheeler

Flynn’s – Jamie Barkley had 2 hits with a double, Jared Clark had 2 hits, singles by Jared Dohm, Joel Dohm and Chris Loper.

Game 3: Hastings Merchants – 7 (9 hits) over BC Pizza – 6 (9 hits) (This game was suspended at 8:30 am due to rain and play was resumed at 6:00 pm) (5 innings)

WP – Bill Cobern (3 1/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Darryl Hogelueen (2 2/3 IP, 5 R’s, 7 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB), LP – Francis Hiar (2/3 IP, 6 R’s, 4 H’s, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Nick McIntosh (4 1/3 IP, 1 R, 5 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB)

Hastings – Dale Churchill had 2 hits with homerun and double, Paul Smith had 2 hits with a homerun, Dustin Bensinger and Aaron Snider each had 2 hits, Nate Swift homered.

BC Pizza – Kory Ciesielski had 2 hits with a homerun, Mike Katlin had 2 hits, Nick McIntosh tripled, Eric Fettig doubled, singles by Tim Pennell, Dan Plichta and Keith Young.

Game 4: Hadeed Dentistry – 5 (5 hits) over Northern Michigan Sports Medicine – 4 (7 hits) (5 innings)

WP – Adam Dustin (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Corey Essenberg (6 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Hadeed – Nick Dustin and Don Haskins each had 2 hits, Adam Dustin singled.

NM Sports – Josh Bush had 3 hits with two homeruns, Dustin Urman doubled, singles by Nick Karazewski, Corey Essenberg and Eli Urman.

Game 5: Cheboygan Merchants – 6 (10 hits) over Flynn’s Excavating – 5 (7 hits) (5 innings)

WP – Scott Kelly (1 K, 2 BB’s), LP – Steve Hamlin (1 K, 2 BB’s)

Cheboygan – Brad Hasse had 3 hits, Scott Kelly had 2 hits with a double, doubles by Randy Wheelock, Mark Schley and Brandon Blaskowski, Aaron Ormsbee and Brian Loper singled.

Flynn’s – Jared Dohm had 2 hits with a homerun, Joel Dohm homered, Jason Peters doubled, singles by Jamie Barkley, Jordan Lechowicz and Jared Clark.

Game 6: Northern Michigan Sports Medicine – 11 (12 hits) over BC Pizza – 5 (9 hits) (5 innings)

WP – Corey Essenberg (8 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP - Nick McIntosh (2 K’s, 3 BB’s)

NM Sports Med – Tyler Spence had 4 hits, 2 hits each by Kevin Russell, Nick Karazewski, Josh Bush, singles by Corey Essenberg and Todd Hasse.

BC Pizza – Mike Katlin had 3 hits with a double, Kory Ciesielski had 2 hits with a triple, Nick McIntosh homered, singles by Eric Fettig, Dan Plichta and Keith Young.

Game 7: Bay Street Orthopedics – 9 (8 hits) over Munger Firemen – 4 (5 hits)

WP – Stan Neff (3 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Craig Histed (3 IP, 5 R’s, 6 H’s, 2 K’s, 4 BB’s) with relief from Ryan Truemner (2 IP, 4 R’s, 2 H’s, 0 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Bay Street – Dave Elliott and Steve Behan each had 2 hits, singles by Jordan Bamberg, Dave Jones, Tom Longcore and Mark Thompson.

Munger – Craig Histed and Justin Jacobs each had 2 hits, Aaron Truemner singled.

Game 8: Hastings Merchants – 6 (7 hits) over Hadeed Dentistry – 5 (6 hits)

WP – Dale Churchill (2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Dale Pleiness (2 1/3 IP, 6 R’s, 5 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Doyle Dustin (1 2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s)

Hastings – Dale Churchill had 2 hits with a homerun and double, Dustin Bensinger had 2 hits with a homerun, Paul Smith homered, Steve Bordeau doubled and Aaron Snyder singled.

Hadeed – Adam Dustin had 2 hits with two doubles, Don Haskins had a homerun, singles by Fritz Peterson, Carl Lindenau and Jim Klug.

Game 9: Northern Michigan Sports Medicine – 8 (5 hits) over Munger Firemen – 1 (4 hits)

WP – Corey Essenberg (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Craig Histed (1 K, 4 BB’s)

NM Sports – Nick Karazewski had 2 hits with a homerun, singles by Kevin Russell, Josh Bush, Dave Cochran.

Munger – Justin Jacobs had 2 hits with a double, singles by Al Ellison and Josh Wheeler.

Game 10: Cheboygan Merchants – 6 (8 hits) over Hadeed Dentistry – 3 (5 hits)

WP – Stu Hancock (2 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Adam Dustin (4 IP, 6 R’s, 7 H’s, 3 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Doyle Dustin (1 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H)

Cheboygan – Randy Wheelock had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Scott Kelly had 2 hits, Mark Schley and Mike Barber each had a homerun, Austin Blaskowski singled.

Hadeed – Adam Dustin had 2 hits with a double, singles by Nick Dustin, Fritz Peterson and Dale Pleiness.

Game 11: Hastings – 14 (17 hits) over Bay Street Orthopedics – 2 (2 hits)

WP – Dale Churchill (2 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Dave Seigrist (1 K, 0 BB’s)

Hastings – Steve Bordeau had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Paul Smith had 3 hits with a homerun, Benny Bensinger and John Lucas each had 3 hits, Nate Swift had 2 hits with a homerun, Thomas Rowse had 2 hits with a double, Aaron Snyder singled.

Bay Street – Billy Hansen homered, Dave Jones singled.

Game 12: Northern Michigan Sports Medicine – 3 (3 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 2 (3 hits)

WP – Corey Essenberg (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Stu Hancock (1 K, 2 BB’s)

NM Sports – singles by Tyler Spence with an RBI, Kevin Russell and Nick Karazewski singled.

Cheboygan – Jason McGovern doubled, Scott Kelly singled with 2 RBI’s, Tom Tryban singled.

Notes – Cheboygan was up 2-1 in the final inning, NM Sports Med got runners on by a hit by pitch, a walk and then scored on a single that got by the outfielder for the 2nd run to score. Cheboygan went down in order in the bottom half of the inning.

Game 13 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:  Northern Michigan Sports Medicine – 3 (4 hits) over Hastings Merchants – 2 (2 hits)

WP – Corey Essenberg (9 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP - Bill Cobein (1 K, 3 BB’s)

NM Sports – Kevin Russell had 2 hits, Tyler Spence and Dustin Urman singled.

Hastings – Nate Swift homered and Thomas Rowse singled.

Notes – NM Sports scored 3 runs in the 3rd inning on a walk, single, single, wild pitch scoring a run followed by two fielder’s choices that scored two more runs. Hastings answered in the bottom of the 3rd inning with a single and two run homer but was unable to produce another base runner after the homerun.

Game 14 IF GAME: Hastings – 4 (5 hits) over NM Sports – 0 (2 hits)

WP – Dale Churchill (7 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Corey Essenberg (6 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Hastings – Steve Bourde had 2 doubles, Nate Swift had 2 hits and Jon Lucas singled.

NM Sports – Josh Bush and Todd Hasse singled.

Notes – Hastings scored three runs in the bottom of the 1st inning on a single, fielder’s choice, double, error and a single. They scored another run in the 4th inning when Nate Swift led off with a single and with one out, Steve Bourde doubled in the run.