Champion: Beron’s Tree Service Lightning from Marshall

Runner-up: Thunder Softball Team from Marshall

Pool Play Order of Finish:

1. Beron’s Tree Service Lightning from Marshall – 4-0
2. Thunder Softball Team from Marshall – 3-1
3. Tiffany’s from Frankenmuth – 2-2
4. R/T Boring Drillers from Homer – 1-3
5. Up to Date Painting from Millington – 0-4

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Sean Kelly, Lightning 4 wins 0 losses (24 IP, 4 R’s, 12 H’s, 35 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Tyler Dudley, Thunder (9-18, .500 avg., 5 R’s, 3 RBI’s, 2 HR’s, 2 Dbl’s)

Outstanding Infielder – Chris Heinline, Thunder (9-19=.473 avg., 6 R’s, 9 RBI’s, 1 Double, 1 HR)

Outstanding Outfielder – Brian Skirka, Lightning (5-14=.357 avg., 3 R’s, 1 RBI, 1 HR, 1 Double)

Game Results:

Game 1: Beron’s Tree Service Lightning – 1 (4 hits) over Tiffany’s – 0 (2 hits)

WP – Sean Kelly (8 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Pete Loachridge (4 H’s, 7 K’s, 1 BB)

Lightning – Rich Brown hit a solo homerun in the 5th inning, Brian Skirka singled in the 1st, Bill Kunkel singled in the 2nd, Randy Wheelock singled in the 3rd and Trevor Kelly walked in the 4th for only base runners of the game for Lightning.

Tiffany’s – Brett Szagesh was hit by a pitch in the 3rd, Jason Hoisington walked in the 3rd, Josh Prastki singled in the 5th and Ed Gerow singled in the 6th for the base runners of the game for Tiffany’s.

Game 2: RT Boring Drillers – 9 (16 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 4 (8 hits)

WP – Bryan Boyd (8 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Gregg Wright (7 K’s, 1 BB)

RT Boring Drillers – Brian Edwards and Brandon Myers each had 3 hits with a homerun, Bryan Boyd had a homerun and double, Derek Sherman, Steve Myers and Jeff Sherman each had 2 hits, Bruce Miller and Mike Koenig singled.

Up to Date Painting – David Lach had 2 hits with a homerun, Gene McKinstry had 2 hits, singles by Steve Findlay, Jamie Tackabury, Adam Brechtelbauer and Justin Sherman.

Game 3: Thunder Softball – 6 (13 hits) over Tiffany’s – 3 (7 hits)

WP – Chris Heinlein (3 2/3 IP, 0 R’s, 1 H’, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Tyler Kelly (3 1/3 IP, 3 R’s, 6 H’s, 2 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Paul Hoisington (5 IP, 5 R’s, 9 H’s, 4 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Pete Loachridge (2 IP, 1 R, 4 H’s, 3 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Thunder – Chris Heinlein and Tyler Kelly each had 3 hits with a double, Tyler Dudley had 3 hits, Cory Lafountain tripled, CJ Finch doubled and John Powers singled.

Tiffany’s – Mike Meineke and Paul Hoisington each had 2 hits, Jason Hoisington doubled, Rich Katherns and Dale Doughty singled.

Game 4: Beron’s Tree Service Lightning – 7 (8 hits) over RT Boring Drillers – 0 (2 hits)

WP – Sean Kelly (10 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Bryan Boyd

Lightning – Adam Saylor had 2 hits, Trevor Kelly, Rich Brown and Brian Skirka each homered, singles by Matt Shook, Brandon Elser and Sean Kelly.

RT Boring Drillers – Doubles by Bruce Miller and Mike Koenig.

Game 5: Thunder Softball – 5 (15 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 4 (7 hits)

WP – Tyler Kelly (3 IP, 3 R’s, 3 H’s, 3 K’s, 3 BB’s) in relief of Lee Noel (4 IP, 1 R, 4 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Gregg Wright (4 K’s, 1 BB)

Thunder – Rob Lewis and Cory LaFountain each had 3 hits, Tyler Dudley had 2 hits with a homerun, Josh Powers and Bill Cary each had 2 hits, singles by CJ Finch, Chris Heinline and Jon Powers.

Up to Date – Steve Shores had 2 hits with a double, Steve Findlay had 2 hits, singles by Gene McKinstry, Brandon Ryan and Justin Sherman.

Game 6: Tiffany’s – 8 (8 hits) over RT Boring Drillers – 4 (7 hits)

WP – Pete Loachridge (11 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Shannon Damron (5 K’s, 3 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Jason Hoisington had 2 hits with a triple, singles by Mike Meinecke, Justin Doughty, Paul Hoisington, Dale Doughty, Josh Prastki and Brett Szagesh.

RT Boring Drillers – Shannon Damron and Brandon Myers each had 2 hits with a double, Bruce Miller doubled, singles by Jeff Sherman and Bryan Boyd.

Game 7: Beron’s Tree Service Lightning – 11 (6 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 1 (3 hits)

WP – Sean Kelly (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP - Doug Gillis (3 IP, 5 R’s, 3 H’s, 3 K’s, 5 BB’s) with relief from Mike Spagnuola (1 IP, 6 R’s, 3 H’s, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Beron’s Tree Service – Bill Kunkel had 2 hits, Trevor Kelly and Steve Bourdo each homered, singles by Adam Saylor and Matt Shook.

Up to Date Painting – Brandon Ryan homered, singles by Dave Lach and Zach Lach.

Game 8: Thunder Softball – 6 (10 hits) over RT Boring Drillers – 0 (1 hit)

WP – Chris Heinlein (9 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Bryan Boyd (9 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Thunder – Tyler Dudley had 2 hits with a homerun, Jon Powers had 2 doubles, Chris Heinlein had 2 hits, Cory LaFountain homered, singles by CJ Finch, Tyler Kelly and Rob Lewis.

RT Boring Drillers – Brian Edwards singled in the 1st inning.

Game 9: Beron’s Tree Service Lightning – 7 (14 hits) over Thunder Softball – 6 (12 hits)

WP – Trevor Kelly (2 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Tyler Kelly (1 2/3 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Dean Neitzert (5 IP, 6 R’s, 12 H’s, 2 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Lightning – Brian Skirka had 3 hits with a double, Trevor Kelly had 2 hits with a homerun, Brandon Elser had 2 hits with a double, Steve Bourdo had 2 hits, Bill Kunkel doubled, singles by Josh Marten, Sean Kelly, Adam Saylor and Rich Brown.

Thunder – Rob Lewis had 3 hits with 2 doubles, CJ Finch had 3 hits with a double, Tyler Dudley had 2 doubles, Chris Heinline had 2 hits with a homerun, singles by Jon Powers and Cory LaFountain.

Game 10: Tiffany’s – 4 (4 hits) over Up to Date Painting – 1 (2 hits)

WP – Paul Hoisington (3 K’s, 1 BB), LP - Mike Spagnuola (4 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Tiffany’s – Brett Szagesh had a 2 run homerun, Justin Doughty tripled, Josh Pratski doubled and Paul Hoisington singled.

Up to Date – Jamie Tackabury had a solo homerun and a single for the only hits.

Game 11 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Beron’s Tree Service – 4 (5 hits) over Thunder Softball – 3 (5 hits)

WP – Sean Kelly (11 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Chris Heinline (3 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Tyler Kelly (3 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 4 K’s, 1 BB)

Lightning – Trevor Kelly had 2 hits with a double, Rich Brown had a solo homerun in the 2nd inning, Bill Kunkel had a 2 run game winning homerun in the bottom of the 6th inning, Adam Saylor had an RBI single in the 1st inning.

Thunder – CJ Finch had a solo homerun to lead off the game, Tyler Kelly had a solo homerun in the 4th inning to tie the game at two, singles by Chris Heinline, Jon Powers and Josh Powers.