Men's Class C
Petoskey, MI
Randy Wheelock, Dylan Cuddahee and Kyle Beane from NMFP and Aaron Krafft and Zack Lach from Wranglers (LtoR)
Champion Picture - Northern Michigan Fast Pitch sponsored by Trident Electric Company from Petoskey area
Runner Up Picture - Schaeffer & Beirlein Wranglers from Frankenmuth
3rd Place Picture - Oetman Excavating from Moline
Individual Award Winners
Picture#1 Randy Wheelock, Dylan Cuddahee and Kyle Beane from NMFP and Aaron Krafft and Zack Lach from Wranglers (LtoR)
Pic #2 Mike Gruppen from Oetman
Game 1 of the Men’s Class C State Finals: Northern Michigan Fast Pitch from Petoskey-5 (8 hits) over Preferred Trucking from Byron Center -1 (2 hits).
WP - Kyle Beane (7 K's, 3 BB's), LP - Bill Streelman (5 K's,1 BB).
NMFP - Blaise Zimmer had 3 hits, Tim Hansen and Josh Bush had 2 hits, and Caleb Roberts singled.
Preferred - Chad Roberts and James Dantuma singled.
Game 2: Flynn's from Petoskey-11 (18 hits) over Superior Vault 46ers from Midland-10 (11 hits) with 2 runs in the bot of 7th to win.
WP - Nick McIntosh (4 R's, 8 H's, 4 K's, 1 BB) in relief of Jordan Lechowicz after 1/3 inning, LP - Jerry Dankert (2 K's, 2 BB's).
Flynn's - Keith Young had 4 hits with a homerun and double, Dan Plichta had 3 hits with a homerun, Nick McIntosh and Tyler Flynn each had 3 hits, Zak Kruskie had 2 hits with a homerun, Jordan Lechowicz homered, singles by Jamie Barkley and Jordan Smith.
Superior Vault - Tom Snyder had 3 hits with a homerun and triple, Justin Davenport had 2 hits with a homerun, Cody Garrard had 2 hits with a triple, Rob Snyder had 2 hits, singles by Jason Young and John Snyder.
Game 3: ZOLO-Mullet Lake Marina-11 (12 hits) over Mayan Agency-10 (14 hits) with a walk off homerun by Ben Schley.
WP - Mike Barber (5 K's, 3 BB's), LP - Andy Rohn (5 IP, 7 R's, 11 H's, 3 K's, 4 BB's) with relief from Jeff Buckley (1 1/3 IP, 4 R's, 1 H, 2 K's, 6 BB's).
ZOLO - Austin Blaskowski had 2 hits with a double, Jeremy Stempky and Mark Schley each had 2 hits, Ben Schley homered, singles by Nick Hancock, Stan Swiderek, Jason McGovern, Eryn Eustice, and Adam Grote.
Mayan - Jimmy Schoof had 4 hits with a double, Mitch Bohn had 2 hits with a homerun, Zack Kitzmiller and Mike Weideman each had 2 hits, Marcus Doan homered, singles by Derek Fillmore, Andy Lafave, and Brandon Krause.
Game 4: Oetman Excavating from Moline -10 (12 hits) over Munger Fireman-3 (8 hits) in 6 innings.
WP - Mike Gruppen (2 K's, 2 BB's), LP - Craig Histed with 1 inning relief from Ryan Treumner combined for 4 Ks, 6 BB's.
Oetman-Mike Gruppen had 2 doubles, Steve Meyering and Dan Lemon had 2 hits with a double, Taylor Meyering had 2 hits, Bob Lutke doubled, singles by Steve Gruppen, Josh Meyering and Dustin Courtney.
Munger-Alex Phillips and Jordan Knipp each had 2 hits, Craig Histed homered, singles by Noah Eurich, Aaron Treumner and Zach Schabel.
Game 5: Smalltown from Niles-8 (9 hits) over J2 Tanning from Eaton Rapids-7 (15 hits).
WP - Browning Chabot (3 K's,1 BB), LP - Jason Hadley (1 K, 1 BB).
Smalltown - Robbie Prenkert had 3 hits with a double, Lance Nothstine had 2 hits with a homerun, singles by John Gephart, Logan Woodruff, AJ Stinehoff and Browning Chabot.
J2 Tanning - Paul Covert had 3 hits, Sean Binkley had 3 hits with a triple, Nick Rice had 2 hits with a homerun, Troy Stowell and Kyle Binkley each had 2 hits, Seth Reinecke tripled, Logan Woodruff and Trevor Collins singled.
Notes - Smalltown scores 5 runs with 2 outs in bottom of 7th to win 8-7 over J2 Tanning.
Game 6: Schaeffer and Beirlein Wranglers from Frankenmuth - 11 (6 hits) over Northern Michigan Fastpitch - 2 (4 hits) in 5 innings.
WP - Zack Lach (3 K's,1 BB), LP - Dylan Cuddahee (4 2/3 IP, 11 R's, 5 H's, 4 K's, 7 BB's) with Guy Thurston in relief (1/3 IP, 1 H,1 K, 0 BB’s).
Wranglers - David Lach had 2 hits, Alec Bergman, Zack Heyse and Zack Lach each doubled and Mike Zink singled.
NMFP - Tim Hansen homered, singles by Guy Thurston, Randy Wheelock and Joey Olsiewicz.
Game 7: Crouch-10 (11 hits) over Flynn's-0 (1 hit).
WP - Kevin Dirchell (7 K’s, 0 BB's), LP - Rick Matelski (3 IP,10 R's, 8 H's, 0 K's, 2 BB's) with relief from Jordan Lechowicz (2 IP,0 R's, 2 H's, 0 K's, 0 BB's).
Crouch-Branden Elser had 3 hits with a homerun, Rob Lewis had a homerun and double, Kevin Dirschell had 2 hits, singles by Bill Debeau, Zach Horn, Tim McGeorge and Andy Wade.
Flynn's-Jordan Lechowicz singled in the 4th with 2 outs to break up the perfect game.
Notes - Kevin Dirchell finished with a one hitter - Congratulations!
Game 8: Oetman Excavating-6 (10 hits) over Zolo-Mullet Lake Marina-1 (3 hits).
WP - Mike Gruppen (7 K's,1 BB), LP - Stu Hancock (1 1/3 IP, 6 R's, 6 H's, 0 K’s,1 BB) with relief from Mike Barber (4 2/3 IP,0 R's, 4 H's, 4 K's, 2 BB’s).
Oetman - Josh Meyering had 2 hits with a homerun, Steve Meyering and Dustin Courtney each had 2 hits, singles by Taylor Meyering, Mike Gruppen, Bob Lutke and Marty Korte.
ZOLO - Jeremy Stempky homered, singles by Ben Schley and Jason McGovern.
Game 9: Smalltown -8 (12 hits) over McNally's -4 (10 hits).
WP - Browning Chabot (10 K's, 2 BB's), LP - Tyler Lutke (4 1/3 IP, 6 R's, 8 H's, 2 K's,0 BB's) with relief from Matt Diemer (2 2/3 IP, 2 R's, 4 H's, 4 K's, 0 BB).
Smalltown - Robby Prenkert had 3 hits with a homerun, Brent Chabot had 2 hits with a homerun, Lance Nothstine had 2 hits with a double, Jon Gephart homered, singles by Ty Hess, Logan Woodruff, AJ Stinehoff and James Jacobs.
McNally's- Bryan Diemer had 3 hits with a triple, Matt Ebels had 2 hits, Shaun Mulder and Tyler Lutke doubled, singles by Darren Kamphouse, Denny Heuker and Nate Tewsley.
Game 10: Munger Fireman – 5 (5 hits) over Mayan Agency – 2 (6 hits)
WP – Chris Randall (9 K’s, 6 BB’s), LP – Jeff Buckley (12 K’s, 4 BB’s)
Munger – Dustin Collamer had 2 hits, Alex Phillips doubled, Jordan Knipp and Aaron Truemner both singled.
Mayan – Zac Kitzmiller and Jim Schoof both had 2 hits, Mitch Bohn doubled, and Derek Fillmore singled.
Game 11: J2 Tanning – 7 (8 hits) over Flynn’s – 3 (13 hits)
WP – Seth Reinecke (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Nick McIntosh (1 K, 4 BB’s)
J2 – Trevor Collins hit 2 homeruns and finished with 5 RBI’s, Ben Burmeister homered, Kyle Binkley doubled, singles by Nickk Rice, Troy Stowell, Paul Covert, and Seth Reinecke.
Flynn’s – Zak Kruskie and Jordan Lechowicz each had 3 hits, Jamie Barkley had 2 hits, singles by Keith Young, Nick McIntosh, Dan Plichta, Rick Klungle, and Tyler Flynn.
Game 12: Preferred Trucking – 5 (7 hits) over ZOLO-Mullet Lake Marina – 3 (7 hits)
WP – Bill Streelman (9 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Mike Barber (6 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Preferred Trucking – Eddie Kay homered, Eric Veenstra doubled, singles by Wally King, Steve LaRoach, Keith Hutchins, Gabby Rivard, and Kurt Maciejewski.
ZOLO-Mullet – Adam Grote and Jeremy Stempky both doubled, singles by Nick Hancock, Stan Swiderek, Travice Stempky, Austin Bliskowski, and Tom Tryban.
Game 13: McNally’s – 7 (11 hits) over Superior Vault 46ers – 2 (6 hits)
WP – Tyler Lutke (5 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Jerry Dankert (7 K’s, 1 BB).
McNally’s – Trent Mulder had 3 hits with a double, Bryan Diemer and Shaun Mulder each had 2 hits, Darren Ramphouse doubled, singles by Denny Heuker, Matt Ebels, and Nate Tewsley.
Superior – Juston Davenport had 2 hits, John Snyder doubled, singles by Sam Davenport, Rob Snyder, and Cody Garrand.
Game 14: Northern Michigan Fast Pitch – 9 (8 hits) over Munger – 2 (2 hits) in 6 innings
WP – Kyle Beane (9 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Zach Schabel (3 IP, 6 R’s, 5 H’s, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s) with relief from Chris Randall (1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB), Ryan Truemner (1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 K’s, 2 BB’s), and Craig Histed (1 IP, 1 R, 2 H’s, 1 K, 0 BB’s).
NMFP – Randy Wheelock had 2 hits including a homerun, Kobli Shumaker had 2 hits, Denzil Wilson doubled, singles by Tim Hansen, Kyle Beane, and Joey Olsiewicz.
Munger – Dustin Collamer had 2 hits.
Game 15: Wranglers-12 (9 hits) over Crouch-1 (4 hits) in 5 innings.
WP - Zach Lach (4 K's, 0 BB’s), LP - Kevin Dirschell (4 IP,10 R's, 8 H's, 1 K, 5 BB's) with relief from Jeremy Ball (1 IP, 2 R's, 1 H, 2 K's, 1 BB).
Wranglers - Aaron Krafft had 2 hits, Alec Bergman homered, singles by Nate Krafft, Zack Lach, Dave Lach, Mike Zink, Nathan Jammer and Zach Heyse.
Crouch - Rob Lewis doubled, singles by Branden Elser, Bill Debeau and Tyler Dules.
Game 16: Oetman-10 (9 hits) over Smalltown-3 (8 hits) in 5 innings.
WP - Mike Gruppen (1 K, 0 BB’s), LP - Browning Chabot (2 K’s, 0 BB's).
Oetman - Dustin Courtney had 2 homeruns, Mike Gruppen had 2 hits with a homerun, Taylor Meyering and Steve Meyering each had 2 hits and a single by Steve Gruppen.
Smalltown - Robby Orenkert and AJ Stinehoff each had 2 hits, singles by Jon Gephart, Lance Nothstine, Brent Chabot and Scott Gephart.
Game 17: NMFP – 10 (14 hits) over J2 Tanning – 8 (11 hits)
WP – Dylan Cuddahee (13 K’s, 6 BB’s), LP – Seth Reinecke (2 2/3 IP, 3 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 BB) in relief of Jason Hadley (4 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 10 H’s).
NMFP – Kevin Lavanway had 3 hits with a homerun, Kyle Beane and Randy Wheelock each had 2 hits with a double, Guy Thurston and Dylan Cuddahee each had 2 hits, Josh Bush had a game winning walk-off homerun in the bottom of the 7th, Blaise Zimmer doubled, and Tim Hansen singled.
J2 – Ben Burmeister had 3 hits, Nickk Rice had 2 hits with a homerun, Paul Covert had 2 hits, singles by Troy Stowell, Sean Binkley, Trevor Collins, and Seth Reinecke.
Notes – Sean Binkley had a 2 out RBI single to tie the game in the top of the 7th for J2 and Josh Bush had a 2 out 2 run homerun in the bottom of the 7th to give NMFP the win.
Game 18: McNally's-9 (7 hits) over Preferred Trucking-7 (10 hits).
WP - Matt Diemer (0 K's,0 BB's), LP - Chad Plentiss (3 2/3 IP, 7 R's, 6 H's, 4 K's, 5 BB's) with relief from Adam Kirkpatrick (2 1/3 IP, 2 R's,1 H, 5 K's, 1 BB).
McNally's-Bryan Diemer had 2 hits with a triple, Denny Heuker tripled, Matt Ebels and Ryan Kamphouse each doubled, singles by Darren Kamphouse and Shaun Mulder.
Preferred Trucking-Chad Plentiss had 3 hits with a homerun Steve Laroach had 2 triples, Wally King had 2 doubles, Eric Veenstra and Keith Hitchins each doubled, James Dantuma singled.
Notes - Game 18 in Charlevoix started Sunday at 12:10 am and ended at 1:53 am.
Game 19: NMFP – 7 (12 hits) over Smalltown – 0 (0 hits) in 5 innings. Congratulations to Kyle Beane for throwing a no-hitter!
WP - Kyle Beane (2k's,1bb), LP-Browning Chabot (3 IP, 6 R’s, 9 H's,1 K,1 BB) with relief from Brent Chabot (1 IP, 1 R, 3 H’s, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s).
NMFP - Dylan Cuddahee had 3 hits with a double, Blaise Zimmer, Kyle Beane and Guy Thurston each had 2 hits, singles by Tim Hansen, Randy Wheelock and Denzil Wilson.
Smalltown – no hits
Game 20: McNally's - 5 (5 hits) over Crouch Electric - 3 (8 hits).
WP - Tyler Lutke (0 K's, 3 BB's), LP - Jeremy Ball (3 2/3 IP, 5 R's, 5 H's, 5 K's, 6 BB's) with relief from Kevin Dirschell (2 1/3 IP, 0 R's, 0 H's, 4 K's, 0 BB's).
McNally's - Nate Tewsley had 2 hits, Denny Heuker homered, Bryan Diemer and Shaun Mulder each singled.
Crouch - Branden Elser had 2 hits with a homerun, Benjy Gary had 2 hits with a double, Tim George doubled, singles by Andy Wade, Zach Horn, and Kevin Dirschell.
Game 21: Wranglers-9 (8 hits) over Oetman-2 (3 hits) in 5 innings.
WP - Zack Lach (7 K's, 0 BB), LP - Mike Gruppen (4 K's, 4 BB's).
Wranglers-Aaron Krafft and Joe Gorney each had 2 hits, Nate Krafft homered, Mike Zink tripled, singles by Alec Bergman and Dave Lach.
Oetman-Mike Gruppen had 2 hits with a homerun and Josh Meyering singled.
Notes: Wranglers scored 7 runs in bottom of the 7th inning to mercy (4 unearned runs).
Game 22: NMFP-10 (14 hits) over McNally's-2 (2 hits) in 6 innings.
WP - Dylan Cuddahee (14k's,4bb's), LP - Matt Deimer (2k's,2bb's).
NMFP - Kyle Beane had a homerun and double, Randy Wheelock, Catlin Porter and Caleb Roberts each had 2 hits, Dylan Cuddahee and Kevin Lavanway each homered, singles by Blaise Zimmer, Guy Thurston and Josh Bush.
McNally's - Darren Kamphouse and Jon Walenjus singled.
Notes - McNally’s finishes the 2015 class C State Finals in 4th place.
Game 23: NMFP - 9 (16 hits) over Oetman - 2 (4 hits) in 6 innings.
WP - Dylan Cuddahee (4 IP, 1 R, 3 H's, 3 K's, 2 BB's) with relief from Kyle Beane (2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's), LP - Mike Gruppen (5 K's, 4 BB's).
NMFP - Denzil Wilson had 3 hits with a double, Josh Bush had 3 hits, Dylan Cuddahee and Kyle Beane each had 2 hits with a homerun, Randy Wheelock had 2 hits with a double, and Blaise Zimmer and Kevin Lavanway each had 2 hits.
Oetman - Steve Meyering homered, Mike Gruppen doubled, singles by Steve Gruppen and Taylor Meyering.
Notes - NMFP advances to championship game against Wranglers. Oetman finishes 3rd place in the Men's Fast Pitch Class C State Finals.
Game 24 Championship: Nmfp-9 (13 hits) over Wranglers-8 (10 hits) in 8 innings.
WP - Guy Thurston (1 1/3 IP, 0 R's, 0 H's, 1 K, 1 BB) in relief of Dylan Cuddahee (3 2/3 IP, 5 R's, 7H's, 2 K's, 3 BB's) and Kyle Beane (3 IP, 3R's, 3 H's, 1K, 2 BB's), LP – Zack Lach (6 K’s, 3 BB’s).
NMFP - Dylan Cuddahee had 3 hits with a double, Caleb Roberts had 2 hits including a homerun, Randy Wheelock and Blaise Zimmer each had 2 hits, Kevin Lavanway doubled, singles by Guy Thurston, Kyle Beane, and Denzil Wilson.
Wranglers - Zach Lach had 3 hits with a homerun, Nathan Krafft had 2 hits with a double, Aaron Krafft tripled, singles by David Lach, Mike Zink, Joe Gorney, and Zach Heyse.
Going to the IF game!
Game 25 (IF GAME): Northern Michigan Fast Pitch sponsored by Trident Electric - 9 (9 hits) over Wranglers - 0 (1 hit) in 5 innings.
WP - Guy Thurston (4 K's, 7 BB's), LP - Zack Lach (1IP, 2 R's, 2 H's, 0 K's, 1 BB) with relief from David Lach (1 2/3 IP, 3 R's, 5 H's, 1 K, 1 BB) and Mike Spaguola (2 1/3 IP, 4 R's, 2 H's, 1 K, 3 BB's).
NMFP - Guy Thurston had 2 hits with a homerun, Dylan Cuddahee and Denzil Wilson each had 2 hits, Blaise Zimmer doubled, Josh Bush and Kyle Beane both singled.
Wranglers - Aaron Krafft singled.
Congratulations to both teams! IF game finished on Sunday evening at 8:00 pm.