Order of Finish:

1. BC Pizza – Petoskey – 4-0

2. Cheboygan Merchants – Cheboygan – 4-2

3. Mason County Merchants – Ludington – 2-2

4. Munger Fireman – Munger – 2-2

5. BASES – Charlevoix – 1-2

5. Priority Mortgage – Grand Rapids – 1-2

7. Essenberg Trucking – Ellsworth – 0-2

7. Party Shoppe – Petoskey – 0-2

Individual Awards:

Outstanding Pitcher – Doyle Dustin, BC Pizza (3 wins, 0 losses, 11 2/3 IP, 8 R’s, 14 H’s, 5 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Outstanding Hitter – Chad Pleiness, Mason Co. Merchants (shortstop, 9-13 / .692 avg)

Outstanding Outfielder –Mark Schley, Cheboygan Merchants (left fielder, 8-15 / .533 avg)

Outstanding Infielder – Tom Tryban, Cheboygan Merchants (shortstop, 11-23 / .478 avg)

Friday night saw rain and lightning that halted game three after two innings and was resumed at 8:00 am on Saturday. Saturday morning games were played in heavy fog and drizzle. There were light showers throughout the morning and early afternoon. Saturday early evening the temperature dropped into the low 50’s and reached the high 40’s by the time the final game of the night was done near 11:00 pm. Sunday was warmer and dry with temperatures in the 60’s.

Game Results:

Game 1:  BC Pizza – 8 (11 hits) over BASES – 6 (11 hits)

WP – Doyle Dustin (3 1/3 IP, 0 R’s, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 2 BB’s) in relief of Adam Dustin (3 2/3 IP, 6 R’s, 8 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB), LP – Jim Potter (2 K’s, 0 BB’s)

BC Pizza – Bill Brilley had 2 hits with a game winning 3 run homer in the bottom of the 7th, Nick McIntosh had 2 doubles, 2 hits each by Tim Pennell, Scott Cischke and Doyle Dustin with a single from Kory Ciesielski.

BASES – Mike Piehl had 2 hits with a homerun, Matt Zulski homered, Aaron Wier tripled, doubles by Steve Hopkins and Scott Kelly, singles by Shawn Racignol, Bill Alward, Brad Hasse, Matt Hall and Rob Harris.

Notes – BASES led 6-5 into the bottom of the 7th inning when BC Pizza started the inning with a single followed by an error on a double play ball that left runners at 1st and 2nd with no outs. Sacrifice bunt moved the runners to 2nd and 3rd when Bill Brilley hit his game ending 3 run homer.

Game 2:  Cheboygan Merchants – 11 (10 hits) over Party Shoppe – 8 (9 hits)

WP – Stu Hancock (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Kolby Andrews (5 2/3 IP, 10 R’s, 9 H’s, 3 K’s, 4 BB’s) with Lee Schley in relief (1 1/3 IP, 1 R, 1 H)

Cheboygan – Mark Schley and Jamie Wheelock each had 2 this with a double, Tom Tryban and Matt Skiera each had 2 hits, Randy Wheelock homered, Ben Schley singled.

Party Shoppe – Kolby Andrews had 2 homeruns, Brad Jones had 2 hits with a homer, Todd Flynn tripled, singles by Jarod Dohm, Jamie Barkley, Joel Dohm and Scott Lepird.

Game 3: Munger Fireman – 7 (10 hits) over Essenberg Truckers – 1 (4 hits)

WP – Ryan Truemner (13 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Corey Essenberg (4 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Munger – Al Ellison had 3 hits with a double, Blaire Zimmer had 2 hits, Craig Histed doubled, singles by Aaron Truemner, Justin Jacobs, Tony Histed and Del Benson.

Essenberg – Kaleb Brown had a double, Kevin Russell, Nick Karazewski and Tom Scott singled.

Notes – This game was halted Friday night after two complete innings due to lightning and severe thunderstorms that moved through. The game was resumed in the top of the 3rd inning at 8:00 am Saturday morning.

Game 4: Mason County Merchants – 7 (7 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 6 (7 hits)

WP – Greg Dilliner (8 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Darrin VanderArk (5 K’s, 1 BB)

Mason County – Mike Heemstra and Travis Walle each homered, singles by Jim Klug, Jim Virden, Chad Pleiness, Carl Lindenau and Ron Ratcliffe.

Priority – Rick Venneman had 2 hits with a double, Darrin VanderArk and Brent Barr each homered, singles by Leon Vanderlaan, Keith Hutchins and KC Place.

Game 5: BASES – 15 (14 hits) over Party Shoppe – 8 (15 hits)

WP – Jim Potter (5 IP, 3 R’s, 8 H’s, 3 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Scott Kelly (2 IP, 5 R’s, 7 H’s, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Lee Schley (5 IP, 10 R’s, 8 H’s, 2 K’s, 6 BB’s) with relief from Tom Vargo (2 IP, 5 R’s, 7 H’s, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s)

BASES – Bill Alward had 3 hits with a homerun and a triple, Matt Zulski and Shawn Racignol each had 2 hits with a homerun, Scott Kelly and Aaron Wier each had 2 hits, singles by Steve Hopkins, Brad Hasse and Dustin Urman.

Party Shoppe – Todd Flynn and Joel Dohm each had 3 hits with a triple, Jarod Dohm had 2 hits with a triple, Kolby Andrews and Brad Jones each had 2 hits with a double, Jared Clark had 2 hits and Jamie Barkley doubled.

Notes – Party Shoppe scored three in the 1st, BASES scored 1 in the 4th and then 9 runs in the top of the 5th to take a 10-3 lead. BASES added 5 in the top of the 7th and Party Shoppe added 5 in the bottom of the 7th.

Game 6: Priority Mortgage – 7 (8 hits) over Essenberg Truckers – 4 (5 hits)

WP – Keith Hutchins (6 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Corey Essenberg (3 K’s, 6 BB’s)

Priority – Keith Hutchins had 2 hits with a homerun, Leon Vanderlaan had 2 hits with a double, singles by Rick Venneman, Jeff Mariner, Brad Williams and KC Place.

Essenberg – Ty Spence and Scott Lavanway each had 2 hits, Nick Karazewski singled.

Game 7: BC Pizza – 18 (14 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 8 (7 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Doyle Dustin (3 1/3 IP, 6 R’s, 5 H’s, 1 K, 3 BB’s) with relief from Adam Dustin (1 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB), LP – George Wheelock (2 K’s, 2 BB’s)

BC Pizza – Tim Pennell had 3 hits with a triple and double, Bill Brilley had 3 hits with a double, Adam Dustin had 2 hits with a homerun and double, Keith Young had 2 hits, Kory Ciesielski homered, Dan Plichta doubled, singles by Scott Cischke and Cole Kruzell.

Cheboygan – Tom Tryban had 3 homeruns, Randy Wheelock had 2 hits with a homerun, Jamie Wheelock doubled, Mark Schley singled.

Notes – BC Pizza scored 8 runs in the first inning with the aid of 3 Cheboygan errors. They added 4 runs in the 2nd inning and 1 run in the 3rd inning to have a 13-0 lead before Cheboygan scored 2 in the bottom of the 3rd.

Game 8: Mason County Merchants – 9 (11 hits) over Munger Fireman – 3 (8 hits)

WP – Greg Dilliner (5 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Ryan Truemner (12 K’s, 2 BB’s)

Mason County – Chad Pleiness had 4 hits with 2 homeruns, a double and 5 RBI’s, Mike Heemstra had 3 hits with a homer and two doubles, Jim Klug had 2 hits, Carl Lindenau homered and Travis Walle singled.

Munger – Aaron Truemner had 3 hits, Craig Histed had 2 hits, singles by Blaise Zimmer, Justin Jacobs, Tim Ballor and Tony Histed.

Game 9: Cheboygan Merchants – 10 (10 hits) over Priority Mortgage – 2 (7 hits)

WP –Jamie Wheelock (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Darrin VanderArk (4 K’s, 4 BB’s)

Cheboygan – Jamie Wheelock had 3 hits with a double, Tom Tryban and Randy Wheelock each had 2 hits with a homerun, Ben Schley had 2 hits with a double, Nick Hancock singled.

Priority – Leon Vanderlaan had 2 doubles, Darrin VanderArk had 2 hits, singles by Rick Venneman, KC Place and Jeff VanNoord.

Game 10: Munger Fireman – 12 (15 hits) over BASES – 4 (4 hits)

WP – Ryan Truemner (2 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Scott Kelly (3 IP, 7 R’s, 10 H’s, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Jim Potter (2 IP, 5 R’s, 5 H’s, 3 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Munger – Blaise Zimmer, Tony Histed and Justin Edwards each had 3 hits with a double, Justin Jacobs had 2 doubles, Al Ellison had 2 hits with a homer, Tim Ballor tripled and Kevin Jammer singled.

BASES – Scott Kelly had 2 hits, Bill Alward homered and Rob Harris singled.

Game 11: Winner Bracket Final BC Pizza – 6 (7 hits) over Mason County Merchants – 3 (8 hits)

WP – Adam Dustin (2 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s) in relief of Francis Hiar (5 IP, 3 R’s, 6 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s), LP – Greg Dilliner (4 K’s, 2 BB’s)

BC Pizza – Adam Dustin had 2 hits with a double, Kory Ciesielke doubled, singles by Tim Pennell, Eric Fettig, Scott Cischke and Dan Plichta.

Mason County – Chad Pleiness had 3 hits with a triple and 2 doubles, Brian Pleiness doubled, singled by Jim Klug, Fritz Peterson, Carl Lindenau and Ron Ratcliff.

Notes – Mason County and BC Pizza each scored in the 1st inning, BC went up 2-1 after 3 innings, Mason County tied it at 2 in the top of the 4th, went ahead 3-2 in the top of the 5th, BC Pizza tied it at 3’s in the bottom of the 5th inning and then scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning. Francis Hiar pitched very well for BC Pizza through 5 innings to a 3-3 tie before Adam Dustin came in to start the 6th inning.

Game 12: Cheboygan Merchants – 17 (16 hits) over Munger Fireman – 8 (12 hits) in 5 innings

WP – Stu Hancock (3 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Craig Histed (6 K’s, 5 BB’s)

Cheboygan – Jason McGovern, Mark Schley and Ben Schley each had 3 hits with homeruns, Randy Wheelock had 2 hits with a homerun, Tom Tryban doubled, Matt Skiera and Tracey Woiderski singled.

Munger – Blaise Zimmer had 3 hits, Craig Histed had 2 hits with a homerun, Tim Ballor homered, singles by Aaron Truemner, Al Ellison, Kevin Jammer and Justin Edwards.

Game 13: Cheboygan Merchants – 7 (8 hits) over Mason County Merchants – 2 (7 hits) in 9 innings

WP – Stu Hancock (4 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Greg Dilliner (4 K’s, 0 BB’s)

Cheboygan – Ben Schley had 3 hits with a homerun and double, Tom Tryban had 2 hits with a double, Randy Wheelock had 2 hits and Mark Schley singled.

Mason County – Chad Pleiness doubled, singles by Mike Heemstra, Jim Klug, Greg Dilliner, Ron Ratcliffe, Carl Lindenau and Fritz Petersen.

Notes – 2-2 tie after 7 innings. International tie breaker used in the 8th inning when neither team could score. Cheboygan scored 5 runs in the top of the 9th and held Mason County scoreless in the bottom of the 9th.

Game 14 – CHAMPIONSHIP GAME:  BC Pizza – 11 (11 hits) over Cheboygan Merchants – 2 (6 hits) in 5 innings

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

BC Pizza – Nick McIntosh had 2 homeruns, Dan Plichta had 2 hits with a homerun, Adam Dustin and Scott Cischke each had 2 hits, Tim Pennell homered, singles by Eric Fettig and Kory Ciesielski.

Cheboygan – Tracey Woiderski had 2 hits, Mark Schley homered, singles by Tom Tryban, Jason McGovern and Jamie Wheelock.

Notes – BC Pizza scored 4 runs in the top of the first on 2 homeruns (Cheboygan pitcher Stu Hancock had just thrown a 5 inning game against Munger and a 9 inning game against Mason County) , added 4 more in the 3rd inning, Cheboygan scored 2 in the bottom of the 4th inning to make it 8-2. BC Pizza answered with 3 more in the top of the 5th inning and kept Cheboygan from scoring to end the game under the mercy rule.