Completed Bracket
Order of Finish:
1. Crouch Electric – Coldwater 4-0 Team Picture
2. Blues Softball – Hastings 4-2 Team Picture
3. Tiffany’s – Frankenmuth 2-2
4. Oetman Excavating – Byron Center 2-2
5. Mayan Agency – Merrill 1-2
5. Hastings Merchants – Hastings 1-2
7. Carey All State – Midland 0-2
7. Munger Fastpitch – Munger 0-2
Outstanding Pitcher – Tyler Kelly, Crouch Electric (2 wins, 0 losses, 10 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 21 K’s, 1 BB)
Outstanding Hitter – Lee Nichols, First base for Blues Softball (.500 avg. 5-10)
Outstanding Outfielder – Rich Brown, Outfielder for Blues Softball (.545 avg. 6-11)
Outstanding Infielder – Jon Gwizdala, Pitcher for Crouch Electric (2 wins, 0 losses, 10 IP, 5 R’s, 6 H’s, 10 K’s, 6 BB’s)
Game Results:
Game 1: Blues Softball – 12 (14 hits) over Carey All State – 0 (2 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Ryan Nichols (5 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – George Wheelock (2 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 10 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s) with relief from Robin Allen (2 2/3 IP, 5 R’s, 4 H’s, 0 K’s, 0 BB’s)
Blues – John Ouendag had 3 hits with a double, two hits each by Ryan Nichols, Guy Thurston, Lee Nichols and Rich Brown, John Fulmer homered, Shawn Davis doubled, Jeff Kucharczyk singled.
Carey – Timm Richardson and Trevor Hoon singled.Game 2: Tiffany’s – 7 (8 hits) over Mayan Agency – 0 (1 hit) in 5 innings
WP – Pete Loachridge (11 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Jeff Buckley (3 K’s, 4 BB’s)
Tiffany’s – Brad Gnatkowski and Rich Katherns each had 2 hits, Justin Doughty homered, Paul Hoisington doubled, singles by Mike Meinecke and Gary Thompson.
Mayan – Tom Tryban had a single with 2 outs in the 2nd inning for the only hit.4 hour rain delay to start Saturday’s schedule. All games were started in the 3rd inning for the rest of the day to play 5 inning games with the appropriate mercy rules, schedule approximately one hour apart beginning play at 12:00 noon to get all nine games in for the day.
Game 3: Oetman Excavating – 6 (7 hits) over Munger Fastpitch – 3 (3 hits)
WP – Keith Hutchins (2 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Kyle Beane (3 K’s, 4 BB’s)
Oetman – Matt Zulski had 2 two run homeruns, Bob Lutke had 2 doubles, Gregg Heath tripled, Josh Meyering and Steve Meyering singled.
Munger – Kyle Beane doubled, Craig Histed and Joe Edwards singled.Game 4: Crouch Electric – 9 (7 hits) over Hastings Merchants – 5 (5 hits)
WP – Jon Gwizdala (6 K’s, 5 BB’s), LP – Dale Churchill (2 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Crouch – Kevin Lewis homered, Taylor Milligan tripled, singles by Rob Lewis, Brandon Elser, Kevin Dirschell, Andy Wade and Jeremy Ball.
Hastings – Shawn Raymond had 2 hits, Paul Smith homered, singles by Dustin Bensinger and Aaron Snider.Game 5: Mayan Agency – 8 (10 hits) over Carey All State – 1 (3 hits)
WP – Jeff Buckley (3 K’s, 4 BB’s), LP – Robin Allen (0 K’s, 1 BB)
Mayan – Marcus Doan had 2 hits with a homerun, Tom Tryban and Mike Weideman each had 2 hits, singles by Joel Buckley, Ryan Holzinger, Bill DeBeau and Andy Lafave.
Carey – Singles by Shea Bryant, Timm Rihcardson and Tom Neuenfeldt.Game 6: Hastings Merchants – 4 (6 hits) over Munger Fastpitch – 0 (2 hits)
WP – Dale Churchill (4 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Ryan Truemner (5 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Hastings – Paul Smith homered, singles by Nate Swift, Dustin Bensinger, Jon Lucas, Shawn Raymond and Dylan Cuddahee.
Munger – Dustin Collamar and Kyle Beane each singled.Game 7: Tiffany’s – 4 (6 hits) over Blues Softball – 0 (1 hit)
WP – Pete Loachridge (8 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Ryan Nichols (4 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Tiffany’s – Dale Doughty had 2 hits, Justin Doughty and Paul Hoisington each had doubles and Chad Carbeno and Brett Szagesh singled.
Blues – Shawn Davis led off the game with a single for the only hit.Game 8: Crouch Electric – 2 (3 hits) over Oetman Excavating – 0 (1 hit)
WP – Tyler Kelly (11 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Greg Heath Jr. (4 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Crouch – Singles by Brandon Elser, Kevin Dirschell and Jeremy Ball.
Oetman – Single by Steve Meyering.
Notes: Jeremy Ball singled in Brandon Elser and Kevin Dirschell scored on the play as well.Game 9: Blues Softball – 4 (4 hits) over Hastings Merchants – 3 (4 hits)
WP – Ryan Nichols (7 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Dale Churchill (2 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Blues – Guy Thurston Jr. had a 3 run homerun and a sacrifice fly for all 4 RBI’s, Jeff Kucharcyzk, Rich Brown and John Ouendag each singled.
Hastings – Nate Swift tripled, AJ Tassos doubled, Dustin Bensinger and Paul Smith each singled.Game 10: Oetman Excavating – 7 (13 hits) over Mayan Agency – 6 (7 hits)
WP – Greg Heath Jr. (2 2/3 IP, 1 R, 5 H’s, 3 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Keith Hutchins (2 1/3 IP, 5 R’s 2 H’s, 3 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Jeff Buckley (5 K’s, 3 BB’s)
Oetman – 2 hits each by Steve Gruppen, Steve Meyering, Keith Hutchins and Bill Lutke. Scott Summavilla doubled, singles by Josh Meyering, Bob Lutke, Greg Heath Sr. and Matt Zulski.
Mayan – Mike Weideman had 2 hits with a double, Bill DeBeau had 2 hits, Andy Lefave tripled, singles by Scott Holzinger and Tom Tryban.
Notes: Oetman scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to come from behind to win the game. The game ended at 12:04 am with temps at 47 degrees.Game 11: (Winner Bracket Final – Started at 12:18 am at 47 degrees on 6/12/11 – finished at 1:26 am – 5 inning game)
Crouch Electric – 1 (2 hits) over Tiffany’s – 0 (1 hit)
WP – Tyler Kelly (10 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (11 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Crouch – Tyler Kelly doubled in the 4th inning, Kevin Dischell had an RBI single to bring in the game’s only run.
Tiffany’s – Brett Szagesh had a ground ball single that hopped over the 3rd baseman’s glove for the only Tiffany’s hit.
Note: Rain delay rules applied with 5 inning game that we started in the 3rd inning. Great pitcher’s duel as double digit strike outs by both in just 5 inning.Sunday morning games returned to 7 inning games.
Game 12: Blues Softball – 14 (13 hits) over Oetman Excavating – 1 (5 hits) in 6 innings
WP – Ryan Nichols (6 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Keith Hutchins (9 K’s, 8 BB’s)
Blues – Shawn Davis had 3 hits, Lee Nichols had 2 hits with a triple, Shannon Beebee and Guy Thurston each had 2 hits, Jeff Kocharczyk and John Ouendag doubled, singles by Rich Brown and Mike Cross.
Oetman – Greg Heath Sr. had 2 hits, singles by Steve Gruppen, Josh Meyering and Matt Zulski.Game 13 Loser Bracket Final: Blues Softball – 8 (7 hits) over Tiffany’s – 7 (6 hits)
WP – Ryan Nichols (4 K’s, 6 BB’s), LP – Pete Loachridge (3 2/3 IP, 1 R, 3 H’s, 7 K’s, 1 BB) in relief of Paul Hoisington (2 1/3 IP, 7 R’s, 4 H’s, 2 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Blues – Rich Brown had a homerun and double with the game winning RBI in the 6th inning, Jeff Kucharcyzk had 2 hits, singles by Shawn Davis, John Ouendag and Jared Nichols.
Tiffany’s – Dale Doughty had 2 hits, Brad Gnatkowski homered, Brett Szagesh doubled, singles by Justin Doughty and Rich Katherns.
Note: Tiffany’s scored 4 in the top of the 6th inning to tie the game at 7. Rich Brown led off the bottom of the 6th for the Blues with a game winning solo homerun.Game 14 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME: Crouch Electric – 8 (5 hits) over Blues Softball – 0 (1 hit)
WP – Jon Gwizdala (4 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Ryan Nichols (4 K’s, 10 BB’s)
Crouch – Rob Lewis had 2 hits with a homerun, Taylor Milligan doubled, Jeremy Ball and Jeff Wilkins singled.
Blues – Lee Nichols singled in the 2nd inning for the Blues only hit.