07/22 - 2019 American Legion Baseball Department of Michigan Class A State Tournament

07/22 - 2019 American Legion Baseball Department of Michigan Class A State Tournament

July 25-28 at Wilmot Field (Gladwin HS); Gladwin, MI

Department of Michigan American Legion Baseball - https://michiganlegion.org/baseball/

American Legion Baseball - https://www.legion.org/baseball

Class A as defined by the Department of Michigan has an enrollment limit of 1,500 students (10th-11th-12th grades) from the schools providing players (the national (an Class AA in Michigan) limit is 5,000). There is no further American Legion post-season play for Michigan Class A teams.

*Housing and meals provided for by the host team and the Department of Michigan;

*Double elimination

*Teams will not play more than 2 games a day

*rosters sourced from https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2019/mi

Name and graduation year from the above site

Uniform numbers subject to change

High schools are from my own research and may not be accurate!!

Unofficial

Teams -

Host - Gladwin/MI Post 171/A (Host / Zone 4)

Zone 1 - Trenton/MI Post 426 (Zone 1 champion)

Zone 2 - Hudson/MI Post 180/SR (Zone 2 champion)

Zone 3 - Marquette/MI Post 44 (from Zone 5 - no Zone 3 Class A teams)

Zone 4 - Gaylord Baseball Club (Zone 4 champion)

Zone 5 - Gladstone/MI Post 71 (Zone 5 champion)

Schedule -

Thursday 07/25 -

+G1 - Gaylord/MI Baseball Club (Z4) vs Marquette/MI Post 44 (Z3*) - 10am

+G2 - Gladstone/MI Post 71 (Z5) vs Hudson/MI Post 180 (Z2) - 12:30

+G3 - Trenton/MI Post 426 (Z1) vs Winner G2 - 3pm

+G4 - Winner G2 vs Gladwin/MI Post 171/A - 5:30

notes -

Z3* - there is no Class A team from Zone 3, so the runnerup from Zone 5 is selected;

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Friday 07/26 -

+G5 - Loser G2 (1 loss) vs Loser G3 (1 loss) - 10am - elimination game

+G6 - Loser G1 (1 loss) vs Loser G4 (1 loss) - 12:30 - elimination game

+G7 - Winner G5 (1 loss) vs Winner G6 (1 loss) - 3pm - elimination game

+G8 - Winner G3 (no losses) vs Winner G4 (no losses) - 5:30

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Saturday 07/27 -

+G9 - Loser G8 (1 loss) vs Winner G7 (1 loss) - 10am - elimination game

+G10 - Winner G8 (no losses) vs Winner G9 (1 loss) - 1pm - championship/1

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Sunday 07/28 - IF NECESSARY -

+G11 - Winner G10 (1 loss) vs Loser G10 (1 loss) - 10am

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Rosters -

Host - Gladwin Lightning A 2019 Baseball Team (host / Zone 4)

Gladwin, MI - Sponsored by GLADWIN COUNTY

Team manager - Troy Gary

Team Roster

1 Dillon Kroening Shortstop

4 Michael Hartwell Left Field

9 Ian Graves Pitcher

11 Christopher Schertz Pitcher

12 Erik Seebeck Catcher

13 Ethan Shea First Base

14 Tanner Mielke Pitcher

15 Hunter Williams Shortstop

16 Damien Leddy Third Base

17 Blake McCummings Left Field

19 Cody Schertz Catcher

20 Kole Thurlow First Base

21 Carson Oldani Center Field

22 Jackson Raymond Catcher

24 Evan Reed Catcher

25 Blake Rutledge Second Base

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Zone 1 - Trenton Post 426 Tribe A 2019 Baseball Team (Zone 1 champion)

Trenton, MI - Sponsored by HAROLD J. CHATELL

Team manager - Steve Voss

Coaches (Larry Woolsey; Jason Temple; Randy Woods)

Team Roster

2 Matthew Woolsey Second Base (Trenton/20)

3 Anthony Voss Pitcher (Trenton/20)

4 Alexander Szczechowski Pitcher (Trenton/21)

7 Gregory Obrycki Catcher (Trenton/20)

8 Brandon Clark Left Field (Trenton/20)

9 Jack Miller Pitcher (Trenton/20)

10 Zachary Drumm Pitcher (Trenton/20)

11 Brayden Hill Shortstop (Trenton/20)

14 Gabriel Cavazos Right Field (Trenton/20)

15 Braylen Hughes Shortstop (Trenton/22)

16 Conner Temple Catcher (Trenton/21)

20 John Tuttle Catcher (Trenton/19)

28 Dylan Lyons Pitcher (Trenton/20)

35 Christopher (Chris) LaVigne Center Field (Trenton/20)

50 Joseph (Luc) Miklos Left Field (Trenton/21)

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Zone 2 - Hudson Post 180 Astros A 2019 Baseball Team (Zone 2 champion)

Hudson, MI - Sponsored by HANNAN-COLVIN

Team manager - Wayne Perry

Coaches (Matt Benge; Rod Kaufman)

Team Roster

2 Garrett Gamble Pitcher (Hudson/18 - Henry Ford)

3 Noah Benge Third Base (Sand Creek/20)

4 Cameron Merrill Center Field (Sand Creek/20)

5 Brayden Hansen Third Base

6 Ryan Woods Second Base

7 Brenden Childress Catcher (Hudson/21)

9 Travis Carson Pitcher (Sand Creek/18 - Trine)

11 Carter LaMothe Pitcher (Jonesville/21)

14 Andrew Piloske Second Base (Michigan Center/19 - Glen Oaks CC)

15 Blake Borck Center Field (Hudson/19)

18 Izaac Davis First Base (Hudson/19)

20 Tyler Thomas Catcher (Jonesville/20)

21 Jordan Cooper Pitcher (Michigan Center/19 - Glen Oaks CC)

22 Griffin Reynard Right Field (Sand Creek/19 - Adrian)

24 Adam Garcia Third Base (Napoleon/19)

25 Jesse Heistan Pitcher (Hudson/19)

27 Ethan Borck Pitcher (Hudson/20)

50 Christopher Hodos Pitcher (Pittsford/19)

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Zone 3 - Marquette Legion Blues A 2019 Baseball Team (Zone 5 runnerup)

Marquette, MI - Sponsored by RICHARD M. JOPLING

Team manager - Derek Swajanen

Team Roster

1 Cooper Myers Left Field (Marquette/21)

2 Jacob Allard-Soucey Left Field (Marquette/20)

3 Brendan Kaski Left Field (Marquette/19)

4 Jakob Peterson Catcher (Marquette/20)

5 Kyle Frusti Shortstop (Superior Central HS/21)

7 Justin Wenk Second Base (Marquette/21)

10 Blake Henriksen Center Field (Marquette/19)

11 Peter VandenAvond Second Base (Marquette/21)

13 Jonathon Jason Third Base (?/20)

14 Connor Steer Right Field (Marquette/20)

15 Hogan Nemetz First Base (Marquette/20)

16 Brockton Taylor Pitcher (?/23)

22 Holden Shaneberger Right Field (Marquette/18)

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Zone 4 - Gaylord Baseball Club A 2019 Baseball Team (Zone 4 champion)

Gaylord, MI - Sponsored by Gaylord Baseball Club

Team manager - Kevin Long

Team Roster

1 Steven Koscielniak Shortstop (Gaylord St Mary/20)

3 Sheldon Huff First Base (Johannesburg-Lewiston/21)

4 Quinn Schultz First Base (Gaylord St Mary/21)

5 Tanner Shimel Pitcher (Johannesburg-Lewiston/19)

6 Preston Marlatt Left Field (Johannesburg-Lewiston/22)

7 Sam Gorno Shortstop (Gaylord/20)

8 Kevin Meisner Catcher (Gaylord/23)

11 Conrad Korte Right Field (Gaylord St Mary/21)

14 Brady Hunter Center Field (Gaylord St Mary/20)

15 Joseph Moeggenberg Second Base (Gaylord St Mary/20)

18 Bradley Kihn Right Field (Gaylord St Mary/20)

20 Christopher Koscielniak Catcher (Gaylord St Mary/21)

24 Andrew Koenig Catcher (Gaylord St Mary/20)

32 Sam Sircely Third Base (Gaylord St Mary/21)

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Zone 5 - Gladstone Indians Post 71 A 2019 Baseball Team (Zone 5 champion)

Gladstone, MI - Sponsored by AUGUST MATTSON, INC.

Team manager - Justin Jurek

Team Roster

1 Ean Terrien Right Field (Gladstone/20)

4 Elijah Shier Left Field (Gladstone/20)

4 Cooper Cavedeas Right Field (Gladstone/19)

5 Jared Crow First Base (Gladstone/19)

6 Jacob Rogers Pitcher (Gladstone/19)

7 Carson Shea Shortstop (Gladstone/19 - Bay College)

8 Parker Frappier Third Base (Gladstone/22)

9 Ethan Dawson Left Field (Gladstone/19)

10 Ian Schwalbach Pitcher (Gladstone/20)

11 Daniel Martin Right Field (Gladstone/19)

13 Caden Alworden Second Base (Gladstone/20)

14 Benjamin Kelly Pitcher (Gladstone/19)

21 Cody Frappier Left Field (Gladstone/19)

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07/22 - 2019 American Legion Baseball Department of Michigan Class AA State Tournament

2019 American Legion Baseball Department of Michigan Class AA State Tournament

July 25-28 at Stevensville Lakeshore HS; Stevensville, MI

Department of Michigan American Legion Baseball - https://michiganlegion.org/baseball/

American Legion Baseball - https://www.legion.org/baseball

*Housing and meals provided for by the host team and the Department of Michigan;

*Double elimination

*Teams will not play more than 2 games a day

*The Department (state) champion advances to the Great Lakes Regional at Charleston, IL (August 7-11 - https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/2019region5) - team travel, room and meals provided by the host team and the American Legion;

*rosters sourced from https://www.legion.org/baseball/teams/2019/mi

Name and graduation year from the above site

Unifoem numbers subject to change

High schools are from my own research and may not be accurate!!

Teams -

Host - Stevensville/MI Post 568 (also Zone 2 champion)

Zone 1 - Allen Park/MI Post 409 (Zone 1 champion)

Zone 2 - Blissfield/MI Post 325 (runnerup Zone 2)

Zone 3 - Chief Pontiac/MI Post 377 (Zone 3 champion)

Zone 4 - Gladwin/MI Post 171/AA (Zone 4 champion)

Zone 5 - Bay City/MI Post 18 (from Zone 4 - no Zone 5 Class AA teams)

Schedule (unofficial!) -

Thursday 07/25 -

+G1 - Gladwin/MI Post 171 (Z4) vs Chief Pointiac/MI Post 377 (Z3) - 10am

+G2 - Bay City/MI Post 18 (Z5*) vs Blissfield/MI Post 325 (Z2*) - 12:30

+G3 - Allen Park/MI Post 409 (Z1) vs Winner G1 - 3pm

+G4 - Winner G2 vs Stevensville/MI Post 568 (Z1 & Host) - 5:30

notes -

Z5* - there is no Class AA team from Zone 5, so the runnerup from Zone 4 is selected;

Z2* - Stevensville is the Z2 champion and host, so the runnerup from Zone 2 is selected;

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Friday 07/26 -

+G5 - Loser G2 (1 loss) vs Loser G3 (1 loss) - 10am - elimination game

+G6 - Loser G1 (1 loss) vs Loser G4 (1 loss) - 12:30 - elimination game

+G7 - Winner G5 (1 loss) vs Winner G6 (1 loss) - 3pm - elimination game

+G8 - Winner G3 (no losses) vs Winner G4 (no losses) - 5:30

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Saturday 07/27 -

+G9 - Loser G8 (1 loss) vs Winner G7 (1 loss) - 10am - elimination game

+G10 - Winner G8 (no losses) vs Winner G9 (1 loss) - 1pm - championship/1

*

Sunday 07/28 - IF NECESSARY -

+G11 - Winner G10 (1 loss) vs Loser G10 (1 loss) - 10am

*

Rosters (unofficial!) -

Host - Stevensville Post 568 AA 2019 Baseball Team (host team / Zone 2 champion)

Stevensville, MI - Sponsored by STEVENSVILLE, INC.

Team manager - Jeffrey Bradford

Team Roster

1 Jaidyn Morris Pitcher (Stevensville Lakeshore/20)

2 Nathaniel Turner Right Field (Stevensville Lakeshore/19)

3 Kaleb Parrett Pitcher (St Joseph/20)

4 Kristian Dalton Left Field (Bridgeman/20)

5 Garrett Matthews Center Field (Watervliet/19)

6 Caleb Schmitt Shortstop (PawPaw/19)

7 Devin Pulling Catcher (Edwardsburg/18 - Glen Oaks CC)

9 Ethan Price Shortstop (Coloma/20)

11 Jakob (Cubby) Aldrich Third Base (Watervliet/19)

12 Logan MIller First Base (Stevensville Lakeshore/20)

13 Jonah Sibley Pitcher (Edwardsburg/19)

14 Nathaniel (Nate) Necas Pitcher (Bridgeman/22)

21 Cameron (Cam) Dalrymple Shortstop (Stevensville Lakeshore/19)

23 Donald (Donnie) Necas Shortstop (Bridgeman/20)

25 Austin Hurt Shortstop (Edwardsburg/18 - Cornerstone)

28 Andrew Chisek Shortstop (Watervliet/22)

32 Carter Vonk Catcher (St Joseph/21)

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Zone 1 - Allen Park Post 409 2019 Baseball Team (Zone 1 champion)

Allen Park, MI - Sponsored by ALLEN PARK

Team manager - Richard Slate

Team Roster

1 Marcus Smith Right Field (Allen Park HS/20)

2 Max Slate Center Field (Allen Park HS/21)

5 Brendan Flinn Right Field (Allen Park HS/21)

6 Nathanial Olechowski Pitcher (Allen Park HS/20)

8 Emanuel Gorduiz Second Base (Allen Park HS/21)

9 Nicholas Arnoldy Pitcher (Allen Park HS/19)

10 Noah Gatt Second Base (Allen Park/20)

11 Luis Salinas Third Base (Allen Park HS/20)

12 Gage Stewart Shortstop (Allen Park HS/21)

13 Caden Shopshear Pitcher (?/22)

14 Troy Picotte Third Base (Allen Park HS/21)

25 Aaron Price Pitcher (Allen Park HS/20)

29 Brendan Stephens Second Base (Allen Park HS/21)

34 Maxwell Kilander Pitcher (Allen Park HS/21)

66 Ian Watson Catcher (?/21)

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Zone 2 - Blissfield Post 325 AA 2019 Baseball Team (Zone 2 runner-up)

Blissfield, MI - Sponsored by ROBERT MEACHEN

Team manager - Larry Tuttle

Coaches (Jared Janssen; Jim Kohn; Matthew Jones; Tony Puente)

Team Roster

1 Ty Eitniear Center Field (Whiteford/19 - Owens CC)

2 Kendall Duval Pitcher (Blissfield/18 - Defiance)

3 Noah Bowles Third Base (Blissfield/20)

4 Lucas Goins Shortstop (Carleton Airport/19 - Henry Ford)

5 Michael Strzelewicz Second Base (Monroe SMCC/18 - Lourdes)

6 Daniel Jackson Catcher (Blissfield/19)

7 Carter Scott Second Base (Dundee/19)

8 Benjamin Sullivan Left Field (Blissfield/20)

9 Aaron (Casey) Jones Pitcher (Carleton Airport/19 - Northwood)

10 Justin Gelso Pitcher (Ida/18 - Jackson)

11 Thomas Potcova Pitcher (Carleton Airport/19 - Henry Ford)

13 Kyle Aponte Catcher (Bedford/18 - Trine)

14 Zachary Fruit Pitcher (Dundee/18 - Lansing CC)

15 Jarrett Batanian Right Field (Sylvania Northview, OH/18 - Owens CC)

16 Nathan Kujawa Pitcher (Bedford/19 - Northwood)

17 Zachary Bloom Pitcher (Swanton, OH/18 - Siena Heights)

19 Karter Fitzpatrick Pitcher (Carleton Airport/19 - Wayne State)

20 Samuel Brettschneider Left Field (Ida/19)

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Zone 3 - Chief Pontiac Baseball Club AA 2019 Baseball Team (zone 3 champion)

Clarkston, MI - Sponsored by CHIEF PONTIAC

Team manager - Doug Brady

Team Roster

1 Ryan Barber Shortstop (Clarkston/18)

5 Alex Hunt Pitcher (Clarkston/19)

6 Austin Schemenauer Left Field (Corunna/18 - Mott CC)

7 David Tennis Pitcher (Holly/18 - Mott CC)

8 Luke Jacob Pitcher (?/18)

10 Jonathan Crockett Pitcher (Clarkston/20)

11 Jack Anderson Catcher (Clarkston/19)

12 Seth Bacon First Base (Clarkston/19)

13 Cameron Geigler Pitcher (Bloomfield Hills Christian/19)

16 Michael Porter Third Base (Pontiac Notre Dame Prep/19)

18 Nolan Boik Second Base (Lake Orion/19)

19 Jake Spicer Pitcher (Clarkston/18)

21 Joshua Luther Center Field (Clarkston/19)

24 Jeremy Janik Pitcher (Clarkston/18)

27 Steven Wessel Pitcher (Lake Orion/18)

77 Andrew Remer Left Field (Lake Orion/19)

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Zone 4 - Gladwin County, Post 171 AA 2019 Baseball Team (Zone 4 champion)

Gladwin, MI - Sponsored by GLADWIN COUNTY

Team manager - Terry Brokoff

Team Roster

2 Carson Longstreth Center Field (Beaverton/18 - Delta)

3 Garrett Stockford Second Base (Meridian/18 - Delta)

4 Reed Raymond Pitcher (Standish-Ster,ing/20)

5 Justin Greer Pitcher (Gladwin/18 - Mid-Michigan CC)

8 Drew Grove Pitcher (Beaverton/19)

9 Hunter Merillat Pitcher (Meridian/19 - Saginaw Valley)

10 Chase Raymond Right Field (Standish-Sterling/22)

12 Jonas Kanouse Pitcher (Hemlock/19)

13 Jarrett Inscho Pitcher (Beaverton/20)

14 Dexter Guentensberger Catcher (Midland Dow/19)

16 Dane Smitz Catcher (Roscommon/19)

17 Lane Peters Pitcher (Midland Dow/19)

27 Trent Reed Shortstop (Beaverton/20)

29 Lucas Schweinsberg Pitcher (Beaverton/20)

30 John Cogswell Pitcher (Farwell/20)

31 Nathan (Nate) Longstreth Second Base (Beaverton/19)

33 Garhet Metiva Pitcher (Freeland/18)

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Zone 5 - Bay City Post 18 2019 Baseball Team (Zone 4 runner-up - no Class AA teams in Zone 5)

Bay City, MI - Sponsored by HARDING-OLK-CRAIDGE, INC.

Team manager - Mike Pergande

Team Roster

1 Austin Mackenzie Center Field (Bay City John Glenn/20)

2 Ethan Dufresne Right Field (Bay City Central/19)

3 Nick Birdsall Center Field (Bay City Central/19)

4 Steven Hecht Shortstop (Vassar/18 - Delta College / Saginaw Valley)

5 Brendon Prime Pitcher (Unionville-Sebewaing HS/18 - Mott CC)

6 Max Kukulski Catcher (Vassar/19)

7 Cooper Kauffold Catcher (Unionville-Sebewaing HS/18 - Alma)

8 Mason Schumacher First Base (Bay City Central/19)

9 Garret Glysz Second Base (Bay City Central/19)

10 Myles Geiger Third Base (Unionville-Sebewaing HS/18 - Oliver)

11 Lucas Garcia First Base (Bay City Central/20)

15 Scott Helton Left Field (?/19)

16 Devin Riskey Pitcher (Unionville-Sebewaing HS/18 - Cleary)

20 Cameron Worden Center Field (Essexville-Garber/20)

22 Drew Charters Shortstop (Essexville-Garber/20)

23 Clayton Vallad Catcher (Standish-Sterling/20)

28 Tristan Swiderski Center Field (Cass City/20)

30 Grant Gehringer First Base (Bay City All Saints/20)

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