07/29/2024 - Jim's (SECLMW) Baseball Notes

07/29/2024 - Jim's (SECLMW) Baseball Notes

Unofficial, Uneditted and replete with errors of commission and omission

also posted at: http://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/

and http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/ (American Legion baseball emphasis)

#Awards & Champions - Not complete - not all Senior State are complete

*Michigan

*Robert Turner Award - Nicklas Pantti (Marquette/MI Post 44 / Marquette HS/MI) - 2024 description / application;

*KiKi Cuyler Award (Class AA MVP) - Luke Lacourse (Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165 / Bay City Western HS/MI);

*Hal Newhouser Award (Class A MVP) - Blake Walther (Marquette/MI Post 44 / Munising HS/MI);

Class AA State Champion - Midland/MI Berryhill Post 165

Class A Champion - Marquette/MI Post 44

Zone 3 / Class A Champion - Breckenridge/MI Post 295

Zone 4 / Class AA Champion - Midland/MI Post 165 Berryhill

Zone 4 / Class A Champion - Breckenridge/MI Post 295

Zone 5 / Class A Champion - Gladstone/MI Post 71

Zone 5 / Junior Champions - Marquette/MI Post 44/jr White Diamonds

*Ohio

Junior Champion - Lancaster/OH Post 11/jr

Senior Region 1 - Findlay/OH Post 3

Senior Region 2 - Greenville/OH Post 140

Senior Region 4/7 - Wayne County/OH Post 68 Fireballers

Senior Region 5 - Yeager-Benson/OH Post 199

Senior Region 6 - Lancaster/OH Post 11

Senior Region 8 - St Clairsville/OH Post 159

*Indiana

Junior Champion - Kokomo/IN Post 6/jr

Senior Region 1 - Valparaiso/IN Post 94/Prep

Senior Region 2 - Crawfordsville/IN Post 72 Byron Cox

Senior Region 3 - Terre Haute/IN Post 346 Wayne Newton

Senior Region 4 - Evansville/IN Post 265 Eugene Pate

*Illinois

Junior Champion - Alton/IL Post 126/jr

Senior Division 1/2 - Wheaton/IL Post 76

Senior Division 3 - Rock Island/IL Post 200

Senior Division 4 - Danville/IL Post 210

Senior Division 5 - Orient/IL Post 1961

*Kentucky

*Wisconsin

*West Virginia

Senior Area 1 Champion - Wheeling/WV Post 1

Senior Area 2 Champion - Morgantown/WV Post 2

Senior Area 3 Champion - South Charleston/WV Post 94

Senior Area 4 Champion - Potomac Valley/WV Post 64

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*Camping Out!

#August 5 - Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers / United Shores Professional Baseball League FREE baseball clinic for boys & girls (8-14) at Jimmy Johns Field (Utica, MI).

Link - https://chevydetroit.com/community/giveaways/uspbl-youth-clinic

#Chippewa Baseball “Back to School” Camp - 08/24-08/25 - 2024-2028 HS, uncommited JuCo & Portal - https://cmubaseballcamps.totalcamps.com/shop/product/327220

#Grand Valley State University Baseball Camps -

*Saturday, August 10th - One-Day Prospect Camp (Grades 9 - JUCO) - https://register.ryzer.com/camp.cfm?id=277475

*Saturday, September 14th - Fall Prospect Camp (Grades 9 - JUCO) - https://register.ryzer.com/camp.cfm?id=277476

*Saturday, October 19th, 2024 - Fall Prospect Camp (Grades 9 - JUCO) - https://register.ryzer.com/camp.cfm?id=277477

#Spring Arbor University Baseball Golf Outing - October 4, 2024

Arbor Hills Golf Course - 1426 Arbor Hills Rd, Jackson, Michigan 49201

Link - https://www.givecampus.com/schools/SpringArborUniversity/events/sau-baseball-golf-outing

#Wayne State University Baseball Prospect Camp - October 5, 2024

(REGISTER ONLINE COMING SOON - https://wsuathletics.com/sports/2009/9/28/camps.aspx)

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*Golf -

#Siena Heights University Baseball has scheduled the 8th Annual Golf Outing for Friday August 9 at the Legacy Golf Club on US-223 (just a few miles west of US-23).

Article: https://shusaints.com/sports/bsb/2023-24/releases/20240618lec17w

#Hillsdale College Charger Baseball Golf Outing - Saturday, August 24, 2024 at Arbor Hills Golf Club, Jackson, MI - Article: https://www.hillsdalechargers.com/sports/bsb/Golf_Outing

Coaching Openings -

*Blissfield HS, Blissfield, MI - baseball head coach position is posted;

*Oakland University - Jordon Banfield has taken a job at Cal State Bakersfield;

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Summer Baseball -

I updated the individual tournament pages (below) for Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and West Virginia. Wisconsin will take some time - five different levels (and Minnesot about the same).

Some Tournament dayes, locations & links? -

#Michigan American Legion State Class AA - Midland, MI - July 25, 2024 - July 28, 2024

Best Bet: Midland Daily News - https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/

SECLMW: http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2024/07/072424-michigan-class-aa-state-tournamen.html

Winner advances to Region 5 Great Lakes Tournament August 7-11, 2024 at Lee Pfund Stadium @ Legion Field - Carol Stream, IL

#Michigan American Legion State Class A - Marquette, MI - July 25, 2024 - July 28, 2024

Best Bet/1: RRN Sports - https://www.rrnsports.com/

Best Bet/2: The Mining Journal - https://www.miningjournal.net/sports/

SECLMW: http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2024/07/072424-michigan-class-state-tournament.html

#Ohio American Legion State Senior - Lancaster, OH - July 26, 2024 - July 28, 2024

Best Bet: https://www.beaversfield.com/statetournament

SECLMW: http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2024/07/072424-ohio-american-legion-senior.html

Winner advances to Region 5 Great Lakes Tournament August 7-11, 2024 at Lee Pfund Stadium @ Legion Field - Carol Stream, IL

#Indiana American Legion State Senior - Terre Haute, IN - July 26, 2024 - July 28, 2024

Best Bet: ?? Terre Haute Post 346 tweety-bird: @Post346

SECLMW http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2024/07/07242024-2024-indiana-american-legion.html

Winner advances to Region 5 Great Lakes Tournament August 7-11, 2024 at Lee Pfund Stadium @ Legion Field - Carol Stream, IL

#Illinois American Legion Senior Division tournaments - July 25-29

Best Bet: search engines!

SECLMW: http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2024/07/072424-illinois-division-tournaments.html

#Illinois American Legion State JUNIOR - Jerseyville, IL - July 26, 2024 - July 28, 2024

Best Bet: ??

*Teams -

Jerseyville/IL Post 492/jr - host

Danville/IL Post 210/jr

Wheaton/IL Post 76/jr

Limestone/IL Post 979/jr

Alton/IL Post 126/jr

Farrisburg/IL Post 167/jr

*Schedule - couldn't find one

#Wisconsin American Legion State 16U - Baraboo, WI - July 26, 2024 - July 30, 2024

Best Bet: https://wilegion.org/legion-baseball/

#Wisconsin American Legion State 17U - Kimberly, WI - July 26, 2024 - July 30, 2024

Best Bet: https://wilegion.org/legion-baseball/

#Wisconsin American Legion State AAA - Wisconsin Rapids, WI - July 30, 2024 - August 3, 2024

Best Bet: https://wilegion.org/legion-baseball/

#Illinois American Legion State Senior - Barrington, IL - July 31, 2024 - August 3, 2024

Best Bet: ??

SECLMW: tbd

Winner advances to Region 5 Great Lakes Tournament August 7-11, 2024 at Lee Pfund Stadium @ Legion Field - Carol Stream, IL

#Wisconsin American Legion State - Wisconsin Rapids, WI - July 30, 2024 - August 3, 2024

Best Bet: https://wilegion.org/legion-baseball/

Winner and Runnerup advance to Region 5 Great Lakes Tournament August 7-11, 2024 at Lee Pfund Stadium @ Legion Field - Carol Stream, IL

#West Virginia American Legion State Senior - Martinsburg, WV - July 25, 2024 - July 28, 2024

Best Bet: ??

SECLMW: http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2024/07/072424-2024-west-virginia-american.html

Winner advances to Region 2 Mid-Atlantic Tournament August 7-11, 2024 at Joe Cannon Stadium - Ridge, MD

#Kentucky American Legion State Senior - Cambellsville, KY - July 25, 2024 - July 31, 2024

Best Bet: ??

SECLMW: http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2024/07/072424-kentucky-american-legion.html

Winner advances to Region 5 Great Lakes Tournament August 7-11, 2024 at Lee Pfund Stadium @ Legion Field - Carol Stream, IL

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#AABC Connie Mack World Series - Farmington, NM - July 26, 2024 - August 3, 2024

Best Bet: https://cmws.org/ - complex format - 12 teams in three 4-team pools, then seeded for bracket play. One team from Ontario, Canada and the rest from the south & west - many of the same teams from prior years.

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#Minnesota American Legion State DI-A - Burnsville, MN - July 29, 2024 - August 1, 2024

Best Bet: https://www.minnesotalegionbaseball.com/copy-of-junior-and-tier-1a-info

#Minnesota American Legion State DI Senior - Maple Grove, MN - August 1, 2024 - August 4, 2024

Best Bet: https://www.minnesotalegionbaseball.com/division-i

Winner and Runnerup advance to Region 6 Central Plains Tournament August 7-11, 2024 at Young Field - West Fargo, N.D.

#Minnesota American Legion State DI JUNIOR - Bloomington, MN - August 1 - August 4, 2024

Best Bet: https://www.minnesotalegionbaseball.com/junior-division-i

#Wisconsin American Legion State A - Osseo, WI - August 2 - August 6

Best Bet: https://wilegion.org/legion-baseball/

#Wisconsin American Legion State AA - West Salem, WI - August 2 - August 6

Best Bet: https://wilegion.org/legion-baseball/

#Minnesota American Legion State DII - Bird Island, MN - August 2, 2024 - August 4, 2024

Best Bet: https://www.minnesotalegionbaseball.com/division-ii

#American Legion Regionals - August 7, 2024 - August 11, 2024

Best Bet: https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8337086-2024-regional-tournament-hub

Region 1: Northeast Region - Manchester, NH (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)

Region 2: Mid-Atlantic Region - Ridge, MD (DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, WV)

Region 3: Southeast Region - Asheboro, NC (AL, FL, GA, NC, PR, SC, VA)

Region 4: Mid-South Region - Washington, MO (AR, KS, LA, MS, MO, OK, TN)

Region 5: Great Lakes Region - Carol Stream, IL (IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, WI)

Region 6: Central Plains Region - West Fargo, ND (IA, MN, ND, NE, SD)

Region 7: Northwest Region - Billings, MT (AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY)

Region 8: Western Region - Fairfield, CA (AZ, CA, HI, NV, NM, TX, UT)

#Minnesota American Legion State DII JUNIOR - St Charles, MN - August 9 - August 11, 2024

Best Bet: https://www.minnesotalegionbaseball.com/junior

#American Legion World Series - August 15, 2024 - August 20, 2024

Best Bet: https://americanlegion.sportngin.com/page/show/8336957-2024-american-legion-world-series

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