07/10/2026 - Jim's (SECLMW) Baseball notes

07/10/2026 - 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)

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American Legion W-L as of 7/06 (unofficial) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-american-legion-baseball.html

Looking ahead -

*2026 Adrian Post 275 Invitational (July 10-12) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-adrian-invitational-hosted.html

*2026 Gopher Classic (July 10-13) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-minnesota-gopher-classic.html

*2026 Ohio ACME Junior State Championship (July 11-13) - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-ohio-acme-junior-state.html

*2026 Ohio ACME Senior Regionals / State - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070226-2026-acme-congress-senior-state.html

*2026 Ohio American Legion Junior “Super-Regionals” July 8-11 - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070726-ohio-junior-american-legion.html

News

American Legion & summer (ACME, unaffiliated, etc.)

GLSCL

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Media -

#2026 GLSCL All-Star selections - https://glscl.org/sports/bsb/2026/releases/20260708iygydk

#Midland Daily News (Midland, MI) -

#Tecumseh Herald (Tecumseh, MI) -

#Crescent News (Defiance, OH) -

#Northwest Signal (Napoleon, OH) -

#Lima News (Lima, OH) -

#Marietta Times (Marietta, OH) -

#Sidney Daily News (Sidney, OH) -

#Findlay Courier (Findlay, OH) -

#Blissfield Advance (Blissfield, MI) -

#Putnam Sentinel-Tribune (Putnam County, OH) -

#RRN Sports (Upper Peninsula, MI) -

#MLive (Michigan regional) -

#Sun Times News (Chelsea, MI) -

#Monroe News (Monroe County, MI) -

*SCORES -

2026 American Legion Baseball and summer baseball -

Thursday July 9, 2026 -

#Michigan - https://michiganlegion.org/baseball/

DAGDA 18 10, Marquette/MI Post 44 Blues 4

Capital City Kings/Busch 14, Bay City/MI Post 18 3

North Branch/MI Post 457 5, Evansville/IN Post 8 Funkhouser 2

Menominee/MI Red Wave 20, Clintonville 6

*Michigan juniors -

G1 Kingsford/MI Post 363/jr Greens 9, North Dickson/WI Legion/jr 3

G2 Kingsford/MI Post 363/jr Greens 9, North Dickson/WI Legion/jr 2

*Michigan club baseball -

Legacy Adidas/Theisen 10, Detroit Prospects/Shagena 4

South Oakland A's 3, Legacy Adidas/Theisen 1

Diamonds 18u 15, MSA/Brandt 18u 3

Smash Factor 1 / Great Lakes Bombers National 1 - TIE 7innings

Legacy Gillett/Fleming 3, Motot City Hit Dogs 17u 1

Elevate Biondi 12, Smash Factor 4

#Ohio - https://ohiolegion.com/athletic-baseball/

Napoleon/OH Post 300 9, Sidney/OH Post 217 5

Beverly/Lowell/OH Post 389/750 8, Cambridge/Belle Valley/OH Post 84/641 2

*Ohio Junior Legion - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070726-ohio-junior-american-legion.html

Thursday July 9 at Chillicothe -

G5 Glouster/OH Post 414/jr 4, Waverly/OH Post 142/jr 2 - elimination

*v Waverly/142: 2-5-4; SP/nd Gavin Roberts (1.1ip, 2R/1er, 1H, 1BB, 2-HBP); P2/LP Kaden Thornsberry (4.2ip, 2R/1er, 2H, 6BB, 3K); 2H (AJ Eblin); 3B (A Eblin);

*H Glouster/414: 4-6-1; SP Noah Calentine (7ip/CG-32bf/111p; 2R/1er, 6H, 6BB, 6K); 2H (Noah Toth; Carter Abfall); 2B (Kevin Bycofski);

G6 Chillicothe/OH Post 757/jr 9, Hamilton/OH Post 138/jr 8 - elimination

*v Hamilton/138: 8-7-1; SP Jackson Boone (3.2ip, 9R/3er, 6H, 4BB, 3K); P2 Ayden Derosier (2.1ip, 0R, 2H, 3BB, 1K); 2H (A Derosier; Casen Haddix); 2RBI (C Haddix); 3B (C Haddix); 2B (C Haddix);

*H Chillicothe/757: 9-7-2; SP Quinton Hays (4.2ip, 5R/2er, 3H, 2BB, 7K, 2-HBP); P2 Rucker Detty (1.1ip, 2R/2er, 2H, 2BB, 2K); P3 Gavin DiBenedetto (1/3ip, 1R/1er, 2BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P4 Zavyer Cunningham (2/3ip, 0R, 1BB, 1K); 2H (G DiBenedetto 3); 2RBI (G DiBenedetto 3); 2B (G DiBenedetto 2; Jarett Phipps; Mason Jacobsen);

G7 Lancaster/OH Post 11/jr 11, Athens/OH Post 21/jr 1

*v Lancaster/11: 11-12-1; SP/WP Brody Kersell (7ip/CG-25bf/94p; 1R/0er, 3H, 1BB, 7K); 2H (Abel Logan 3; Bo Bitler); 2RBI (Bo Bitler 4; Ethan Fries; Lucas Hall); 2B (B Bitler; E Fries);

*H Athens/21: 1-3-3; SP Keyon Collins (3ip, 5R/5er, 7H, 2BB, 3K); P2 Luke Pero (4ip, 6R/5er, 6H, 3BB, 1K, 1-HBP); 2B (Isaac Kristofco; L Pero);

G8 - Chillicothe/OH Post 757/jr 12, Glouster/OH Post 414 7 - elimination

*v Glouster/414: 7-9-0; SP Bradley Cahoe (4ip, 10R/10er, 18H, 3BB, 2K); P2 Jackson Stewart (2ip, 2R/2er, 3H, 2K, 1-HBP); 2H (Noah Toth 3; Davis Hill); 2RBI (N Toth 4); 2B (J Stewart; N Toth);

*H Chillicothe/757: 12-15-3; SP Zavyer Cunningham (4ip, 5R/3er, 4H, 3BB, 3K, 2-HBP); P2 Cade Griffie (3ip, 2R/1er, 1H, 3BB, 3K); 2H (Jarett Phipps; Rucker Detty 3; Quinton Hays 3; JJ Johnson 4); 2RBI (C Griffie 3; Q Hays; Walker Throne; JJ Johnson); 2B (C Griffie; JJ Johnson; R Detty);

Thursday July 9 at Marietta -

07/09 St Clairsville/OH Post 159/jr 13, Cambridge/Belle Valley/OH Post 84/641/jr 1 - 6innings

(* = using V/BV G/C)

*v St Clairsville/159*: 13-14-3; SP Connor Nelson (6ip/CG-23bf/90p; 1R/0er, 2H, 2BB, 10K); 2H (H/Gunner Dudzik 3; Jaxten Swallie 3; Hudson Florence 4); 2RBI (Brae Schmidli; J Swallie 3); 3B (B Schmidli; H Dudzik); 2B (H Dudzik);

*H Cambridge/Belle Valley: 1-2-6; SP/LP Mikey Seley (2.1ip, 4R/3er, 5H, 2K); P2 Benton Moore (1.1ip, 3R/3er, 6H); P3 Gabe Neff (2.1ip, 6R/1er, 3H, 3-HBP); 3B (Heith Winegardner);

07/09 Marietta/OH Post 64/jr 11, Beverly/Lowell/OH Post 389/750/jr Coyotes 3

*v Marietta/64: 11-11-2; SP Brayden Gallagher (4ip, 2R/2er, 3H, 6BB, 4K); P2 Alexander Schmidt (3ip, 1R/0er, 1BB, 3K, 2-HBP); 2H (Aiden Lipscomb 3; Cody Eding 3); 2RBI (A Lipscomb 4; A Schmidt); 3B (A Schmidt; C Eding); 2B (A Lipscomb);

*H Beverly/Lowell: 3-2-0; SP Wade Duskey (6.1ip, 9R/7er, 11H, 4BB, 2K, 1-HBP); P2 Wyatt Scott (2/3ip, 2R/2er, 1H, 1BB, 1K); *1H (DJ Carver; Lucas Hager);

07/09 New Philadelphia/OH Post 139/jr 9, Cambridge/Belle Valley/OH Post 84/641/jr 2 - elimination

(* = using NP/139 G/C)

*v New Philadelphia/139: 9-12-0; SP Cuyler Long (7ip/CG-27bf/94p; 2R/2er, 9H, 1BB, 5K, 1-HBP); 2H (Colton Napier; Kullin Akers; Braydin Benedetto; Leo Culler); 2RBI (L Culler); 3B (Brayden Angel);

*H Cambridge/Belle Valley*: 2-9-4; SP Heith Winegardner (5ip, 6R/3er, 7H, 2BB, 6K, 1-HBP); P2 Bryson Williams (2ip, 3R/3er, 5H, 2BB); 2H (Griffin McIntire; Gabe Neff; Mikey Seley);

07/09 Beverly/Lowell/OH Post 389/750/jr Coyotes 12, Zanesville/OH Post 29/jr 6 - elimination

*v Zanesville/29: 6-8-5; SP Mason Wickham (5ip, 8R/1er, 6H, 3BB, 2K); P2 Jaxson Bay (1/3ip, 4R/3er, 5BB, 1K); P3 Case Wilson (2/3ip, 0R); 2H (J Bay; M Wickham);

*H Beverly/Lowell: 12-8-2; SP/WP Caden Henniger (4ip, 6R/6er, 9H, 4BB, 1K, 3-HBP); P2 Lucas Hager (2ip, 0R, 1H, 4K); P3 Mason Miller (1ip, 0R, 2K); 2H (M Miller); 2RBI (M Miller; C Henniger; Brantly Sidwell; DJ Carver); 3B (C Henniger; Kameron Johnson);

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*Ohio ACME Senior Baseball - https://acmebaseball.com/

State - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070226-2026-acme-congress-senior-state.html

#District 1 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-1

*Thursday July 9 -

G5 Archbold 8, Defiance 2

G3 Bryan 11, Wauseon 1 - elimination

#District 2 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-2

*Thursday July 9 -

Championship Holgate 11, Miller City 9

#District 3 Champion - Perrysburg - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-3

#District 4 Champion - St Henry - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-4

#District 5 Champion - Ottawa-Glandorf - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-5

#District 6 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-6

*Thursday July 9 -

G11 Indian Lake 5, Covington 4 - elimination

#District 7 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-7

*Thursday July 9 - IF NECESSARY*

Fairview/G7 Fairview 6, Montpelier 4

* * *

*Ohio ACME Junior Tournament July 11-13 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/jr-acme/state

SECLMW's notes - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-ohio-acme-junior-state.html

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#Illinois - https://www.legionbaseballillinois.org/

*Division Tournaments: July 15-19 (Senior)

Danville/IL Post 210 12, Kokomo/IN Post 6 5

Rocky Mountain Lobos/CO 11, Moline/IL Post 246 3

Washington/MO Post 218 12, Rantoul/IL Post 287 0

Palos/IL Post 1993 7, Duck Bobbers 0

Atown/IL Post 381 9, Knoxville/IL Post 749 7

Southern Smoke 7, St Jacob/IL Post 665 4

Galesburg/IL Post 285 13, Princeton/IL Post 125 11

Annawan/IL Legion 9, Peoria/IL Legion 4

Smithton/IL Post 937 Bandits 9, Warriors Baseball/SLABA 4

*Illinois Junior Legion -

*Division Tournaments: July 16-19 (Junior)

Eureka/IL Post 466/jr 6, Galesburg/IL Post 285/jr 3

#Indiana - https://www.indianalegion.org/baseball

Lafayette/IN Post 11 8, Evansville/IN Post 265 Wayne Newton 2 at Crawfordsville/72

Crawfordsville/IN Post 72 Bryan Cox 9, Speedway/IN Post 500 0 at Crawfordsville/72

Danville/IL Post 210 12, Kokomo/IN Post 6 5 at Crawfordsville/72

Kokomo/IN Post 6 7, Evansville/IN Post 8 Funkhouser 4 at Crawfordsville/72

Princeton/IN Post 25 16, Speedway/IN Post 500 1 at Crawfordsville/72

Lexington/KY Post 8 5, Crawfordsville/IN Post 72 4 at Crawfordsville/72

South Haven/IN Post 502 11, Valparaiso/IN Post 94 Green 1

South Haven/IN Post 502 5 / Valparaiso/IN Post 94/Prep 5 - TIE

North Branch/MI Post 457 5, Evansville/IN Post 8 Funkhouser 2 at Crawfordsville/72

Washington/MO Post 218 12, Rantoul/IL Post 287 0 at Crawfordsville/72

*Indiana Junior Legion -

*July 9-13 - Indiana Junior American Legion Regionals (finals July 16-19)

#Kentucky - https://kylegion.org/baseball

Lexington/KY Post 8 5, Crawfordsville/IN Post 72 4

*Kentucky Junior Legion -

#Missouri - https://www.missouriamericanlegionbaseball.org

Washington/MO Post 218 12, Rantoul/IL Post 287 0 at Crawfordsville/72

Festus/MO Post 253 4, Ste. Gen./MO Post 150 3

Manchester/MO Post 298 7, Kirkwood/MO Postt 156 4

#West Virginia -

South Charleston/WV Post 94 4, Beckley/WV Post 32 3

Fairmont/WV Post 17 13, Clarksburg/WV Post 13 7

#Wisconsin - https://wilegion.org/legion-baseball/

*16-under Regionals July 16-21, 2026; State July 23-28 at Beloit;

*17-under Regionals July 16-21, 2026; State July 24-28 at Chippewa Falls;

*Senior/A Regionals July 23-27; State July 31-August 4

*Senior/AA Regionals July 23-27; State July 31-August 4

*Senior/AAA Regionals July 21-24; State July 28-August 1;

#Kansas - https://www.ksamlegionbaseball.org/home / https://kansaslegion.org/baseball

July 9 - Class C Junior Legion State Tournament at Jaycee Ballpark in Pittsburg, KS.

July 17-20 - 17U State Tournament in Topeka, KS.

July 18-21 - 15U State Tournament in Wellington, KS.

July 25-28 - Class A 19U State Tournament in Topeka. KS.

Ju;y 25-28 - Class B 19U State Tournaments host: Homer White Post 66 at Paul Rockey Field, Hiawatha, KS.

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#GLSCL / Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League - https://www.glscl.org/landing/index

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2026 tentative calendar -

July 9-12 - Crawfordsville Invitational - Crawfordsville, Indiana

July 9-12 - Gabe Pando Invitational - Fort Collins/CO (Moline Post 246)

July 10-11 - Lancaster/OH Post 11 Classic - Beavers Field, Lancaster, OH

Round Robin (Lancaster/OH Post 11 (host); Beverly Lowell/OH Post 389/750; Wheeling/WV Post 1; Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165; Findley/OH Post 3) - https://www.beaversfield.com/post11classic

July 9-12 - PBR Detroit metro “PB Michigan Summer Championship” (18u 4 game guarantee - 1,850) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-michigan-summer-championship-detroit-mi-07-09-2026

July 9-12 - PBR Cleveland metro “PB Northeast Ohio Summer Championship” (18u 4 games - 1,750) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-northeast-ohio-summer-championship-cleveland-oh-07-09-2026

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 1 Tournament at - TBD

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 2 Tournament at Bellfontaine High School.

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 3 Tournament at Chillicothe VA Memorial Stadium.

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 3 Tournament at Pioneer Park at Marietta College.

July 16-18 - Illinois Senior Legion Division tournaments

July 16-19 - Ohio Junior Legion State tournament at Beavers Field, Lancaster. OH

Gamechanger: “2026 Ohio ALB Junior State Tournament”

July 16-19 - Indiana Senior Regional tournaments (Championship July 24-28)

July 16-20 - Indiana Junior Legion State tournament at Highland Park, Kokomo, IN (6 teams) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWS_L7yaWLOuia5Rk1G8uUeqbUj5uoH4/view

July 16-21 - Wisconsin Legion 16-Under regionals

*Missouri Zone tournaments July 13-19

*Missouri State tournaments July 23-26

15u at Ellisville

17u at Liberty Park

19u at Rosnick Park

*Missouri / Illinois All-Star games -

17u - August 3 - Alton, IL

19u - August 1 - Chhokia, IL

07/09/2026 - Jim's (SECLMW) Baseball notes

07/09/2026 - 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)

* * *

American Legion W-L as of 7/06 (unofficial) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-american-legion-baseball.html

Looking ahead -

*2026 Adrian Post 275 Invitational (July 10-12) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-adrian-invitational-hosted.html

*2026 Gopher Classic (July 10-13) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-minnesota-gopher-classic.html

*2026 Ohio ACME Junior State Championship (July 11-13) - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-ohio-acme-junior-state.html

*2026 Ohio ACME Senior Regionals / State - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070226-2026-acme-congress-senior-state.html

*2026 Ohio American Legion Junior “Super-Regionals” July 8-11 - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070726-ohio-junior-american-legion.html

News

American Legion & summer (ACME, unaffiliated, etc.)

GLSCL

* * *

Media -

#2026 GLSCL All-Star selections - https://glscl.org/sports/bsb/2026/releases/20260708iygydk

#Midland Daily News (Midland, MI) -

*Triple threat: BCW's Sequin starring for Berryhill at plate, on mound, in field (Fred Kelly) https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/triple-threat-bcw-s-sequin-starring-berryhill-22334178.php

#Tecumseh Herald (Tecumseh, MI) -

*Tecumseh grad (Tyler) Clement looks to become three-sport athlete at Adrian College (Kristopher Lodes) https://www.tecumsehherald.com/content/tecumseh-grad-clement-looks-become-three-sport-athlete-adrian-college

*Clinton's (Mathew) Sexton makes splash in CFL debut (staff) https://www.tecumsehherald.com/content/clintons-sexton-makes-splash-cfl-debut

*Wagoner, Benschoter complete strong month of June in minor leagues (staff) https://www.tecumsehherald.com/content/wagoner-benschoter-complete-strong-month-june-minor-leagues

#Crescent News (Defiance, OH) -

*Jr. ACME state preview: Five area teams to converge at Bryan (Shayne Nissen) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/jr-acme-state-preview-five-area-teams-to-converge-at-bryan/article_962c812c-9437-4bec-be05-7d942180b31e.html

*ACME baseball: Teams nearing district title bids (staff) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/acme-baseball-teams-nearing-district-title-bids/article_f759447b-8d11-4100-8cc2-9ece1afd0ecf.html

*Minor leagues: Willeman tagged for 10 runs (staff) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/minor-leagues-willeman-tagged-for-10-runs/article_397d1719-4c99-4909-abc0-905f3fdfdb02.html

*Legion baseball: Post 300 roars past Adrian, 12-5 (staff) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/legion-baseball-post-300-roars-past-adrian-12-5/article_f76c494d-e35a-49dd-be3c-ef9b397bdf6d.html (Wednesday)

*Legion baseball: Short, Arend combine for Bandit no-hitter (staff) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/legion-baseball-short-arend-combine-for-bandit-no-hitter/article_4b248f67-7529-405e-b6b2-7907f7121506.html (Tuesday)

#Northwest Signal (Napoleon, OH) -

*Bandits win, Napoleon ACME splits tourney games (Brandon Shrider) https://www.northwestsignal.net/sports/article_0537a897-7f87-49f7-be49-9148142bf5f0.html#tncms-source=login

*Gracia dazzles in Streaks' ACME tourney win (Brandon Shrider) https://www.northwestsignal.net/sports/article_35cf2ba0-3746-4428-8191-b8e3fed70f2d.html

#Lima News (Lima, OH) -

*GLSCL: Locos swept by Hamilton in doubleheader (Chris Howell) https://www.limaohio.com/sports/2026/07/08/glscl-locos-swept-by-hamilton-in-doubleheader/

#Marietta Times (Marietta, OH) -

*Plate discipline enables Post 15 to rally past Doddridge, 16-6 (Kerry Patrick) https://www.mariettatimes.com/sports/2026/07/plate-discipline-enables-post-15-to-rally-past-doddridge-16-6/

#Sidney Daily News (Sidney, OH) -

*Legion baseball: Sidney Post 217 escapes Muncie Post 19 with three-run sixth (Rhys Patrykus) https://www.sidneydailynews.com/2026/07/08/legion-baseball-sidney-post-217-escapes-muncie-post-19-with-three-run-sixth/

*SCORES -

2026 American Legion Baseball and summer baseball -

Wednesday July 8, 2026 -

#Michigan - https://michiganlegion.org/baseball/

Napoleon/OH Post 300 12, Adrian/MI Post 275 5

G1 Gaylord Baseball/19 11, NM Patriots/Sabl 1

G2 Gaylord Baseball/19 12, NM Patriots/Sabl 11

G1 SooBlackSox/ONT 13, EUP Wood Ducks 2

G2 SooBlackSox/ONT 9, EUP Wood Ducks 4

G1 Ironwood/MI Post 5 9, Marquette/MI Post 44 Reds 0

G2 Ironwood/MI Post 5 9, Marquette/MI Post 44 Reds 2

*Michigan juniors -

*Michigan club baseball -

#Ohio - https://ohiolegion.com/athletic-baseball/

Napoleon/OH Post 300 12, Adrian/MI Post 275 5

Sidney/OH Post 217 6, Muncie/IN Post 19 4

G1 Utica/OH Post 92 18, Cambridge/Belle Valley/OH Post 84/641 6

G2 Cambridge/Belle Valley/OH Post 84/641 6, Utica/OH Post 92 2

Beverly/Lowell/OH Post 389/750 3, St Clairsville/OH Post 159 1

South Charleston/WV Post 94 5, Marietta/OH Post 64 4

*Ohio Junior Legion - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070726-ohio-junior-american-legion.html

Hanover/OH Post 764/jr 22, No Name Provided 1

#Chillicothe Regional 07/08 - Ohio Junior American Legion

G1 Athens/OH Post 21/jr 12, Chillicothe/OH Post 757/jr 6

*v Athens/21: 12-9-2; SP Isaac Kristofco (3ip, 5R/5er, 3H, 6BB, 5K, 2-HBP); P2 Luke Robey (4ip, 1R/0er, 4H, 2BB, 4K, 1-HBP); 2H (Sam Engle; L Robey); 2RBI (S Engle; Blake Taylor 3); 3B (S Engle); 2B (B Taylor);

*H Chillicothe/757: 6-7-3; SP Hank Brooks (2.2ip, 5R/3er); P2 Eli Musselman (4.2ip, 7R/3er); 2H (Rucker Detty; Cade Griffie); 2RBI (C Griffie; Jarrett Phipps); 3B (R Detty); 2B (C Griffie);

G2 Lancaster/OH Post 11/jr 11, Waverly/OH Post 142/jr 5

*v Waverly/142: 5-7-1; SP/LP Kaden Thornsberry (4bf, 4R/4er); P2 Colby Secrist (2.1ip, 5R/4er); P3 AJ Eblin (3.2ip, 2R/2er); 2H (Xander Toler 3; Hudson Harris 3); 2B (X Toler);

*H Lancaster/11: 11-11-2; SP/WP Ethan Fries (6ip, 5R/3er, 5H, 2BB, 6K, 3-HBP); P2 Tucker Wolfe (1ip, 0R, 2H, 2K); 2H (Owen Gerardi; Brody Kersell; Donny Helber); 2RBI (C White; O Gerardi 3; Bo Bitler 3); 3B (O Gerardi); 2B (B Kersell; D Helber);

G3 Athens/OH Post 21/jr 2, Glouster/OH Post 414/jr 0

*v Athens/21: 2-5-0; SP Blake Taylor (7ip/CG-26bf/98p; 0R, 2H, 3BB, 13K); 2H (Luke Robey); 3B (Luke Pero); 2B (Finn Roach);

*H Glouster/414: 0-3-0; SP Conner Williams (7ip/CG-25bf/97p; 2R/2er, 5H, 0-BB, 10K); *1H (Brice Stack; Jackson Stewart; Noah Toth);

G4 Lancaster/OH Post 11/jr 15, Hamilton/OH Post 138/jr 2 - 4innings

*v Lancaster/11: 15-10-1; SP/WP Bo Bitler (3.2ip, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 5K); P2 Austin Emswiller (1ip, 2R/0er, 1BB, 1-HBP); 2H (Ethan Fries; Tucker Wolfe; Donny Helber); 2RBI (E Fries; T Wolfe; Lucas Hall); 3B (Abel Logan; E Fries); 2B (T Wolfe);

*H Hamilton/138: 2-1-6; SP Casen Haddix (2/3ip, 5R/4er); P2 Tanner Taylor (1.1ip, 3R/0er); P3 Devon Justice (2ip, 7R/1er); *1H (Ayden Derosier);

#Marietta Regional 07/08 - Ohio Junior American Legion

Wednesday 07/08 -

07/08 St Clairsville/OH Post 159 12, New Philadelphia/OH Post 139/jr 7

*v St Clairsville/159: 12-15-2; SP B Schmidt (1ip, 3R/2er, 2H, 2BB); P2 K Grigaitis (3.1ip, 3R/3er, 2H, 8BB, 4K); P3 K Holmes (1ip, 1R/1er, 4BB, 1K); P4 C Nelson (1.2ip, 0R, 1H, 4K); 2H (G Dudzik; C Nelson 3; C Roberts; K Grigaitis 3; K Holmes); 2RBI (G Dudzik; K Holmes);

*H New Philadelphia/139: 7-6-8; SP Carter Nolan (4.2ip, 8R/2er); P2 Cuyler Long (1.1ip, 0R, 2H, 1BB); P3 Karsen Otte (2/3ip, 4R/1er); P4 Karter Blake (1/3ip, 0R); 2H (Kullin Akers; C Nolan); 2RBI (K Akers); 3B (K Akers); 2B (C Nolan 2; Brayden Angel);

07/08 Marietta/OH Post 64/jr 11, Zanesville/OH Post 29/jr 0

*v Marietta/64: 11-7-0; SP/WP Garrett Cline (3ip, 0R, 0-H, 4K); P2 Alexander Schmidt (1ip, 0R, 0-H, 2BB, 2K); P3 Daniel Cunningham (2ip, 0R, 0-H, 5K); P4 Corey Floyd (1ip, 0R, 0-H, 2BB, 2K); 2H (D Cunningham; Cody Eding); 2RBI (D Cunningahm 3); HR (Daniel Cunningham); 3B (C Eding); 2B (Brayden Gallagher);

*H Zanesville/29: 0-0-1; SP Weston Warden (4ip, 5R/5er); P2 Landon Robbins (1ip, 1R/1er); P3 Jeremiah Griffith (1ip, 2R/2er); P4 Bentley Reed (2/3ip, 3R/1er); P5 Jaxson Bay (1/3ip, 0R);

* * *

*Ohio ACME Senior Baseball - https://acmebaseball.com/

State - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070226-2026-acme-congress-senior-state.html

#District 1 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-1

*Wednesday July 8 - continues to July 10/11

G1 Napoleon 9, Wauseon 2

G2 Archbold 4, Bryan 2

G4 Defiance 11, Napoleon 0

#District 2 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-2

*Thursday July 9 -

Championship 6:00pm Holgate vs Miller City at Kalida St Michael's Holy Name Ballpark

#District 3 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-3

*Wednesday July 8 -

G5 Liberty Center 4, Elmwood 3 - elimination

Championship Perrysburg 12, Liberty Center 0

#District 4 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-4

Champion - St Henry

#District 5 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-5

*Wednesday July 8 -

Championship Ottawa-Glandorf 17, Van Wert 3

#District 6 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-6

*Tuesday July 7 -

G8 G4/Covington 7, Fairbanks 0 - elimination

*Wednesday July 8 -

G9 Bellefontaine 12, Indian Lake 1

G10 Covington 6, Ben Logan 5 - elimination

#District 7 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-7

*Wednesday July 8 -

Fairview/G5 Fairview 13, Hicksville 4 - elimination

Fairview/G6 Fairview 9, Montpelier 2

Hilltop/G5 Ayersville 5, Hilltop 4 - elimination

Hilltop/G6 Wayne Trace 5, Ayersville 1

* * *

*Ohio ACME Junior Tournament July 11-13 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/jr-acme/state

SECLMW's notes - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-ohio-acme-junior-state.html

* * *

#Illinois - https://www.legionbaseballillinois.org/

Galesburg/IL Post 285 10, Oneida/IL Post 727 0

Princeton/IL Post 125 9, East Moline/IL Post 227 4

Rock Island/IL Post 200 4, Atown/IL Post 381 2

Alton/IL Post 126 8, St Jacob/IL Post 665 3

Warriors Baseball Club/SLABA 12, Smithon/IL Post 937 Bandits 2

Grayslake/IL Post 659 5, Barrington/IL Post 158 2

*Illinois Junior Legion -

Knoxville/IL Post 749/jr 15, Peopria/OL Pirates 5

Galesburg/IL Post 285/jr 14, Oneida/IL Post 727/jr Gerlach 4

#Indiana - https://www.indianalegion.org/baseball

Sidney/OH Post 217 6, Muncie/IN Post 19 4

Newburgh/IN Post 44 8, Evansville/IN Post 265 Eugene Pate 7

Owensboro/KY Post 9 11, Elberfeld/IN Post 351 1

*Indiana Junior Legion -

#Kentucky - https://kylegion.org/baseball

Owensboro/KY Post 9 11, Elberfeld/IN Post 351 1

*Kentucky Junior Legion -

#Missouri - https://www.missouriamericanlegionbaseball.org

Sedalia/MO Post 642 19, 643 KC 6

Festus/MO Post 253 11, Rock Memorial/MO Post 283 1

*

#West Virginia -

Wheeling/WV Post 1 10, Moundsville/WV Post 3 6

G1 Charleston/WV Post 65 11, Logan/WV Post 19 3

G2 Charleston/WV Post 65 3, Logan/WV Post 19 1

South Charleston/WV Post 94 5, Marietta/OH Post 64 4

Parkersburg/WV Post 15 16, Doddridge County/WV Legion 6

Clarksburg/WV Post 13 7, Morgantown/WV Post 2 5

Bridgeport/WV Post 68 12, Buckhannon/WV Post 7 2

#Wisconsin - https://wilegion.org/legion-baseball/

*16-under Regionals July 16-21, 2026; State July 23-28 at Beloit;

*17-under Regionals July 16-21, 2026; State July 24-28 at Chippewa Falls;

*Senior/A Regionals July 23-27; State July 31-August 4

*Senior/AA Regionals July 23-27; State July 31-August 4

*Senior/AAA Regionals July 21-24; State July 28-August 1;

#Kansas - https://www.ksamlegionbaseball.org/home / https://kansaslegion.org/baseball

July 9 - Class C Junior Legion State Tournament at Jaycee Ballpark in Pittsburg, KS.

July 17-20 - 17U State Tournament in Topeka, KS.

July 18-21 - 15U State Tournament in Wellington, KS.

July 25-28 - Class A 19U State Tournament in Topeka. KS.

Ju;y 25-28 - Class B 19U State Tournaments host: Homer White Post 66 at Paul Rockey Field, Hiawatha, KS.

* * *

2026 tentative calendar -

July 9-13 - Indiana Junior American Legion Regionals (finals July 16-19)

July 9-12 - Crawfordsville Invitational - Crawfordsville, Indiana

July 9-12 - Gabe Pando Invitational - Fort Collins/CO (Moline Post 246)

July 10-11 - Lancaster/OH Post 11 Classic - Beavers Field, Lancaster, OH

Round Robin (Lancaster/OH Post 11 (host); Beverly Lowell/OH Post 389/750; Wheeling/WV Post 1; Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165; Findley/OH Post 3) - https://www.beaversfield.com/post11classic

July 9-12 - PBR Detroit metro “PB Michigan Summer Championship” (18u 4 game guarantee - 1,850) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-michigan-summer-championship-detroit-mi-07-09-2026

July 9-12 - PBR Cleveland metro “PB Northeast Ohio Summer Championship” (18u 4 games - 1,750) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-northeast-ohio-summer-championship-cleveland-oh-07-09-2026

07/08/2026 - Jim's (SECLMW) Baseball notes

07/08/2026 - 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)

* * *

American Legion W-L as of 7/06 (unofficial) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-american-legion-baseball.html

Looking ahead -

*2026 Adrian Post 275 Invitational (July 10-12) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-adrian-invitational-hosted.html

*2026 Gopher Classic (July 10-13) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-minnesota-gopher-classic.html

*2026 Ohio ACME Junior State Championship (July 11-13) - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-ohio-acme-junior-state.html

*2026 Ohio ACME Senior Regionals / State - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070226-2026-acme-congress-senior-state.html

*2026 Ohio American Legion Junior “Super-Regionals” July 8-11 -

Region 1 at - TBD

Region 2 at Bellfontaine High School.

Region 3 at Chillicothe VA Memorial Stadium.

Region 4 at Pioneer Park at Marietta College.

News

American Legion & summer (ACME, unaffiliated, etc.)

GLSCL

* * *

Media -

#Midland Daily News (Midland, MI) -

*Berryhill wins Gabby Mills over Capital City Kings (Fred Kelly) https://www.ourmidland.com/sports/article/berryhill-wins-gabby-mills-capital-city-kings-22333271.php

#Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, SD) -

*Post 22 wins Firecracker Tournament title with walk-off against Pueblo Azteca () https://rapidcityjournal.com/sports/high-school/baseball/article_88bd025b-df59-45ec-863e-a355be45e8af.html

#Rapid City Post (Rapid City, SD) -

*Hardhats Walk It Off to Win Firecracker Tournament Championship (Kennedy Block) https://rapidcitypost.com/hardhats-walk-it-off-to-win-firecracker-tournament-championship/

#Blissfield Advance (Blissfield, MI) -

*Blissfield Hires (Chris) Owens as Next Baseball Coach (staff) https://blissfieldadvance.com/index.php/2026/07/07/blissfield-hires-owens-as-next-baseball-coach/

#Marietta Times (Marietta, OH) -

*Bradford’s two homers lift Bev/Low past Marietta, 8-1 (Mike Morrison) https://www.mariettatimes.com/sports/2026/07/bradfords-two-homers-lift-bev-low-past-marietta-8-1-2/

#Crescent News (Defiance, OH) -

*Bandits romp Pemberville (Jeff Ratliff) https://www.northwestsignal.net/sports/article_7ab4ef45-70e2-44c9-83d6-57b978275f39.html

*River Bandits struggle on offense in South Dakota (Jeff Ratliff) https://www.northwestsignal.net/sports/article_635936b2-0f47-46f2-b683-98799c08c878.html

#Lima News (Lima, OH) -

*GLSCL: Locos split doubleheader with the Joes (Mark Altstaetter) https://www.limaohio.com/top-stories/2026/07/08/glscl-locos-split-doubleheader-with-the-joes/

#Findlay Courier (Findlay, OH) -

*GLSCL: Sluggers hang on to snap skid (staff) https://thecourier.com/news/1166614/sluggers-hang-on-to-snap-skid/

#Northwest Signal (Napoleon, OH) -

*ACME baseball: Fairview, Hicksville to play elimination game (staff) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/acme-baseball-fairview-hicksville-to-play-elimination-game/article_a1451cde-9cc3-4d9a-881f-2ae22c073ae3.html

*ACME baseball: Fairview, Ayersville win ACME tourney openers (staff) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/acme-baseball-fairview-ayersville-win-acme-tourney-openers/article_12fabc74-ff1f-466f-a042-ba544ff93409.html

*Minor leagues: Newman plates runs, Willeman gets no-decision (staff) https://www.crescent-news.com/push/minor-leagues-newman-plates-runs-willeman-gets-no-decision/article_a2cb46f4-78ea-4e16-9e84-a2ce0dbf5a1a.html

#Sidney Daily News (Sidney, OH) -

#Putnam Sentinel-Tribune (Putnam County, OH) -

#Tecumseh Herald (Tecumseh, MI) -

#RRN Sports (Upper Peninsula, MI) -

#MLive (Michigan regional) -

#Sun Times News (Chelsea, MI) -

#Monroe News (Monroe County, MI) -

*SCORES -

2026 American Legion Baseball and summer baseball -

Tuesday July 7, 2026 -

#Michigan - https://michiganlegion.org/baseball/

Toledo Hawks/Collegiate 16, Blissfield/MI Post 325 12

Stevensville/MI Post 568 8, Valparaiso/IN Post 94/Green 2

G1 Marquette/MI Post 44 Blues 16, Menominee/MI Red Wave 2

G2 Marquette/MI Post 44 Blues 8, Menominee/MI Red Wave 4

*Michigan juniors -

G1 Gaylord/MI Baseball/17 18, EUP/MI Wood Ducks/17 8

G2 Gaylord/MI Baseball/17 18, EUP/MI Wood Ducks/17 11

G1 Escanaba/MI Post 82/jr Cubs 18, Sagola/MI Post 168-Felch/15 0

G2 Escanaba/MI Post 82/jr Cubs 14, Sagola/MI Post 168-Felch/15 3

G1 Marquette/MI Post 44/jr Reds 11, Gladstone/MI Indians/jr 0

G2 Marquette/MI Post 44/jr Reds 8, Gladstone/MI Indians/jr 5

G1 Kingsford/MI Post 363/jr Greens 4, Niagara/WI Badgers 1

G2 Kingsford/MI Post 363/jr Greens 4, Niagara/WI Badgers 0

*Michigan club baseball -

#Ohio - https://ohiolegion.com/athletic-baseball/

Napoleon/OH Post 300 19, Pemberville/OH Post 183 0

Sidney/OH Post 217 8. Ottawa/OH Post 63 1

St Clairsville/OH Post 159 6, Cambridge/Belle Valley/OH Post 84/641 1

Lancaster/OH Post 11 8, Chillicothe/OH Post 757 2

Beverly/Lowell/OH Post 389/750 8, Marietta/OH Post 64 1

Utica/OH Post 92 15, Marysville/OH Post 79 Nighthawks 0

*Ohio Junior Legion -

Sidney/OH Post 217/jr Red/16 12, Sidney/OH Post 217/jr Blue/15 9

Sidney/OH Post 217 Blue/15 11, Utica/OH Post 92/jr 1

Lancaster/OH Post 11/jr 7, Mid Ohio Raptors/16 5

Name not provided 9, Hanover/OH Post 764/jr 1

Cambridge/Belle Valley/OH Post 84/641/jr 6, St Clairsville/OH Post 159/jr 4

*Ohio ACME Senior Baseball - https://acmebaseball.com/

State - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070226-2026-acme-congress-senior-state.html

#District 1 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-1

*Wednesday July 8 - continues to July 11

#District 2 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-2

Semifinal/1 Holgate 2, Lima Catholic 1

Semifinal/2 Miller City 2, Crestview 1

#District 3 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-3

G3 Liberty Center 13, Bowling Green 0 - elimination

G4 Perrysburg 6, Elmwood 3

#District 4 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-4

Championship - St Henry 8, Celina 0

#District 5 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-5

G7 Van Wert 16, Elida 4 - elimination

#District 6 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-6

G8 G4/Covington (1 loss) vs Fairbanks (1 loss) at Bellefontaine - elimination

#District 7 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-7

G7 Van Wert 16, Elida 4 - elimination

* * *

*Ohio ACME Junior Tournament July 11-13 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/jr-acme/state

SECLMW's notes - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-ohio-acme-junior-state.html

* * *

#Illinois - https://www.legionbaseballillinois.org/

Crestwood Crush 16, Palos/IL Post 1883 1

Alton/IL Post 126 10, Trenton/IL Post 778 Gators 0

Oneida/IL Post 727 4, Moline/IL Post 246 1

Rock Island/IL Post 200 10, East Moline/IL Post 227 0

Christian County/IL Post 257 Guardians 17, Jerseyville/IL Post 492/jr 11

Smithton/IL Post 937 Bandits 14, St Louis Patriots/18 2

Watseka/IL Post 23 3, Rantoul/IL Post 287 2

Terre Haute/IN Post 346 Wayne Newton 7, Danville/IL Post 210 5

Wheaton/IL Post 76 Thunder 6, Downers Grove/IL Post 80 0

Aviston/IL Post 1239 Express 4, CCL All Stars 3

*Illinois Junior Legion -

Alton/IL Post 126/jr 15, Odin/IL Post 543/jr 5

Peoria/IL Pirates/17 9, Galesburg/IL Post 285/jr 8

#Indiana - https://www.indianalegion.org/baseball

Lake Station/IN Post 100 4, South Bend/IN Post 151 3

Stevensville/MI Post 568 8, Valparaiso/IN Post 94/Green 2

Valparaiso/IN Post 94/Prep 4, South Haven/IN Post 502 1

Valparaiso/IN Post 94/Prep 2, South Haven/IN Post 502 1

Rockport/IN Post 254 9, Jasper/IN Post 147 6

Terre Haute/IN Post 346 Wayne Newton 7, Danville/IL Post 210 5

Plymouth/IN Post 27 6, Kokomo/IN Post 6 5

Newburgh/IN Post 44 4, Elberfeld/IN Post 351 (Tecumseh) 1

Evansville/IN Post 8 Funkhouser 6, Princeton/IN Post 25 3

Lafayette/IN Post 11 24, Speedway/IN Post 500 1

Evansville/IN Post 265 Eugene Pate 10, Madisonville/KY Post 6 2

*Indiana Junior Legion -

Valparaiso/IN Post 94/jr 2, South Haven/IN Post 502/jr 1

Princeton/IN Post 25/jr 1 / Booneville/IL Post 200/jr 1 - TIE after 10 innings

Owensboro/KY Post 9/jr 9, Evansville/IN Post 8/jr Funkhouser 5

#Kentucky - https://kylegion.org/baseball

Evansville/IN Post 265 Eugene Pate 10, Madisonville/KY Post 6 2

*Kentucky Junior Legion -

G1 Post 233/jr Fort Campbell, Madisonville/KY Post 6/jr Rangers 1

Owensboro/KY Post 9/jr 9, Evansville/IN Post 8/jr Funkhouser 5

#Missouri - https://www.missouriamericanlegionbaseball.org

G1 Sedalia/MO Post 426 10, Rock Bridge Bruins 8

G2 Sedalia/MO Post 426 11, Rock Bridge Bruins 2

Elsberry/MO Post 226 10, Wentzville/MO Post 323 0

*

#West Virginia -

Fairmont/WV Post 17 12, Ritchie County/WV Post 283 9

G1 Beckley/WV Post 32 3, Charleston/WV Post 65 2

G2 Beckley/WV Post 32 11, Charleston/WV Post 65 1

#Wisconsin - https://wilegion.org/legion-baseball/

*16-under Regionals July 16-21, 2026; State July 23-28 at Beloit;

*17-under Regionals July 16-21, 2026; State July 24-28 at Chippewa Falls;

*Senior/A Regionals July 23-27; State July 31-August 4

*Senior/AA Regionals July 23-27; State July 31-August 4

*Senior/AAA Regionals July 21-24; State July 28-August 1;

* * *

#GLSCL / Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League - https://www.glscl.org/landing/index

* * *

2026 tentative calendar -

July 9-13 - Indiana Junior American Legion Regionals (finals July 16-19)

July 9-12 - Crawfordsville Invitational - Crawfordsville, Indiana

July 9-12 - Gabe Pando Invitational - Fort Collins/CO (Moline Post 246)

July 10-11 - Lancaster/OH Post 11 Classic - Beavers Field, Lancaster, OH

Round Robin (Lancaster/OH Post 11 (host); Beverly Lowell/OH Post 389/750; Wheeling/WV Post 1; Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165; Findley/OH Post 3) - https://www.beaversfield.com/post11classic

July 9-12 - PBR Detroit metro “PB Michigan Summer Championship” (18u 4 game guarantee - 1,850) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-michigan-summer-championship-detroit-mi-07-09-2026

July 9-12 - PBR Cleveland metro “PB Northeast Ohio Summer Championship” (18u 4 games - 1,750) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-northeast-ohio-summer-championship-cleveland-oh-07-09-2026

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 1 Tournament at - TBD

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 2 Tournament at Bellfontaine High School.

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 3 Tournament at Chillicothe VA Memorial Stadium.

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 3 Tournament at Pioneer Park at Marietta College.

July 16-18 - Illinois Senior Legion Division tournaments

July 16-19 - Ohio Junior Legion State tournament at Beavers Field, Lancaster. OH

Gamechanger: “2026 Ohio ALB Junior State Tournament”

July 16-19 - Indiana Senior Regional tournaments (Championship July 24-28)

July 16-20 - Indiana Junior Legion State tournament at Highland Park, Kokomo, IN (6 teams) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWS_L7yaWLOuia5Rk1G8uUeqbUj5uoH4/view

July 16-21 - Wisconsin Legion 16-Under regionals

*Missouri Zone tournaments July 13-19

*Missouri State tournaments July 23-26

15u at Ellisville

17u at Liberty Park

19u at Rosnick Park

*Missouri / Illinois All-Star games -

17u - August 3 - Alton, IL

19u - August 1 - Chhokia, IL

July 15-19 - 2026 MOTOR CITY CLASSIC - (16u-18u 4 games - $1,350-1,600) - https://www.motorcityclassicbaseball.com/ (several special pricing opportunities)

July 16-19 - PBR Toledo metro - “PB North Coast Classic” (18u 4 game guarantee - 1,850) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-north-coast-classic-toledo-oh-07-16-2026

July 16-19 - PBR Saginaw area “PB Mid Michigan Summer Championship” (18u 4 game guarantee - 1,850) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-mid-michigan-summer-championship-saginaw-mi-07-16-2026

July 21-25 - Wisconsin Legion Class AAA regionals

July 21-25 - Wisconsin Legion Class AA regionals

July 22-26 - Illinois Legion Senior State tournament - Aviston, IL

July 23-26 - Illinois Legion Junior State tournament - Carol Stream, IL

July 23-27 - Wisconsin Legion Class A regionals

July 23-27 - Wisconsin Legion 17-Under regionals

July 24-27 - Ohio Senior Legion State tournament at Beavers Field, Lancaster, OH

July 24-28 - Indiana Senior Legion State tournament at Crawfordsville/IN Post 72

July 24-28 - Wisconsin Legion 17-Under State Tournament

July 24-28 - Wisconsin Legion 16-Under State Tournament

July 23-26 - PBR Detroit metro “PB Great Lakes Upperclassmen World Series” (18u 4 game guarantee - 1,850) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/great-lakes-upperclassmen-world-series-detroit-mi-07-23-2026

July 23-26 - PBR Columbus metro “PB Ohio Summer World Series” (18u 4 game guarnatee - 1,799) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/ohio-summer-world-series-columbus-oh-07-23-2026

July 28 - August 1 - Wisconsin Legion Class AAA State Tournament

July 28 - August 1 - Wisconsin Legion Class AA State Tournament

July 31 - August 4 - Wisconsin Legion Class A State Tournament

July TBD - Mason-Dixon Junior Legion National Regional Maryland

07/07/2026 - Jim's (SECLMW) Baseball notes

07/07/2026 - 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)

* * *

American Legion W-L as of 7/06 (unofficial) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-american-legion-baseball.html

Looking ahead -

*2026 Adrian Post 275 Invitational (July 10-12) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-adrian-invitational-hosted.html

*2026 Gopher Classic (July 10-13) - https://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-minnesota-gopher-classic.html

*2026 Ohio ACME Junior State Championship (July 11-13) - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-ohio-acme-junior-state.html

*2026 Ohio ACME Senior Regionals / State - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070226-2026-acme-congress-senior-state.html

*2026 Ohio American Legion Junior “Super-Regionals” July 8-11 -

Region 1 at - TBD

Region 2 at Bellfontaine High School.

Region 3 at Chillicothe VA Memorial Stadium.

Region 4 at Pioneer Park at Marietta College.

News

American Legion & summer (ACME, unaffiliated, etc.)

GLSCL

* * *

Media -

#Midland Daily News (Midland, MI) -

#Danville Commercial News (Danville, IL) -

#Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, SD) -

#Rapid City Post (Rapid City, SD) -

#Tecumseh Herald (Tecumseh, MI) -

#Crescent News (Defiance, OH) -

#Lima News (Lima, OH) -

#Marietta Times (Marietta, OH) -

#Northwest Signal (Napoleon, OH) -

#Midland Daily News (Midland, MI) -

#RRN Sports (Upper Peninsula, MI) -

#Findlay Courier (Findlay, OH) -

#MLive (Michigan regional) -

#Putnam Sentinel-Tribune (Putnam County, OH) -

#Tecumseh Herald (Tecumseh, MI) -

#Sun Times News (Chelsea, MI) -

#Monroe News (Monroe County, MI) -

#Sidney Daily News (Sidney, OH) -

*SCORES -

2026 American Legion Baseball and summer baseball -

Monday July 6, 2026 -

#Michigan - https://michiganlegion.org/baseball/

G1 Mt Pleasant/MI Post 110 2 / Gaylord Baseball Club/19 2 - TIE?

G2 Gaylord Baseball Club/19 25, Mt Pleasant/MI Post 110 8

*Michigan juniors -

*Michigan club baseball -

#Ohio - https://ohiolegion.com/athletic-baseball/

Springfield Armoloy 6, Sidney/OH Post 217 4

*Ohio Junior Legion -

Sidney/OH Post 217/jr 16 15, Utica/OH Post 92/jr 4

Glouster/OH Post 414/jr 2, Lancaster/OH Post 11/jr 15 1

Hanover/OH Post 764/jr 7 / No Name Listed 7 - TIE

*Ohio ACME Senior Baseball - https://acmebaseball.com/

State - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070226-2026-acme-congress-senior-state.html

*District 3 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-3

Perrysburg 11, Bowling Green 1

Elmwood 7, Liberty Center 4

*District 4 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-4

G11 St Henry 12, Celina 2

G12 Minster 13, Coldwater 3

G13 Celina 2, Minster 1 - 9innings

*v Minster: 1-7-2; SP/nd Aiden DuLaney (8ip, 1R/1er, 7H, 3BB, 4K); P2/LP Gavin Steinke (1/3ip, 1R/1er, 1H, 3BB); 2H (Carson Kaylor); 2B (Andrew Frimel);

*H Celina: 2-8-2; SP/nd Braylon Parker (5ip, 1R/1er, 5H, 3BB, 6K, 1-HBP); P2/WP Mason Feister (4ip, 0R, 1H, 1BB, 7K, 1-HBP); 2H (Eli Tallmadge 3); 2B (Brodee Schulte-Arnold; Jett Warner);

*District 5 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-5

G5 Van Wert 3, Bath 1

*v Van Wert: 3-7-2: SP/WP Easton Putnam (7ip/CG; 1R/0er, 2H, 4BB, 12K); 2H (Brayson Davis; Caleb Mohr); 2RBI (Zander Coleman); 2B (C Mohr);

*H Bath: 1-2-2; SP/LP Braylon Leach (7ip/CG; 3R/3er, 7H, 4BB, 6K); *1H (Karter Miller; Zavier Moralez);

*District 6 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-6

G4 Indian Lake 6, Covington 5 - *Indian Lake G/C

*v Covington*: 5-5-3; SP Denson (6.1ip/CG; 6R); 2H (Palsgrove; Skaggs); 2RBI (Skaggs); 2B (Denson);

*H Indian Lake: 6-10-4; SP/nd Lane Kipker (4.2ip, 4R/2er, 4H, 1BB, 8K); P2/WP Grant Wickline (2.1ip, 1R/0er, 1H, 6K); 2H (Brady Golliday; Aaron Rapp; Chance Persinger);

G5 Bellefontaine 3, Benjamin Logan 2

*v Ben Logan: 2-3-0; SP/LP Jacob Hawley (6ip/CG; 3R/3er, 7H, 2BB, 7K, 1-HBP); 2B (J Hawley);

*H Bellefontaine: 3-7-1; SP/WP Maddox Miller (6ip, 2R/1er, 3H, 2BB, 4K, 2-HBP); P2 Sammy Kline (1ip, 0R, 1BB, 1K); 2H (Aven Caudill; Ean Fultz); 2RBI (A Caudill); HR (Aven Caudill); 3B (Lincoln Banta); 2B (S Kline);

*District 7 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/acme/district-7

G1/Hilltop - Wayne Trace 11, Hilltop 1

G2/Hilltop - Ayersville 4, Edgerton 3

*v Edgerton: 3-6-3; SP/LP Kellen Sanchez (6.1ip, 4R/2er, 6H, 4BB, 8K, 1-HBP); P2 Myles Baker (1bf, 0R, 1H); 2H (Mason Elden);

*H Ayersville: 4-7-0; SP/nd Alex Sigler (5.2ip, 2R/2er, 6H, 2BB, 9K, 1-HBP); P2 Zach Barton (1/3ip, 0R); P3/WP Hunter Hazelton (1ip, 1R/1er, 0H, 2BB,3K, 1-HBP); 2H (Hans Vetter); GWRBI (Jackson Stambaugh);

G1/Fairview - Fairview 7, North Central 3

G2/Fairview - Montpelier 18, Hicksville 8

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*Ohio ACME Junior Tournament July 11-13 - https://tourney.acmebaseball.com/jr-acme/state

SECLMW's notes - https://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/2026/07/070626-2026-ohio-acme-junior-state.html

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#Illinois - https://www.legionbaseballillinois.org/

Oneida/IL Post 727 4, Princeton/IL Post 125 2

East Moline/IL Post 227 5, Milan/IL Post 569 1

Moline/IL Post 246 5, Atown/IL Post 381 2

Barrington/IL Post 158 16, Round Lake/IL Legion 0

Chariton County/IL Legion 4, Slater Wildcats 3

*Illinois Junior Legion -

Annawan/IL Legion/jr 6, East Moline/IL Post 227/jr 3

Alton/IL Post 126/jr 13, Jerseyville/IL Post 492/jr 3

#Indiana - https://www.indianalegion.org/baseball

Valparaiso/IN Post 94/Prep 4, Little Calumet Beavers 1

South Haven/IN Post 502 7, HBR-Highland/IN Base Ruth 3

South Bend/IN Post 151 8, Plymouth/IN Post 27 2

Owensboro/KY Post 9 6 (15-2), Princeton/IN Post 25 4 (12-6)

*v Princeton/25: 4-14-3; SP/LP Ben Lester (4ip, 3R/3er, 4H, 2BB, 1K, 1-HBP); P2 Levi Lester (1ip, 3R/0er, 3H, 2K, 1-HBP); P3 Colton Wonning (1ip, 0R, 1H, 1K, 2-HBP); 2H (Korben Boyd (4/4); Brayden Campbell 3; Brendan Bowser; C Wonning); 2RBI (K Boyd);

*H Owensboro/9: 6-8-1; SP Brodie Tucker (3ip, 4R/4er, 7H, 0-BB, 1-HBP); P2 Porter Hay (4ip, 0R, 6H, 1BB, 4K); 2H (Eli Hampton; J Pate); 2RBI (Colton Carver; J Pate); 3B (C Carver); 2B (E Hampton);

*Indiana Junior Legion -

Plymouth/IN Post 27/jr 12, South Bend/IN Post 151 4

G1 Indy Wolves/18 4, Speedway/IN Post 500/jr 2

G2 Indy Wolves/18 14, Speedway/IN Post 500/jr 2

Jasper/IN Post 147 12, Vincennes/IN Post 73/jr 11

Madisonville/KY Post 6/jr 5, Elberfeld/IN Post 351 2

Owensboro/KY Post 9/jr 9, Evansville/IN Post 8/jr Funkhouser 5

Evansville/IN Post 265/jr Eugene Pate 8, Princeton/IN Post 25/jr 0

#Kentucky - https://kylegion.org/baseball

Owensboro/KY Post 9 6, Princeton/IN Post 25 4

*Kentucky Junior Legion -

Madisonville/KY Post 6/jr 5, Elberfeld/IN Post 351 2

Owensboro/KY Post 9/jr 9, Evansville/IN Post 8/jr Funkhouser 5

#Missouri - https://www.missouriamericanlegionbaseball.org

Elsberry/MO Post 226 8, Kirkwood/MO Post 156

St Peters/MO Post 313 11, Maryland Heights/MO Post 213 1

#West Virginia -

Fairmont/WV Post 17 10, Clarksburg/WV Post 13 0

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#GLSCL / Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League - https://www.glscl.org/landing/index

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2026 tentative calendar -

July 9-12 - Crawfordsville Invitational - Crawfordsville, Indiana

July 9-12 - Gabe Pando Invitational - Fort Collins/CO (Moline Post 246)

July 10-11 - Lancaster/OH Post 11 Classic - Beavers Field, Lancaster, OH

Round Robin (Lancaster/OH Post 11 (host); Beverly Lowell/OH Post 389/750; Wheeling/WV Post 1; Midland Berryhill/MI Post 165; Findley/OH Post 3) - https://www.beaversfield.com/post11classic

July 9-12 - PBR Detroit metro “PB Michigan Summer Championship” (18u 4 game guarantee - 1,850) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-michigan-summer-championship-detroit-mi-07-09-2026

July 9-12 - PBR Cleveland metro “PB Northeast Ohio Summer Championship” (18u 4 games - 1,750) - https://tournaments.prepbaseballreport.com/events/prep-baseball-northeast-ohio-summer-championship-cleveland-oh-07-09-2026

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 1 Tournament at - TBD

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 2 Tournament at Bellfontaine High School.

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 3 Tournament at Chillicothe VA Memorial Stadium.

July 15-18 - Ohio Senior Legion Super Region 3 Tournament at Pioneer Park at Marietta College.

July 16-18 - Illinois Senior Legion Division tournaments

July 16-19 - Ohio Junior Legion State tournament at Beavers Field, Lancaster. OH

Gamechanger: “2026 Ohio ALB Junior State Tournament”

July 16-19 - Indiana Junior Legion State tournament at Highland Park, Kokomo, IN (6 teams) - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gWS_L7yaWLOuia5Rk1G8uUeqbUj5uoH4/view

July 16-21 - Wisconsin Legion 16-Under regionals