 The 2009 Lakeshore League 8th Grade championship (14 year olds) was recently held at the beautifully maintained Loebe baseball field in Plymouth. The match up consisted of the number one seed, Fond du Lac, and the number two seed, Two Rivers, for the championship trophy. Fond du Lac prevailed to a 13-7 win. Although Fond du Lac arrived at the championship game unbeaten in league play, they were well aware of the strength Two Rivers could display as witnessed during the first game of the season when FDL had to fight off an early three run deficit to win the game. As expected, the game would come down to great pitching, solid defense and explosive offense to secure a win. FDL started Maustin Otterstatter on the mound for the first five innings, while the close was given to Tyler Kryzanowski for the final two. Offensive support came from the entire Fond du Lac team with several members giving crucial impact hitting. They were led by Max Schebel who went 3 for 3 with 4 RBI; Trent Rieder, 2 for 3 with 1 RBI; Ian Lock, 2 for 3 with 1 RBI; Maustin Otterstatter 2 for 3 with 1 RBI and 1 triple; and Evan Henderson 2 for 3. Two Rivers offensive support came by the likes of Johnson, 2 for 4; Kasper, 2 for 4 with 1 RBI; Linzmeier, 2 for 3 with 1 RBI; Schwarzenbart, 2 for 4 with 1 RBI; and Gospodarek, 1 for 4 with 1 RBI. Pitching duo for the Two Rivers club was Linzmeier and Kasper.
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5 & 6 Grade Winners
5th/6th Grade Championship @ Lions Park
In the Championship Game on Tuesday, July 21, Howards Grove (13-2) struck early with two in the first inning, with RBIs from Alex Strege and Zach Stauss. Plymouth Black (14-1) bounced back with three in the bottom half of the second, with runs scored by Charlie Tobin, Drew Schweiger, and Jack Sacket. However, the inning ended early when 1B Jonah Gerber was able to throw a Plymouth player out at the plate after an infield single by Zach Gambrell.
Howards Grove answered in the third, led by Luke Stanczyk’s single, scoring two. Luke later scored in the inning. Plymouth trimmed it to 5-4 when Nick Casper came around to score after a throwing error at second. Howards’ Marcus Bohman led off the fourth with a single and later scored on a fielder’s choice.
Trailing 6-4 in the 6th, Plymouth was able to score Charlie Tobin on a sacrifice bunt from Cole Meyer, but could only score one after back-to-back hits to lead off the inning by Tobin and Schweiger.
After leading off the 7th with a double, Ethan Brinkman later scored to help Howards Grove take a 7-5 lead, their inning ending on a 4-3 double play toss from Tobin. In the home half of the 7th, with one out, Casper was able to reach base on an error, Tyler Willeford—Plymouth’s starting pitcher—worked a walk, and Brady Grapentine took the first pitch over the right-center field fence to enable Plymouth Black to take the game 8-7.
For Plymouth Black, Willeford, Schweiger, and Matt Olig combined for 7 innings, 7 runs, and 6 earned. Olig earned the win, pitching the 5th, 6th, and 7th, striking out two and giving up only one run. He also went 2 for 3 at the plate.
Howards Grove, coached by Kevin Reinemann and Paul Brinkman, made it to the Championship by defeating the Sheboygan Bandits (10-5) on Monday. Howards Grove players are: Drew Akright, Marcus Bohman, Ethan Brinkman, Jonah Gerber, Willy Goedeke, Hunter Hahn, Jordan Hansen, Bryce Hoffmann, Brad Olson, Dakota Rabe, Andrew Reinemann, Luke Stanczyk, Travis Stanczyk, Zach Stauss, and Alex Strege.
Plymouth Black, coached by Dennis Schweiger, Tom Tobin, and Tim Casper, defeated Port Washington (9-6) to earn their spot in the title game. Plymouth Black players are: Nick Casper, Zach Gambrell, Brady Grapentine, Cole Karczewski, Carter Krzyzaniak, Cole Meyer, Matt Olig, Jack Sacket, Drew Schweiger, Charlie Tobin, and Tyler Willeford. |
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