On To the U.P.! Southern Seniors Win Sectional!

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The Southern Senior League All-Stars swept District 12 Champion Muskegon Reeths-Puffer on Saturday to advance to the Regionals in Gladstone, Michigan (in the U.P.). They won the opening game 10-1, and prevailed in the second game, 15-9.
The All-Stars are:

Brandon Cusey       Miles Dankovich
Ben Cok             John Gavin
Colton Lentz        Andy Malnor
Alex Luke           Trevor Mason
John Sasek          Kyle Schepel
Louis Soltysiak     Alec Trierweiler

Coaches are Daryl Mason and Brad Lentz. Head Coach is Daryl Trierweiler. Congratulations, Seniors!!

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Senior All-Stars Win District 9 Championship!

The Southern Little League Senior All-Star team, coached by Daryl Trierweiler, defeated a fine Western team to win the District 9 title at Georgetown. The final score was 7-6 in extra innings. John Gavin pitched a complete game for Southern - Ben Kok and Kyle Schepel launched home runs, and Louis Soltysiak singled in the winning run in the bottom of the 8th inning. Congratulations, Southern Senior All-Stars!

Big League Regional Tournament

The Big League Regional Tournament is set to begin Friday, July 21, at Pinery Park. Southern Little League is well represented. Here's the roster:

Matt Schepel        Matt Malewitz       Jason Kole
Mark Sabota         Dan Norton          Eric Soukup
Rob Kool            Luke Glendenning    Joey Nowak
Dan Jennings        Eric Milanowski     Pete Zessin
Zach Lewis          Billy Kosters       Steve Mason

And here's the schedule:
Fri. Dist. 9 Host vs. Indiana at Pinery 8:00P.M.
Sat. Dist. 9 Host vs. Missouri at Pinery 4:00P.M.
Sun. Dist. 9 Host vs. Ohio at Pinery 8:00P.M.
The final 4 is Monday at 4:00 and 8:00 with the finals on Tues. at 8:00P.M. at Pinery. For a complete schedule District 9 website here.

The teams participating are:
Dist. 9 Host
Nebraska
Ohio
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan State Champ
Kentucky
Indiana

Come Watch Your All-Stars!

Come Watch Your All-Stars!
Sunday, July 16th, at 1:00pm you can come out to Southern and cheer on your all-stars.
Southern's west team in the Major division will go up against Zeeland to try and capture Southern's first Majors district championship in 18 years!
At the same time Southern's Minor and Junior division all-stars will be playing tournament games at Southern.
We will be grilling food, so it's a great chance to bring the whole family and cheer on your Southern all-stars!

11-Year-Old All-Star Photo

This is the 11-Year-Old All-Star team coached by Jim Schipper. Click on the photo to be taken to our Shutterfly site, where you can see the full size image and order prints, etc.

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Junior All-Stars - West Team

Here is the all-star roster for Southern's West Team:

• Graham Lavoie
• James McKiever
• Kyle Wollet
• Zack Schwenneker
• Josh Laarman
• Tomas Gonzales
• Brett Schepel
• J. Ludlow
• Andrew Mooney
• Jon VanderLaan
• Jake Buffinga
• Christian Hines

You can follow their progress in the district tournament here.

Photos from Paul VanderLei

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You can see more photos and find out how to submit your own photos here.

Photos from Paul Soltysiak

Click on the photo to be taken to our Shutterfly site, where you can see all six images in this album and order prints, etc.

You can see more photos and find out how to submit your own photos here.

Junior All-Stars - East Team

Here is the all-star roster for Southern's East Team:

• Kai Koopman
• Tyler Lewis
• Chase Marshall
• Jonathan Grit
• Steve Barbour
• Ryan Elble
• Grant Page
• Connor Foy
• Issac Berkowitz
• Joe Mead
• Sam Nystrom
• Trevor Krause

You can follow their progress in the district tournament here.

Big League Photo

Here is a photo of the two big league southern teams that played in the finals of the wooden bat tournament. Each were undefeated going into the finals. The younger team came out ahead 3-2 in a great game by both teams. Click on the photo to be taken to our Shutterfly site, where you can see the full size image and order prints, etc.

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Southern Teams Wins Two Junior Tournaments

On Friday, June 30, Southern won two Junior tournaments, in Class C and Class E. In Class C, the team coached by Dave Veen won in dramatic fashion. Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning, the first two batters of the inning were retired. The next batter, Jonathan Grit singled, followed by a single by David Veen. Kyle Wollet was then hit by a pitch to load the bases with two outs. On a 2-2 pitch, Joe Mead drove the ball over the centerfielder's head to score all three baserunners on a close play at the plate. What a finish!!

If you have any other dramatic stories of Southern teams' performances in tournaments, send them to the webmaster.