Good Luck District 9 Big League Team!

District 9 is heading to World Series play for the first time since 2004, beginning Saturday in Easley, SC. After a victory in the regional tournament, the District 9 Big League team, comprised of kids from East, GR Christian, Calvin Christian, Union and Kenowa Hills High Schools, will head down on Thursday to attempt to bring home a World Series Championship!

Thanks to Marcia Lewis for sending along this photo.

Southern Senior All-Stars Bow Out in Finals

The 2007 Southern Senior League All-Stars bowed out in the District Finals, losing to a fine Pinery Park team. Southern was one of the last two teams standing in the 15 team District Tournament - with wins against Western (twice), Grandville, West Ottawa and Northeastern. Congratulations to the players and coaches for a strong showing:

Tyler Lewis, Andy Malnor, Alan Snyder, Alec Trierweiler, Chris Blair, Alex Luke, Brandon Cusey, John Szivan, Miles Dankovich, Drew Vos, Louis Soltysiak, Ben Cok, and Trevor Mason. (chosen, but unable to participate - Dan Vicari). Head Coach Steve Lewis, Assistants Daryl Trierweiler and Darrell Mason.








Thanks again to Paul Soltysiak for the coverage and for the great photos.

Good Luck Seniors!

The Senior All-Stars are 2-0 so far in the tournament, with mercy wins over Western and Grandville. You can follow along on their tournament bracket here. Thanks to Paul Soltisiak for the great photos.

Congratulations Boys Junior Class A Tournament Champs!

The Southern Junior team, sponsored by Holwerda-Snoap Sporting Goods, went undefeated winning all five of their games in the Class A team tournament. This team battled together every game and hung on in the championship game to a very exciting one-run victory.

Congratulations to these fine young players:
TAYLOR PRUIS, ZACK MALEWITZ, TRAVIS KRAAI, DEREK ANTHES , NICK MULHALL, DUTCHER SNEDEKER, RYAN ELBLE, MIKE OSHINSKI, SAM WOLLET, JOHN ELENBAAS, BRANDON POTT, ALEC GREEN

Congrats and thanks to our coaches:
STEVE KRAAI, JEFF ELBLE, BERNIE MALEWITZ(pt)

Great job guys!!!

Congratulations Girls Junior Softball Champs!

The Southern Junior Girls Softball team, coached by Steve Parks, won the Class C tournament June 27th. It was a close game but the girls held on to win 13-12. They were 8-4 during the regular season against tough competition from three Pinery Park teams. The girls played great all season and to finish it off with a championship is awesome!!

Majors All-Star Teams

11 & 12 Year-Old East Major All-Stars

Brian Cain, Jake Lewis, Elliot Zimmerman, Jackson Overlund, Max Cothern, Kyle Tietema, Will Barkley, Stephan Gillespie, Connor Genther, John Bouman, Brad Campbell, Matt Hooper

11 & 12 Year-Old West Major All-Stars

Jeff Smith, Michael Priest, Nathan Markum, Josiah Buffinga, Adam Warners, Joel Schipper, Kevin Cross, Brandon Belke, Taylor Martin, Jack Meilner, Patrick Cvengros, Lawrence Houston, Nate Hollern, Jacob Mauer

10 & 11 Year-Old All-Stars

Ben Wollett, Champ McCahill, Grant Knibe, Tristan Thornton, Sam Vaughn, Tommy Doles, Austin Batka, Aaron Jaeger, Drew Danhoff, Austin Huizenga, Alex Hicks, Sam Kuiper, Noah Sullivan

Good luck to all Southern Teams as the District 9 all-star tournaments start this week. You can follow along on the District 9 website here.