Thursday, June 30, 2011

Congrats to Southern's Class A Majors Baseball Champions!

An improbable tournament run that began with a heartbreaking loss and ended with an 8-1 Southern victory finished on Wednesday night at Southern's East Field.

Coach Matthew Sullivan's Majors team, coming off a 12-1 regular season, defeated Zeeland in a game filled with excitement and watched by hundreds. Two weeks ago, the team sponsored by Treadstone Mortgage lost a tough 3-1 decision at the hands of Byron Township. They then went on to win 7 games in 10 days to labor through the loser's bracket of the Class A District 9 Majors tournament.

Members of the team were:
Dane Addington
Brett Bauman
EJ Sullivan
DeShawn Dykhouse
James Murray
Rashon Adams
Emmett Warners
Teddy Russo
Jackson Reid
Matthew Winkle
Kyle Cornetet
Max Israels

The success for the Treadstone Crushers began on Monday, June 20 with a 7-3 win over Lowell, followed with a win over Grandville 4-0 on Wednesday, a 9-4 victory over Pinery Park on Thursday, and continued with a 6-3 decision over Western on Saturday. On Monday, the team faced the same Byron team that had beaten them earlier in the tournament and defeated them 4-3 thanks to a masterful pitching performance by Jackson Reid and Matthew Winkle and a 3-run first inning towering home run by Teddy Russo. Reid scored the game winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the fifth.

The next day Coach Sullivan's squad travelled to Zeeland to face the previously undefeated Zeeland team. The team never gave up hope when they were down 6-0 after 3 innings, rallying for two runs in the fourth and three in the fifth thanks to an Emmett Warners two-run home run. In the sixth, after Winkle had struck out the side in the top of the frame, EJ Sullivan singled to start the inning which brought up Warners again. On the 8th pitch of the at-bat, he homered again to right-center field and bedlam ensued.

On Wednesday in the championship game, Zeeland came to the friendly confines of Southern Little League and although the faces were friendly, the Southern bats did not greet them warmly. Russo went deep in the second inning, making the score 5-0. Zeeland's lone run came in the fifth on a leadoff homer. As the Zeeland player rounded first on his home run trot, Max Israels, Treadstone's second baseman, gave the player a high-five of congratulations, displaying true Little League sportsmanship.

EJ Sullivan was a beast on the mound throughout the game, keeping the hitters off balance all evening. Matthew "Papa Grande" Winkle came in to close the deal, securing the final four outs. Treadstone's final run came on a Kyle Cornetet double which plated Israels in the sixth to complete the scoring.

Immediately after the last out was made, about 50 of Southern's other players stormed the field to congratulate the winners. It was an awesome scene.

Congratulations to Coach Sullivan and the Treadstone Mortgage Crushers for a great tournament run and for a District 9 Class A Majors Championship.

Coaches: Equipment Return Dates

Equipment return dates are July 12 and July 14 at 7:00pm for all leagues at Southern's equipment shed. All coaches need to return jerseys and equipment bags. 78ers players keep their shirts.

If you are not able to make it, please find a parent or assistant coach to turn in the equipment on one of the above dates on your behalf.

Questions? Contact Steve Bender at launchllc@gmail.com.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Southern's Baseball Majors A Team Plays for Championship Wednesday Night

On wednesday night at Southern's East Field at 6:00pm, Southern's Class A Majors Baseball team takes on Zeeland for the District 9 championship. Come on out and cheer on your home team!

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Big League Matchup Tonight

Southern's two Big League Baseball teams (Lamange vs. Berrios) play each other tonight at 5:00pm in a double header. Grills will be fired up so come out and enjoy some baseball tonight at Southern.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Congratulations 2011 Juniors Baseball West All-Stars

Manager: Mike Horjus
Coach: Steve Salasky
Coach: Dan Vaughn
Mason Banbury
Jack Bates
Zac Correll
Alec Hollen
Casey Horjus
Sam Jansen
Miles Kuperus
Carter Masek
Matt Reglin
Noah Salasky
Sam Vaughn
Ben Wollet
AJ Zawacki

Congratulations 2011 Juniors Baseball East All-Stars

Manager: Zach Lewis
Coach: Victor Jimenez
Coach: Jeremy Hankiewicz
Scot Boeve
Jared Bulthuis
Brendan Bowman
Sean Campbell
Drew Hankiewicz
Bryce Henkey
Rylan Jaglowski
Hunter Karczewski
Spencer Near
Skyler Pruis
Jacob Rabideau
Kyle Vulpetti
Jon Winkle

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Seniors Baseball Rain-outs Rescheduled

Three recently rained out games in Seniors Baseball have been rescheduled as follows:
  • The Lewis vs Norton-Campbell game from Mon-20-Jun has been rescheduled for Tue-28-Jun at 7:45pm.
  • The Lewis vs Vulpetti game from Wed-22-Jun has been rescheduled for Fri-24-Jun at 5:30pm.
  • The Huizenga vs Norton-Campbell game from Wed-22-Jun has been rescheduled for Fri-24-Jun at 7:45pm.
The online schedule has been updated.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Seniors Baseball at Southern Canceled Tonight

Seniors baseball at Southern is canceled tonight due to poor field conditions. This ONLY affects the Henwood (Juniors and Seniors Baseball) field at Southern. All other team tournament games are ON as scheduled.

Team Tournament Rain-outs Rescheduled

All of the district team tournament games that were rained out last night have been rescheduled for Thursday night. The schedules are updated on the District 9 website.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Team Tournament Seedings for Majors Baseball

For those of you following the Majors Baseball team tournaments, here's a list of which pool each team was assigned:

A: Sullivan
B: Rohen
C: Combs (Southern #1)
C: Henkey (Southern #2)
D: Grunewald
E: Goulet (Southern #1)
E: Southwell (Southern #2)
F: Lundeen
G: Sayfie
H: Uglietta
I: Markham (Southern #1)
I: Vulpetti (Southern #2)

Good luck Southern Majors Baseball teams!

GR Christian Takes Second in State

Congrats to the Grand Rapids Christian HS  baseball team on their runner up finish in the state final game.  Southern was well represented as 8 players were in uniform for the final game.  Taylor Pruis had 2 of the 3 hits for the Eagles and Travis Kraai pitched 3 shutout innings.  Other players  included Brandon Pott,  David Pluymert,  David Warners,  Joel Schipper,  Brent Primus, and  Jake Maurer.  Congrats on a great year and a school record 30 wins.  Southern is very proud of you guys!!!  

Schedule Change in Seniors Baseball

Because of a mix-up with the Big League Baseball scheduling, the Mon-20-Jun Seniors Baseball game between Norton/Campbell and Lewis has been postponed until a later date. We'll make another announcement once the date has been set.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Congratulations GR Christian Eagles!

The Grand Rapids Christian boys baseball team defeated Mt. Pleasant today by a score of 1-0 in the state semifinals. Southern's own David Pluymert knocked in the only run of the game. The Eagles advance to tomorrow night's state championship game in Battle Creek against St. Clair.

Tournaments

The District 9 Little League website provides the tournament brackets, results and directions to each of the fields around the district. Coaches will contact players to let them know which bracket each team is in.

We do not make weather decisions for District 9 tournament games, nor do we post weather-related announcements about District 9 tournament games on our website.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Schedule Change in Seniors Baseball

The Wed-15-Jun game between Vulpetti and Lewis has been rescheduled for Sat-18-Jun. The game will be played as the back half of a Vulpetti vs Lewis doubleheader. The game will begin immediately after the regularly scheduled 2:00pm Vulpetti vs Lewis game.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

2011 Big League Baseball Rosters

These are the team rosters for the Big League Baseball. If you see any misspellings or other discrepancies, please email the webmaster. Click here to open this document on its own for downloading or printing.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Congratulations 2011 Majors Baseball West All-Stars

Manager: Mark Warners
Coach: Ethan Rohen
Tommy Alkema
Harrison Rohen
Johnny Southwell
Easton Shultz
Mark Primus
Ben Burrows
Parker Caul
Michael Uglietta
Emmett Warners
Brennan Burke
Reid Grunewald
Will Berglund
Jackson Reid

Congratulations 2011 Majors Baseball East All-Stars

Manager: Matt Sullivan
Coach: John Combs
Coach: Bernie Malewitz
Connor Goulet
Andrew Combs
Jack Combs
Mike Malewitz
Jack Liszewski
Will Kortz
Jacob Elzinga
Elliot Jung
EJ Sullivan
Teddy Russo
Joel Huffman
Jack Tietema
Kevin Vulpetti

Congratulations 2011 9/10 West Baseball All-Stars

Manager: Tim Sullivan
Coach: Jamie Billo
Henry Vanderzyden
Peter Kratt
Jack Billo
Jack Ward
Ben Biermacher
Aidan O’Connor
Aidan Jennings
Nolan Gardner
Jash Jacobsen
Ryan Sullivan
Josh Weiss
Tommy Pohlman
Hayden Taylor

Congratulations 2011 9/10 East Baseball All-Stars

Manager: John McCulloch
Coach: Jim Passinault
Nicholas Lambert
Luke Passinault
Reily O’Connor
Mark Boeve
Levi Slagter
Joe Collins
Brendan Leonard
Sam Farrington
Andrew McCulloch
Will Marsh
Billy Bernecker
Luke Elzinga
Josh Verstraete

Congratulations 2011 11-year-old Baseball All-Stars

Manager: Rob Henkey
Coach: Jeff Hoppman
Coach: Dave Kortz
Marty Ward
Ca'nas Coleman
Max Vicari
Max Lundeen
Matt Henkey
Jake Hoppman
Dane Addington
Peter Burns
Ben Forstner
Henry Breems
Noah Groen
Elliot Bergsma
Colin Beggs

Friday, June 10, 2011

Correction: Schedule Change in 78ers Baseball

(Sorry for the inconvenience. The previous announcement was incorrect.)
On Sat-11-Jun, two teams have traded game times and opponents:
  • Hicks will now play at 3:00pm vs Scofield.
  • Kuzner will now play at 9:00am vs Masek.
  • For Scofield and Masek, only the opponent changes, not the time.
The online schedule has been updated.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Rescheduled Game in Seniors Baseball

The previously postponed game in Seniors Baseball has been rescheduled:
  • Vulpetti vs Lewis will now be played on Sat-18-Jun at 2:00pm.
The online schedule has been updated.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Monday, June 6, 2011

Game Postponed in Seniors Baseball

Tonight's scheduled game between Vulpetti and Lewis in Seniors Baseball has been postponed until a future date. We will make another announcement once the new date is determined. The online schedule has been updated.

As a rule, whenever we make a change or correction to a schedule, we always announce it to all our email subscribers. That means some of you might receive schedule change announcements for leagues not of interest to you. But hopefully you can understand the importance of notifying players, families, umpires and volunteers about schedule changes.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

15th Annual Family Day

Saturday, June 4, is Family Day. Thirty ball games and lots of other activities will be going on all day long, so bring the whole family.

Volunteers:
  • We still need lots of volunteers of all kinds at various times on Saturday.
  • Please sign up at the concession stand or contact Amy at volunteer@southernll.org.
Enjoy our expanded menu:
  • Mom's marinated steak-on-a-stick
  • Pulled pork sandwiches
  • Hamburgers, jumbo hot dogs and Johnsonville stadium brats
  • Meal deals
  • Famous sauteed onions and all your favorite condiments
  • Corn-on-the-cob
Activities for the kids: free!
  • Water Run - a bouncy runway that leads to a shallow pool at the end
  • Bounce Land - a place for kids to bounce around
Raffle:
  • Reminder: Please sell your raffle tickets and turn in the money and stubs before the deadline at noon on Saturday. Look for the raffle table near the concession stand.
  • The big raffle drawing will take place at 7:00pm.
All-Star Games:
  • Plan on staying for the Minor and Major Baseball All-Star Games at 7:30pm.
We're all hoping for good weather! We'll see everyone out at Southern on Saturday!

Friday, June 3, 2011

Congratulations Majors Baseball Family Day All-Stars

Congratulations to the following majors baseball players who were chosen by their teammates to play in the all-star game on Family Day. The game will take place on Sat-4-Jun at 7:30pm on the East field.

American LeagueNational League
Southwell (Thousand Oaks):
   Johnny Southwell
   Josh Rabideau
   Charlie Bogo
Grunewald (3form):
   Brennan Burke
   Reid Grunewald
   Ca'nas Coleman
Combs (Lighthouse Insurance Group):
   Andrew Combs
   Jack Combs
   Tommy Alkema
Sayfie (Shoe Carnival):
   Caleb Corell
   Ben Kole
   Alec Malaszenko
Rohen (Great Lakes Shipping):
   Jack Liszewski
   Harrison Rohen
   Mike Malewitz
Lundeen (Law Weathers):
   Jacob Elzinga
   Elliot Jung
   Jack Foy
Henkey (Metal Tech Buildings):
   Mark Primus
   Will Kortz
   Easton Schultz
Markham (Quaker Steak & Lube):
   Brady Oosse
   Elliot Bergsma
   Matt Blewett
Uglietta (Thirsty Knights):
   Ben Burrows
   Michael Uglietta
   Parker Caul
Goulet (Blue Sphere):
   Connor Goulet
   Ben Loos
   Marty Ward
Vulpetti (Miller-Johnson):
   Ian Ogdahl
   Max Vicari
   Jon Oostindie
Sullivan (Treadstone Mortgage):
   Emmett Warners
   EJ Sullivan
   Teddy Russo
If you see any spelling errors, please email the webmaster.

Congratulations Minors Baseball Family Day All-Stars

Congratulations to the following minors baseball players who were chosen by their teammates to play in the all-star game on Family Day. The game will take place on Sat-4-Jun at 7:30pm on the West field.

American LeagueNational League
McCulloch Phillies:
   Peter Kratt
   Nicholas Lambert
Weiss Nationals:
   Levi Slagter
   John Shelton
Billo Red Sox:
   Jack Billo
   Griffin Caul
Potteiger Braves:
   Aidan Jennings
   Joe Collins
Boender Rays:
   Carson Warners
   Lee DeHaan
Abdalla Dodgers:
   Nolan Gardner
   Ryan Smith
Sullivan Yankees:
   Jack Ward
   Ben Biermacher
Hebert Cardinals:
   Brendan Leonard
   Louis Ortiz
Passinault Indians:
   Luke Passinault
   Daniel Southerington
Gelderloos White Sox:
   Sam Farrington
   Louis Breems
O'Connor A's:
   Aidan O'Connor
   Reily O'Connor
Grabowski Angels:
   Brendan Severson
   Zachary Grabowski
Berglund Marlins:
   Jonah Witte
   Nils Berglund
Jacobsen Twins:
   Josh Jacobsen
   Henry Vanderzyden
Murray Cubs:
   Mark Boeve
   Jake Myers
Tepper Tigers:
   Keegan Sullivan
   Joey Hildebrand
If you see any spelling errors, please email the webmaster.