Big-League All-Stars Now 2-1 Play Tonight

The District 9 Big League baseball team returns to action tonight (Thursday) at 7:30pm against the South team from Greenville, SC. After suffering a tough loss against the West on field 3 which is only 300 feet all around, (D-9 and the Southwest were the only two U.S. teams to play 2 games on this field) District 9 has no way of advancing to the finals round, even though they could be 3 and 1. With this scenario already determined it has not lowered the spirits of the D-9 team, as they will decide who gets in the U.S. final with tonight's game. The game will be broadcast live on the radio and you can access the link by going to bigleagueworldseries.org.
Interesting note: Total runs scored per game on field 1 (Stadium) 7.3. Total runs scored per game on field 3 - 18.0. Tiebreaker: total runs allowed divided by innings played.

District 9 Big Leaguers Move to 2-0

District 9 Big Leaguers are now 2-0 with an impressive win over the East representative New Jersey. Kyle Schepel (GR Christian) was the starting hurler for D-9. He threw six innings allowing one unearned run in the first inning. Schepel struck out twelve in the impressive outing. Alex Beelen(Holland Christian) got the save when D-9 doubled off a runner on first with a 6-4-3 double play. JD Corey (West Catholic) and Tommy Okke (Union and GRCC) both homered in the game. JD Corey now has eight RBI's in the two games. Mike Slagter also doubled to knock in a run and then went on to score. It was a cool 101 degrees at game time, however a cold front is coming through and it should be around 96 at game time today.

District 9 continues action today at 4:00pm versus the West team from Anaheim, CA. Stay tuned to bigleagueworldseries.org for all of the action. Today's game is scheduled to be broadcast live on the bigleagueworldseries.org website.

Big Leaguers Win First World Series Game

District 9 Big League Baseball played it's first game Saturday against the Southwest(Louisiana) and won 12 to 7. Cody Westerhuis was the starting pitcher followed by 4 more pitchers with Tommy Okke getting the save in the 7th with a 1,2,3 inning. Back to back home runs in the 6th inning proved to be the final blow to a Louisiana team that had several very good hitters and would not throw in the towel. JD Corey led the inning off with a solo blast to make it 11 to 7, and with a new pitcher in for the Southwest, Kyle Schepel followed with another solo blast. Tommorrow is a day off for District 9, with the next game set for 4:00pm Monday against the East from New Jersey. Stay tuned to bigleagueworldseries.org for all of the action.

Congratulations Big League All-Stars!

With an impressive 11-0 win on Monday night, the District 9 Big League all-star team advances to the Big League World Series for the third time in the last five years. The team is currently in Easley, SC, set to open play at 1:00pm on Saturday. If you'd like to listen to the game or follow the scores, go to bigleagueworldseries.org.

Good luck, all-stars!

Fall Baseball is Coming Soon

We are planning another season of Fall Baseball. You can expect another announcement the week of August 4 with more details. We'll have on-line sign-up as well as a couple of in-person sign-up sessions. Stay tuned for more details.

Big League All-Stars Play Tonight for Championship

The District 9 Big League All-Stars with five players from Southern will be playing for the championship tonight at 8:00pm at Pinery Park for the chance to go to the World Series in Easley, South Carolina. The World Series will be played against five other US teams and six other Countries.

The five players from Southern are:

• Alex Luke
• Chris Blair
• Tyler Berger
• Kyle Schepel
• Ben Cok

Please come out and support our local team tonight at Pinery Park.

Congratulations Seniors Softball All-Star Team

Congratulations to Southern's Senior All-Star Softball team finished runner-up in the District 9 championship losing 8-3 to Pinery Park in the finals.

Seniors Baseball District Team Tournament Assignments

Our teams have been assigned to the following tournament brackets:

Seniors Baseball (begins July 7)
A-1 - Schwenneker
A-2 - Huizenga
B - Banasczak
C - Nystrom
D - Snyder

You can track Southern's teams in the district brackets on the District 9 website here.

Congratulations Seniors Softball All-Stars

Seniors Softball All-Stars
Bethany Bates (GRCHS), Mallory Brouwer (GRCHS), Caitlin Carmody (FHC), Merin Cok (GRCHS), Hannah Cooper (GRCHS), Kellen Dewey (FHE), Brooke Hanson (FHC), Libby Mason (EGR), Brenna Parks (FHC), Kaylie Petrolje (GRCHS), Ashley Riemersma (GRCHS), Kristen Start (GRCHS), Aubrey Thompson (GRCHS), Kristi Zietse (GRCHS)

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Congratulations Seniors Baseball All-Stars

Seniors Baseball All-Stars
Trevor Krause, Ryan Elble, Tyler Lewis, Zach Schwenneker, Jay Ludlow, Jimmy McKeiver, Alex Huizenga, Brett Schepel, Sammy Nystrom, Murphy Ainsworth, Kyle Wollet, Josh Laarman, Jonathon Grit, Mitch Otte

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Congratulations All-Stars!

Junior Baseball East All-Stars
Joe Malewitz, Kevin Vicari, David Tuuk, MJ Oshinski, Zach Malewitz, Travis Kraai, Brandon Pott, Taylor Pruis, Nick Wojcynski, Derek Anthes, David Pluymert, Kyle Tietema

Junior Baseball West All-Stars
Brent Primus, Will Zawacki, John Nowak, Jacob Lewis, David Warners, Peter Buth, Alec Rossi, Wes Vaughn, James Karsten, Cohen Mead, Sam Eldersveld, Cory Ditmar, Joe Buth

Major Baseball East All-Stars
Brian Cain, Bradley Campbell, Ian Crowley, Dan Lubben, Brock Pogodzinski, Mitchell Sayfie, Christian Tepper, Ben VanScoyk, Kyle Vulpetti, Ryan Brown, Peter Stewart, Steven Gillespie

Major Baseball West All-Stars
Austin Batka, Tommy Doles, John (Patrick) Cvengros, Alex Hicks, Nathan Hollern, Austin Huizenga, Grant Knibbe, Sam Kuiper, Eric Monsma, Bower Snedeker, Sam Vaughn, Adam Warners, AJ Zawacki

10/11 Baseball All-Stars
Jack Bates, William Rea, Sean Campbell, Ben Brower, Zach Correl, Casey Horjus, Schuyler Pruis, Aaron Apol, Mike Clifford, Scott Boeve, Mason Banbury, Miles Kuperus, Matt Baas

Senior Baseball and Senior Softball will both have all-star teams to announce next week.

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Congratulations Juniors Baseball Team Tournament Champions!

Several of Southern's Junior Baseball teams won their district team tournaments!

• Coach Kraii's team was the Class B champion
• Coach Tuuk's team was the Class D champion
• Coach Martin's team was the Class E champion

Congratulations!

Congratulations Team Tournament Champions and Runners-Up!

Congratulations to those Southern teams who won or placed second in their district team tournaments:

Major Softball

• Coach Hoezee's team was the runner-up

Major Baseball

• Coach Horjus' team was the Class F champion
• Coach Danhof's team was the Class G champion
• Coach Rossi's team was the Class I runner-up
• Coach Casey's team was the Class J runner-up

Minors Baseball All-Star Team

Congratulations to the players who made the Southern Minor League Baseball All-Star Teams:

West Team:
James Haverkamp
Sam McCulloch
Sammy Kaser
Harrison Rohen
Brennan Burke
Emmett Warners
Mark Primus
Ben Burrows
Alex Jennings
Quinton O'Connor
Tristan Ogdahl
Jack VanGessel
Jacob Witte

East Team:
Bryce Henkey
Jaret Allen
Ted Russo
Jonathan Winkle
Sam Ward
Will Kortz
Vince Tierney
EJ Sullivan
Brendan Oosse
Sean Leonard
Patrick Korte
Josh Rabideau
Rowan Corcoran
Parker Wood

You can track our teams on the District 9 Tournament website here. It may take them a few days before they post the tournament bracket.

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Still Time to Sign Up for Baseball Camp!

Baseball Camp starts on Monday, June 23. There is still time to sign up in person on Monday morning at Southern. You can get all the details here.

Summer Baseball Camp

Sponsored by: Southern Little League and Morgan’s Hitting Club
Location: Southern Little League
Dates: June 23-27
Time: 9:00am – 2:30pm
Cost: $185.00

• Former professional baseball player and the area’s #1 hitting coach, Curtis Morgan
• Former Major League pitcher, Steve Wojciechowski
  
• Other college and professional baseball players and coaches
• Lunch provided daily
• Ages 6-14 welcome
• Emphasizing fundamental hitting improvement and general game situation knowledge
• Fun, games, Home Run Derby and other enjoyable activities
• Limited to the first 100 sign-ups to ensure quality instruction
• Also open to girls softball players. Curtis Morgan has helped place 26 girls into NCAA Division 1 softball programs!
  

Contact Mike Schwenneker to with any questions:

• 633-5576
• mikeschwenneker@comcast.net

There are three ways to sign up:

• (there is a $10 convenience fee)
  
• Or print this form, fill it out and mail it with your check to the address on the form
• Or come in person to the first day of camp with your check
  

District Team Tournament Assignments

Our teams have been assigned to the following tournament brackets:

Majors Baseball (begins June 14)
A - Cain
B - Hollern
C - Vaughn
D - VanScoyk
E - Lubben
F - Horjus
G - Danhof
H - Tolonen
I-1 - Weiss
I-2 - Rossi
J-1 - Casey
J-2 - Mudde

Juniors Baseball (begins June 21)
A - Primus
B - Kraai
C - Lewis
D - Tuuk
E - Martin
F-1 - Malewitz
F-2 - Buffinga

Majors Softball (begins June 18)
F - Hoezee

Juniors Softball (start date TBD)
B - Zietse

We'll make a separate posting for the seniors baseball once we have that information.

You can track Southern's teams in the district brackets on the District 9 website here.

Raffle Wrap-Up

From our raffle coordinator, John Belanger:

On behalf of the staff of Southern Little League, I want to thank you each of you who supported our raffle this season.

The winners were announced during Family Fun Day:

• Laneuville Jung - Grand Prize Winner
• Patty Malewitz - Second Prize Winner
• Dan Ellison - Third Prize Winner

The top selling teams in each league win a pizza party:

• 78er's - Craig Boeve's Cubs
• Minors - Eric O'Conner's Marlins
• Majors - Al Rossi's Fighting Blimpies
• Juniors - Dave Tuuk's team
  

Contact me for details.

I encourage all of you to submit feedback to me on the Raffle. All comments welcome. Southern Little League needs the raffle to succeed EVERY year as part of our overall fund raising activities, so your opinion really does matter.

A special thank you to all the people who helped me out this year. I could not have done it without you.

John Belanger

520-3231

john.belanger@att.net

Former MLB Pitcher to Coach at Baseball Camp!

We're happy to announce that former Major League pitcher Steve Wojciechowski will be coaching at our baseball camp later this month! Steve pitched for three seasons with the Oakland A's. Steve will be giving special instruction to pitchers who attend the camp.

You can read all the details including how to sign up here.

Don't Forget to Pick Up Your Pictures!

The photographer has asked us to remind everyone to pick up their photos at the concession stand. The following people have photos waiting for them there:

Team: Cubs -- Scott Boeve

• Luke Diehm
• Sam Farrington
• Micah Hoekstra
• Chris Owens
• Matthew McMahon
• Christopher Steers
• Hayden Fuger

Team: Red Sox -- Boender

• Matthew Thompson
• Joshua Verstraete
• Luke Walsh

Team: Brewers -- Otte/VanGessel

• John Barcheski
• Ezekiel Ramos
• Xavier Ramos
• Ted Duele

Team: East Hills -- Buffinga

• Jacob Marco
• Nathan Markham
• Miles Roberts
• Connor Colburn
• Stephen Mendez

Team: Buckeyes -- Schipper

• Justine Distel
• Carly Romanowski
• Aubrey Cok
• Jill Woodhouse
• Claire Brouwer
• Sami Vanttoven

Team: Reds -- Tolonen

• Ben Brouwer
• Jake Gunnoe
• Joseph Hall
• Austin Batka
• Antonio Darin
• Trevor Poe

Team: McKendry -- Danhof

• Joe Bell
• Joey Ellis
• Thomas Rietema
• Jack Smith
• PJ Tuitel
• Manuel Morales
• Drew Danhof
• Greyson Schultz
• Zack Vernum

Team: Cardinals -- Michael Bender

Team: LA Dodgers -- McBride

• Jacob Davis
• Samuel Ferrick
• Trey McBride
• Brandon Turcotte
• Malik Cochrane

Team: NY Mets -- Embrey

• Colin Beggs
• Tim Brom
• Lauren Conger
• Aaron Embrey
• Noah Groen
• Nicholas Mull
• James Klein
• Brendan Leonard
• Jackson Maitner
• Drew Mollan
• Jack Smith
• Logan Jaglowski