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The 16U Brownlee Lookouts team is nearing it's final roster for next years 2009 season. Positions are still available for ELITE Pitchers with Top Flight Arms. For those pitchers wishing to show case their talent with other area top talented players, please contact Coach Paul Brownlee at 330-807-2889 or pbrownlee@brownlees.com to set up a private workout.

BROWNLEE LOOKOUT PROGRAM AWARDED GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP TROPHY FOR THEIR FINE PLAY AND SPORTSMANSHIP

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA) AS THE RESULT OF AN 8-2 TOURNAMENT TEAM RECORD AND SOME OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES ON THE FIELD, 4 BROWNLEE LOOKOUTS WERE HONORED AS NATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT SELECTIONS IN THE VERY PRESTIGIOUS 15U AAU NATIONAL BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AT DISNEY'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS.

LHP MATT GEBACZ ( ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) WAS DAZZLING TO OPPOSING HITTERS, COACHES, AND UMPIRES. "I RECEIVED MANY COMMENTS FROM VARIOUS OBSERVERS ABOUT MATT'S PITCH LOCATION AND COMMAND.....MATT WAS TRULY OUTSTANDING, WE COULD NOT HAVE ADVANCED AS FAR AS WE DID AS A TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT WITHOUT HIM", STATED COACH BROWNLEE OF GEBACZ. FOR THE TOURNAMENT, GEBACZ WENT 3-0 ( 2 WINS IN BACK TO BACK GAMES ON THE SAME DAY ) WITH 13IP, 9H, 2ER, AND14K.

BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) WAS SELECTED TO THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM BECAUSE OF HIS OUTSTANDING PITCHING AND HOT BAT! "BRYAN COULD NOT HAVE PICKED A BETTER VENUE TO RATCHET UP HIS GAME", STATED BROWNLEE OF PETERS GETTING HOT AT THE END OF THE SEASON. "BRYAN IS A POWERFUL YOUNG MAN, WORKS HARD, AND WILL JUST KEEP GETTING BETTER.....EASILY A BIG TIME COLLEGIATE PROSPECT AT THIS POINT", BEAMED BROWNLEE. ON THE MOUND, PETERS WENT 2-0, 12IP, 4ER, 10H, 6K...WITH HIS BAT, PETERS WAS 15-26, .576, 2B, 3B, 12RBI. EVERY SINGLE HIT BUT ONE WAS HIT RIGHT ON THE NOSE AND ON THE BIG PART OF THE FIELD.

KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) WAS SELECTED TO THE ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM BECAUSE OF HIS CLUTCH HITTING AND TEAM LEADERSHIP! "KAEL IS A COACHES DREAM", STATED BROWNLEE OF HIS ROCK BEHIND THE PLATE. "THIS KID IS A BASEBALL SPONGE AND AN ABSOLUTE TEAM LEADER. KAEL CAUGHT IN 7 OF THE GAMES DOWN HERE IN THIS HEAT AND I NEVER HEARD HIM COMPLAIN ONCE". CAMPBELL HAD 8 HITS IN THE TOURNAMENT (2)2B, (3)3B, 12RBI BUT 7 OF THE HITS DROVE IN BIG RUNS FOR THE LOOKOUTS.

THE LAST ALL-TOURNAMENT SELECTION FOR THE LOOKOUTS WENT TO SHANE WHEELAND (ALSO OF WADSWORTH)...AKA..."LITTLE SHEFF" COINED BROWNLEE BECAUSE OF HIS HOT BAT AND INSPIRATIONAL ATTITUDE. "THIS KID WAS A LATE SEASON PICK UP FOR OUR BALL CLUB AND I REALLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT....SHANE ALMOST SINGLE-HANDEDLY CHANGED THE CHEMISTRY OF MY TEAM AND TRIED TO MAKE EACH PLAYER BETTER", STATED BROWNLEE. "I CALL HIM LITTLE SHEFF BECAUSE HIS BAT SPEED AND COMMITMENT TO THE BALL REMIND ME OF DETROIT'S GARY SHEFFIELD, ADDED BROWNLEE. WHEELAND WAS AMAZING AT THE PLATE IN THIS TOURNAMENT AND IMPRESSED EVERYONE WHO SAW HIM SWING THE BAT, HITTING .609 ON 14-23, (4) 2B, (2)3B, 8RBI.

THE LOOKOUTS AS AN ORGANIZATION WERE HONORED WITH THE TOURNAMENT GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD, A GOAL THE TEAM WAS SHOOTING FOR PRIOR TO THE TOURNAMENT'S START. THIS IS ESPECIALLY AN HONORABLE AWARD COMING FROM THE AAU AND DISNEY, 2 PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL YOUTH ROLE MODELS.

5 GAMES IN 28 HOURS PROVE TO BE TOO MUCH FOR LOOKOUTS; 8-2 RECORD IN NATIONAL TOURNAMENT TRULY OUTSTANDING CONCLUSION TO SEASON!

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA-DISNEY'S FIELD #27) IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS A STORYBOOK ENDING TO A SOMETIMES FRUSTRATING SEASON, THE 15U BROWNLEE LOOKOUTS WIN 8 OF 10 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT GAMES, SEND 4 TEAMS HOME OUT OF THE LOSER'S BRACKET, AND FINISH AS NATIONAL RUNNER'S UP IN THE PRESTIGIOUS AAU NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN DISNEY'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS.

"EVERY SINGLE KID THAT SHOWED UP CAME TO PLAY IN THIS TOURNAMENT, EVERY SINGLE KID CONTRIBUTED, AND THE EMOTIONAL STRENGTH OF THESE BOYS WAS VERY FUN TO BE AROUND, STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "WE CAME DOWN HERE (TO DISNEY) WITHOUT THE ACE OF OUR STAFF (ZAC EDWARDS) AND PLAYED OUR BUTTS OFF....EVERY SINGLE KID PLAYED BETTER IN THIS 10 GAME STRETCH THAN THEY DID THE ENTIRE YEAR...WHAT A TESTIMONY TO OUR KIDS AND OUR PROGRAM....SHORT HANDED, TIRED, HUNGRY, AND WITH 95-100 DEGREE HEAT IN EVERY GAME, THE KIDS BATTLED TO THE VERY LAST OUT.....I AM SO PROUD OF THIS GROUP OF 13 PLAYERS", BEAMED BROWNLEE AFTER THE SEASON ENDING LOSS.

THE LOOKOUTS ACTUALLY HELD A 4-0 LEAD HEADING INTO THE THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND.

IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST, RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 2-4, .411, RBI(30) LED OFF THE GAME WITH A SHARP SINGLE TO CENTER. TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-3, .425, THEN LACED A SHARP SINGLE INTO LEFT. SHANE WHEELAND (WADSWORTH) 2-3, .556, RBI(9) DROVE IN WONDERS WITH A LINE DRIVE TO CENTER. KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) HAD AN RBI GROUNDER TO FIRST TO SCORE OLDHAM AND THE LOOKOUTS WERE UP 2-0.

IN THE SECOND FOR THE LOOKOUTS, TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-3, .366, 2B(13) HIT A DEEP DOUBLE TO LEFT AND SCORED ON AN RBI SINGLE BY JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) 1-3, .313, RBI(14). NOGALO THEN SCORED ON A DOUBLE STEAL LATER IN THE INNING, GIVING THE LOOKOUTS THAT 4-0 LEAD.

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 2ND INNING, 2 HITS, 3 WALKS, A HIT BATTER, AND A HUGE DROPPED INFIELD POP UP AND THE BLUE JAYS QUICKLY TIED THE GAME UP 4-4 AND GAVE THE CONNECTICUT PLAYERS NEW LIFE. NONE OF THE 4 RUNS SCORED IN THE INNING WERE DRIVEN IN BY A HIT.

THE LOOKOUTS ANSWERED RIGHT BACK IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 3RD ON A ONE OUT DOUBLE OFF THE BAT OF WHEELAND AND AN RBI SINGLE TO RIGHT CENTER BY BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 2-3, .400, RBI (36).

THE BLUE JAYS TIED IT 5-5 IN THE 4TH AND SCORED 2 MORE UNEARNED RUNS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6TH ON A DROPPED FLY BALL IN THE OUTFIELD. THE LOOKOUTS COULD NOT DELIVER IN THE 7TH AND THE GAME AND SEASON WERE OVER.

IN THE END, THE LOOKOUTS HAD TO USE 5 DIFFERENT PITCHERS IN THE FINAL GAME BECAUSE THERE WAS "NO GAS LEFT IN THE TANK" AND THE BLUE JAYS (PLAYING 2 LESS GAMES) HAD THE MUCH FRESHER AND MORE POWERFUL ARMS.

WITH THE LOSS, THE LOOKOUTS FALL TO 30-16, 9-7 BUT WIN 9 OF THEIR LAST 11 GAMES. THE CONCLUSION TO THE SEASON IS ONE I WILL NEVER FORGET. IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE PLAYED BASEBALL WITH THIS GROUP OF YOUNG MEN.

MCGLONE, OLDHAM, WHEELAND AND LUNDY PROVIDE BIG HITS!

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA-DISNEY FIELD #27) THE BROWNLEE BASEBALL ACADEMY CAN FLY ITS FLAG VERY HIGH ON THIS DAY AS THE LOOKOUTS RAN ROUGHSHOD ALL OVER THE LOSER'S BRACKET (SENDING 4 STRAIGHT TEAMS HOME) AND SECURED A CHANCE TO PLAY FOR THE 2008 15U AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BY DEFEATING THE NEW ENGLAND DIAMOND DAWGS 11-5.

6'3" RHP BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 6 1/3 IP, 6H, 3ER, 1K PITCHED ON 2 DAYS REST AND THREW 114 PITCHES. "BRYAN WAS RELENTLESS, HE WOULD NOT LET HIS TEAM LOSE", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "BRYAN KEPT US IN THERE HEADING INTO THE 7TH WITH A 5-2 LEAD AND THEN WE ERUPTED FOR 6 RUNS IN THE 7TH....WITHOUT THOSE RUNS, BRYAN WOULD NOT HAVE LET ME TAKE HIM OUT OF THE GAME", ADDED BROWNLEE.

TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) RECORDED THE LAST 2 OUTS AFTER PETERS RAN OUT OF GAS. PETERS GOT A STANDING OVATION LEAVING THE MOUND BY THE RECORD CROWD.

OFFENSIVELY, IT WAS JOE MCGLONE'S DAY (TRINITY) 4-4, .319, RBI(14). ALL 4 OF JOE'S HITS WERE LINE DRIVES TO THE OUTFIELD.

ALSO COLLECTING MULTI-HIT GAMES WERE TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 3-3, (HIS 50TH HIT), .427, 2B(13) AND SHANE WHEELAND (WADSWORTH) 2-3, .542, 3B(2), 2RBI(8).

ALSO HITTING WELL FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-3, .417; NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 1-4, (54TH HIT), .380, 2RBI(36); AND TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK), 1-2, (52ND HIT).

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS SEND THE DAWGS HOME AND IMPROVE TO 30-15 AND WILL FACE THE CONNECTICUT BLUE JAYS FOR THE 2008 15U AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

CAMPBELL, MCGLONE, SLOMOVITZ PROVIDE BIG BLOWS AS 9 DIFFERENT PLAYERS COLLECT HITS!

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA- CHAMPIONS STADIUM) PLAYING 3 HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL GAMES IN ONE DAY (LET ALONE IN 95 DEGREE HEAT) SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT AAU TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS MADE THE LOOKOUTS DO ON THIS DAY BECAUSE OF RAIN OUTS EARLIER IN THE WEEK. AT LEAST THE LOOKOUTS HAD THE HUGE ADVANTAGE OF PLAYING THEIR 7TH GAME ON BEAUTIFUL CHAMPIONS STADIUM, SPRING HOME OF THE MAJOR LEAGUE ATLANTA BRAVES.

"IT IS UNFORTUNATE THE KIDS HAD TO ENDURE THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF PLAYING 3 GAMES IN ONE DAY BUT AT LEAST WE HAD A BREAK IN BETWEEN GAMES 1 AND 2 PLUS GAMES 2 AND 3...... WE ALSO HAD THE MENTAL EDGE THAT WE WERE PLAYING THE PRIDE WHO HAD BEAT US EARLIER", STATED COACH BROWNLEE WHO HAD JUST TOLD THE TEAM A LITTLE PERSONAL STORY ABOUT "THE HOOK" RIGHT BEFORE THE 3RD GAME OF THE DAY. "THESE YOUNG MEN UNDERSTOOD THE BAD CIRCUMSTANCES WE WERE IN BUT I NEVER HEARD A SINGLE COMPLAINT, THEY WERE LIKE SOLDIERS OUT THERE TODAY ON A MISSION", ADDED BROWNLEE.

AFTER A SECOND INNING TRIPLE BY KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 2-3, .349, 3B(5), 3RBI(35), NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 1-2, .384, RBI(33) DROVE CAMPBELL HOME TO KNOT THE SCORE AT 1-1.

IN THE 3RD INNING UPRISING, MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-4, .361, LED OFF THE INNING WITH A SINGLE. RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-4, .419, FOLLOWED WITH A SINGLE. TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) WAS HIT BY A PITCH, LOADING THE BASES WITH NO OUTS. SHANE WHEELAND (WADSWORTH) 1-3, .523, 2RBI(6 THEN RIPPED A LINE DRIVE OVERT HE 3RD BASEMAN'S HEAD TO SCORE 2 RUNS. AFTER 2 MORE BATTERS WERE HIT WITH PITCHES AND A WALK, JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 2-3, .279, 2B(4), RBI(13) DOUBLED IN 2 RUNS AND ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE) 1-2, .281, 2B(4), 3RBI(11) DOUBLED IN 2 RUNS TO DEEP LEFT FIELD.

IN THE 4TH, 3 MORE RUNS WERE SCORED AS CAMPBELL HAD A 2-RUN RBI SINGLE AND SLOMOVITZ WAS HIT BY A PITCH WITH THE BASES LOADED. ALSO COLLECTING HITS WERE OLIVER HILDEBRANDT (ST. V-ST. M.) 1-2, .278, AND BRYCE FREDEY (REVERE) 1-1, .236.

HILDEBRANDT(3IP, 0ER, 1H, 2K) CAME ON IN RELIEF OF STARTING PITCHER TREVOR HARRISWONDERS (GLEN OAK) TO PICK UP THE WIN; CAME ON IN RELIEF OF HILDEBRANDT AND STRUCK OUT 4 IN 1/23 INNINGS OF WORK.

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS SEND THE PRIDE HOME AND IMPROVE TO 29-15 AND WILL FACE THE NE DIAMOND DAWGS AT 8AM TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE LOSER'S BRACKET.

TODAY'S BASEBALL STARTED AT 7AM AND CONCLUDED AT 10:30 PM SHOWING THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TOUGHNESS THESE YOUNG MEN HAVE EVOLVED INTO THIS SUMMER.

4-RUN 2ND INNING ENOUGH AS LOOKOUTS BEAT SOUTH SHORE SPARTANS IN THRILLER!

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA-CHAMPIONS FIELD) WITH PITCHING OPTIONS BECOMING MINIMAL AS THE LOOKOUTS WERE PREPARING FOR THEIR 7TH GAME OF THE 2008 15U NATIONAL AAU TOURNAMENT AND 2ND GAME OF THE DAY, COACH BROWNLEE WAS CONTEMPLATING DOING SOMETHING VERY UNCONVENTIONAL....STARTING LHP MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) IN CONSECUTIVE GAMES IN THE SAME DAY!

"GEBACZ HAD THROWN 51 PITCHES IN 3 INNINGS OF WORK IN GAME #1 TODAY BUT HE HAD THAT COCKY LOOK IN HIS EYES IN BETWEEN GAMES AND I KNOW THAT GEBACZ LOOK", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "I ASKED MATT IF HE WAS UP TO IT? HE SAID YES WITH CONVICTION SO WE DECIDED WE WOULD GO WITH MATT IN GAME #2 AS LONG AS HE COULD GO AND HE ENDED UP GOING 5 INNINGS", ADDED BROWNLEE.

GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 5IP, 4H, 0ER, 4K WON FOR THE SECOND TIME ON THIS DAY AND 3RD TIME IN THE NATIONAL AAU TOURNAMENT......HIS 3 GAME TOTALS FOR THIS NATIONAL TOURNAMENT READ: 13IP, 9H, 2ER, AND 14K ARE TRULY OUTSTANDING!

OFFENSIVELY THE LOOKOUTS WERE LED BY BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 3-3, .404, RBI(34) AND SHANE WHEELAND (WADSWORTH) 2-2, .555, 2B(4).

ALSO COLLECTING HITS WERE RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-2, .426; TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-3, .420; TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-3, .373, 2B(12), RBI(35); JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 1-3, .261; AND JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) 1-3, .324.

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS SEND THE SPARTANS HOME AND IMPROVE TO 28-15 AND WILL FACE THE PRIDE AGAIN IN DOUBLE ELIMINATION PLAY.

WONDERS, HARRIS, PETERS, SLOMOVITZ HAVE MULTI-HIT GAMES

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA-CHAMPIONS STADIUM) RYAN WONDERS LET HIS TEAM MATES KNOW AS THE FIRST BATTER OF THE 8AM GAME THAT HE MEANT BUSINESS AS HE HIT A DEEP DOUBLE TO LEFT CENTER AT SPACIOUS CHAMPIONS FIELD.

WHAT THEN HAPPENED WAS THE REST OF THE LOOKOUTS FOLLOWING SUIT, BANGING OUT 5 DOUBLES AND 11 HITS IN A 5-INNING MERCY GAME.

"RYAN HAD A TOUGH GAME YESTERDAY BUT HE WANTS TO WIN SO BADLY! I COULD SEE IT IN HIS EYES BEFORE THE GAME THAT HE MEANT BUSINESS AS HE HIT 3 BALLS RIGHT ON THE SCREWS", STATED COACH BROWNLEE.

FOUR LOOKOUTS HAD MULTI-HIT GAMES ON THIS DAY DESPITE ONLY BATTING IN 5 INNINGS. LEADING THE WAY WERE WONDERS (REVERE) 3-3, .424, (2) 2B(11); TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 2-2, .373, 2B(11), 2RBI(34); BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 2-3, .385, 2B(14), 3RBI(33); AND ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE) 203, .273, 2B(3), 2RBI(8).

ALSO COLLECTING HITS WERE SHANE WHEELAND (WADSWORTH) 1-2, .500 AND MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-3, .373.

GEBACZ GAVE HIS TEAM MATES A MUCH NEEDED BOOST BY STARTING THE GAME ON ONLY 2 DAYS REST AND WAS BRILLIANT. THE CRAFTY LEFT-HANDER WON FOR THE 5TH TIME ON THE SEASON (2 TIMES IN THESE NATIONALS) AS HE GAVE UP 0 RUNS, 0 HITS, AND 3 K'S IN HIS 3 INNINGS ON THE HILL. "WITH THE KIDS POUNDING THE BALL, COACH BROWNLEE TOOK A BIG CHANCE TAKING GEBACZ OUT OF THE GAME IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE HIS ARM FOR LATER IN THE TOURNAMENT", STATED ASSISTANT COACH MATT BRUMIT.

SLOMOVITZ ALSO GAVE THE TEAM A BIG BOOST AS THE KNUCKLE BALLER PITCHED 2 INNINGS OF RELIEF.

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS SEND THE LIONS HOME AND IMPROVE TO 27-15 AND WILL FACE THE SOUTH SHORE SPARTANS FROM MASSACHUSETTS.

3 COSTLY ERRORS LEAD TO 5 UNEARNED RUNS; LOOKOUTS OUT HIT PRIDE 14-10

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA - CHAMPIONS FIELD) NOT EVEN I SAW THIS COMING! WITH THE 15U LOOKOUTS ON THEIR BEST ROLL OF THE SEASON AND PLAYING ALL ASPECTS OF THE GAME OF BASEBALL VERY WELL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.....AND WITH THE #10 SEED OF THE TOURNEY (MASS. PRIDE) PLAYING THEIR 3RD CONSECUTIVE GAME OF THE DAY....THE PRIDE TEAM SHOCKED THE LOOKOUTS AND SENT US INTO THE LOSERS BRACKET IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET!

THE LOOKOUTS SEEMED TO BE BIGGER, STRONGER, AND MORE SKILLED THAN THE PRIDE AT EVERY POSITION.....BUT A TOP OF THE FIRST INNING-FIRST BATTER INFIELD ERROR, A BASE HIT, AND A 4-PITCH WALK LOADED THE BASES FOR THE PRIDE. A TIMELY TRIPLE TO DEEP LEFT FIELD SCORED 3 RUNS FOR THE PRIDE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE OUT MANNED BOYS FROM THE NEW ENGLAND AREA THOUGHT THEY HAD A CHANCE!

TWO ROUTINE DOUBLE PLAY BALLS WERE NOT TURNED BY THE LOOKOUTS, ONE IN THE 3RD LEADING TO 3 RUNS AND ONE IN THE 5TH LEADING TO 3 MORE RUNS....BOTH WERE TWO HOP GROUNDERS THAT EASILY WOULD HAVE ENDED BOTH INNINGS.

TO THE LOOKOUTS CREDIT, NONE OF THE BOYS QUIT ON THIS DAY AS ENTHUSIASM WAS VERY HIGH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE GAME. THE LOOKOUTS ACTUALLY OUT HIT THE PRIDE 14-10 AND ACTUALLY HAD ANOTHER 5 "LOUD OUTS".

LEADING THE WAY OFFENSIVELY FOR THE LOOKOUTS WITH 3-HIT GAMES WERE TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 3-4, .425, (2)2B(12), RBI(37); SHANE WHEELAND (WADSWORTH) 3-3, .500, (2)2B(4), RBI(4); AND NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 3-3, .408.

ALSO HITTING WELL WERE RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-4, .406, RBI(28); KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 1-3, .358, RBI(32); BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 1-3, .376; JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 1-3, .258; AND MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-3, .374.

THE LOOKOUTS HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM NOW AS THEY FALL TO THE LOSER'S BRACKET AND WILL HAVE TO WIN 6 GAMES IN 2 DAYS TO WIN THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. WITH THE LOSS, THE LOOKOUTS FALL TO 26-15.

FREDEY, SLOMOVITZ "EAT UP INNINGS" FOR LOOKOUTS AS BOYS FROM AKRON ARE ONLY TEAM IN AAU NATIONAL TOURNAMENT TO GO 4-0 IN POOL PLAY!

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA - CHAMPIONS FIELD) IN POOL PLAY GAME #4 OF THE AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, THE LOOKOUTS TECHNICALLY HAD LITTLE TO PLAY FOR IN THIS GAME.....BUT WITH THE LOOKOUTS PLAYING THEIR BEST OVERALL BASEBALL OF THE SEASON AFTER SOME VERY FRUSTRATING STRETCHES OF PLAY.....THE BOYS FROM THE LAKE ERIE DIVISION OF AAU BASEBALL COULD NOT WAIT TO PLAY THE TEAM FROM THE BOSTON REGION.

OFFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS WERE RELENTLESS! HITTERS 6-10 WENT 10-14 IN THIS CONTEST, SCORED 8 RUNS AND DROVE IN 6. LEADING THE WAY OFFENSIVELY FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 4-4, .378, 5RBI(30); JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) 3-4, .333, RBI(12); AND NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 3-4, .386, 2RBI(33).

LUNDY AMAZINGLY HAS DRIVEN IN RUNS IN 6 OF HIS 13 PLATE APPEARANCES IN THIS TOURNAMENT AND IS 7-13, WITH 6RBI; PETERS IS 7-11, WITH 5RBI.

ALSO HITTING WELL FOR THE LOOKOUTS WAS SHANE WHEELAND (WADSWORTH) 1-4, .455, 2B(2), 2RBI; TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-2, .372; MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-2, .375; OLIVER HILDEBRANDT (ST.V.-ST.M.) 1-3, .271; TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 102, .413; AND JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 1-5, .254.

BRYCE FREDEY (REVERE) 4IP, 04, 2H WAS OUTSTANDING IN RELIEF OF STARTING PITCHER ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE). FREDEY WAS ABLE TO INDUCE 3 DOUBLE PLAYS IN THE 4 INNINGS HE PITCHED AND FACED ONLY 14 BATTERS IN HIS 4 INNINGS OF WORK.

DEFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS DEFENSE HAS BEEN SHARP FOR THE 5TH STRAIGHT GAME. IN THIS GAME, LUNDY'S (2) CATCHER ASSISTS IN THE FIRST INNING ALONE AND MIDDLE INFIELD PLAY OF NOGALO AND WHEELAND WERE OUTSTANDING.

WITH THEIR 5TH CONSECUTIVE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS IMPROVE TO 26-15 AND GAIN A 1ST ROUND BYE IN THE DOUBLE ELIMINATION PART OF THE AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.

ALSO OF NOTE, COACH BROWNLEE IS THE LEADING CANDIDATE TO WIN THE "GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD". SINCE BROWNLEE'S ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE THE LAST REGULAR SEASON GAME THAT THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD WAS HIS GOAL, THE LOOKOUTS HAVE PLAYED LOOSE AND HAVE REELED OFF 5 STRAIGHT WINS!

PETERS, WONDERS PITCH LOOKOUTS TO #1 SEED IN NATIONAL AAU TOURNAMENT!

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA - CHAMPIONS FIELD) THE INTENSITY OF POOL GAME #3 AGAINST THE TALENTED CT BLUE JAYS FROM THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT HAD THE FEEL OF A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME....WITH A LOOKOUT WIN, THE #1 SEED IN POOL PLAY WOULD BE SECURED, REGARDLESS OF POOL GAME #4'S RESULTS.

6'3" BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) WAS UP TO THE TASK AS THE BULLDOG RIGHT HANDER BATTLED THROUGH 5 2/3 IP, 2ER, 4H. "BRYAN HAD A FIERCE LOOK IN HIS EYES TODAY BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WAS GOING UP AGAINST A TALENTED, WELL COACHED TEAM AND THERE WAS A LOT ON THE LINE", STATED ASSISTANT COACH MATT BRUMIT. "I WAS IMPRESSED WITH BRYAN'S TENACITY THE ENTIRE CONTEST, HE DID NOT WANT TO COME OUT OF THE GAME IN THE 6TH", ADDED BRUMIT.

THE LOOKOUTS JUMPED ON THE BLUE JAYS WITH A SINGLE RUN IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 1ST, AS RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 0-1, 3BB, 2R LED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME WITH A WALK, STOLE SECOND, AND SCORED ON A LINE DRIVE RBI SINGLE TO RIGHT BY RBI MACHINE, TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 2-2, .412, RBI(36).

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 3RD, THE LOOKOUTS SCORED 4 RUNS AFTER 2 OUTS....WONDERS AGAIN WALKED TO START THE RALLY (HIS 6TH WALK IN THE PAST 2 GAMES AND 10TH "ON BASE" IN PAST 12 PLATE APPEARANCES). WONDERS PROMPTLY STOLE SECOND AND SCORED ON AN RBI SINGLE BY TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-2, .370, RBI(32). HARRIS PROMPTLY STOLE SECOND AND AFTER A WALK TO OLDHAM, KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 2-3, .371, 2B(8) 3B)4), 3RBI(30) LACED A DOUBLE TO DEEP LEFT CENTER. NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 2-3, .374, 2RBI(31) FINISHED THE 2-OUT RALLY WITH A SHARP SINGLE TO CENTER.

AFTER THE BLUE JAYS SCORED 3 RUNS IN THE 4TH TO TIGHTEN THE SCORE TO 5-3, THE LOOKOUTS ANSWERED RIGHT BACK WITH 2 RUNS IN THE 5TH. OLDHAM LED OFF THE 5TH WITH A SHARP SINGLE. CAMPBELL THEN LACED AN RBI TRIPLE TO THE FENCE IN DEEP RIGHT FIELD, SCORING OLDHAM. LUNDY THEN FOLLOWED WITH ANOTHER LINE DRIVE SINGLE TO CENTER, SCORING CAMPBELL.

ALSO HITTING WELL FOR THE LOOKOUTS WAS PETERS, 2-3, .349, 3B(2).

THE BLUE JAYS MADE IT VERY INTERESTING IN THE 7TH, SCORING 2 RUNS OFF RELIEVER HARRIS TO MAKE THE SCORE 7-5.....BUT CLOSER WONDERS SHUT THE DOOR WITH A STRIKEOUT AND A LAZY LINE DRIVE TO SECOND TO END THE GAME.

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS WIN FOR THE 4TH STRAIGHT TIME AND IMPROVE TO 25-15. GAME #4 OF POOL PLAY AGAINST THE BOSTON RAMS WILL HAVE LITTLE MEANING EXCEPT FOR STATISTICAL DATA AS THE LOOKOUTS SECURE THE #1 SEED IN THE TOURNAMENT.

WHEELAND, WONDERS PITCH LOOKOUTS TO POOL PLAY GAME #2 VICTORY!

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA - HESS FIELD) IN GAME #2 OF POOL PLAY IN THE 2008 AAU NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT, THE LOOKOUTS WERE ALMOST "HANDED" THIS VICTORY AS 4 RUNS WERE SCORED IN A 7-RUN 5TH INNING ON WILD PITCHES!!

WITH THE LOOKOUTS CLINGING TO A 2-0 LEAD GOING INTO THE 5TH INNING, OUTSTANDING DIAMOND DAWGS PITCHER (EDWARDS) COMPLETELY FELL APART IN TH FRAME ISSUING 5 WALKS, 3 HITS, AND 4 WILD PITCHES (ALL SCORING RUNS) BEFORE THE NEW ENGLAND COACH EVER TOOK THE TALENTED RIGHT HANDER OUT OF THE GAME. RBI SINGLES BY MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-2, .380, RBI(21), RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-1, .422, RBI(27), AND TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-4, .400, RBI(34) AND A SACRIFICE FLY BY NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT 0-2, .367, RBI(29) HIGHLIGHTED THE INNING COUPLED WITH THE 4 RUNS SCORED ON THE WILD PITCHES.....THE RESULT OF THE AWKWARD INNING WAS A 9-0 LOOKOUT LEAD.

STARTING PITCHER SHANE WHEELAND (WADSWORTH) HAD A NO-HITTER HEADING INTO THE 5TH INNING BUT THAT WAS QUICKLY ERASED AS LOOKOUT STAR SHORTSTOP, RYAN WONDERS, JINXED THE HARD THROWING RIGHT HANDER IN BETWEEN THE 4TH AND 5TH INNINGS BY TELLING WHEELAND THAT HE HAD A NO HITTER GOING.

"RYAN (WONDERS) LEARNED A VERY VALUABLE LESSON TODAY ABOUT BASEBALL SUPERSTITIONS", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "TALKING ABOUT A NO HITTER TO THE PITCHER IS DEFINITELY A BAD OMEN".

PRIOR TO THE 5TH INNING MELTDOWN, 11 STRAIGHT LOOKOUT BATTERS WERE RETIRED AFTER A 2-RUN 1ST INNING. IN THE FIRST, WONDERS (REVERE) LED OFF THE GAME WITH A 7 PITCH WALK AND SCORED ON A 2-OUT TRIPLE BY KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 1-3, .361, 3B(3), RBI(27). CAMPBELL THEN SCORED ON AN INFIELD ERROR ON THE RELAY THROW INTO 3RD BASE.

WHEELAND ALSO HAD AN OUTSTANDING DAY AT THE PLATE, 2-3, .600, 3B. "SHANE WAS A LATE SEASON TOURNAMENT ROSTER ADDITION AND HE HAS IMPRESSED EVERYONE", STATED BROWNLEE WHO SAID WHEELAND HAS MADE THE ROSTER FOR THE 2009 SEASON. "IN A LOT OF WAYS SHANE REMINDS ME OF 18U LOOKOUT SUPERSTAR RONNIE STOUT AND TRUST ME THAT IS A VERY GOOD COMPLIMENT".

DEFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS WERE FLAWLESS FOR THE 3RD STRAIGHT GAME.

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS IMPROVE TO 24-15 AND MOVE ON TO PLAY POOL GAME #3 VS. THE TALENTED CT BLUE JAYS FROM NEW ENGLAND.

4 LOOKOUTS HAVE MULTI-HIT GAMES; 9 LOOKOUTS COLLECT HITS IN 13-2 ROUTE!

(ORLANDO, FLORIDA - CHAMPIONS FIELD) IN GAME #1 OF POOL PLAY IN THE 2008 AAU NATIONAL TOURNAMENT AT DISNEY'S CHAMPION FIELD (SPRING HOME OF THE ATLANTA BRAVES) MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 5IP, 5H, 7K COMPLETELY DOMINATED THE TEAM FROM PUERTO RICO. "MATT WAS AS DETERMINED AS I HAVE EVER SEEN HIM", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "THE PASSION IN HIS EYES AFTER LEAVING THE MOUND IN THE FIRST (AFTER STRIKING OUT THE LAST 2 BATTERS OF THE INNING) GAVE ME GOOSE BUMPS", ADDED BROWNLEE.

THE LOOKOUTS SCORED IN EVERY INNING BUT THE 4 RUNS IN THE FIRST INNING HELPED THE OHIO BOYS GET THEIR NERVES UNDER CONTROL AND QUITED THE HUGE PUERTO RICAN CROWD, WHICH WAS IN A FRENZY BEFORE THE GAME.

LEADING THE WAY OFFENSIVELY FOR THE LOOKOUTS WITH MULTI-HIT GAMES WERE JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 2-3, .292, 2RBI(11); RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 2-3, .416, RBI(26); NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 2-4, .373, 2B(5), RBI(28); AND KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 2-4, .362, 2B(7), RBI(26).

ALSO HITTING WELL FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-3, .377, 2RBI(31); TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-3, .406, RBI(33); BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 1-4, .337; BRYCE FREDEY (REVERE) 1-2, .250; AND GEBACZ 1-2, .378.

OFFENSIVELY, THE FIRST 6 RUNS SCORED FOR THE LOOKOUTS CAME WITH 2 OUTS; DEFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS NOW HAVE PLAYED 2 FLAWLESS GAMES IN A ROW!

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS IMPROVE TO 23-15 AND PLAY THE NEW ENGLAND DIAMOND DAWGS IN POOL PLAY GAME #2 OF THE AAU NATIONALS.