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.

WHEELAND, GEBACZ BRILLIANT ON THE MOUND AS LOOKOUTS WIN 17-7 OVER MAF GATORS

(CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO) IN THE FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME OF THE 2008 SUMMER BASEBALL SEASON, THE LOOKOUTS HAD A LOT OF FUN PLAYING BASEBALL TODAY AS 18 HITS WERE POUNDED OUT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MAF GATORS PITCHING STAFF.

"HOPEFULLY THE BOYS CONTINUE THIS MOMENTUM INTO THE NATIONAL AAU TOURNAMENT AT DISNEY STARTING NEXT MONDAY", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "I THINK THE KIDS PLAYED LOOSE TODAY BECAUSE OF A PRE-GAME SPEECH I GAVE THEM BEFORE THE GAME, I AM QUITE SURE THEY WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT ONE", LAUGHED BROWNLEE SUGGESTING SOMETHING ABOUT WINNING THE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD.

OFFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS POUNDED THE BALL ON THIS DAY LED BY ZAC EDWARDS (HUDSON) 4-4, .373, 2B(5), 4RBI(13); NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 4-5, .368, 3RBI (27); RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 3-4, .407, 2B(9), 3B(2), 2RBI(25); AND JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 2-5, .266. 2B(3), 3RBI(9). MCGLONE ALSO HIT 2 LAZAR BEAMS TO THE LEFT FIELDER THAT WERE CAUGHT.

ALSO COLLECTING HITS WERE TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-4, .378; TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-4, .408; KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 1-4, .354; JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) 1-3, .322, 2B(3), AND MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-4, .375, RBI(20).

ON THE MOUND, NEWCOMER SHANE WHEELAND (WADSWORTH) WAS VERY SHARP AND DETERMINED, 1-0, 4 2/3 IP, 2ER, 6H, 2K; GEBACZ CAME ON IN RELIEF AND WAS BRILLIANT, RETIRING THE 7 BATTERS THAT HE FACED IN ORDER.

THE LOOKOUT FAMILIES ALL LEAVE THIS WEEKEND FOR THE AAU NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.

PETERS ON FIRE; DEFENSE SHINES!

(KENT, OHIO) WITH THE 15U LOOKOUT TEAM HAVING THEIR FIRST CHANCE TO PLAY ON KENT STATE UNIVERSITIES' SCHOONOVER FIELD, THERE WAS DEFINITELY EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR!

UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE LOOKOUTS, ONLY 2 OF THE 3 PHASES OF THE GAME WERE CLICKING ON THIS DAY (HITTING AND DEFENSE). IT HAS BEEN THAT KIND OF YEAR FOR THE 15U LOOKOUTS.

OFFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS COLLECTED 6 EXTRA BASE HITS LED BY BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 3-3, .351, 2B(13), 3B(1), 2RBI(25) WHO HAD HIS BEST HITTING DAY OF THE SEASON AS HE "SQUARED UP" 3 LAZAR BEAMS FOR HITS.

ALSO COLLECTING HITS IN THIS CONTEST WERE RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-3, .390, 2B(8), 2RBI(23); TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-4, .382, 3B(3), 2RBI(29); TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-4, .415, 2B(10); JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 1-2, .250, RBI(6); MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-2, .381, 2B(3); AND DOMINIC EDWARDS, 1-1, .666

DEFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS WERE FLAWLESS IN THE FIELD AND MADE SEVERAL NICE PLAYS ON THE SYNTHETIC TURF.

THE PITCHING WAS ANOTHER STORY AS 3 LOOKOUT HURLERS SURRENDERED 15 HITS AND 5 MORE WALKS...4 OF THE 5 WALKS SCORED RUNS!

"ONLY 2 OF 39 BATTERS OUR PITCHER'S FACED TODAY WERE THROWN FIRST PITCH STRIKES AND TO ME THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "THE BULLDOGS ARE WAY TOO GOOD OF A TEAM FOR US TO BE CONSTANTLY BEHIND IN THE COUNT AND THEY MADE US PAY...THE PITCHER'S ERA'S WENT OFF THE CHART TODAY", ADDED BROWNLEE.

THE LOOKOUTS FALL TO 21-15 ON THE SEASON AS THEY PLAY THEIR FINAL REGULAR SEASON GAME VS. THE MAF GATORS, BEFORE TRAVELING TO DISNEY FOR THE AAU NATIONAL 15U TOURNAMENT, DIVISION 2.

LOOKOUTS DEFEATED 8-1 AS 7 RUNS SCORE VIA EITHER WALKS (3) AND ERRORS (6)!!

(OBERLEIN, OHIO) THE HEADLINES TELL THE WHOLE STORY...WELL EXCEPT YOU CANT WIN ANY GAMES COLLECTING 2 HITS!

THE PITCHING COMBINATION OF BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 4IP, 4H, 3ER, 4K, 2BB AND TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 2IP, 1H, 4K, 0ER, 1BB DEFINITELY PITCHED WELL ENOUGH TO WIN BUT THE LOOKOUT DEFENSE LET THE TEAM DOWN AGAIN...AND ALL 3 WALKS THAT WERE ISSUES SCORED RUNS!

COLLECTING THE 2 HITS FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 1-2, .375 AND ZAC EDWARDS (HUDSON) 1-2, .339.

WITH THE LOSS THE LOOKOUTS FALL TO 21-14. THIS MARKS THE WORST NUMBER OF LOSSES IN COACH BROWNLEE'S 27 YEAR COACHING CAREER.

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EDWARDS AND GEBACZ PITCH WELL; HARRIS AND NOGALO PROVIDE KEY HITS!

(COLUMBUS,OHIO) IN AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED CONTEST FROM START TO FINISH AGAINST THE "NEW YORK YANKEES" OF 15U BASEBALL, THE OUT MANNED LOOKOUTS OUTPLAYED THE BULLS IN EVERY PHASE OF THE GAME.

"WE STARTED THE FIRST COUPLE INNINGS WITH 2 SUCCESSFUL HIT AND RUN SITUATIONS AND A COUPLE SUCCESSFUL DOUBLE STEALS TO TRY AND BE AGGRESSIVE AND GET THE KIDS MOVING", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "IN LAST WEEK'S FREEDOM CLASSIC THESE SAME BULLS HAMMERED OUR KIDS 21-4 AND I DID NOT WANT US ON OUR HEELS AGAIN", ADDED BROWNLEE.

THE LOOKOUTS LED 8-5 GOING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH INNING, SCORING IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

IN THE 1ST INNING, KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) PLATED NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) WITH A SACRIFICE FLY TO DEEP RIGHT. IN THE 2ND INNING, 2 RUNS WERE SCORED ON 2 SUCCESSFUL HIT AND RUNS (ONE AN RBI SINGLE BY MATT GEBACZ OF ARCHBISHOP HOBAN)....AND AN RBI SINGLE BY LUNDY.

IN THE 3RD INNING, THE BULLS ISSUED 3 WALKS AND COMMITTED AN INFIELD ERROR....THEN JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) CAME THROUGH WITH A CLUTCH 2-RUN SINGLE TO RIGHT CENTER TO GIVE THE LOOKOUTS A MUCH NEEDED CUSHION.

IN THE 5TH, TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) LED OFF THE INNING WITH A LAZAR BEAM TO DEEP CENTER FOR A TRIPLE; A HIT BATTER, A WALK AND 2 DOUBLE STEALS MANUFACTURED 2 ADDITIONAL RUNS TO MAKE THE SCORE 8-5.

THE LEAD SEEMED SAFE HEADING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH BUT THE BULLS SHOWED WHY THEY ARE ONE OF THE ELITE PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY BY COLLECTING 4 CLUTCH HITS, TYING THE SCORE 8-8.

IN A TOURNAMENT EXTRA INNING "TEXAS SHOOTOUT" FORMAT (MAN ON SECOND, NO OUTS, EACH BATTER STARTING WITH 3-2 COUNT), THE LOOKOUTS BLEW THE GAME OPEN WITH A CLUTCH "BOMB" TO DEEP CENTER BY NOGALO AND 6 STRAIGHT WALKS ISSUED BY THE BULLS PITCHING STAFF, PLATING 5 MORE RUNS.

IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 8TH AND WITH THE SAME FORMAT, GEBACZ RETIRED 3 STRAIGHT BULLS' HITTERS, 2 ON STRIKEOUTS AND A GROUND OUT TO PICK UP THE WIN.

STARTING PITCHER AND THE ACE OF THE STAFF, ZAC EDWARDS (HUDSON), BATTLED HIS BUTT OFF THE ENTIRE GAME AND ALTHOUGH STATISTICALLY IT WAS NOT A GOOD GAME FOR HIM, THE LOOKOUTS COULD NOT HAVE WON IF NOT FOR HIS TENACITY .

OFFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS WERE LED BY NOGALO, 2-2, .320, 2B(2), 3RBI(10) AND HARRIS, 3-4, .369, 3B(2), RBI(25).

ALSO HITTING WELL WAS RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-3, .429, RBI(20); TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-3, .436, RBI(30); JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 1-3, .242; AND GEBACZ 1-2, .387, RBI(19).

CAMPBELL AND WONDERS ONLY OFFENSIVE BRIGHT SPOTS

(COLUMBUS, OHIO) SOMETHING AT BRIGGS HIGH SCHOOL FIELD DID NOT SEEM RIGHT?....THE TEAM FROM THE PITTSBURGH AREA HAD A HORRIBLE PRE-GAME WORKOUT....THEY ONLY HAD 10 GUYS AT THE FIELD....THEIR AVERAGE HEIGHT AND WEIGHT WERE SIGNIFICANTLY BIGGER THAN THE LOOKOUT PLAYERS....AND THEIR PLAYERS DIDN'T EVEN SEEM TO CARE IF THEY WERE PLAYING A GAME OF BASEBALL DESPITE SCORING 12 RUNS IN THE FIRST 3 INNINGS!!!

I AM NOT SUGGESTING ANYTHING FISHY ABOUT THE TEAM FROM PITTSBURGH BUT THESE BOYS COULD FLAT OUT HIT (13 HITS IN 4 INNINGS)! THROW IN 7 WALKS AND 2 HIT BATTERS FROM THE LOOKOUT PITCHING STAFF AND YOU HAVE A RECIPE FOR DISASTER!

"ON A POSITIVE NOTE, THE DEFENSE PLAYED A VERY GOOD GAME AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE A LOT OF CUT-OFF DRILLS", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "OUR PITCHERS DID A HORRIBLE JOB GETTING AHEAD IN THE COUNT TODAY AND YOU JUST CANT KEEP THROWING FAST BALLS TO A GOOD HITTING TEAM, I AM NOT SURE WHEN SOME OF MY PITCHERS WILL FIGURE THIS OUT. IF THEY DON'T, THEY WILL NOT BE PLAYING AT THIS LEVEL IN THE FUTURE", ADDED BROWNLEE.

OFFENSIVELY, KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 2-3, .381, 2RBI (23) AND RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 2-2, .426, 2B(7) HAD MULTI-HIT GAMES.

WONDERS IS AMAZINGLY BACK ON THE FIELD (WITH A FULL HEAD FACE GUARD) AFTER HIS BAD-HOP FACIAL INJURY ONLY 2 WEEKS AGO! "RYAN SHOWS NO SIDE AFFECTS WHATSOEVER AFTER THE INJURY. THIS KID WANTS TO COMPETE SO BADLY AND HELP HIS TEAMMATES. HE IS TRULY ONE OF THE TOUGHEST KIDS MENTALLY THAT I HAVE SEEN IN ALMOST 30 YEARS OF COACHING".

ALSO COLLECTING HITS WERE TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-2, .440; OLIVER HILDEBRANDT (ST.V-ST.M) 1-1, .300; AND MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-2, .384.

THE LOOKOUTS SQUARE OFF WITH NATIONAL POWERHOUSE, INDIANA BULLS, IN POOL PLAY IN THE PRESTIGIOUS BUCKEYE ELITE TOURNAMENT.

LOOKOUTS OUT HIT RIVALS 13-8; OPPONENTS WALK ONLY 2 BATTERS, COMMIT 0 ERRORS !!!

(RAVENNA, OHIO) THE GAME OF BASEBALL IS SUPPOSED TO BE A FUN GAME OF HITTING, THROWING AND CATCHING....PROBLEM IS THE BOYS FROM THE BROWNLEE BASEBALL ACADEMY ARE NOT HAVING MUCH FUN LATELY!

WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? EVERY SINGLE MANAGER AT EVERY SINGLE LEVEL EXPERIENCES THE SAME DILEMMA WHEN THEIR CLUB IS REELING....WHAT TO DO???

"MY KIDS ARE BETTER THAN THIS, OR AT LEAST I HOPE THEY ARE", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "WE HAD 5 MORE ROUTINE INFIELD ERRORS OUT THERE TODAY, 5 WALKS AND 2 HIT BATTERS....6 OF THEM SCORED RUNS AND IT LITERALLY WAS THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME. I AM NOT EXPECTING THE BOYS TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO PERFORM AT A 15U LEVEL, MAKE ROUTINE PLAYS AND THROW STRIKES".

AFTER CLOSING A 7-0 DEFICIT TO 7-5 IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 6TH INNING, LOOKOUT PITCHERS WALKED THE FIRST 3 BATTERS OF THE INNING AND THE NEXT HITTER (TALENTED CATCHER KYLE BROOKS, SPRINGFIELD HIGH) HITS A 'BOMB' TO DEEP LEFT CENTER FOR A GRAND SLAM.

"THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME HAD DEFINITELY TURNED IN OUR FAVOR AFTER THE LATE GAME RALLY AND THEIR KIDS WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT BLOWING THE GAME LIKE THEY DID EARLIER IN THE YEAR TO US.....AND THEN WE HAND IT RIGHT BACK TO THEM BY WALKING 3 STRAIGHT BATTERS. OUR GUYS CANNOT DO THIS, IT IS UNCALLED FOR", ADDED BROWNLEE.

LEADING THE WAY OFFENSIVELY WERE KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 3-4, .379, 3B(2), 2RBI(21); MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 2-3, .391, 2RBI(18); ZAC EDWARDS (HUDSON) 2-2, .378, 2B(3); AND TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 2-4, .457, 2B(9), RBI(29).

OLDHAM HAS HIT SAFELY IN 20 OF THE 26 GAMES THAT HE HAS PLAYED AND 12 OF HIS LAST 13 GAMES. DURING THE 13 GAME STRETCH, OLDHAM IS HITTING AN AMAZING .553 (21-38).

ALSO COLLECTING HITS ON THIS DAY WERE TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-3, .372, RBI(24); OLIVER HILDEBRANDT (ST.V-ST.M.) 1-3, .292, RBI(8); JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 1-1, .269; AND JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) 1-2, .283.

BOYS FROM AKRON CAN RELATE TO CHILDHOOD STORY OF FIRE ENGINE

(AKRON, OHIO) THE 15U LOOKOUTS SIMPLY WERE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME....AS THE DIRECTORS OF THEIR HOMETOWN (BOYS OF SUMMER BASEBALL CLUB) AND AKRON'S FREEDOM CLASSIC GAVE THE BOYS FROM THE BROWNLEE ACADEMY A VERY STERN BASEBALL TEST.....TRY TO BEAT 2 NATIONAL POWERHOUSE BASEBALL PROGRAMS BACK TO BACK IN THE SAME DAY!!!

THE RESULT WAS THAT THE LOOKOUTS WERE NO MATCH FOR THE BULLS AND THE WARHAWKS ON THIS DAY; IN FACT, THE LOOKOUTS CAN NOW RELATE TO THE CHILDHOOD BEDTIME STORY THAT THEIR PARENTS PROBABLY READ TO THEM YEARS AGO ABOUT THE FIRE ENGINE THAT SAID, "I THINK I CAN I THINK I CAN".

"ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT TEACHING A GROUP OF YOUNG MEN AND THEIR PARENTS ABOUT HIGH LEVEL BASEBALL IS THAT THERE IS MUCH BETTER BASEBALL BEING PLAYED AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WE HAD A CHANCE TO WITNESS THIS FIRST HAND TODAY", STATED HEAD COACH BROWNLEE.

"THE LOOKOUT PROGRAM IS VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF NORTHEAST OHIO BASEBALL HISTORY IN RECENT YEARS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WHERE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO POSITIVELY REPRESENT OUR AREA AROUND THE REGION AND THE COUNTRY....ALTHOUGH TODAY WAS A VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR BOYS AGAINST 2 VERY HIGHLY RESPECTED BASEBALL POWERHOUSES, MOST OF THESE YOUNG MEN ON THIS BALL CLUB WILL BATTLE AGAIN VS. THESE CLUBS IN THE FUTURE WITH HOPEFULLY DIFFERENT RESULTS".

WITH THE DH LOSSES, THE LOOKOUTS FALL TO 17-9, 7-3 ON THE SEASON AND WILL RETURN TO DIAMOND LEAGUE PLAY MONDAY VS. THE BOYS OF SUMMER BASEBALL CLUB.

CAMPBELL, OLDHAM, LUNDY COLLECT MULTI-HIT, MULTI-RBI GAMES

(MASSILLON, OHIO) 6'3", 200# BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 2-1, 1.75 ERA WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE ON THIS DAY AS THE BIG RIGHT HANDER HELD THE HARD-HITTING PARMA STARS TO JUST 3 HITS AND NO EARNED RUNS. WHAT IS VERY NOTABLE ABOUT HIS PITCHING PERFORMANCE IN THIS CONTEST WAS THE FACT THAT IN THE LOOKOUTS FIRST 2 GAMES OF THE SEASON (6/1 AT WALSH JESUIT) THE STARS COLLECTED 33 HITS IN THE DOUBLE HEADER.

"IT IS BECOMING MORE APPARENT EVERY TIME THIS KID TAKES THE MOUND (PETERS) HE HAS A CHANCE TO BE A "SHUT DOWN PITCHER", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "BRYAN HAS BEEN A CATCHER FOR YEARS BUT WITH HIS BIG FRAME, HIS COMMAND OF THE STRIKE ZONE, AND HIS BIG ARM.....RECRUITERS WILL BE ALL OVER THIS KID IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS", ADDED BROWNLEE.

OFFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS' 12 HITS OFFSET ANOTHER HORRIBLE DAY DEFENSIVELY AS THE INFIELD COMMITTED ANOTHER 5 MORE ERRORS, MAKING 11 IN THE PAST 4 GAMES!!!!

"WITH THE LOSS OF STANDOUT DEFENSIVE SHORTSTOP RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) WE HAVE HAD TO PLAY AN ASSORTMENT OF PLAYERS OUT OF POSITION WHICH HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY KILLING THE BALL CLUB UP TO THIS POINT", ADDED BROWNLEE.

COLLECTING MULTI-HIT GAMES FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 3-3, .388, 2B(5), 2RBI(20); MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 2-4, .397; TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 2-4, .442, 2RBI (TEAM LEADING 26); AND NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 2-4, (TEAM LEADING 35TH HIT), .443, 2RBI(22).

ALSO COLLECTING HITS WERE TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-3, .384, 2B(9) AND BRYCE FREDEY (REVERE) 1-1, .283.

THE LOOKOUTS HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM THIS SATURDAY AS POOL PLAY HAS US UP AGAINST 2 PERENNIAL NATIONAL POWERHOUSES IN THE OHIO WARHAWKS AND THE INDIANA BULLS.

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS IMPROVE TO 17-7,7-3.

3 INFIELD ERRORS, 3 WALKS IN 1ST 2 INNINGS LEAD TO 6 RUNS....DEFICIT TOO HARD TO RECOVER FROM

(CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO) WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE THE MELTDOWN THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE FIRST 1/2 HOUR AT WALSH JESUIT'S 2008 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL FIELD ON TUESDAY!

FIELD CONDITIONS WERE ABSOLUTELY PERFECT, THE WEATHER WAS A BEAUTIFUL 75 DEGREES AND THE LOOKOUTS APPEARED LOOSE AND READY TO PLAY BASEBALL. WITHIN 30 MINUTES, 3 INFIELD ERRORS, 3 WALKS AND AN OPPOSING 3-RUN HOME RUN AND THE LOOKOUTS WERE SHELL SHOCKED AND ON THEIR HEELS, NEVER ABLE TO FULLY RECOVER .

"WE HAD A COUPLE KIDS NOT READY TO PLAY BASEBALL AND BE ABLE TO EXECUTE TODAY AND IT REALLY COST US", STATED COACH BROWNLEE. "WHEN THIS HAPPENS TO A BALL CLUB AT THE BEGINNING OF A GAME, EMOTIONALLY THE KIDS GET BACK ON THEIR HEELS AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO RECOVER FROM. TO THE BOYS' CREDIT, AFTER BEING DOWN 8-0 GOING INTO THE 5TH INNING, WE ACTUALLY PLAYED GOOD BASEBALL AFTER THE SECOND INNING AND KEPT BATTLING TO THE VERY END (EVENTUALLY LOSING 13-9)....WE PLAYED VERY GOOD DEFENSE AND THE BATS REALLY CAME ALIVE. I AM PROUD OF THE KIDS FOR THAT", ADDED BROWNLEE.

OFFENSIVELY, THE BATS SEEMED TO PICK UP A BIT AFTER A 4 GAME SLUMBER, AS THE LOOKOUTS LOSE 13-9 BUT OUT HIT THE MTM STARS 12-10.

LEADING THE WAY WITH MULTI-HIT GAMES WERE NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 4-5, .440, RBI(20); KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 2-3, .349, 2RBI(18); AND ZAC EDWARDS (HUDSON) 2-2, .342, 2B(3).

ALSO HITTING WELL FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 1-2, .364, HR(2), 2RBI(18); ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE) 1-4, .333; JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) 1-2, .324; AND DOMINIC EDWARDS (COUSIN OF ZAC EDWARDS AND IN 8TH GRADE) 1-1, 1.000.

RELIEF PITCHERS OLIVER HILDEBRANDT (ST. V-ST. M) AND DOMINIC EDWARDS (ALSO A VERY PROMISING RHP) DID VERY WELL AFTER THE STARTING PITCHING COLLAPSE TO BEGIN THE GAME.

THE LOOKOUTS FALL TO 16-7, 7-3 AS THEY BEGIN PLAY IN THE START STUDDED FIELD IN AKRON'S FREEDOM CLASSIC...GOING UP AGAINST PERENNIAL STATE POWERHOUSE COLUMBUS WARHAWKS IN POOL GAME #1 ON THURSDAY, WEATHER PERMITTING.

WONDERS FACES POSSIBLE SEASON ENDING INJURY IN LOSS

(ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN) IN A TRULY BIZARRE TOURNAMENT STATISTICAL EVENT, THE 15U LOOKOUTS GIVE UP A TOTAL OF 3 RUNS IN 3 GAMES YET FAIL TO GET OUT OF POOL PLAY AND INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND.

ACE OF THE STAFF, ZAC EDWARDS (HUDSON) WAS AGAIN BRILLIANT BUT DID NOT DESERVE HIS FATE ON THIS DAY (6IP, 1ER, 3K). THE POLISHED RIGHT HANDER DID NOT GET ANY OFFENSIVE SUPPORT FROM HIS BUDDIES.

WITH THE LOOKOUTS WORKED UP INTO A FRENZY TO START THE GAME, THE ELECTRIC ENERGY FROM BOTH TEAMS CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 2ND INNING AS A BAD HOP GROUNDER TO RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) HIT HIM RIGHT IN THE MOUTH AND THE SLICK-FIELDING SHORTSTOP HAD TO BE CARTED OFF BY PARAMEDICS TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HOSPITAL.

"THE KIDS WERE HAVING SO MUCH FUN BEFORE THE GAME AND THAT ENERGY TRANSFERRED RIGHT INTO THE START OF THE GAME. THE ENERGY ACTUALLY GOT THE OTHER TEAM ALL WORKED UP AND THE GAME HAD THE MAKING OF A VERY EXCITING COMPETITION, I ACTUALLY HAD GOOSE BUMPS A COUPLE TIMES", SAID COACH BROWNLEE. "WHEN I GOT OUT ON THE FIELD TO SEE RYAN'S SITUATION, I KNEW IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD, THE DELAY JUST ZAPPED ALL THE ENERGY FROM BOTH TEAMS".

THE LOOKOUTS GOT 2 HITS FROM TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 2-3, .410 AND 1 HIT A PIECE FROM TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) AND ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE).

THE LOOKOUTS FALL TO 16-6 ON THE SEASON AND RETURN TO DIAMOND LEAGUE PLAY TUESDAY VS. THE MTM STARS.

SCHIZOPHRENIC OFFENSE PUZZLING AS THE LOOKOUTS MAKE OPPOSING PITCHER LOOK LIKE ROGER CLEMENS!

(ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN) IN ONE OF THE SEASON'S STRANGEST OUTCOMES, THE LOOKOUTS WERE LUCKY TO COME AWAY WITH THEIR 16TH VICTORY ON THE SEASON AGAINST 5 LOSSES....AND THEY DID SO AS THE ENTIRE TEAM MUST HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE "SLEEP DEPRIVATION PROGRAM" OFFERED BY THE HOLIDAY INN MOTEL WE WERE STAYING AT!

"I COULD HAVE SUITED UP NINE 12 YEAR OLDS FROM THE LOCAL DAIRY QUEEN AND HIT BETTER THAN MY GUYS DID TODAY", SAID HEAD COACH BROWNLEE. ...."WE HAVE BEEN SEEING LOTS OF SLOWER PITCHING LATELY AND MANY OF OUR GUYS ARE NOT MAKING THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS IN THE BATTER'S BOX TO BE SUCCESSFUL AGAINST THOSE TYPES OF PITCHERS....HECK, THE 7 HITS THAT WE DID HIT KILLED 10 WORMS ON THE DAY", ADDED BROWNLEE.

ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE) IMPROVED TO 3-0 ON THE SEASON AS HE PITCHED A COMPLETE GAME (7IP, 3H, 5K). "ERIC IS BECOMING A BULLDOG ON THE MOUND FOR US AS WE HAVE SUFFERED A COUPLE PITCHING INJURIES SO FAR THIS SEASON AND ERIC HAS FILLED A BIG HOLE IN THE ROTATION. HE WILL BE A TOUGH PITCHER TO DEAL WITH IN THE YEARS AHEAD AS HE CAN THROW THAT KNUCKLER AT ANY TIME IN THE COUNT", SAID ASSISTANT COACH MATT BRUMIT.

COLLECTING HITS FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 2-3, .426; MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-3, .411; RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-3, .394, 2B(5), RBI(19); TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-2, .480; SLOMOVITZ 1-3, .353; AND ZAC EDWARDS 1-3, .316.

THE LOOKOUTS COMPLETE "POOL PLAY' TOMORROW VS. THE CT STARS.

PETERS DOMINATES ON HILL, TOSSING 2-HITTER

(ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN) THE 15U LOOKOUTS CONTINUE TO SHINE IN "POOL PLAY" OPENING ROUND GAMES AS THE BEDFORD MULES (MICHIGAN) FELL VICTIM TO A 5-RUN 1ST INNING "POUND DOWN" BY THE BOYS FROM THE AKRON AREA!

TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-2, ..479, 2B(7), 3RBI(23) KEYED THE FIRST INNING OUTBURST WITH A BASES CLEARING DOUBLE TO DEEP LEFT CENTER; NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 2-3, .415, 2RBI(18) HAD A KEY 2-RUN SINGLE IN THE 4TH TO PROVIDE THE RUNS NEEDED TO RUN-RULE THE MULES.

THIS GAME MARKS THE 13TH TIME IN 20 GAMES THAT THE LOOKOUTS HAVE SCORED 10 RUNS OR MORE AND THE LOOKOUTS IMPROVE TO 15-5 FOR THE SEASON!

ALSO COLLECTING HITS FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-3 (TEAM LEADING 30TH HIT) .416; BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 2-2, .395; ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE) 1-2, .355, 2B(2) RBI(6); JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 1-3, .250, RBI(5); AND BRYCE FREDEY (REVERE) 1-1, .304.

PETERS LOOKS MORE AND MORE LIKE A COLLEGIATE PITCHING PROSPECT AS THE 6'3" RIGHTY WAS IN TOTAL COMMAND DURING THE ENTIRE CONTEST.

THE LOOKOUTS RETURN TO MILAN HIGH SCHOOL IN GAME #2 OF POOL PLAY FACING THE MICHIGAN SPORTS AUTHORITY IN THE IVOR JAMES MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT.

SOLID PITCHING PERFORMANCE BY GEBACZ RUINED BY SLOPPY DEFENSIVE PLAY!

(CANTON,OHIO) BASEBALL IS SUCH A STRANGE GAME AT TIMES AND NO COACH, PARENT OR PLAYER CAN EXPLAIN THE TERM, "THE WHEELS FELL OFF" AND WHY IT OCCURS.

AFTER PLAYING ALMOST FLAWLESS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE BASEBALL FOR THE PAST WEEK, EVERYTHING SEEMED TO BEING GOING THE SAME FOR THE LOOKOUTS IN THIS GAME HEADING INTO THE 5TH INNING (LOOKOUTS WINNING 3-0). CRAFTY LHP MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) WAS CRUISING ALONG AND IN TOTAL CONTROL, ALLOWING ONLY 2 BALLS TO EVEN BE HIT INTO THE OUTFIELD THROUGH 4 1/3 INNINGS (ONE OF THEM WAS A LAZY FLY BALL TO SHALLOW RIGHT CENTER THAT WAS CAUGHT BY TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) WHO MADE ONE OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR CATCHES I HAVE EVER SEEN).

AS SO OFTEN HAPPENS, THE MOMENTUM OF THE GAME SHIFTS AS GEBACZ WALKED THE FIRST BATTER OF THE 5TH ON 4 PITCHES. AFTER A GROUND OUT TO FIRST BASE (MOVING THE RUNNER TO SECOND) GEBACZ ALSO WALKED A THUNDER SELECT PINCH HITTER. DESPITE THE 2 WALKS, GEBACZ INDUCED THE #9 HITTER TO HIT A ROUTINE DOUBLE PLAY GROUNDER WHICH WAS NOT TURNED....AND THEN THE "WHEELS FELL OFF"!!! THE NEXT 3 HITTERS LACED SHARP SINGLES AND BEFORE THE LOOKOUTS COULD GET OUT OF THE INNING WE WERE DOWN 5-3.

IN THE 6TH INNING FOR THUNDER SELECT, THE LEADOFF HITTER REACHED BASE ON A ROUTINE GROUNDER TO THE INFIELD....NEXT THING YOU KNOW THE LOOKOUTS ALLOW 5 RUNS TO SCORE IN THE INNING ON A WALK, ANOTHER ROUTINE ERROR IN THE INFIELD, A WILD PITCH, A BASES LOADED WALK, AND ONE TIMELY HIT BY THE THUNDER SELECT.....HENCE THE TERM "WHEELS FALL OFF".

"HOW THE BOYS CAN PLAY SO WELL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN TO THEM IS ALMOST UNEXPLAINABLE", SAID COACH BROWNLEE OF THE MELTDOWN.... "I HAVE A BUNCH OF VERY GOOD BASEBALL PLAYERS ON THIS TEAM AND THEY WILL BOUNCE BACK".

OFFENSIVELY, NOT A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT EITHER AS SEVERAL KEY HITTERS IN THE LOOKOUT LINE-UP LACKED DISCIPLINE VS. THE 2 THUNDER SELECT PITCHERS.

COLLECTING HITS ON THIS DAY WERE TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 2-2, .478; RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-2, .404, 2B(4), 2RBI(18); GEBACZ 1-4, .423; NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 1-3, .403, 2B(3), RBI(16); AND JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) 1-2, .366.

THE LOOKOUTS LOOK TO ERASE THE MEMORY OF THIS GAME QUICKLY AS THEY TRAVEL TO ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN TO COMPETE IN THE IVOR JAMES MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT THIS WEEKEND.

GEBACZ, HARRIS, OLDHAM, CAMPBELL ALL HAVE 3-HIT GAMES AS LOOKOUTS POUND OUT ANOTHER 19 HITS!

(CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO) IN A SHOWDOWN OF TWO OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE DIAMOND LEAGUE RECORD WISE, THE LOOKOUTS ABSOLUTELY PUNISHED THE HURRICANES PITCHING STAFF ON THIS DAY.

THE KEYSER PARK PARKING LOT LOOKED LIKE AN EMERGENCY WARD AFTER THE GAME AS MANY OF THE AREA'S MASSAGE THERAPISTS WERE CALLED TO TREAT "WHIPLASH-TYPE SYMPTOMS" SUFFERED BY HURRICANE PITCHERS, PARENTS AND INFIELDERS!

"THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST HITTING TEAM I HAVE SEEN THE ENTIRE SEASON", SAID OPPOSING MANAGER MIKE SAMBER AFTER THE GAME.

NINE DIFFERENT LOOKOUT HITTERS AGAIN COLLECTED HITS, NINE SCORED RUNS AND SEVEN DROVE IN RUNS....AS THE LOOKOUTS RAISED THEIR TEAM BATTING AVERAGE TO .388.

LEADING THE HITTING ASSAULT ON THIS DAY WITH 3 HITS APIECE WERE MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 3-4, .438, 3R(21), 2B(2), RBI(15); TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 3-4, .446, 2R(24), (2)2B....BOTH GROUND RULE DOUBLES TO DEEP CENTER(8), 3RBI(21); TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 3-4, .455, RBI(20); AND KAEL CAMPBELL (WADSWORTH) 3-3, .400, RBI(15).

HARRIS COLLECTED HIS AMAZING 11TH MULTI-HIT GAME OF THE YEAR; GEBACZ IS 8-13 SINCE BEING INSERTED INTO THE LEADOFF SPOT 4 GAMES AGO AND THE LOOKOUTS ARE 4-0 AND HAVE OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS 63-13 SINCE GEBACZ WAS MOVED TO THE #1 SPOT; CAMPBELL DOESN'T MISS A BEAT (3-3) AFTER BEING AWAY FROM THE TEAM FOR 6 CONSECUTIVE GAMES.

"GEBACZ HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE LIGHTNING ROD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE ORDER AND WITH GREAT HITTERS BEHIND HIM, IT REALLY HAS GOT US ROLLING", SAID COACH BROWNLEE OF GEBACZ.

ALSO HAVING GREAT OFFENSIVE DAYS WITH MULTI-HIT GAMES FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 2-4, .406, 2RBI(15) AND ZAC EDWARDS (HUDSON) 2-3, .333.

ALSO COLLECTING HITS WERE RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 1-4, .400; JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 1-2, .277, 2B(3), 2RBI(5); AND ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE) 1-3, .357.

HARRIS WENT THE DISTANCE ON THE HILL AS HE HAD THE HURRICANE HITTERS WAY OFF BALANCE ALMOST THE ENTIRE GAME (5IP, 0ER, 6H, 3K). WITH THE WIN,

THE LOOKOUTS IMPROVE TO 14-4 AND TAKE ON THE OHIO THUNDER WEDNESDAY AT CANTON'S CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL.

WONDERS DOES EVERYTHING BUT DRAG THE FIELD AS LOOKOUTS IMPROVE TO 13-4!

(CUYAHOGA FALLS, OHIO) KEYSER PARK WAS THE SCENE OF A MONUMENTAL HITTING DAY FOR THE LOOKOUTS AS A TRIO OF OUTSTANDING LAKE ERIE BULLDOG PITCHERS WERE IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME ON THIS DAY!

THE LOOKOUTS "POUNDED" 16 BASE HITS (NO "CHEAPIES") AS EVERY HITTER IN THE LINE-UP COLLECTED HITS AND 9 HITTERS DROVE IN RUNS!! IN ANOTHER AMAZING STATISTIC 8 STRAIGHT HITTERS REACHED BASE IN THE 7TH INNING WHEN THE LOOKOUTS BLEW THE GAME OPEN!

"AFTER THE FIRST INNING WHERE WE WENT 3 UP AND 3 DOWN, THE BOYS FROM THE ACADEMY MADE ME VERY PROUD HITTING THE BALL ALL OVER THE FIELD AND EVERYONE ATTACKED THE STRIKE ZONE", SAID COACH BROWNLEE. "WE HAVE BEEN PREACHING TO THE KIDS TO BE AGGRESSIVE AND TO GET ON TOP OF THE BALL AND WE MADE ONLY 3 OUTS IN THE AIR TODAY".

OFFENSIVELY EVERYONE CONTRIBUTED BUT THE LOOKOUTS WERE LED BY RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 4-5, .412, 3R(17), 2B, 3B, 5RBI(16).

ALSO CONTRIBUTING MULTI-HIT GAMES WERE TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 2-3, .425, 3R(16), RBI(19) AND NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 2-5, .400, 2R(13), 2RBI(13).

ALSO CONTRIBUTING KEY HITS WERE MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-4, .409, 3R(18); TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-5, .426, 3R(22), 2RBI(18); BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 1-2, .415, 2RBI(14); JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 1-1, .250, 2B(2), 2RBI(3); JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) 1-2, .357, RBI(6); ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE) 1-4, .360, 2RBI(5); ZAC EDWARDS (HUDSON) 1-3, .300, RBI(7); AND BRYCE FREDEY (REVERE) 1-4, .295.

WONDERS ALSO PITCHED THE FINAL 2 1/3 (2R, 5H,2K) IN RELIEF OF WINNER ZAC EDWARDS (4-0).

IN THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS TAKE OVER AS THE PERCENTAGE LEADER IN THE PRESTIGIOUS DIAMOND LEAGUE AT 6-2 AND RAISE THEIR TEAM BATTING AVERAGE TO A PRETTY AMAZING .376.

GEBACZ, HARRIS, OLDHAM EACH DRIVE IN 2 RUNS APIECE AS LOOKOUTS CRUISE PAST MAYFIELD MADDAWGS 12-2!

(AKRON,OHIO) THE LOOKOUTS CONTINUE TO PLAY WELL IN "POOL PLAY" FOR THEIR 3RD CONSECUTIVE TOURNAMENT, GAINING THE #2 SEED OVERALL IN AKRON'S TIRE TOWN CLASSIC, RUN BY MARK HOISINGTON.

IN THE BATTLE OF THE BORDER TOURNAMENT, THE LOOKOUTS WERE THE #1 SEED WITH A 2-0 RECORD AND WERE THE HIGHEST SCORING TEAM IN THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT; IN THE PRESTIGIOUS CINCY FLAMES TOURNAMENT, THE LOOKOUTS WENT 2-0 IN POOL PLAY AND AGAIN WERE THE HIGHEST SCORING TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT; IN THIS TIRE TOWN CLASSIC, THE LOOKOUTS WENT 3-0 IN POOL PLAY, SECURING THE NUMBER #2 SEED AND SCORING THE 2ND HIGHEST NUMBER OF RUNS IN THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT.

BUT UP TO THIS POINT, THE LOOKOUTS ARE 0-2 IN TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND ACTION AS WE LOOK TO IMPROVE THIS TREND IN SUNDAY PLAY!

ERIC SLOMOVITZ (ORANGE) CAME ON IN RELIEF OF STARTER OLIVER HILDEBRANDT (ST. V-ST.M) IN THE SECOND INNING WITH RUNNERS ON 1ST AND 2ND AND NO OUTS. SLOMOVITZ THEN INDUCED THE NEXT MADDAWG HITTER ON HIS FIRST PITCH TO HIT INTO A DOUBLE PLAY TO 3B (5-U, 5-3); IN FACT, THE KNUCKLEBALL THROWING SLOMOVITZ WAS CREDITED WITH 6 OUTS IN A TOTAL OF 11 PITCHES THROWN, AN AMAZING STATISTIC (STAT COURTESY OF SUPER STATMAN TOM WONDERS (REVERE).

OFFENSIVELY, THE LOOKOUTS WERE LED BY LEAD-OFF MAN MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 2-2, .425, 2RBI(14).....SINCE GEBACZ WAS INSERTED INTO THE LEADOFF SLOT, HE HAS GONE 4-5, 4R, 4RBI.

ALSO HITTING WELL ON THIS DAY FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 1-3, 2B(6), 2RBI(16); TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-1, 2RBI (TEAM LEADING 18); BRYCE FREDEY (REVERE) 1-1, HR, RBI(10); BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 1-1, 2B (AN AMAZING 10 IN 15 GAMES); HILDEBRANDT 1-2; AND ZAC EDWARDS 1-2, RBI(6).

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS IMPROVE TO 12-4 AND HEAD INTO THE SEMI-FINALS WITH RH ACE ZAC EDWARDS TAKING THE HILL.

7 HITTERS HAVE MULTI-HIT GAMES; 18 HITS COLLECTED IN 4 INNING ROUTE OF VALLEY CITY (WARREN, OH) 18-0 !

(AKRON,OHIO) THE BASEBALL GODS BLESSED MY ACADEMY WHEN THEY ALLOWED THE OFFENSIVE IMPOSTERS WHO PLAYED FOR ME IN FRIDAY'S 4-2 WIN OVER THE OHIO ORIOLE'S TO BE EXCHANGED FOR MY "REAL TEAM" JUST IN TIME FOR A 18-0 WHITEWASH OF THE VALLEY STING IN 4 INNINGS.

HAVING HUGE OFFENSIVE DAYS WERE TREVOR OLDHAM (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 3-4, .389, 2R(13), 2B(6), 3RBI(16); NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 3-4, .416, 2R (11), RBI(11); JAKE NOGALO (WALSH JESUIT) 3-3, .360, 3RBI(5); MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 2-3, .395, 3R(14), 2RBI(12); TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 2-4, .453, 2R(17), 2B(5), 3B, 2RBI(14); JOE MCGLONE (TRINITY) 2-3, .166, 2B, RBI; AND RYAN WONDERS (REVERE) 2-3, .395, (2)2B, 3RBI(11).

ON THE MOUND, 6'4" OLIVER HILDEBRANDT (ST.V-ST.M) EARNED HIS 3RD VICTORY VS. NO DEFEATS, STRIKING OUT 4 IN 3IP.

WITH THE WIN, THE LOOKOUTS IMPROVE TO 11-4 AND TAKE ON THE MAYFIELD MADDAWGS IN POOL GAME #3.

PITCHERS HIT 3 BATTERS, WALK 5; FIELDER'S COMMIT 6 ROUTINE PLAY ERRORS; POOR BASE RUNNING COSTLY!!!

(CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH) THE 15U LOOKOUTS SIMPLY GAVE THIS GAME AWAY AND COULD HARDLY HAVE PLAYED WORSE.....THE INVENTORS OF THE GREAT GAME OF BASEBALL MUST BE TURNING OVER IN THEIR GRAVES TODAY!

WITH 2 STARTERS NOT EVEN AT THE GAME (FAMILY REUNION AND BASKETBALL CAMP) THE REMAINING LOOKOUTS ON THIS DAY JUST COULD NOT EXECUTE THE SIMPLEST OT ROUTINE PLAYS. 6 RUNS WERE UNEARNED AND 5 RUNS SCORED ON EITHER A WALK OR A HIT BATTER....AS THE TALENTED NORTH COAST VIPERS SCORED 13 RUNS WHILE ONLY COLLECTING 6 HITS!!!!

OFFENSIVELY, 11 MORE BASE RUNNERS WERE STRANDED! THE LACK OF CLUTCH HITTING ON THIS LOOKOUT TEAM CONTINUES TO BE THE TEAM'S BIGGEST PROBLEM. IN THE LAST 6 GAMES THE LOOKOUTS HAVE LEFT 62 RUNNERS ON BASE AS ONE HITTER AFTER ANOTHER CANNOT GET ON TOP OF THE BALL!!

ON A POSITIVE NOTE, HITTING WELL FOR THE LOOKOUTS WITH MULTI-HIT GAMES WERE TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK) 2-4, .478, 2B(4); BRYAN PETERS (WOODRIDGE) 2-3, .424, (2)2B(8), 3RBI(11); AND ZAC EDWARDS (HUDSON) 2-4, .286, 2RBI(4).

ALSO COLLECTING HITS WERE NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) 1-2, .390 AND OLIVER HILDEBRANDT (ST.V-ST.M) 1-3, .344, RBI(5).

WITH THE LOSS, THE LOOKOUTS FALL TO 9-4 AND LOOK TO IMPROVE THIS WEEKEND IN THE TIRE TOWN CLASSIC IN AKRON,OHIO.

OUTSTANDING PITCHING EFFORT BY HARRIS WASTED IN LOSS

(CINCINNATI, OHIO) AFTER LEADING THE ENTIRE CINCY FLAMES TOURNAMENT IN TOTAL RUNS SCORED THROUGH THE FIRST 2 GAMES (24)......THE 15U LOOKOUTS MUST STILL HAVE HAD WATER PARKS AND AMUSEMENT RIDES IN THEIR HEADS EARLY SUNDAY MORNING (FROM NO GAMES PLAYED ON SATURDAY BECAUSE OF POOR WEATHER LATE FRIDAY NIGHT).

THE LOOKOUTS MANAGED JUST 5 HITS VS. A TALENTED GROUP OF GUYS FROM THE PITTSBURG, PA. AREA (ALLEGHENY TIGERS). THE LOOKOUTS TOOK MORE PITCHES THAN A "FAMILY REUNION HORSESHOE STAKE"......AND THE RESULTS MADE 2 ALLEGHENY PITCHERS LOOK LIKE SUPERSTARS!!

COLLECTING HITS FOR THE LOOKOUTS WERE TREVOR HARRIS (GLEN OAK), KAEL CAMPBELLTREVOR OLDHAM (WADSWORTH), (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN) 1-1, 2BB, RBI(12), NATE LUNDY (WALSH JESUIT) AND MATT GEBACZ (ARCHBISHOP HOBAN).

HARRIS PITCHED A SOLID GAME; AFTER A SHAKY FIRST INNING (3 RUNS), THE DETERMINED LEFT HANDER RETIRED 13 OF 15 HITTERS BUT HAD TO BE PULLED BECAUSE OF A HIGH PITCH COUNT (95 PITCHES). THE WHEELS FELL OFF AFTER THE PITCHING CHANGE WAS MADE.

ON A POSITIVE NOTE, THE LOOKOUT DEFENSE (1 ERROR IN PAST 3 GAMES) AND BASE RUNNING AWARENESS ARE DRASTICALLY IMPROVING AND THE TEAM IS IMPROVING THEIR OVERALL EXECUTION OF THE GAME OF BASEBALL....FAR BETTER THAN TEAMS I HAVE COACHED IN YEARS!

THE LOOKOUTS FALL TO 8-3 AND RETURN TO LEAGUE ACTION TOMORROW VS. THE BOYS OF SUMMER BASEBALL CLUB.

STELLAR DEFENSIVE PLAYS BY OLDHAM AND GEBACZ SAVE THE DAY!

(CINCINNATI, OHIO) THE LOOKOUTS SURE MADE THINGS HARDER ON THEMSELVES THAN THEY HAD TO IN THE FIRST GAME OF "POOL PLAY" IN THE PRESTIGIOUS CINCY FLAMES TOURNAMENT.

THE LOOKOUTS WERE NEVER REALLY THREATENED ON THE SCOREBOARD IN THIS CONTEST BUT IT WAS THE MOST INTENSE GAME OF THE YOUNG SEASON VS. ONE OF THE STATE OF OHIO'S PREMIER PROGRAMS.

THE LOOKOUTS JUST COULD NOT PUT THE SIDEWINDERS AWAY DESPITE COLLECTING 8 HITS, 11 BASE ON BALLS, AND 5 HIT BATTERS.......13 MORE RUNNERS WERE LEFT ON BASE AFTER 12 WERE LEFT ON BASE IN OUR PREVIOUS GAME.

THE SIDEWINDERS LOADED THE BASES IN THE 3RD AND 5TH INNINGS BUT OUTSTANDING PLAYS BY ARCHBISHOP HOBAN SOPHOMORES TREVOR OLDHAM & MATT GEBACZ SAVED THE DAY! OLDHAM MADE A DIVING STOP OF A HARD HIT GROUND BALL PAST THE 3RD BASE BAG, RECOVERED IT, AND M