South Portage Little League: 2009 Articles
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ONE Michigan and FIVE District 2 Titles in 2009!
SPLL All-Stars have once again made their mark in the Michigan State and District 2 All-Star Tournaments. SPLL teams have won a State Title and five District 2 championships and have been runner-up in one State and two D2 contests. In all games the SPLL players have done an outstanding job and have made South Portage proud.
Michigan Champions: Senior SoftballMichigan Runn-ups: Senior Baseball
D2 Championships: 9-10 Softball, Senior Softball, 10-11 Baseball, Major Baseball and Senior Baseball.
D2 Runn-ups: 9-10 Baseball and Junior Baseball.
SPLL 9-10 Softball Team - District 2 Champions
SPLL 10-11 Baseball Team - District 2 Champions
SPLL 11-12 Baseball Team - District 2 Champions
(Front LtoR):Ryan Shore, Steve Corcoran, Lukas Creed, Wyatt Whitman, Justin Stanton, Nathan Smith. (Back LtoR):Coach Janicke, John Hayward, Sam Schubkegel, Travis Wilkinson, Joseph Janicke, Collin Hall, Noah Spears, Coach Shore
Portage Senior Baseball Team - District 2 Champions
2009 All-Stars in action
Click here for the District 2 web site with all the All-Star tournament brackets.
| SPLL Team | Record | Status | Last Game | Next Game |
| 9-10 Softball | 2-2 5-0 |
D2 Champions | Loss (3-6) |
Play Completed |
| Major Softball | 2-2 | District Play Completed | Loss (2-3) vs. Gobles |
Play Completed |
| Junior Softball (combined with Milwood) |
1-2 | District Play Completed | Loss (7-17) vs. Parchment |
Play Completed |
| Senior Softball (combined w WPLL) |
Rg: 2-2 St: 7-2 D2: 2-0 |
D2 & MI State Champions |
Loss (3-8)V. Ohio |
Play Completed |
| 9-10 Baseball - 1 | 2-2 | District Play Completed |
Loss (25-7) |
Play Completed |
| 9-10 Baseball - 2 | 4-2 | District 2 Runner-up |
Loss (14-4) |
Play Completed |
| 10-11 Baseball | St: 3-2 D2: 4-0 |
D2 Champions | Loss (6-12) vs. Midland |
Play Completed |
| Major Baseball | St: 2-3 D2:5-1 |
D2 Champions | Loss (3-5) vs. Commerce |
Play Completed |
| Junior Baseball | 3-2 | District 2 Runner-up |
Loss (2-19) vs.WPLL |
Play Completed |
| Senior Baseball (combined w WPLL) |
St:4-3 |
MI State Runner-Up D2 Champions |
Loss in State Championship Vs. D1 Midland (0-11) |
Play Completed |
Monday, July 27
SENIOR SOFTBALL FINISHES IN CENTRAL REGION'S FINAL FOUR AFTER CAPTURING STATE TITLE
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SPLL's Senior girls won the State Championship Tuesday after defeating Mattawan in the best-of-three championship series after both teams went 5-1 in pool play. In the Central Region tournament Portage went 2-1 in pool play but was defeated by Ohio 8-3 in the semi-final. Awesome run girls!
9-10 Softball All-Stars completed All-Star play Wednesday with a loss to Tecumseh in the State tournament. Our girls made it to the final 6 teams out of 16 in the tournament.
11 year old baseball All-Stars completed All-Star play Wednesday at the State tournament after losing to Midland in the quarterfinals.
Our Major baseball All-Stars concluded All-Star play Wednesday at the State tournament after losing to Commerce.
Senior baseball finished 2nd in the Michigan tournament after earning the District 2 crown. Our Senior boys went 2-1 in pool play and earned a berth in the double-elimination championship bracket. We lost the first bracket game to District 1 Midland Association on Sunday, then beat Western LL and Saginaw Township to get into the championship against Midland. Midland was too much today and beat our seniors 11-0.
If this news isn't current please have your manager or someone from your team send updates to webmaster@southportagell.com. Unfortunately results are hard to find and the District and State websites are way behind on several tournaments.
Friday, July 24
Lloyd Carries 11 YO Team Past Petoskey 1-0
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Caleb Lloyd hit a solo homerun and pitched 5 2/3 shutout innings to carry the SPLL 11 year olds past Petoskey 1-0 at the State 11 year-old Little League All-Star tournament. Caleb did received help from his team mates including Joseph Witt who came in to get the last out of the game after Caleb reached his 85 pitch limit. The SPLL 11 year olds get a day off before facing Gross Point Farms City on Sunday, Ishpeming on Monday and Taylor N Central on Tuesday. |
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Thursday, July 2
Congratulations Mark Longman
Mark Longman won the Detroit Tigers Ticket Drawing
Mark's prize package includes:
4 Detroit Tigers tickets versus the Chicago White Sox
$100 gift card to a restaurant
$25 gas card
Conratulations Mark!
Wednesday, September 24
New Faces Join Familiar Ones on 2009 Board
Wednesday was SPLL's election night. The annual election sets in place the elected Board of Directors that guides the league through the next season. Three board positions were filled with newcomers to the board - but all three have been very active at SPLL for some time.
Please extend a helping hand to this board and help make SPLL the best game in town.
| 2009 Executive Board of Directors | |||
| President: | Steve Graham | ||
| Vice President: | Pat Chaput | * | |
| Treasurer: | Ken Pope | ||
| Secretary: | Joni Shore | ||
| Baseball Director: | Mike West | ||
| Softball Director: |
Laura Styrlund |
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| Properties Director: | John Kounelis | ||
| Concession Director: | Jody Roush | ||
| Registrar: | Kathy Irwin |
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* New to executive board for 2009 season.
