South Portage Little League: 2010 Articles

Annual Board Election Results

SPLL is pleased to anounce our 2010 Board of Directors
Our 2010 board is a nice mix of experienced returning board members and four new members.

  • President:  Steve Graham
  • Vice President:  Tim Vanderbor*
  • Secretary:  Becky Kolberg*
  • Treasurer:  Stacy Lightfoot*
  • Baseball Director:  Mike West
  • Softball Director:  Laura Styrlund
  • Properties Director:  John Kounelis
  • Registrar:  Angie Kennard*         
  • Concessions Director:  Jody Roush

* new to board for 2010



Sunday, August 23
JOHN KOUNELIS - Community Hero
In August SoupRHero Restaurant located on the corner of Oakland and Centre acknowledged John Kounelis for his long term dedication to South Portage Little League.  This honorable mention started with the South Portage Family Fun Day fundraiser in June.  John Kounelis has been a part of South Portage for many years and we are so appreciative for all he does.  Thank you John and thank to SuperRHero Restaurant for taking notice of those in our community who do so much.

SPLL would like to thank our wonderful 2010 sponsors! 
We can't do it without you 

Pepsi Distributing
M&M Manufacturing Co.
Sharp Shot Photos
Rathco Safety Supply
Erbelli's Pizza
Nations Title Agency
Roberts Steel Erection
Norman Camera
Betzler Funeral Homes
Sports Brokers
Oreck Vacuums
WDWTravels
Production Tooling
Polderman Lawn Care
Vanderbor Plumbing
Hiemstra Optical
SportClips
Whitman Construction
BDN Industrial Hygiene

Hardball - Softball Fans
Dirksen Roofing
Pure Green
Hitters Edge
Centre Street Market
Graham's Auto & Truck Repair
Premier Radiology
R&T Auto Repair
Keystone Auto Repair
Michigan Commerce Bank
Allegra Print & Imaging
Garden Lane Apartments
J&B Professional Tree Service
Lightfoot & Associates
Soup R Hero
A-1 Signs
A-1 American Flagpoles & Flags
Jungle Joes
Cadwell Apparel
Kalsee Credit Union



Monday, April 26
2010 Opening Day


SPLL 7-8 Year Old All Stars take 3rd & 6th Place !!!
2010 7-8 Gold All-Stars
SPLL 7-8 GOLD

 

SPLL GOLD

Advanced out of pool A from Mattawan seeded 5th and ended up finishing 3rd for the District 15 Tournament.

Front row left to right:

Connor Kolberg, Cameron Botfield, Logan Hemstreet, Austin Keller, Gannon Andrews

Middle Row:

Justin Hayward, Bryce Salter, Trammel Lindstrom, Mitchell DeVries, Evan McKillop, Luke Leto, Garrett Wagnon

Back row:

Coach Keller, Coach McKillop, Coach Leto, Coach Hayward

 

 SPLL BLUEAdvanced out of Pool E from Vicksburg seeded 8th and ended up in the top 6th.  Congratulations to South Portage Blue on their well deserved sportsmanship award.  They were selected by the site director, umpires and tournament directors for their fans, rule knowledge, respect for their coaches and their fellow players. Front row from left to right:Jaryd Widup, Adam Rocklin, Derrick Ryan, Trey Neal, Caleb Gonzales, Ben Cunningham, Jade Sorenson Middle Row:Matthew Hunt, Eric Lint, Max Longman, Keelan Smith ,Kobe Mason, Tyler May.

Back Row:Coach Ryan, Coach Cunningham, Coach May

Please check out our other Games coming up for 9/10, 11, Majors, Junior and Seniors!!!

 



2010 7-8 Blue All-Stars
SPLL 7-8 Blue All-Stars

2010 All-Stars In Action

Click here for the District 2 web site with all the All-Star tournament brackets.

(For faster more accurated updates Managers send your scores to scores@southportagell.com)
SPLL Team Record Status Last Game Next Game
9-10 Softball  D2: 4-0
Sec: 2-0
ST: 4-1

MI STATE
Runner-UP
D2 Champions

MI Championship
Loss (1-3) 
vs. D9 Western (GR)

Play Completed

Major Softball 6-2 District 2
Runner Up		 Loss (0-3)
vs. West Portage		 Play Completed
Junior Softball  0-2   Loss vs.
Alamo-Parch-Nwp		 Play Completed
Senior Softball
(combined w WPLL)		  4-1 MI State
Runner-Up		 Loss (0-3)
vs. Mattawan  		Play Completed 
9-10 Baseball - 1 4-2 District 2
Runner Up		 Loss 
vs. West Portage  		Play Completed
9-10 Baseball - 2 2-2   Loss
vs. Alamo		 Play Completed
10-11 Baseball D2: 4-0
ST: 1-2		 District 2
Champions		  Loss (3-12) N Saginaw Twp
Win (6-5) Richmond
Loss (5-11) Dexter		 Play Completed
Major Baseball D2: 5-1
ST: 1-2

District 2
Champions

Win (10-5) Shepherd
Loss (12-1) Bay City SW
Loss (1-5) Birmingham		 Play Completed
Junior Baseball

D2: 4-0
Sec: 1-2

District 2
Champions		 Schoolcraft won D2 vs. D15 Secional 2 games to 1.

Play Completed 

Senior Baseball D2: 4-0
Sec: 2-0
St: 2-2		 District 2
Champions		 Loss to Saginaw
in State Qtr-Final

Play Completed



Thursday, July 15
Major Baseball hit 4 Home Runs in Romp over Westwood
Three straight Westwood pitches resulted in three home runs for South Portage. Caleb Lloyd led off the second inning with a shot into left-center for a double. A couple of pitches later Joseph Witt hit a home run. Brandon Haynes was up next and he hit his first pitch over the fence for the inning's 2nd home run. Caleb Mergener then came to the plate and hit the first pitch delivered to him over the fence too. Not wanting to be outdone Caleb Lloyd hit the team's fourth home run of the night - a huge shot that may be still orbiting the Earth had a tree not been in the way.

Friday, July 16
District 2 Big League Baseball State Champions
D2 BigLeague BaseBall Team

The District 2 Big League Baseball team comprised of Portage area players won Michigan's State Big League Tournament and they now advance to the Central Region Championships. Follow the team's progress here: US Central Region Big League Tournament 

 



Tuesday, July 20
10-11 YO Baseball All-Stars Win Districts
2010 10-11 All-Stars
SPLL's 10-11 Baseball All-Stars won the District 2 Championship and advance to Gladstone, Michigan for the State tournament. Follow our boys on this page or the Michigan State Little League site here. The tournament starts July 22nd and is a double-elimination format. Good luck and best wishes boys!

10-11, Major, Junior and Senior Baseball All-Stars Win Districts
2010 Major Baseball Champions

South Portage is just one age-group away from a Baseball All-Star sweep. The 9-10 tournament is still playing out and it features a classic showdown between West and South Portage Little Leagues in the final game of the winners bracket. SPLL also played a big part on the District 2 Big League Baseball team that won the State title with both coaches and players from SPLL on the team.

Our 11 YO team took one on the chin Friday, but the Major Baseball team defeated D1 shepherd 10-5. Both our Junior and Senior teams play a sectional best 2 out ot 3 Saturday, July 24th at 2pm against the D15 champion which happens to be Schoolcradt for both divisions.

South Portage's Major Baseball Team joined it's 11 year old team as District 2 Champions. It took the second game of the championship series with Milwood to secure the title, but the boys in blue came out on top with a 2-0 win. Our Majors now move on to Gladstone for the Michign tournament where they play D1: Shepherd on Friday, D14 Bay City on Saturday and SWD4 Birmingham  on Sunday.



All-Stars Move on to State Tournament

SPLL's Senior Baseball All-Star team is another step closer to the World Series after defeating District 15's champion - Schoolcraft. A Saturday afternoon sweep of the Eagles (9-2 and 9-3) in a sectional gives our Senior boys a berth in the State tournament in Midland at Northwood University.

SPLL's 9-10 Softball All-Stars are also headed to the Michigan State LL tournament after sweeping the District 15 Champions (Constantine) in a best two out of three sectional 4-0 and 7-2. Both games were close played games that kept the fans in their seats and chewing on their nails. In game two a big 5 run 6th gave SP some breathing room but Constantine never quit and fought hard to the end. Good luck in Lac St Clair girls! 

 Our Junior Baseball team also played Schoolcraft in a sectional this weekend. Our Juniors fought hard to overcome a 0-6 deficit late in the first game to eventually win the game in the 9th inning. Unfortunately Schoolcraft ended up winning the next two to win the series and move on to the State tournament.



2010 Jr BB All-Stars
2010 District 2 Jr Baseball Champions

Friday, July 30
Senior Baseball Advances to Semi-Finals

SPLL's Senior Baseball All-Star team went 2 and 1 in pool play and play Saginaw in the state semi-finals. The single elimination finals bracket will wrap up Saturday July 31st with the winner advancing to Columbia, Missouri for the Central Region Tournament. Go SPLL!

SPLL's 9-10 Softball All-Stars are in Lac St Clair to play in the Michigan State Softball tournament. The team has their first game Saturday at 2pm.



Sunday, August 1

Kalamazoo Gazette Article on SPLL's 9-10 Girls at State

Kalamazoo Gazette Article on SPLL's Senior Baseball at State



Tuesday, August 3
SP 9-10 Girls STATE RUNNER-UP
2010 9-10 SB State Runner Ups
2010 9-10 SB Michiga Runner-Up

Pictured:
Sitting: Stephanie Gonser, Lindsay Hall, Grace Foster
Kneeling: Maddie Bell, Lauren Irmen
Standing: Madyson Cole, Anna Kolassa, Monica Locker, Paige Poulter, Lexie Hughes, Kayla Blett, Rachel Pijaszek
Coaches: Dennis Cole, Steve Pijaszek

South Portage's 9-10 softball team had an incredible 10-1 run through Distict 2, a District 2 versus District 15 sectional and the State tournament. In the end just 2 runs seperated our fastpitchers from their ultimate goal. A lot of hard work, determination and effort paid high dividends for our very talented girls as they earned a second place finish in Michigan: out of all the Little Leagues in Michigan these 12 girls beat out all but one team.

Great Job Girls - We are ALL Proud of You!