West Portage Little League: All Stars
Wednesday, July 82009 All-Star Rosters
2009 Baseball All-Stars have been selected!!
9-10 year olds - Manager: Gary VanderWeele
Andy Barta, Nolan Caranci, Chad Fisher, Drew Gabel, Josh Hardham, Matt Kralick, Stephen Nagy, Nollen Partee, jacob Springman, Austin VanderWeele, Graydon Willson, Johnathan Wolf
9-10 year olds - Manager: Bob Verduzco
Caleb Eustice, Noah Hecht, Michael Lincoln, Alex Long, Jake Lundin, Jacob Mastenbrook, Justin McIntyre, Jack Sampson, Lachlan Sawall, Joe Stewart, Scott Verduzco
10-11 year olds - Manager: Skip Shaw
Jack Budnick, Bryant Cross, Dayton Juday, Austin Killman, Carter Knapp, Drew Kristin, Deonte Pueblo, Alex Repyak, Andrew Shaw, Keenan Sullivan, Hunter Tilbury
10-11 year olds - Manager: James Carrico
Jacob Begeman, Grant Butler, Caleb Carrico, Tim Fitzgerald, Evan harrison, Drew McCardwell, Brady Robertson, Paul Rozek, Connor Smith, Gabe Smith, Brandon Twiehaus, Austin Wolf
11-12 year olds - Manager: John Schuemann
Collin Arnold, Tommy Henry, Ben Keizer, Alex McIntyre, Conrad Nosal, ryan Rochester, Thomas Scheffert, Max Schuemann, Greg Schwartz, Andrew Stone, Blake Therrian, Collin Widger
Juniors (13-14 year olds) - Manager: Gene Kruse
Ryan Alkamis, Griffin Brandt, Nick Corbit, Cameron Gagnon, Tanner Knapp, David Kruse, Steven Kruse, Josh Loudin, Dahlen Quezada, Cole Schaefer, Logan Schuemann, Dan Wolfe
2009 Softball All-Stars have been selected!!
9-10 year olds - Manager: Bill Dawson, Coach: Troy Wagner
Kaylie Pomper, Sara Wieber, Isabella Cronen, Jillian Bowe, Julia Meyers, Meredith Adams, Mackenzie Byers, Adaisha Heidtman, Bailey Vandegiessen, Sammy Wagner, Megan Rochester, Carly Dawson
Major Girls - Manager: Tom Eiden, Coach: Kevin Vizard
Libby page, Natalie Vizard, Sara Trautman, Alana Meyers, Jessica Andrews, Kailee Tange, Brook Wyman, Amelia Teff, Claudia Caranci, Erika Pueblo, Ashley Willsea, Olivia Clements
Congratulations to All the above baseball and softball players for this accomplishment and we wish you the best of luck in the tournaments ahead!!
** GO WEST PORTAGE!! **
Wednesday, August 27
2008 ALL-STARS RECAP
2008 All-Stars Recap
Baseball
Juniors Division (13-14 yr olds)
The West Portage team finished with a 1-2 record in the 12-team tournament. After a high-scoring loss to Eastwood (eventual 3rd place finishers), the team came back with a win over Northwood-Plainwell before losing their second game, this time to the eventual champs South Portage.
Major Division (11-12 yr olds)The American division team finished with a 2-2 record in the 15-team tournament. After a tough draw to start with the eventual champion West Portage National team, the Americans dropped into the losers’ bracket after their first game. They then bounced back with consecutive victories over Alamo and Northwood-Plainwell before bowing out with a loss to the 4th place Lakeview team.
The National division team finished with a perfect 5-0 record to win West Portage’s first district title since 2004. The team moved on to the 16-team State Tournament in Bay City and finished with a 1-2 record in pool play, beating Traverse City and losing to Bay City (the eventual state champs) and St. Clair Shores.
10-11 DivisionThe combined American/National team finished with a perfect 4-0 record to win West Portage’s first-ever 10-11 district title. The team moved on to the 16-team State Tournament in Grosse Pointe. In pool play, West Portage finished with a 2-2 record with victories over Commerce and Bay City and losses to Grosse Pointe (the eventual state champs) and Decatur (in extra innings). The team then advanced to the quarterfinals where they lost a close game to Western 5-3. Every game was exciting with the win or loss coming by 1 or 2 runs, including the loss to Grosse Pointe 6-4 (noteworthy considering GP won its other six games by a combined score of 87-5).
9-10 DivisionThe American division team finished with a 4-2 record, good for 4th place in the 15-team tournament. After a close 6-5 loss in the opening game, the Americans ran off a string of 4 wins in the losers’ bracket with wins over Westwood, West Portage National, Alamo and Parchment before taking a loss to South Portage 8-5.
The National division team finished with an 0-2 record. After dropping their first game to Eastwood (eventual 3rd place finishers), the Nationals hit a tough draw against the WP American team to close out their tournament run.
Softball
Major Division (11-12 yr olds)
The West Portage team finished with a 3-2 record and took 3rd place in the 8-team tournament. After a victory over Milwood in the opening game, the team dropped into the losers’ bracket with a loss to eventual champions Eastwood. West Portage then claimed consecutive wins against Parchment and Alamo before taking a second loss, once again to Eastwood.
9-10 DivisionThe West Portage team finished with a 4-2 record and took 2nd place in the 8-team tournament. After a victory over Delton-Kellogg in the opening game, the team dropped into the losers’ bracket with a 10-run loss to Parchment. West Portage then ran off three straight wins against Eastwood, South Portage and Galesburg-Augusta to earn a rematch against still-undefeated Parchment in the championship round. West Portage won the first game 15-7 to force a second and final game, but Parchment pulled out the victory in that contest (Parchment went on to place 4th in the State Tournament in Cheyboygan).
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2008 11-12 Nationals are District 2 Champions!!!!!
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2008 10-11 All Stars are District 2 Champions!!!!
Sunday, June 29
2008 West Portage Litte League All Star Teams
11-12 American League Division
Manager: Eric Yetter
Caoch: Stan Ledvina
Coach: Pete Schermerhorn: