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AA League Tournament Results
Portage South Wins First Title in Team History
The Portage South Black Squirrels and Akron Lasiks met for the third time in the tournament to decide the 2011 Greater Akron AA League Championship. The Lasiks got on the board in the top of the first with when Kevin Brown singled to left with 2 outs and stole second. Rob Beahn followed with a single that scored Brown. Portage South came right back with 2 runs in the bottom half of the inning. Tyler Rost walked to start the inning. Kevin Haley doubled to put runners at second and third. Jimmy Jamieson followed with a single that scored both runners. PS would push 3 more runs across in the third inning to make the score 5-1. Again, Rost walked to start the inning. Haley reached on an error and both runner were moved up by a Jamieson sacrifice bunt. Phil Smith singled to score Rost and Haley then stole second base. He would score on a Kyle Campfield double. The Lasiks got a run back in the fourth when Ryan Petrusky, Mike Christopher and Jamie Matvey, all singled to load the bases. Anthony Longhitano drew a walk to plate Petrusky. Portage South would open the game up in the sixth with a 4-run frame. Rost and Danny Campfield would single, followed by a Jamieson single that scored Rost. Smith would walk to load the bases and Mike Darrah singled to score Campfield and Jamieson. Smith then scored on a Ron Spears sacrifice fly. Walt Samson went the distance on the mound for the Black Squirrels for his second win in the tournament. Jamieson was 2-3 with 3 RBI for PS.
Mike Darrah was 2-4 with 2 RBI in the game. He went 7-14 in the tournament with a 2B, 3B, HR and 3 RBI. Darrah also picked up a win over the Lasiks in the first game of the championship. He was named the 2011 Dave Layton Tournament MVP. - Portage South 9, Akron Lasiks 2
2011 AA League Tournament Recap
July 24, 2011
After 2 days of rain delayed games, the consolation final was played followed by game 1 of the Championship. In the consolation final, Portage South would face Team Diesel. Team Diesel would score a run in the top of the second for a 1-0 lead. Portage South came back with 2 runs in the bottom half of the inning to grab the lead. PS would score 4 more runs in the third and found themselves up 6-1. Diesel was able to get a run back in the fourth, then they scored 3 in the fifth to close the deficit to 1 at 6-5. Portage South held Team Diesel scoreless over the final 2 innings and won. Eric Schaffer went 5 innings on the mound for the win. Mike Price picked up the save with 2 scoreless innings of relief. Kevin Haley was 3-4 with 2 RBI for Portage South. Alan Krontz had 2 hits and a RBI for Team Diesel. - Portage South 6, Team Diesel 5
In the first game of the Championship, Portage South would meet Akron Lasiks for the second time in the tournament. The game was a pitcher's duel early with neither team scoring in the first 4 1/2 innings. The Lasiks would score a run in the fifth on a bases loaded walk to Rob Beahn to score Mike Christopher, who had singled to reach base. The score would remain 1-0 heading into the top of the seventh. Mike Darrah would leadoff the seventh inning for Portage South with a game tying homerun. In the ninth inning, PS got 4 straight singles to start the inning and push across 3 runs to make it 4-1. The Lasiks scored a run in the bottom half, but fell short 4-2. Mike Darrah went 8 2/3 innings for the win on the mound for Portage South. He also was 2-4 with a game tying HR in the seventh. Jamie Matvey had 2 hits to lead the Akron Lasiks' offense. The Portage South win forced a second game in the Championship. - Portage South 4, Akron Lasiks 2 (9 inn)
July 21, 2011
On Thursday, the AA League played the Winner's bracket final and the consolation semifinal. In the Winner's bracket final, the Akron Lasiks would take on the Portage South Black Squirrels. The Lasiks got 2 runs in the second to take the lead. Portage South cut that lead in half with a run in the bottom of the second, the Lasiks would 9 more runs over the next 3 innings and win 11-1. Nic Carucci allowed just one run in 5 innings of work for the win. Anthony Longhitano was 3-4 with a 2B and 4 RBI for the Lasiks. Jimmy Jamieson was 2-2 for Portage South. The loss also snapped a 18-game winning streak for the Black Squirrels. - Akron Lasiks 11, Portage South 1
In the consolation semifinal, Team Diesel and Alliance White PT would meet for the second time in the tournament. Each team scored a run in the third. The Diesel would grab the lead with a run in the fifth and sixth. Alliance would tie the game in the top of the seventh with a 2-run frame. The game would remained tied into the ninth inning. Alliance was able to get a run in the ninth inning to take the lead, but Team Diesel came with 2 runs in bottom half for the win on a walk off double by Mark Hayhurst. Pat Havens picked up the win on the mound for Diesel. - Team Diesel 5, Alliance White PT 4 (8 inn)
July 20, 2011
On Wednesday, the first round of the consolation bracket was played. The first game played was between Team Diesel and Canton Crew. The Crew score a run in the top of the first. Diesel came back with 5 runs in the bottom of the first inning. The Crew posted 3 runs in the top of the second to cut the lead to 5-4, but Team Diesel got 4 runs to push the lead out to 9-4. In the third, both teams score 2 runs, making the score 11-6. Canton got 3 runs in the sixth to cut the deficit to just 2 at 11-9, but Diesel held on for the win. Devin Dye, who picked up the win for Team Diesel, was also 2-3 with a 2B and 3 RBI. Mark Hayhurst also had a 3-run HR for Diesel and earned the save on the mound. - Team Diesel 11, Canton Crew 9
The second consolation game was Players i Bulls and Alliance White PT. Alliance took an early lead and never looked back as they won 9-3. Jeff Deckerd struck out 8 in his 7 innings of work for the victory. Matt Kulick was 2-2 for Alliance White. 2011 Don Lombardi Rookie of the Year winner, T.J. Deininger, was 2-3 in the loss for the Bulls - Alliance White PT 9, Players i Bulls 3
July 19, 2011
After rain washed the games from Monday to Tuesday, the second round games were played at the Ballpark in Hudson. The first game was Alliance White PT matching up with Portage South Black Squirrels. Portage South scored first with 2 runs in the bottom of the first inning. Alliance would come back and tie the game in the fifth with a 2-run frame. PS was able to push 2 more runs across in the bottom of the sixth to take a 4-2 lead. Alliance was unable to score in the seventh and Portage South would win. Walt Samson went the distance for PS on the mound for the win, striking out 10 batters. Jesse Michel was 1-2 with 2 RBI including the game winning RBI for the Black Squirrels. Mickey Manser was 2-3 with a triple for Alliance. - Portage South 4, Alliance White PT 2
In the nightcap, the Canton Crew took on the Akron Lasiks. The Lasiks grabbed the lead in the first with a run and picked up 2 more in the fourth. They were able to break the game open with 5 runs in the fifth and posted one more run in the sixth to make it 9-0. Mike Grady struck out 13 batters in his complete game win for the Lasiks. Rob Beahn led the Akron Lasiks attack, going 2-4 with a 3B and 2 RBI. Grady also had 2 hits along with Kevin Brown and Scott Saylor. - Akron Lasiks 9, Canton Crew 0
July 17, 2011
The Greater Akron AA League Tournament began on Sunday, July 17th with 2 games being played at Kent Roosevelt High School. In the first game, Alliance White Physical Therapy matched up against Team Diesel. Alliance White PT took the lead with a run in the first inning. They followed with a run in the third, fourth and fifth to take a 4-0 lead. Team Diesel got on the board in the sixth with a run, but Alliance scored one more in the top of the seventh and won 5-1. Brad Thomas threw a complete game for Alliance, striking out 7 and allowing only one run. Anthony Beitler was 2-3 for Alliance to lead the offense. Matt Kulick and Jake Duvall also had 2 hits each for White PT. Mark Hayhurst was 2-3 for Team Diesel. - Alliance White PT 5, Team Diesel 1
In the second game of the opening round, Players i Bulls faced the Canton Crew. The Crew scored a pair of runs in the first inning for a 2-0 lead. Canton would tack on another run in the fifth inning to make it 3-0 and that's how it would end. Tyler Asbury threw a complete game shutout for the Canton Crew. Jake Stahl led the Crew attack, going 2-2 with 2 RBI. Taylor Branisel, Joe Chiarappa and Eric Napoli had 2 hits each for the Bulls. - Canton Crew 3, Players i Bulls 0
2010 Greater Akron AA League Championship Game
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The 2010 Greater Akron AA League Tournament Championship game had #2 Alliance White Physical Therapy against #3 Portage South Black Squirrels. Alliance score first with a run in the bottom of the second. Josh White singled to start the inning and was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt. White would score on a Scott Saylor single. Alliance would get 4 more runs in the third. Zac Barson was hit by a pitch and scored on a Josh White double. White scored on a Grant Sevek single. Sevek would steal second and score on Kyle Green's single. Scott Saylor doubled to score Green. WPT would add another run in the fourth when Ryan Armstrong scored on a sacrifice fly by Zac Barson. Portage South finally got on the board in the sixth. Sam Crea was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on Mike Darrah's single. Alliance would add 2 more insurance runs in the sixth. Craig Knott and Zach Messer had back-to-back singles to start the inning. Knott would score on a bases loaded walk to Josh White and Messer came home on a RBI groundout by Grant Sevek. Mike Grady threw a complete game for his second win of the tournament, allowing just one run on four hits and struck out 8. Josh White and Craig Knott each had 3 hits for the Alliance offense.
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Mike Grady was named Dave Layton Tournament MVP for 2010. Grady was 2-0 with a 0.50 ERA. He struck out 15 in 14 innings of work while allowing just 7 hits and 1 run.
2010 AA League Tournament
After 2 days of rain, the consolation final was played between B & B All Stars and Portage South. B & B All Stars got on the board first with 2 runs in the second inning. PS came right back with 2 runs in the top of the third. The score would remain tied until Portage South scored a run on a bases loaded walk for the victory. Ron Spears and Walt Samson were 2-3 to lead the PS offense. Mike Darrah threw a complete game for the win, striking out five. Portage South 3, B & B All Stars 2
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July 24, 2010
Portage South Black Squirrels would meet Akron Lasiks in the consolation semifinal. PS would score 4 runs in the top of the first. The Lasiks chipped away at the lead by scoring a run in each of the first 3 innings. Akron took the lead in the fourth with a 2 run inning, then tacked on 2 more runs in the fifth. Portage South would get one run back in the sixth, but still trailed by 2 entering the 7th inning. PS would score 3 to take the lead. The Lasiks were able to get a run in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game. In the 8th, Portage South would score a run and hold the Lasiks off for the win. Kevin Haley was 1-3 with 3 RBI to lead PS. Walt Samson threw 4 innings of relief for the win. Portage South 9, Akron Lasiks 8
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July 23, 2010
In the winner's bracket final, Alliance White Physical Therapy and B & B All Stars faced off. The game was scoreless until B & B put a 3 spot up in the top of the fifth. Alliance would come back with 4 runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead and hold on for the victory. Grant Sevek led the Alliance offense with 2 hits. Kyle Green had a 2-run double as well. Anthony Barson got with win on the mound. Alliance White PT 4, B & B All Stars 3
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July 22, 2010
Akron Lasiks met up with the Northern Ohio Hurricanes in the a consolation bracket game. The Lasiks led 7-2 after 3 innings and scored 11 runs in the fourth to put the game away. Six different Lasiks had 2 hits in the game, including Allen James who was 2-2 with a HR and 5 RBI. Ryan Petrusky picked up the win on the mound for Akron. Akron Lasiks 18, Northern Ohio Hurricanes 2
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Portage South and Team Diesel were matched up in the late game of the consolation bracket. PS scored 4 runs in the first and held a 4-0 lead as the game was suspended for rain in the top of the 5th inning. It was resumed on Saturday with Portage South able to hold for the 4-1 victory. Ron Spears and Mike Darrah each had 2 hits for PS. Kevin Haley also had a double and 2 RBIs. Mike Darrah got the win with Eric Schaffer picking up the save. Portage South 4, Team Diesel 1
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July 21, 2010
Alliance White PT and Northern Ohio Hurricanes met in the first game of the second round. Alliance got on the board first with a run in the third inning. They added 1 more in the fifth and 2 in the sixth. Dave Frak threw a 2 hit shutout for Alliance. Craig Knott led the offense with a triple and a single. Alliance White PT 4, Northern Ohio Hurricanes 0
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In the night game, B & B All Stars played Portage South Black Squirrels. B & B would score a run in the third inning. PS came right back with a run in the fourth, B & B scored a run in the fifth and 2 more in the sixth to take the lead for good. Brian Dougherty allowed just one run on 2 hits. Tim Kiernan was 2-3 with a RBI and a run scored. Dylan Wartluft had a hit and scored the only run for Portage South. B & B All Stars 4, Portage South 1
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July 20, 2010
Akron Lasiks met Canton Crew in the consolation bracket. The Lasiks offense was back to form, scoring 9 runs on 9 hits. Anthony Longhitano, Kevin Brown and Rob Beahn each had 2 hits for the Lasiks. Ryan Petrusky went the distance on the mound for the victory. Akron Lasiks 9, Canton Crew 1
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Team Diesel received a bye to the next round.
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July 19, 2010
The opening round consisted of 3 games with Portage South (20-7) receiving a bye to the second round. Northern Ohio Hurricanes (9-17-1) played Team Diesel (12-16) at Summit Lake. Seven different players had hits for the Hurricanes as they won 4-0. Dan Zust had a single and 2 RBIs to lead the offense. Sunny Dhaliwal allowed just 3 hits and struck out 9 in a complete game shutout. Northern Ohio Hurricanes 4, Team Diesel 0
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In the first game at Hudson, the #1 and #2 seeds in the tournament met as the Akron Lasiks (22-4) faced off against Alliance White Physical Therapy (21-5). Alliance scored all eight runs by the fourth innings and held the top scoring team in the league to no runs and just 3 hits. Zac Barson was 2-2 with 3 RBIs and Scott Saylor also added 2 hits and 3 RBIs for Alliance. Mike Grady threw a complete game shutout with 7 strikeouts and allowed 3 hits. Nick Jones took the loss for the Lasiks. Alliance White PT 8, Akron Lasiks 0
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The late game matched B & B All Stars (10-18) with the Canton Crew (2-25-1). B & B scored 4 runs in the second and that would be all they needed as Mike Doretich of B & B threw the third shutout of the day, allowing just one hit and striking out six. Matt Kulick was 2-3 with a double to lead the offense. Zach Siemon also had a double and 2 RBIs for B & B. B & B All Stars 4, Canton Crew 0
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AA League Championship Recap
July 27, 2009 -- Tonight, Monday, July 27, 2009, the Akron Lasiks defeated the fourth seeded Northern Ohio Hurricanes, 8-1, in the championship game of the Greater Akron AA Baseball League tournament at The Ballpark at Hudson in Hudson, Ohio. With the win, the Lasiks improve 26-10 overall and have won their second consecutive league title. With the loss, the Northern Ohio Hurricanes fall to 19-13 overall and finish in second place in just their second season as a team.
Akron would fall behind in the top half of the first inning as the Northern Ohio Hurricanes took a 1-0 lead using a hit batsman and two singles, including an RBI single that yet again blooped down the right field line. The rally was stalled when second baseman Kevin Brown threw out the second runner at the plate attempting to score.
In the second, the Hurricanes put together another rally, but righty Dominique Rodgers worked out of the jam without allowing a run. After a walk and a single, an out was recorded, just before a groundball took a horrendous hop at second base to load the bases. However, Rodgers forced the next two batters to beat the ball into the ground getting force outs at the plate and at second base to thwart the rally.
From that point on, Rodgers was relentless, allowing just one hit while facing the minimum the remainder of the game. On the evening, Rodgers (6-0) earned his sixth win of the season while tossing seven complete innings, allowing just one earned run on four hits and one walk, fanning six; he also hit one batter.
Akron would finally get on the board in its own half of the second, nodding the score at 1-1. Third baseman Allen James tripled to lead-off the inning before being thrown out at home during a groundball off the bat of first baseman Ryan Petrusky. Catcher Anthony D’Attoma singled through the right side and right fielder Rob Beahn walked to load the bases. Left fielder Nick Jones would then come through with a sacrifice fly to left field to score Petrusky from third.
In the third, Akron would go ahead for good as center fielder Jamie Matvey used his speed to beat out a hard hit ball to second base. After a wild pitch moved Matvey to second, Brown used a groundball to the right side to move him to third with just one down. Designated hitter Casey Jirsa then singled through the left side to score Matvey for the 2-1 advantage.
The Lasiks’ big inning was the fourth as they scored five runs on six hits to take a 7-1 lead. Petrusky doubled and scored on a triple from D’Attoma, who subsequently scored on a line-drive single to left from Beahn. Jones then singled and moved Beahn to third, but before being thrown out trying to stretch the single into a double. Shortstop Anthony Longhitano singled in Beahn just before Matvey again used his speed, this time to produce a two-run inside-the-park homerun (3) to complete the scoring.
Akron picked up an insurance run to make it 8-1 in the sixth when Brown singled in Jones, who had led off the inning with a double.
Offensively for Akron, all nine batters had at least one hit, while Matvey, Jones and Longhitano each had two hits.
James was one-of-three in the game, extending his tournament hit streak to four games and winning the Dave Layton Award given to the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, as he was six-of-12 (.500) with three doubles, two triples, one walk, five runs scored and three runs batted in.
Past Season's Tournament Brackets
2011 AA League Tournament Bracket
2010 AA League Tournament Bracket
2009 AA League Tournament Bracket
2008 AA League Tournament Bracket
2007 AA League Tournament Bracket
2006 AA League Tournament Bracket
2005 AA League Tournament Bracket
2005 AA Championship Series
In 2005, with the return of the Greater Akron AA League, the championship was determined by a best-of-three Divisional Series between the top 2 teams in each division and the winners playing each other in the Championship Series. The other 8 teams in the league played in the 2005 AA League Tournament for a bid to the NABF Tournament.
Divisional Series
Tues. 8/2 356th Fighter Group Storm 2 Ohio Legend 0
Thur. 8/4 Ohio Legend 9 356th Fighter Group Storm 8 (8 innings)
Sun. 8/7 356th Fighter Group Storm 4 Ohio Legend 0 (Storm advances)
Tues. 8/2 Sharon Center Cox Painting 5 Ellet Shockers 1
Thur. 8/4 Sharon Center Cox Painting 5 Ellet Shockers 0 (Sharon Center advances)
AA League Championship
Tues. 8/9 Sharon Center Cox Painting 5 356th Fighter Group Storm 4
Thurs. 8/11 Sharon Center Cox Painting 2 356th Fighter Group Storm 1
Sharon Center Wins AA League Title
Sharon Center scored 3 runs in the top of the 1st inning and held on to defeat the Storm 5-4 to go up 1-0 in the AA League Championship. Sharon Center would start the 1st inning by loading the bases with no outs against Storm pitcher Walt Samson. Greg Schwehm would plate the first run of the game on a Sac Fly. Then back to back RBI singles by Anthony Konefal and Nathan Miller would stake Sharon Center to a 3-0 lead. Sharon Center added another run in the 3rd inning to make the score 4-0 before the Storm decided to get back into the game. The Storm would score a run of their own in the 3rd inning on a RBI single by Steve Deitrick to make it 4-1 and then another run in the 6th on a RBI double by Bryan Youngblood to make it 4-2. With two outs and no one on base for Sharon Center in the top of the 7th, Ron Spears singled, moved around to third on a Greg Schwehm double, and scored on a single by Anthony Konefal. This would prove to be a huge insurance run as the Storm mounted a rally in the bottom of the 7th. The Storm would score two runs on a fielders choice and a RBI single by Ted Hardy to make the score 5-4. With the tying run on third and the winning run on first, Sharon Center pitcher Alan Frame was able to finish off the victory by getting a pop out to third. Steven Youngblood went 2 for 3 with two runs scored for the Storm.
On Thursday night, Sharon Center Cox Painting locked up the Greater Akron AA Baseball League title by defeating the 356th Fighter Group Storm 2-1. Sharon Center won the game with one out in the bottom of the 7th on a RBI double by catcher Greg Schwehm. With the game scoreless through five innings, the Storm broke through in the Top of the 6th. Ted Hardy led off with a single and the Storm loaded the bases on consecutive misplayed bunts by Sharon Center. With no outs and Sharon Center playing their infield in, Storm shortstop Randall Hoffman hit a shot that Sharon Center shortstop Ron Spears made a diving grab to stop. A run scored, but it saved what could have been the start to a big inning. Sharon Center pitcher, Nathan Miller, would go on to get the next two hitters out and keep the score at 1-0. Sharon Center would bounce back in the Bottom of the 6th to tie the score on a RBI double by Anthony Konefal. Then in the Bottom of the 7th, Ron Spears would reach on an error with one out, Rod Lane would single, and then Schwehm would deliver the game winning hit, scoring John Luebke who pinch ran for Spears. The double, was Schwehm's third double of the Championship Series. Miller would pick up the victory, going the distance for Sharon Center. He scattered eight hits, walked one batter, and struck out three. Bryan Celik was the tough luck loser for the Storm. Celik also allowed eight hits, walked four batters, and struck out four. Sharon Center finishes their season with a 28-10 mark, while the Storm finishes at 29-11-1.
Congratulations go out to Sharon Center and Sharon Center's manager/sponsor Don Cox on a great season. It was a great series for the teams involved and the AA League as a whole.
Congratulations to the 2011 Greater Akron AA League Champions
Portage South Black Squirrels
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