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!!! 2010-11 Grosse Pointe Farms-City Little League Board
We are currently accepting applications for the 2010-11 Grosse Pointe Farms City Little League Board of Directors. Board members will be selected at the September meeting, which is scheduled to be held on Monday, September 13 at 7 PM at the Pier Park Community Building Activities Room. If you have any questions, please contact league President Thomas Shimmel at tshimmel@GrossePointeBaseball.com.
HELP US BETA TEST A NEW WEBSITE FEATURE - NEW LEAGUE PHOTO SHARING SITE
We need your help... We are part of a beta test to test drive a new photo sharing feature for our Little League website. The photo sharing site will allow families to upload and share pictures of the their players, comment on images, etc. You can also sign up to be alerted by email when a new picture is loaded to the website for the team that your child plays on. You can also purchase photo-related items, order prints, etc.
Please sign up and check it out. Any feedback that you can provide would be greatly appreciated!
Farms-City 12-Yr. Olds Remain Unbeaten As They Win Their 4th Consecutive District Championship!
Kneeling, left to right: Joey Ellis, Andy Jakub, Jared Demkowicz, Reis Becker, Matt Barry, Austin McMahon; Standing, left to right: Ryan McWood, Jacob Montague, Jack Steinhauer, Tyler Leggat, Matt Gushee, Will Poplawski, Justin McMann; Back row: Coach Art McWood, Coach Andy Montague, Manager Brian Demkowicz
July 21, 2010 // Grosse Pointe, MI // Grosse Pointe Farms-City finished another dominating run through the 11/12 Little League District 6 All Star Tournament with a solid 6-3 victory over rival Grosse Pointe Park in front of a capacity crowd at Defer Field in Grosse Pointe Park last Sunday. The win gave the 12-yr old Farms-City all star team its fourth consecutive District 6 Championship as they remained unbeaten in four years of district play with a perfect 25-0 record.
“This is a special group and I’m very proud of the boys for what they’ve accomplished these past four years”, said Farms-City manager Brian Demkowicz of the team’s dominating performance, “they’ve worked incredibly hard to get to this point and we are now focused on competing at the State tournament and hopefully beyond”. Farms-City advances to the State tournament in Gaylord starting Friday.
Farms-City began the district tournament by beating Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores and then proceeded to run the table, beating Lac St. Clair, Shelby, Detroit PAL, Harper Woods, Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores (semi final), and Grosse Pointe Park (final). The Farms-City boys were strong defensively, allowing an average of only 3 runs per game. Farms-City was also strong at the plate, outscoring their opponents by an average of 10 runs per game as they compiled a .550 batting average and .625 on-base percentage during the tournament.
In the championship game against Grosse Pointe Park, Farms-City controlled the game from the beginning, jumping out to an early 2-0 lead. Farms-City added another run in the 5th before the Park managed to tie the game at 3-3 after a 2-run homer by O’Shea. Unfazed, Farms-City finally broke it open for good with 3 runs in the top of the 6th, as McMann, Leggat, Poplawski, Jakub, and Barry came through with clutch hits, including a 2-run triple by Jakub. In the bottom of the 6th Farms-City pitcher Gushee closed out the game with three consecutive strikeouts to seal the victory.
Gushee kept the Park batters off balance all day, recording 8 strikeouts and allowing only 4 hits. Farms-City provided strong run support, pounding 12 hits on the day, with key RBIs by Demkowicz, Jakub, Barry and Gushee. Defensively, strong performances were turned in by Ellis, McMahon, Becker, McWood, Montague, and Steinhauer, limiting the Park’s scoring opportunities. “This was a full team effort, with every player making significant contributions”, commented Demkowicz. Farms-City is also coached by Andy Montague and Art McWood.
11/12 Local Team Wins 2010 District Tournament!
Members of the team included,Michael Calcaterra, Mac Cimmarrusti, George Daley, Luke Davey, Jared Dempsey, Brennan Ifkovits, Evan Jeup, Jake Jones, Ryan Keating, Christopher Lizza, Griffin Murray, A.J. Stevenson and Bobby Weiland. The team was Co-Managed by Mark Davey and Mike Lizza and coached by Tony Cimmarrusti.
The 11-12 local team won the 2010 district tournament. The team went undefeated in pool play. They started out with a win over the Grosse Pointe Woods/Shores American team 11-2. They then went on to beat the Grosse Pointe Woods/Shores National team 17-1. In the final game of pool play they beat Lanse Creuse 11-1. The team received the number one seed in the final round and had to play Lanse Creuse again. Behind the great pitching of Bobby Weiland and Brennan Ifkovits they advanced to the final game with a 6-1 win. In the final game against the Woods/Shores American, the team started out fast with a lead off single by Griffin Murray, Mac Cimmarrusti then doubled to left to give the Farms/City a 1-0 lead. With one out and Cimmarrusti on second Jared Dempsey hit a two run homer for a 3-0 lead. This would be all the runs the team would get. Behind the fine pitching of Bobby Weiland the game was 3-1 going into the fifth inning. Woods-Shores threatened with runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs. However, A.J. Stevenson made a sliding catch in right and then doubled off the runner at 3rd. The next hitter had a base hit to center, but Evan Jeup threw the runner out at home to end the inning. Final Score GPFC 3 GPWS American 1.
2010 GPFCLL Playoff Brackets
Congratulations to the 2010 Season Playoff Winners!
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Grosse Pointe South Baseball Coaches Offer Personal Instruction
Grosse Pointe South Baseball Coaches Offer Personal Instruction
Baseball players of any age can now receive personal instruction on all aspects of the game from Grosse Pointe South’s baseball coaches. South coaches are available for inside or outside instruction, throughout the year. Players may choose to have one or more coaches at a time, and can focus on hitting, pitching, fielding, catching, or any specific element of the game they prefer.
“We will continue to run the camps we have for years at South in January and March, and at Defer in June. Now, we are responding to the demand for private instruction throughout the year by offering instruction to individual players, a group of players or teams as a whole,” commented South’s longtime Varsity Baseball Coach Dan Griesbaum.
For details, please call Matt Reno @ 313-999-3487.
All MHSAA rules regarding out of season participation will be followed. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Grosse Pointe South baseball program.
