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2006
TOURNAMENT MANAGER's
8 yr old team	9 yr old team	10 yr old teams		11 yr old teams		12 yr old teams
Craig Bernas	Jim Perino	Rick Seymour	Erick Kooi	Bob Padjen	Tom Seymour	Tim McCormick	John Broadwell

12 yr old LANSING AMERICAN

MGR.Tim McCormick COACHES: Phil Mulder, Randy Slager

BROWN	KAMERON	S.G.S
KING	ADAM	SCHROEDER LAUER
LEE	MICHAEL	KIWANIS
LORENZ	JACOB	VFW
MCCORMICK	MATTHEW	SCHROEDER LAUER
MESKO	TREVOR	LIONS
MORENO	JUAN	SCHROEDER LAUER
MULDER	BRADEN	SCHROEDER LAUER
SCHMOLLINGER	ALEX	VFW
SLAGER	ERIC	S.G.S
SPANGLER	ANTHONY	S.G.S
VREE	JOEL	S.G.S

DATES

NOTES:
The 12 yr old Americans team won the District 6 Championship by beating Steger 4-0 in 7 innings. Braden Mulder pitched 6 scoreless innings with Juan Moreno pitching a scoreless 7th.Eric Slager hit a two run double in the 7th to break it open

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12 yr old LANSING NATIONAL

MGR. John Broadwell

BORST	EAN	C.F.I
BETTE	MATT	AUNT SALLY'S
BROADWELL	MIKE	KIWANIS
BUITER	PAUL	KIWANIS
DOORNBOS	ALEX	DEYOUNG & SONS
FRAZIER	JT	KIWANIS
FRIESEMA	SKYLER	AMERICAN LEGION
GREEN	BRIAN	COPPER MUGGERS
STURDIVANT	JIMMY	KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
SUHAIL	ABBASY	VFW
TOWERS	LEROY	LIONS
VILLARREAL	ROBERTO	C.F.I,
WASEK	TRAVIS	AMERICAN LEGION
WOODNORTH	MARK	C.F.I

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11 yr old LANSING AMERICAN

MGR.Bob Padjen COACHES: Scott Wheaton, Pete Kravetz, Stan Srocynski

DATES:
STATE	August 5th 3:00pm	Tuscola,IL

LANSING American 1
Western Springs 11
date: 8/9/06

Highlights: Lansing American took 2nd in the 11 Year Old State Tournament. Falling to Western Springs in the Championship game. Congratulations on a fine run, Second in State.

LANSING American 11
PERU 9
date: 8/8/2006

Highlights: LANSING CAME FROM A 5-0 DEFICIT IN THE FIRST INNING AND EXPLODED HITTING, UNTIL THEY TOOK THE LEAD FOR GOOD.
TOP OF THE ORDER DOWN TO THE 12TH BATTER BATTLED AND GAVE THE TOWN OF TUSCOLA AND THE FANS PRESENT A GAME PEOPLE WILL TALK ABOUT FOR YEARS!
IT DEFINED "COME-BACK AND NEVER QUIT",
ON TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE GAME

LANSING American 0
Western Springs 4
date: 8/07
Highlights: Lansing American lost 4-0 in a hard fought battle. Two great defensive plays by the Western Springs ball club kept the American team off the board. Lansing plays Peru tonight, 8-8 at 7:30pm in Tuscola.

LANSING American 7
Crystal Lake American 3
date: 8/5/06
Highlights: Dominic Albanese pitched a complete game for the victory. Trevor Wheaton scored on a base hit from Alex Shell to cut the Crystal Lake lead to 2-1 at the end of two. Kyle Janowski then electrified the crowd with a two run home run scoring Peyton Padjen and himself for the go ahead runs to keep the Lansing American team in the lead for good. Jeremy Kravetz and Elijah Shepard added insurance runs in the 4th and Trevor Wheaton and Dominic Albanese added runs in the 5th. Great base running and defense helped secure the victory. Lansing American plays Monday night August 7th at 8pm in Tuscola, the winner of Mondays game advances to the Championship Game.

Notes:
Lansing 9
Alsip 3
Lansing American wins the 10-11 Sectional Championship by defeating Alsip 9-3. Peyton Padjen drove in Jeremy Kravetz for the Americans run in the first. Kyle Janowski singled home Avery Shepard(2B) to give the American team the lead for good in the second inning. Saleem Sanford then added a pinch hit (two and two count fastball) over the fence in right center for a three run homer. Making the score 5-1 after three. Jeremy Kravetz then knocked in Alex Schell(1B) in the 4th for a 6-1 lead.
Jordan Davis, Dominic Albanese and Tyler Sroczynski all added runs in the 5th on walks and hit batters. Dominic Albanese pitched a complete game and did not allow a walk. Superb defense was played in the field.

LANSING 4
Jackie Robinson 3
Highlights: Dominic Albanese pitched a stellar 6 innings, allowing 5 hits and only 3 runs. Dominic also made two great plays on line shots back up the middle. Lansing american plays sunday @ 11am in Alsip vs. the winner of the Alsip/East Side game.

ALBANESE	DOMINIC	AMERICAN LEGION
DAVIS	JORDAN	LIONS
JANOWSKI	KYLE	LIONS
KRAVETZ	JEREMY	AMERICAN LEGION
LIVELY	RICHARD	S.G.S
PADJEN	PEYTON	S.G.S
SANFORD	SALEEM	LIONS
SCHELL	ALEX	LIONS
SHEPARD	ELIJAH	S.G.S
SHEPARD	AVERY	S.G.S
SROCZYNSKI	TYLER	SCHROEDER LAUER
WHEATON	TREVOR	SCHROEDER LAUER

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11 yr old LANSING NATIONAL

MGR. Tom Seymour, Coaches: Dave West, Don Sciakitano, Chip Kort, Mike Templeman

DATES
O.T.Y.A.	July 10 thru 16:4

Notes:
Lansing 11yr olds played three games in the OTYA tourney. Sergio Cabrera had a towering homerun and pitched 11 strong innings with 14 strikeouts over 2 games. Cody Hutchison had a strong 6 inning performance with 8 strikeouts in Game 3
Game 1    MOF 10     Nationals 4
Game 2    Mokena 5   Nationals 4
Game 3    Beecher 4   Nationals 2

L.O.T.

July 22 thru 29

Notes:
Game 4
Lansing 5
Hammond Optimist 3
Behind strong pitching from Dominick Sciakitano, Cody Hutchison & Sergio Cabrera, combined with excellent team defense, highlighted by shortstop Justin Pasko gave the Nationals a victory in their final tourney game in 2006.

Game 3
Lansing 4
Clarendon Hills 14

Game 2
Lansing 2
Evergreen Park 3
was a different story as Lansing behind the pitching of Sergio Cabrera and Cody Hutchison and a prodigious HR over the center filed fence by Dominick Sciakitano.

Game 1
Lansing 3
Dyer 13

Sergio Cabrera	Lions
Andrew Gryzbowski	Kiwanis
Cody Hutchison	Kiwanis
Samuel Kessler	Lions
Caleb Kort	Kiwanis
Justin Pasko	VFW
Dominick Sciackitano	S. Lauer
Mitchell Seymour	Kiwanis
Alex Stookey	DeYoungs
Chris Templeman	American Legion
Marcos Vasquez	American Legion
Jake West	VFW

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10 yr old LANSING AMERICAN

MGR. Rick Seymour, COACHES: Mike Skribina, Bill Stubitsch, Jay Janowski

Dates
Saturday 7/29 10:45am	vs.Peotone	Homewood Isaac Walton Field

Notes:
LANSING 9
Peotone 3
7/29/06
Highlights: Brian Seymour pitched 4 innings allowing only three runs while going 3 for 3 at the plate. Danny Janowski ripped a two-run double to ice the game. Joey Skrbina pitched the final two innings of the game to preserve the win.

LANSING 3
Ridge-Beverly 7
7/26/06

Highlights: Lansing dropped the opening game of the Homewood Tournament against Ridge-Beverly. A 4-run first inning proved to be too much for Lansing to overcome. Tyler Kluth and Zac Hill each doubled in the game.

LANSING 4
Chicago Ridge 3
7/22/06

Highlights: Lansing American won the opening game of the 10 yr. old Sectional behind a three-run home run by Danny Janowski. Janowski also pitched a solid 6 innings to earn the win. Brian Seymour added a double. Austin Sanders fielfed hot grounder at first base for the final out of the game.

LANSING 4
Evergreen Park 8
7/23/06

Highlights: Lansing American suffered its first loss of the tournament season as Evergreen Park came from behind in the final two innings for an 8-4 victory. Brian Seymour smacked a triple to right center in the first inning and Danny Janowski ripped a double down the line to tie the game at 1-1. Janowski then added a solo home run to left field for a Lansing 2-1 lead and Austin Sanders had an RBI single.

BRADLEY	MCCLAIN	EHL ARCHITECTS
DAY	BRANDON	SCHROEDER LAUER
FRIGO	MICHAEL	KIWANIS
HILL	ZACH	COPPER MUGGERS
JANOWSKI	DANNY	LIONS
KLUTH	TYLER	S.G.S
LINDICH	DANNY	SCHROEDER LAUER
SANDERS	AUSTIN	AMERICAN LEGION
SEYMOUR	BRIAN	S.G.S
SKRBINA	JOE	AMERICAN LEGION
SMITS	LEVI	SCHROEDER LAUER
STUBITSCH	STEVE	LIONS

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10 yr old LANSING NATIONAL

MGR Erick Kooi

BOVIS	NICK	AUNT SALLYS
CARR	ALONZO	COPPER MUGGERS
COOKS	MARION	FIRST NATIONAL BANK
DORSEY	MICHAEL	KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
GREEN	MICHAEL
KOOI	ANDREW	EHL ARCHITECTS
LARSON	JOHN	LANSING SPORTS SHOP
OSBORN	JOSH	AUNT SALLYS
QUEALEY	KEVIN	C.F.I.
RUZGA	TJ	KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
SPEARSON	AUSTIN	EHL ARCHITECTS
VELEZ	ADAM	LIONS
VITTRITTI	LOUIS	C.F.I.

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Dates

Sat. July 29th 3:15pm

vs. Homer

Homewood Isaac Walton

Notes:
LANSING 5
Highland 3

Highlights: The Nationals played a stealer defense and the offense came through in the clutch Michael Dorsey was picked for the MVP by Highlands coaches.

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9 yr old LANSING AMERICAN

MGR. Jim Perino, COACHES: Eric Massy, Jim Riffice

DATES

Notes:
LANSING 5
Griffith 8
7/29/06

Highlights: Tough loss in the championship game. The kids came back from being down 8-0, led by Adam Kessler, 2 for 3, and Collin Tempelman, who had a key base hit driving in 2. Collin also threw out 6 of 7 runners stealing on him in the tournament. Isaac Kort, Steven Massay, and Collin Dougherty only walked ten batters in the five game tournament.

LANSING 6
Evergreen Park
7/29/06
Highlights: Another excellent pitched game by Kort and Massay, giving up only one walk. Adam Kessler, 2 for 2, with 2 RBI's.

LANSING 11
Portage 5
7/24/06

Highlights: Another stellar pitching peformance by Kort, Massay, and Dougherty, walking only one. Isaac Kort, a triple, double, with 3 RBI's. Jimmy Perino, 2 doubles, 4 RBI's. Cemented a spot in the playoff round.

LANSING 4
Griffith 3
7/23/06

Highlights: Excellent defensive game by Lansing. Kort, Massay, and Dougherty didn't walk anyone. In the bottom of the 6th, tying run on 2nd, Kyle Martinez, dove and caught a line shot, stood up and doubled the guy off second to end the game.

LANSING 5
Dyer 2
7/22/06

Highlights: Isaac Kort and Steven Massay pitched an excellent game. Alex Pasaye 2 for 2, Josh Crosby inning ending double play.

Joshua Crosby	LANSING SPORTS SHOP
Collin Dougherty	DEYOUNG & SONS
Casey Friesema	LANSING SPORTS SHOP
Adam Kessler	C.F.I.
Isaac Kort	FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Kyle Martinez	KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Steven Massey	COPPER MUGGERS
Thomas McGuire	AUNT SALLYS
Alexander Pasaye	COPPER MUGGERS
Jim Perino	KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
Rickey Ramirez	LANSING SPORTS SHOP
Collin Templeman	LANSING SPORTS SHOP

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