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Wyoming District 9 goes undefeated to earn trip to the Big League World Series

July 22, 2016City of Wyoming, Recreation, SportsBig League Regional Championship, Big League World Series, Mike Moll, Wyoming District 9Joanne

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Update – District 9 lost in the first round at the Big League World Series. Their next game is Thursday, July 28 at 7:30pm.

Wyoming District 9 finished the 2016 Central States Regional the way they started it, with a shutout victory over Illinois District 15. With the 2-0 win, the host team completed the four game sweep at DeWitt Field on the Campus of Cornerstone University without giving up a single run.

The shutout was the fourth for District 9 in as many tournament games with the championship clinching victory going to southpaw Cade Cintorino. Cintorino, who had the save in game 3 Tuesday night, needed no relief in the championship as he threw a four-hitter to go with four strikeouts and no walks.

District 9 attempted to get off to the early lead, as they had all tournament, in the first inning when they loaded the bases on a single by second basemen Isaiah House to go with a pair of walks to designated hitter Brendan Oosse and Drew Hernandez. Illinois starting pitcher, Chris Campagna, got himself out of the jam by forcing right fielder Bruce Buurstra to bounce out to second to close the inning.

Campagna was not as fortunate in the second inning, but not entirely by his own doing. He got catcher John Corey to pop the ball into shallow center field where second baseman Isidro DeSantiago, shortstop Rich Kiernicki, and center fielder Robert Chayka all converged only to have the ball glance off DeSantiago’s glove for an error. Third basman Eli Spencer followed with a single to put runners on the corners with no outs.

Following a shallow fly ball to left fielder Jordan Rodgers, leadoff hitter Christian Falicki came through with a single to bring in the first run and move Spencer to second where he was later thrown out as the lead runner in an attempted double steal. House was then hit by the pitch and left fielder Jace Beatty singled to make it 2-0 before Hernandez flew out to deep right center field to close out the inning.

In the fourth inning, with two outs, Illinois put runners in scoring position on second and third after a pair of singles and a double steal. That was as close as Illinois would come to scoring as Cintorino got Chayka to pop out to House to end the inning.

Cintorino was in control the entire game and only saw two innings where he faced over three batters, the fourth and the seventh. Illinois got a single in the seventh with two outs from Chayka, but the potential rally was immediately stifled as right fielder Alanso Ocon grounded out. Once the final out was made, the celebration was on!

District 9 finished with seven hits, three strikeouts, and three walks on the night, and will now make its way to Easley, South Carolina to compete for the World Championship against other USA Regional championship teams from the East, Southeast, Southwest, and West. International Regional championship teams from Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe-Africa and Latin America will also compete.

The opening game will be Wednesday, July 27 at 4 pm against the winner of the East Region vs West Region. For a complete schedule and coverage of games, you can visit Big League World Series.

Wyoming District 9 to play for Big League Regional Championship and a trip to the World Series

July 20, 20163-bottom, Citizen Journalism, Recreation, SportsBennett Norry, Big League Baseball, Cade Cintorino, Cornerstone University, Mike Moll, Wyoming District 9Joanne

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Local Wyoming District 9 may be the host for the Central States Region of the 2016 Big League Baseball Tournament, but their pitching staff has been anything but friendly. Bennett Norry and southpaw Cade Cintorino combined to throw another gem in a 2-0 win over Indiana District 10 last night. The shutout marked the third straight for District 9 and earned the host team a spot in the championship on Thursday at 5:30pm.

With Cornerstone University’s DeWitt Field as a backdrop, the semifinal game was a pitchers duel at its finest. Indiana starter Brock Hinton gave up two unearned runs on just four hits over five and two-third innings, but took the loss. In the other dugout, Norry gave up only three hits and struck out seven in his six and two-third innings. The only thing preventing him from a complete game was the 105 pitch count which is the maximum allowed in the tournament.

Cintorino came on to give up a triple to pitcher David Keating, but struck out pinch hitter Deyonne Hunter to get the save and preserve the shutout.

District 9 got off to an early lead by scoring a run in the first inning as lead-off hitter Christian Falicki singled to start the game and advanced to second on a perfectly executed sacrifice bunt by second baseman Austin Anderson. He then scored on a hard hit ball by left fielder Jace Beatty that went through the legs of Indiana first baseman Stephan Walker.

Jarod Nickel sacrifice bunt advances Spencer

The only other marker came in the fifth inning as third baseman Elijah Spencer reached second base to start the inning when his ground ball deep in the hole to Indiana second baseman Korrie Griggs was thrown wild and into his teams dugout. He advanced to third on another well executed sacrifice bunt by center fielder Jarod Nickel and was brought home on an infield ground out to second by Anderson.

That was more than enough for Norry, as Indiana got runners into scoring position only two times while he was on the mound. Indiana’s best chance to score came in the sixth with runners on first and second and no outs as a result of a hit batsman and a walk, but catcher John Corey gunned down his fellow catcher from Indiana, Bailey Sheldon at third as the lead runner in an attempted double steal. Norry then got Walker to strike out swinging and closed the inning by getting left fielder Kyler Doran to fly out to Nickel.

District 9 gets Wednesday off as they wait to see the results of which team comes out of the losers bracket. Illinois will play Ohio at 5 pm and the winner of that game will play Indiana at 7:30 pm with that winner getting to the championship game on Thursday night against District 9 at 5:30 pm with a game to follow if District 9 were to lose.

The champion will then head to Easley, South Carolina to compete against four other USA regions along with four International regions for the Big League World Series Championship taking place between July 26 and August 2.

Wyoming District 9 moves on to semis at Big League Baseball Regional

July 19, 20163-bottom, Citizen Journalism, Recreation, SportsBig League Baseball Regional Final, Mike Moll, Wyoming District 9Joanne

District 9 turns a double play in the sixth inning

While the 2016 Central States Big League Baseball Regional Tournament may have moved from its usual location of Wyoming’s Pinery Park to DeWitt Field on the campus of Cornerstone University, it showed little effect on the host team from Wyoming District 9.

Behind nine strikeouts, no walks, and only two hits allowed, Christian Falicki led his team to a 9-0 shutout victory over the team from Illinois in the afternoon opener for both.
That put District 9 into Monday’s winners bracket nightcap against Missouri, a team that received a first round bye due to their immense travel distance. District 9 was just as dominant under the lights as they had been in the sun, as they posted their second shutout of the day, 8-0.

Wyoming District 9 Big League — Primus pitched four shutout innings

Mark Primus got the win as he pitched the first four innings and faced the minimum 12 batters. The only runner to reach base was Dylan Hoelscher with a second inning lead off single, but was thrown out attempting to steal second to end the inning. Primus finished with five strikeouts on the night and no walks. He was replaced by Bruce Buurstra, who had started the game in right field. Buurstra worked two innings and gave up two hits, struck out one, and helped himself out as he picked Hoelscher off first base after he had reached on an error in the fifth. In the sixth inning, he was helped out by his defense when third basemen Eli Spencer and second basemen Isaiah House turned a double play to close out the inning. It was the first time throughout the game that Missouri had two runners on base in the same inning.

Andrew Bojas closed out the game by pitching the seventh inning where he gave up a walk and a base hit. Bojas stranded the runner on third base after his second strikeout of the inning. A diving catch by second baseman House followed to usher in an official end to the game.

Offensively, District 9 was the visiting team in the game and got off to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning as House singled and was pinch run for by Jake Ritsema, who scored on a single by Brendan Oosse after he had reached second on a wild pitch by losing pitcher, Blane Meyer. They added another run in the second as Buurstra and catcher John Corey both singled in the inning. Corey came home as center fielder Jared Nickel grounded out to the shortstop.

They made it 3-0 in the third as designated hitter Oosse scored on a wild pitch. The score stayed there until a five run sixth inning, thanks in large part to two walks and two Missouri errors, was put together by only two hits.

District 9 will play Tuesday night at 7:30pm against Indiana. Indiana defeated Iowa early yesterday and followed it up with a 4-3 victory over Blissfield, the other Michigan team in the tournament. The winner of Tuesday’s game will advance to the championship game on Thursday at 5:30pm. The loser will play at 7:30pm on Wednesday night.