Town and Country State Tournament

    This past weekend the Plymouth Yoder's 12U team played six games in the Town and Country State tournament.  The boys played hard and ended up State Runner up.

     The first game Friday night score was Plymouth 6 and Alexandria 7.  Then on Saturday, Plymouth 10, Lewis Cass 2, and Plymouth 10, Rossville 1.  On Sunday, Plymouth 9, Rochester 0 and Plymouth 9, Nappanee 5.  Then on Monday in the championship game Plymouth 4 and Frankton 5 in extra innings.

    Hitting for the weekend:  Evan Ziegler had six hits and six RBI's

    Clay Hilliard had six hits and five RBI's.

     Cole Filson had six hits and six RBI's.

    Cam Dennie had twelve hits and sixteen RBI's with four home runs.

    Ezra Winkle had eight hits and five RBI's.

    Tim Tremaine had six hits and three RBI's.

    The boys will travel to South Bend Eastside for the Irish Classic this weekend.

Town and Country Semi-State Tournament

     On the July 19 to the 22 the Plymouth Yoder's 12U travel team played in the Town and Country Semi-State baseball tournament.  The boys came into the tournament as a number one seed and they did not disappoint.  The scores of the games were game 1:  Plymouth 11 South Whitley 1, game 2:  Plymouth 9 Rochester 1, game 3:  Plymouth 7 Nappanee 0,  championship game:  Plymouth 3 Kokomo 2.  In the championship game the boys had to come back to beat Kokomo in 8 innings.  Down 2 to 0 and scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th to tie the game.  It was exciting!  

     The pitchers combined for two no hitters.  In the championship game our pitchers combined for 19 strike outs in 24 outs. 

     For the tournament:  Evan Zeigler had five hits and five RBI's and a grand slam home run!

     Clay Hilliard had five hits and four RBI's.

     Cole Filson had four hits and four RBI's.

     Cam Dennie had five hits and seven RBI's with a home run.

     Ezra winkle had five hits.

     Austin Arriaga had three hits and four RBI's with a home run.

     Tim Tremaine had four hits and four RBI's.

     Larry Dragani had four hits.

     Kendall Himes had four hits.

    The state tournament starts on Friday, July 26th in Pierceton.  Plymouth will face Alexandria at 6:00 pm.

Front row:  Tim Tremaine, Evan Zeigler, Cam Dennie, Cole Filson, Ezra Winkle, Clay Hilliard
Middle row:  Tolman Mills, Kendall HImes, Kam Vanlue, Brady Hatfield, Austin Arriaga, Larry Dragani
Back row: Coach Bob Caban and Coach Tim Filson

Town and Country District Baseball Tournament

     This past weekend the Plymouth Yoder's 12U travel team headed to Pierceton to play in the first round of the Town and Country state baseball tournament.  The boys went 4-0 in district play and will advance to the semi-state next weekend in Rochester.   The pitchers threw two no hitters and they outscored the teams they played 31-2. 

     Evan Ziegler had five hits and four RBI's.

     Cole Filson had six hits and five RBI's with a home run 

     Cam Dennie had nine hits with seven RBI's.

     Austin Arriaga had three hits. 

     The team pitched well and hit the ball really well.  Next game is Friday, July 19th at 7:45 in Rochester.