(7-1-19) Coverage of the 2019 State ACME Baseball Tournament…from start to finish. The State Tournament will be held in Coldwater at Veterans Field.
Hats off to Mr. Lou Brunswick for starting such a great organization! Thank you sir for giving many youth an opportunity to play this wonderful game with their neighborhood friends!!! Thank you Coldwater for running a first class tournament!!!
— Mark Nell (@mark_nell14) July 22, 2019
Awesome seeing this on the fence at Coldwater! Thank you! pic.twitter.com/S4hYrMFOTd
— Jeff Brunswick (@BrunswickJeff) July 21, 2019
State Brackets
Monday 7-22-19 (Championship)
Rematch of last year’s State Championship game in which Bryan beat Archbold 3-0. It will will be the fourth consecutive trip to the state final for Archbold..who won back to back titles in 2016 and 2017.
Both teams are members of the Northwest Ohio Athletic League.
ACME State Championship from Veterans field in Coldwater final:
Archbold 1
Bryan 10@BHSBaseball_W1N @ArchboldRecBall @CW_MemorialPark @AcmeCongress pic.twitter.com/Rm4RlPAAgq— CW Athletic Trainer (@Coldwater_AT) July 23, 2019
- 700pm –Bryan 10 Archbold 1
2019 All-Tournament Team
MVP – Nate Miller – Bryan
- Owen Treece – Van Wert
- Jack Olberding – Minster
- Zack Szul – Anthony Wayne
- DJ Newman – Archbold
- Drake Mohring – Archbold
- Connor Arthur – Bryan
- Brooks Brown – Bryan
- Dom James – Bryan
Congratulations to @BHSBaseball_W1N
2019 #AcmeBaseball State Champions pic.twitter.com/zvtbkU0WA4
— Toby Siefring (@tsief5) July 23, 2019
FINAL: Bryan 10, Archbold 1.
The Golden Bears have repeated as ACME state champions. Dom James was dominant, the Bryan offense was excellent and the Golden Bears have got another trophy to show for it.
— Andrew Gillis (@Andrew_Gillis70) July 23, 2019
2019 ACME State Runner Up pic.twitter.com/2V5Sc7wk7s
— Archbold Baseball (@AHS_BASE) July 23, 2019
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Sunday 7-21-19 (semifinals)
DJ Newman of Archbold and Nate Miller of Bryan named Players of the Game for games 5 and 6 in the ACME State Semfinal games.
- 230pm – Archbold 5 Minster 4
- 500pm – Bryan 10 Anthony Wayne 5
St. Henry Coach John Dorner and umpire Bob Grubaugh being inducted into ACME Hall of Fame before the start of the semifinals. The family of the late Ed Oberlander receives the ACME Lifetime Achievement Award for his service as an umpire
#VeteransField ready for the 2019 State #AcmeBaseball Tournament pic.twitter.com/WnFyhc2frF
— Toby Siefring (@tsief5) July 20, 2019
Saturday 7-20-19 (quarterfinals)
Drake Mohring of Archbold and Jack Olberding of Minster. The State ACME Players of the Game for games 1 and 2. Players of the Game for games 3 and 4 – Connor Arthur of Bryan in game 3 and Jacob Potkanowicz of Anthony Wayne
- Noon: Archbold 9 Troy 4
- 230pm: Minster 5 Van Wert 3
- 500pm: Bryan 12 West Liberty Salem 4
- 730pm: Anthony Wayne 9 Coldwater 3
#AcmeBaseball State Ground Crew officially ready for the weekend. @AcmeCongress pic.twitter.com/3jMOd9jexs
— Toby Siefring (@tsief5) July 20, 2019
Great to see at least 12 college baseball coaches at the Senior ACME Baseball State Tournament tonight…👀👀 @AcmeCongress
— Anthony Wayne ACME Baseball (@AW_ACME) July 21, 2019
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Teams who have qualified for State Tournament
- Anthony Wayne
- Archbold
- Bryan
- Coldwater – host bid
- Minster
- Troy
- Van Wert
- West Liberty-Salem
Districts
7-16-19 (Tuesday)
#Cougar Acme headed to State! pic.twitter.com/7amPKEvaCY
— Van Wert Cougars (@VanWertCougars) July 17, 2019
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- Van Wert 9 St. Marys 3 (suspended game played at Celina)
Van Wert topped St. Mary’s 9-3, earning the Cougars a berth in this weekend’s state tournament in Coldwater.https://t.co/oCTuwLQnSu pic.twitter.com/ea0KIQCZjk
— Times Bulletin Media (@vwtimesbulletin) July 17, 2019
- West Liberty-Salem 5 Mechanicsburg 2
7-15-19 (Monday)
Acme District Champions. Beat CW 12-0 in 5 inn. Proud of ‘em. Play Saturday at 2 PM in Coldwater. #TEAM pic.twitter.com/1GF538kamQ
— Mike Wiss (@MWsports89) July 16, 2019
- Minster 12 Coldwater 0 – 5 innings – Minster wins District 4 title. Both teams advance to state tournament
- St. Marys vs. Van Wert – game has been suspended in the top of the 6th due to rain. Game will resume Tuesday at 5 pm with Van Wert leading 5-2
DEFIANCE ACME: Finishes the 2019 summer 17-10 with a pair of losses to Bryan tonight. pic.twitter.com/bS3OMtTNfT
— Tom Held (@Fungo20) July 16, 2019
- Bryan 13 Defiance 4 – Bryan advances to State after winning two in a row
- Bryan 3 Defiance 1
- Mechanicsburg vs. West Liberty-Salem
7-14-19 (Sunday)
- Minster 11 Fort Recovery 5- Minster advances to State tournament, due to Coldwater’s receiving host bid, Championship game with Coldwater to be played on Monday night
- St.Marys 10 Elida 4 – play Van Wert on Monday
District 7 ACME Runners Up. Congratulations. @VTigerBaseball pic.twitter.com/I1SK2Ffjr7
— Versailles Athletics (@VTigerSports) July 15, 2019
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- Troy 3 Versailles 0 – Troy advances to State
Congrats to the ACME team! On to state⚡️⚾️ pic.twitter.com/lG8ZnR5i1f
— Archbold Baseball (@AHS_BASE) July 14, 2019
- Archbold 8 Kalida 4
- Kalida 5 Wauseon 3
- Mechanicsburg 5 Bellefontaine 4 – 8 innings
- Bryan 7 Fairview 2 – Bryan will face Defiance, needs to win both games to advance to State
- Anthony Wayne 14 Perrysburg 5
7-13-19 (Saturday)
- Coldwater 14 Ft Recovery 2 – 6 innings
- Minster 11 Fort Loramie 1
- St. Marys 1 Delphos St. John’s 0
- Van Wert 10 Elida 8
- Versailles 13 Vandalia-Butler 3 – 5 innings
- Versailles 13 Bethel 3
- West Liberty-Salem 3 Bellefontaine 0
- Defiance 1 Bryan 0
- Fairview 6 Edon 5 – 9 innings
- Archbold 14 Kalida 4 – 5 innings
- Wauseon 5 Ottawa-Glandorf 1
- 12 Noon – Bellfontaine vs. West Liberty Salem/ Mechanicsburg
- Anthony Wayne 10 Perrysburg 2 – complete game on the mound by Ty Roder
7-12-19 (Friday)
- Fort Recovery 8 Minster 5
- Coldwater 12 Ft. Loramie 1 – 5 innings
- Elida 5 Delphos St. John’s 2
- Van Wert 2 St. Marys 1
- Troy 8 Versailles 4 – 10 innings, completion of suspended game
- Archbold 19 O-G 3
- Kalida 5 Wauseon 0
- Defiance 7 Edon 0
- Bryan 14 Fairview 4
- Bellefontaine 11 Southeastern 1 – 5 innings
- Anthony Wayne 13 Ottawa Hills 3 – 5 innings
7-11-19 (Thursday)
- Vandalia-Butler 7 Bethel 3
7-9-19 (Tuesday)
- Versailles 11 Miami East 1
District 4 at St. Henry
Friday
- 6pm – Ft. Recovery vs Minster
- 8:15pm – Coldwater vs Ft. Loramie
at Perrysburg
Acme District 1 Tournament at Bryan
District 2 ACME District Tournament at Patrick Henry
District 7 District Tournament
Sectionals
7-9-19 (Tuesday)
- Coldwater 4 St. Henry 2
- Coldwater 12 Fort Recovery 4
- St Marys 14 LCC 4 – Elida (1 seed) and St Mary’s (2 seed) advance to the Shawnee District
- Bryan 17 Edon 3 – Both teams will advance to districts, starting on Friday
7-8-19 (Monday)
- Ft. Recovery 4 Coldwater 2
- St. Henry 4 Celina 3
- Minster 2 Fort Loramie 1
BlueJay ACME Baseball finished at the #2 seed in the West Sectionals. Earn a spot in the Districts next Friday @ Shawnee. Fun group of fine young men playing great Baseball! pic.twitter.com/gFghzzbVnr
— Jerry Jackson (@DSJbaseballl) July 9, 2019
With a 5-2 victory over Lima Central Catholic, Elida wins the eastern side of the Acme Sectional Tournament for District 5. Elida advances to the District Tournament and will play Delphos St. John’s at 5:00 on Friday, July 12 at Lima Shawnee. pic.twitter.com/yuhqTXHTeP
— Elida Baseball (@Elida_Baseball) July 9, 2019
- St. Marys 9 Bath 2
- Elida 5 LCC 2
- Kalida 8 Miller City 0
ACME SECTIONAL FINAL: Defiance 8 Fairview 4. District starts Friday. pic.twitter.com/ab95NyQYL2
— Defiance Baseball (@DefianceBBall) July 9, 2019
- Fairview 11 Antwerp 1 – 6 innings
- Defiance 8 Fairview 4
- Edon 11 Hilltop 10
- Hilltop 4 Edgerton 2
- Archbold 12 Napoleon 1
- Anthony Wayne 5 Perrysburg 1
7-7-19 (Sunday)
- Celina 7 Parkway 2
- St. Henry 5 Marion Local 1
Auglaize-Shelby
- Minster 10 Russia 1.
- (Completion of suspended game) Minster 8 New Bremen 4
- 415pm – Bath vs St. Marys (postponed til 6pm Monday)
- Elida-LCC (suspended until tomorrow at 4pm)
- Van Wert 6 Delphos Jefferson 2 – Van Wert advances to District
- 4:15pm Lincolnview vs Delphos St. John’s
- Ottawa-Glandorf 14 Miller City 4 (5 innings) O-G advances to District tournament at Patrick Henry Friday at 4 pm
- Kalida 11 Holgate 0 – 5 innings
- Antwerp 6 Wayne Trace 1
- Defiance 8 Fairview 0
- Archbold 3 Tinora 1
- Hilltop 7 Stryker 6 – 8 innings
- North Central vs Edgerton
- Bryan 4 Edon 0
- Wauseon 5 Napoleon 2 – Wauseon advances to Patrick Henry District
- Bellefontaine West Liberty-Salem
- Anthony Wayne 2 Perrysburg 0
- Perrysburg 10 Start 0
7-6-19 (Saturday)
Mercer County
- Coldwater 10 Parkway 0 – 5 innings
- Fort Recovery 3 St. Henry 0
Auglaize-Shelby
- Fort Loramie 7 Russia 1
- Minster vs New Bremen (mid 6th) Game was suspended due to rain. Will pick up Sunday at 1 p.m. with winner playing Russia in the second game
Van Wert
- Lincolnview 2 Delphos Jefferson 2 (game suspended)
- Van Wert vs Delphos St. John’s
- LCC 6 St Marys 5
- Elida 9 Shawnee 4
- St Marys 8 Spencerville 5
- Bath 3 Shawnee 2
District 1
- Fairview 8 Antwerp 5 – 10 innings
- Wayne Trace 3. Hicksville 2
District 2
- Napoleon v. Archbold 11 am
- Delta v. Tinora 1:30 pm
- Kalida 8 Patrick Henry 1
- O-G 8 Ayersville 1
- Miller City 7 Holgate 6
- Holgate 11 Ayersville 9
7-5-19 (Friday)
Mercer County
- Parkway 10 Marion Local 6 – Parkway advances in the winners bracket to play Coldwater tomorrow at noon
- Ft. Recovery 3 Celina 2 – 9 innings
Auglaize- Shelby
- Russia 2 New Bremen 1
- Delphos St. John’s 8 Crestview 7
- Lincolnview 2 Delphos Jefferson 2 (game suspended)
- Urbana forfeited tonight’s game vs Bellefontaine. Bellefontaine will next play the winner of West Liberty-Salem vs Indian Lake game who play tonight at 7:00.
- Ottawa Glandorf 7 Kalida 1
- Miller City 12 Patrick Henry 5
- LCC 10 Bath 9
- Elida 23 Spencerville 1
District 1
- Defiance 5 Hicksville 3
- Fairview 18 Wayne Trace 2
DEFIANCE ACME: Defeat Hicksville 5-3 and move onto Sunday’s game vs. the winner of Antwerp and Fairview. 7:05 1st pitch. pic.twitter.com/EPIMcHRKgc
— Tom Held (@Fungo20) July 6, 2019
District 2-North
- Archbold 7 Tinora 2
- Wauseon 2 Delta 0
Williams County ACME Sectional
- North Central 5 Montpelier 4 – 8 innings
- Edon 7 Hilltop 3
- Edgerton 17 Stryker 4
(will add Districts as we acquire them – email to theusbc@yahoo.com)
2018 ACME Sectional at Minster
2019 District 5 ACME Bracket (West)
2019 Williams County ACME Sectional Bracket
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