2022 Tournament
August 1 - August 6, 2022
Announcements
The New Orleans Boosters (5-1) won the championship game in the 77th AAABA Tournament via a 5-1 victory over Johnstown Paul Carpenter Capital Advisors (4-2) in front of 2,148 fans at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point on Saturday, August 6.
* New Orleans produced co-MVPs Bryan Broussard and pitcher Chris Olivier.
* The Boosters’ Norris McClure took the tournament RBI title with 11 driven in.
* New Orleans broke the AAABA Tournament stolen base record with 35 stolen bases on 42 attempts, a .833 stolen base percentage. The record of 23 stolen bases had been set in 1952 by Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Bryan Broussard, Cade Pregeant and Logan O’Neill each had seven stolen bases during the tournament.
* Columbus TNT Knights’ Noah Sprowls took the AAABA Tournament batting title with a .538 average (7-for-13).
* The Philadelphia Bandits won the AAABA Tournament Sportsmanship Award.
* Johnstown Paul Carpenter Capital Advisors DH Christian Zilli earned The Tribune-Democrat local franchise MVP Award.
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Championship Team
Franchise Team Manager Wins Losses New Orleans Boosters Joey Latino 5 1 -
Teams
Franchise State Team Manager Logo Website Altoona PA Cumming Motors Chris Sanders 
Brooklyn NY Cougars Eric Jaume 
Brooklyn-2 NY Bonnie Rams Linton Dyer 
Buffalo NY Royal Printing Leo Dandes 
Cleveland OH B2Bulls Jim Savel Sr. 
Link Columbus OH TNT Knights Daniel Crabtree LePara 
Link Johnstown PA Paul Carpenter Capital Advisors Dave Sheriff 
Johnstown-2 PA Martella’s Pharmacy Kerry Pfeil 
Link Maryland State MD Crabfest Mike Higginbotham 
Link New Brunswick NJ Matrix Glenn Fredricks 
Link New Orleans LA Boosters Joey Latino 
New York City NY Rockland Pirates Joe Pareres North Carolina NC Disco Turkeys Scott Kirby 
Link Philadelphia PA Bandits Greg Olenski Jr. Youngstown OH Creekside Crocodiles Bob Mingo 
Zanesville OH Junior Pioneers Jay Bonifant 
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Standings
Place Franchise Team Games Wins Losses
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1 New Orleans Boosters 6 5 1 2 Johnstown Paul Carpenter Capital Advisors 6 4 2 3 Brooklyn Cougars 5 3 2 4 Johnstown-2 Martella’s Pharmacy 5 3 2 5 Cleveland B2Bulls 4 3 1 6 New Brunswick Matrix 4 3 1 7 Philadelphia Bandits 4 3 1 8 New York City Rockland Pirates 3 2 1 9 Altoona Cumming Motors 4 2 2 10 Brooklyn-2 Bonnie Rams 3 1 2 11 Buffalo Royal Printing 3 1 2 12 Columbus TNT Knights 3 1 2 13 Maryland State Crabfest 3 0 3 14 North Carolina Disco Turkeys 3 0 3 15 Youngstown Creekside Crocodiles 3 0 3 16 Zanesville Junior Pioneers 3 0 3 -
Awards
Sportsmanship Award
The Sportsmanship Award is given to the team that exhibits most exceptional sportsmanship.
Team Franchise Bandits Philadelphia Top Pitching Performance
Pitchers that have a 4-0 record in the tournament.
Player Team Franchise Chris Olivier (2-0) Boosters New Orleans Carson Lore (2-0) Boosters New Orleans Michael Klingensmith (2-0) Paul Carpenter Capital Advisors Johnstown Batting Champ
Player Team Franchise Games At Bats Hits Ave. Noah Sprowls TNT Knights Columbus 3 13 7 0.538 Strikeout Leader
Player Team Franchise Strikeouts Innings Chris Olivier Boosters New Orleans 23 14 Single Game Strikeout Leader
Player Team Franchise Strikeouts Ryan Whitehead Cumming Motors Altoona 13 Ronald Fils-Aime Cougars Brooklyn 13 RBI Leader
Player Team Franchise RBI's Norris McClure Boosters New Orleans 11 -
Schedule & Scores
Day Time Field Franchise 1 Franchise 2 Score Note Mon (8/1) noon St. Michael Philadelphia Columbus 12 - 10 Xavier Delgado had two homers among his three hits. Anthony Bruno had three hits, including a homer. Robert Buckley had three hits for Philadelphia. Columbus' Noah Sprowls had three hits, Braden Reed hit a homer, and Eric Colaco tripled for the TNT Knights. Mon (8/1) noon Roxbury New Orleans North Carolina 18 - 3 Cade Pregeant had three hits with a double, two runs and four RBIs, and Bryan Broussard had three hits, a double, four runs and four RBIs as the defending champs won in seven innings. Jacob Singletary hit a home run. Tanner Bray had two hits, including a double for North Carolina. Mon (8/1) noon Sargent's Stadium New Brunswick Johnstown-2 3 - 0 Joe Carrea pitched a complete game, one-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks in the Matrix's shutout win. Carrea had a perfect game through 6.2 innings. Andrew Schmid and Brad Edwards each had two hits for New Brunswick. Jared Dowey had Martella's lone hit. Aidan Layston struck out seven in five innings. Mon (8/1) noon Lilly Maryland State Brooklyn-2 7 - 10 Anderson Moreno had three hits, with a double and two RBIs, Bryan Abraham doubled, and Genesis Nunez tripled in Brooklyn-2 win. Maryland State's Likeiry Jimez had three hits, and Hector Vargas doubled. Mon (8/1) noon Portage Buffalo Cleveland 5 - 8 Six B2Bulls players collected two hits apiece, including Michael Feri with two doubles and Joseph Trivisonno with a triple. Buffalo's Jake Hollins had four hits. Mon (8/1) noon Westmont Zanesville Brooklyn 1 - 8 Ronald Fils-Aime struck out 13 in six innings and Dany Pena doubled at the Cougars beat the Junior Pioneers. Brody Hammersley had two hits, and Tyler Arter hit a home run for Zanesville. Mon (8/1) noon Mount Aloysius Altoona Youngstown 10 - 0 Corey Chamberlain hit two home runs, Colton Burd homered, Devon Boyles tripled, and Aidan Steinbugl had two doubles in Cumming Motors win over Youngstown in eight innnings. Dmitri Gary doubled for the Crocodiles. Mon (8/1) 7:30 Sargent's Stadium Johnstown New York City 8 - 3 Aiden Dunlap reached base five times, with three runs and a triple, and three Johnstown pitchers combined in a strong mound effort. Daniel Tauken had two hits and two RBIs for New York. Tue (8/2) 10 a.m. Westmont Philadelphia North Carolina 14 - 9 Philadelphia collected 16 hits in a slugfest win, including three apiece by Robert Buckley and Gaetan Grandell. Ethan Martini hit a home run. North Carolina's Nico Noto had two hits, with a homer, and Pirmin Brechbuhl had two hits, including a double. Tue (8/2) 10 a.m. Lilly New Orleans Columbus 6 - 3 Chris Oliver struck out 12 batters in 5 innings. The defending champions scored four runs over the final three innings. Cade Pregeant, Jacob Singletary and Bryan Broussard each had two hits. Columbus' Eric Colaco and Braydon Quincel each had two hits and a double. Tue (8/2) 10 a.m. Mount Aloysius New Brunswick Brooklyn-2 13 - 8 New Brunswick scored seven runs in the top of the sixth to break open a two-run game. Walter Zampella had three hits, including two doubles. Jay Bant had two doubles and two RBIs. Shaun Piotrowski had two doubles. Brooklyn-2's Genesis Nunez and Bryan Abraham each had three hits, including a double. Adrien Espinal had two hits, with a double. Tue (8/2) noon Sargent's Stadium Maryland State Johnstown-2 6 - 12 Jared Dowey had three hits, including a homer and a double, four RBIs and three runs scored as Johnstown-2 evened its record. Jake Bredl had three hits, with two doubles and three runs, and Zach Ramach had two hits, with a double and two runs. Maryland State's Santiago Jimenez had three hits, including a home run and three RBIs. Jordan Daddio had two hits with a triple and two RBIs. Tue (8/2) 1 p.m. St. Michael Buffalo Brooklyn 5 - 6 With two outs and two strikes, Conor Hanlon doubled to left field, driving in Julian Jaume and Joan Peralta with the tying and game-winning runs for Brooklyn. Hanlon had three hits, and Jaume and Peralta each had two. Zach Evans had three hits for Buffalo. Tue (8/2) 1 p.m. Roxbury Zanesville Cleveland 0 - 16 Dylan Gamber and Michael Ferl each hit a homer, and Michael Persichetti and Ryan Funderburg each doubled for Cleveland, which collected 15 hits. Pitchers Alec Katon, Owen Gerba and Funderburg combined to limit Zanesville to three hits while striking out 10. Tue (8/2) 1 p.m. Portage Altoona New York City 4 - 8 Daniel Tauken had two hits, a home run and three RBIs, and Patrick Costin had two hits with a triple and two RBIs as New York improved to 1-1. Altoona's Kevin Lehner had three hits, a homer, a double and two RBIs, and Jacob Hillard had three hits with a double. Devon Boyles and Lucas Muffie each homered for Altoona. Tue (8/2) 7:00 Sargent's Stadium Johnstown Youngstown 15 - 1 In seven innings, Paul Carpenter collected 16 hits and batted around the order two straight innings to pull away. Noah Sweeney had three hits, with two doubles, three runs and three RBIs. Jayden Taitano had a double and a triple and five RBIs for the Johnstown team. Jason Triveri had two hits for Youngstown. Wed (8/3) 10 a.m. Portage North Carolina Columbus 9 - 13 Columbus' Noah Sprowls had three hits, four RBIs and two runs scored, and Michael Franckhauser had two hits and two RBIs. Primin Brechbuhl and Aidan McAllister each had two hits for North Carolina. Wed (8/3) 10 a.m. Westmont Buffalo Zanesville 15 - 2 In a mercy-rule shortened, seven-inning game, Kyle Finn went 5-for-5 with 5 runs scored and two doubles for Buffalo. Drew Podas had two hits and three RBIs for Royal Printing. Tyler Arter and Nate Johnson each had two hits for Zanesville. Wed (8/3) 10 a.m. Lilly Brooklyn Cleveland 11 - 12 Cleveland scored twice in the top of the ninth to win in a meeting of unbeaten teams. Joseph Trivissono had two doubles, including a run-scoring blast in the ninth. Blake Barker and Ozzie Campbell each had three hits for Cleveland. Michael Persichetti had two hits and two RBIs. Ronald Flis-Aime and Myles Vazquez each had three hits for Brooklyn. Wed (8/3) Noon Sargent's Stadium Brooklyn-2 Johnstown-2 1 - 11 Austin Lewis allowed two hits and one run in a seven-inning victory, striking out seven. Jake Felton had two hits for Martella's Pharmacy, which scored seven runs in the fourth inning. Anderson Moreno scored Brooklyn-2's lone run. Wed (8/3) 1 p.m. Mount Aloysius Philadelphia New Orleans 17 - 16 Philadelphia plated three runs in the bottom of the ninth to walk-off New Orleans in a battle of undefeated tournament powers. New Orleans had scored eight runs in the eighth to lead 16-14. Wed (8/3) 1 p.m. Roxbury New Brunswick Maryland State 11 - 2 New Brunswick's seven-run eighth inning broke open a tight contest. Rocko Brezniak and Gianni Marano each had two hits, including a home run apiece in the win. Frankie Sanchez had a double and three RBIs. Maryland State's Samuel Canela had two hits. Wed (8/3) 1 p.m. St. Michael Youngstown New York City 5 - 11 Benjamin Patridge had two hits, including a double and two RBIs, and Sean Liquori had two hits with a double in New York's win. Michael Pavelchak had a double and two RBIs. Youngstown's Shawn Parnell had two hits. Wed (8/3) 7:00 Sargent's Stadium Johnstown Altoona 3 - 8 RHP Sam Servello pitched 6.2 innnings and Mack Meing closed out the game as Altoona won Pool D. Johnstown advanced with a 2-1 record. Devon Boyles hit a 3-run HR. Noah Sweeney had 2 hits including a run-producing double for Johnstown. Thu (8/4) 10 a.m. Sargent's Stadium New Orleans New Brunswick 11 - 6 New Orleans scored 4 runs in the top of the seventh to take the lead and held off New Brunswick the rest of the way to reach the semifinal round. The defending champs had 7 extra-base hits, including triples by Jacob Singletary and Stephen Klein. Christian Westcott had two doubles, and Brady Faust, Bryan Broussar and Norris McClure each had a double. Gianni Marano drove in two runs for New Brunswick. Rocky Brzeniak and Logan Rooney each had two hits for the Matrix. Thu (8/4) 1 p.m. Roxbury Brooklyn Altoona 8 - 5 Brooklyn held off a late Altoona rally to reach the semifinal round. John Riviere-Vejas had three hits with a triple, and Julian Jaume and Joan Peralta each doubled for the Cougars. Charlie Bakken had three hits for Altoona. Jacob Hillard, Corey Chamberlain and Lucas Muffie each had two hits for Altoona. Thu (8/4) 2 p.m. Sargent's Stadium Johnstown-2 Philadelphia 11 - 5 Jake Felton went 4-for-5, Bryce McCleester hit a 2-run homer, and Jared Dowey had a big day at the plate and on the mound as Martella's Pharmacy beat Philadelphia Bandits to reach the semifinal round. Alex Glumac had three hits for Johnstown-2. Phil Stahl had four hits, including a double, for Philadelphia. Fri (8/5) 10 a.m. Sargent's Stadium Cleveland Johnstown 3 - 5 In the make-up morning game, Billy Perroz had three hits and two walks, and Christian Zilli had three hits for Paul Carpenter. Johnstown's Jace Cappellini had two hits. Dylan Gamber, Michael Persichetti and Blake Barker each had two hits for Cleveland. Fri (8/5) 1:30 p.m. Sargent's Stadium Johnstown-2 New Orleans 3 - 10 Logan O'Neill had three hits, and Cade Pregeant had two hits and three RBIs as the Boosters advanced to the title game. Bryan Broussard and Tyler Cook each had two hits, with Broussard scoring twice and Cook driving in two. Johnstown-2 had two hits by Alex Glumac and two RBIs by Troy Emert. Fri (8/5) 7:30 p.m. Sargent's Stadium Brooklyn Johnstown 5 - 10 Three Johnstown pitchers combined to keep the Cougars offense in check, while Paul Carpenter's Aiden Dunlap hit a three-run homer in the second inning to spark a 10-hit attack. Johnstown earned a spot in the title game. Sat (8/6) 6 p.m. Sargent's Stadium New Orleans Johnstown 5 - 1 Chris Olivier pitched 7 innings with 11 strikeouts, and the Boosters broke open a close game with a three-run eighth inning to win their third straight title and 18th overall. Cade Pregeant and Brady Faust each had three hits. Tyler Cook had a 2-run double. Christian Zilli hit a solo homer for Johnstown. Paul Carpenter pitcher Rodney Shultz pitched 7 strong innings. -
Pitching Leaders
Player Franchise Wins Losses Saves Innings ER ERA Strikes Walks Seth Shuey Johnstown 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 1 Austin Lewis Johnstown-2 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 3 Chris Hasse Johnstown-2 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 Alec Petroff Johnstown-2 0 0 0 3.333 0 0 4 0 Ryan Whitehead Altoona 0 0 0 8 0 0 13 2 Mack Meengs Altoona 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 Thomas Marshall Brooklyn 1 0 0 6.333 0 0 8 2 William Polanco Brooklyn-2 0 0 0 3.667 0 0 4 1 Ty Johnson Buffalo 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 Owen Gerba Cleveland 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 Alec Katon Cleveland 1 0 0 4 0 0 6 2 Ryan Funderburg Cleveland 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 Tyler Tilton New Brunswick 1 0 0 5 0 0 4 1 Joe Carrea New Brunswick 1 0 0 9 0 0 11 0 Zach Bryant North Carolina 0 0 0 .667 0 0 1 1 Ryan Kasper Philadelphia 0 0 0 1.333 0 0 1 5 Anthony Bruno Philadelphia 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 Christopher Santic New York City 0 0 0 3.333 0 0 4 3 Jacob Bazala Johnstown 0 0 1 8.333 1 1.08 7 1 Kaile Levatino New Orleans 1 0 1 7 1 1.29 8 1 John Anservitz Cleveland 1 0 0 6 1 1.5 8 4 Matthew McElligott Columbus 0 1 1 5.333 1 1.69 5 5 Myles Vazquez Brooklyn 0 0 0 5 1 1.8 0 1 Kodi DeBoer North Carolina 0 0 0 5 1 1.8 5 0 Michael Pavelchak New York City 1 0 0 5 1 1.8 3 2 Chris Oliver New Orleans 2 0 0 14 3 1.93 23 3 Michael Klingensmith Johnstown 2 0 0 8 2 2.25 9 2 Josh Sheehan Buffalo 1 0 0 4 1 2.25 4 1 Connor Schermerhorne Buffalo 0 0 0 4 1 2.25 6 1 Samuel Canela Maryland State 0 0 0 4 1 2.25 3 3 Ian Babey Maryland State 0 1 0 4 1 2.25 2 1 John Higgins New Brunswick 0 0 0 4 1 2.25 5 1 Turner Toms New Orleans 0 0 0 4 1 2.25 6 1 Thomas Rendon Brooklyn 1 0 0 7.333 2 2.45 0 1 Luke Treloar Johnstown 0 0 0 3.333 1 2.7 4 1 Rodney Shultz Johnstown 1 1 0 9.667 3 2.79 8 3 Reyanoso Brooklyn 0 1 0 6 2 3 9 2 Wyatt Fuduric Cleveland 0 1 1 6 2 3 7 7 Colin Leyner New Brunswick 0 0 0 6 2 3 6 0 Dino Tharp North Carolina 0 0 0 3 1 3 2 2 Preston Mauzy Cleveland 1 0 0 5.667 2 3.18 2 0 Sean Dertinger New York City 0 0 1 5.667 2 3.18 6 0 Carson Lore New Orleans 2 0 0 14 5 3.21 8 1 Chase Locklar North Carolina 0 0 0 2.667 1 3.37 1 2 Nate Davis Johnstown 0 0 0 4.667 2 3.86 3 3 Matt Goldenbaum Philadelphia 0 0 1 2.333 1 3.86 3 2 Jared Dowey Johnstown-2 1 0 0 7 3 3.86 7 1 Sam Servello Altoona 1 0 0 6.667 3 4.05 4 4 Bryant Allison Altoona 0 0 0 6.667 3 4.05 10 3 Roman Gill Johnstown 0 0 0 4.333 2 4.15 4 1 Kyle Finn Buffalo 0 0 0 6.333 3 4.26 11 3 Jorden Sesar Philadelphia 0 0 0 6.333 3 4.26 11 4 Michael Marinchak Johnstown-2 1 0 0 6 3 4.5 5 2 Blake Barker Cleveland 0 0 0 6 3 4.5 9 2 Joe Tootle Columbus 0 0 0 4 2 4.5 0 4 Frankie Sanchez New Brunswick 0 0 0 6 3 4.5 6 2 Jake Confrey New York City 1 0 0 6 3 4.5 5 2 Garrett Starr Johnstown 0 0 0 5 3 5.4 6 0 Usher Valdez Brooklyn-2 0 0 0 5 3 5.4 8 2 John Nhem Columbus 0 0 0 3 2 6 3 1 Wyatt Baker Philadelphia 0 0 0 3 2 6 2 1 -
Hitting Leaders
Player Pos Franchise At Bats Hits BA Doubles Triples HR's Runs RBI's Ronald Fils-Aime Brooklyn 4 3 0.75 0 0 0 1 0 Patrick Costin New York City 3 2 0.667 0 1 0 1 2 Bryan Abraham Brooklyn-2 11 6 0.545 2 0 0 5 6 Dylan Gamber Cleveland 11 6 0.545 0 0 1 5 4 Ryan Torres Rodriguez Maryland State 11 6 0.545 1 0 0 2 3 Noah Sprowls Columbus 13 7 0.538 2 0 1 5 6 Ethan Martini Philadelphia 13 7 0.538 1 1 2 5 7 Robert Buckley Philadelphia 19 10 0.526 4 0 0 10 7 Bryan Broussard New Orleans 21 11 0.524 2 1 0 9 10 Christian Zilli Johnstown 16 8 0.5 1 0 1 6 4 Adam Sinisi Altoona 4 2 0.5 0 0 0 1 0 Jake Hollins Buffalo 14 7 0.5 1 0 2 2 7 Kyle Finn Buffalo 14 7 0.5 3 0 0 6 1 Preston Mauzy Cleveland 2 1 0.5 0 0 0 1 2 Michael Franckhauser Columbus 4 2 0.5 0 1 0 1 2 Santiago Jimenez Maryland State 10 5 0.5 0 0 1 1 4 Cole Yeager Youngstown 6 3 0.5 0 0 0 2 0 Phil Stahl Philadelphia 19 9 0.474 2 0 0 6 9 Austin Stalker Philadelphia 17 8 0.471 1 0 0 5 6 Jake Kaufmann New Orleans 13 6 0.462 0 0 0 5 5 Norris McClure New Orleans 26 12 0.462 4 0 0 6 11 John Riviere-Vejas Brooklyn 24 11 0.458 1 1 0 7 5 Cade Pregeant New Orleans 24 11 0.458 1 0 0 6 9 Erik Rhodes Altoona 11 5 0.455 0 0 0 1 2 Pirmin Brechbuhl North Carolina 11 5 0.455 2 0 0 5 3 Noah Sweeney Johnstown 18 8 0.444 5 0 0 4 6 Julian Jaume Brooklyn 18 8 0.444 1 0 0 6 5 Blake Barker Cleveland 18 8 0.444 0 0 0 6 3 Wasker Vincente Martinez Maryland State 9 4 0.444 0 0 0 1 2 Xavier Delgado Philadelphia 9 4 0.444 1 0 2 5 3 Logan O'Neill New Orleans 25 11 0.44 2 1 0 14 5 Jacob Hillard Altoona 19 8 0.421 2 0 0 3 2 Michael Persichetti Cleveland 19 8 0.421 1 0 0 5 3 Billy Perroz Johnstown 24 10 0.417 2 0 0 2 6 Genesis Nunez Brooklyn-2 12 5 0.417 1 1 0 4 0
