2023 Tournament

July 31 - August 5, 2023

Announcements

Johnstown Mainline Pharmacy (6-0) defeated New Orleans Boosters (5-1) 3-2 in the championship game played before 2,528 fans at Sargent’s Stadium at the Point. A Johnstown franchise won the tournament for only the second time in 78 years, and the first time since 2018.

Championship Team

Franchise	Team	Manager	Wins	Losses
Johnstown	Mainline Pharmacy	Tim Rubal	6	0

Teams

Franchise	State	Team	Manager	Website
Altoona	PA	Cumming Motors	Chris Sanders
Altoona-2	PA	Johnston Realty	Dennis Newberry
Brooklyn	NY	SAYO Grays	Darrel Tiebout
Brooklyn-2	NY	Cougars	Eric Jaume
Buffalo	NY	LDC Edge	John Barberio	Link
Cleveland	OH	B2Bulls	Jim Savel Sr.	Link
Columbus	OH	TNT Knights	Daniel Crabtree LePara	Link
Johnstown	PA	Mainline Pharmacy	Tim Rubal	Link
Johnstown-2	PA	Martella’s Pharmacy	Kerry Pfeil	Link
Maryland State	MD	Crabfest	Michael Higginbotham	Link
New Brunswick	NJ	Matrix	Glenn Fredricks	Link
New Orleans	LA	Boosters	Doug Faust
New York City	NY	Bonnie Rams	Linton Dyer
Philadelphia	PA	Philly Bandits	Greg Olenski Jr.	Link
Youngstown	OH	Creekside Crocodiles	Bob Mingo
Zanesville	OH	Junior Pioneers	Jay Bonifant

Standings

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Place	Franchise	Team	Games	Wins	Losses
1	Johnstown	Mainline Pharmacy	6	6	0
2	New Orleans	Boosters	6	5	1
3	Johnstown-2	Martella’s Pharmacy	5	3	2
4	Columbus	TNT Knights	5	2	3
5	Altoona	Cumming Motors	4	2	2
6	Brooklyn-2	Cougars	4	2	2
7	New Brunswick	Matrix	4	2	2
8	Youngstown	Creekside Crocodiles	4	2	2
9	New York City	Bonnie Rams	3	2	1
10	Brooklyn	SAYO Grays	3	1	2
11	Buffalo	LDC Edge	3	1	2
12	Maryland State	Crabfest	3	1	2
13	Philadelphia	Philly Bandits	3	1	2
14	Zanesville	Junior Pioneers	3	1	2
15	Altoona-2	Johnston Realty	3	0	3
16	Cleveland	B2Bulls	3	0	3

Awards

Sportsmanship Award

The Sportsmanship Award is given to the team that exhibits most exceptional sportsmanship.

Team	Franchise
Martella’s Pharmacy	Johnstown-2

MVP

Player	Position	Team	Franchise
Erik Rhodes	CF	Mainline Pharmacy	Johnstown
Luke Barbier	LHP	Boosters	New Orleans

Batting Champ

Player	Team	Franchise	Games	At Bats	Hits	Ave.
Chase Franken	Creekside Crocodiles	Youngstown	4	14	8	0.571

Strikeout Leader

Player	Team	Franchise	Strikeouts	Innings
Luke Barbier	Boosters	New Orleans	19	13

Single Game Strikeout Leader

Player	Team	Franchise	Strikeouts
Jacob Gehring	Creekside Crocodiles	Youngstown	14

RBI Leader

Player	Team	Franchise	RBI's
Jhonnatan Ferrebus	Boosters	New Orleans	10
Nick Fleming	Martella’s Pharmacy	Johnstown-2	10

Schedule & Scores

Day	Time	Field	Franchise 1	Franchise 2	Score	Note
Mon (7/31)	noon	Mount Aloysius	New Brunswick	Altoona-2	8 - 5	New Brunswick's Gianni Marana had three hits, including a homer and three RBIs, and pitcher Joe Carrea retired 13 in a row at one point.
Mon (7/31)	noon	Portage	New York City	Brooklyn-2	6 - 5	New York's Andrew Ardito had a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBIs in a comeback win.
Mon (7/31)	noon	Roxbury Park	Philadelphia	New Orleans	3 - 8	Three-time defending tournament champions won their pool play opener for the fourth straight time since 2019. Jake Kaufmann and Cade Pregeant each went 3-for-4 with a run and one run batted in.
Mon (7/31)	noon	Sargent's Stadium	Johnstown-2	Cleveland	11 - 1	7 innings. Johnstown-2's Nick Fleming went 4-for-5 and finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle. Martella's had 11 hits, eight for extra bases. Steve Budash hit a 2-run HR. Aidan Layton struck out 6.
Mon (7/31)	noon	Lilly	Altoona	Zanesville	15 - 4	7 innings. Altoona had 15 hits and 10 different players reached base. Kevin Lechner went 3-for-4 with four runs. Colton Burd drove in four runs. Jake Hillard, Corey Chamberlain and Aidan Steinbugl each scored twice.
Mon (7/31)	noon	Forest Hills HS	Brooklyn	Youngstown	1 - 6	Youngstown starter Jake Gehring struck out 14 batters and Jeremy Krewzwiese fanned five as the Creekside Crocodiles hurlers combined for 19Ks.
Mon (7/31)	noon	Westmont HS	Maryland State	Columbus	2 - 5	Columbus' Heath Mann struck out 13 and allowed only one earned run. Cam Gilkerson hit a run-scoring double during the TNT Knights' 3-run seventh.
Mon (7/31)	7:30	Sargent's Stadium	Buffalo	Johnstown	1 - 10	Four Johnstown pitchers combined to strike out 17 batters, 11 of those looking, in front of 6,444 fans. Erik Rhodes had three hits, including two triples. Alex Glumac tripled.
Tue (8/1)	10 a.m.	Roxbury Park	New Brunswick	New York City	19 - 9	8 innings. New Brunswick had six extra-base hits, including homers by Gianni Marano, Kyle McSorley and Luke Bicknunas. Casey Cumiskey, Tony DiChiara and Trevor Wallace each doubled. Edwin Bueno had four hits, including a double for New York.
Tue (8/1)	10 a.m.	Forest Hills HS	New Orleans	Cleveland	9 - 1	New Orleans had five extra-base hits, including triples by Logan O'Neill and Jhonnatan Ferrubus, and doubles by Joshua Eames, Cade Pregeant and Giovanni Licciardi. Boosters broke open a 3-1 game with five runs in the seventh.
Tue (8/1)	10 a.m.	Portage	Brooklyn	Altoona	9 - 3	Brooklyn-1's Bryant Pena had two hits and three RBIs, and Teonis Pimentel had two hits, including a double. Marcel Garcia had two hits and drove in a pair.
Tue (8/1)	noon	Lilly	Brooklyn-2	Altoona-2	9 - 1	Brooklyn-2 pitcher Cole Peaslee tossed a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts and five walks. Caleb Mulcahy had four hits, including a triple, two runs and three RBIs.
Tue (8/1)	noon	Sargent's Stadium	Johnstown-2	Philadelphia	9 - 2	Johnstown-2 pitcher Michael Marinchak threw five scoreless innings with five strikeouts. Jared Dowey had two hits, with a double and two runs scored. Steve Budash had two hits. Hunder Smith doubled.
Tue (8/1)	noon	Westmont HS	Zanesville	Youngstown	5 - 9	Youngstown's Colten Shaffer had two hits, including a double and two RBIs. Nathan Fleming had two hits with a double and three runs scored.
Tue (8/1)	noon	Mount Aloysius	Buffalo	Maryland State	4 - 9	James Holloday and Kai Higginson each had three hits, and Ryan Torres, Harry Middlebrooks and J.D. Robinson each had two hits.
Tue (8/1)	7:30 p.m.	Sargent's Stadium	Johnstown	Columbus	6 - 1	Alex Glumac hit a 3-run triple in Johnstown's 6-run fourth inning, and pitcher Luke Schrock allowed 2 hits in 7 1/3 innings for the win.
Wed (8/2)	10 a.m.	Forest Hills HS	New Brunswick	Brooklyn-2	2 - 3	Thomas Michael Marshall went 4-for-4 at the plate and tossed 9 innings on the mound, striking out seven in Brooklyn-2 win. Brandon Polanco had three hits. New Brunswick's Trevor Wallace and Kyle McSorley each had two hits.
Wed (8/2)	10 a.m.	Westmont HS	New York City	Altoona-2	8 - 5	Aniel Delorbe had two hits, and George Calderon had two hits, with a double and two RBIs as New York beat Altoona-2. Johnston Realty scored five runs in the sixth to tie the game, but the Bonnie Rams answered.
Wed (8/2)	10 a.m.	Portage	Zanesville	Brooklyn	7 - 5	Zanesville used a four-run second to take the lead. Aidan Lackey tripled and drove in two runs. Matt Terzola had two RBIs. Brooklyn-1's Noel Medina had three hits.
Wed (8/2)	noon	Sargent's Stadium	New Orleans	Johnstown-2	12 - 6	New Orleans' Jhonnatan Ferrebus had two homers, a double, three runs and five RBIs. Johnstown-2's Nick Fleming homered and Joe McGowan legged out a triple.
Wed (8/2)	noon	Mount Aloysius	Cleveland	Philadelphia	1 - 12	Philadelphia's Aidan Robbins had two triples, two RBIs and three runs in the seven-inning win. Ethan Martini and Wyatt Baker each doubled.
Wed (8/2)	noon	Roxbury Park	Youngstown	Altoona	4 - 13	Jacob Hillard went 4-for-5 with three doubles and a home run as Altoona won Pool C.
Wed (8/2)	noon	Lilly	Columbus	Buffalo	4 - 8	Buffalo's Mason Cisco and Vincent Stutz each had three hits, including a double apiece in Buffalo's win.
Wed (8/2)	7 p.m.	Sargent's Stadium	Maryland State	Johnstown	4 - 10	Johnstown's Erik Rhodes had three hits, and relief pitcher Andrew Root tossed four scoreless innings for the save.
Thu (8/3)	noon	Sargent's Stadium	Brooklyn-2	Johnstown-2	3 - 11	Nick Fleming homered and Andrew Weaver had two doubles as Johnstown-2 pulled away from Brooklyn-2. Caleb Mulcahy homered and Luis Reyes doubled for Brooklyn-2.
Thu (8/3)	noon	Forest Hills HS	New Orleans	New Brunswick	1 - 0	Giovanni Licciardi's solo homer in the fifth inning produced the game's lone run for New Orleans. Boosters Connor Achee (7 IP) and Kaile Levatino (2 IP) combined in the shutout. New Brunswick's Gianni Marano and Kyle McSorley each doubled among the Matrix's five hits. Starter Jake Marciano pitched 6 innings with 8Ks and 2 BB, and Joe Carrea tossed 2 scoreless frames, striking out 3.
Thu (8/3)	noon	Westmont HS	Altoona	Columbus	5 - 15	7 innings. Cam Gilkerson had three hits, with a home run and two doubles while driving in five runs in Columbus' win. Daniel Gladden had three hits, including two doubles. The TNT Knights collected 17 hits. Altoona's Ethan Schimony hit a grand slam, and Corey Chamberlain hit a homer.
Thu (8/3)	7 p.m.	Sargent's Stadium	Johnstown	Youngstown	9 - 0	Seth Shuey pitched 8 scoreless innings for the win, and Brody Roberts closed for Mainline Pharmacy. Erik Rhodes hit his third triple of the tourament, driving in two runs. He had two hits and three RBIs.
Fri (8/4)	noon	Sargent's Stadium	Johnstown-2	New Orleans	2 - 4	New Orleans scored 3 runs in the bottom of the eighth in a comeback win that put the Boosters into the finals. Logan O'Neill had three hits for New Orleans. Casey Artigues hit a two-run triple during the winning rally. Martella's Konnor Pittman had a run-scoring single to give his team the lead. Pittman and Hunter Smith each had two hits for Johnstown-2.
Fri (8/4)	7 p.m.	Sargent's Stadium	Johnstown	Columbus	10 - 8	Devon Boyles went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs as Johnstown earned a spot in the championship game. Releiver Aiden coleman pitched the eighth and ninth innings, striking out five for Mainline Pharmacy.
Sat (8/5)	7 p.m.	Sargent's Stadium	New Orleans	Johnstown	2 - 3	Johnstown Mainline Pharmacy used a 2-run homer by Devon Boyles in the bottom of the first and a run-scoring single by Lincoln Pack in the third for its runs. Reliever Griffin Madden pitched 3.1 scoreless innings in a 3-2 win over 3-time defending champion New Orleans in front of 2,528 fans.