Niles defeats Dexter for title
Published 8:23 am Thursday, July 16, 2009
The Niles Vikings 13U travel team captured the BPA Michigan State Tournament over the weekend in Potterville. Pictured in front from left are Tate Brawley, Taylor Weldy, Landon Kulwicki, Stuart Nielsen, Nick Borkowski, Cole Wiker and Matt Hendricks. In back are Brad Miller, Liam Gritton, Austyn Allwood, Tyler Gnodtke, Matt Miller, Connor Glick and Tate Rudlaff. Not pictured are manager Ted Hendricks, along with coaches Chris Brawley, Steve Brown, Craig Wiker and Jeff Rudlaff.
POTTERVILLE – The Niles 13U travel baseball team captured the BPA Michigan State Tournament over the weekend to qualify for the World Series in Warsaw, Ind., July 21-26.
The All-Stars defeated Mount Pleasant 11-0, Richfield 8-3, Mount Pleasant 12-2, Central Michigan All-Stars 4-3 and Dexter in the championship game 2-0.
Pitching for Niles during the tournament were Tyler Gnodtke, Tate Rudlaff, Tate Brawley, Austyn Allwood, Connor Glick and Brad Miller.
Leading the way offensively was Allwood, who had nine hits. Matt Hendricks, Rudlaff, Gnodtke and Glick all finished with six hits, while Tate Brawley and Miller each had five hits.
One of Gnodtke’s six hits was a home run.
