The Wolverine Conference Baseball Tournament gets under way today with the top four teams in each division squaring off.

The bottom two teams in the East and West Divisions will play in the consolation bracket.

Edwardsburg, the West Division champion will host Plainwell, which finished fourth in the East Division at 4 p.m. today with the winner advancing to Saturday’s semifinals in Kalamazoo at the home of the Kalamazoo Growlers minor league baseball team against the winner of the Sturgis-South Haven.

The Trojans were runner-up in the East, while the Rams were third in the West.

East Division champion Vicksburg will host Coloma and Paw Paw will host Three Rivers.

The losers of the first round games will play a doubleheader at the site of the highest seed.

Dowagiac will travel to Otsego for a 4 p.m. doubleheader today, while Berrien Springs will host Allegan.

The winners and losers will then square off Friday at the site of the highest seed.

Edwardsburg was 10-0 in West Division games, while Plainwell went 3-5 in the East.

The Eddies are led by Jesse Reinebold, who hit .418, which was sixth best in the West Division. Dalton Raymond his .370 in league games, which was good for 12th in the division.

Joe Raab was 3-0 with an ERA of 0.34 for the Eddies on the mound, best in the division. He struck out 39 in 20.1 innings of work. Damion Pompey was 2-1 with an ERA of 1.08.

Dowagiac went 0-10 in the division, while Otsego was 3-7.

Eric Walker hit .500 for the Chieftains against division competition, which was second best. Matt Smith hit .371 to finish 11th in the division.

 

WOLVERINE CONFERENCE

BASEBALL

West Division

Edwardsburg 10-0

Paw Paw 7-3

South Haven 7-3

Coloma 4-6

Berrien Springs 2-8

Dowagiac 0-10

 

Hitting Leaders

Average

Brant Rago (BS) .500

Eric Walker (D) .500

Parker Marcon (PP) .444

Jason John (SH) .444

Alec Washegesic (SH) .426

Jesse Reinebold (E) .418

Matt Riedel (SH) .417

Phillip Bryant (C) .414

Chase Potter (C) .414

 

Doubles

Dalton Raymond (E) 8

Matt Riedel (SH) 8

Parker Marcon (PP) 7

Danny Dopp (SH) 6

Trenton Smiley (SH) 6

Jesse Reinebold (E) 5

Phillip Bryant (C) 5

Brandon Combs (PP) 6

 

Triples

Parker Marcon (PP) 2

Damion Pompey (E) 2

 

Home Runs

Alex Washegesic (SH) 2

Matt Riedel (SH) 2

Dalton Raymond (E) 1

Damion Pompey (E) 1

Parker Marcon (PP) 1

Danny Dopp (SH) 1

Trenton Smiley (SH) 1

 

Runs Batted In

Dalton Raymond (E) 26

Parker Marcon (PP) 24

Matt Riedel (SH) 24

Jesse Reinebold 18

Brad Page (C) 13

Alex Washegesic (SH) 13

Jack Pelletier (PP) 13

Tyler Nette (PP) 13

 

Stolen Bases

Parker Marcon (PP) 19

Chase Potter (C) 17

Jack Pelletier (PP) 15

Daquan Brooks (D) 10

Caleb Hester (C) 9

Alec Washegesic (SH) 8

Trenton Smiley (SH) 8

Tyler Nette (PP) 8

 

Pitching Leaders

Victories

Dalton Raymond (E) 4-0

Jeffery Burch (PP) 4-0

Caleb Hester (C) 4-3

Joe Raab (E) 3-0

Jack Pelletier (PP) 3-1

Will Downard (PP) 3-1

Brendan Collins (C) 3-2

Damion Pompey (E) 2-1

Trenton Smiley (SH) 2-1

Jason John (SH) 2-2

Alec Washegesic (SH) 2-1

 

Earned Run Average

Joe Raabe (E) 0.34

Caleb Hester (C) 0.91

Jack Pelletier (PP) 0.91

Jeffery Burch (PP) 0.91

Damion Pompey (E) 1.08

Will Downard (PP) 1.46

Parker Marcon (PP) 1.87

Dalton Raymond (E) 1.96

Trenton Smiley (SH) 2.96

Brad Page (C) 3.42

 

Strikeouts

Caleb Hester (C) 77

Jason John (SH) 46

Jeffery Burch (PP) 45

Joe Raab (E) 39

Dalton Raymond (E) 35

Jack Pelletier (PP) 31

Trenton Smiley (SH) 29

Alec Washegesic (SH) 25

Will Donard (PP) 21

Parker Marcon (PP) 19