HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN ALASKA
For many years, baseball was played as a preparation for American Legion
Baseball. Teams in Anchorage and Fairbanks were basically feeder programs for the
summer long club programs. As interest developed in more schools, ASAA created the
first state tournament in 2000. At that time, there were about twelve schools in four
regions in the state. Since then, the sport has been adopted by more schools--- in many
cases as an “outsourced” program as schools were unable to fund additional sports.
The first six state tournaments involved only the top team from four different
conferences to play two semi-finals, a third place game and a championship. Starting
with 2007, the tournament expanded into a regulation eight-team championship that
included two teams from each of the four conferences. Presently, there are 30 schools
with baseball programs throughout Alaska.
BASEBALL STATE TOURNAMENT RECORDS
2000
CHAMPION:
EAST ANCHORAGE
SCORE:
RUNNERUP:
JUNEAU
ACADEMIC:
JUNEAU (3.45)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
JUNEAU
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Travis Babcock (East)
Allen Eddy (North Pole)
Dylan Hickey (Juneau)
Garrett Schoenberger (Juneau)
Tim Strode (Colony)
Erik Thompson (East)
Eric Wiltse (North Pole)
Jeremy Wylie (East)
Rodney Zigarlick (East)
2001
CHAMPION:
SERVICE
SCORE:
RUNNERUP:
WASILLA
ACADEMIC:
JUNEAU (3.45)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
LATHROP
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Grant Breager (Service)
Owen Butcher (Wasilla)
Ryan Callaway (Service)
Shane Colegrove (Wasilla)
Dylan Hickey (Juneau)
Jake Jensen (Wasilla)
Ryan Shaver (Lathrop)
Mike Tremaine (Service)
Mychael Varela (Service)
2002
CHAMPION:
JUNEAU
SCORE:
RUNNERUP:
LATHROP
ACADEMIC:
HOMER (3.28)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
EAST ANCHORAGE
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Grant Breager (Service)
Joe Ayers (Juneau)
Jared Baldwin (East)
David Drake (Homer)
Dylan Hickey (Juneau)
Brandon Lee (Lathrop)
Anton Maxwell (East)
Kinzey Reeves (Lathrop)
Casey Taggard (Lathrop)
Nick Wolf (Juneau)
2003
CHAMPION:
JUNEAU
SCORE:
RUNNERUP:
BARTLETT
ACADEMIC:
HOMER (3.39)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
HOMER
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Doug Olson (Bartlett)
Jim Pollack (Homer)
Jerome Johnson (Lathrop)
Zach Kohan (Juneau)
Bud Baun (Juneau)
Nic Ridley (Bartlett)
Evan Scandling (Juneau)
Cody Crum (Homer)
Joe Ayers (Juneau)
2004
CHAMPION:
KODIAK
SCORE: 3-2 (8 innings)
RUNNERUP:
CHUGIAK
ACADEMIC:
KODIAK (3.19)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
KODIAK
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Aaron Cross (West Valley)
Sergio Magallanes (Juneau)
CJ Keyes (Juneau)
Mark Putney ( Kodiak)
Erich Simpson (Kodiak)
Justin Simpson (Kodiak)
Conor Spink (Chugiak)
Luke Sorenson (Chugiak)
Michael Johnson (Chugiak)
2005
CHAMPION:
RUNNERUP:
ACADEMIC:
SPORTSMANSHIP:
SITKA
SCORE: 9-6 (14 innings)
HOMER
HOMER (3.43 GPA)
HOMER
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Keenan Mulvaney (West Valley)
Aaron Gilbert (Homer)
Bryn Calhoun (Sitka)
Matt Way (Sitka)
Chance Allen (Sitka)
Nick Nading (East)
E.B. Crow (Sitka)
Luke Gilbert (Homer)
Alex Triewieler (Homer0
2006
CHAMPION:
SITKA
SCORE: 8-3
RUNNERUP:
CHUGIAK
ACADEMIC:
KODIAK (3.40 GPA)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
KODIAK
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Curtis Catt (Kodiak)
E.B. Crow (Sitka)
Zach Gonzalez (Lathrop) Tyler Hollister (Lathrop)
Matt Loucks (Sitka)
Jake Simpson (Kodiak)
David Sorenson (Chugiak) Conor Spink (Chugiak)
Tom Stonebreaker (Sitka)
2007
CHAMPION:
RUNNERUP:
THIRD PLACE:
FOURTH PLACE:
SITKA
SCORE: 6-2
JUNEAU-DOUGLAS
NORTH POLE
KODIAK
ACADEMIC:
SPORTSMANSHIP:
SOUTH ANCHORAGE (3.40 GPA)
SITKA
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Johnny Watry (Homer)
Matt Callahan (Sitka)
Ross Venneberg (Sitka)
Jeremiah Olsen (Kodiak)
Nate Darrow (N. Pole)
Bryn Calhoun (Sitka)
Clae Baker (Juneau)
Ricky Culver (North Pole)
Shawn Ibesate (Juneau)
Kyle Odom (Dimond)
Trevor Allred (South)
Brian Hunt (North Pole)
2008
CHAMPION:
RUNNERUP:
THIRD PLACE:
FOURTH PLACE:
JUNEAU-DOUGLAS
SITKA
COLONY
CHUGIAK
SCORE: 9-2
ACADEMIC:
SPORTSMANSHIP:
DIMOND (3.26 GPA)
SITKA
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Ty Griffith (Chugiak)
Dax Lauwers (Dimond)
Kyle Lester (West Valley)
Sean Bavard (Juneau)
Aaron Cohen (Juneau)
Corey Mahar (Juneau)
Colter Paterson (Colony)
Mike McAllister (North Pole)
Ross Venneberg (Sitka)
Jess Coltharp (Sitka)
David Reynolds (Sitka)
Joe Kohan (Juneau)
2009
CHAMPION:
RUNNERUP:
THIRD PLACE:
FOURTH PLACE:
DIMOND
SCORE: 4-1
CHUGIAK
SITKA
WEST VALLEY
ACADEMIC:
SPORTSMANSHIP:
WEST VALLEY (3.44 GPA)
LATHROP
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Michael Svenson (Sitka)
Kyle Lester (West Valley)
Tyler Belk (Chugiak)
Bob Marcinkowski (Lathrop)
Cory Clevenger (Dimond) Rhowe Stefanski (Colony)
Jesse Lindgren (Ketchikan) Tynan DeMoss (Dimond)
Amon Johnson (Sitka)
Willie Clark (West Valley)
Tim McCollum (Chugiak) Colton Lauwers (Dimond)
2010
CHAMPION:
RUNNERUP:
THIRD PLACE:
FOURTH PLACE:
JUNEAU-DOUGLAS
DIMOND
SITKA
WEST ANCHORAGE
ACADEMIC:
SPORTSMANSHIP:
JUNEAU (3.55 GPA)
KODIAK
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Cory Clevenger (Dimond)
Vinnie Isturis (Juneau)
Mike Wagner (Colony)
Anthony Perkins (Sitka)
Matt Wixon (West Valley)
SCORE: 9-7
Dylan Baker (Juneau)
Adam Manzer (West )
Willie Clark (West Valley)
Michael Svenson ( Sitka)
Togen Soderlund (Lathrop)
Sagan Osborne (Dimond)
Aaron Cohen (Juneau)
2011
CHAMPION:
SOUTH ANCHORAGE
Score: 14-8 (in 12)
RUNNERUP:
DIMOND
THIRD PLACE:
West Valley
FOURTH PLACE:
Kodiak
ACADEMIC:
South Anchorage (3.55 GPA)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
Kodiak Bears
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Cory Clevenger (Dimond) Dylan Lauwers (Dimond)
Michael Garner (Kodiak) Torgen Soderlund (Lathrop)
Kyle Konegay (Dimond)
Luke Clayton (Sitka)
Kyle Frazier (South Anc) Cal McKim (South Anchorage)
Dalton Brock (West Valley) Tanner Shoemaker (West Valley)
Eric Berglund (South Anc) Patrick Ryan (South Anchorage)
2012
CHAMPION:
JUNEAU-DOUGLAS
Score: 12-6
RUNNERUP:
KETCHIKAN
THIRD PLACE:
South Anchorage
FOURTH PLACE:
Lathrop
ACADEMIC:
South Anchorage (3.59 GPA)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
Ketchikan Kings
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Zane Mileur (Colony)
Colton Paulsen (Ketchikan)
Rodney Perdue (Lathrop)
Ryan Kelly (Juneau-Douglas)
AJ Hull (Kenai)
Jake Ridley (Service)
Andy Schafer (South Anchorage)
Kyle Gould (Juneau-Douglas)
Dalton Spear (Ketchikan)
Jackson Lehnhart (Juneau-Douglas)
Nick Silva (Ketchikan)
Lance Ibesate (Juneau-Douglas)
2013
CHAMPION:
SOUTH ANCHORAGE
Score: 15-1
RUNNERUP:
SERVICE
THIRD PLACE:
Juneau-Douglas
FOURTH PLACE:
Colony
ACADEMIC:
Ketchikan Kings (3.33 GPA)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
Kodiak Bears
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Max Karnos (South Anchorage)
Omar Mendoza (Ketchikan)
Brandon Mahle (Kodiak)
Brad Butcher (South Anchorage)
Jonny Meszaros (Service)
Alec Valdez (South Anchorage
Matt Ilalio (Service)
Kyle Gould (Juneau-Douglas)
Ryan Caron (Service)
Jackson Lehnhart (Juneau-Douglas)
Colton Paulsen (Ketchikan)
Jonathan Boyer (Colony)
2014
CHAMPION:
SITKA
Score: 11-10
RUNNERUP:
SOUTH ANCHORAGE
THIRD PLACE:
Wasilla
FOURTH PLACE:
Lathrop
ACADEMIC:
South Anchorage (3.44 GPA)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
Lathrop Malemutes
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Brian Way
Sitka
Ben Ross
Colony
Nick Jenson
South Anchorage
Wyatt Berg
Lathrop
Trevan Coleman
Sitka
Nathan Klein
Juneau-Douglas
Louis Belley
Sitka
Spencer Floyd
South Anchorage
Terrell Ford
Lathrop
Alec Valdez
South Anchorage
Tyler Hanson
Wasilla
Erickson Fish
Sitka
2015
CHAMPION:
CHUGIAK
Score: 5-0
RUNNERUP:
SOUTH ANCHORAGE
THIRD PLACE:
Juneau Douglas
FOURTH PLACE:
Wasilla
ACADEMIC:
Juneau Douglas (3.51 GPA)
SPORTSMANSHIP:
Kodiak Bears
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM:
Jonny Homza
South Anchorage
Tyler Christmann
West Valley
Zach Brueggemann Chugiak
Nathan Klein
Juneau Douglas
Sam Loyer
Wasilla
Nathan Bonck Ketchikan
Frank Carlson
Kodiak
Nolan Monaghan
Wasilla
Sam Hanson
Chugiak
Grant Ainsworth
Juneau-Douglas
Willy Homza
South Anchorage
Charlie Bucolo
Chugiak