16th ANNUAL MIDWEST CLASSIC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT 2012

MARCH 26 - MARCH 31

GENERAL INFORMATION:

1. Each team will play 5 games, with 4 pools during the week. You will play 2 teams in your pool and we will be using 4 sites. Friday and Saturday we will have a championship bracket and a consolation bracket. The top 2 teams from each pool will advance to the championship bracket and the others will go to the consolation bracket. Sights may change due to hosting schools consideration except for the games at C&H on Saturday.

2. There will be 5 tie breakers: 1) Record in pool play, 2) Head to head competition, 3) Runs allowed in pool play, 4) Runs scored for, 5) Coin toss.

3. The entry fee will be prorated upon completion of the tournament.

4. Make checks payable to: Francis Howell High School

5. Send checks to: Dave Witter, Francis Howell High School Activities Office 7001 S. Highway 94 St. Charles, MO 63304

6. Each team will supply 2 baseballs for each contest.

7. Home team will be established by a flip of the coin during all games.

8. The winning team will be responsible for calling the scores into sports stats. If the winning teams are not from St. Louis, have the teams that are from St. Louis call them in, regardless if they won or not. Site managers will have to call in scores if both teams are not from St. Louis.

9. Umpires will be assigned by the Greater St. Louis Umpires Association - Dennis Duncan, 355-5878.

10. A barbecue will be set up at C&H, FZW, FHN, and FHC, on both days where you may purchase food. Coaches and administrators may eat for free. Please support our host sites.

11. Tournament T-shirts will be on sale for $10. Coaches will get one free.

12. We will select an all tournament team and Most Valuable Offensive and Most Valuable Defensive player. Each honoree will receive an award directly following the championship game at C&H. Any all tournament players would be encouraged to stick around so that a picture could be taken directly after the championship.

13. Team trophies will be given out to 1st-4th place finishers at C&H on Saturday.

14. Teams:

 

POOL A - FRANCIS HOWELL, NORTHWEST, WAUKEGAN ILL., LEES SUMMIT WEST

POOL B - FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL, FT. ZUMWALT EAST, GLENBROOK ILL., SUMMIT

POOL C - FT. ZUMWALT WEST, LAFAYETTE, SEDALIA, FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH

POOL D - FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH, ST. CHARLES WEST, COLUMBIA HICKMAN, VIANNEY

2012 16TH ANNUAL MIDWEST CLASSIC

MONDAY, MARCH 26

AT C & H

4:00 FH 8 vs NW 3

6:45 HICKMAN 2 vs SCW 1

 

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

4:15 FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL 10 vs SUMMIT 1

 

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

4:00 FZW 9 vs LAFAYETTE 0

 

AT FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

4:00 FHN 10 vs HICKMAN 0

 

TUESDAY, MARCH 27

 

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

 

4:00 FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL 3 vs GLENBROOK NORTH 9

 

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

4:00 FZS 1 vs LAFAYETTE 2

 

AT FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

4:00 FHN 1 vs VIANNEY 3

 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28

 

AT C & H

4:00 FZE 5 vs GLENBROOK 16

 

AT FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

4:00 SCW 2 vs VIANNEY 21

 

THURSDAY, MARCH 29

AT C & H

3:00 FH 13 vs WAUKEGAN 0

5:30 NW 4 vs LEES SUMMIT WEST 5

8:00 LEES SUMMIT WEST 8 vs WAUKEGAN 4

 

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

4:00 FZE 4 vs SUMMIT3

 

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

2:00 FZW 17 vs SEDALIA 5

4:15 FZS 10 vs SEDALIA 0

 

POOL BRACKET RESULTS AND SEEDS

 

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET

 

DIRECTIONS TO FIELDS FROM THE HAMPTON INN 3720 WEST CLAY ST. CHARLES, MO 636-947-6800 (OFF OF INTERSTATE 70 AND CAVE SPRINGS)

 

TO FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

Right out of motel onto West Clay .3
Left on Cave Springs and stay straight, Cave Springs becomes Muegge Rd 2.0
Right on Hackman Rd. .7
Left at stop sign which is still Hackman road and .2 to the school entrance to the right

TO FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL
Right out of motel onto West Clay .3
Left onto Cave Springs .3
Right onto Mexico Road 3.3
Left onto Mid Rivers Mall Drive 3.3
Right on Highway N .6
School entrance on the right. Ball field is all the way in the back to the right

TO C&H PARK
Right out of motel onto West Clay .3
Left onto Cave Springs .3
Right onto Mexico Road 3.3
Left onto Mid Rivers Mall Drive 1.1
Left onto St. Peters-Howell Rd 1.7
Ball park entrance is on your right.

TO FT. ZUMWALT WEST
Right out of motel on West Clay for .4
Left on Cave Springs rd. .5
Merge onto I 70 West 7.2

Exit 217 K Left on Highway K .8

Right on Mexico 1.7

Turn right on Turtle Creek Drive to school

 

PAST CHAMPIONS OF THE MIDWEST CLASSIC

1997 JEFFERSON CITY, MO

1998 KANSAS CITY TRUMAN

1999 MOLINE, ILL.

2000 JEFFERSON CITY, MO

2001 NORTHWEST HOUSE SPRINGS, MO

2002 ROCK ISLAND, ILL.

2003 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

2004 EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.

2005 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

2006 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

2007 ST. CHARLES WEST, MO

2008 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

2009 FORT ZUMWALT WEST, MO

2010 VIANNEY, MO

2011 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

 

PAST AND PRESENT PARTICIPANTS IN THE MIDWEST CLASSIC

HIGH SCHOOL YEARS PARTICIPATED

 HIGH SCHOOL YEARS PARTICIPATED
   
 BELTON, MO

1
 CAPE GIRARDEAU CENTRAL, MO

1
CHICAGO HARLAN, ILL.

1
 COLLINSVILLE, ILL.

2
COLUMBIA HICKMAN

3
COLUMBIA ROCKBRIDGE

1
 EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.

1
 EUREKA, MO

 3
 FARMINGTON, MO

 9
 FOX, MO

 12
 FRANCIS HOWELL

 16
 FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

 13
 FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

 16
FORT ZUMWALT EAST

 4
 FORT ZUMWALT SOUTH

5
 FORT ZUMWALT WEST

4
GALESBURG, ILL

 2
GLENBROOK NORTH, ILL.

 2
HERCULANEUM, MO

 4
 INNISDALE, CANADA

1
WENTZVILLE HOLT, MO

 1
JEFFERSON CITY, MO

 2
JEFFERSON CITY HELIAS, MO

 1
KANSAS CITY GRANDVIEW, MO

 4
KANSAS CITY RAY-PEC, MO

 9
KANSAS CITY TRUMAN, MO

 10
LAFAYETTE, MO

1
lEES SUMMIT WEST, MO

 1
LINDBERGH, MO

 6
 MCCLUER NORTH, MO

 4
 MEXICO, MO

 7
 MOLINE, ILL.

 2
 NILES NORTH, ILL.

1
 NORTHWEST HOUSE SPRINGS, MO

 16
 OAK GROVE, MO

 1
 O'GORMAN SD

1
 ORAN, MO

 2
 PACIFIC, MO

 7
 PARKWAY SOUTH, MO

 2
 RIVERVIEW GARDENS

1
ROCKWOOD SUMMIT

2
 SEDALIA SMITH-COTTON

4
 ST. CHARLES, MO

 1
 
ST. CHARLES WEST, MO

 11
VIANNEY

4
WAUKEGAN, ILL.

 2

Coach Perkins with his old High School coach Gary Bender, who is retired and is in the Illinois Coaches Hall of Fame. This was in the 1999 tournament and Coach Benders last year as Rock Islands coach.

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