28th ANNUAL MIDWEST CLASSIC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT April 31-April 5, 2024

GENERAL INFORMATION:

1. Due to only 14 teams this year in the tournament we will be playing a round robin type of tourney with all GAC schools playing teams outside of GAC. Winner of tourney will be based on records.

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

3. The entry fee will be prorated amongst participating teams.

4. Make checks payable to: Francis Howell High School

5. Send checks to: Sean Erwin 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.

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 - Bill Buchanan.

10. We will select an all tournament team and Most Valuable Offensive and Most Valuable Defensive player.

13. Teams:

FRANCIS HOWELL, FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH, FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL, FT. ZUMWALT WEST, TIMBERLAND, NORTH POINT, TROY, PARKWAY WEST, VIANNEY, CBC, BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH, LINDBERGH, SUMMIT, AND LAFAYETTE

 

2025 28TH ANNUAL MIDWEST CLASSIC

 

MONDAY MARCH 31

AT FRANCIS HOWELL

4:30 FRANCIS HOWELL V LINDBERGH

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

4:30 HOWELL CENTRAL V SUMMIT

AT FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

4:30 FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH V PARKWAY WEST

AT TIMBERLAND

4:30 TIMBERLAND V LAFAYETTE

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

4:30 FT. ZUMWALT WEST V CBC

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 1

AT FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

4:30 FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH V CBC

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

4:30 FT. ZUMWALT WEST V PARKWAY WEST

AT NORTH POINT

4:30 NORTH POINT V LINDBERGH

AT TROY

4:30 TROY V SUMMIT

WENDSDAY, APRIL 2

AT FRANCIS HOWELL

4:30 HOWELL V CBC

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

4:30 HOWELL CENTRAL V NORTH POINT

AT FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

4:30 HOWELL NORTH V LAFAYETTE

AT TIMBERLAND

4:30 TIMBERLAND V PARKWAY WEST

AT TROY

4:30 TROY V LINDBERGH

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

4:30 FT. ZUMWALT WEST V SUMMIT

THURSDAY, APRIL 3

AT FRANCIS HOWELL

4:30 HOWELL V LAFAYETTE

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

4:30 HOWELL CENTRAL V PARKWAY WEST

AT FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

4:30 HOWELL NORTH V SUMMIT

AT TROY

2:00 TROY V BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH

4:30 BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH V TIMBERLAND

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

4:30 FT. ZUMWALT WEST V LINDBERGH

FRIDAY APRIL 4

AT FRANCIS HOWELL

4:30 FRANCIS HOWELL V PARKWAY WEST

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

4:15 FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL V BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH

6:15 NORTH POINT V BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH

AT TROY

4:30 TROY V CBC

AT FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

2:00 HOWELL NORTH V LINDBERGH

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

4:30 FT. ZUMWALT WEST V LAFAYETTE

AT TIMBERLAND

4:30 TIMBERLAND V SUMMIT

SATURDAY APRIL 5

AT HOWELL

12:00 HOWELL V BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

12:00 FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL V CBC

AT TROY

12:00 TROY V NORTH POINT

AT TIMBERLAND

12:00 TIMBERLAND V LAFAYETTE

 

 

 

 

MWC RESULTS

 

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

South on 94
Straight on 94 as you cross over highway 40/64
Pass the school on your right after a mile or so
Enter the park on your right hand side

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

2012 VIANNEY, MO

2013 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO 

2014 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO 

2015 CBC, MO 

2016 SUMMIT, MO

2017 SUMMIT, MO

2018 VIANNEY, MO

2019 VIANNEY, MO

2020 CANCELLED

2021 FT. ZUMWALT WEST

2022 FT. ZUMWALT WEST

2023 FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH

2024 FT. ZUMWALT WEST

 

 

PAST AND PRESENT PARTICIPANTS IN THE MIDWEST CLASSIC

HIGH SCHOOL YEARS PARTICIPATED

 HIGH SCHOOL YEARS PARTICIPATED
   
BELTON, MO

1
BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH, MO
11
BROOKS COLLEGE PREP
1
CBC, MO
8
CAPE GIRARDEAU CENTRAL, MO

1
CHICAGO HARLAN, ILL.

1
 COLLINSVILLE, ILL.

2
COLUMBIA HICKMAN, MO

7
COLUMBIA ROCKBRIDGE, MO

1
DESMET, MO
9
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.

1
EUREKA, MO

 3
FARMINGTON, MO

 10
FOX, MO

14
FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

 28
FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL, MO

 25
 FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH, MO

 28
FORT ZUMWALT EAST

 6
FORT ZUMWALT SOUTH, MO

16
FORT ZUMWALT WEST, MO

16
GALESBURG, ILL

 2
GLENBROOK NORTH, ILL.

 2
HERCULANEUM, MO

 4
 INNISDALE, CANADA

1
WENTZVILLE HOLT, MO

 6
JEFFERSON CITY, MO

 3
JEFFERSON CITY HELIAS, MO

 1
KANSAS CITY GRANDVIEW, MO

 4
KANSAS CITY RAY-PEC, MO

 9
KANSAS CITY TRUMAN, MO

 10
LAFAYETTE, MO

6
LEE'S SUMMIT WEST, MO

9
LINDBERGH, MO

15
MCCLUER NORTH, MO

 4
MEXICO, MO

 7
MOLINE, ILL.

 2
NILES NORTH, ILL.

1
NORTH POINT

1
NORTHWEST HOUSE SPRINGS, MO

 16
OAK GROVE, MO

 1
O'GORMAN, SD

1
ORAN, MO

2
PACIFIC, MO

 7
 PARKWAY SOUTH, MO

 2
 PARKWAY WEST, MO
3
POPLAR BLUFF, MO
3
RITENOUR, MO
1
RIVERVIEW GARDENS, MO

1
ROCKWOOD SUMMIT, MO

15
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.
4
ROLLA, MO
1
SEDALIA SMITH-COTTON, MO

5
 ST. CHARLES, MO

 1
 
ST. CHARLES WEST, MO

 11
SIKESTON, MO
5
TROY, MO
5
VIANNEY, MO

15
VIANNEY, JV
1
WESTMINISTER, MO
6
WAUKEGAN, ILL.

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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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