The Manistee Saints will be well represented on a GCBL All-Star team that will travel to the Felch UP Labor Day Baseball Tournament to compete this weekend. Xavier Allen, Kyle Gorski, Roddy MacNeil, Lucas Richardson, and Lucas Weinert are making the trip to play in the event.

     Good luck guys, play well, and have fun!

The Manistee Saints continue to dominate the GCBL news after capturing the leagues’ regular season and post season tournament championships.

Xavier Allen is the league batting champion, bashing league pitching for a .457 batting average. Allen also had 3 home runs and 17 runs batted in.

Blake Johnson is the leagues’ winningest pitcher, posting a 5-1 record with a 2.79 earned run average.

The Saints also named Allen their Player-of-the-Year, while Dylan Bates, with a 4-0 record and a 1.55 earned run average was voted Pitcher-of-the-Year.

Other team leaders were Lucas Richardson who drove in 35 runs in 25 games, and Ethan Edmondson who tied a Saints all-time stolen base record with 24.

 The Manistee Saints swept a pair of games at the league play-offs to make a clean sweep of the 2025 GCBL, winning the regular season championship and the play-offs.

 In a dominant pitching performance, Logan Lewis pitched 6 innings of one hit ball, with 7 strikeouts to lead the Saints past Sidney 6-0 in the first game of the play-offs.

The Saints offense got a 3-hit day from Roddy MacNeil and Lucas Richardson’s bases clearing double providing all the support Lewis would need. Dylan Bates pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning.

 Fulton downed St. Louis in the other preliminary game and moved on to play the Saints in the championship game.

  Ethan Edmondson provided the big blow for the Saints in the championship game with a second inning grand slam homer to give the Saints a 4-2 lead they never relinquished. Lucas Richardson drove in three more runs, and the Saints won 10-3.

Kyle Gorski struggled through 4 2/3 innings but allowed just two earned runs before handing the pitching duties to Blake Johnson who picked up the win with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

                             2025 GRATIOT CO BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS

Final Standings

                                                          Won       Lost   Pct.      Gb

Manistee Saints                                18        2           .900     ----   

St. Louis Spirits                                14        6           .700      4.0     

Fulton Sultans                                  12        8           .600      6.0           

Sidney Knights                                  7         13          .350   11.0

Carson City Eagles                            5         15          .250   13.0          

Breckenridge Beavers                     4          16         .200     14.0

SAINTS AT RIVERDALE ON SUNDAY 

 The Manistee Saints, champions of the GCBL regular season, will be in Riverdale on Sunday to participate in the league play-offs.  The single elimination tournament will be played at Lumberjack Park.

             The Saints play the Sidney Knights in a 1 p.m. game, while St. Louis meets the Fulton Sultans in the first game. The winners play at 3 p.m. for the play-off championship.

                             2025 GRATIOT CO BASEBALL LEAGUE STANDINGS

                                    through games of Aug 10, 2025

Final Standings

                                                          Won       Lost   Pct.      Gb

Manistee Saints                                18        2           .900     ----   

St. Louis Spirits                                14        6           .700      4.0     

Fulton Sultans                                  12        8           .600      6.0           

Sidney Knights                                  7         13          .350   11.0

Carson City Eagles                            5         15          .250   13.0          

Breckenridge Beavers                     4          16         .200     14.0

League Play-Offs, August 17 at Lumberjack Park, Riverdale, MI

Game 1, 11 a.m.                        St. Louis Spirits vs Fulton Sultans

Game 2,  1 p.m.                        Manistee Saints vs Sidney Knights

Championship game, 3 p.m.   Winners of Game 1 vs Game 2