Kolberg won their first Door County League playoff championship since 2014 after a 5-1 win in Sister Bay on Sunday. The Braves took an early lead when Jake Schneider hit a two run single in the first inning that scored Trevor Reinhardt and Kyle Routhieaux. The Bays scored their only run in the first inning when Tom Sawyer scored on a Stuart Larsen RBI sacrifice fly. Kolberg added a run in the third inning on a Tyler Kroll RBI single, another in the 6th as Trevor Hawkey doubled and the final tally in the 7th when Austin Rohe doubled. Schneider, Rohe, Kroll and Hawkey all had two hits to lead the Braves and Routhieaux scored three runs. Trevor Reinhardt allowed one run in 8 strong innings for the win with Schneider pitching the ninth….Sam Forkert allowed four runs in 5.1 innings and took the loss with Matt Hecht striking out seven in relief for Sister Bay. Tom Sawyer led the Bays with 3 hits, Forkert added two hits and Sister Bay stranded 10 runners on base.
Regular Season Champion: Sister Bay
Playoff Champion: Kolberg
Batting Champion: Kyle Routhieaux, Kolberg
Pitcher of the Year: Sam Forkert, Sister Bay
Manager of the Year: Joe Cornell, Washington Island
*submitted by Deanna Reinhardt
