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Labor Day Challenge: All-Tournament Team

September 6, 2013

By Steve Nielsen
Scouting Director - Illinois/Wisconsin

The inaugural Prep Baseball Report Labor Day Challenge featured many of the top Class of 2015 prospects in the Midwest at Illinois State University in Normal, IL. The competition level was high, but that didn’t prevent the St. Louis Gamers from steamrolling the field, going 4-0 to win the six-team event.

En route to winning the championship, the Gamers defeated the San Francisco Giants Scout Team (8-7), Ohio Elite (4-1), Top Tier (10-4), and the GRB Rays (7-3). Top Tier finished second at 3-1, while Ohio Elite and GRB Rays went 2-2. Hitters Baseball posted a 1-3 record, and the Giants Scout Team went 0-4.

All 12 games of the Labor Day Challenge were streamed live on the High School Cube. CLICK HERE to watch all the rebroadcasts, which include postgame interviews with the players of the game.

After combing through all of the prospects and their performances we’ve come up with our Labor Day Challenge All-Tournament Team. Five Wisconsin prospects made the team including two from the Hitters in SS Owen Miller and OF Doran Turchin, as well as three from the GRB Rays with C Pete Schuler, RHP Jack Bredeson and RHP Brendan Meissner.

Here's a look at the entire All-Tournament Team.

Labor Day Challenge All-Tournament Team

MVP: Matt Vierling, OF/RHP, CBC HS, MO, 2015

Position Players:

Jesse Forestell, C, Homewood-Flossmoor HS, IL, 2015
Chris Ayers, OF, Westfield HS, IN, 2015
Owen Miller, SS, Ozaukee HS, WI, 2015
Pete Schuler, C, Kenosha St. Joseph HS, WI, 2015
Storme Cooper, SS, Timberland HS, MO, 2015
Austin Blazevic, 3B, Plainfield Central HS, IL, 2015
Takahiro Yamada, SS, Columbus East HS, IN, 2016
Doran Turchin, OF, Oak Creek HS, WI, 2015
Cameron Comer, C/INF, Olentangy Liberty HS, OH, 2015
Kyle Dockus, SS, Moeller HS, OH, 2015
Brett Newberg, 1B/LHP, Moline HS, IL, 2015
Ian Nelson, 2B, Timberland HS, IL, 2015
Jordan Ramey, OF, Moeller HS, OH, 2015
Justin Kelly, C/1B, Wheaton-Warrenville South HS, IL

Pitchers:

Ryan Mantle, RHP/3B, Linn HS, MO, 2015
Noah Shanteau, RHP, Westfield HS, IN, 2017
Steven Skolarz, RHP, Lincoln-Way West HS, IL, 2015
Jack Bredeson, RHP, Arrowhead HS, WI, 2015
Brandon Meissner, RHP, West De Pere HS, WI, 2015
Nolan Watson, Lawrence North HS, IN, 2015

Labor Day Challenge Statistical Highlights:

+ Left-handed hitting Chris Ayers went 4-for-9 with three walks, two triples, one double, five stolen bases and three runs scored to pace the Giants.

+ Left-handed hitting Jesse Forestell went 7-for-12 with three walks, one hit by pitch, two doubles, one triple, four RBI, and four runs scored.

+ Justin Kelly tallied five RBI, two doubles, one triple and went 6-for-12.

+ Pete Schuler drove in five runs, scored four times, and went 4-for-9 with three hit by pitch, two walks and one triple.

+ Austin Blazevic went 6-for-12 with two doubles, a triple, three runs and two RBI.

+ Owen Miller went 5-for-13 with a triple, double, three runs scored and an RBI. He also played a flawless shortstop, including making one highlight reel play.

+ Jordan Ramey made a Top 10 SportCenter-worthy diving catch in centerfield. CLICK HERE to view the clip.

+ 2017 RHP Noah Shanteau threw four stellar shutout innings against the Gamers, pitching at 83-85, touching 86, with advanced feel for his secondary stuff.

+ RHP Steven Skolarz struck out nine in five innings work for Top Tier.

+ RHP Jack Bredeson retired nine consecutive batters against the Giants behind a consistent 85-86 mph fastball.

+ The Hitters erupted for seven runs on seven hits in the third inning to end any suspense against the GRB Rays in the battle of Wisconsin’s top travel programs.

+ Brett Newberg went 7-for-14 with four runs and two RBI.

CLICK HERE to watch all PBR Labor Day Challenge Games

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