Falls Junior Indians Play at Baseball Mecca

Two Menomonee Falls Junior Indians baseball teams are playing this week in huge youth baseball tournament in Cooperstown, NY, home of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Burgundy and Gray teams from the Under-12 age group are playing in the American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournaments at Cooperstown Dreams Park.

Cory Mir, coach of the Burgundy team, said Wednesday that Falls teams participate every year. Spread over 23 fields during the entire summer, the tournament welcomes teams from all over.

The Falls Burgundy team has had a great week so far, going 6-0 in pool play and receiving a bye into the round of 32 in the 104-team field during single-elimination play. The Gray team was 3-3 during pool play and was able to bypass the first two rounds. All games are shown via webcast for free.

Mir said the teams also made a trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Monday, as tickets to the shrine are part of the tournament entry.

Players and coaches shown in the accompanying photo are:

Front row Left (left to right): Coach Bob Rozman, Coach Greg Larson, Head Coach Corey Mir

Row 2 (left to right): Coach Mike Perinovic, Coach Tom Sanicki, Nick Rupprecht, Jack Perinovic, Danny Sanicki, Logan Larson, Justin Loth, Eddie Benson, Joe Grizzle, Brandon Niles, Chris Wolfram, Matthew Kirchberger, Daniel Knudson, Brennen Beck, Casey Mir, Dayne Fuiten, David Mock, Ryan Schultz, Tyler Wynn, Henry Hansen, Charlie Brockman, Nathan Rozman, Ben Heitman, Steven Sanicki, Josh Jafuta, Victor Simanonok, Aiden Schwabenlander, Coach Pete Jafuta

Front Row Right (left to right): Head Coach Eric Fuiten, Coach Butch Brockman, Coach Greg Gonzales