PWBA On CBSSN

 

     Live, and archived PWBA (Professional Women's Bowling Association) events can be seen on CBSSN (CBS Sports Network).  The next live PWBA broadcast on CBSSN is the final day of the 2022 U.S. Women's Open scheduled for tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m.  The 2022 U.S. Women's Open is being played in South Glens Falls, New York.  

     The PWBA features many of the top bowlers in the sport including Breanna Clemmer, Bryanna Cote, Verity Crawley, Clara Guerrero, Liz Johnson, Stephanie Johnson, Dasha Kovalova, Danielle McEwan, Shannon O'Keefe, Birgit Noreiks, Tannya Roumimper, and Cherie Tan. 

     The 2022 PWBA Members currently features four Women from the state of Michigan including Brianna Andrew (Grand Rapids), Chelsea Klingler (Grand Rapids), Dasha Kovalova (Muskegon), and Haley Richard (Tipton). 

     The 2022 PBA/PWBA Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles is scheduled for July 28th - July 31st in Houston Texas.  The final event of the season is the 2022 PWBA Classic Series - Dallas scheduled for August 2nd - August 9th in Dallas, Texas.  

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-  Jordan Richard is currently in 1st place in the 2022 U.S. Women's Open.  Danielle McEwan is currently in 2nd place, and Shannon O'Keefe is currently in 3rd place.

-  The 2022 U.S. Women's Open can be seen today at 5:00 p.m. on BowlTV.   

-  The PWBA website features news, photographs, and videos. 

-  The PWBA is also on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. 

For more information about the Professional Women's Bowling Association click on  https://pwba.com

For more information about CBS Sports Network click on  https://www.cbssports.com 

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USPBL News: June 2022

 

     The 2022 USPBL (United Shore Professional Baseball League) season features four teams including the Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers, the Eastside Diamond Hoppers, the Utica Unicorns, and the Westside Woolly Mammoths.  The Utica Unicorns won the 2021 USPBL Championship.  The Unicorns also won the USPBL Championship in 2016, 2019, and in 2020.  

     The Utica Unicorns are currently in 1st place in the USPBL East Division with an overall record of 10-1.  The Eastside Diamond Hoppers are currently in 2nd place in the USPBL East Division with an overall record of 4-7.  The Westside Woolly Mammoths are currently in 1st place in the USPBL West Division with an overall record of 5-6.  The Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers are currently in 2nd place in the USPBL West Division with an overall record of 3-8. 

     The Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers roster includes two players from the state of Michigan including Pitcher #20 Zach Devon (Redford), and Pitcher #35 Nick Shaw (Coldwater).  The Westside Wooly Mammoths roster also includes two players from the state of Michigan including Catcher #13 Nick Caruso (Sterling Heights), and Pitcher #19 Greg Loukinen (Berkley).  

     The Eastside Diamond Hoppers roster includes five players from the state of Michigan including Pitcher #6 Carson Ferry (Paw Paw), Catcher #24 Whit Hughes (Emmett), Utility Player #5 Noah Marcoux (Saginaw), Pitcher #27 Andrew Verbrugge (Grand Rapids), and Pitcher #14 Jacob Wosinski (Ada).  The Utica Unicorns roster includes no players from the state of Michigan.

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-  The USPBL played their inaugural season in 2016.  

-  Andy Appleby is the CEO, and owner of the USPBL. 

-  The 2022 USPBL All-Star Game is scheduled for Saturday, July 9th, at 5:30 p.m.   

-  The 2022 USPBL Championship Game is scheduled for Sunday, September 11th, at 1:05 p.m.

-  All USPBL games are played at Jimmy John's Field located at 7171 Auburn Road, in Utica.

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OCFC 4-2 Lansing City Football

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     On Sunday, June 12th, Oakland County FC defeated Lansing City Football 4-2.  Both teams compete against each other in the USL (United Soccer League) League Two Great Lakes Division.  Sunday afternoon's match was played at Royal Oak High School.  Scroll down to see exclusive photographs of USL League Two action.

     Oakland County FC is currently in 4th place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division standings with 7 points, and an overall record of 2-4-1 (1 draw).  Lansing City Football is currently in 6th place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division standings with 3 points, and an overall record of 1-5.  AFC Ann Arbor, the Flint City Bucks, Kalamazoo FC, and Midwest United also compete in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division.

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On Sunday, June 12th, OCFC defeated Lansing City Football 4-2.

Both teams compete in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division.

Sunday afternoon's game was played at Royal Oak High School.

OCFC currently has an overall record of 2-4-1 (1 draw).

Lansing City Football currently has an overall record of 1-5.

OCFC is currently in 4th place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division.

Lansing City Football is currently in 6th place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division.

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-  OCFC is scheduled to play their next home game against AFC Ann Arbor on Friday, June 24th, (7:00 p.m.) at Royal Oak High School.   

-  Vinnie Vasilevski is the Head Coach of Oakland County FC.  

-  Marco Bernardini is the Head Coach of Lansing City Football. 

-  Lansing City also has a futsal club called Lansing City Futsal. 

-  There is also a different soccer club in Lansing known as Lansing Common FC. 

For more information about Oakland County FC click on  https://www.oaklandcountyfc.com 

For more information about Lansing City Football click on  https://www.lansingcityfootball.com 

For more information about USL League Two click on  https://www.uslleaguetwo.com  

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USL Championship On YouTube

     The USL (United Soccer League) Championship YouTube channel currently features 8,960 videos for fans of American soccer.  Some of the videos on the USL Championship YouTube channel include "Detroit City FC vs. Sacramento Republic FC - Game Highlights | 06-11-2022", "Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC vs. Detroit City FC: June 4th, 2022" (full game), and "Detroit City FC vs. Atlanta United II: May 21, 2022" (full game).  The USL Championship YouTube channel currently has over 76,000 subscribers.  

     Detroit City FC is currently in 4th place in the USL Championship Eastern Conference standings with 25 points, and an overall record of 7-3-4 (4 draws).  Memphis 901 FC is currently in 1st place in the USL Championship Eastern Conference standings with 28 points, and an overall record of 9-3-1 (1 draw).  The USL Championship Eastern Conference features fourteen teams.  The USL Championship Western Conference features thirteen teams.  

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-  Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC is currently in 1st place in the USL Championship Western Conference standings with 30 points, and an overall record of 10-2.  

-  USL Championship played their inaugural season in 2011.  

-  The Tampa Bay Rowdies won the 2021 USL Championship. 

-  Detroit City FC is currently playing in their first season in the USL Championship.   

-   Detroit City FC play their home games at Keyworth Stadium in Hamtramck. 

For more information about the USL Championship click on  https://www.uslchampionship.com 

For more information about Detroit City FC click on  https://www.detcityfc.com 

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USL League One On YouTube

 

     The USL League One YouTube channel currently features 1,474 videos for fans of American soccer.  Some of the videos on the USL League One YouTube channel show the "Goal of the Week, the "Save of the Week", the "Goal of the Month", and the "Save of the Month".  There are also videos of full games, and videos of just highlights.  The USL League One YouTube channel currently has over 10,000 subscribers.

     The 2022 USL League One season features eleven teams including Central Valley Fuego FC, the Charlotte Independence, Chattanooga Red Wolves SC, FC Tucson, Forward Madison FC, Greenville Triumph SC, North Carolina FC, Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC, the Richmond Kickers, South Georgia Tormenta FC, and Union Omaha.  The Richmond Kickers are currently in 1st place in the USL League One standings with 15 points, and an overall record of 4-3-3 (3 draws).  

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-  Union Omaha won the 2021 USL League One Championship.

-  USL League One played their inaugural season in 2019.

-  The 2022 USL League Final is scheduled to take place between November 4th - November 6th at the venue of the higher remaining seed.  

-  USL League One is also on Facebook, and Twitter.  

For more information about USL League One click on  https://www.uslleagueone.com 

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USL League Two On YouTube

 

     The USL (United Soccer League) League Two YouTube channel currently features 556 videos for fans of American soccer.  Some of the videos on the USL League Two YouTube channel show the "Goal of the Week", the "Save of the Week", the "Goal of the Month", and the "Save of the Month".  The USL League Two YouTube channel currently has just under 4,000 subscribers.  

     The USL League Two Great Lakes Division features six teams from the state of Michigan including AFC Ann Arbor, the Flint City Bucks, Kalamazoo FC, Lansing City Football, Midwest United, and Oakland County FC.  The USL League Two was formerly known as the PDL (Premier Development League).  

     Leave a comment or email the Mitten State Sports Report at mittenstatesportsreport@rocketmail.com  Click on the link below for more information about the USL League Two.  Click on past months to see all of the Mitten State Sports Report's archived material.  Check out Game Notes.  

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-  USL League Two joined YouTube in 2013.  

-  The Flint City Bucks won the 2019 USL League Two Championship. 

-  The Flint City Bucks also won the PDL Championship in 2006, 2014, and in 2016. 

-  Kalamazoo FC is currently in 1st place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division with 15 points, and an overall record of 4-1-3 (3 draws).  

For more information about USL League Two click on  https://www.uslleaguetwo.com 

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Blog of the Month 6/12/2022

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                                                                             https://sbisoccer.com 

                                                                               Blog of the Month 

     SBI Soccer (Soccer By Ives) has a terrific sports blog for fans of American soccer.  SBI Soccer covers "Americans Abroad", MLS (Major League Soccer), the USMNT (United States Men's National Team), and the USWNT (United States Women's National Team).  SBI Soccer also features articles about college soccer, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, and the USL (United Soccer League).  Some of the writers for SBI Soccer include Ives Galarcep, Skylar Rolstad, and Larry Henry Jr.  

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-  SBI Soccer was launched in 2008 by Ives Galarcep. 

-  Ives Galarcep is also the Editor-In-Chief of SBI Soccer.  

-  Ives Galarcep has also written for ESPN, Fox Soccer, and Goal.com.   

-  SBI Soccer is also on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. 

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Best of May 2022

     The month of May featured 16 posts that were viewed by people throughout the Midwest.  A couple of posts about college baseball games at Eastern Michigan University, and a post about a Detroit Tigers game received several views.  Scroll down to see what everyone is clicking on.  

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1.  "CMU 10-4 EMU"  posted 5/18/2022 

  

2.  "Athletics 5-3 Tigers"  posted 5/17/2022  

  

3.  "EMU 6-3 Bowling Green"  posted 5/3/2022  

 

             

                                                                                     Best of the Rest   

-  "Tigers Win On YouTube"  posted 5/26/2022  

                                                                                                                                                  No Photos!

-  "LCFC 2-0 Bearings"  posted 5/24/2022

  

-  "Vultures 38-24 Glory"  posted 5/18/2022  

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The Pic of the Month is a photograph taken at a Detroit Tigers game.

                                                                               Link of the Month

                         For more information about PitchCom click on  https://pitchcomsports.com  

                                                                               Blog of the Month  

                                      For more information about https://baseballsavant.mlb.com 

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                                                               Tigers offense continues to struggle.  

                                                                         YouTube of the Month  

                                                           "We're On YouTube"  posted 5/3/2022  

                                                     "Tigers Win On YouTube"  posted 5/26/2022

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-  The Mitten State Sports Report was founded in 2012.  

-  The Mitten State Sports Report has already posted 81 posts in 2022. 

-  The Mitten State Sports Report posted 153 posts in 2021.  

-  The Mitten State Sports Report has currently received 359,928 views. 

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OCFC 2 -2 Kalamazoo FC

 

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     On Friday, June 3rd, Oakland County FC earned a 2-2 draw against Kalamazoo FC.  Both teams compete against each other in the USL (United Soccer League) League Two Great Lakes Division.  Friday night's match was played at Royal Oak High School.  Scroll down to see exclusive photographs of USL League Two action. 

     Kalamazoo FC is currently in 1st place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division standings with 14 points, and an overall record of 4-0-2 (2 draws).  Oakland County FC is currently in 4th place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division standings with 4 points, and an overall record of 1-3-1 (1 draw).  AFC Ann Arbor, the Flint City Bucks, Lansing City Football, and Midwest United FC also compete in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division.

     Leave a comment or email the Mitte State Sports Report at mittenstatesportsreport@rocketmail.com  Click on the links below for more information about Oakland County FC, Kalamazoo FC, or USL League Two.  Click on past months to see all of the Mitten State Sports Report's archived material.  Check out Game Notes.  

On Friday, June 3rd, Oakland County FC (in purple) earned a 2-2 draw against Kalamazoo FC.

Both teams compete against each other in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division.

Friday night's match was played at Royal Oak High School.

Kalamazoo FC (in light blue) currently has an overall record of 4-0-2 (2 draws).

Oakland County FC currently has an overall record of 1-3-1 (1 draw).

Kalamazoo FC is currently in 1st place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division.

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-  Oakland County FC defeated Midwest United 4-2 on Sunday, June 5th in Royal Oak.    

-  Vinnie Vasilevski is the Head Coach of Oakland County FC.  

-  Shane Lyons is the Head Coach of Kalamazoo FC. 

-  Midwest United FC was featured on the Mitten State Sports Report on 10/29/2020. 

-  The Flint City Bucks were formerly known as the Michigan Bucks.  

-  The Michigan Bucks were featured on the Mitten State Sports Report on 6/12/2013.  

-  The Michigan Bucks were also featured on the Mitten State Sports Report on 7/31/2015. 

For more information about Oakland County FC click on  https://www.oaklandcountyfc.com 

For more information about Kalamazoo FC click on  https://www.kalamazoofc.com  

For USL League Two stats, and standings click on  https://www.uslleaguetwo.com  

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AFC Ann Arbor 5-0 OCFC

 

On Saturday, May 28th, AFC Ann Arbor (in light blue) defeated Oakland County FC (in purple) 5-0.

     On Saturday May 28th, AFC Ann Arbor defeated Oakland County FC 5-0.  Both teams compete against each other in the USL (United Soccer League) League Two Great Lakes Division.  Saturday night's match was played at Royal Oak High School.  Scroll down to see exclusive photographs of USL League Two action.  

     AFC Ann Arbor is currently in 3rd place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division standings with 9 points, and an overall record of 3-1.  Oakland County FC is currently in 6th place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division standings with 0 points, and an overall record of 0-3.  The Flint City Bucks, Kalamazoo FC, Lansing City Football, and Midwest United FC also compete in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division.

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Both teams compete against each other in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division.

AFC Ann Arbor currently has an overall record of 3-1.

Oakland County FC currently has an overall record of 0-3.

Saturday night's match was played at Royal Oak High School.

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-  AFC Ann Arbor also defeated Oakland County FC 5-0 on Sunday, May 8th in Ann Arbor.  

-  Kalamazoo FC is currently in 1st place in the USL League Two Great Lakes Division standings with 13 points, and an overall record of 4-0-1 (1 tie). 

-  USL League Two has a Central Conference, an Eastern Conference, a Southern Conference, and a Western Conference. 

-  The USL League Two Central Conference has four divisions including the Deep North Division, the Great Lakes Division, the Heartland Division, and the Valley Division. 

For more information about AFC Ann Arbor click on  https://www.afcannarbor.com 

For more information about Oakland County FC click on  https://www.oaklandcountyfc.com 

For USL League Two stats, and standings click on  https://www.uslleaguetwo.com 

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