27TH ANNUAL MIDWEST CLASSIC BASEBALL TOURNAMENT 2024

MARCH 25 - MARCH 30

GENERAL INFORMATION:

1. Each team will play 5 games, with 4 pools during the week. You will play all 3 teams in your pool and we will be using multiple sites. Winners of pools will be placed in a pool and play each other, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th as well. After pools are established, everyone will play 1 game at 4:30 on Friday. Saturday at noon their will be 1 game for everyone with the winners from Friday afternoon games play winners and losers v losers in all pools. Sites will be tbd.

2. There will be 5 tie breakers: 1) Record in pool play, 2) Head to head competition, 3) Runs allowed in pool play, 4) Runs scored for, 5) Coin toss.

3. The entry fee will be prorated upon completion of the tournament.

4. Make checks payable to: Francis Howell High School

5. Send checks to: Sean Erwin , Francis Howell High School Activities Office 7001 S. Highway 94 St. Charles, MO 63304

6. Each team will supply 2 baseballs for each contest.

7. Home team will be established by a flip of the coin for all games.

8. The winning team will be responsible for calling the scores into sports stats. If the winning teams are not from St. Louis, have the teams that are from St. Louis call them in, regardless if they won or not. Site managers will have to call in scores if both teams are not from St. Louis. Coach Perkins will tweet out results as they happen.

9. Umpires will be assigned by the Greater St. Louis Umpires Association - Bill Buchanan, 355-5878.

12. We will select an all tournament team and Most Valuable Offensive and Most Valuable Defensive player. Each honoree will receive an award directly following the championship game at which ever site is hosting. Any all tournament players would be encouraged to stick around so that a picture could be taken directly after the championship.

13. Team trophies will be given out to 1st-4th place finishers at championship pool site on Saturday.

14. Teams:

 

POOL A - FRANCIS HOWELL, JEFFERSON CITY, SUMMIT, HOLT

POOL B - FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL, CBC, TIMBERLAND, PARKWAY WEST

POOL C - TROY, LAFAYETTE, HOWELL NORTH, BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH

POOL D - FT. ZUMWALT WEST, VIANNEY, LINDBERGH, FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH

 

2024 27TH ANNUAL MIDWEST CLASSIC

 

TUESDAY, MARCH 26

AT HOWELL

4:30 HOWELL V SUMMIT

AT TROY

2:00 TROY V LAFAYETTE

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

4:30 HOWELL CENTRAL V PARKWAY WEST

AT TIMBERLAND

4:15 TIMBERLAND V CBC

AT TROY

4:30 TROY V HOWELL NORTH

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

4:30 ZUMWALT WEST V LINDBERGH

AT FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH

4:30 ZUMWALT SOUTH V VIANNEY

WENDSDAY, MARCH 27

AT FRANCIS HOWELL

12:00 FRANCIS HOWELL V JEFFERSON CITY

AT FRANCIS HOWELL

4:30 HOWELL V HOLT

AT SUMMIT

4:30 JEFFERSON CITY V SUMMIT

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

4:30 HOWELL CENTRAL V TIMBERLAND

AT CBC

4:30 CBC V PARKWAY WEST

AT FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

4:30 HOWELL NORTH V LAFAYETTE

AT LINDBERGH

4:30 LINDBERGH V VIANNEY

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

4:30 ZUMWALT WEST V ZUMWALT SOUTH

THURSDAY, MARCH 28

AT FT. ZUMWALT WEST

1:00 ZUMWALT WEST V VIANNEY

AT LINDBERGH

4:30 LINDBERGH V FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH

AT HOLT

2:00 HOLT V JEFFERSON CITY

AT TIMBERLAND

3:00 TIMBERLAND V PARKWAY WEST

AT FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL

11:00 am HOWELL CENTRAL V CBC

AT HOLT

4:30 HOLT V SUMMIT

AT TROY

2:00 TROY V BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH

4:30 BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH V LAFAYETTE

FRIDAY MARCH 29

AT HOWELL NORTH

10:00 AM BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH V HOWELL NORTH

4:30 8 GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ALL TBD

FRIDAY MARCH 29

8 GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ALL TBD

SATURDAY MARCH 30

12:00 8 GAMES WILL BE PLAYED ALL TBD

 

 

 

 

 

POOL BRACKET RESULTS AND SEEDS

 

CHAMPIONSHIP BRACKET

 

DIRECTIONS TO FIELDS FROM THE HAMPTON INN 3720 WEST CLAY ST. CHARLES, MO 636-947-6800 (OFF OF INTERSTATE 70 AND CAVE SPRINGS)

 

TO FRANCIS HOWELL

South on 94
Straight on 94 as you cross over highway 40/64
Pass the school on your right after a mile or so
Enter the park on your right hand side

TO FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH

Right out of motel onto West Clay .3
Left on Cave Springs and stay straight, Cave Springs becomes Muegge Rd 2.0
Right on Hackman Rd. .7
Left at stop sign which is still Hackman road and .2 to the school entrance to the right

TO FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL
Right out of motel onto West Clay .3
Left onto Cave Springs .3
Right onto Mexico Road 3.3
Left onto Mid Rivers Mall Drive 3.3
Right on Highway N .6
School entrance on the right. Ball field is all the way in the back to the right

TO C&H PARK
Right out of motel onto West Clay .3
Left onto Cave Springs .3
Right onto Mexico Road 3.3
Left onto Mid Rivers Mall Drive 1.1
Left onto St. Peters-Howell Rd 1.7
Ball park entrance is on your right.

TO FT. ZUMWALT WEST
Right out of motel on West Clay for .4
Left on Cave Springs rd. .5
Merge onto I 70 West 7.2

Exit 217 K Left on Highway K .8

Right on Mexico 1.7

Turn right on Turtle Creek Drive to school

 

PAST CHAMPIONS OF THE MIDWEST CLASSIC

1997 JEFFERSON CITY, MO

1998 KANSAS CITY TRUMAN

1999 MOLINE, ILL.

2000 JEFFERSON CITY, MO

2001 NORTHWEST HOUSE SPRINGS, MO

2002 ROCK ISLAND, ILL.

2003 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

2004 EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.

2005 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

2006 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

2007 ST. CHARLES WEST, MO

2008 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

2009 FORT ZUMWALT WEST, MO

2010 VIANNEY, MO

2011 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

2012 VIANNEY, MO

2013 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO 

2014 FRANCIS HOWELL, MO 

2015 CBC, MO 

2016 SUMMIT, MO

2017 SUMMIT, MO

2018 VIANNEY, MO

2019 VIANNEY, MO

2020 CANCELLED

2021 FT. ZUMWALT WEST

2022 FT. ZUMWALT WEST

2023 FT. ZUMWALT SOUTH

2024 FT. ZUMWALT WEST

 

 

PAST AND PRESENT PARTICIPANTS IN THE MIDWEST CLASSIC

HIGH SCHOOL YEARS PARTICIPATED

 HIGH SCHOOL YEARS PARTICIPATED
   
BELTON, MO

1
BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH, MO
10
BROOKS COLLEGE PREP
1
CBC, MO
7
CAPE GIRARDEAU CENTRAL, MO

1
CHICAGO HARLAN, ILL.

1
 COLLINSVILLE, ILL.

2
COLUMBIA HICKMAN, MO

7
COLUMBIA ROCKBRIDGE, MO

1
DESMET, MO
9
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL.

1
EUREKA, MO

 3
FARMINGTON, MO

 10
FOX, MO

14
FRANCIS HOWELL, MO

 27
FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL, MO

 24
 FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH, MO

 27
FORT ZUMWALT EAST

 6
FORT ZUMWALT SOUTH, MO

16
FORT ZUMWALT WEST, MO

15
GALESBURG, ILL

 2
GLENBROOK NORTH, ILL.

 2
HERCULANEUM, MO

 4
 INNISDALE, CANADA

1
WENTZVILLE HOLT, MO

 6
JEFFERSON CITY, MO

 3
JEFFERSON CITY HELIAS, MO

 1
KANSAS CITY GRANDVIEW, MO

 4
KANSAS CITY RAY-PEC, MO

 9
KANSAS CITY TRUMAN, MO

 10
LAFAYETTE, MO

6
LEE'S SUMMIT WEST, MO

9
LINDBERGH, MO

14
MCCLUER NORTH, MO

 4
MEXICO, MO

 7
MOLINE, ILL.

 2
NILES NORTH, ILL.

1
NORTHWEST HOUSE SPRINGS, MO

 16
OAK GROVE, MO

 1
O'GORMAN, SD

1
ORAN, MO

2
PACIFIC, MO

 7
 PARKWAY SOUTH, MO

 2
 PARKWAY WEST, MO
2
POPLAR BLUFF, MO
3
RITENOUR, MO
1
RIVERVIEW GARDENS, MO

1
ROCKWOOD SUMMIT, MO

14
ROCK ISLAND, ILL.
4
ROLLA, MO
1
SEDALIA SMITH-COTTON, MO

5
 ST. CHARLES, MO

 1
 
ST. CHARLES WEST, MO

 11
SIKESTON, MO
5
TROY, MO
4
VIANNEY, MO

14
VIANNEY, JV
1
WESTMINISTER, MO
6
WAUKEGAN, ILL.

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Coach Perkins with his old High School coach Gary Bender, who is retired and is in the Illinois Coaches Hall of Fame. This was in the 1999 tournament and Coach Benders last year as Rock Islands coach.

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