(7-16-18) The 2018 State ACME Baseball Champion will be decided at Defiance starting this Saturday. Eight teams will participate, 7 District winners, plus Defiance who is the State Tournament host team. Unlike the Sectionals and Districts that are double-elimination, the State tournament is single-elimination.
The 8 teams that will participate this year have won 29 combined ACME State Titles, Defiance has the most titles of the group with 10, Coldwater is next with 8. Only 1 team of the 8 has never won a State ACME title and that is Versailles.
ACME Titles/Runner-ups
- Defiance 10 titles ( three in a row, 2012, 2013 and 2014) 5 runner-ups
- Coldwater 8 titles (last title 1991) 12 runner-ups
- Archbold 3 titles (won back-to- back 2016 and 2017) – 0 runner-up
- Bellefontaine 3 titles – 0 runner-up
- Van Wert 2 titles (including one by VW Bills) 2 runner-ups (1 by VW Bills, 1 by VW Panthers)
- Bryan 1 title – 2 runner-ups
- Perrysburg 1 title – 1 runner-up
- Versailles 0 titles – 0 runner-up
Archbold has won back-to-back titles, with a title in 2018 they would be only the third team to do that, the other two who accomplished that feat was Toledo Start (1999, 2000, 2001) and Defiance (2012, 2013, 2014).
The Midwest Athletic Conference (Coldwater and Versailles), Northwest Ohio Athletic League (Archbold and Bryan) and Western Buckeye League (Van Wert and Defiance) all have two teams competing for the championship.
State ACME Game Schedule at Defiance
Saturday – July 21 – 1st Round
- 12:00 pm: Perrysburg vs. Archbold
- 2:30 pm: Van Wert vs. Versailles
- 5:00 pm: Coldwater vs. Bryan
- 7:30 pm: Bellefontaine vs Defiance
ACME BASEBALL CHAMPIONS 1961-2017
Baseball
ACME Districts
At LCC
- Van Wert 4 Shawnee 1 – Van Wert advances to State
- Van Wert 2 Shawnee 1 – game one
Van Wert Acme advances to state playoff 2:30 Sat at Defiance! pic.twitter.com/nkH7Tcmlyl
— Van Wert Cougars (@VanWertCougars) July 17, 2018
At Bellefontaine
- Bellefontaine 5 Ben Logan 3
Your ACME District Champions!!!!! 5-3 win over Ben Logan. Chiefs play at Defiance vs Defiance Saturday in the State Tourney. 7:30pm. pic.twitter.com/b55Tpt4WQw
— BHS Chieftains Baseball (@ChiefBaseball) July 17, 2018
State ACME Game Schedule at Defiance
Saturday – July 21
- 12:00 pm: Perrysburg vs. Archbold
- 2:30 pm: Van Wert vs. Versailles
- 5:00 pm: Coldwater vs. Bryan
- 7:30 pm: Bellefontaine vs Defiance
SSN Scoreboard – (7-16-18) (Monday)
ACME Districts
At Coldwater
- Coldwater 10 St. Henry 2 – Coldwater advances to State
- St. Henry 5 Coldwater 3 – game one
At LCC
- Van Wert-Shawnee is postponed tonight, rescheduled for 4pm tomorrow (Tuesday)
At Defiance
District 1 ACME Baseball Final: Bryan 12, Defiance 3.
The Bears are district champs and have earned their way to the ACME State Tournament for the first time since 1999, per Coach Inselmann. pic.twitter.com/foWNEyZaW1
— Ryan Squanda (@squandaryan) July 17, 2018
- Bryan 12 Defiance 3- Bryan is District Champion, Defiance advances because of being host team of State Tournament
- Defiance 7 Bryan 6 – 8 innings- both qualify to State Tournament
At Bellefontaine
- Bellefontaine 12 West Liberty-Salem 3
SSN Scoreboard – (7-15-18) (Sunday)
Districts
At Coldwater
- St. Henry 11 Ft. Loramie 4 – Ft. Loramie eliminated, St. Henry to play Coldwater on Monday
At Northmont
Versailles Sr. ACME defeats Greenville 13 to 6 to advance to State next Saturday at Defiance at 2:30! pic.twitter.com/ZMXtnu9JU7
— VHS Baseball (@VTigerBaseball) July 15, 2018
- Versailles 13 Greenville 6 – Versailles advances to State
At LCC
- Shawnee Van Wert
- Van Wert 12 Elida 0 – Elida eliminated
At Patrick Henry
ACME District 2 Champs! pic.twitter.com/kw78ZO53P5
— Archbold Baseball (@AHS_BASE) July 15, 2018
- Archbold 10 Kalida 0 – 6 innings – Archbold to go for three straight ACME State titles
- Kalida 8 O-G 1
At Ottawa Hills
- Perrysburg 11 Anthony Wayne 10 – Perrysburg advances to State
At Defiance
- Definace 8 Montpelier 1 – Montpelier eliminated, Defiance plays Bryan Monday at 5pm
SSN Scoreboard – (7-14-18) (Saturday)
Baseball
Districts
Coldwater
- Coldwater 5 St. Henry 2 – Coldwater will play winner of Ft. Foramie-St. Henry on Monday
- Ft. Loramie 7 Minster 6 – Ft. Loramie plays St. Henry on Sunday, Minster eliminated
LCC District
- Shawnee 9 Elida 7 – Elida will play Van Wert Sunday at 1pm, winner will play Shawnee Monday night at 6pm
- Shawnee 6 Van Wert 5 – suspended Friday night game due to darkness
Northmont District
- Versailles 10 Northmont 2 – will play Greenville at 1pm (Sunday)
- Greenville 11 Northmont 10 – Northmont eliminated
At Patrick Henry
- Archbold 9 O-G 5 – O-G- Kalida at 1:00 Sunday, winner plays Archbold at 330pm
- Kalida 3 Patrick Henry 0
At Ottawa Hills
- Perrysburg 15 Anthony Wayne 6 – Perrysburg will play Anthony Wayne Sunday at 1 pm
- Anthony Wayne 13 Wauseon 8- Wauseon eliminated
- Wauseon 10 Liberty Center 0
At Defiance
- Montpelier 4 Fairview 2 – Fairview eliminated
- Bryan 8 Defiance 0 – Montpelier-Defiance will play at 5pm Sunday, winner plays Bryan on Monday at 5pm
SSN Scoreboard – (7-13-18) (Friday)
ACME Tournament
Coldwater District
- St. Henry 15 Ft. Loramie 5 – 5 innings
- Coldwater 8 Minster 2
Patrick Henry District
- O-G 5 Patrick Henry 1
- Archbold 10 Kalida 0 – 5 innings
Bryan District
- Defiance 8 Montpelier 6
Ottawa Hills District
- Perrysburg 8 Liberty Center 4
- Anthony Wayne 7 Wauseon 3
Northmont District
- Versailles 8 Carroll 4
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