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Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 1997

Also 1997 Beaver Island Homecoming · '97 Homecoming · 22nd Annual Bud McDonough Memorial Tournament

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TypeEvent
Dates1997-08-08 – 1997-08-10
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Dates
1997-08-08 – 1997-08-10
Kind
Celebration
Followed by
Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 1998
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Modern era
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Beaver Island

Summary

The 1997 Beaver Island Homecoming softball tournament – the 22nd Annual Bud McDonough Memorial Tournament – ran August 8-10, with three Beaver Island teams and five Charlevoix-area teams competing. Named awards went to TDS’s Dan Hanson (MVP) and Grey Gables players Mike Thompson (batting champion) and Jeff Fields (home run trophy).

Program

Softball. August 8-10, 1997. Beaver Island’s TDS finished 1st overall, ahead of Charlevoix’s Grey Gables (2nd) and J. Arnold Painting (3rd); Beaver Island’s Gillespie Oil & Transit placed 4th and McDonough’s Market 5th, with Charlevoix’s Pat McKean Ford, Flight Deck, and Swanson’s R & D rounding out the field. Dan Hanson of TDS was named Most Valuable Player; Mike Thompson of Grey Gables was Batting Champion (.733); Jeff Fields of Grey Gables won the Home Run Trophy with 7.

Youth baseball. The “Braves” and “Mariners” youth teams played their end-of-season Intra-Squad Game on “Homecoming Sunday, August 10.”

Evidence limits

No dinner, dance, or organizing body is reported for 1997 in the held issues. A Shamrock Bar advertisement in the same August issue promotes “’97 Homecoming! August 16-17” – a date range that does not match the softball tournament’s confirmed August 8-10 dates and is not resolved here; it may reflect a separate bar promotion using the Homecoming name loosely, or an error.

Open questions

  • What accounts for the Shamrock’s August 16-17 date, against the confirmed August 8-10 tournament dates?
  • Was a parish dinner or dance held in 1997? No held issue reports one.

See also

Sources

  1. The Shamrock Bar & Restaurant advertises "'97 Homecoming! August 16-17," with a Friday-night barbecue and "Blue Rider" playing "Fri. the 15th & Sat. the 16th." This date range does not match the softball tournament dates reported the following month and is not reconciled here. Read in the in-repo data/ tree. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-08_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-08_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Notes that on "Homecoming Weekend, the TDS Telecom logo shows up again on the caps and shirts of the team Telecom sponsors in the Homecoming Softball Tournament," establishing continuity of corporate team sponsorship. Background, not a report of the 1997 event specifically. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-01_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held sixteen-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-01_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Reports the tournament held August 8-10, 1997, with overall standings: Beaver Island's TDS 1st, Charlevoix's Grey Gables 2nd, Charlevoix's J. Arnold Painting 3rd, Beaver Island's Gillespie Oil & Transit 4th, Beaver Island's McDonough's Market 5th, and Charlevoix entries Pat McKean Ford 6th, Flight Deck 7th, and Swanson's R & D 8th; names Dan Hanson (TDS) as Most Valuable Player, Mike Thompson (Grey Gables, .733) as Batting Champion, and Jeff Fields (Grey Gables, 7 home runs) for the Home Run Trophy. A companion item reports the youth "Braves" and "Mariners" playing an end-of-season Intra-Squad Game on "Homecoming Sunday, August 10." Read in the in-repo data/ tree. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-09_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held twenty-two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-09_Beaver-Beacon
  7. Thanks the TDS softball team, managed by "Sparky" Markey, for "a solid first place in the annual Homecoming Tournament," confirming the September report's 1st-place standing for TDS. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1997-10_Beaver-Beacon
  8. The held sixteen-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1997-10_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 1997”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-homecoming-1997/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1997, "'97 Homecoming!" advertisement. (and 7 further sources listed on the page).

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