Game Stories

SPRINGFIELD, OH – Alex Ryan (Lake Mills, WI; Valparaiso) hit his team-leading fifth home run of the year to give Champion City their first lead of the night, but it was not enough with Chillicothe winning 7-6 in ten innings. Jake Woolf (Beavercreek, OH; California Univ. of Penn.) made his third start of the season, […]

SPRINGFIELD, OH – Jake Miller (Chester, NY; Valparaiso) has been drafted in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft by the Detroit Tigers in the Eighth Round! Miller was the 237th pick in this year’s draft. Jake Miller was the ace on last year’s record-breaking Champion City Kings team. Miller made the most starts with ten,

SPRINGFIELD, OH – Ben Ross (Springfield, OH; Notre Dame College) has been drafted in the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft in the Fifth Round by the Minnesota Twins! Ross was taken with the 144th pick in the Draft. Ross was part of the history-making 2021 Champion City Kings team, being part of the first Kings

Kings Win!

SPRINGFIELD, OH – It was the end of a four-game losing streak, as Gabe Phipps (Yorktown, IN; Lake Land College) pitched his best outing yet with seven superb innings en route to a 6-3 win over the Chillicothe Paints. The Paints took an early 1-0 lead and held the Kings scoreless through the first four

Johnstown, PA – The Champion City Kings were held to two earned runs, as the Johnstown Mill Rats swept the two-game series in a 6-2 decision. The Kings got an early lead, as Patrick Fultz (Springfield, OH; Shawnee H.S.) picked up an early RBI. The Mill Rats tied the game in their first inning, and

Johnstown, PA – The Champion City Kings, coming off a doubleheader where the hosts were outscored 12-1 in a sweep, couldn’t get the offense going in a 8-0 loss to the Mill Rats. Aaron Miller (Canton, OH; Notre Dame College) made his start of the year, going 4.2 innings and allowing two earned runs on

SPRINGFIELD, OH – The West Virginia Miners picked up right where they left off in the first game, getting two runs in their first inning and sweeping the doubleheader at Champion City with a 6-1 nightcap win. Kyler Archual (Columbus, OH; Tiffin Univ.) went three innings as the starter, giving up five earned runs off

SPRINGFIELD, OH – What started off as a wonderful pitchers’ duel from Connor Lockwood (Libertyville, IL; Valparaiso) and West Virginia’s Kris Massey turned out to be a shutout loss for the Kings in the first game of a doubleheader. Champion City had an interesting first inning, as Evan Lorey (Howell, MI; Spring Arbor Univ.) doubled

SPRINGFIELD, OH – Jake Woolf (Beavercreek, OH; Cal. U. of Penn.) made just his second start, but the right-hander handcuffed the best batting team in the Prospect League as the Kings won 5-1 . It was the first win in the second half for Champion City, as the offense scored five runs on seven hits.

SPRINGFIELD, OH – After a rainy and stormy week, the Champion City Kings returned home after ten days for the second half home opener. While the Kings battled and led for most of the first half of the game, the Danville Dans took the lead for good in the sixth inning and won 8-4 on

Danville, IL – The Champion City Kings fell in the first half finale at Danville, as the Dans defended their home with a 9-1 win. Champion City’s starter Kyler Archual (Columbus, OH; Tiffin Univ.) allowed five earned runs in 4.1 innings, with seven hits, one walk, and three punchouts. Noah Penney (Fort Murray, Alberta, Canada;

Terre Haute, IN – The Champion City Kings pulled off a doubleheader sweep by picking up twenty-one hits and both starters in Connor Lockwood (Libertyville, IL; Valparasio) and Jake Woolf (Beavercreek, OH; California Univ. of Pennsylvania) picking up victories. For Game One, the Kings offense kicked in down 2-0 in the sixth inning. Two runs

SPRINGFIELD, OH – Cade Kontny (Lakeland, FL; Spring Arbor University) last threw against Lafayette on the road, suffering his first loss of the season. Last night, the right-hander got revenge and the victory as Champion City knocked off the Aviators 3-2. Kontny, coming off that start at Lafayette allowing six unearned runs and suffering the