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By Dylan Hefflinger, Brent Alwine and PBR Staff
Michigan Editor in Chief/Regional Scout and Michigan Scouting Director

Top Stories for The Year 2014

PBR Michigan started up on April 10th, 2012 as seen here. Brent Alwine then took the reigns in Michigan to start 2014 and has been an integral part in helping PBR Michigan grow.

Now that Michigan is fully entrenched as a top PBR state, we look to continue our climb while continuing to provide top notch baseball coverage in Michigan. 

Brent, PBR Michigan Director of Scouting, along with Dylan Hefflinger, Michigan Editor in Chief/Regional Scout take a look back at the year in review and put together a list of the top stories for 2014.

To start off the the list we looked at a pitcher who may not have been able to finish his high school career how he had hoped, but was still a perfect 35-0 on the mound.

After that we looked at how Bay City Western made history in 2014, then one of the top prospects in the nation, Nick Plummer. Then we took a look at University Ligget winning their third title in four years as well as a look at Brent Alwine taking over as Scouting Director.

Now we talk about a great teacher and coach, Dan Griesbaum of Grosse Pointe South.

A rundown of the stories: Note: We will be conducting a Twitter contest to vote on the top stories for 2014 once the stories have been posted.

• Garrett Schilling's Perfect Record
• Bay City Western's Back-to-Back
• Nick Plummer Has Arrived
• Liggett Wins Their Third Title In Four Years
• Brent Alwine Takes Over As Scouting Director

Dan Griesbaum Takes Grosse Pointe South to State Championship Game

Dan Griesbaum Sr. is widely known across the state for the consistency his ball clubs have year in and year out at Grosse Pointe South.

2014 saw Grosse Pointe South win its 7th straight district title. In Coach Griesbaum 30+ years as a the head coach at Grosse Pointe South his has produced 60+ players that have gone on to compete collegiately in college, most notably and recently retired Major Leaguer Chris Getz.

Getz helped lead his high school team to a state title in 2001, which is Coach Griesbaum only title to this point as a head coach.

Coach Griesbaum retired from teaching this past spring. But what most people do not know is that Coach Griesbaum missed his last day as a teacher. The reason for that? Well he was a little busy coaching his Grosse Pointe South team in the Division 1 state title game against Bay City Western. 

Coach Griesbaum reached the state final after defeating Battle Creek Lakeview 6-4 as seen in this story.

However, in the state title game Bay City Western would go on to defeat coach Griesbaum's team by a final score of 6-2 as seen here.

Despite retiring from teaching, coach Griesbaum will continue to lead the storied Grosse Pointe South program.

Everyone here at Prep Baseball Report thank coach Dan Griesbaum for all the time he has put in as a teacher and coach. He has helped mold young athletes into men and in turn has made Grosse Pointe South one of the prominent programs in the state of Michigan. We wish your program continued success in the upcoming season and years to come.