Regional Sports Editor for Oakland Press/Macomb Daily, etc. My baseball/softball account. Also follow me at
@matthewbmowery
. Email: mmowery
@medianewsgroup
.com
Turns out, South Lyon coach Dan DePaulis was factually correct in an email he sent me 3 months ago: “We could be pretty good. You need to come see Bradshaw.”
FACT CHECK: Yep
EAGLES WIN!!!!
Hartland Softball is the 2019 Ann Arbor Area Softball CHAMPIONS!!!
@rachel__everett
with the shutout as your Eagles win 1-0 against top-ranked Clarkston.
#FAMILY
If you're up late, here's a sneak peak at the
@statechampsnet
Top 100 list of Michigan softball players for 2019 (it'll be 'officially' unveiled in the morning) >>
SOFTBALL: Today
@PortageCentral
and
@LoyNorrixHS
honored Mustang freshman Sophie Varney, who was diagnosed with DIPG in December. She leads off, plays SS for the JV team, but she is starting her first varsity game at WMU today.
Mercy softball's Kaitlyn Pallozzi struck out all 21 batters she faced in a perfect-game effort against Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard Friday (a 1-0 Mercy win), but *STILL* didn't set a state record.
MHSAA record for K's in a seven-inning game is 24 by Canton's Kelly Holmes in 1992.
SOFTBALL: After Abbey Tolmie’s 2-run HR tied it, Sierra Kersten’s RBI 1B won it for
@ClarkstonSB
in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the fifth, 13-12. (Last inning b/c of darkness).
@SoftballSlhs
@clarkstonsmith
A few things to clear up this a.m. about my job:
1) I'm not your PR firm. If you think I might be, check your payroll. You'll find I'm not on there. Until I am, I won't act as your PR firm.
I *KNEW* I recognized y'all (was thrown off by the lack of eye-black and the clean uniforms ... lol)
(Got pics of the banner in the football photo gallery)
Days in the Michigan HS sports calendar that it automatically rains:
• Baseball/softball district Saturday
• Semifinal Friday at baseball/softball finals.
• Every day of 2019
I've covered Hannah's class since they were the precocious freshmen ... they're going to do big things in college, but I was looking forward to one last spring campaign, too.
Now that the MHSAA has ended the season, it's sad that we won't be able to see
@hannah_cady
&
@cady_ella
play together for Clarkston High School. It's been a fun ride these last 4 yrs for Hannah. Thanks to all their coaches and teammates!
@OutOfLField
@ellisdrew
@CNewsWRSports
So when we talk about that speed that
@Total_Softball
Player of the Year candidate Hannah Hollister uses on the basepaths and OF for
@CAVS_Softball
— yeah, she ran the anchor leg of the 4x100 relay here ....
Most April 3s, I'd be searching for a field that was dry enough to play baseball or softball on. No place that I'd rather be right now, shivering my butt off — but I'd not trade that for the health of a single, solitary athlete, coach, official or family member.
Be safe.
At the Hits for Heroes Tournament at Woodhaven,
@MercyHighMI
went 4-0 to win the title, beating
• Grosse Pointe South 14-0 (5 inn.)
• Ida 13-2 (6 inn.
• Trenton 8-4 (5 inn.)
• Riverview 7-6
Maggie Murphy: 12-for-13 (.923 AVG/1.846 SLG/2.779 OPS), 12 RBI
SOFTBALL:
@WLNsoftball
gets one run back in the seventh, but
@SoftballSlhs
closes out the continuation game, 11-6, to win the
@LakesVC
regular-season title.
[NEW] College conference cancellations won't force MHSAA's hand on fall sports, executive director Mark Uyl says: "Don't make decisions just because somebody else did." >>
Good to see Tessa Nuss hasn't cooled off in college. The Lake Orion grad is 6-for-6 on stolen bases, and was named the America East Softball Rookie of the Week.
I believe Millington’s Darrien Roberts just hit one off the light tower ABOVE the scoreboard (I’m shooting pix at soccer so it was hard to see thru the fence.)
SOFTBALL: We made a few changes in the
@Total_Softball
Player of the Year contest before freezing the top 10. Click here to see who's in the top 10 going into the postseason, and vote for your favorite >>
The seniors do it again. Seymour and Vitale on, Riley Bourlier clears the bases with a 2B to make it 5-0. Three outs to go before
@SoftballSlhs
can celebrate
If I'm reading these results right, looks like
@Cavs_Softball
's Hannah Hollister — our early top 10 nominee for
@Total_Softball
Player of the Year — had a day at the D2 track meet for
@CorunnaTrack
:
1st — 100 hurdles
1st — 300 hurdles
1st — 4x100 relay anchor leg
2nd — 200 dash
SOFTBALL: Back to Back
@MHSAA
quarterfinal appearances for the Jackets but they ran into a good Essexville Garber team today and drop their final game 8-0. Tremendous group of girls! Great season!
#dcdsathletics
Happy Father’s Day to all the softball dads out there (and all the other, less-fortunate dads, too ...)
And, as always, that signifies a wrap on another softball season (Now I can turn off notifications on GameChanger, right? Lol)
It was a fun ride.
Nieto with an infield hit to start B7, steals second and continues on to 3B. Northern intentionality loads the bases, but Kendall Spivey plates the GW run with a 1B.
FINAL:
@MHSmiAthletics
5,
@WLNsoftball
4
last one I promise!! VERY excited to announce that I am committed to Central Michigan University to further my academic and athletic career!!
#fireup
@CMUSoftball