High School Baseball and Softball

April 15, 2024 Local Sports

Results from the weekend and games scheduled today for Jackson area teams.

Baseball

Big 8

4/13

Columbia Central 7 vs. Concord 0

Concord 4, BD 3

Concord 14, Athens 0

4/15

Sand Creek @ Springport 4pm and 6pm

Cascades Conference

4/13

Grass Lake 7, NW 6

Despite seeing their 4-run lead whitte down toward the end, the resilient Warriors stood strong for a 7-6 win on Saturday. Senior Avin Sandoval batting leadoff went 4 for 4 leading a potent GL offense that racked up 16 hits in the game. In the three-hole, Luke Guthrie had 3 hits, and Jake Collins and Jack Reid each drove in 2 runs.

Sophomore Manny “Wild Thing” Schafran earned the big win against a gritty Northwest team allowing 4 hits and 3 runs over 4 innings striking out 5 and walking 2. Collin Knight worked hard through adversity and collected the save pitching 3 innings allowing 3 hits and 3 runs with 2 strikeouts and 1 walk.

Gaylord 12, Grass Lake 12

Hanover-Horton 10, Madison 4

Charlotte 4, Hanover-Horton 3

Manchester 11, Lutheran 1

Manchester 8. Lutheran 3

Columbia 11, Napoleon 1

Napoleon 4, Stockbridge 3

4/15

Columbia @ Addison 3:45pm

Grass Lake @ East Jackson 3:45pm

Homer @ Hanover-Horton 3:45pm

Manchester @ Leslie 3:45pm and 5:45pm

Napoleon @ Michigan Center 3:45pm

Interstate 8

4/13

Grass Lake 7, NW 6

Gaylord 8, NW 5

Western 11, Grayling 0

St. Johns 12, Western 11

Game 1: Western 11 – Grayling 0
Western came out strong against Gaylord in game 1. Western threw a combined no hitter with Brody Parrott throwing  4 innings with 7 strikeouts and Leightner throwing 1 inning with 1 strikeout. At the plate, the Panthers totaled 9 hits, with hits coming from LaPorte, Trudell, Levy, Brody Parrott, Richardson, and VanRiper.
Game 2: Western 11 St Johns 12
Western came out strong against St Johns, but struggled to finish the game. Nick Allen threw 4 innings with 7 strikeouts, while Luke Nally threw 2 innings with 3 strikeouts At the plate, the Panthers totaled 13 hits, a season high. LaPorte, Spitzer, Trudell, Levy, Luke, Nally, Parrott, and VanRiper all had hits for the Panthers. The Panthers are back in action on Tuesday against Northwest.

Other

4/13

Lumen 2, Lutheran North 0

Lutheran North 2. Lumen 1

Softball

Big 8

4/13

Concord 17, Addison 2

Concord 6, Stockbridge 4

Springport 13, Napoleon 1

Springport 6, Madison 2

Springport Dominates napoleon this year in the annual spring invite. Morgan Shoemaker earned the win with 8 strikeouts in the game. Spartans bats were on fire collecting 12 hits in the game, 3 triples by Brenna Crittenden, Rylee Siefert and Jordan Reed, and 1 double by Chloey Speer. 6 stolen bases and a final score of 13-1.

Springport gets the win in game two against Adrian Madison by score of 6-2. Devan Lowe earned the win with Morgan Shoemaker earning the save. Lowe had 2 strikeouts while Shoemaker had 8. The team collected 9 hits with doubles by Rylee Siefert and Ava Lovely and triples by Chloey Speer and Devan Lowe. Betz had 2 stolen bases while Speer had 3.

4/15

Springport vs. Sand Creek 4pm and 6pm

Cascades Conference

4/13

Grass Lake 5, Chelsea 3

Grass Lake 13, Eaton Rapids 5

Hanover-Horton 15, Dansville 0

Negaunee 6, HH 1

Blissfield 2, Jonesville 1

Blissfield 11, Jonesville 1

Springport 13, Napoleon 1

Madison 14, Napoleon 4

4/15

Columbia @ Addison 4pm

Grass Lake @ East Jackson 4pm

Hanover-Horton vs. Homer 4pm and 6pm

Vandercook Lake @ Jonesville 4pm

Manchester vs. Leslie 4pm and 6pm

Napoleon @ Michigan Center 4pm

I-8

4/13

NW 1, South Lyon 0

NW 12, Lakeview 2

NW 18, Lincoln 6

NW 14, Garden City 4

Other

4/13

Quincy 5, Lumen 3

Lumen 19, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 0

Game 1 Marshal Tournament
Lumen Christi’s 7th inning rally fell short in game one of the Marshall Tournament. Emily Rogers had 2 RBI and Bella Wrozek struck out 11 on the mound for the Titans.
Game 2
The Titan offense pounced in game two. Lily Ganton led the way with 3 hits and 4 RBI. Codi Ruge and Bella Wrozek each had 2 hits and 3 RBI. Bree Okoniewski got the shutout win on the mound recording 5 strikeouts while only walking 1.