Adrian, MI – Here are the Lenawee County stories from Thursday’s Inside the Cave Sports Update…
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The Morenci softball team improved to 13-8 thanks to two dominant wins over Reading on Wednesday… 8-0 and 17-1.
Home runs from Evelyn Joughin and Addyson Valentine lead the way in the 8-0 win. Valentine was the winning pitcher in both games recording 16 strike outs.
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The Madison Trojans softball team completed an earlier postponed game against Hillsdale, 10-6.
Olivia Schmitz and Camylie Sower combined their efforts in the circle for the win.
Nylee Blair, Kendall Gilbertson, and Kalexiana Wrest each had RBI’s for Madison. The 11-4 Trojans will be home today against Blissfield.
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Hudson Tigers softball earned two wins against Onsted 12-8 and 11-5.
Taylor Kopin had a two run home run in game one. McKenna Mull got the win in the circle with seven strikeouts. Mull was 3 for 5 at the plate.
Mull got the win in game two as well. Ryen Rogers, Kopin, and Maci Godfrey each had two hits. Sam Anderson and Rogers each had two RBIs.
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Tecumseh softball took a 15-0 win over Jackson and 3-0 win over Dexter this week. In the Dexter win, Fulton struck out 10, walked 2 and allowed one hit in seven innings of work.
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The Lenawee Christian baseball squad took two from TCC foe Sand Creek on Wednesday…12-4 and 7-6.
For LCS in game one… Zyan Breznik pitched six innings, and struck out five. Colton Clymer, Elijah Paschal, and Micah Jameson had RBI’s for the Cougars.
Lenawee Christian walked-off winners in game two. Nolan Robinson pitched 6 and two thirds innings, while Judah Marine finished the game on the hill.
Liam McElroy, Colton Clymer, and Elijah Paschal had RBI’s for the Cougars. LCS scored 5 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning for a walk off win.
For the Aggies in game one, Chase Voorhees had a double and two RBI’s.
Andon Sutherland, Ivan Wilkinson, Parker Strahan, Caden Glinski, and Parker Foltz all had an RBI for Sand Creek in game two.
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The Adrian baseball team dropped their three game series to Chelsea, which wrapped up Wednesday.
Standouts for the Maples were freshman Jacob Fraser with 2 doubles. Luke Bruggeman pitched a solid game and added two hits and an RBI in the final game of the series.
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Tecumseh baseball took two against Jackson, 12-2 and 7-0.
In game one, Braden Baur picked up the win on the mound, going four innings and striking out four. Connor Bullinger pitched two innings in relief.
Austin Kane hit a two run home run for Tecumseh, and had three total RBI’s. Bullinger and Jeremy Bennett also had RBI’s.
Ben Andrews pitched a complete game in the second contest. He allowed just two hits and struck out nine. Jeremy Bennett, Kyle Barden, Lex Glover, Sam Abbott, and Kaden Henning all batted in runs for Tecumseh.
The Indians are 16-5 overall, and 12-0 in the SEC.
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The Ida Blue Streaks boys golf team earned another close LCAA jamboree win, this time by two shots over host Clinton at the Rustic Glen Golf Course.
Devin Rhoades of Ida was medalist, shooting an 2-over-par 38, earning his second-consecutive medalist honors.
The next event will be held May 13th at Wolf Creek Golf Club in Adrian, hosted by Madison.
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The Adrian Maples girls soccer team downed rival Tecumseh, 5-1.
Tatum Borton had four goals. Jaleigh Niese had the other Maple tally. Sophia Rink had one save for Adrian.
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A change to the process for pairing 11-player football teams for the District and Regional rounds of the Michigan High School Athletic Association Playoffs was among the most noteworthy to emerge from the Spring Meeting of the MHSAA Representative Council.
Beginning with this fall’s postseason, the playoff field in each of eight 11-player divisions will first be organized into eight-team Regionals.
The eight teams in each Regional will then be seeded based on playoff-point average, with seeds 1, 4, 5 and 8 comprising one District and seeds 2, 3, 6 and 7 comprising the other. The winners of those Districts will play in the Regional Final.
The Council approved a change in the point differential rule in basketball. Once a team trails by 40 points during the first half or 30 during the second, even if the margin becomes smaller than those standards, point-differential timing continues.
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Tecumseh graduate Jake Burns hit a one-out single to left field to score the winning run, Adrian graduate Sean Parker pitched five-and-a-third innings of two-hit ball, and the Adrian College NCAA baseball team walked-off Albion College in the first round of the MIAA Baseball Tournament, 5-4.
Burns broke up a no-hitter in the seventh inning..one of his three hits on the day. Here’s the call of the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning from Ian Wendt and Josh Mitchell on 96.5 The Cave…
Head Coach Craig Rainey reacted to the opening round win…
Adrian College baseball will play Kalamazoo College in the semifinal round of the MIAA Tournament, after the Hornets beat Alma College, 3-1.
First pitch is scheduled for 1pm today with Ian Wendt and Josh Mitchell on 96.5 The Cave and 965thecave.com.
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The Adrian College track and field team turned in several strong performances at the Hillsdale Last Chance Meet, highlighted by a first-place finish from Alysia Townsend in the women’s long jump.
On the men’s side, Keith Scott recorded a third-place finish in the discus throw.
The men’s 4 by 100 relay team of Brandon Berry, Cal Delisle, Asher Cousino, and Jaymes Vines finished second.
The Bulldogs return to action at the St. Francis Last Chance Meet on Friday.
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The Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association announced its All-Association softball teams, which included two Adrian College Bulldogs.
Taylor Gerhardt earned First Team honors, while Addison Inskeep was named to the Second Team.
Gerhardt led both AC and the MIAA with a .486 batting average. Inskeep posted a .374 batting average.
The honor marks the second All-MIAA selection of Gerhardt’s career and the first for Inskeep.