By JOHN RAFFEL
Clare’s baseball team had a season for the ages as a district and regional
championship.
Clare’s championship baseball season came to an end on June 8 at
Rockford with a 10-1 loss in the state quarterfinals to Lumen Christi.
Earlier in the day, both teams won their respective regional titles.
Miles Haggart was the starting pitcher for Clare, giving up seven hits and
six runs in 5.1 innings, striking out three.
Carter Smedley, Shane Warner and Ryan Louch each had a hit for Clare.
The biggest win for Clare came earlier in the day on June 8 with a 4-3
regional championship victory over Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian.
Clare built a 4-0 lead and hung on for the title. Clare opened the scoring
in the first inning after Chase Randall drove in three runs.
Randall was the starter allowed one hit and three runs over 0.2 innings
striking out five and walking three. Jayden Arthur appeared in relief.
Westyn Bryant, Randall. Miles Haggart and Shane Warner had one hit
apiece. Arthur had two walks.
Clare posted another district baseball title on June 1 at Chippewa Hills
with wins of 4-2 over Lakeview in the semifinals and 12-2 in five innings
over Chippewa Hills.
“It was a great day; to come out on top and be district champions you
can’t beat that,” Clare coach Dave Gould said. “Lately we’ve been hitting the
ball well. Today it was a matter of time. We didn’t hit that well in the first
game; we didn’t get it going but it was a matter of time.”
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