Forest Hills Northern swept Greenville’s baseball team 4-3 and 9-2 on Tuesday. Kaleb Vinton had three hits for Greenville in the first game. Kolton Dunham had two hits in the second game.
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Forest Hills Northern swept Greenville’s baseball team 4-3 and 9-2 on Tuesday. Kaleb Vinton had three hits for Greenville in the first game. Kolton Dunham had two hits in the second game.
Chase McNamara took first place in the 100, 200 and 400 meters to lead Midland Dow in track action with times of 11.85, 23.76 and 53.77 against Flint Powers last week. Josh Stauffer was first in 800 meters. Michael Carey was first in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs while Antoine Chauvette was first in the 110 and 300 hurdles. Dow won all the relays except the 3,200-meters. Nick Coon won the long jump.
Montabella’s baseball team split with Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart on Tuesday losing 8-7 and winning 9-8. Brody Burgreen was the losing pitcher in the first game. Burggren and Austin Huber took the loss the first game. Dan Cutler was the winning pitcher in the second game. Cutler, Huber, Tyler House and Chase Murray had two hits apiece.
Belding’s baseball team lost 6-2 and 8-0 to Allendale in O-K Blue Conference action last week. Aaden Quinn and Logan Campbell were the losing pitchers. Neil McCully had two hits in the first game and Belding’s only hit in the second game.
Lakeview split with Reed City in a doubleheader on Tuesday, losing the first game 4-0 but winning the second 12-1 n five innings. Brad Hamlin was the pitcher of record in the first game and had 11 strikeouts. Kyle Ridgeway was the winning pitcher in the second game. Garret Cavendish had three hits and Calin Englund added three hits.
Central Montcalm’s golf team shot a 383 last Tuesday in the CSAA jamboree at Brookside Golf Course. Josh Mitchell had an 89 for Central, followed by Caleb Daggett with 90, Mason Ferguson with 98 and Gunther Ebels with 106.
Lakeview’s golf team was second in a CSAA jamboree last Tuesday. Lakeview shot a 366 compared to 356 for Big Rapids.Jon Wandel shot an 80 for Lakeview, followed by Jake Park with 94 and Seth Kanouse and Bennett Tomandl with 96s apiece.
By BUTCH HARMON
Led by a talented group of seniors, the Portland softball team is turning in another big season on the diamond.
Last year, the Raiders won the league title and turned in a 27-4 record before falling to Eaton Rapids in the district final. This season, Portland has picked up where it left off last spring. The Raiders have been ranked among the top teams in the state in Division 2 and have faced some of the top teams in the state.
“We’ve been playing pretty well,” Portland coach Jack Anderson said. “We’ve beaten some pretty good teams this year. We lost a doubleheader in our league, but after that, we’ve been pretty focused and have been playing pretty well.”
So far this season, Portland has racked up some impressive wins. It won the Portland Invitational to kick off the season and also won the Blue Chip Best of Michigan Showcase in Byron Center. The Raiders beat Bullock Creek, ranked eighth in the state in Division 2, by a score of 1-0 and posted a pair of wins against Springport, ranked ninth in the state in Division 3. They also defeated Reese, ranked fourth in the state in Division 3, 5-0.
“We’ve played a lot of ranked teams, and that shows the girls that they can play with anyone in the state,” Anderson said. “Our schedule and the teams we’ve played are as good as any in the state that we will be playing in June.”
Portland’s senior-dominated team combines strong pitching and hitting. Senior Allie Grys is the ace of the pitching staff. Last year, she went 27-4 with a 0.77 ERA and 265 strikeouts. This year has been more of the same. “Allie has been throwing extremely well for us,” Anderson said. “She moves the ball pretty well and has good movement on her pitches. She can spin it up and spin it down. She has great location and can hit spots.”
Grys is also an excellent hitter. She will be playing softball at Lansing Community College next year.
Grys has been getting a break in the circle from fellow senior Mary Brooks, who won three of her first five starts this year. Brooks is also the big bat in the Portland lineup. An all-state player last year who hit .412 with 23 RBI, Brooks is hitting over .500 this year with 24 RBI as of mid-May. She will be playing softball at Alma College next spring.
“Mary is a great hitter,” Anderson said. “She is a great power hitter and is our leading hitter.”
Senior second baseman Madison Adams is another returning all-state player. Adams, who will be playing at Lansing Community College next year, hit .405 last year. This season she is hitting over .450 and had her average up to .466 at one time.
“Madison is our leadoff hitter and has great quickness,” Anderson said. “She is a very, very good hitter.”
The Raider offense has also been getting strong production from senior catcher Katie Schrauben and senior first baseman Allison Russell.
Portland is gearing up for another big postseason run. It will again have to face Eaton Rapids in the district tournament. Eaton Rapids opened the season with 24 straight wins and is also ranked in the state in Division 2.
Lansing Everett was led in girls track and field action on Monday by Takiya Crawford. She had a pair of second places in the hurdles. She was second in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.14 and the 300 hurdles in 53.22.
Grand Ledge’s girls track team was led in action Monday by Madison Arnouts who won the 400-meter run in 1:00.34. She also won the 100 and 300 hurdles. Also taking firsts for Grand Ledge were the 1,600 and 3,200 meter relay teams and Halley French in the high jump.
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