Hurons win Bellaire Invite, split with Cheboygan
by Angie Asam, Staff Writer
The spring sports season is winding down as district play will begin on May 30 in Hillman for the Rogers City varsity softball team. The Hurons drew Onaway in game two of the district tournament. Rogers City has just a few doubleheaders and a tournament left leading up to the tournament. The Hurons hosted the Cheboygan Chiefs Tuesday in a doubleheader that will likely decide the conference championship and split as Rogers City lost the first game 4-1 before battling for a 4-0 win in game two.
Cheboygan scored early in game one as they put up a three-run first inning. The Hurons scored one in the fourth and Cheboygan added one in the sixth to take the victory. Sammi Brege took the loss on the mound giving up four runs on eight hits while striking out six.
The first nine Hurons went down in order. Junior Logan Schuiteman reached base on an error in the fourth inning and scored on a one-out base hit by Emily Marx after some hard base running put her in scoring position.
Game two of the doubleheader told a different story as the game was scoreless until the seventh inning. The Hurons, acting as the visiting team in game two, came up in the top of the seventh and had leadoff hitter Katie Tulgetske reach base on a walk. Marx would sacrifice Tulgestke to second base via the bunt and junior second baseman Greta Grambau would plate her with a single.
Sam Hall followed with a double to score Grambau and Katie Darga singled to score Hall making the score 3-0. With two outs, junior Amanda Lenard stepped to the plate and stroked a double to score Darga and take the score to 4-0 in favor of the Hurons. The split gave the Hurons a tie of first place with the Chiefs. The Hurons play Newberry and Rudyard in conference play while the Chiefs have Sault Ste. Marie and Rudyard left on their conference schedule.
Schuiteman earned the win on the mound as she struck out six and gave up just four hits. ?Both teams made some outstanding plays, all four pitchers did a fantastic job and it was a hard-earned split. We control our own destiny in the conference and next week hope to earn the crown,? said coach Karl Grambau.
SATURDAY THE Hurons won the Bellaire Tournament over the host team, defeating them 9-5 in the finals. Schuiteman took the win on the mound giving up five runs on nine hits while striking out seven and walking two. Rogers City had nine hits led by Lenard with three, Sammi Brege with two and one each from Schuiteman, Marx, Grambau and Linnea Brege.
Rogers City defeated Frankfort in game one to get to the title game by a score of 8-4. The game was called after five innings due to the time limit. Sammi Brege earned the win on the mound allowing four runs on four hits while striking out seven. The Hurons had ten hits led by Sara Carpenter, Marx and Tu
Friday the Hurons hosted Marquette and dropped both games 9-1 and 2-1. Sammi Brege took the loss in game one giving up nine runs on 13 hits while striking out five. Rogers City had seven defensive errors, only six of the runs were earned. The Hurons had only three hits in game one coming from Hall, Carpenter and Schuiteman. Schuiteman took the game-two loss as she gave up two runs on nine hits while striking out one. RC had eight hits and left many runners on base in the loss.
Rogers City is now 16-8 overall and 5-1 in the Straits Area Conference. The Hurons were at Posen today (Thursday) will travel to Glen Lake Saturday and host Newberry Tuesday.