Preparing for districts Hurons go 3-1

by Angie Asam, Staff Writer

The Rogers City Hurons varsity softball team went 3-1 on the week with their only loss a 7-5 game against #11 ranked Pine River. The Hurons faced Pine River in game one of the Glen Lake Tournament Saturday. Rogers City took a 1-0 lead as Nikkie LaLonde walked in the top of the second, was sacrificed to second by Emily Marx and scored on a hit by Sara Carpenter. Pine River answered with three runs in the bottom of the second. The score would stay 3-1 until the top of the fifth when Carpenter led off the inning with a single, Linnea Brege walked and Greta Grambau singled Carpenter home. Brege would then score on a fielder?s choice before Katie Tulgestke singled in two Hurons to give the Hurons a 5-3 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Pine River scored twice to tie the score at 5. The Hurons went quietly in the sixth before Pine River added two more runs to take the 7-5 lead and ultimately the game. Logan Schuiteman took the loss on the mound allowing three earned runs, eight hits and striking out five. Carpenter led the Hurons with two hits while Tulgestke, Marx and Grambau each had one hit. The Hurons then defeated Glen Lake 6-1 in the consolation game of the tournament. Glen Lake scored first as they took a 1-0 lead into the second inning. Rogers City then scored three in the third, one in the fourth and two in the sixth while keeping Glen Lake scoreless to take the game.

Katie Darga earned the win on the mound allowing five hits and an unearned run while striking out 12. The Hurons had 13 hits led by Schuiteman with two hits and two RBI. Sam Hall had two hits and an RBI while Marx, Darga and Grambau each had two hits. Tulgestke and Danielle Rhode each had a double and an RBI while LaLonde and Carpenter each had hits. LAST THURSDAY at home the Hurons sealed second place in the conference as they defeated Rudyard twice to finish 7-3 in the conference. Cheboygan won the conference with a record of 9-1.

Rogers City won game one 6-1 a

s Schuiteman allowed one unearned run on three hits while striking out eight. Leading hitters were Tulgestke with two hits and two RBI, Carpenter with a hit and two RBI, Marx with a hit and an RBI and Schuiteman and Grambau each with hits. The Hurons took game two 4-0 behind a solid performance by Darga who gave up just two hits and struck out 11. The Hurons had just two hits in the game, a leadoff hit by Schuiteman in the first inning, followed by a Tulgestke hit to drive Schuiteman in. Tulgestke would later score on a passed ball. Rogers City took advantage of errors to score two more runs in the sixth inning.

The Hurons are now 15-13 on the season. They hosted Alcona today (Thursday) and will host Posen Friday in a softball only doubleheader. Tuesday the Hurons will travel to Gaylord for their final regular season games before hosting the district tournament on June 5.