Championship on the line in East Lansing

June 14, 2014June 14, 2014 Editor featured

logan-leadoff — All-state third baseman Logan Fleming has been a spark at the leadoff position. Here she makes solid contact, as usual. (Photo by Richard Lamb)

It is a rematch of the 2013 Division 4 semifinals as the Hurons take on Kalamazoo Christian for the state championship today. Rogers City comes in on a roll, confident that they belong in the title game.

morgan-safe — Morgan Hall, who had three hits in the semifinal win over Fowler, gets back to first after a pickoff attempt. (Photo by Richard Lamb)

Weather in East Lansing is much warmer than yesterday’s semifinal game. Temperatures around the 5:30 p.m. start are expected to be in the low 70s with sunshine clear skies. The Division 4 championship is the last one of the day at Secchia Stadium on the campus of Michigan State University.

Many of the Huron players have been here before, playing at the state championship level since their Little League days.

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As is their habit, the Lady Hurons make the MSU field their "home" field, with bags of dirt and grass clippings from the JoLen Flewelling Field in Rogers City. (Photo by Richard Lamb)

Kalamazoo Christian is no stranger to the state tournament. Before the division system came into play in 1998, the school won state championships in Class C in 1996 and 1997. The school won Division 3 championships in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2002. They followed that with Division 4 championships in 2013.

The Hurons earned runner-up trophies in 2001 and 2004.