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Prepapalooza: Busy Saturday slate kicks off home stretch of spring sports season
Thanks for reading Prepapalooza, our weekly high school sports newsletter featuring our top stories. The final stretch of the high school sports season is upon us. Saturday's busy day of action featuring the Michigan High School Athletic Association track and field state finals, girls tennis finals and softball, baseball and girls soccer district finals is part of a jam-packed finish to the spring sports season that wraps up in two weeks.
Lansing Catholic, Leslie softball earn district championships
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - News 10 had cameras at two softball district games Saturday, including at Bath High School, where Lansing Catholic claimed its first district title since 2015 after knocking out Division 1′s No. 1 ranked team Laingsburg before rolling Bath 18-6 in six innings. Leslie toppled the division’s second-ranked team team Grass Lake 4-3 in the district semifinal before capturing a district title with a 15-1 win over Napoleon.
HS Baseball: D2 District Final - Sturgess, Garman power Chargers to 10-0 win over Lake Fenton
LINDEN, Mich. (WJRT) - Isaac Sturgess threw eight strikeouts and Grant Garman went 3-for-3 at the plate to key Power Catholic's 10-0 win over Lake Fenton in their district championship. Powers has won their district for three consecutive years. They advance to play Frankenmuth in regionals at Lake Fenton High...
HS Softball: D1 District Final - Hoover home run, Schultz strikeouts help Grand Blanc defeat Flushing, 11-0
SWARTZ CREEK, Mich. (WJRT) - Grand Blanc's Savannah Schultz threw 13 strikeouts while Emma Hoover hit a 3-run home run to propel the Bobcats to victory over Flushing, 11-0. The Bobcats win their third straight district title and will face Midland in regionals.
Haslett-Williamston boys lacrosse season ends in state quarterfinals loss
EAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Saturday at East Lansing High School, the Haslett-Williamston boys lacrosse team’s season ended in an 11-7 loss to Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central of the Division 2 quarterfinals. After an early 4-1 lead, H-W got outscored 10-3 the rest of the way as it...
Okemos baseball claims second straight district title with win over Grand Ledge
GRAND LEDGE — Senior pitcher Nik Greborunis told he coaches he would be ready to go if the situation called for him to come in relief in Saturday's district final against Grand Ledge. After Okemos senior Collin Walton started on the mound, where he went five innings and struck...
Okemos, Jackson Lumen Christi, Lansing Catholic baseball capture district titles
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - News 10 had cameras at three district baseball games Saturday, including at Grand Ledge and Olivet, where Okemos and Jackson Lumen Christi secured titles. Lansing Catholic secured its third straight district title after handling Laingsburg 6-3. Other district title scores:. Division 2:. Williamston 17, Fowlerville 0.
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