Cross Country Western 3K Fun Run with Northwest, 8-17-2023. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="3093" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Cross Country Western 3K Fun Run with Northwest, 8-17-2023. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
Golf Hanover-Horton Invitational at Cascades Golf Course, 8-14-2023. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="3084" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Golf Hanover-Horton Invitational at Cascades Golf Course, 8-14-2023. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
Emily Guthrie By Jeff Steers JTV Sports (June 21, 2023 5:22 PM ET) The Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association Division 3 all-state team looks like the Grass Lake High School starting lineup. Five players from the Warriors earned first-team all-state honors as voted on by the coaches association. Here are the six Jackson County players named as all-state players for 2023. Division 2 All-State Honorable-Mention Hailey Whisman, Parma Western, pitcher Division 3 All-State First-Team Emily Brown, Grass Lake, outfielder Emily Guthrie, Grass Lake, shortstop Rylee Fitzpatrick, Grass Lake, second base Olivia Turner, Grass Lake, third base Bree Salts, Grass Lake, catcher
Jackson High School soccer player Rylie Dubois, left, battles Kathleen Doane of Lumen Christi during a game this past spring. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports (June 21, 2023 12:22 PM ET) Six Jackson County high school athletes earned all-state honors in soccer this past season as voted on by members of the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association. Jackson High School senior Rylie Dubois and Western junior Meadow Pratt were named as Division 2 honorable-mention players by the coaches association. In Division 3, senior Alyssa Stewart of Columbia Central earned honorable-mention honors. Sophomore Kathleen Doane earned second-team honors for Lumen Christi in Division 4, LCCHS senior Camy Crandall was named as a third-team player, and freshman Codi Ruge earned honorable-mention honors for the Titans.
Softball Division 2 Quarterfinal at Kalamazoo College Vicksburg 10, Western 2: Western High School lost in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 quarterfinals at Kalamazoo College Wednesday morning. The game was halted in the fourth inning Tuesday due to rain with Vicksburg leading the Panthers 6-2. Vicksburg jumped out to a 4-0 lead with the big hit being a three-run inside-the-park home run in the second inning. Western scored a pair of runs in the third inning on a single by Ashlyn Yeo, a double off the wall by Shaunicy Hendricks, and a throwing error. Yeo and Hendricks finished with two hits apiece for Western. The Panthers couldn’t get Ella Luegge out as she knocked in four runs in the victory for Vicksburg (40-3-1). Vicksburg advances to Michigan State University Thursday at 10 a.m. in the D-2 state semifinal. The Panthers finished the season with 28 wins and its first regional softball title since 2002.
Softball Division 2 Quarterfinal at Kalamazoo College Vicksburg 6, Western 2 (incomplete): The game was halted in the fourth inning due to rain with Vicksburg leading the Panthers. The game will resume Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Kalamazoo College – across the street from Western Michigan University. Vicksburg jumped out to a 4-0 lead with the big hit being a three-run inside-the-park home run in the second inning. Western scored a pair of runs in the third inning on a single by Ashlyn Yeo, a double off the wall by Shaunicy Hendricks, and a throwing error by Vicksburg. The winner of the quarterfinal game will play at Michigan State University Thursday at 10 a.m. in the D-2 state semifinal.
Softball MHSAA Division 2 Quarterfinal at Kalamazoo College with Western vs. Vicksburg, 6-13-2023. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="2949" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Softball MHSAA Division 2 Quarterfinal at Kalamazoo College with Western vs. Vicksburg, 6-13-2023. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
On Deck for June 13, 2023 Softball Division 2 Quarterfinal Western vs. Vicksburg (Kalamazoo College) 4 p.m.
Softball D2 Regional Final Western vs. Three Rivers, at Mason High School, 6-10-2023. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="2945" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Softball D2 Regional Final Western vs. Three Rivers, at Mason High School, 6-10-2023. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
