JTV Sports Jackson County Scoreboard April 19, 2024

Baseball

Blissfield 8, Columbia Central 7: Blissfield stopped the Golden Eagles’ win streak at nine games with the victory. Conor Rentfrow and Lukas Calhoun each recorded two hits and Chase Dukate knocked in a pair of runs for Columbia Central.

Columbia Central 15, Blissfield 3: Ryan Hammond limited Blissfield to three hits to earn the win. CCHS scored all 15 runs in the first four innings. Chase Dukate had a huge game with three hits and four RBIs for CCHS (10-1).

Napoleon 8, Hanover-Horton 5: The Pirates scored six times in the second inning and held on to win the Cascades Conference game. Grant Bradley gave up only one hit and struck out 10 batters on the mound for Napoleon. Cameron Sherwood finished with one hit and an RBI for Hanover-Horton.

Hanover-Horton 9, Napoleon 6: The Comets scored six times in the fifth inning to blow open a 3-1 game. Jack Wooster, Cameron Sherwood, and Channing Hull recorded two hits apiece for the Comets. Logan Hartman finished with two hits and three RBIs and Carson Berry had two hits for the Pirates.

Western 5, Mason 3: The Panthers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and held on for the win. Ben Parrott finished with two hits and two RBIs and Brody Parrott earned with win on the mound with six strikeouts in six innings for Western.

Mason 6, Western 5: Mason scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to pull out the victory. Alex Trudell finished with two hits for Western.

Jonesville 21, Vandercook Lake 2: Brady Frohm finished with a pair of hits to lead VCL.

Softball

Concord 12, Hillsdale 3: The Yellowjackets got healthy on Hillsdale pitching with 26 hits and 26 runs against the Hornets. Madisyn Barrett finished with three hits and Hannah Stimer knocked in three runs for the Yellowjackets.

Concord 14, Hillsdale 4: Hayley Stimer led the offensive charge for Concord with three hits and five RBIs in the second game of the doubleheader. Madisyn Barrett and Jordyan Metcalf each finished with three hits for Concord (6-6).

Hanover-Horton 6, Clinton 5: Mayson Scally, Amierah Jarrett, and Halle Swihart each recorded three hits for the Comets. Alexyn DuBois struck out nine batters on the mound to record the complete game.

Clinton 9, Hanover-Horton 3: Clinton scored six runs in its last two at bats to pull out the victory. Dani Riggs finished with two hits and one RBI for Hanover-Horton (8-4).

Northwest 16, Dexter 14: After starting the season 0-2 the Mounties have won 10 consecutive games including a sweep of the Dreadnaughts. Campbell Kloack hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning to pull out the victory. She finished with three hits and five RBIs in the contest and Ava Golightly tallied four hits for Northwest.

Northwest 4, Dexter 0: Morgan Sellers finished with two of the Mounties’ four hits in the contest. Bailey Krutsch earned the shutout for the Mounties.

Boys Track and field

Western Invitational: The Panthers easily won the 21st annual Ralph Rice Invitational at WHS Friday with 169 points. Hanover-Horton finished sixth (44), Michigan Center placed eighth (26), Lumen Christi was ninth (24), Northwest placed 10th (21) and Grass Lake took 11th place (13). Graham Gumper of Hanover-Horton won the 100-meter dash (11.11) and the long jump (21-2), Travis Collins of Michigan Center won the title at 200-meters (23.37) and the 400-meters (51.15), Western won the 800-meter relay (1:33), Brennan Faber of Western won the shot put (55-5), teammate Noah Shaw took first in the discus (157-10), and Josh Veneziano won the high jump for Western (6-3). Complete results for the meet are available at Ralph Rice Invitational – Results – Track & Field Meet (athletic.net).

Girls Track and field

Western Invitational: Grass Lake High School finished third (90.5), Lumen Christi was fourth (66), Western finished fifth (62.5), Hanover-Horton was ninth (24), Michigan Center placed 11th (16.5), and Northwest was right behind the Cardinals (16). Ashleigh Simon of Grass Lake won the pole vault (8-0), Lumen Christi won the 3,200-meter relay (10:05), Madison Osterberg of LCCHS won the 1,600-meter run (5:09) and the 800-meter run (2:24), Grace Bullock of Grass Lake took first in the 400-meter run (1:02) and the 200-meter run (27.07), and Kloe Franklin of Lumen Christi won the 100-meter dash (13.23).

Girls Soccer

Manchester 2, Columbia Central 0: The Flying Dutchmen scored twice in the first half and held on for the win. The Golden Eagles are 3-2 overall for the season.

Marshall 8, Northwest 0

Boys Golf

Chelsea 173, Jackson 187: The Vikings lost to Chelsea at home Friday with a four-man total of 187. Jackson was led by Jacob England with a 42 and Carsyn Barkholz scoring a 45.

Marshall Invitational: Western High School finished second (320), Northwest was third (321), and Lumen Christi fourth (323) at the Tom Reynolds Memorial Invitational at Marshall Friday. Cody Rowe of Northwest continued his fine play by earning medalist honors with a 72 for Northwest, Eric Bonser and Hayden Kim of western tied for fifth with 78s, and Charlie Saunders of LCCHS tied for ninth scoring 79.

Girls Tennis

Ann Arbor Huron 8, Jackson 0

College Athletic Events

Men’s Golf

Jackson College Invitational: The Jets finished ninth at the Michigan Community College Athletic Association jamboree at Arbor Hills Golf Club. Jackson College finished with a four-man total of 360. Michael Klintworth led Jackson with a 76, Isaac Anuszkiewicz shot an 81, Ted Trujillo carded an 87, and Cooper Johnston shot a 96. Grand Rapids won the event with a four-man total of 312. Conference play continues Monday at Muskegon at Stonegate Golf Club beginning at 10 a.m.

Softball

Jackson College 11, Glen Oaks 5: The Jets won the opening game of the doubleheader at Glen Oaks Community College. Jackson scored 10 of its 11 runs in the last three innings. JC used the long ball to score as Addison Bobbio, Ashley Sturgis, Carmyn MacKenzie, and Elianna Noll hit home runs in the contest. Sturgill finished with three RBIs to lead the Jets.

Glen Oaks 10, Jackson College 2: Glen Oaks won a five-inning game against the Jets. Alana Knox had one hit and knocked in both runs for the Jets. Jackson (15-13 overall) travels to Kalamazoo Valley Saturday for a doubleheader beginning at 1 p.m.

Marian 3, Spring Arbor 0: The Cougars were limited to four hits in the home contest against the No. 8 ranked team in the country.

Spring Arbor 1, Marian 0: Emmalee Hamp limited Marian to three hits and struck out five batters with a complete game. Spring Arbor improved to 28-15 overall for the season with the home win.

Baseball

Bethel 3, Spring Arbor 2: Bethel scored one run in the top of the ninth inning to pull out the victory. Ben Redfield and Bryce Richey each finished with a pair of hits for Spring Arbor (18-23).