Saturday H.S. Softball & Baseball State Finals

The end of the high school sports season will be ending today with the MHSAA State Championship Softball & Baseball Finals. The lone Thumb Tailgater Sports coverage area team went down in defeat in a continuation of a semifinal game that was halted because of threatening thunderstorms. The Armada Lady Tigers could not come back against Stevensville Lakeshore, losing 3-0.


Division 2 Semifinal: Stevensville Lakeshore 3, Armada 0 - Mlive Report

Full MHSAA Softball Final Results

Full MHSAA Baseball Final Results

Friday H.S. Softball Semifinals - Unionville-Sebewaing Falls To Onaway

Division 2 - Softball Semifinals
Mt.Pleasant 6, Belding 0
Stevensville Lakeshore 3, Armada 0 : (Halted by weather; Suspended-SL leads 3-0 in top of 5th; Game to resume 3 pm Saturday)


Division 4 - Softball Semifinals
Petersburg Summerfield 10, Dansville 1
Onaway 2, Unionville-Sebewaing 1 : Onaway ties it up in the 6th inning making it 1-1; then scores another run in the top of the 7th to take the lead and the win 2-1, to move on to the Division 4 State championship against Petersburg-Summerfield, tomorrow on Saturday. Unionville-Sebwaing took a 1-0 in the 4th inning before falling to still undefeated Onaway.

MHSAA - Box Score - Onaway vs Unionville-Sebewaing

MHSAA - Play By Play Text - Onaway vs Unionville-Sebewaing

Full Semifinal Results - MHSAA

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Summer School Finale Weekend

This Friday & Saturday wraps up the high school sports season, with the MHSAA softball & baseball semifinals & State championship games. Two Thumb Tailgater Sports coverage area teams remain for their quest to win a softball state title - the Armada Lady Tigers of the Blue Water Area Conference; and the Unionville-Lady Patriots of the Greater  Thumb West.
All division softball games will be played at Bailey Park in Battle Creek, MI.
The MHSAA will have live internet streaming of the finals.


Division 2: Softball Semifinals
Belding vs Mt.Pleasant - Diamond 1: Friday, 6pm
Stevensville Lakeshore vs Armada - Diamond 3: Friday, 6:30pm

Division 4: Softball Semifinals
Dansville vs Petersburg-Summerfield - Diamond 1: Friday, 1pm
Onaway vs Unionville-Sebewaing - Diamond 3: Friday, 1:30pm

MHSAA Full Line Up & Coverage - Softball

MHSAA Full Line Up & Coverage - Baseball

Unionville-Sebewaing Lady Patriots & Armada Lady Tigers Win!

The Lady Patriots defeated North Muskegon 5-2, in the quarterfinals of the MHSAA softball playoffs to move on to the semifinals in Battle Creek this weekend, where they hope to make it to the finals and earn a fourth State Championship in the last five years!
Unionville-Sebewaing has won State titles in 2006, 2007, & 2009. The had lost in the semifinals in 2008 to Allen Park Cabrini 2-1; and also made it to the "final four" in 2004 losing to Gladstone 1-0.

In other softball playoff area news - Armada battled it out for a win in 8 innings over Detroit Country Day 4-0.  Armada also won the Blue Water Area Conference league title, and is making more history today as last they won their first Regional championship since 1979 and also went to the state finals that same year. In 1979 the Armada Lady Tigers lost to Saint Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic 7-2. However this year they would like to win. First things first though...win the semifinals.
The Frankenmuth Lady Eagles were also eliminated from the softball playoffs today falling to Allen Park Cabrini 2-0.

In baseball the Memphis Yellowjackets were defeated today by Madison Heights Bishop Foley 11-1.

Thumb Tailgater Area Teams Play In Quarterfinals

School's out for summer - but for many area athletes it is still in session. Thumb Tailgater Sports is still following some of our area coverage of teams this week in the MHSAA high school baseball & softball playoffs. The quarterfinals take place tomorrow on Tuesday, June 15th. The area is represented well with a team in the Blue Water Area Conference, North Central Thumb League, Greater Thumb Conference, and even on the fringes of the thumb in the Tri-Valley Conference, all look to move on to the semifinals this coming weekend!

BASEBALL

Division 3

10-3 Flushing - 1:30 pm

Madison Heights Bishop Foley 11, Memphis 1

SOFTBALL

Division 2

8-2 Novi - 4 p.m.

Armada 4, Detroit Country Day 0

Division 3

10-3 Flushing - 1:30 pm

Allen Park Cabrini 2, Frankenmuth 0

Division 4

14-4 Greenville - 1 p.m.

Unionville-Sebewaing 5, North Muskegon 2 - Final

Full Schedule - Softball
Full Schedule - Baseball

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Regionals Final Scores

BASEBALL
Division 2
Region 10 -2: Bay City John Glenn
Yale 2, Goodrich 1
Mt.Pleasant 9, Bay City John Glenn 1
Final: Mt.Pleasant 16, Yale 0

Division 3
Region 18-3: Saginaw Valley Lutheran
Shepard 5, Reese 2
Clare 4, St.Charles 0
Final: Shepard 6, Clare 2

Region 19-3: Frankenmuth
Memphis 6, Lake Fenton 3
Frankenmuth 6, Burton Bentley 5
Final: Memphis 3, Frankenmuth 1

Division 4
Region 27-4: Unionville-Sebewaing
Harbor Beach 14, Deckerville 0
Breckenridge 4, Hale 1
Final: Breckenridge 6, Harbor Beach 1

SOFTBALL
Division 2
Region 10-2: Bay City John Glenn
Mt.Pleasant 7, Essexville-Garber 4
Croswell-Lexington 2, Goodrich 1
Final: Mt.Pleasant 9, Croswell-Lexington 1

Region 16-2: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
St.Clair Shores Lake Shore 2, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep
Armada 3, Marine City 1
Final: Armada 4, St.Clair Shores Lake Shore 0 - Armada 1st district since 1979

Division 3
Region 18-3: Saginaw Valley Lutheran
Saginaw Valley Lutheran 4, Farwell 0
Sanford Meridian 2, Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Laker 0
Final: Saginaw Valley Lutheran 3, Sanford Meridian 1

Region 19-3: Frankenmuth
Frankenmuth 6, Chesaning 0
Lake Fenton 4, Brown City 3
Final: Frankenmuth 7, Lake Fenton 0

Division 4
Region 27-4: Unionville-Sebewaing
Breckenridge defeats Au Gres-Sims
Unionville-Sebewaing 4, Deckerville 0
Final: Unionville-Sebewaing 3, Breckenridge 0

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Regional Championship Weekend

There are many baseball & softball area teams vying for the regional championship. Just another to make the trip to be the "king & queen of the mountain" on the ball mounds. Thumb Tailgater area team coverage are in italic type. Good luck to all! The whole bracket can be found at the MHSAA website.

BASEBALL

Division 2

Region 10 -2: Bay City John Glenn

Yale vs Goodrich

Bay City John Glenn vs Mt.Pleasant

Division 3

Region 18-3: Saginaw Valley Lutheran

Reese vs Shepard

Clare vs St.Charles

Region 19-3: Frankenmuth

Memphis vs Lake Fenton

Frankenmuth vs Burton Bentley

Division 4

Region 27-4: Unionville-Sebewaing

Deckerville vs Harbor Beach

Hale vs Breckenridge

SOFTBALL

Division 2

Region 10-2: Bay City John Glenn

Mt.Pleasant vs Essexville-Garber

Croswell-Lexington vs Goodrich

Region 16-2: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep vs St.Clair Shores Lake Shore

Armada vs Marine City

Division 3

Region 18-3: Saginaw Valley Lutheran

Saginaw Valley Lutheran vs Farwell

Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Lakers vs Sanford Meridian

Region 19-3: Frankenmuth

Frankenmuth vs Chesaning

Lake Fenton vs Brown City

Division 4

Region 27-4: Unionville-Sebewaing

Au Gres-Sims vs Breckenridge

Deckerville vs Unionville-Sebewaing

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District Championship Finals

Crazy Baseball brawl breaks out between Homer & Concord - Mlive


BASEBALL


38-2 Caro - Tuesday & Saturday
Essexville-Garber 17, Saginaw High 0 - Tuesday
Bay City Bangor John Glenn 20, Bridgeport 1 - Tuesday
Essexville-Garber 8, Caro 4
Bay City Bangor John Glenn 11, Clio 4
Bay City Bangor John Glenn 4, Essexville-Garber 2 - District Final

40-2 Imlay City - Friday
Otisville-Lakeville defeats Capac
Yale 9, vs Cros-Lex 3
Yale 9, Otisville-Lakeville 6 - District Final

63-2 Marine City - Saturday
Marine City 10, Clintondale 2
Macomb Lutheran North 2, Algonac 1
Marine City 7, Macomb Lutheran North 0 - District Final

64-2 Richmond - Saturday
Marysville 9, Almont 6
St.Clair 13, Richmond 3
St.Clair 6, Marysville 0 - District Final

72-3 Reese - Saturday
Bad Axe 11, EPBP Lakers 1
Reese 12, Cass City 6
Reese 11, Bad Axe 8 - District Final

73-3 Vassar - Saturday
Frankenmuth 9, Birch Run 3
Millington 6, Vassar 3
Frankenmuth 11, Millington 1 - District Final

75-3 Marlette - Saturday
Brown City 8, Marlette 1
Memphis 7, Sandusky 2
Memphis 6, Brown City 2 - District Final

106-4 Breckenridge - Tuesday & Saturday
Merrill 5, Saginaw Michgian Lutherarn Seminary 0 - Tuesday
Merrill 15, Akron-Fairgrove 0
Breckenridge 2, Bay City-All Saints 1 (10 inning)
Breckenridge 8, Merrill 3 - District Final

107-4 Port Hope Community - Friday
North Huron 5, Unionville-Sebewaing 3
Harbor Beach 5, Owen-Gage 0
Harbor Beach 6, North Huron 0 - District Final

108-4 Peck Community - Friday
Deckerville 19, Peck 0
Ubly 17, Kingston 0
Deckerville 4, Ubly 3 - District Final

123-4 Genesee
Genesee 4, New Lothrop 2 - Tuesday
Burton Faith vs Dryden
Genesee vs Burton Genesee Christian

SOFTBALL


38-2 Caro - Tuesday & Saturday
Essexville-Garber 18, Saginaw High 0 - Tuesday
Bay City Bangor John Glenn 11, Bridgeport 1 - Tuesday
Essexville-Garber 3, Caro 1
Clio 2, Bay City Bangor John Glenn (10 innings)
Essexville-Garber 7, Clio 5 - District Final

40-2 Imlay City
Imlay City 3, vs Otisville-Lakeville 1 - Friday
Cros-Lex 2, North Branch 0 - Friday
Cros-Lex 1, Imlay City 0 - District Final

63-2 Marine City - Saturday
Marine City 24, Clintondale 0
Macomb Lutheran North defeats Algonac
Marine City 5, Macomb Lutheran North 0 - District Final

64-2 Richmond - Saturday
Armada defeats Almont
Richmond over St.Clair
Armada 1, Richmond 0 - District Final

72-3 Reese - Saturday
EPBP Lakers 4, Bad Axe 0
Reese 6, Cass City 2
EPBP Lakers 5, Reese 2 - District Final

73-3 Vassar - Saturday
Frankenmuth 9, Birch Run 1
Millington 7, Vassar 5
Frankenmuth 15, Millington 0 - District Final

75-3 Marlette - Saturday
Brown City 14, Marlette 1
Sandusky 5, Memphis 4
Brown City 6, Sandusky 0 - District Final

106-4 Breckenridge - Tuesday & Saturday
Akron-Fairgrove lost
Bay City All Saints 13, Merrill 3
Breckenridge 10, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 0
Breckenridge 11, Bay City All Saints 0 - District Final

107-4 Port Hope Community - Friday
Harbor Beach 4, Caseville 3
Unionville-Sebewaing 12, Port Hope 0
Unionville-Sebewaing 15, Harbor Beach 0 - District Final

108-4 Peck Community
Deckerville 7, Peck 3
Mayville 12, Kingston 0
Deckerville 6, Mayville 4

123-4 Genesee
Dryden
Genesee
New Lothrop

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District Scores Update

We will try to update you with the softball & baseball district scores in the Thumb Tailgater Sports area coverage. Many games took place on Tuesday...

BASEBALL

38-2 Caro

Bay City-John Glenn

Bridgeport

Caro

Clio

Essexville-Garber

Saginaw

40-2 Imlay City

Capac 2, Imlay City 0 (Capac vs Otisville-Lakeville)

Croswell-Lexington

Otisville-LakeVille Memorial

Yale 14, North Branch 3 (Yale vs Cros-Lex, Friday)

63-2 Marine City

Algonac

Clinton Township-Clintondale

Macomb-Lutheran North

Marine City

64-2 Richmond

Almont

Marysville 4, Armada 1 (Marysville vs Almont, Saturday)

Richmond

St Clair

72-3 Reese

Bad Axe

Cass City

Pigeon-Laker

Reese

73-3 Vassar

Birch Run

Frankenmuth

Millington

Vassar

75-3 Marlette

Brown City

Marlette

Memphis

Sandusky

106-4 Breckenridge

Akron-Fairgrove

Bay City-All Saints Central

Breckenridge

Merrill

Saginaw-Michigan Lutheran Seminary

107-4 Port Hope Community

Harbor Beach Community

North Huron 13, Port Hope 3 (North Huron vs Unionville-Sebewaing, Friday)

Owendale-Gagetown 14, Caseville 4 (Owen-Gage vs Harbor Beach, Friday)

Unionville Sebewaing

108-4 Peck Community

Deckerville 13, Carsonville-Port Sanilac 3 (Deckerville vs Peck, Friday)

Kingston

Peck Community

Ubly 12, Mayville 1 (Ubly vs Kingston, Friday)

123-4 Genesee

Burton Faith - BA Only

Burton-Genesee Christian -BA Only

Dryden

Genesee

New Lothrop

SOFTBALL

38-2 Caro

Bay City-John Glenn

Bridgeport

Caro

Clio

Essexville-Garber

Saginaw

40-2 Imlay City

Croswell-Lexington

Imlay City 7, Capac 0 (Imlay City vs Otisville-Lakeville, Friday)

North Branch 5, Yale 0 (North Branch vs Cros-Lex, Friday)

Otisville-LakeVille Memorial

63-2 Marine City

Algonac

Clinton Township-Clintondale

Macomb-Lutheran North

Marine City

64-2 Richmond

Almont

Armada 12, Marysville 1 (Armada vs Almont, Saturday)

Richmond

St Clair

72-3 Reese

Bad Axe

Cass City

Pigeon-Laker

Reese

73-3 Vassar

Birch Run

Frankenmuth

Millington

Vassar

75-3 Marlette

Brown City

Marlette

Memphis

Sandusky

106-4 Breckenridge

Akron-Fairgrove

Bay City-All Saints @ Breckinridge

Merrill

Saginaw-Michigan Lutheran Seminary

107-4 Port Hope Community

Caseville 10, Owendale-Gagetown 3 (Caseville vs Harbor Beach, Friday)

Harbor Beach Community

Port Hope 5, North Huron 4 (Port Hope vs Unionville-Sebewaing, Friday)

Unionville Sebewaing

108-4 Peck Community

Deckerville 10, Carsonville-Pt Sanilac 0 (Deckerville vs Peck, Friday)

Kingston

Mayville 11, Ubly 1 (Mayville vs Kingston, Friday)

Peck Community

123-4 Genesee

Dryden

Genesee

New Lothrop

Districts Start Today And Into The Week

This week the furious fleet of District games take place this week and into Saturday. There are also a few regular season games.
The "Snooze 2 You" website also has put a Baseball & Softball playoff bracket. Check it our here.
Your local news print media will be out covering some area teams; so pick up a weekly or daily newspaper for the latest results. We will try to update the blog with the latest scores. Any Thumb & Blue Water area coach or school can send us an email or post a comment with scores.

Tuesday, June 1st Games
Baseball
Memphis 11, Genesee Christian 7 (Baseball Regular Season)
Game 1: Reese 10, Birch Run 2 (baseball regualr season)
Game 2: Reese 14, Birch Run 3  (baseball regualr season)

Softball
Reese 12, Birch Run 6
Reese 14, Birch 3

District Assignments Softball & Baseball:
38-2 Caro
Bay City-John Glenn
Bridgeport
Caro
Clio
Essexville-Garber
Saginaw

40-2 Imlay City
Capac
Croswell-Lexington
Imlay City
North Branch
Otisville-LakeVille Memorial
Yale

63-2 Marine City
Algonac
Clinton Township-Clintondale
Macomb-Lutheran North
Marine City

64-2 Richmond
Almont
Armada
Marysville
Richmond
St Clair


72-3 Reese
Bad Axe
Cass City
Pigeon-Laker
Reese

73-3 Vassar
Birch Run
Frankenmuth
Millington
Vassar

75-3 Marlette
Brown City
Marlette
Memphis
Sandusky

106-4 Breckenridge
Akron-Fairgrove
Bay City-All Saints Central
Breckenridge
Merrill
Saginaw-Michigan Lutheran Seminary


107-4 Port Hope Community
Caseville
Harbor Beach Community
Kinde-North Huron
Owendale-Gagetown
Port Hope Community
Unionville Sebewaing


108-4 Peck Community
Carsonville-Port Sanilac
Deckerville Community
Kingston
Mayville
Peck Community
Ubly

123-4 Genesee
Burton Faith - BA Only
Burton-Genesee Christian -BA Only
Dryden
Genesee
New Lothrop

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Friday Feather Lite Of Games & Lady Greendevils "Posesses" Share Of Title

Congratulations to the Brown City Lady Greendevils who swept and defeated a very good Mayville Lady Wildcat softball team on Thursday in a battle for a share of the Greater Thumb East League Title. Mayville does still have hopes for a share of the title in a tied game against Marlette that has yet to scheduled at this point. See the full story below this post.
Not much going on for Friday games, but there will some tournaments come the weekend as most teams are just gearing up for the baseball & softball districts next week.

Friday Games:
BASEBALL
Game 1: Bad Axe 8, Deckerville 1
Game 2: Bad Axe 5, Deckerville 1
Game 1: Yale 7, Cardinal Mooney 4
Game 2: Yale 16, Cardinal Mooney 2

SOFTBALL
Game 1: Bad Axe 5, Deckerville 2
Game 2: Bad Axe 5, Deckerville 1
New Haven @ Memphis (Softball)

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Brown City Sweeps To Grab Share Of GTE Title

The Brown City Lady Greendevils faced some insurmountable odds in facing off against a very tough Mayville softball team. They had to win both games of the doubleheader in order to take a share of the Greater Thumb East Title. All the Lady Wildcats had to do was just win one game and walk away with the title outright.

Brown City did just that - they went against the odds and swept Mayville 4-0 & 10-0, to take a share of the GTE league title, and is now poised to take it outright if Mayville cannot defeat Marlette in a completion of an earlier tied game that was 2-2 in the 7th inning. Mayville have destiny in their "gloves" yet again as the finish of that game will see if Mayville & Brown City will end up being co-champions. That game completion may not be able to be played on a date until after the districts start!
In Game 1, it was scoreless through 7 inning; and due to the international extra innings rule, Brown City had a runner (Kristen Greene) on 2nd base to start the top of the 8th inning. The bats started to light up with the first batter, Asleigh Blovsky getting a bunt single that got Greene over to 3rd base and in the ensuing play Blovsky got to 2nd.
Brown City was now in scoring positon for the first time in the whole game. Sarah Murray was up next with a nice grounder RBI single into the left field to get Greene in for the first run. Runners then were able to be positioned at 2nd & 3rd. Vikki Vanhorn then hit a RBI double into left field also to bring in Blovsky for the score making it 2-0. Still with runners on 2nd & 3rd, Kari Burton made it first base due to a bobbled error at short stop that allowed two more runs to be scored for Brown City making it 4-0. Mayville was finally able to stop the onslaught to prevent another couple of potential runs.
However the Lady Wildcats was not able to answer back in the bottom of the 8th inning as the defense of Brown City got the 1,2,3 straight outs to take Game 1, and survive in the hunt for the league title.
Kristen Greene was the winning pitcher for the Lady Greendevils with 9 K's & 2 walks, that included three straight strikeouts in the bottom of the 7th inning, and stayed just under 90 pitches thrown for the game.
Amy Elenbaum had 5 K's for Mayville, along with her team mates who played great defense only allowing base runners in the 2nd & 3rd innings who were not real threats for scoring. Elenbaum had also threw about at total of 95 pitches.
Mayville also did have their scoring chances early on. In the bottom of the 2nd inning with two outs, but with runners on the corners, Jamie Martell was on third but got thrown out at home plate after an attempted steal to try to score. Another big opportunity was in the 4th inning where Mayville had base hit singles from Chelsea Roehl & Amy Elenbaum to reach 1st & 2nd base with no outs. Brown City was able to get out of that jam, thanks to their infield defense with a ground out and then a big fly out catch that enabled a double play out. In the 6th inning Shelby Powell & Chelsea Roehl had base hit singles but Mayville was not able to capitalize due to the tough pitching and fielding defense of Brown City.
Game 2 saw both Kristen Greene & Amy Elenbaum as once again starting pitchers for their respected teams. Mayville had their last huge moment to take a lead and score the first runs in Game 2 early in the 2nd inning with the bases loaded and with no outs. But the Brown City infield defense with two fly outs and then a strikeout by Greene took the air out of the Lady Wildcats last prime opportunity to score any runs for the rest of the game.
Brown City carried their base hitting momentum into the second game in a huge way by scoring 2 runs each in the 2nd, 3rd, & 5th innings.
And then wrapping up their sweep of the double header in the 6th inning by getting four runs scored and activating the 10-0 mercy rule. Thus ending the game officially at 11-0, as two runs scored due to a Kristen Greene two RBI single game ender.
For Brown City - Samantha Gierman was one of the top players with 3 singles, 3 RBI's, and scoring 3 runs herself. Sarah Murray also continued her power with two singles, a triple, RBI, and scored a run. Jennifer McClelland also had two singles, and scored a run. Ashleigh Blovsky hit a single and a double and scoring two runs. Alena Sanson batted a single and scored two runs. Kayla Muxlow had a single & scored a run in the 6th inning to help take Game 2, as did Kari Burton who scored in the 6th and drew two walks. Vikki Vanhorn also contributed with a RBI double in the 2nd inning.
Kristen Greene came away as the the winning pitcher for Brown City with 6 K's, one walk, four singles, and throwing a total of about 78 pitches.
For Mayville - Amy Elenbaum had two singles in the 1st & 6th inning; Annie Richardson & Jamie Martell each had a single themselves in the 2nd.
Amy Elenbaum was the losing pitcher throwing about 80 pitches, with no strikeouts and allowing two walks.

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Tailgater Title Thursday

Thumb Tailgater Sports is back with a live internet webcast of high school softball. And the game hopes to be a real dandy! It pits the Brown City Lady Greendevils at the Mayville Lady Wildcats, with the Greater Thumb East Title on the line for both teams. Brown City's record in the GTE stands at 8-2, and must sweep Mayville who is currently undefeated at 9-0, and with one tie in the league standings.
Mayville just needs to win one game of the doubleheader to outright capture the Greater Thumb East Title.
If the Lady Greendevils win both games, Mayville must then complete a game against Marlette that ended 2-2 in the 7th inning and was called due to lighting. In that instance Mayville needs to win that game in order to hope for a share of the title.
Coverage starts at 4pm! 


Thursday Games:
SOFTBALL
Game 1: Brown City 4, @ Mayville 0 (8 innings)
Game 2: Brown City 10, Mayville 0 (6th inning mercy)
Game 1: EPBP Lakers 4, Reese 2
Game 2: EPBP Lakers 6, Reese 2
Game 1: Yale 16, @ Peck 3
Game 2: Yale 10, Peck 6
Richmond 6, Macomb Dakota 4

BASEBALL
Game 1: Brown City 14, Mayville 2 (6th inning)
Game 2: Brown City 14, @ Mayville 4
Game 1: Reese 10, @ EPBP Lakers 3
Game 2: Reese 8, EPBP Lakers 7

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Wonderful Wednesday

Another nice day of wonderful weather for some ball park play. Thumb Tailgater Sports is also gearing up for the big game of softball in the GTE between the Brown City Lady Greendevils and the Mayville Lady Wildcats this Thursday! The title is up for grabs in that meeting.

Wednesday Softball & Baseball Games:
Carsonville-Pt Sanilac @ Marlette
Unionville-Sebewaing @ Sandusky
Game 1: Capac 12, @ Dryden 0
Game 2: Dryden 12, Capac 5

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Tuesday BWAC Title Day

Today will wrap up the Blue Water Area Conference league games. The Richmond Bluedevils can take the BWAC baseball title, if they sweep their doubleheader against Almont.

Tuesday Ball Games:
BASEBALL
Game 1: Richmond 8, Almont 0 - Richmond captures the BWAC Title
Game 2: Richmond 12, Almont 5
Game 1: Yale 12, Algonac 2
Game 2: Yale 17, Algonac 1
Game 1: Armada 10, Imlay City 0
Game 2: Armada 9, Imlay City 6
Game 1: Croswell-Lexington 6, @ Capac 3
Game 2: Croswell-Lexington 8, Capac 7
Game 1: Harbor Beach 9, @ North Huron 4
Game 2: Harbor Beach 6, North Huron 2
Bangor John Glen 9, Reese 1 (Make Up at Dow Diamond)
Bangor John Glenn 3, Bay City All Saints 1
Game 1: Frankenmuth 14, Cass City 4
Game 2: Frankenmuth 12, Cass City 2

SOFTBALL
Game 1: Armada 2, Imlay City 0 - Lady Tigers clinches the BWAC Title
Game 2: Imlay City 1, Armada 0
Game 1: Richmond 6, @ Almont 1
Game 2: Richmond 9, Almont 2
Game 1: Yale 9, @ Algonac 3
Game 2: Yale 6, Algonac 0
Game 1: Croswell-Lexington 4, Capac 0
Game 1: Croswell-Lexington 7, Capac 1
Harbor Beach @ North Huron
Game 1: Bangor John Glenn 8, Bay City All Saints 4
Game 2: Bangor John Glen 14, Bay City All Saints 2
Game 1: Frankenmuth 4, Cass City 1
Game 2: Frankenmuth 3, Cass City 0

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Manic Monday

Thumb Tailgater Sports returns this Thursday, May 27th with a live internet webcast of high school softball  that puts the Greater Thumb East Title up for a share. It pits the Brown City Greendevils at the Mayville Lady Wildcats. Brown City is 8-2, while Mayville is undefeated in the GTE, and could take the title outright by just winning one game of the doubleheader.
However - if Brown City sweeps the doubleheader, then Mayville would have to finish their tied game with Marlette, which was 2-2 in the 7th inning. Thumb Tailgater Sports will update that game at Mayville if it has to be completed.
This week also wraps up league play for most thumb area teams as they feverishly get ready for districts next week. Some good match ups today...

Monday Games:
BASEBALL
Game 1: Bad Axe 4, @ Brown City 3
Game 2: Bad Axe 6, Brown City 5
Game 1: Cass City 18, @ Deckerville 11
Game 2: Deckerville 9, Cass City 3
Marlette @ Kingston
Game 1: EPBP Lakers 7, @ Mayville 2
Game 2: EPBP Lakers 5, Mayville 3
Game 1: Reese 15, Sandusky 1
Game 2: Sandusky 9, Reese 8
Game 1: Ubly 9, Vassar 6
Game 2: Ubly 16, Vassar 8
Game 1: North Huron 2, @ Memphis 1  (Memphis 1st loss in NCTL)
Game 2: Memphis 8, North Huron 2
Game 1: Peck 5, Owen-Gage 3
Game 2: Owen-Gage 7, Peck 0
Game 1: Burton Bendle 12, Dryden 4
Game 2: Burton Bendle 9, Dryden 6
Game1: Essexville-Garber 13, Millington 3
Game 2: Essexville-Garber 7, Millington 0
Game 1: Frankenmuth 5, North Branch 4
Game 2: Frankenmuth 2, North Branch 1

SOFTBALL
Game 1: Brown City 5, Bad Axe 3
Game 2: Brown City 6, Bad Axe 1
Cass City @ Deckerville
Marlette @ Kingston
EPBP Lakers @ Mayville
Game 1: Reese 14, Sandusky 4
Game 2: Reese 5, Sandusky 4
Game 1: Ubly 9, Vassar 2
Game 2: Vassar 5, Ubly 1
Game 1: Memphis 11, North Huron 5
Game 2: Memphis 23, North Huron 13
Game 1: Owen-Gage 15, Peck 0 (Lady Bulldogs win NCTL North Title)
Game 2: Owen-Gage 16, Peck 3
Game 1: Essexville-Garber 7, Millington 0
Game 2: Essexville-Garber 16, Millington 4
Game 1: Frankenmuth 11, North Branch 1
Game 2: Frankenmuth 18, North Branch 2

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Harbor Beach Baseball Wins Greater Thumb East Title

It only took one inning in the bottom of the 7th for Harbor Beach to take the outright Greater Thumb East League Title. Sean Sorenson got a single and then stole 2nd & 3rd base to set the Pirates up for the winning run. After Ubly's Adam Glaza had struck out Chris Hagedon; Kenny Arntz then hit a long sacrifice flyout into left field enabling Sorenson to tag  in for the run to take the win 2-1.
The game had to be completed from the May 3rd meeting in order to finalize the GTE Championship. On that date Harbor Beach won Game One, 10-4. The second was called due to darkness and was tied 1-1 at the 7th inning. Harbor Beach finishes at 10-2 in the league.

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Friday - GTE Baseball Title Game

Friday is the day that the Greater Thumb East Baseball Title is ultimately decided. Harbor Beach heads back to Ubly to complete a game that was called off due to darkness earlier in the season. That game was all tied up 1 - 1 in the 7th inning.
The game now has to be finished due to the fact that Marlette brought their brooms and swept the Harbor Beach Pirates on Monday. That left the door open for Brown City to hope to gain a share of the GTE Title with Harbor Beach. But Brown City has to take of their business with the Mayville Wildcats on Thursday, May 27th for that hopeful share. The Pirates can take the title outright if they defeat the Ubly Bearcats in the restart of the unfinished game today.
Thumb Tailgater Sports will be there to cover the game via the blog and will update the final result as soon as the game is completed.

Friday Games:
BASEBALL
Harbor Beach 2, @ Ubly 1 (Baseball - Game Completion, 1-1 7th inn.) Pirates win GTE 
Game 1: Bad Axe 5, Unionville-Sebewaing 2
Game 2: Bad Axe 5, Unionville-Sebewaing 3
Game 1: Cass City 7, Marlette 5
Game 2: Cass City 9, Marlette 3
Caro @ EPBP Lakers
Game 1: Memphis 5, Algonac 0
Game 2: Memphis 5, Algonac 2
Game 1: Carsonville-Pt Sanilac 16, Port Hope 0
Game 2: Carsonville-Pt Sanilac 35, Port Hope 6
Port Huron Northern 13, Croswell-Lexington 4
Game 1: Essexville-Garber 8, @ North Branch 2
Game 2: Essexville-Garber 10, North Branch 1

SOFTBALL
Game 1: Essexville-Garber 3, @ North Branch 1
Game 2: North Branch 7, Essexville-Garber 4
Game 1: Croswell-Lexington 11, @ Port Huron High 1
Game 2: Croswell-Lexington 10, Port Huron High 3
Unionville-Sebewaing @ Bad Axe (Make Up)
Game 1: Cass City 4, Marlette 0
Game 2: Cass City 2, Marlette 1
Game 1: EPBP Lakers 11, Caro 1
Game 2: EPBP Lakers 12, Caro 0
Game 1: Port Hope 10, Carsonville-Pt Sanilac 1
Game 2: Port Hope 15, Carsonville-Pt Sanilac 5
Game 1: Algonac 5, Memphis 4
Game 2: Memphis 10, Algonac 4
Game 1: Armada 11, Almont 1
Game 2: Armada 13, Almont 0
Game 1: Richmond 4, Midland 1
Game 2: Richmond 8, Midland 4

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Thursday Game Coverage!!

Thumb Tailgater Sports has decided at the "last minute" to cover the Ubly at Deckerville high school softball game. Both teams are out of the GTE Title picture, so it is a game of pride today. Coverage starts at 4pm!!


Softball:
Game 1: Deckerville 3, Ubly 1
Game 2: Deckerville 12, Ubly 6

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Thursday Twirl Of Ball Games

Thursday Games:

BASEBALL
Game 1: Deckerville 7, Ubly 5
Game 2: Ubly 11, Deckerville 1 (5 inning mercy)
Game 1: Vassar 3, Bad Axe 1
Game 2: Bad Axe 5, @ Vassar 4
Unionville-Sebewaing @ Sandusky
Game 1: Brown City 5, Almont 4
Game 2: Brown City 7, Almont 0
Cass City @ Marlette
Game 1: Bay City All Saints 12, Mayville 1
Game 2: Bay City All Saints 15, Mayville 1
Game 1: Dryden 5, Peck 4
Game 2: Dryden 12, Peck 3
Game 1: Memphis 11, @ Capac 1
Game 2: Memphis 5, Capac 4
Caro @ Bridgeport
Game 1: Millington 2, Birch Run 1
Game 2: Millington defeats Birch Run
Flint Powers @ Richmond

SOFTBALL:
Game 1: Deckerville 3, Ubly 1
Game 2: Deckerville 12, Ubly 6
Game 1: Bad Axe 7, @ Vassar 3
Game 2: Vassar 5, Bad Axe 4
Unionville-Sebewaing @ Sandusky
Game 1: Brown City 4, Almont 0
Game 2: Brown City 4, Almont 0
Cass City @ Marlette
Mayville @ Bay City All Saints
Memphis @ Capac
Game 1: Peck 9, Dryden 6
Game 2: Peck 10, Dryden 3
Game 1: Caro 7, @ Bridgeport 5
Game 2: Caro 11, Bridgeport 9
Birch Run @ Millington
Flint Powers @ Richmond

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