Tigers Win Wild Walk-Off in Season Opener – Saturday Sports Wrap

High School

The high school softball season began yesterday with the Spring Swing at the Superior Dome in Marquette.

Friday scores from games involving local teams…
• Hancock fell to Ishpeming 7-3.
• Baraga lost to Niagara 7-0.
• The Hancock JV lost to the Escanaba JV 12-1.
• Hancock routed Baraga 17-1.
• Lake Linden-Hubbell trounced Niagara 12-2.

On today’s schedule for local teams…
• Lake Linden-Hubbell plays Baraga at 9:00.
• The Hancock JV faces Gwinn at 9:00.
• Houghton meets Northland Pines at 10:30 – hear the broadcast on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Hancock plays Newberry at 1:30.
• The Hancock JV faces the Calumet JV at 3:00.
• Lake Linden-Hubbell takes on Pickford at 4:30.
• Calumet meets Bonduel at 6:00 – hear the broadcast on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
• Houghton plays Newberry at 7:30 – hear the broadcast on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.

Tomorrow…
• Calumet plays Menominee at 8:00.
• The Escanaba JV meets the Calumet JV at 11:00.
• Houghton faces Kingsford at 12:30 – hear the broadcast on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Calumet plays Norway at 2:00 – hear the broadcast on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
• The Calumet JV takes on the Kingsford JV at 3:30.

See the full schedule and results for all teams here.

College Basketball

The Finlandia University men’s basketball team has added a new recruit. Jack Matrella averaged 19.9 points per game in his senior season at Bessemer High School, and was named to the Copper Mountain Conference Elite Team.

College Hockey

Michigan Tech forward Brian Halonen has been named a CCM/AHCA All-American. Halonen was placed on the West Second Team. He is now playing for the Utica Comets, after signing a contract with the New Jersey Devils organization. Halonen scored his first professional goal last Saturday.

NHL

The Detroit Red Wings will host the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight. Coverage will begin at 6:45 on 99.3 The Lift.

NBA

The Detroit Pistons fell behind early, and lost 131-101 to the Milwaukee Bucks last night. Rodney McGruder scored a career-best 26 points for Detroit.

The Pistons conclude their season at Philadelphia tomorrow evening. Coverage will begin at 6:35 on 99.3 The Lift.

MLB

The Detroit Tigers came from behind to edge the Chicago White Sox 5-4 in their season-opener yesterday afternoon. Miguel Cabrera’s two-run single in the bottom of the eighth tied the game 3-3. Andrew Vaughan homered for the Sox in the top of the ninth, but Eric Haase’s solo shot in the bottom of the inning tied the score again. After Austin Meadows tripled with two outs, Javier Baez hit a long fly ball to right field. The initial ruling was that AJ Pollock made an acrobatic catch to end the inning. A replay revealed, however, that the ball had hit the wall before Pollock gloved it. Meadows was waived home with the winning run on what was scored as a walk-off single for Baez.

The Tigers host the White Sox again this afternoon. Casey Mize will start against Dylan Cease. Coverage begins at 12:50 on 99.3 The Lift.

The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs were rained out yesterday. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader May 30th.

Those teams will play again this afternoon in Chicago. Brandon Woodruff will start against Justin Steele.

Upcoming Local Sports Broadcasts

 • Today – Softball (Spring Swing at Superior Dome) – Houghton v Northland Pines – 10:10 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Today – Softball (Spring Swing at Superior Dome) – Calumet v Bonduel – 5:40 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.
• Today – Softball (Spring Swing at Superior Dome) – Houghton v Newberry – 7:10 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Tomorrow – Softball (Spring Swing at Superior Dome) – Houghton v Kingsford – 12:10 pregame on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf.
• Tomorrow – Softball (Spring Swing at Superior Dome) – Calumet v Norway – 1:40 pregame on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.

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