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High School
In high school baseball yesterday…
– Hancock took two from L’Anse, 4-3 and 3-2. The Purple Hornets opened game one with three runs in the first inning – two on a double by Joe Magaraggia. Hancock pitcher Alex Nordstrom shut them out the rest of the way. The Bulldogs’ comeback began when Tanner Givens singled home two runs in the third, and was complete when they scored twice on an error in the sixth inning. In the nightcap, Carter Nettell struck out seven to earn a complete-game victory. Givens drove home two Hancock runs with sacrifice flies, and Mike Anderson doubled home both of L’Anse’s runs.
– The Calumet game against Wakefield-Marenisco was postponed until next Wednesday because of poor field conditions.
In high school softball yesterday…
– Calumet swept Superior Central 17-2 and 13-3. Kayley King was the winning pitcher in the opener. Clara Loukus, May Beiring, Jonna Berg and Kaylie King combined for the win in the nightcap.
– Jeffers v L’Anse – no report.
Houghton swept both sides of the Copper Country Invitational track and field meet held yesterday at Lake Linden. Calumet placed second on the men’s side, followed by Lake Linden-Hubbell, Hancock, Ontonagon, Dollar Bay, L’Anse, Chassell and Ewen-Trout Creek. Lake Linden-Hubbell came in second in the women’s meet, followed by Hancock, Calumet, Ontonagon, Chassell, Dollar Bay, Ewen-Trout Creek, L’Anse and Baraga. Full details are here.
MLB
The Detroit Tigers scored seven runs in the seventh inning, and bombed the Minnesota Twins 7-2 last night. Mike Pelfrey scattered seven hits while pitching into the sixth inning. Minnesota’s runs came on solo homers by Joe Mauer and Miguel Sano. Detroit broke the game open in the seventh, scoring on a sacrifice fly by Victor Martinez, RBI singles by Cameron Maybin and Jose Iglesias, and home runs by Ian Kinsler and J.D. Martinez. Kyle Ryan got the win in relief.
Manager Brad Ausmus missed last night’s contest. He was suspended one game and fined after having been tossed out of Monday’s game for arguing ball and strike calls.
The Tigers wrap up that set against the Twins this afternoon. Justin Verlander will start against Ricky Nolasco. Hear the first pitch at 1:10 on AM 1400 and FM 99.3, WCCY.
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-2 last night. Chase Anderson took a no-hitter into the eighth inning. He was one strike away from his first complete game when Jason Haywerd and Kris Bryant homered in the ninth to spoil the shutout. Jeremy Jeffress came in to get the final out. Jonathan Lucroy homered for Milwaukee, and Chris Carter drove in two runs with a double.
That series continues in Chicago tonight. Jimmy Nelson will pitch against John Lackey.
NHL
In the NHL playoffs, the Sharks blanked the Blues 4-0 last night to tie their Western Conference final at one win per team. The Penguins and Lightning play tonight – that Eastern Conference series is also tied at one win per team.
The Detroit Red Wings didn’t need to look far to find their new goaltending coach. Jeff Salajko has been promoted from Detroit’s AHL affiliate in Grand Rapids to take over for Jim Bedard, whose contract was not renewed.
NBA
In the NBA playoffs, the Cavaliers opened the Eastern Conference final with a 115-84 win over the Raptors last night. The Thunder and Warriors continue the Western Conference final tonight – Oklahoma City leads that set one game to none.
Finlandia
Finlandia University pitcher and first baseman Luke Paul was named both Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year by the Association of Division III Independents yesterday. At the plate, Paul batted .318 this season. On the mound, he compiled a 5-1 record, with a 2.40 earned run average and six complete games. Paul played his high school ball at Hancock. Other Finlandia honorees included First Team players Joey Krug and Patrick Coles, and Second Team players Joshua Gregory , Zach Koehn and Adam Johns.
MTU
Jamie Phillips has been selected as the Most Valuable Player of this year’s Michigan Tech hockey team. Awards were presented last night. Matt Roy and Cliff Watson were named co-winners of the Gitzen-Loutit Memorial Award as the most outstanding defensive players. Max Vallis earned the Elov Seger Memorial Award as the most improved player. Michael Neville captured his second Rick Yeo Unsung Hero Award. Jake Lucchini was given the Norbert Matovich Memorial Award as the Huskies’ most outstanding freshman. The Harold Meese Sportsmanship Award went to Brent Baltus. CJ Eick received the George McCarthy Performance Award for scholastic and athletic achievement. Dylan Steman earned the John MacInnes Slide Rule Award for the best GPA on the team – a perfect 4.0 in mechanical engineering. Alex Petan earned the Gary Crosby Memorial Award as Tech’s leading scorer.
The Huskies will unveil their 2016-17 schedule tomorrow. Season tickets go on sale Friday.
WCHA
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is abandoning its long-standing Final Five post-season neutral-site tournament. For at least the next three seasons, the tournament will consist of four best-of-three quarterfinal series… two best-of-three semifinal series the following weekend… and a single-game final the week after that. Each game will be hosted by the highest-seeded team. The move seems to have been forced by financial considerations. Attendance at this year’s championship game in Grand Rapids was just over four-thousand… a fraction of the more than 15-thousand that typically watched the title game in St. Paul before conference realignment took place. This year’s attendance might have been even lower if one of the finalists hadn’t been Ferris State, which is located just an hour away from the arena. The WCHA did have a contract to play the 2017 tournament at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul. The league’s press release did not address that situation.
Our spring sports broadcast schedule continues Friday when the Jeffers baseball team plays at Hancock. Our coverage of the second game of their doubleheader begins around 5:45 on KBear 102.3 and KBear102.com.
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