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Harper Creek’s baseball team gathers for a photo after the Beavers won an MHSAA Division 2

district tournament championship last Saturday. (Photo provided)

Star Game on June 18 at Comerica

Park in Detroit. Both Kucharczyks

recently signed to play college ball

starting this coming fall at Kellogg

Community College.

• And, in a Division 2 district

hosted by Jackson Northwest last

Saturday, All-City champ Harper

Creek – which had defeated

Marshall 8-0 in a play-in game on

May 28 – first topped Coldwater

18-7 in five innings in a district

semi, and then prevailed 7-5 in 10

innings over JNW via a walk-off

home run by Codey Southfield.

As a result, HC (26-5-1) played

in a regional semifinal yesterday

(June 5) at Coldwater High against

Ionia (10-10). The winner of that

game will then play in a regional

final this Saturday (June 8) at 10

a.m. at Kalamazoo College against

the Otego district champ – with a

state quarterfinal there at approxi-

mately 2 p.m. taking place between

the two regional champs that will be

crowned at the site in the opening

two games Saturday.

Following now is a rundown of

how other local teams fared in dis-

trict tournaments last week.

BASEBALL

Continued from Page 40

Note: For complete postseason prep

baseball results, visit mhsaa.com.

• In the D-2 district hosted by
  Otsego, playing for the title this past
  Monday were Gull Lake (22-11)
  and Otsego (10-12). The winner will
  face Harper Creek in this coming
  Saturday’s 10 a.m. regional final at
  K-College.
  In earlier action at the Otsego dis-
  trict, Gull Lake eliminated Pennfield
  10-5 in the first round, and then beat
  Plainwell 11-3 in the district semifi-

nal.

• In a Division 3 district hosted by
  Climax-Scotts, the C-S Co-Op squad
  (a co-op with St. Philip and Calhoun
  Christian) was upended 8-1 by Union
  City in the semifinal round.
  Also in the semifinal round there,
  Jonesville beat Bronson 10-2. And in
  the title game, Jonesville beat Union
  City 5-1.


• In a D-3 district hosted by
  Parchment, Galesburg-Augusta won
  its semifinal last Saturday 10-0 in

six innings over Parchment, but lost

6-0 in the title game vs. Kalamazoo

Christian.

• And, in a D-4 district at Mendon
  last Saturday, in the semifinals,
  Maple Valley beat Athens 15-0 and
  Mendon downed Tekonsha – with
  Maple alley going on to defeat
  Mendon 8-4 in the title game.

TENNIS

Continued from Page 37

Forest Hills Eastern (the eventual

state runner-up).

DIVISION 1

In the MHSAA D-1 Finals played

in the Midland area, Lakeview

High’s full squad competed – with

the Spartans winding up tied for 18th

place in the final standings.

Lakeview had qualified for the D-1

Championships via a runner-up fin-

ish at regionals a week earlier.

The Spartans – co-coached again

this year by Jeff Van Dis and Stuart

Smith – were one of 27 schools

represented at the D-1 tourney, and

scored four points. Winning the

overall team title was Clarkston.

For complete team results, please

see mhsaa.com.

For Lakeview in singles at state:

• No. 1 Maddy Simonds, a fresh-
  man, first beat Rockford 6-4, 6-0 but
  then fell to Howell 6-4, 6-1.


• No. 2 Sade Blackwell defeated
  Bloomfield Hills 6-3, 6-0, and
  was then eliminated 6-2, 6-2 by
  Clarkston.


• No. 3 Emmy Ruger lost to Romeo
  6-0, 6-2.


• And, No. 4 Caitlin Miller lost to
  Utica Eisenhower 6-4, 6-2.
  In doubles for the Spartans:


• No. 1 Dawt Sung-Ashley
  Thawmluai lost to Clarkston 6-2, 6-0.


• No. 2 KaiLani Etheridge-Karlee
  Gutsue defeated West Bloomfield
  7-6, 7-3 before losing to Clarkston
  6-0, 6-2.


• No. 3 Tiffany Aungsoe-Abby
  Winer lost to Rochester Hills Stoney
  Creek 6-2, 6-3.


• And, No. 4 Zoe Brizendine-Anya
  Foljahn lost to Ann Arbor Huron 6-2,
  6-1.
  The Spartans thus completed their
  season with the following accom-
  plishments:
  Division 1 regional second place,
  D-1 state qualifier (18th place),

SMAC East championship, All-City

champ, Allegan Invitational champ

and Lakeview Invitational titleist.

Lakeview’s overall record on the

campaign was 9-3-1.

Said co-coach Van Dis in a state-

ment: “To get to the state tournament

is a big accomplishment. The last

two years, the team qualified for the

Division 2 state tournament, and this

year we qualified for the Division 1

state tournament.

“It was one of our goals this season

to get back to the state meet, and I

am very proud of this team and what

they achieved. And the future looks

bright for the team.

“Also, a thank-you goes out to co-

varsity coach Stuart Smith for all his

dedication in helping out this group

of players.

“And overall, congratulations to the

Spartans this season.”

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