Saturday Tournament Roundup
May 5, 2012
Weekends are filled with high school tournaments. Here is a quick look at some of the results from today's tourneys.
Mike Bernard Memorial in Spring Lake
St. Joseph won the Mike Bernard Memorial beating Holland West Ottawa 6-5 in first round action, and defeated Hudsonville Unity Christian 15-8 in the second round. St. Joseph is now 16-6 on the year.
Bosma Memorial
East Kentwood beat Forrest Hills Northern in a come-from-behind thriller. The final was 6-5 in favor of East Kentwood.
Shepherd Invitational
Shepherd won their own tournament with wins over Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart and Newyago.
Tri-County Tournament
Sparta beat Grand Rapids Covenant Christian in an extra-inning affair. In their first game of the day, Mike Flannery threw a one hitter with eight strike outs in a 7-0 win over Cheboygan. In the second game, Flannery drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.
Briggs True-Value Tournament
Its not often you have a triple-header in high school baseball but that is exactly what happened today. Ludington won all three of its games, beating Mason County Central 5-3 in the championship. Ludington first beat Hart 8-4 and Traverse City West 15-4.
Caro Invitational
Tone Jacobs and Ben Letherer combined for a no hitter in the championship game against Capac. They first beat Algonac in game one 8-0.
Blackhawk Invitational
Hanover-Horton improves to 16-4 on the season and picked up a tournament victory in the process. With wins over Jonesville and Napoleon.
Hudsonville Tournament
Hudsonville hosted a tough group of teams today. They beat Grand Rapids Christian and Stevenson Lakeshore to win their tournament. Grand Rapids Christian is the No. 1 team in DII.
Jackon Invitational
Dexter won both games they played on Saturday to win the Jackson Invitational. The Dreadnaughts had a come-from-behind win over Allen Park Cabrini in game one. Game two saw Jackson face off against the Dreadnaughts with Dexter prevailing 10-0 in the final. Dexter is now 19-4 on the season.
Rebel Invitational
Grand Rapids Union went 2-0 on the day. In the championship game, Federico Pena provided both the offense and the defense. He threw five innings and had a key double in game two.
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