Local Sports: Good weather brings out the best in Dundee's Kelsey Schmidt
BATTLE CREEK – Saturday finally provided some good softball weather in the state of Michigan.
It was much to the liking of Kelsey Schmidt.
The Dundee senior amassed 11 hits in three games as the Vikings finished 2-1 in the Gull Lake Invitational, beating South Haven 15-5 and Mendon 10-3 and losing 7-6 to Parchment.
“It was great watching her bat,” Dundee coach Mickey Moody said. “Every ball she hit was hard. It was great to see that kind of focus at the plate.”
Moody was not pleased with the way his team performed in the loss to Parchment.
"We unfortunately lost our focus and committed too many errors and gave our second game away, but we bounced back and played pretty well in Game 3 and looked more like ourselves,” he said.
Mckenna Salley collected eight hits with four RBI while pitching well, Kayla Turner hit the ball hard with seven hits and five RBI, Kennedy Irwin and Emily Killion both clubbed their first home run of the season, Shay Vanzandt hit well and Kaylee Imo picked up both pitching wins.
PREP SOFTALL
Shammo gets six hits
TEMPERANCE – Sydney Shammo went 6-for-7 with a home run, a double and two stolen bases for Bedford as lost the first game of a doubleheader to Southgate Anderson 6-5, then bounced back to win the second 12-1 Saturday.
Ryah Mullins went 5-for-6, Alexia Moussaed 4-for-6 with two doubles, and Payton Pudlowski 3-for-5. Aubrey Hensley expanded her school record with her eighth home run of the spring to help Adriana Kester earn her first varsity pitching win.
PREP BASEBALL
Jets win second game
BLISSFIELD – Shade Daniels had three hits including a home run as Airport beat Blissfield 8-3 Saturday.
Adam Goins and Drew VanWasshenova had two hits each to support strong pitching by Nathan Depew.
Airport gave up two unearned runs in the seventh inning to fall 4-3 to Napoleon in its first game of the day. Jack Mills accounted for all of the Jets’ runs with a home run and a two-run single.
“It was nice to have some good weather to play baseball,” Airport coach John VanWasshenova said after watching his team move to 6-3 overall.
Carlson drops two
NOVI – Gibraltar Carlson fell to 3-10 with 11-1 and 10-0 losses to Novi Saturday.
Liam Ferguson and Jackson Zachary doubled for the Marauders.
PREP TENNIS
Doubles lead Milan
DEXTER – Milan got strong play from doubles in tying Walled Lake Western and losing to Dexter and South Lyon in the Dexter Tournament Saturday.
Carli Baron and Ally Held went 3-0 at No. 3 doubles, and Emily Linzell and Hailey Knox were 2-1 at No. 1 doubles.
PREP SOCCER
Jets blanked twice
GIBRALTAR – Airport fell 6-0 to the host team and 7-0 to Berkeley in the Gibraltar Carlson Tournament Saturday.
FRESHMAN BASEBALL
Yeager delivers winner
TEMPERANCE – Jake Yeager’s walk-off single gave Bedford a 13-12 win over Clay in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday. The Mules dropped the second game 2-0.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Local Sports: Good weather brings out the best in Dundee's Kelsey Schmidt
