Spring sports coming to an end

By Bill Mullaly

It’s crunch time for the five spring sports teams at Hudson High School as the regular season play is now over and the post-season has begun. The five teams wrapped up LCAA play last week but unfortunately none of the teams were able to win a league crown this spring. The golfers did the best coming in second but the other four teams took third or lower in the league standings. Now the playoffs have begun. Here is a look at what happened in the final week of the regular season for the Hudson teams.

Golfers take second

Hudson came in second to Ida in the final LCAA standings after finishing third at the LCAA meet last Tuesday at Woodlawn Golf Club. Hudson shot a round of 352 to fall to Ida with a 333. Blissfield was second with a round of 348. In the overall final standings it was Ida with 29 points and Hudson had 22 for second with Blissfield having 18 for third. In the league meet Gannon Curtis led Hudson with a round of 84, while Luke Milligan had an 85. Josh Merillat had a score of 91 and Jason Williams a 92. In the division 4 district meet last Thursday at Devils Lake Golf Course it was Hudson taking second to Battle Creek St. Philip as St. Phil had a 308 and Hudson a score of 326. Hudson will now advance to the regional meet. Jeremy Busscher had a score of 79. Curtis had an 83, while Jarrett Patterson and Merillat both had 85’s.

Baseball takes third, hits 20 wins

The Tigers split their final LCAA twinbill last Tuesday at home falling to Ida 10-7 in the first game and then winning the nightcap 4-3. Alex Middleton pitched the opener taking the loss but his defense made five errors. Josh Shepard finished up the game in relief. Taylor Milligan had three hits with a triple and double good for three runs batted in. Shepard added two hits. In the second game the winning pitcher was Luke Milligan and he recorded seven strikeouts. Nick Hart had the big hit with a triple good for three RBIs. Hudson ends the LCAA portion of its schedule at 6-4 and in third place. Blissfield at 8-2 took first for its 15th straight league title.

On Saturday at the annual CR Motor Sales Invitational the Tigers won two of three games to finish in second place. Hudson beat Grass Lake 9-1 and in the final lost to Temperance Bedford 13-2 in five innings. The losing pitcher was Luke Milligan, as the Kicking Mules roughed him up early in the game. Nathan Wilkerson came on in relief to finish the game. Mitchell Webb had a hit and a RBI and Taylor Milligan added a base hit.

In the game with Grass Lake it was Webb being the winning pitcher going all seven innings and getting four strikeouts. Taylor Milligan had three hits with a triple and double good for four RBIs and he added two runs scored. Drew Milligan added two hits with one being a triple and he scored twice. Colin Wollet added three singles in the win over the highly-ranked Warriors. In the third game of the day it was Hudson playing Bedford in a fun game and the Tigers won 15-14 but this didn’t count in the tournament standings.

Middleton was the winning pitcher but he did get relief help from Cullan Wilkerson. Shepard threw a 1-2-3 seventh inning for the save. Kyle Benschoter had a big game with three hits, three runs scored and three RBIs along with two stolen bases. Taylor Milligan was three for three with a triple and two RBIs and four runs scored. Wollet belted a dinger good for a three-run homer. Hudson is now 20-17 on the season and they are ready for the district on Saturday when they play at home. The Tigers will host B-D better known as Britton-Deerfield at 12:30. Then they will play in the final at 3:00. 

Softball struggles without a win

Hudson was unable to get a win on the diamond as they lost all six games they played over the past week. On Tuesday in the LCAA finale at home they fell twice to a powerful Ida team. Hudson ends at 2-8 in the LCAA and at near the bottom of the league standings. Ida won 11-0 and 12-1 with the second game in five innings. Sheila Komarynski pitched the first game and had 12 K’s. She added a RBI double on offense. Kellee Wonders had a single and scored the lone run on the day. In game two it was Megan Gunn pitching recording three strikeouts. Hudson had just three hits with Jessica Jackson, Jessica Varney and Gunn getting the hits.

On Friday Hudson played the fourth rated team in division 4 in Lenawee Christian and they lost twice falling by scores of 7-0 and 4-3. Hudson ran into standout Cougar pitcher Abbie Forman and the Lady Tigers had just one hit a single by Wonders in the opener. Komarynski took the loss getting four strikeouts.

The second game was a bit different but not much as Hudson had just four hits with Emily Austin and Boyoung Kim getting singles and then they scored on a two-run double by Komarynski. Gunn then singled to score Komarynski making it 3-0 Hudson early on. Forman toughened up and ended with a game-high 16 strikeouts to get the win. The Cougars scored a run in the home half of the final inning to take the win. Gunn took the game two pitching loss for Hudson but did get five strikeouts.

Then on Saturday it was Hudson playing in the always tough Bronson Polish Invitational and they lost both games. The Tigers fell to state power Galesburg-Augusta 14-0 in five innings. Mykahla Frayer did the pitching taking the loss and Hudson had just one hit with Wonders getting that one.

In game two it was Hudson falling to Buchanan 3-2. Komarynski took the loss getting six K’s. Ashley Boies and Katie Butts both had doubles and Austin added a single. Hudson is now 13-19 overall on the season but they will host the division 4 district on Saturday. The Lady Tigers take on B-D also known as Britton-Deerfield at 10 in the morning. A win puts them in the final at about 2:00. Look for Hudson to win this district if all goes as planned. 

Girls run at league meet

As a team Hudson came in last with powerful Erie Mason winning the league meet last Wednesday over at Erie Mason. Hudson did have an individual champion in Jamie Grob who won the 300-meter hurdles in a time of 48.9. She was also third in the 100-meter hurdles in 17.3. Sarah Luma was third in the high jump leaping 4-10 and Aleah Reese was fourth in the long jump going 14-2. The 1600-meter relay team was also fourth in 4:28. Erie scored 166 points to win the meet and Hudson had 38.

Boys run at league meet

Erie won the boys meet as well scoring 170 points and Hudson was last with 46. Sabin Enerson was second in the 800-meter race in 2:05 and he was also second in the 1600-meters in 4:39. Keith Walworth was fourth in the 100-meters in 12.1 and Stephen Tennis was fourth in the 1600 in 4:43. Also, the 3200-meter relay team was fourth in 8:34. Check back next week to find out how the track and field teams did at the annual DTII held on Tuesday and also how the baseball and softball teams did hosting the districts. Also, we will tell you about the golfers at the regional meet.
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