Eskymos, Braves, Rockets Softball Have Busy Day

ESCANABA/TAWAS---The Escanaba High School girls softball team went for more than a month without playing a game this spring. But the girls quickly made up for lost time by playing twelve games in the past five days, including four games on Saturday.

The Eskymos beat Sault Ste. Marie, Marquette and Rapid River, then lost a tight game to Neenah (Wis.) at the Escanaba Invitational at Lemmerand Park.

Esky's Jenn Koish with a home run vs Sault.

Perhaps the most exciting game was Escanaba's first game against the Sault, when the Eskymos fell behind, 7-3, in the middle innings. But the girls came back, using a home run by Jenn Koish and a shot off the top of the fence by Emily Bogaudo to win, 10-7.

Jayme Frappier came on in relief of Callie Heller to earn the pitching win, then Frappier threw a strong game as the Eskymos topped the Rapid River Rockets, 5-1.

Neena Brockway one of her 19 strike outs for Rockets.

Speaking of the Rockets, Neena Brockway was overpowering in the circle against the Cheboygan Chiefs. Brockway allowed just two hits, and struck out a school record 19 girls as the Rockets won, 9-0.

Later, Savannah Stenlund had the complete-game shutout in the circle as the Rockets turned back the Traverse City Central Trojans, 4-0.

Escanaba is now 12-5 on the season. Rapid River is now 12-14.

All of the scores from the Escanaba Invitational are posted in the box below.

Escanaba Softball Invite Scoreboard

Escanaba 10, Sault Ste. Marie 7
Rapid River 9, Cheboygan 0
Neenah (Wis.) 10, Marquette 4
Escanaba 5, Rapid River 1
Cheboygan 3, Negaunee 0
Escanaba 12, Marquette 6
Sault Ste. Marie 6, Negaunee 3
Rapuid River 4, Traverse City Central 0
Traverse City Central 3, Negaunee 1
Marquette 4, Cheboygan 3
Neenah (Wis.) 4, Escanaba 3

Meanwhile, in downstate Tawas, the Gladstone Braves swept four games to win the championship of that invitational on Saturday.

Gladstone opened play by shutting out St. Louis, 8-0. Tinner Sharon pitched the first inning and Mikayla Depuydt threw the last four innings as the Braves won on the mercy rule. Jessica Beaudry went three-for-three at the plate for Gladstone.

Gladstone Braves pitcher Tinner Sharon.

The Braves then turned back Birch Run, 6-1, as Sharon and Depuydt each threw three innings. In the semifinals, Gladstone blanked New Boston Huron, 3-0, as Sharon threw all seven innings.

Sharon allowed two hits and struck out six batters. Lexi Hongisto, Morgan Kowalski, and Grace Zimmermann had the RBI hits in that game for the Braves.

In the championship game, Gladstone scored six runs in the second inning and beat the Tawas Braves, 7-3. Sharon threw two innings, Depuydt pitched the third, fourth, and part of the fifth inning. Then Sharon had to come back to finish the game.

"She did a good job today," Braves Coach Jerry Smith said about Sharon. "She worked hard and picked us up when we needed her."

Gladstone pitcher Alison Austin missed the tournament to attend a wedding.

Beaudry went for six-for-ten at the plate during the tournament. The Braves (21-1) host Escanaba in a doubleheader on Tuesday, with the first game starting at 4:00.

You can see photos and videos for the Eskymos and the Rockets games by clicking the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box.

Rapid River's Neena Brockway winds up gainst Cheboygan Saturday morning at Lemmerand Park.

Date	Time	Opponent	Score	Record

4/27	10:00 AM	at Boyne City	9 - 4 (W)	1-0

4/27	1:00 PM	at Gaylord Blue Devils	4 - 6 (L)	1-1

4/29	4:00 PM	Negaunee Miners	5 - 2 (W)	2-2

4/29	6:00 PM	Negaunee Miners	1 - 2 (L)	2-3

5/1	4:00 PM	Manistique Emeralds	6 - 5 (W)	3-3

5/1	6:00 PM	Manistique Emeralds	10 - 3 (W)	4-3

5/2	4:00 PM	Escanaba Eskymos	0 - 8 (L)	4-4

5/6	4:00 PM	Marquette Redmen	4 - 6 (L)	4-5

5/6	6:00 PM	Marquette Redmen	2 - 6 (L)	4-6

5/7	4:00 PM	Gladstone Braves	2 - 8 (L)	4-7

5/7	6:00 PM	Gladstone Braves	1 - 15 (L)	4-8

5/10	4:00 PM	Davison Cardinals	5 - 6 (L)	4-9

5/10	6:00 PM	Davison Cardinals	8 - 7 (W)	5-9

5/11	10:00 AM	Grand Blanc Bobcats	7 - 11 (L)	5-10

5/11	12:00 PM	Flint Powers	4 - 3 (W)	6-10

5/11	4:00 PM	Alpena Wildcats	0 - 6 (L)	6-11

5/13	4:00 PM	at Munising Mustangs	9 - 0 (W)	7-11

5/13	6:00 PM	at Munising Mustangs	6 - 0 (W)	8-11

5/14	4:00 PM	at Superior Central Cougars	11 - 1 (W)	9-11

5/14	6:00 PM	at Superior Central Cougars	3 - 2 (W)	10-11

5/15	4:00 PM	at Marquette Redmen	2 - 4 (L)	10-12

5/15	6:00 PM	at Marquette Redmen	1 - 4 (L)	10-13

5/18	10:00 AM	Cheboygan Chiefs	9 - 0 (W)	11-13

5/18	12:00 PM	at Escanaba Eskymos	1 - 5 (L)	11-14

5/18	2:00 PM	Traverse City Central Trojans	4 - 0 (W)	12-14

5/23	4:00 PM	Munising Mustangs	7 - 0 (W)	13-14

5/23	6:00 PM	Munising Mustangs	19 - 9 (W)	14-14

5/28	2:00 PM	Munising Mustangs	11 - 1 (W)	15-14

5/31	12:00 PM	at Norway Knights	7 - 1 (W)	16-14

5/31	3:00 PM	Ironwood Red Devils	10 - 0 (W)	17-14

6/8	10:00 AM	at Rudyard Bulldogs	15 - 5 (W)	18-14

6/8	2:00 PM	Rogers City Hurons	3 - 6 (L)	18-15