ESCANABA---One day after pounding out 19 base hits against Gladstone, the Escanaba High School softball team was shut down on Friday by the Cheboygan Chiefs.
Macey Charboneau threw a complete-game three-hitter to lead the Chiefs to a 3-1 win over the Eskymos. Charboneau also helped her own cause by hitting a two-run homer in the top of the first inning, and the Eskymos couldn't get around on her fastball.
Escanaba tried to rally in the bottom of the fifth inning when Mackenzie Leisner was safe on an error and Jayme Frappier singled to left.
Taylor Segorski bunted them into scoring position. Then Kayla VanPortfliet put down the suicide bunt to score Leisner.
Frappier advanced to third, but the Eskymos couldn't get her home.
Cheboygan scored an insurance run in the sixth inning on a hit by Kamie Ramsay.
For the Eskymos, Frappier had two hits and Becca Piron had one. Sam Connor threw all seven innings for the Eskymos, allowing three earned runs on six hits.
Cheboygan improved to 16-5 on the season. Escanaba is now 17-7.
Both teams will compete in the Eskymo Softball Challenge on Saturday at Lemmerand Park. There are eight teams in the tournament. Here is the schedule:
10:00---Rapid River vs Neenah
10:00---Cheboygan vs Marquette
10:00---Kingsford vs Marshfield
11:45---Escanaba vs Marshfield
11:45---Sault Ste. Marie vs Kingsford
11:45---Cheboygan vs Neenah
1:15---Escanaba vs Neenah
1:15---Marquette vs Kingsford
1:15---Rapid River vs Sault Ste. Marie
3:00---Escanaba vs Sault Ste. Marie
3:00---Rapid River vs Cheboygan
3:00---Marquette vs Marshfield
Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box to see photos and videos from Friday's game.
Macey Charboneau threw a complete-game three-hitter to lead the Chiefs to a 3-1 win over the Eskymos. Charboneau also helped her own cause by hitting a two-run homer in the top of the first inning, and the Eskymos couldn't get around on her fastball.
Taylor Segorski bunted them into scoring position. Then Kayla VanPortfliet put down the suicide bunt to score Leisner.
Frappier advanced to third, but the Eskymos couldn't get her home.
Cheboygan scored an insurance run in the sixth inning on a hit by Kamie Ramsay.
For the Eskymos, Frappier had two hits and Becca Piron had one. Sam Connor threw all seven innings for the Eskymos, allowing three earned runs on six hits.
Cheboygan improved to 16-5 on the season. Escanaba is now 17-7.
Both teams will compete in the Eskymo Softball Challenge on Saturday at Lemmerand Park. There are eight teams in the tournament. Here is the schedule:
10:00---Rapid River vs Neenah
10:00---Cheboygan vs Marquette
10:00---Kingsford vs Marshfield
11:45---Escanaba vs Marshfield
11:45---Sault Ste. Marie vs Kingsford
11:45---Cheboygan vs Neenah
1:15---Escanaba vs Neenah
1:15---Marquette vs Kingsford
1:15---Rapid River vs Sault Ste. Marie
3:00---Escanaba vs Sault Ste. Marie
3:00---Rapid River vs Cheboygan
3:00---Marquette vs Marshfield
Click the thumbnails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box to see photos and videos from Friday's game.
