D21 Softball

Women's Class B & C State Finals

Women's Class B & C

Petoskey, MI

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Individual Awards: (picture: LtoR - Stacey Barber-Walker, Liz Grunch, Aimee Smith, Tracey Davis)

Individual Awards: (picture: LtoR - Stacey Barber-Walker, Liz Grunch, Aimee Smith, Tracey Davis)
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Order of Finish:
1. Burns & Eustice / Cheboygan – 4-0
2. Blue Dogs / Petoskey – 2-2
3. C&W Fastpitch / Fountain – 2-2
4. Dodge Girls / Petoskey – 0-2
5. Murdock Flooring / Albion – 0-2

Individual Awards: 
Outstanding Pitcher – Stacey Barber-Walker / Burns & Eustice (4-0, 24 IP, 7 R’s, 19 H’s, 19 K’s, 2 BB’s)
Outstanding Hitter – Liz Grunch / Burns & Eustice (9-12  .750 avg)
Outstanding Infielder – Aimee Smith / Blue Dogs (20 PO’s, 2 A’s, .500 batting avg.)
Outstanding Outfielder – Tracey Davis / Blue Dogs (solid defense, threw out runner attempting to score in the bottom of the 7th inning to put the game in extra innings and was 3 for 4 with 3 RBI’s in the championship game)

Game Results:

Game 1:  Burns & Eustice – 6 (8 hits) over C & W Fastpitch – 3 (8 hits)
WP – Stacey Barber-Walker (3 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Emily Whitman (5 1/3 IP, 4 R’s, 6 H’s, 4 K’s, 7 BB’s) with relief from Becky Whitman (1 2/3 IP, 2 R’s, 2 H’s, 1 K, 2 BB’s)
B&E – Sara Dotski and Nichole Barber each had 2 hits, Chevie Perolta-Everet and Liz Grunch each doubled, singles by Katie Knaffle and Stacey Barber-Walker.
C&W – Keri Hansen had 2 hits, Jeanne Cole tripled, singles by Brandy Salmon, Brandi Cole, Emily Whitman, Melanie Stickney and Kaylie Salmon.

Game 2: Blue Dogs – 3 (2 hits) over Murdock Flooring – 2 (8 hits)
WP – Casie Parker (1 K, 1 BB), LP – Janna Klassen (8 K’s, 5 BB’s)
Blue Dogs – Brooke Hall doubled and Lisa Schultz singled.
Murdock – Two hits each by Janna Klassen, Lyndsay Adamczyk and Autumn Palik, singles by Jenelle Vlcek and Andrea Doner.

Game 3: Burns & Eustice – 10 (15 hits) over Dodge Girls – 9 (11 hits)
WP – Stacey Barber-Walker (2 IP, 0 R’s, 2 H’s, 2 K’s, 0 BB’s) in relief of Liz Grunch (5 IP, 9 R’s, 9 H’s, 1 K, 5 BB’s), LP – Andrea Hoeksema (4 K’s, 3 BB’s)
B&E – Liz Grunch was 4 for 4 with 3 RBI’s, Leslie Skiera had 3 hits with a game winning double that brought in 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th inning, Katie Knaffle and Chelsey Schultz each had 2 hits, singles by Chevie Perolta, Stacey Barber-Walker, Sara Dotski and Nicole Barber.
Dodge Girls – Katelin Simon had 3 hits, Stephanie Woodward had 2 doubles, Liz Peterson had 2 hits with a triple, Andrea Hoeksema had 2 hits, singles by Emma Persons and Jessie Raber.

Game 4: C&W Fastpitch – 14 (15 hits) over Murdock Flooring – 2 (3 hits) in 5 innings
WP – Keri Hansen (4 IP, 2 R’s, 3 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB) with relief from Jeanne Cole (1 IP, 3 BB’s), LP – Valorie Vanwert (1/3 IP, 5 R’s, 4 H’s, 1 BB) with relief from Autumn Polick (3 2/3 IP, 9 R’s, 11 H’s, 2 K’s, 1 BB)
C&W – Krista Liverance was 3 for 3 with 3 RBI’s, Jeanne Cole had 2 triples, Brandy Salmon, Melanie Stickney and Heather Salmon each had 2 hits, singles by Ashley Wickland, Keri Hansen, Emily Whitman and Kylie Salmon.
Murdock – Singles by Janna Klassen, Autumn Polik and Jenelle Vlcek.

Game 5: Burns & Eustice – 2 (5 hits) over Blue Dogs – 0 (2 hits)
WP – Stacey Barber-Walker (5 K’s, 0 BB’s), LP – Kelly Kermode (2 K’s, 1 BB)
B&E – Liz Grunch had 2 hits, Chelsey Schultz doubled, singles by Katie Knaffle and Nicole Barber.
Blue Dogs – Lisa Schultz and Aimee Smith singled.

Game 6: C&W Fastpitch – 8 (4 hits) over Dodge Girls – 4 (8 hits)
WP – Becky Whitman (5 K’s, 3 BB’s), LP – Stephanie Woodward (3 IP, 7 R’s, 3 H’s, 1 K, 5 BB’s) with relief from Andrea Hoeksema (4 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 4 K’s, 0 BB’s)
C&W – Keri Hanson had 2 hits (2 RBI’s), Jeanne Cole doubled (2 RBI’s) and Brandy Salmon singled (RBI).
Dodge Girls – Jenny Vetter and Liz Peterson each had 2 hits, Andrea Hoeksema (2 RBI’s) and Leah Kelly (1 RBI) each singled.

Game 7: Blue Dogs – 12 (17 hits) over C&W Fastpitch – 4 (12 hits)
WP – Casie Parker (0 K’s, 2 BB’s), LP – Keri Hanson (4 IP, 6 R’s, 11 H’s, 1 K, 1 BB) with relief from Jeanne Cole and Emily Whitman (combined 6 R’s, 6 H’s, 1+IP, 2 K’s, 1 BB)
Blue Dogs – Jean Wilson, Kelly Kermode and Lisa Schultz each had 3 hits, Aimee Smith, Kristi Roberts and Cindy Moore each had 2 hits, singles by Brooke Hall and Cheyanne Schumacher.
C&W – 2 hits each by Jeanne Cole, Ashley Wicklund, Mel Stickney and Kylie Salmon, singles by Brandy Salmon, Keri Hanson, Krista Liverance and Heather Salmon.

Game 8 CHAMPIONSHIP: Burns & Eustice – 5 (11 hits) over Blue Dogs – 4 (8 hits) in 8 innings
WP – Stacey Barber-Walker (4 K’s, 1 BB), LP – Kelly Kermode (3 K’s, 2 BB’s)
B&E – Stacey Barber-Walker was 3 for 3, Chevie Perolta had 2 hits with a double, Liz Grunch and Nicole Barber each had 2 hits, Leslie Skiera and Chelsey Shultz singled.
Blue Dogs – Aimee Smith had 3 hits with a double and 3 RBI’s, Tracy Davis had 2 hits, Kelly Kermode doubled, Brooke Hall and Dawn Burks each singled.
Notes: B&E scored one in the bottom of the 2nd when Nicole Barber singled in Chevie Perolta. Blue Dogs tied the game at one in the top of the 6th inning when Aimee Smith singled in Tracy Davis. The game went into extra innings and the international tie breaker went into effect in the 8th inning with a runner beginning on 2nd base. Blue Dogs scored three runs in the top of the 8th on singles by Davis, Smith, Brooke Hall and a double by Kelly Kermode. In the bottom of the 8th inning, B&E answered with a single by Liz Grunch, double by Chevie Perolta to score 2 runs making it a 4-3 game, Stacey Barber-Walker singled, Nicole Barber singled to tie the game and load the bases with no outs and Chelsey Schultz singled in the game winning run. 5 consecutive hits for B&E to come from a 4-1 deficit to win the game and the state championship 5-4!