State-tournament dreams still alive for Monroe, Summerfield baseball
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Monroe and Summerfield advanced to their regional championship baseball games, keeping their state-tournament hopes alive. The two teams won their semifinal matchups to reach the title contests. Meanwhile, New Boston Huron and St. Mary Catholic Central saw their seasons end in the regional semifinals, eliminating them from postseason contention. The regional championships will determine which teams move on to the state tournament.
Monroe and Summerfield will carry the flag for the Monroe County Region.
The two baseball teams won Regional semifinal games on Wednesday, June 3 to earn the right to play Saturday for titles.
The news was not so good for New Boston Huron and St. Mary Catholic Central.
The Chiefs and Falcons saw their seasons come to an end.
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Details on all the games follow.
DIVISION 1
Monroe 5, Livonia Franklin 0
SALINE, Monroe, which came into the state tournament with a losing record, continued its amazing run.
The Trojans climbed over .500 at 18-17 with a shutout win.
DIVISION 2
Tecumseh 4, New Boston Huron 3
ADRIAN, Tecumseh grabbed the lead with two runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Huron had a chance to pull out a walk-off win, but left the tying and winning runs on second and third in the bottom of the inning.
“All throughout the game we had runners in scoring position, but didn’t get that big hit,” Huron coach Phil Yancey said.
Huron, ranked No. 2 in the state, finishes the season at 31-6.
DIVISION 3
Plymouth Christian 12, SMCC 6
PLYMOUTH, St. Mary Catholic Central started fast against the defending state runner-up in Division 4, but could not close out the win.
The Falcons scored three runs in the top of the first inning and added another run in the second for a four-run lead.
Plymouth Christian won with six runs in the bottom of the second and six more in the sixth.
“It was tough,” SMCC coach Jared Janssed said. “We had the lead early, but we had two many walks. Obviously, it was not our day.
The Falcons finish 25-8.
DIVISION 4
Summerfield 12, Dansville 2
PETERSBURG, Josh Horak singled, doubled and tripled to drive in three runs for Summerfield.
“That was awesome, exactly what we needed,” Summerfield coach Reid Olmstead said.
The Bulldogs will take a 17-7 record to Spring Arbor College for the Regional finals against Kalamazoo Hackett on Saturday, June 6.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: State-tournament dreams still alive for Monroe, Summerfield baseball