courtesy Mlive.com by Kevin VanAntwerpen       Ashley Clark led the Ithaca girls soccer team with three goals and an assist, as the Yellowjackets shutout Carrollton in the first half for a 4-2 win on Tuesday.   Carrollton goalkeeper Mona Desir had 23 saves.   “We had 27 shots on goal, and a lot of them were right at her,” Ithaca coach Doug Strait said. “They were a lot of pretty tough saves.”   C ...

courtesy OurMidland.com       AUBURN — Bay City Western clinched at least a share of the Saginaw Valley League North baseball championship when the Warriors defeated Saginaw Heritage 8-0 on Monday. Western, ranked second in the state in Division 1 and riding a 21-game win streak, is now 28-2 overall and 12-1 in the league.   Due to rain, the game ended with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning and Western up to bat. Game two of t ...

courtesy OurMidland.com by Dan Chalk       Buy this photo   SEAN PROCTOR | sproctor@mdn.net Midland's Tanner Gross falls to the ground after attempting to catch an infield hit by Bullock Creek as teammate Thomas Smith scrambles for the ball Monday evening during their game at Dow Diamond. ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Kevin VanAntwerpen     Saginaw Swan Valley Pitcher Courtney Reinhold struck out 11 and allowed three hits in game 1, as the Vikings topped Saginaw Heritage 11-1 and 11-7 at Tuesday’s doubleheader.   “In the first game, it was number ones against number ones,” Swan Valley coach Tom Kennelly said. “The second game was more of a slug fest. (Reinhold) ordinarily would pitch both of those games, but it was non-con ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Andrew Terpstra       Carrollton boys baseball won 10-8 and 16-6 to sweep Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary in their doubleheader on Tuesday.   Jarid Sage helped lead Carrollton with five hits, and Jordan Roberts and Tyler Martin each added four hits in contribution.   "These two wins were big for us because they put us over .500 in the conference," Carrollton coach Jake Heck said. "We definitel ...

courtesy Detroittigers.com by Christian Corona       ARLINGTON -- Miguel Cabrera blasting three home runs and Prince Fielder delivering a bases-clearing double would normally mean a Tigers win.   But another short outing by a Tigers starting pitcher and a bullpen that was unable to stop the bleeding meant that Cabrera and Fielder combining for eight RBIs wouldn't be enough. Despite the second three-homer game of Cabrera's career, th ...