Wayne State scored four runs in the third inning and one run in the fourth inning for the win. The Warriors had 11-hits in the game to SVSU's 4-hits. Ashley Jordan, Jill Peterson, Angie Kaiser and Shannon McLaughlin each had a hit for the Cardinals. Senior Kari Bowlby took the loss on the mound.
Heritage pitcher Jeff Kinley was invited to play in the Annual Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association All-Star Classic, Monday, June 21 at Comerica Park in Detroit.
Kinley, who will play for for Team West, was among 36 athletes from throughout the state invited to play in the game.
Kinley was the Saginaw Valley League's Most Valuable Player as a junior and has signed to play his college ball at Michigan State University.
In Division 1, Heritage pitcher Jeff Kinley was listed on the 1st team, while Bay City Western's Alex Kravat and Bay City Central's Brent Precour earned 2nd team honors.
In Division 3, St Charles infielder Dugan Roosa received 1st team honors and Valley Lutheran's Kyle Kaufman earned 2nd Team honors.
Frankenmuth's Michelle Marolf earned Division 3, All-State 1st Team honors, while Clara Williamsa and Jenny Johnson also of Frankenmuth earned 2nd Team honors along with goalkeeper Sarah Yancer of Freeland.
Shawtoreah Turk of Carrollton has signed a letter of intent to continue her track career at Central Michigan University today.
Turk set school records in the 200 meter, 400 meter and long jump and was named MVP of the Saginaw County track meet at Hemlock earlier this season.
She finished runner-up in the long jump and 400 meter dash and 8th in the 400 meter dash at the state finals June 5.
Swan Valley catcher Jacob Jebb has signed a letter-of-intent to play baseball for Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas next season.
Jebb was a three-year starter on the varsity team batting .443 while hitting in 33-runs and scoring 34. He threw out 31-percent of the runners trying to steal while himself stealing 13-bases.
In the Senior Division (16-U), Saginaw Township North defeated Caro 4-1 in Cass City on Sunday. Pitcher Keith Whyte fanned 11-batters while going seven innings.
The team went 2-0 over the weekend and with the win on Sunday, advances to the district semi-finals on Tuesday.
Saginaw Township South walloped Pigeon 19-3 in a mercy shortened four inning game Saturday.
Alex Maturen led the team going 4-for-4 with a double, triple, 2-RBIs and scored 3-runs. Michael Albosta had 4-hits, 2-doubles and 2-RBI's, while Keith Whyte had 3-hits with a double and 1-RBI.
They advance to sectional play with a best two-out-of three format. Game 1 of a doubleheader against the District 4 winner is scheduled for noon on Sunday at Oakland University. If needed, the deciding game would be held at 6 p.m. Monday.
The winner advances to the state tournament in Midland.
For the second straight year in the Joseph M. Godard Memorial Tournament, Hill's Bar battled through the losers' bracket and had to face Company C in the finals.
Just like last year, Hill's Bar scored a pair of wins to take the title.
The Saginaw boys all-star team defeated the talented Flint team 115-101.
Saginaw was led by Bridgeports Darvin Ham with 23-points, Heritage's James Johnson with 22, Buena Vista's Devante Jackson with 15 and Heritage's A.J. Thomas who finished with 14. T'aron Boose, a transfer student from Flint Beecher finished with 10-points.
The girls all-start team also beat Flint, by a score of 75-61.
The Saginaw team was led by Carrollton's Myeisha Agnew who finished with 15 points. Heritage's Shawnicka Thomas scored 14 and both Champayne Johnson and Diamond Tolliver from Saginaw High, each scored 13-points each.
Great cool weather and sunshine assured another good turnout for the event. The event also had a new record turout or runners in the marathon, with some very ecstatic runners qualifying for the Boston Marathon. Nathan Bussier, of Saginaw easily out paced the rest of the field easily winning the 5k run while setting a new course record of 15:32. 66.
Chuck Engle, 39, of Dublin, Ohio was the overall winner of the marathon in 2:43:12.0 and Melissa Begeron, 45, of Muskegon finished tops in the womens division in 3:27:12.0. Douglas Finkbeiner, 46, of Saginaw won the wheelchair division.