COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Coldwater boys golf team is headed to the State Finals. The Cardinals finished third in yesterday’s Division Two Regional at the Binder Park Golf Course hosted by Harper Creek to qualify for the Finals on June 5 and 6 at the Forest Akers East Golf Course at Michigan State University.
Coldwater posted a 321 score on Wednesday and was 2 shots back of runner-up East Lansing. Winning the Regional was Dewitt with a round of 303. The Cardinals were led by Nolan Duda who fired a 79. Cameron Ruge shot an 80, Keagan Dwyer and Nathan Waterbury each had 81’s and Stephen Boston rounded out Coldwater’s scoring with an 83.
Wednesday in Division 4 Regional play at the Klinger Lake Country Club, individual qualifier David Katz of Union City wasn’t able to advance to the finals, finishing with a round of 110.
The opening week of the MHSAA baseball and softball state tournament continued yesterday with several pre-district games that were postponed by rain on Tuesday. In baseball, Union City’s season ended when the Chargers lost 6-3 to Delton Kellogg at the Bronson Division 3 District where they finished up their contest that was suspended by the showers on Tuesday. Seth Bruce suffered the defeat on the mound while Garret Mead had two RBI’s with a single. Union City’s final record was 16-19 including a 7-7 mark in the Big Eight for fifth place in the conference. Delton-Kellogg advances to take on Galesburg-Augusta in Saturday’s first semi-final game followed by Bronson against Parchment.
In softball, Union City has moved on to Saturday’s semifinals after Delton-Kellogg yesterday forfeited their pre-district game at Union City. They were going to try and finish the contest which was suspended Tuesday in the middle of the fourth inning with Union City due up in the bottom of the frame with a 13-to-1 lead over the Panthers. However, the rains returned yesterday afternoon, making the field unplayable and Delton Kellogg decided with the deficit they faced, it was best not to make a third trip to Branch County this week, thus the forfeit outcome.
There was some non-tournament baseball action on Wednesday including Coldwater sweeping a doubleheader over St. John’s 4-3 and 11-3. In the opener, Brandon Lewis picked up the victory in relief while Randall Linton earned a save. Brendan Spangler went 3-for-5 and scored a run while Lewis had 2 hits including a home run with 2 RBI’s. The second game was tied at 3-3 after five innings and then the Cardinals broke it open with 2 runs in the sixth and 6 more in the seventh. Kameron Miller pitched 4 scoreless innings in relief for the win. Linton, Spangler, and Marty Johnston each had 2 hits and 2 RBI’s while Collin Torrey had a home run. The Cardinals, who improved to 28-8, are scheduled to take on Marshall at 10 a.m. Saturday morning in the semifinals of the Harper Creek Division Two District. In the other bracket, it’s Harper Creek vs. Pennfield. The District winners this weekend move on to the June 6 Regionals.
Also yesterday, Quincy lost 7-5 at Marshall while in softball, the Redhawks beat Quincy 10-4.
In girls state tournament soccer, Quincy has a semi-final match at home today against Clinton starting at 5 pm in the semi-finals of the Adrian Lenawee Christian Division Four District. Quincy won their first round game Tuesday 6-0 over host Lenawee Christian. The District Final is set for 6 p.m. Saturday.
Today on the Coaches Corner, it’s Union City softball coach Chris Mead.
