EAST LANSING, MI (WTVB) – The advance billing for Saturday’s MHSAA Division 3 Softball Final game highlighted a pitcher’s duel between Bronson senior Skyler Sobeski and Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central sophomore Meghan Beaubien. In the Kestrels’ 2-0 shutout win over the Vikings, Beaubien took a perfect game into the top of the 7th inning before Hannah Hoover and Kinslea Blouin broke it up with a pair of singles. Beaubien also uncorked a 2-run homer in the first inning off Sobeski that provided all the offense the Kestrels would need. Beaubien’s final line: no runs, 2 hits, no walks, and 14 strikeouts, as the Kestrels claim their first softbal state title with a final record of 37-5.
In the hard-luck loss for the Vikings, Sobeski gave up 2 earned runs on 3 hits with no walks and 5 strikeouts. Our McDonald’s Player of the Game, Kinslea Blouin, played excellent defense at shortstop in addition to getting one of the two Viking hits. Bronson wraps up its campaign with a record of 37-8.
