Baseball and Softball Top Performers: Jonesville teams combine for 12 homers in Week 7

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23-05-2025

HILLSDALE COUNTY — Week 7 was a big week for baseball and softball teams in Hillsdale County. It was a swing week in particular for both of Jonesville's baseball and softball teams, who combined for 12 total wins and had just one loss on each of their schedules.
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Even more impressive might be the manner in which they were able to win those games. The baseball team defeated East Jackson in scores of 3-2 and 13-0. They defeated Camden-Frontier 12-4 and 6-0. They defeated Homer 16-1 and 11-1. They defeated Quincy 11-3. Their lone loss was to Hudson in a 2-1 final.
The softball team defeated East Jackson 17-6 and 21-7. They defeated Camden-Frontier 14-2 and 18-6. They defeated Homer 21-5, and their lone loss was game one against the Trojans in a 10-8 final.
The biggest highlight of their efforts was the staggering total of home runs the teams had. They combined for 11 total home runs that included both over the fence and inside-the-park hits. The effort was led by senior softball player Alexis Trine, who had a home run in three straight games, four total for the week.
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Jonesville senior Alexis Trine led the County with four home runs in Week 7 softball games.
Week 7 Winning Pitchers
Baseball
Camden-Frontier: Jayden Martinez pitched six innings of a 5-3 victory over Tekonsha. Martinez had 13 strikeouts, allowing just three hits and giving up zero earned runs. Luis Thilo was credited the save with a strikeout and one earned run in the final inning.
Jonesville: Devan Herendeen went 2-0 in Week 7 with 16 strikeouts across nine innings, giving up just seven hits and one earned run. He boasts a 1.065 earned run average this season. Drew Bradley went 2-0, including a 17-strikeout game against East Jackson in an eight-inning 3-2 final. He gave up just five hits and zero earned runs. He had nine more strikeouts, giving up one earned run and two hits, against Homer. Ethan Hammer earned two wins. He had eight strikeouts for the week. Carson Young earned a win in a two-inning shortened game against Camden. He had three strikeouts and hadn't given up any stats before the game was called.
Litchfield: Brayden Bradley pitched nearly the entire game of a 5-4 win over Camden-Frontier. Bradley had nine strikeouts across 6 2/3 innings, giving up three earned runs and seven hits. Senior Hunter Snyder was credited the save. Snyder got the win nod in a 4-3 final over Athens, striking out two and giving up just one hit in two innings.
North Adams-Jerome: Connor McKay pitched three innings of a 16-1 victory over Waldron, earning five strikeouts whilst giving up seven hits and zero earned runs. Lawless pitched the final half of the game, striking out nine and allowing two hits.
Pittsford: In a 10-9 barnburner over Litchfield, Jake Drawe was credited the win with four innings, seven strikeouts and two earned runs, but it was a team effort with Hunter Peiffer. Peiffer pitched the final 2 2/3 innings, striking out five and fiving up two earned runs. Ethan Pickford pitched all seven innings of a 6-1 win over Waldron. Pickford had seven strikeouts, just two hits and gave up zero earned runs.
Reading: Will Elder was credited the win in a 6-5 final over Jackon High School. Elder pitched three innings with just one hit and two earned runs given up. He struck out two.
Waldron; The Spartans beat Reading in a 12-2 final. Alec Shamplo pitched four innings, striking out five, and gave up just three hits and one earned run.
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Softball
Camden-Frontier: Heidi Gawronski and Skylar Drake combined for a 19-4 win over Tekonsha. Gawronski had two strikeouts and three earned runs in two innings. Drake had three strikeouts and one earned run in three innings.
Hillsdale: In a 19-13 win over Whitmore Lake, Sierra Kibert pitched seven innings, striking out nine batters, and gave up eight hits and two earned runs.
Jonesville: Addison Horton went 3-0. Horton finished the week with 17 strikeouts, giving up four earned runs in each game and a total of 18 hits. Bryn Rusk went 2-1. This included a 19-strikeout game against Camden where Rusk gave up just two hits and zero earned runs. Rusk had a combined 27 strikeouts, six earned runs and 12 hits given up in Week 7.
North Adams-Jerome: Marissa Todd had a win in a 12-11 final against Britton Deerfield. Todd had nine strikeouts and gave up 12 hits and 10 earned runs. Teammate Hailie Rice got the save with three strikeouts in the final inning.
Top Hitters
Jonesville batter Carson Young hit a pair of homers against Homer in Week 7.
Baseball
Camden-Frontier: Luis Thilo had three hits, four runs and five steals. Catcher Kaiden Conroy had seven hits, three doubles, two RBIs, two runs and four steals. HE also had a total of 31 putouts for the week. Jayden Martinez had four hits, two doubles, an RBI and one run.
Jonesville: Devan Herendeen had three homers, 14 total hits, nine RBIs, 12 runs and seven steals. Carson Young had two homers in one game against Homer. He had 10 total hits, including two doubles, 12 RBIs and six runs. Also hitting homers this week were Drew Bradley, Carsen Cornila and Kade Shannon.
Litchfield: Wesley Wilson had a total of seven hits, two doubles, four RBIs, nine runs and eight steals. He added 37 putouts in the field. Caleb Bills score seven runs and had a total of five hits, one RBI and two steals. Conner Kerr had five hits, two doubles, six RBIs and four runs.
North Adams-Jerome: Kaleb Hale had two hits, two runs, four RBIs and three steals in a win over Waldron. Nolan Paradine had two doubles, two RBIs and three runs in the same game. Desman LAwless had two steals, two hits, three runs and an RBI.
Pittsford: Jake Drawe had five hits, including a double and four RBIs. He added three runs in Week 7. Ethan Pickford had 10 total hits, one triple, six RBIs, six runs and 15 putouts in the field. Hunter Peiffer had six hits, a double, four RBIs, one run 20 putouts in the field.
Reading: Lukas Strine had one double-base hit, two RBIs and a run in the win over Jackson. Drew Elder had two hits and a run. Gavin Wright had one hit and two RBIs.
Waldron: Seth Williams had a total of four hits, including a triple and a double in the win over Reading. HE also had three RBIs in that game and a run scored. Silas Williams had two hits, two RBIs, a run and a steal in that win. Elijah Winchell had one single and one double-base hit in that game, as well as an RBI, a steal and a run scored.
Softball
Camden-Frontier: Heidi Gawronski had a total of six hits, including two doubles and a home run game in a win over Tekonsha. She finished the week with seven total RBIs, four doubles, four runs and four stolen bases. Paityn Vincent had five hits, a double, five RBIs and five runs. Regan Schaedler also had a double, five total hits, three RBIs, four runs and four steals. Riley Clark had 21 putouts.
Hillsdale: Layla Stebbins had three hits, including a triple, four RBIs and two runs in a win over Whitmore Lake. Stebbins had four total hits for the week and three steals. Shyanne Ellsworth had five hits, four RBIs, one double-base hit, three runs and two steals. Maggie Riley had three hits, six RBIs and a run.
Jonesville: Alexis Trine had a total of 15 hits, four doubles, four home runs, 22 RBIs, 15 runs and four steals. Bryn Rusk had six hits, including two doubles, five RBIs, 14 runs and five steals. Keileigh Palmer had eight hits, including two doubles, 11 RBIs, 13 runs and 45 putouts.
North Adams-Jerome: Carly Beach had six hits, including a double and a triple. She also had four RBIs and five runs. Kamryn Wagler had four steals, three runs, three hits and two RBIs. Marissa Todd had three steals, three runs, five hits and two RBIs.
Pittsford: In a 9-5 win over Waldron, Madison Pickford had six putouts, two doubles, two RBIs, a run and a steal. Ellie Bump had two hits, including a triple, and a run. Carmen Gramlich had three hits and an RBI.
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