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Posted on Wed, May 29, 2013 : 10:30 a.m.

Softball, baseball, soccer kick off high school postseason with pre-district play

By Kyle Austin

Softball

Pioneer 17, Skyline 6
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Pioneer got out to a quick start, outscoring Skyline 8-3 in the first inning and then adding another six runs in the third inning.

Anna Humes led Pioneer at the plate with a single, a home run, three RBIs, and scored three runs, and Katherine Leite added two hits and scored three runs.

Shay Pinhey pitched strong from the mound for Pioneer, striking out six to earn the win.

Elieen Belden helped lead Skyline, earning a single and a double.

Baseball

Grass Lake 8, Greenhills 1
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Clayton Connell led Greenhills with three hits, while Derek Heitman went 2-for-2 with a walk in a losing effort.

“From start to finish, our pitching was very good,” Greenhills coach John Dudley said. “I think defensively, we got better as we went along.

“We were a young team with just a couple of seniors and are looking forward to a very good year next year.”

Girls Soccer

Pioneer 5, Brighton 1
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Jennifer Fichera scored twice and added an assist to lead Pioneer, and Audrey Park, Sam Freshly, and Emily Turner each had one goal in contribution.

Sam Freshly plowed her way through three Brighton defenders to score the second goal for Pioneer, and Jennifer Fichera scored with 13 seconds left in the first half to give the Pioneers a 3-1 lead.

"Freshly was just a bulldog today, and Fichera's goal gave us a lot of confidence going into the second half," Pioneer coach Chris Coleman said.

Huron 2, South Lyon 0
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Huron began district play with a 2-0 shutout win over South Lyon on Tuesday. The win improved Huron's record to 11-5-3 overall.

Huron moves on to the district semifinals, which was moved to Thursday at 5:30 p.m. due to Tuesday's weather, where it will face the winner of the game between Howell and Skyline, which was moved to Wednesday. Pioneer plays Pinckney at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, also at Huron.

Saline 4, Woodhaven 1
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After trading goals early in the first half, Saline scored three unanswered goals to defeat Woodhaven 4-1 in the first round of the Division 1 District 5 at Southgate Anderson on Tuesday.

"Overall, I would characterize our performance as good," Saline coach Dana Restrick said. "We were a little slow coming out tonight, but we recovered well and played well enough to win."

Abbey Sovitch gave Saline the early lead, scoring a goal eight minutes into the first half. Woodhaven tied the game five minutes later, and Saline responded with goals fom Brianne Hovde and Becky Sulkowski to take a 3-1 lead into halftime.

Melissa Needham scored a second-half goal to extend the Hornet lead.

Father Gabriel Richard 4, Stockbridge 0
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Tymi Staub of Father Gabriel Richard scored all four goals in a 4-0 victory over Stockbridge in the first round of Division 3 girls soccer district play Tuesday.

Gabriel Richard had 34 shots on goal against Stockbridge. Kendall Levens and Ellery Sarosi assisted on two of Staub's goals.

"We were ready to go mentally," Gabriel Richard coach Matt Carroll said. "We were very aggressive around the net and had a lot of opportunities to score."

Kyle Austin covers sports for AnnArbor.com.

Comments

RDanzer

Wed, May 29, 2013 : 5:27 p.m.

"Freshly was just a bulldog today" I get it. Bulldog, Brighton. Bwaaaaaahahahahahahahaha

Kyle Austin

Wed, May 29, 2013 : 6:04 p.m.

Ha, didn't notice that until just now, good catch

Chris

Wed, May 29, 2013 : 4:34 p.m.

Big win for Pioneer in soccer. Brighton beat them 4-0 early in the regular season.