BOYNE CITY — They say that when the weather warms, the ball starts to fly a bit further.
That’s a scary thought for opponents meeting the Boyne City softball team.
How much further can that thing go? Boyne City will certainly test it.
As teams play through continued cold and windy days on the diamond for now, Boyne’s pop continued at the plate this week in a sweep over rival Charlevoix.
The Ramblers collected six extra-base hits, including two more homers in victories of 29-1 and 19-0.
One of those extra-base knocks in the opener against the Rayders came as a special one for one Ramblers in-particular as well, with junior Sidney Bush recording her 100th hit on a double in the opener.
Bush also earned a game-one win in the circle, recording six strikeouts, then had two RBIs in that opener. In game two, Bush then had a homer and six RBIs.
Also in the opener, Natalie Grobaski kept her big season up with a five-RBI game that included a home run and four runs scored.
Bella Jewett had a double and three RBIs in a 2-for-2 opener, Sadie Bush had a combined seven RBIs between the two and Lily Payton went 3-for-3 with a double and RBI in game two. Grobaski also doubled and drove in three in game two.
The wins brought the Ramblers to 6-0 in the Northern Shores, along with 12-6 overall on the year.
For Charlevoix, the tough day came with Addison Cunningham finishing with an RBI single. The Rayders fell to 0-15 overall.
Complete results from Emmet, Charlevoix Counties for the week below. Numbers after team name represent runs in each game.
Petoskey 12-14, Traverse City West 4-8
Petoskey softball stayed unbeaten within the Big North at 4-0 and improved t 17-5 overall with a sweep over Traverse City West.
The pop in the bats of Lyla Janes and Fran Pool also kept up, with Janes now homering in four of her last five games. Against the Titans, Janes had two homers, a triple and eight RBIs, then also earned a game-two pitching win with five strikeouts.
Pool went 6-for-8 with six RBIs, two homers and a double. Alexis Cadarette finished 9-for-11 with a double and two RBIs, Addisynn Segraves finished 5-for-6 with two RBIs and Kaitlyn Speigl went 4-for-5 with a double and three RBIs in game two.
Cora Howard also doubled twice and scored three runs in game two.
East Jordan 0-2, Elk Rapids 16-14
It was a tough day for East Jordan softball against Elk Rapids, with Emma Murray collecting the lone hit between both losses. The Red Devils moved to 10-7 overall on the year.
Harbor Light 13-5, Mackinaw City 9-6
Harbor Light’s Daphne Dutcher doubled twice, drove in three runs and had a 3-for-3 line in game-two of a split against Mackinaw City this week.
Marayah Burns had three total doubles and went 3-for-4 with two RBIs in game two, Evyn Porta tripled, doubled, had an RBI and scored two runs as well.
For Mackinaw City, Emily Kruczynski went 5-for-7 with a double, triple and two RBIs, Ella Kruczynski was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a double in game one, then Rian Esper and Kenzlie Currie each doubled. Poppy Wallace also drove in two in game two.
Mackinaw moved to 7-4 overall with the split.
Harbor Springs 0-0, Elk Rapids 22-12
Harbor Springs softball moved to 10-6 with a pair of tough losses against Elk Rapids this week. Callie Keiser collected the lone extra-base hit for the Rams in the pair of shutouts, doubling in the opener.
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This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Boyne’s Sidney Bush reaches milestone in sweep, Petoskey mashes TC West
Reporting by Drew Kochanny, The Petoskey News-Review / The Petoskey News-Review
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