TRAVERSE CITY — Shepherd scored an unearned run in the top of the seventh Tuesday to beat Kalkaska 1-0 in a Division 3 baseball quarterfinal at Traverse City West.
The Bluejays, 38-3, will face Bath in a semifinal Friday afternoon at Battle Creek's Bailey Park.
Kalkaska finished its season 30-5.
Tuesday's quarterfinal featured a pitching duel between Shepherd's Colton Loomis and Kalkaska's Travis Schuba.
The Bluejays pushed across the game's only run in the seventh when Schuba fielded a bunt and threw errantly to first, allowing Mike Lehmkuhle to advance all the way to third. Robert Stack, who fouled off two squeeze attempts, then blooped a double to right to score Lehmkuhle.
Loomis allowed just one hit, striking out 12 for the Bluejays. Schuba (12-2) pitched a four-hitter for Kalkaska. Three of the hits came off the bat of Troy Stressman.
Kalkaska loaded the bases in the fourth, but could not capitalize.
The Blazers had defeated Ironwood 5-4 Saturday to win their first regional since 2005.
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Blazers fall to Shepherd in baseball
Bluejays score game's only run in final inning
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Northmen lose first league game in nearly three years
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Girls Roundup: West grabs share of BNC title
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Hockey Roundup: Warriors storm to win
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Titans win first district in 10 years
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Roundup: Central wins on the road
Ryan Verschuren scored 12 of his game-high 19 points in the third quarter Thursday night as Traverse City Central beat Big North Conference rival Ogemaw Heights. (Plus more boys and girls basketball.)
Continued ... - Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Glads repeat as district champs
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Roundup: Siddall, McCardel key title win
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Continued ... - Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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Grayling alone in 2nd after topping Elks
Steven Enos is back. The senior scored a game-high 19 points Tuesday night to lead Grayling to a key Lake Michigan Conference win over host Elk Rapids.
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West girls win meet at Crystal Mountain
Traverse City West's girls picked up their first Big North Conference win on Tuesday.
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Roundup: TCSF stays perfect in LMC
Traverse City St. Francis stayed perfect in Lake Michigan Conference play with a victory over Boyne City. Plus, more boys and girls baskebtall.
Continued ... - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Roundup: Placek sparks West win
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Big night looms in LMC title race
All eyes will be on the Lake Michigan Conference tonight. The top four basketball teams in the standings will square off in what should be a pivotal night in the league race.
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Manistee/SF wins meet, 2nd in another
Petoskey and Manistee/St. Francis each swept a ski meet Monday at Crystal Mountain.
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Glads double up Blazers
It was the second win of the week vs. Kalkaska for St. Francis
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Sheldon, Glads roll
St. Francis outscored Kalkaska 58-15 in the final three quarters on Friday for a 75-28 Lake Michigan Conference win.
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Gladiators hire Homa
He coached TC Central prior to a two-year hiatus
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Roundup: Armour’s goal lifts TCC
Keanen Armour scored 1:19 into the third period Friday night to snap a 2-2 tie (Plus, more hockey and basketball).
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Roundup: Trojan run keys victory
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Zakrzewski lands at Holy Cross
Good things come to those who wait. That's what happened to John Zakrzewski. Plus, more area athletes sign.
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Sheldon, Sheehy key TCSF win
It was a hard-fought battle for 32 minutes. But it was a 29-second window late in the fourth quarter that propelled Traverse City St. Francis to a win over Elk Rapids.
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Roundup: Olson keys Kingsley victory
Austin Olson scored 11 straight first-quarter points off the bench to help Kingsley to a victory Wednesday over Buckley. Plus, more boys and girls basketball and prep hockey.
Continued ... - Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Placek's 33 leads West past Cadillac
As a three-year varsity player at Traverse City West, Graeme Placek had never beaten Cadillac. His 33 points helped do the trick on Tuesday.
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Petoskey stays atop Big North standings
The unbeaten Northmen, coming off an emotional last-second road win at Cadillac last Friday, put together a workmanlike effort Tuesday night to beat Traverse City Central.
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Boys Basketball Roundup: 02/01/2012
Andrew Plude erupted for 30 points to lead Charlevoix to a non-conference win over Cedarville. (Plus more boys basketball.)
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