TRAVERSE CITY — Former Immaculate Conception student Megan Ruonavaara pitched Rocky Hill to the Class M state softball title recently in Connecticut.
In four tournament games, Ruonavaara pitched three shutouts, allowing two unearned runs.
She was named the New Haven Register All-State Most Valuable Player.
Ruonavaara finished the season 17-1 with a 0.49 ERA. She also hit .493 and drove in 38 runs. Her four-year record was 63-9. She'll play softball in college at Stonehill.
Ruonavaara also helped Rocky Hill win a state volleyball championship.
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Ruonavaara leads Rocky Hill to title
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Frontier League standings: 06/18/2013
Frontier League baseball standings and schedule:
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Today in Sports: 06/18/2013
What's happening in sports across the region and the country:
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Gottwald wins Roubaix
Forty is the new 30. Or 20. And also the decade of choice for Cherry-Roubaix road race champions this year.
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Cherry-Roubaix category winners
Winners from this weekend's Cherry-Roubaix:
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Bums' Birch slams Slammers
Chase Burch sent a message to the rest of the Frontier League. That message: Don't throw at Chase Burch. Joliet already got it.
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Wolves fall to Detroit
The Traverse City Wolves fell to 2-1 with a 33-13 home setback against the Detroit Ravens.
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Lalonde, Rokos winners at Cherry Raceway
A full show was what awaited fans as they packed the facilities of the fast 3/8ths (0.375) of a mile high banked dirt oval Friday at Cherry Raceway in Fife Lake.
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Depasse, Leib take top spots at Cherry-Roubaix
A pair of first-timer finishers earned first place in the men's and women's Cherry-Roubaix criterium pro races Saturday.
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TC West surges into 5th at golf finals
The rebound Traverse City West hoped for happened. In a big way.
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State golf finals results
How area teams finished in the state golf championships this weekend:
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Beach Bums slam Slammers, 6-2
Johnny Omahen earned his first victory of the year as the Traverse City Beach Bums won their fourth straight game with a 6-2 come-from-behind victory over the Joliet Slammers.
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Sports in Brief: 06/16/2013
Public input for Buffalo Ridge Trail; PaddleboardClassic is July 20; Rays pitcher Cobb leaves on stretcher. (Plus more)
Continued ... - Saturday, June 15, 2013
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Glen Lake plays with fire; Beal City takes win
For four innings, Glen Lake played with fire. Then, the roof caved in, and it spelled the end of the Lakers’ best baseball season in more than a decade.
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Rain adds twist to state golf finals
A large rainstorm Wednesday made play at the Division 1 and 4 state golf finals a little extra interesting.
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Bums slam Joliet, 12-2
The Traverse City starting pitcher hit two career milestones Friday, notching his 200th strikeout and 20th victory in a Beach Bums uniform in a 12-2 win over Joliet to start a short weekend home stand.
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State golf finals standings: 1st Round
Area team places after the first round of the state finals:
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Sports in Brief: 06/15/2013
MSU golf coach to hold clinic; Dell’Acqua elected pres. of TB Blues; 131s win two at USSSA tournament. (Plus more)
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Frontier League Standings: 06/15/2013
Standings, scores and schedule for Frontier League baseball:
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FINAL: Beal City 15, Glen Lake 0
Beal City cruised to a 15-0 win over Glen Lake in a Division 4 baseball state semifinal in Battle Creek Friday.
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UPDATE: Beal City 1, Glen Lake 0
In the fourth inning, Glen Lake trails Beal City 1-0 in a Division 4 baseball state semifinal at C.O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek Friday.
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Cherry-Roubaix returns
Race director Bob McLain said around 600 cyclists participated last year, and they already have that many signed up for this weekend’s event.
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Glen Lake set for Beal City in semis
Glen Lake baseball coach Kris Herman said you need three things to win a state title: Pitching, good defense and the ability to scrape out runs. A fourth factor doesn’t hurt: Luck.
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Beach Bums thump Florence on road
The Traverse City Beach Bums unleashed a 15-hit attack Thursday night in thumping the Florence Freedom 8-5 in a Frontier League contest.
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Bob Gwizdz: Bass galore on St. Clair
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you know by now that Bassmasters magazine – the bible to America’s largest freshwater fishing fraternity – has named Lake St. Clair as the best bass fishing lake in America.
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Bandrowski succeeds Murphy at TCSF
Annie Murphy, who led the St. Francis boys tennis team to three consecutive top-six finishes in Division IV, has stepped down.
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Frontier League standings: 06/18/2013



