Blissfield claims bragging rights in the battle for the best of east Lenawee County in basketball Wednesday evening.
Blissfield claims bragging rights in the battle for the best of east Lenawee County in basketball Wednesday evening. In a contest that was tied at half-time, the Royals claimed victory with a score of 56-45. Both Connor VandeCaveye and Devin Moore had 13 points for Blissfield. Eric Burnor led the Patriots with 12 points.
The Blissfield Royals Varsity Baseball team claimed its 18th consecutive LCAA title.
The Royal varsity baseball club claimed its 18th consecutive LCAA
title last Tuesday in a makeup double-header at Dundee. The match was
split, but Blissfield clinched the title in round one to maintain its
status as the dominant team in the league.
In the opener, Blissfield defeated Dundee — the team that had beaten
Blissfield 12-1 in the District finals — by a nine-run margin. This
time the Royals were refreshed and recharged, rather than spent from
a three-hour battle in blazing heat. The defense was sharper,
For the full stories on these and other sports including a feature on Britton’s Duane Below, a new Toledo Mud Hen pitcher, please see the April 27, 2011, edition of The Advance.
The winner of the Blissfield Invitational baseball tournament won’t be decided until after the regular season.
Blissfield and Whiteford both went 2-0 in a tournament that started late because of field conditions caused by a heavy morning rainfall. Blissfield edged Grandhaven 3-0 in its first game, before beating up Dearborn in a 13-1 game shortened to five innings because of the mercy rule.
Whiteford won its first game, 14-13 over Dearborn. The Bobcats then came from behind to defeat Grandhaven 6-5 in a 10-inning thriller.
The winner of the Blissfield Invitational baseball tournament won’t be decided until after the regular season.
Blissfield defeated Jackson Parma, Fenton and Ann Arbor Pioneer to sweep its own invitational tournament Saturday. The Royals defeated Fenton, 4-1, then upended Parma, 9-3, before clinching the tournament with a 9-5 win over Pioneer.
Devin Moore, Devin Suiter and Eric Schmidt all started and won their games. Cody Spotts saved two games in relief. Travis Babbitt hit Blissfield's first dinger of the year.
Blissfield is 5-0.
For more information on the tournament, see Wednesday's edition of The Advance.
The video above includes highlights from the win over Pioneer.