Sports

For as good of a season as the Superior Central softball team had, there just wasn’t a way to get around Ishpeming and their ace pitcher Payton Manninen. The Lady Cougars took on the Lady Hematites in a Division 4 district championship game in Munising on Friday, and were only able to get one hit in what was a 15-0 season ending loss in five innings.

The Munising boys golf team are champions once again. The Mustangs were competing at the Skyline Conference tournament at Terrace Bluff Golf Club in Gladstone on Thursday, May 23, and took first place as a team with a team score of 347.

The Skyline Central Conference championship was held at Stephenson on Tuesday, May 21. Munising was able to once again crown their boys’ team as champions, as they won the meet; giving them their third straight league championship. The Lady Mustangs had a solid showing as well, coming in sixth place out of 12 teams; while Superior Central had their boys come in seventh and their girls place 12th.

The Superior Central softball team put the finishing touches on a fantastic regular season with a sweep over their rival on Thursday, May 23. The Lady Cougars were playing at Munising, where they won on scores of 11-0 (four innings) and 23-2 (three innings).

The Munising track and field team had the benefit of competing at home for their Division 2 regional on Saturday. The Mustangs did quite well in the event, the boys’ team finished second and the girls were third out of six teams and they had multiple athletes qualify for the U.P. Finals.