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Esky Girls Finish Busy Weekend With Three Losses
 ESCANABA---The Escanaba High School softball team finally got to play a home game on Friday as the Alpena Wildcats came from Lower Michigan for a doubleheader. The Wildcats won the opener, 8-3, before the Eskymos rallied to win the nightcap, 7-6. The Eskymos then travelled to Wisconsin on Saturday to play in the Ashwaubenon Invitational, and the girls lost all three games. Escanaba lost to the host Jaguars, 7-3, and then fell to Germantown (Wis.), 9-8, and Kenosha Bradford (Wis.), 9-5. No details were available about the Saturday games. Friday's doubleheader against Alpena was played under non-springlike conditions. The temperature was 42 degrees at game time, and it dropped to 35 degrees by the fifth inning of the opener. 
Umpire calls time as the rain pours down.
That made the field a muddy mess, with the girls trying to knock mud out of their cleats. In the opener, Jayme Frappier singled home Callie Heller in the third inning to tie the game at 1-1. Then, in the fifth inning, there was a downpour, which led to a five-minute rain delay. When the girls went back to action, it was disaster for the Eskymos. There were three errors in the inning (including two on one play) and the Wildcats scored five times, knocking Frappier out of the circle and making it a 6-1 game. Escanaba got a run back in the bottom of the fifth on a Heller grounder that scored Jenn Koish on a fielder's choice. But the Eskymos stranded the bases loaded. Alpena then tacked on two runs in the sixth inning against relief pitcher Katie Ross. 
Jayme Frappier threw in both games.
In the second game, Ashley Cook hit a two-run homer to help the Eskymos build a 4-1 lead early in the contest. The lead grew to 6-1 before the Wildcats out on a big rally in the top of the seventh inning, scoring five times to tie the game at 6-6. The Eskymos won the game in the bottom of the seventh inning when Frappier was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. After Saturday's losses, Escanaba's record dropped to 5-5 on the season. Click the thumbails in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box to see more photos. 
Callie Heller looks in from shortstop as the rain pours down during Friday's game against Alpena.
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| Date | Time | Opponent | Score | Record |
4/18 |
4:00 PM |
Sault Ste. Marie Blue Devils
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4 - 0 (W)
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1-0
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4/19 |
1:00 PM |
at Gladstone Braves
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2 - 3 (L)
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1-1
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4/19 |
5:00 PM |
Marquette Redmen
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5 - 2 (W)
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2-1
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4/22 |
4:00 PM |
at Negaunee Miners
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9 - 3 (W)
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3-1
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4/22 |
6:00 PM |
at Negaunee Miners
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12 - 6 (W)
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4-1
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4/25 |
4:00 PM |
Alpena Wildcats
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3 - 8 (L)
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4-2
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4/25 |
7:00 PM |
Alpena Wildcats
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7 - 6 (W)
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5-2
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4/26 |
11:00 AM |
at Ashwaubenon Jaguars
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3 - 7 (L)
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5-3
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4/26 |
2:00 PM |
at Germantown. Wis.
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8 - 9 (L)
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5-4
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4/26 |
4:00 PM |
at Kenosha Bradford High School
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5 - 9 (L)
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5-5
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5/2 |
8:00 PM |
DeForest, Wis.
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10 - 3 (W)
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6-5
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5/3 |
10:00 AM |
Westosha Central, Wis.
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2 - 7 (L)
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6-6
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5/3 |
1:00 PM |
Rice Lake, Wis.
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7 - 8 (L)
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6-7
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5/6 |
4:00 PM |
Kingsford Flivvers
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11 - 7 (W)
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7-7
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5/6 |
6:00 PM |
Kingsford Flivvers
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17 - 2 (W)
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8-7
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5/10 |
9:00 AM |
at Warren Cousino High School
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9 - 0 (W)
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9-7
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5/10 |
12:00 PM |
at Lake Orion High School
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1 - 12 (L)
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9-8
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5/10 |
3:00 PM |
at West Branch Ogemaw Heights
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10 - 4 (W)
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10-7
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5/13 |
4:00 PM |
Gladstone Braves
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0 - 1 (L)
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10-8
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5/13 |
6:00 PM |
Gladstone Braves
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4 - 6 (L)
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10-9
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5/16 |
4:00 PM |
Cheboygan Chiefs
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2 - 0 (W)
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11-9
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5/16 |
6:00 PM |
Cheboygan Chiefs
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10 - 3 (W)
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12-9
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5/17 |
10:00 AM |
Marshfield High School
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11 - 1 (W)
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13-9
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5/17 |
2:00 PM |
Rapid River Rockets
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7 - 3 (W)
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14-9
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5/19 |
4:00 PM |
Peshtigo Bulldogs
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8 - 0 (W)
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15-9
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5/19 |
6:00 PM |
Peshtigo Bulldogs
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13 - 0 (W)
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16-9
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5/20 |
4:00 PM |
at Gladstone Braves
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0 - 6 (L)
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16-10
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5/20 |
6:30 PM |
at Gladstone Braves
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1 - 2 (L)
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16-11
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5/22 |
4:00 PM |
Marquette Redmen
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7 - 0 (W)
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17-11
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5/22 |
6:00 PM |
Marquette Redmen
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13 - 3 (W)
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18-11
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5/29 |
4:00 PM |
at Marquette Redmen
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4 - 3 (W)
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19-11
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5/29 |
6:00 PM |
at Marquette Redmen
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6 - 3 (W)
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20-11
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5/31 |
12:00 PM |
Kingsford Flivvers
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7 - 1 (W)
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21-11
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5/31 |
3:00 PM |
Cheboygan Chiefs
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7 - 2 (W)
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22-11
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6/7 |
12:00 PM |
Remus Chippewa Hills
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0 - 1 (L)
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22-12
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