The Manistique Emeralds varsity softball team welcomed two guests to the Emerald City on Monday for a softball doubleheader: the Escanaba JV Eskymos, and Old Man Winter.
The teams played softball under snowy, windy conditions, with the JV Eskymos getting a big first inning to top Manistique, 13-7. The second game was cancelled.
"It was terrible," Manistique Coach Dave McNeil said. "Big winds, big snowflakes. And I'll tell you what. There's a huge advantage to getting big runs in the first inning when it's 28-degree weather! We played even with them after that, but that first inning was big."
