ONEKAMA — With two series in as many days, Manistee Catholic Central is finally starting to make up for the time lost to a rainy April.
And with their second straight sweep Tuesday, the Sabers appear to be entering May in mid-season form.
“We’re finally starting to get a little more in sync now with playing more than we are sitting,” said MCC coach Dave Lijewski after his team’s 9-2 and 7-3 non-West Michigan D League wins over Onekama. “The more we play, the better we’ll get and winning while we’re doing it is a plus.”
Alysha Heck led the Sabers (7-1) past the Portagers (7-4), falling just a single shy of the cycle in the opener.
“Today (the key) was mostly our hitting,” Lijewski said. “We’ve been working on it, and Alysha was really the big bat. She was smacking it around, seeing it good and hitting it good.”
Heck started the series with a double, triple, and solo homer over the center field fence while racking up three RBIs to lead the way in the opener. Haley Doyle had two hits with an RBI, and Jodi Janowiak had a pair of hits.