In the finals, Hamilton's bats took a while to get going. To see the look on her face when that ball went out made my heart so happy," Jamrog said. "She has worked so hard and has so much potential. Luckadoo, a freshman, slammed a home run of her own in the seventh inning to provide the winning run and send the Hawkeyes into the regional final. Hamilton led 2-1 going into the sixth inning when a Wayland home run tied the game going into the final inning. The Hawkeyes defeated Wayland 4-2 in the semifinals. They have new freshman coming in that are good, and most of the team left," Jamrog said. "It makes the sting hurt a little less, knowing as seniors, we are not hanging them out to dry. While this was the end for seniors Madie Jamrog, Kyra Kleinheksel and Ava Prielipp - all three-year varsity starters - it is the huge beginning for the underclassmen, which will return seven starters - including their team leaders in batting average and home runs. If it wasn't then it wouldn't have meant anything to them." That is why tournament runs are hard - and they should be hard. It is in how they impacted young girls in the community who want to play softball. "But I told the team their legacy isn't in the wins or the records. "We played a brand of softball that was pretty doggone good. And it was an historic season in the recordbooks," Hamilton coach Mark Behnke said. We had a team of believers, led by a senior class who believed when there was not a lot to see. ![]() "I don't know how you describe what we went through. It led the team to its first district championship and first appearance in the regional finals. We have changed the program completely, and I am so proud of that," Hamilton senior Madie Jamrog said. We hadn't even scored a run in a district game before this year (in our three years). 447 for the season and with 482 hits on the season, the Hawkeyes are fourth all-time in base hits in Michigan high school history. The Hawkeyes ended the best season in school history in the Division 2 regional finals, with a 4-1 loss to Vicksburg on Saturday at Berrien Springs.ĭespite the loss, the Hamilton seniors left a spectacular legacy. BERRIEN SPRINGS - The Hamilton softball team got some late-inning heroics from Maleena Luckadoo in the regional semifinals - but the luck ran out in the regional final.
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