Mt. Morris/ Clio Herald

06/10/2025

06/05/2025

By Greg Tunnicliff

CLIO – If good softball pitching matchups are what you like to see, then you need to venture out to Lake Fenton High School on Saturday.

Clio (27-12), which received honorable mention notice in the final Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association Division 2 poll, will take on the host Blue Devils (31-7), ranked No. 8, in a regional semifinal game at 10 a.m.

Frankenmuth (24-5), ranked No. 6, will face Goodrich (27-9-1), ranked No. 10, in the other semifinal game at noon. The semifinal winners will meet in the championship game at 2 p.m.

All four teams possess outstanding arms in Clio sophomore Addison Taylor, Goodrich senior Jayden Gohs, Frankenmuth junior Chloe Compeau, and Lake Fenton sophomore Madalyn Stanton.

Gohs snared first-team All-State honors and Taylor and Compeau both received honorable mention All-State accolades last year.
Gohs will attend Division 1 Louisville next year.

While all four teams have been known to use two pitchers in doubleheaders this spring, they may have to ride their all-state arms for the entire day to win Saturday’s loaded-up regional.

While Clio has had a good amount of success in the district round of the state tournament, the regional portion of the tournament has been an entirely different issue.

The Mustangs are making their second straight trip to a regional tournament and their 10th overall.

Clio has a 1-9 overall record in regional games, and it only has one regional championship to its credit with that being a Division 2 title in 2009.

The Mustangs have dropped their last four regional contests, with their last victory being a 6-4 triumph over Midland Bullock Creek in a Division 2 regional championship game on June 6, 2009 at Bullock Creek.

The winner of Saturday’s regional will advance to the state quarterfinals where it will meet the winner of the Croswell-Lexington regional on June 10 at St. Clair Community College in Port Huron.

Be sure to check out next week’s Mt. Morris-Clio Herald newspaper to find out who Clio’s softball fared in its quest to win a regional championship.

Clio softball regional history
1993: Class A: (June 12 at Midland Dow) Lost to Kearsley, 10-0, (RS)
1996: Class A: (June 8 at Bay City Western) Lost to St. Johns, 12-4 (RS)
1999: Division 2: (June 12 at Midland High) Lost to Bay City Western, 9-0, (RS)
2008: Division 2: (June 7 at Goodrich): Lost to Caro, 1-0, (RS)
2009: Division 2: (June 6 at Midland Bullock Creek): Beat Goodrich, 3-2, (RS); Beat Midland Bullock Creek, 6-4, (RF).
2011: Division 2: (June 11 at Midland Bullock Creek): Lost to Croswell-Lexington, 10-0, (RS)
2014: Division 2: (June 7 at Frankenmuth) Lost to Swan Valley, 9-2, (RS)
2016: Division 2: (June 11 at Essexville-Garber): Lost to Swan Valley, 11-1 in six innings (RS).
2024: Division 2: (June 5 at Yale): Lost to Goodrich, 1-0, (RS)
2025: Division 2 (June 7 at Lake Fenton): Clio vs. Lake Fenton.

Regional record: 1-9 (100)
Regional finals record: 1-0 (1.000)
Regional titles (1): 2009 (Division 2)

06/03/2025

By Greg Tunnicliff
MT. MORRIS – The baseball programs at Mt. Morris and Clio are no strangers to the regional round of the state tournament.

The Michigan High School Athletic Association first stated its state tournaments in 1971, and the Panthers and the Mustangs combined to make 19 regional appearances, played in a combined 30 regional games, including 11 regional championship contests, in the first 52 state tournaments.

Winning regional titles, however, has been another issue altogether for the neighborhood rivals.

Mt. Morris and Clio have combined to win only one regional championship, with that belonging to Clio in Class A in 1993. The Mustangs advanced to the state quarterfinals that season where they lost, 3-2, to Rochester Adams.

Mt. Morris and Clio will both get another crack at capturing a regional crown this week.

The MHSAA opted to go to Super Regionals in the spring of 2019, giving teams an opportunity to rest their pitching between the regional semifinals and finals.

Unlike the traditional format where the entire regional tournament is played on the same day, the super regionals have the semifinals on a Wednesday, with the regional final and quarterfinal rounds the following Saturday.

Mt. Morris (17-9) was scheduled to play Saginaw Valley Lutheran (18-8) in a Division 3 regional semifinal game at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Valley Lutheran.

The winner of the contest will face the winner of the Ovid-Elsie (12-22-1)-Lansing Catholic (18-6) regional semifinal game in a regional championship game at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at Millington.

Clio (16-18) will take on Linden (31-8) in a Division 2 regional semifinal game at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Linden.

The winner of the game will move on to face the winner of the Macomb Lutheran North (24-5)-Yale (17-16) regional semifinal contest at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday at St. Clair Community College in Port Huron.
Mt. Morris has dropped its last three regional games, with its last victory being a 4-3 triumph over Imlay City in a Division 2 regional semifinal game on June 8, 2013 at Caro.

Clio hasn’t won a regional game in six years, dating back to 4-3 triumph over Saginaw Swan Valley in a Division 2 regional semifinal game on June 8, 2019 at Mt. Morris.

Be sure to check out next week’s Mt. Morris-Clio Herald newspaper to find out how the Panthers’ and Mustangs’ fared in their quests to capture regional baseball championships.

Mt. Morris regional tournament history
1979: Class B (June 9 at Mt. Morris): Pinckney 3, Mt. Morris 2 (RS)
1995: Class B (June 10 at Saginaw Nouvel): Mt. Morris 6, Powers Catholic 2 (RS); Saginaw Nouvel 5, Mt. Morris 1 (RF).
2005: Division 2 (June 11 at Goodrich): Jackson County Parma Western 6, Mt. Morris 3 (RS).
2006: Division 2 (June 10 at Powers Catholic): Mt. Morris 4, Lapeer East (RS); Marshall 3, Mt. Morris 0 (RF).
2007: Division 2 (June 9 at DeWitt): Mt. Morris 9, Lake Odessa Lakewood 3 (RS); Fowlerville 8, Mt. Morris 2 (RF).
2013: Division 2 (June 8 at Caro): Mt. Morris 4, Imlay City 3 (RS); Mount Pleasant 9, Mt. Morris 0 (RF).
2021: Division 3 (June 9 at Mt. Morris): New Lothrop 13, Mt. Morris 0 (RS)
2024: Division 3 (June 5 at New Lothrop): New Lothrop 12, Mt. Morris 2 (RS)
2025: Division 3 (June 4 at Saginaw Valley Lutheran): Mt. Morris vs. Saginaw Valley Lutheran (RS).

Regional appearances: 9 (including 2025)
Regional record: 4-8 (.333)
Regional championship game record: 0-4 (.000)

Clio regional tournament history
1993: Class A (June 11 at Midland Dow): Clio 3, Kearsley 0 (RS); Clio 5, Midland Dow 4, (RF)
1994 Class A (June 11 at Clio): Clio 1, Davison 0 (RS): Owosso 4, Clio 2 (RF).
1995 Class A (June 10 at Flushing): Clio 5, Saginaw Heritage 4 (8) RS; Lapeer West 6, Clio 2 RF.
1996 Class A (June 8 at Bay City Western): St. Johns 5, Clio 3 (RS)
1998: Class A (June 6 at Clio): Midland 3, Clio 0 (RS)
2000: Division 1 (June 10 at Flushing): Clio 5, Davison 2 (RS); Hartland 8, Clio 5 (RF).
2003: Division 2 (June 7 at DeWitt): Clio 8, Powers Catholic 3 (RS); DeWitt 9, Clio 2 (RF).
2004: Division 2 (June 12 at DeWitt): Linden 4, Clio 0 (RS).
2014: Division 2 (June 7 at Frankenmuth): Mount Pleasant 5, Clio 0 (RS).
2016: Division 2 (June 11 at Essexville-Garber): Clio 6, Bay City John Glenn 5 in nine innings (RS); Linden 4, Clio 0 in eight innings (RF).
2019: Division 2: Clio 4, Saginaw Swan Valley 3, (RS) on June 5, 2019 at Mt. Morris.; Essexville-Garber 13, Clio 1, (RF) on June 8, 2019 at Saginaw Valley State University.
2025: Division 2 (June 4 at Linden): Clio vs Linden (RS)

Regional appearances: 12 (including 2025)
Regional record: 8-10 (.444)
Regional championship game record: 1-6 (.143)

Key: RS – regional semifinal; RF – regional final.