Fowler vs. Grand Ledge – – Hall of Fame Softball Classic Quarterfinal – – The Bleacher Denizen – – May 19, 2025 – – by Chuck Krafft

Today, your Bleacher Denizen is at Ranney Park in Lansing waiting for the Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame’s annual softball classic to begin! Every year, Bob Every, the Director of the Greater Lansing Area Sports Hall of Fame and his team including Jeff Kegler, who announces, keeps official score and runs the scoreboard, invite the eight best teams in the Lansing Area to compete in this event.

Ranney Park is maintained by Bob Every and the Hall of Fame. They keep the field in beautiful conditions. It is a beautiful place for the best teams in the area to compete every spring!

It is a cold day for softball today. Also, your Bleacher Denizen is scrambling because he managed to forget to pay an annual fee to keep the website running. Thanks to consultant Ron Kramer from Michigan Network Consultants for springing into action and doing what was necessary to get the website back. As you can see, he was successful!

Here are the starting lineups.  Grand Ledge won the coin toss and will bat last.

FOWLER

Selena Stump               p

Saige Miller                   ss

Natalie Smith               dp

Addison Spicer           3b

Paisley Hansen           1b

Kerigan Pung             2b

Neelah O’Rourke        rf

Molly Schlak               c

Chloe Feldpaush        cf

Anna Andros will play left field for Fowler, but will not bat. 

GRAND LEDGE

Gianna Naccarato           ss

Kaliey Nelson                    rf

Jade Queen                       cf

Adyson Fulton                  2b

Kaysen Strohaver            3b

Tomia Geter                       p

Indya Fitzpatrick            dp

Madison Wohscheid  c

Zoe Hart will play first base, but will not bat.

e events of this game through the occasionally open eyes of an Aging Bleacher Denizen whose never got very far in baseball or softball. He was showing some promise as a pitcher until the baseball and softball powers that be declared he could no longer use a shoulder cannon to deliver his pitches. As the Bleacher Denizen’s velocity decreased, so did his playing time.

Grand Ledge Pitcher Tomia Geter struck out Fowler’s leadoff batter to open the top of the first inning.  Saige Miller singled to center field and stole second base.  Tomia Geter struck out the next two Eagle hitters to end the inning.

Fowler Pitcher Selena Stump retired Grand Ledge’s leadoff batter in the bottom of the first inning on a fly to right field.  Kailey Nelson was safe at second base on an error.  Selena Stump struck out the next Comet hitter and got the third out on a fly to right field.

Comet Second Baseman Adyson Fulton made a great backhand grab of a grounder up the middle by Fowler’s second inning leadoff batter and threw her out at first base.  Kerigan Pung walked.  Tomia Geter struck out the next two Eagle batters to end the inning.

Kaysen Strohaver singled to center field to lead off the top of the second inning for Grand Ledge and went to second base on a single to left field by tTomia Geter.  Indyua Fitzpatrick doubled to the center field fence to drive Kaysen Strohaver home.  Tomia Geter advanced to third base.

Selena Stump struck out the next Comete batter.  Tomia Geter scored and Indya Fitzpatrick advanced to third base when Madison Wohscheid was safe at first base on an error.  Indya Fitzpatrick came out when Fowler Catcher Molly Schlak threw out the Comet runner attempted to steal second base.  Gianna Naccarato singled to center field.  Grand Ledge made its third out on a fly to center field.

Grand Ledge scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning to take a 3-0 lead. 

Chloe Feldpausch beat out a bunt single to lead off the top of the third inning for Fowler.  Selena Stump doubled to the left field fence and Chloe Feldpausch raced home.  Saige Miller singled to drive Selena Stump home and took second base on a fielding error.  Fowler’s next hitter was out on a fly to center field where Jade Queen made a great catch running in.

Saige Smith took third base on a passed ball.  Addison Spicer singled to left field to drive Saige Miller home with the tying run.  Comet Pitcher Tomia Geter struck out the next batter and got the third out on a grounder to the pitcher.

Fowler scored three runs in the top of the third inning to tie the game at 3-3.

Jade Queen singled up the middle to lead off the bottom of the third inning for Grand Ledge.  Selena Stump got the next Grand Ledge batter out on a fly to left field.  Jade Queen advanced to third base when Kaysen Strohaver singled off the second baseman’s glove. Tomia Geter singled to drive Jade Queen home as Kaysen Strohaver advanced to second base.  Selena Stump retired the next two Comet batters on a fly to center field and a fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop to end the inning.

Grand Ledge scored on run in the bottom of the third inning to take a 4-3 lead. 

Neelah O’Rourke led off the top of the fourth inning for Fowler with a bunt single.  Tomia Geter struck out the next Eagle batter.  Fowler’s next hitter popped up a bunt to Pitcher Tomia Geter, who threw to first base to double the runner off and end the inning.

Selena Stump retired the first two Grand Ledge hitters in the fourth inning on a fly to right field and a grounder to the shortstop.  Kailey Nelson gtrounded a single.  Fowler left fielder Anna Andros retreated to the fence to rob Jade Queen of a bid for extra bases for the third Comet out. 

Selena Stump singled to right field to lead off the top of the fifth inning for Fowler and took second base when Saige Miller walked.  Tomia Geter retired the next Eagle batter on a popup to the shortstop.  Selena Stump moved up to third base and Saige Miller to second base on a wild pitch.  The runner was out at home when she tried to score on a wild pitch.  Saige Miler advanced to third base.  The next Eagle batter was out on a fly to center field to end the inning. 

Selena Stump retired the first two Comet batters in the bottom of the firth inning on a fly to right field and a fly to left field.  Tomia Geter doubled off the center field fence and went to third base when Indya Fitzpatrick singled to left field.  Selena Stump retired the next Grand Ledge hitter on a fly to the shortstop to end the inning.

After five full innings, Grand Ledge held a 4-3 lead.

Paisley Hansen singled to right field to lead off the top of the sixth inning for Fowler.  Paisley Hansen was out at second base and Kerigan Pung safe at first on a fielder’s choice groundout to the shortstop.  Kerigan Pung advanced to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Neelah O’Rourke.  Tomia Geter struck out the next Eagle hitter to end the inning. 

Madison Wohlsched walked to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning for Grand Ledge. She took second base on a sacrifice bunt by Gianna Naccarato.  Fowler First Baseman Paisley Hansen alertly threw to second baseman Kerrigan Pung when she saw the runner too far off second base.  Kerigan Pung threw to third base where Addison Spicer tagged her out. 

Kailey Nelson doubled off the center field fence and advanced to third base on a single to right field by Jade Queen.  Selena Stump retired the next Comet batter on a fly to right field to end the inning.

After six full innings, the Grand Ledge lead remained at 4-3.

Tomia Geter retired the three Fowler batters in the seventh inning on two strikeouts and a foul fly to first base. 

Grand Ledge won this quarterfinal game 4-3 and will play Holt in the semifinal game on Wednesday.

Selena Stump had a double, a single and one RBI for Fowler. Saige Miller had two singles and one RBI. Addison Spicer had one single and an RBI. Paisley Hansen, Neelah O’Rourke and Chloe Feldpausch each had a single.

Selena Stump pitched the entire game. She gave up only four runs to the powerful Division One Grand Ledge Comets and struck out two batters.

Tomia Geter had a double, two singles and one RBI for Grand Ledge. Indya Fitzpatrick had a double, a single and one RBI. Kaliey Nelson had a double and a single. Jade Queen and Kaysen Strohaver each had two singles. Gianna Naccarato had one single. Madison Wohlscheid had one RBI.

Tomia Geter pitched the complete game for Grand Ledge. She gave up three runs and eight hits while striking out ten batters.

I also covered the quarterfinal between Holt and Laingsburg which was played right after this game. Here is the play by play! https://thebleacherdenizen.com/2025/05/20/holt-vs-laingsburg-hall-of-fame-softball-classic-quarterfinal-the-bleacher-denizen-may-19-2025-by-chuck-krafft/