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The Houghton Lake (MI) varsity softball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Heston Academy (St. Helen, MI) by a score of 7-6.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Heston Academy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-
Houghton Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

Final score provided by C. Kalkun.

Recap
Matchup Info

Game Story

Michigan High School Softball - Houghton Lake sneaks past Heston Academy

April 30, 2025: Houghton Lake, MI 48629

The Houghton Lake Bobcats softball team scored 7 runs and held the visiting Heston Academy Patriots to 6 in the Bobcats non-league win on Wednesday.

The Bobcats now sport a 5-8 record. They put it on the line next when they host Mio-Au Sable for a non-league battle on Friday, May 2.

With the loss, Heston Academy moves to 3-5 on the season. The Patriots host Mio HomeSchool (Mio, MI) to confront the in a non-league battle on Thursday, May 1. The come into the battle with a record of 3-6.

HA @ Houghton Lake Softball Game Info

Wed., Apr. 30, 2025 @ 4:15p

The Houghton Lake (MI) varsity softball team won Wednesday's home non-conference game against Heston Academy (St. Helen, MI) by a score of 7-6.

Rankings & Records

Heston Academy (24-25)

MI
454

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
6-10	2-0	4-6	2-4	.375	1.000	101	184

Houghton Lake (24-25)

MI	Class
361	90

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	RF	RA
13-15	3-8	10-5	3-10	.464	.273	235	260

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Heston Academy	0	0	0	.5	0	-	-	-	6.3	.7	4.7
Houghton Lake	1.2	1.0	2.0	.9	1.3	1.4	.5	2.0	8.4	6.2	5.1

Team Stat Comparison

Heston Academy		Houghton Lake
-	Batting Average	.299
-	On Base Percentage	.413
-	Slugging Percentage	.416
-	Fielding Percentage	.807
-	Win Loss Percentage	.500

Team Leaders

Heston Academy		Houghton Lake	National Avg.
-	Batting Average	#7 Megan Houserman.500	.287
-	On Base Percentage	#7 Megan Houserman.585	.406
-	Slugging Percentage	#7 Megan Houserman.886	.393
-	Fielding Percentage	#1 Holley Hendershott.906	.829
-	Win Loss Percentage	#3 Melanie Muringer.500	.558

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Heston Academy	3-4		Houghton Lake	5-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
5/1/25	Mio HomeSchool	Heston Academy		5/2/25	Mio HomeSchool	Houghton Lake	(W) 12-1
5/1/25	Mio HomeSchool	Heston Academy
5/19/25	Mio HomeSchool	Heston Academy	(L) 15-2
5/30/25	Mio HomeSchool	Heston Academy	(L) 13-3
5/7/25	Heston Academy	Tawas Area	(L) 13-0	5/14/25	Tawas Area	Houghton Lake
5/12/25	Heston Academy	Oscoda	(L) 13-1	5/22/25	Houghton Lake	Oscoda	(L) 9-8
5/15/25	Whittemore-Prescott	Heston Academy	(W) 11-1	5/10/25	Whittemore-Prescott	Houghton Lake	(W) 12-0
5/15/25	Whittemore-Prescott	Heston Academy	(W) 25-17	5/10/25	Whittemore-Prescott	Houghton Lake	(W) 14-2
5/27/25	Heston Academy	Whittemore-Prescott	(W) 18-8	5/10/25	Whittemore-Prescott	Houghton Lake	(W) 24-14
				5/10/25	Whittemore-Prescott	Houghton Lake	(W) 24-14

Record Breakdown

Heston Academy (24-25)		Houghton Lake (24-25)
6-10	Overall	13-15
2-0	League	3-8
4-10	Non-League	10-7
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-4	Common Opponent	5-1
4-6	Home	10-5
2-4	Away	3-10
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
6-10	In-State	13-15
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0