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Sparta Thornapple Kellogg

Spartans

Trojans

The Thornapple Kellogg (Middleville, MI) JV softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Sparta (MI) by a score of 8-7.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Sparta	0	2	2	3	1	-	-	8	10	6
Thornapple Kellogg	4	3	0	0	0	-	-	7	5	2

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Sparta (25-26)

Sparta

Batting

#	Athlete Name	Avg	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	2B
	Team Totals	.500	23	20	8	10	6	3
6	Lilly Ketchel	1.000	3	3	2	3	2	1
11	Bristal Austin	.667	3	3	1	2	0	1
14	Helena Nemetz	.500	3	2	1	1	1	1
15	Grace Ladner	.333	3	3	0	1	1	0
18	Lilly Straayer	.000	3	3	0	0	0	0
23	Mady Shieffer		0	0	1	0	0	0
25	Aily Piedra	.500	2	2	2	1	0	0
28	Bella Barnick	1.000	2	1	1	1	1	0
30	Kate Haynes	.500	2	2	0	1	1	0

Sparta

#	Athlete Name	BB	K	FC	LOB	OBP	SLG	OPS
	Team Totals	3	1	1	2	.565	.650	1.215
6	Lilly Ketchel	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.333	2.333
11	Bristal Austin	0	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
14	Helena Nemetz	1	0	0	0	.667	1.000	1.667
15	Grace Ladner	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.666
18	Lilly Straayer	0	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000
25	Aily Piedra	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	1.000
28	Bella Barnick	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
30	Kate Haynes	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	1.000

Sparta

Baserunning

#	Athlete Name	SB
	Team Totals	3
14	Helena Nemetz	1
25	Aily Piedra	1
30	Kate Haynes	1

Sparta

Fielding

#	Athlete Name	FP	TC	PO	E
	Team Totals	.714	21	15	6
6	Lilly Ketchel	.750	4	3	1
11	Bristal Austin	.800	5	4	1
14	Helena Nemetz	1.000	3	3	0
15	Grace Ladner	1.000	2	2	0
25	Aily Piedra	1.000	1	1	0
28	Bella Barnick	.250	4	1	3
30	Kate Haynes	.000	1	0	1

Sparta

Pitching

#	Athlete Name	ERA	W	L	W%	APP	GS	CG	SO	SV	NH	PG
	Team Totals	0.00	0	0		1				0
11	Bristal Austin	0.00	0	0		1				0

Sparta

#	Athlete Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	2B	3B	HR	BF	AB
	Team Totals	5	5	7	0	1	3			0	26	25
11	Bristal Austin	5	5	7	0	1	3			0	26	25

Sparta

#	Athlete Name	OBA	OBP	WP	HBP	SF	SH/B	#P
	Team Totals	.200	.231	0	0			71
11	Bristal Austin	.200	.231	0	0			71

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Thornapple Kellogg (25-26)

Thornapple Kellogg has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Michigan High School Softball - Thornapple Kellogg edged by Sparta

April 30, 2026: Middleville, MI 49333

The Thornapple Kellogg Trojans softball squad (Middleville, MI), was edged 8-7 in Thursday's non-league contest with the visiting Sparta Spartans (Sparta, MI)

With the triumph, Sparta improves its record to 5-8 on the year. The Spartans travel to Coopersville (Coopersville, MI) to face the Broncos in a non-league contest on Friday, May 1. The Broncos enter the contest with a record of 3-2. Coopersville lost 16-1 in their recent non-league contest against Jenison (Jenison, MI)

The Trojans now hold a 0-4 record. They play next when they travel to West Catholic for a non-league contest on Monday, May 4.

Sparta @ TKHS Softball Game Info

Thu., Apr. 30, 2026 @ 6:15p

Thornapple-Kellogg High School

The Thornapple Kellogg (Middleville, MI) JV softball team lost Thursday's home non-conference game against Sparta (MI) by a score of 8-7.

Rankings & Records

Sparta (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	RF	RA
8-22	3-9	5-13	.267	222	305

Thornapple Kellogg (25-26)

Overall	Home	Away	Win %	RF	RA
2-10	2-8	0-2	.167	87	152

Team Scoring Averages

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Sparta	1.4	1.0	1.7	2.0	1.0	1.3	.8	7.4	6.9	3.8
Thornapple Kellogg	4.3	2.3	1.3	.5	.4	0	-	7.3	6.8	3.9

Head-to-Head

Sparta won on 4/30/2026

4/30 @ 4:15p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Sparta 3 0 1 5 4 - - 13 14 3
TKHS 4 5 1 0 1 - - 11 8 3

The Sparta (MI) JV softball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Thornapple Kellogg (Middleville, MI) by a score of 13-11.
Box score
Sparta won on 4/30/2026

4/30 @ 6:15p 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Sparta 0 2 2 3 1 - - 8 10 6
TKHS 4 3 0 0 0 - - 7 5 2

The Sparta (MI) JV softball team won Thursday's away non-conference game against Thornapple Kellogg (Middleville, MI) by a score of 8-7.
Box score

4/30 @ 4:15p	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Sparta	3	0	1	5	4	-	-	13	14	3
TKHS	4	5	1	0	1	-	-	11	8	3

Team Stat Comparison

Sparta		Thornapple Kellogg
.301	Batting Average	.333
.423	On Base Percentage	.528
.321	Slugging Percentage	.464
.727	Fielding Percentage	.773
1.000	Win Loss Percentage	.286

Team Leaders

Sparta		Thornapple Kellogg	National Avg.
#14 Helena Nemetz.476	Batting Average	#15 Kinley Kizer1.000	.332
#14 Helena Nemetz.570	On Base Percentage	#15 Kinley Kizer1.000	.485
#14 Helena Nemetz.500	Slugging Percentage	#15 Kinley Kizer1.000	.446
#14 Helena Nemetz.961	Fielding Percentage	#12 Tessa Thorton1.000	.809
#11 Bristal Austin1.000	Win Loss Percentage	#8 Jazmin Zahl.667	.625

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Sparta	1-6		Thornapple Kellogg	1-1

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
4/20/26	Sparta	Wyoming	(L) 5-3	5/11/26	Thornapple Kellogg	Wyoming
4/20/26	Sparta	Wyoming	(L) 13-11	5/11/26	Thornapple Kellogg	Wyoming
4/23/26	Sparta	South Christian	(L) 10-6	4/20/26	South Christian	Thornapple Kellogg	(L) 13-1
4/23/26	Sparta	South Christian	(W) 23-22	4/20/26	South Christian	Thornapple Kellogg	(W) 16-15
5/11/26	Lowell	Sparta	(L) 6-3	5/4/26	Thornapple Kellogg	Lowell
5/11/26	Lowell	Sparta	(L) 22-8	5/4/26	Thornapple Kellogg	Lowell
5/13/26	Sparta	Lowell	(L) 17-1

Record Breakdown

Sparta (25-26)		Thornapple Kellogg (25-26)
8-22	Overall	2-10
0-0	League	0-0
8-22	Non-League	2-10
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
1-6	Common Opponent	1-1
3-9	Home	2-8
5-13	Away	0-2
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
8-22	In-State	2-10
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0