The Lady Trojans won their first two games of the East Jackson Dome Classic before falling to Leslie in the Championship game.  The girls beat Whitmore Lake 14-6 and Lansing Sexton 12-3 to get to the championship game.  In the first game, Alexis Brzezinski led EJ with 3 doubles and 4 rbi.  Alex Kilpatrick also doubled for the Lady Trojans.  Lailah Maull picked up her third win of the season.  In the second game, the Trojans scored 9 runs in the third inning to take a lead they would not give up.  Livi Talmage had two hits and Hannah Saunders three to lead the offense.  In the championship game, Leslie's pitcher was too much, striking out 12 batters.  The Trojans only scoring threat came in the fourth inning, with the bases loaded and nobody out, Audrey Seymour lined out to the shortstop, who doubled off Hannah Saunders at first base.  

On Friday, the Trojans softball team went to Addison to finish a suspended game from earlier in the year.  Down 5-3 going into the bottom of the 3rd, EJ cut the deficit to one on a single by Livi Talmage.  Down 8-4 in the bottom of the 5th East Jackson scored on two wild pitches to cut the lead to 8-6.  Then, in the bottom of the seventh Talmage and Audrey Seymour got on base, moved to up to second and third on a ground out by Chloe Miller, then eventually scored on walks.  With the bases loaded and one out, Angel Sharp drew another walk, scoring Baylee Sears with the game winner. The Lady Trojans only had 3 hits for the game; two from Talmage but still managed to get to 2-0 in the Cascades Conference.  

The Lady Trojans used two big innings to get ahead of the Jackson High Vikings, and hung on to win game one of a doubleheader at Jackson High; 17-12.  Angel Sharp led the EJ offensive attack with 2 hits and 6 RBI while Audrey Seymour added 3 hits and 3 RBI.  Alexis Brzezinski and Sami Adrus had two hits as well.  Lailah Maull earned her second win, going 4 innings, while Livi Talmage earned a three inning save.  The second game was a different story.  The Lady Vikings jumped out early with a big inning of their own, and never looked back.  Angel Sharp capped off a great day with two doubles.  The ladies next travel to Hanover-Horton on Wednesday for a Cascades Conference double header with the Comets.  

The East Jackson Varsity Softball team equaled its number of wins from last year last night with a 26-18 win against the Panthers of Addison.  The game lasted 3 hours and 10 minutes and featured 30 hits and a combined 29 walks from both teams.  Freshman Alexis Brzezinski led the girls with a 4-5 night at the plate, which included a triple.  Another freshmen, Livi Talmage went 3-3 with two doubles and a total of 5 RBI's.  Talmage also started as pitcher, but left in the third inning.  Sophomore Lailah Maull came in the game in the 3rd inning and was able to pitch well enough to get the win.  The defense was solid all night and in the fourth inning, with runners on 2nd and 3rd, sophomore Alex Kilpatrick made a diving catch in right field to end the threat.  Audrey Seymour added two hits for the Lady the Trojans.  The second game was suspended in the third inning with Addison leading 5-3.  It will be made up at a later date.  The girls next take the field on Monday April 17th at Jackson High.  

The East Jackson Lady Trojans opened the 2017 season last night against Ottawa Lake-Whiteford.  Both games were won by Whiteford; 16-0 in 4 innings and 11-1 in 5 innings.  Ottawa Lake-Whiteford, ranked 6th in division 4, was a quarterfinalist last year and returned all starters from the 2016 team.  The Lady Trojans struggled on the mound in game one, giving up 11 walks.  Whiteford took advantage of those free passes.  Senior Baylee Sears was the first base runner of the game as she was hit by a pitch to lead off the 3rd inning.  The Trojans did not get a hit in the first game.  Looking to bounce back in the second game, freshman Livi Talmage took the hill and did a good job overall.  Sophomore Alex Kilpatrick got the first hit of the season for the team and Hannah Saunders also had a hit.  The game was close until the third inning when Whiteford scored 5 runs to open up the margin.  The first four hitters all reached safely without the ball leaving the infield.  Alexis Brzezinski, also a freshman, and Angel Sharp had hits for the Trojans as well.  The team travels to Addison on Wednesday to open up the Cascades Conference.