Lady Shamrocks start season with 3-1 record

The St. Patrick Shamrocks Varsity Softball team kicked off their 2025 season Wednesday with a split to Ionia. The lady Shamrocks won game 1 in the bottom of the 7th inning with a score of 15 to 14. Mattie Honsowitz pitched a solid game with 13 strikeouts and a great mix throughout the game. At the plate Bella Russman went 3-4 with a triple and 6 RBIs. Gracelyn Rockey 3-4 with 2 doubles and 1 RBI. Marian Davlin 2-3 with a triple and 2 RBIs. Naomi Hass had a triple and 3 RBIs. Mattie Honsowitz added 2 RBIs, Megan Myers and had 1 RBIs.

Game 2, St. Patrick Iost in the bottom of the fifth inning due to daylight 8 to 7. The pitching combination of Mattie Honsowitz, Gracelyn Rockey and Bella Russman held the team in the game but wasn’t as effective as game 1. At the plate, Megan Myers went 3-3 with 2 doubles. Lily Sandborn went 2-2, Mattie Honsowitz went 2-3 with a triple and 1 RBI. Naomi Hass added an RBI, Eden Zimmerman had a double and 2 RBIs.

Coaching Staff Comments:

“Tonight was a great marker of areas we are on track for and areas that we need to grow quickly. Graduating 5 starting seniors last year left us with gaps in our lineup and defensive holes this year- that we are working on finding the best fit for. The girls did a great job at the plate and were aggressively searching for the pitches we wanted to hit. Our offense seemed to find rhythms and we took advantage of errors and turned them into runs. Defensively, we have work to do finding the best fit in our lineup and we are excited to keep working towards the big and little concepts throughout the season.”

The St. Patrick Shamrocks Varsity Softball team hosted Morrice on Thursday and won both games.

The lady Shamrocks won game 1 with a score of 12-2. Mattie Honsowitz pitched an excellent game with 15 strikeouts and great composure. Izzy Anthony caught and added a great presence behind home plate. Offensively, Mattie Honsowitz went 3-3 with 2 doubles and 1 RBI. Gracelyn Rockey had a double and 1 RBI. Bella Russman had a home-run and 1 RBI. 

In Game 2, St. Patrick won 22-0 in 3 innings. Gracelyn Rockey pitched the three innings and had 2 strikeouts. The team played good defense behind her and ended in a shutout. Gracelyn Rockey went 3-3 with a double and 1 RBI. Naomi Hass went 3-3 with 2 RBIs. Marian Davlin went 2-2 with 3 RBIs. Bella Russman went 2-2 with 1 RBI. Megan Myers had an RBI. Macie Leonard had her first Varsity game and had a triple and 4 RBIs. Lily Sandborn went 3-4 and added 2 RBIs. 

Coaching Staff Comments:

“After our season opening doubleheader last night and moving straight into another double header this evening, we tried to make improvements through conversation and transparency to situations we came across last night. Our pitchers came out solid and Izzy Anthony had a great first Varsity night behind the plate. Overall, we had a good approach at the plate and defensively were much more confident and vocal which elevated our execution.”

The Shamrocks host Webberville on Monday. The game begins at 4:00 at the Father Flohe Field.