May 27, 2021
Phil Friend
Lansing State Journal
Comets Named Division 1 Team of the Week
Tue May 25, 2021
Bruce Hefflinger
PBR Michigan Senior Writer
"That was a great surprise and one I'll cherish for the rest of my life," said O'Keefe
"I had no understanding of what today's program was going to consist of and to retire my jersey – I had no idea of that. To get that beautiful ring that was given to me is something that I'll always cherish."
"(The flag and jersey retirement) is a small honor and he deserves so much more," said Grand Ledge co-coach Grant Householder, who played for and coached under O'Keefe. "At least we're doing something for him.
"It's been two years since we've been talking about this and to actually see it happen on a beautiful day – it's great."
Grand Ledge baseball honors legendary coach Pat O'Keefe with retirement of No. 7 jersey
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These are the high school baseball and softball stat leaders in Greater Lansing
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AVG
5th - Logan Todd - .486
10th - Kaden Nowak - .443
16th - Noah Warren - .432
21st - Aiden Alspaugh - .414
W-L
Cole Mance - 5-0
Noah Warren - 4-1
Carson Winans - 3-0
Dillon Pfau - 3-1
Home Runs
T2nd - Aiden Alspaugh - 3
T2nd - Noah Warren - 3
T3rd - Caleb Estrada - 2
T3rd - Kaden Nowak - 2
Strikeouts
Noah Warren - 33
Cole Mance - 29
Carson Winans - 21
RBI
2nd - Logan Todd - 35
5th - Aiden Alspaugh - 30
7th - Noah Warren - 28
T8th - Kaden Nowak - 27
ERA - Min 12 IP
Dillon Pfau - 0.00
Cole Mance - 0.97
Noah Warren - 1.82
By Kellan Buddy
Published: May. 19, 2021 at 5:33 PM EDT|Updated: 13 hours ago
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Grand Ledge is getting ready to play in the Diamond Classic. They’ve won since 2009, but this time they’re without Legendary coach Pat O’Keefe.
“Obviously, not seeing O’Keefe there, grabbing the trophy, pumping up the crowd, is going to be a difference, but I think we’re capable of showing out and putting on a good run,” said Grant Householder, Grand Ledge head coach.
Senior Logan Todd, Coach Householder, and the Comets are ready for the game after last season’s was canceled due to COVID-19.
“We want to go out and win a Diamond Classic for us seniors,” said Todd.
The team is taking it one day and one goal at a time.
“We always have three goals: win the conference, win the classic, and make a deep run in the playoffs,” said Householder. “We won the conference, so now it’s Diamond classic time.”
Their first game in the Diamond Classic is a week from Thursday.
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Coach Householder's interview with WLNS Sports Director, Audrey Dahlgren on Friday, May 7th
by: Ian Kress
Posted: May 1, 2021 / 07:37 PM EDT / Updated: May 1, 2021 / 07:37 PM EDT
GRAND LEDGE, Mich. (WLNS) – It doesn’t get much better than a battle between two unbeaten Capital Area Activities Conference baseball teams. That was the case on Saturday as Grand Ledge(14-0) welcomed in Eaton Rapids(14-0) for a doubleheader.
The two teams were suppose to play on April 15, but due to weather it was rescheduled to the first of May.
In game one, it was the Greyhounds who struck first by scoring the first four runs of the game. Grand Ledge started to crawl its way back and eventually had the game tied at four in the seventh inning.
That’s when Aiden Alspaugh decided it was time for a trip around the bases. The Comets’ senior sent one over the wall in centerfield to win it for Grand Ledge, 5-4. It’s the first walk-off home run in Alspaugh’s career.
“The wind was coming in super hard from center, so I doubted it went out, but then I saw one of my friends from the other team, in center field, look up and it kind of ended it from there,” Alspaugh said.
“We just kind of chipped away and the senior, Aiden Alspaugh, coming up with a big home run in that seventh inning. The kids were pumped and I love seeing it,” Grand Ledge baseball co-coach Grant Householder said.
In game two, Eaton Rapids scored the first run of the game, once again. Isaac Anderson dropped down a suicide squeeze to perfection, scoring Zach Green from third in the fifth inning.
However in the bottom half of the inning, Grand Ledge responded.
With two of his teammates in scoring position, Nathan Droste singled up the middle to bring both runners home and give Grand Ledge a 2-1 lead. The Comets went on to score five runs in the fifth inning and two runs in the sixth inning to take game two 7-1 and improve to 16-0 this season.
“Everybody stepped up to their spots,” Alspaugh said. “Everybody is playing exactly how they need to. It’s just good baseball.”
“We’re going to have a tough stretch in conference over the next two/three weeks, so that should be a good test for us, but, you know, 16-0 is what you want to start and that’s where were at,” Householder said.
The Comets travel to rival DeWitt on Monday to take on the 15-1 Panthers.
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State-ranked Grand Ledge baseball is piling up the runs. Logan Todd has played a major role
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