SAGINAW, MI - The Alpena Wildcats Softball team won the Regional Championship on Saturday with a 5-4 win over Bay City Western in 9-innings. The Warriors got on the board early with a 2-Run Home Run in the top of the 1st. Alpena got a Solo Home Run from Emma Fraser in the 3rd to get to within one run. Tara Myers and Fraser hit back to back Home Runs in the 5th to give Alpena the 3-2 lead. The lead didn’t last long as the Warriors tied it in the top of the 6th and scratched across a run in the 7th to take a 4-3 lead. The Wildcats tied the game when Sydney Chojnacki scored as Abbie Funk legged out an infield single. The game remained tied until the 9th when Chojnacki led off with a solid single to left. Then the craziness began when Myers laid down a perfect bunt, Chojnacki scooted all the the way to third, and Myers got to second. After hitting three Home Runs during the day, Fraser was intentionally walked. Jade Schultz hit a slow roller to third and Chojnacki scored the winning run when the throw was dropped by the catcher. 

Alpena (28-12) will play Caledonia in the Division 1 Quarterfinals at Central Michigan on June 12 at 4:00pm.