Summerfield Schools
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Summerfield Schools is a public school district
in Petersburg
, Michigan
. The district includes all of Summerfield Township
, as well as a small portion of neighboring Dundee
and Ida
townships.
Summerfield has Sports in Baseball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Football, Softball, Girls Volleyball, Golf, and Track.
He has lead the Bulldogs to the first playoff in school history.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"
|+ Coaches
|-
|
! scope="col" | Years Coached
! scope="col" | Wins
! scope="col" | Losses
! scope="col" | Ties
|-
! scope="row" | Erik Johnson
|2008-Current
|26
|7
|
|-
! scope="row" | Mike Williams
|1994-2007
|48
|78
|
|-
! scope="row" | Al Gilson
|1990-1993
|24
|12
|
|-
! scope="row" | Joe Palka
|1988-1989
|11
|7
|
|-
! scope="row" | LeRoy Woods
|1972-1987
|92
|49
|
|-
! scope="row" | Bob Edelbrock
|1969-1971
|3
|21
|
|-
! scope="row" | Robert Scarbrough
|1967-1968
|2
|14
|
|-
! scope="row" | Ron Springer
|1966
|7
|2
|
|-
! scope="row" | Robert Brown
|1965
|4
|4
|
|-
! scope="row" | Dennis Blevins
|1962-1964
|8
|16
|
|-
! scope="row" | Spencer Gilchrist
|1960-1961
|7
|8
|1
|-
! scope="row" | Walt McCallum
|1958-1959
|6
|9
|
|-
! scope="row" | John Rogers
|1955-1957
|17
|6
|2
|-
! scope="row" | Eldon Rouse
|1953-1954
|3
|13
|
|-
! scope="row" | Edward Isaac
|1652
|2
|6
|
|-
! scope="row" | Bruce Sellers
|1951
|0
|8
|
|-
! scope="row" | Elroy Hottinger
|1950
|3
|5
|
|-
! scope="row" | Neville Hughes
|1949
|2
|5
|1
|-
! scope="row" | Al Zuchrich
|1947-1948
|5
|10
|
|-
(From 2011-2000 not including 2005, 2003)
OF Kelsea Reed 2011
3B Masako Inoue 2011
2B Alix Jaeger 2011
C Taylor Goodin 2011
P Emily Puterbaugh 2011, 2010
C Caitlin Blanchard 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
OF Kendra Craig 2010
SS/3B Heather Carlson 2009, 2007
P Jordan Ratliff 2009, 2008, 2007
SS Ashley Gilson 2007, 2006
SS Jessica Beech 2002
3B Amy Jaeger 2002
C Lindsay Willard 2002, 2001
(From 2011-2000 not including 2005, 2003)
SS Olivia Ostrosky 2011
1B Ellen Gregory 2011
SS Heather Carlson 2008
P Jordan Ratliff 2006
Ann Sisty 2002
Amy Lucht 2000
1997 Miss Softball Winner Melissa Taylor
2007 Miss Softball Nominee Ashley Gilson
2010 Miss Softball Nominee Caitlin Blanchard
2008 Jordan Ratliff
2002 Lindsay Willard
1984 Michelle Bolster
1983 Michelle Bolster
2011 Robert Taylor
1995 Robert Taylor
1984 Deana Vanderpool
Summerfield made it to the finals for the first time in any sport in 1984. They beat Breckenridge 2-0. Summerfield was coached by Deanne Vanderpool.
Did not make out of districts
Won Districts. Went to regional at Climax Scott High School. Played Camden Frontier in the first game and beat them 9-2. In the next game Summerfield played they lost 5-4 in nine innings verses Burr Oak (Burr Oak would lose in the next round 7-3).
Did not make out of districts
Won Districts. Went to regional at Centreville and played Colon in the first game. Summerfield Won 4-1. The next game Summerfield had to play was verses TCC rival Morenci. Summerfield won 2-1 and would advance to the quarterfinal game verses Muskegon Catholic Central. The quarterfinal game would be played at Richard Gull Lake. Summerfield would lose a close game 2-0 (Muskegon CC would go to the finals but lose 11-0 to Coleman).
The 2006 Postseason started by winning districts and advancing to regional at Bailey Park. The first game was verses Waldron and Summerfield beat them 9-1. In the second game Summerfield had to play Centreville. Summerfield won there second straight regional title. In the quarterfinal game Summerfield had to travel again to the other side of the state to Kalamazoo Comstock to play Martin. Summerfield killed Martin 11-1 and advanced back to Bailey Park for the Semi-Finals. In the Semi-Finals Summerfield had to play Ellsworth. Summerfield Ashley Gilson and Randi Roscoe went 3-4 on the day. Also Jordan Ratliff went 2-3 with 3 RBI and pitched 7 innings and only one hit and struck out 7 to a Summerfield 4-1 Semi-Final win. In the Finals Summerfield had a big test. They had to play Allen Park Cabrini. Allen Park went 39-0 on the season and had the nations longest winning steak. Summerfield lost 2-0. Summerfield Heather Carlson and Randi Rosco had the only two hit for Summerfield. Jordan Ratliff also Pitched well going seven innings with only giving up four hits and no earned runs.
Road to the finals
They playoffs started really good the team only had one other team in the district Britton-Deerfield who they beat twice (15-0 in 3inn. twice) during the regular season. Summerfield beat BD 10-0 in six innings to move one step closer to a title. They next weekend was the regional in Concord they first team they faced was Camden-Frontier. Summerfield beat Camden-Frontier 7-0 and next in there way was Tri-County Conference rival Morenci. Summerfield played Morenci twice in the regular season beating them twice 6-0 and 3-0. In the end Summerfield beat Morenci 9-3 to capture the Regional title for the second year in a row. Summerfield only has three more games left to repeat as champions. The team did not have to go far for the quarterfinal game vs Allen Park Inter City Baptist at Adrian College. Summerfield ran right over Allen Park Inter City Baptist 11-0 in five innings. In that game Emily Puterbaugh pitch a perfect game. There was only two more teams in their way to the title. they next game was in Bailey Park in Battle Creek. The first team they played in the Semi-Final game was Breckenridge. Summerfield beat Breckenridge 6-0 and was ready to play Unionville-Sebewaing (USA) in the finals. Summerfield started out strong building a lead of 5-0 but it soon vanished in the seventh inning to a score of 5-5. In the eighth inning Taylor Goodin was on second and pitcher Emily Puterbaugh came to the plate with two out and hit the ball to the wall scoring the winning run. The Summerfield Bulldogs became they 2011 State Champs winning back to back titles.
*Runs Scored
69 Melissa Taylor 1994
69 Melissa Taylor 1997
IN A CAREER
*Runs Scored
237 Melissa Taylor 1994-1997
*Base Hits
286 Melissa Taylor 1994-1997
*Batting Average
.611 Melissa Taylor 1994-1997
*Stolen Bases
160 Melissa Taylor 1994-1997
Michelle Bolster 1984
Melissa Taylor 1997
Caitlin Blanchard 2010
*Central Michigan
Ashley Gilson 2007
*Owens Community College
Jordan Ratliff 2009
40 or more at bats
Kelsea Reed .476
Taylor Goodin .433
Ellen Gregory .419
Olivia Ostrosky .410
Masako Inoue .373
Kelsea Reed 39
Olivia Ostrosky 38
Taylor Goodin 39
Olivia Ostrosky 30
Ellen Gregory 25
Kelsea Reed 19
Shelby Brunkner 10
Emily Puterbaugh 29-6
Emily Puterbaugh 1.16
Emily Puterbaugh 372
Michelle Gardner will be entering her third season as the head coach of the Indiana softball program in the 2011 season . She was named the eighth head coach IU softball history on June 9, 2008 after spending the previous six seasons as the head coach at the University of Nevada, where she was named the 2008 Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.While at Nevada, Gardner had an overall record of 187-176 and 60-56
Gardner was an assistant coach at Arizona State (1999-2001) and Florida State (1995-1998) helping lead both schools to NCAA Regional appearances and a College World Series appearance at Arizona State. She was also and assistant coach at Bowling Green State University as well as a hitting and pitching instructor at the high school level.
Gardner is a 1989 graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in Physical Education, where she was a standout pitcher from 1984-1988. In her senior season, she was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and garnered first team all-region honors as well.
After exhausting her eligibility at Michigan, Gardner participated with several nationally-ranked Amateur Softball Association (ASA) teams in addition to competing in three Olympic festivals.
She was also part of softball's first appearance in the 1996 Olympic Games when she took part in the Olympic Trials.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
in Petersburg
Petersburg, Michigan
Petersburg is a city in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,167 at the 2000 census. Petersburg is named after Richard Peters, who sold the land necessary to found the town in 1836. It was originally called Summerfield and Peters was its first postmaster, but it was...
, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. The district includes all of Summerfield Township
Summerfield Township, Monroe County, Michigan
Summerfield Township is a civil township of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 3,233 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
, as well as a small portion of neighboring Dundee
Dundee Township, Michigan
Dundee Township is a civil township of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 6,341 at the 2000 census. The majority of the township is served by Dundee Community Schools.-Communities:...
and Ida
Ida Township, Michigan
Ida Township is a civil township of Monroe County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,949 at the 2000 census. The township was organized in 1837 and was named after Ida M. Taylor, a local civic leader. The township is served by Ida Public Schools.-Communities:*Ida is an...
townships.
Sports
Summerfield Sports is in the Tri-County Conference. The Tri-County Conference is a nine-school league in southeast Michigan, covering Monroe, Lenawee and Washtenaw Counties.Summerfield has Sports in Baseball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Football, Softball, Girls Volleyball, Golf, and Track.
Football
Coached By Erik Johnson. Johnson has coach since 2008-2009 season. His record is 26-7.He has lead the Bulldogs to the first playoff in school history.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:80%;"
|+ Coaches
|-
|
! scope="col" | Years Coached
! scope="col" | Wins
! scope="col" | Losses
! scope="col" | Ties
|-
! scope="row" | Erik Johnson
|2008-Current
|26
|7
|
|-
! scope="row" | Mike Williams
|1994-2007
|48
|78
|
|-
! scope="row" | Al Gilson
|1990-1993
|24
|12
|
|-
! scope="row" | Joe Palka
|1988-1989
|11
|7
|
|-
! scope="row" | LeRoy Woods
|1972-1987
|92
|49
|
|-
! scope="row" | Bob Edelbrock
|1969-1971
|3
|21
|
|-
! scope="row" | Robert Scarbrough
|1967-1968
|2
|14
|
|-
! scope="row" | Ron Springer
|1966
|7
|2
|
|-
! scope="row" | Robert Brown
|1965
|4
|4
|
|-
! scope="row" | Dennis Blevins
|1962-1964
|8
|16
|
|-
! scope="row" | Spencer Gilchrist
|1960-1961
|7
|8
|1
|-
! scope="row" | Walt McCallum
|1958-1959
|6
|9
|
|-
! scope="row" | John Rogers
|1955-1957
|17
|6
|2
|-
! scope="row" | Eldon Rouse
|1953-1954
|3
|13
|
|-
! scope="row" | Edward Isaac
|1652
|2
|6
|
|-
! scope="row" | Bruce Sellers
|1951
|0
|8
|
|-
! scope="row" | Elroy Hottinger
|1950
|3
|5
|
|-
! scope="row" | Neville Hughes
|1949
|2
|5
|1
|-
! scope="row" | Al Zuchrich
|1947-1948
|5
|10
|
|-
Awards
- All State
(From 2011-2000 not including 2005, 2003)
OF Kelsea Reed 2011
3B Masako Inoue 2011
2B Alix Jaeger 2011
C Taylor Goodin 2011
P Emily Puterbaugh 2011, 2010
C Caitlin Blanchard 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
OF Kendra Craig 2010
SS/3B Heather Carlson 2009, 2007
P Jordan Ratliff 2009, 2008, 2007
SS Ashley Gilson 2007, 2006
SS Jessica Beech 2002
3B Amy Jaeger 2002
C Lindsay Willard 2002, 2001
- All State Honorable Mention
(From 2011-2000 not including 2005, 2003)
SS Olivia Ostrosky 2011
1B Ellen Gregory 2011
SS Heather Carlson 2008
P Jordan Ratliff 2006
Ann Sisty 2002
Amy Lucht 2000
- Miss Softball Winners and Nominees
1997 Miss Softball Winner Melissa Taylor
2007 Miss Softball Nominee Ashley Gilson
2010 Miss Softball Nominee Caitlin Blanchard
- Monroe News Player of the Year
2008 Jordan Ratliff
2002 Lindsay Willard
1984 Michelle Bolster
1983 Michelle Bolster
- Monroe News Coach of the Year
2011 Robert Taylor
1995 Robert Taylor
1984 Deana Vanderpool
Playoff History
- 1984
Summerfield made it to the finals for the first time in any sport in 1984. They beat Breckenridge 2-0. Summerfield was coached by Deanne Vanderpool.
- 2000, 2001, 2002
Did not make out of districts
- 2003
Won Districts. Went to regional at Climax Scott High School. Played Camden Frontier in the first game and beat them 9-2. In the next game Summerfield played they lost 5-4 in nine innings verses Burr Oak (Burr Oak would lose in the next round 7-3).
- 2004
Did not make out of districts
- 2005
Won Districts. Went to regional at Centreville and played Colon in the first game. Summerfield Won 4-1. The next game Summerfield had to play was verses TCC rival Morenci. Summerfield won 2-1 and would advance to the quarterfinal game verses Muskegon Catholic Central. The quarterfinal game would be played at Richard Gull Lake. Summerfield would lose a close game 2-0 (Muskegon CC would go to the finals but lose 11-0 to Coleman).
- 2006
The 2006 Postseason started by winning districts and advancing to regional at Bailey Park. The first game was verses Waldron and Summerfield beat them 9-1. In the second game Summerfield had to play Centreville. Summerfield won there second straight regional title. In the quarterfinal game Summerfield had to travel again to the other side of the state to Kalamazoo Comstock to play Martin. Summerfield killed Martin 11-1 and advanced back to Bailey Park for the Semi-Finals. In the Semi-Finals Summerfield had to play Ellsworth. Summerfield Ashley Gilson and Randi Roscoe went 3-4 on the day. Also Jordan Ratliff went 2-3 with 3 RBI and pitched 7 innings and only one hit and struck out 7 to a Summerfield 4-1 Semi-Final win. In the Finals Summerfield had a big test. They had to play Allen Park Cabrini. Allen Park went 39-0 on the season and had the nations longest winning steak. Summerfield lost 2-0. Summerfield Heather Carlson and Randi Rosco had the only two hit for Summerfield. Jordan Ratliff also Pitched well going seven innings with only giving up four hits and no earned runs.
- 2011
Road to the finals
They playoffs started really good the team only had one other team in the district Britton-Deerfield who they beat twice (15-0 in 3inn. twice) during the regular season. Summerfield beat BD 10-0 in six innings to move one step closer to a title. They next weekend was the regional in Concord they first team they faced was Camden-Frontier. Summerfield beat Camden-Frontier 7-0 and next in there way was Tri-County Conference rival Morenci. Summerfield played Morenci twice in the regular season beating them twice 6-0 and 3-0. In the end Summerfield beat Morenci 9-3 to capture the Regional title for the second year in a row. Summerfield only has three more games left to repeat as champions. The team did not have to go far for the quarterfinal game vs Allen Park Inter City Baptist at Adrian College. Summerfield ran right over Allen Park Inter City Baptist 11-0 in five innings. In that game Emily Puterbaugh pitch a perfect game. There was only two more teams in their way to the title. they next game was in Bailey Park in Battle Creek. The first team they played in the Semi-Final game was Breckenridge. Summerfield beat Breckenridge 6-0 and was ready to play Unionville-Sebewaing (USA) in the finals. Summerfield started out strong building a lead of 5-0 but it soon vanished in the seventh inning to a score of 5-5. In the eighth inning Taylor Goodin was on second and pitcher Emily Puterbaugh came to the plate with two out and hit the ball to the wall scoring the winning run. The Summerfield Bulldogs became they 2011 State Champs winning back to back titles.
All Time Leaders
IN A SEASON*Runs Scored
69 Melissa Taylor 1994
69 Melissa Taylor 1997
IN A CAREER
*Runs Scored
237 Melissa Taylor 1994-1997
*Base Hits
286 Melissa Taylor 1994-1997
*Batting Average
.611 Melissa Taylor 1994-1997
*Stolen Bases
160 Melissa Taylor 1994-1997
Players That went on to College
*MichiganMichelle Bolster 1984
Melissa Taylor 1997
Caitlin Blanchard 2010
*Central Michigan
Ashley Gilson 2007
*Owens Community College
Jordan Ratliff 2009
Season Statistics
- 2011
- Hitting
40 or more at bats
Kelsea Reed .476
Taylor Goodin .433
Ellen Gregory .419
Olivia Ostrosky .410
Masako Inoue .373
- Runs Scored
Kelsea Reed 39
Olivia Ostrosky 38
- Runs-Batted-In (RBI)
Taylor Goodin 39
Olivia Ostrosky 30
Ellen Gregory 25
- Stolen Bases
Kelsea Reed 19
Shelby Brunkner 10
- Pitching Wins
Emily Puterbaugh 29-6
- Earned Run Average (ERA)
Emily Puterbaugh 1.16
- Strikeouts
Emily Puterbaugh 372
Michelle Bolster/Gardner
Summerfield Pitcher in the 1984 State Champion TeamMichelle Gardner will be entering her third season as the head coach of the Indiana softball program in the 2011 season . She was named the eighth head coach IU softball history on June 9, 2008 after spending the previous six seasons as the head coach at the University of Nevada, where she was named the 2008 Western Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.While at Nevada, Gardner had an overall record of 187-176 and 60-56
Gardner was an assistant coach at Arizona State (1999-2001) and Florida State (1995-1998) helping lead both schools to NCAA Regional appearances and a College World Series appearance at Arizona State. She was also and assistant coach at Bowling Green State University as well as a hitting and pitching instructor at the high school level.
Gardner is a 1989 graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in Physical Education, where she was a standout pitcher from 1984-1988. In her senior season, she was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and garnered first team all-region honors as well.
After exhausting her eligibility at Michigan, Gardner participated with several nationally-ranked Amateur Softball Association (ASA) teams in addition to competing in three Olympic festivals.
She was also part of softball's first appearance in the 1996 Olympic Games when she took part in the Olympic Trials.