TROJANS TUNE-UP COMPETITION, BREAK LOSING STREAK

Fate has not been kind to the Clawson Trojans baseball team so far this season. The squad's top two players went down before the end of the first week of the campaign. Actually, the Trojans' best player, Rob Feeman (heading to Mt. Union College next year as a QB for football) , went down this past January with a separated shoulder experienced during basketball season that has taken away the possibility of finishing off an all-conference career as a pitcher and shortstop. Then, if that wasn't bad enough, in Clawson's second game of the year, all-conference centerfielder, Howard Crippen (Penn for football as a RB/LB), severely tore a hamstring and is on the shelf at least until mid-May.

Well, after opening the season 1-5, the Trojans got back to some winning ways on Wednesday afternoon, finding their touch at the dish in a major way and demolishing Warren Lincoln, 22-3, in six innings. Senior Mike Griffin – Feeman's favorite target at wide receiver over the last two seasons on the gridiron – was the offensive star of the game for Clawson. Griffin erupted a volcano of a hitting display all over the Lincoln pitching staff going 4-for-5 with a home run and six RBI. Tim Kleinlow started on the mound for head coach, Collin Quinn, and did damage from both the bump and the batter's box. Going all six innings of work, Kleinlow struck out seven and nearly-matched Griffen's effort at the plate, knocking out four hits, and collecting five RBI.

Clawson is now 2-5.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT MY PRIMETIME HOMEBOY, "RAGING ROB", MIND YOU - HE'S GONNA BE DOING JUST FINE TOSSING THE BALL AROUND FOR D3 SUPERPOWER MOUNT UNION THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FOUR YEARS