Softball

Jim Stankowski, Sr. was a standout baseball and fastpitch softball player while in high school. He began playing fastpitch softball at age 15 at the shortstop position. He began pitching that same year and continued as a pitcher/manager until 1993. Stankowski was a part of the 1975 Class C and 1976 Class B ASA State Championship teams, the 1978 Class A State Runner up and Great Lakes Regional t ...Read More...

Jayne (Halvorsen) Reed coached girls’ basketball and softball at Mason County Central High School, coaching the girls’ basketball team to a 1976 MHSAA State Runner Up finish in Class C. In basketball, Reed coached seven years, from 1976 to 1982 and had four conference championship teams, three district champions, twice won regionals and quarterfinals and the 1976 team won the semi- finals. ...Read More...

In 2025, the 1975 Free Soil girls’ softball team will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their MHSAA State Runner-up finish. The Pirates won the 1975 District tournament with a 22-11 win over Bear Lake, defeated Center Lake 20-3 to win Regionals, beat Hilman 7-4 in the quarterfinals and captured the semifinal, defeating Waterford Lady of the Lakes, 10-9, before bowing out of the finals with a 10- ...Read More...

Jessica Gerbers, daughter of Robert and Cynthia Gerbers, is the Life Lesson Award honoree from Mason County Central and selected C.O.V.E. as the recipient of the donation given by the MCSHOF in her honor. Jessica played volleyball and softball and graduated with a 3.91 GPA. Jessica plans to attend West Shore Community College and Ferris State University. She was an H.G. Bacon Award recipient, Nati ...Read More...

Christy Christmas, of Ludington, graduated in 1979 from Mason County Central. Christmas coached softball at Mason County Central where the team accumulated 302 wins during her tenure. She had seven West Michigan Conference titles, six district titles, three regional titles, and twice took her team to the state semi-finals, each time losing by one run to the eventual state champion. Christmas was a ...Read More...

Lee Schoenherr went from having an impact on various athletic fields to helping to provide so many opportunities for those in and around Mason County. Schoenherr, a 1953 graduate of Ludington, was a member of the Orioles' 1953 state runner-up team. In 1959, he was still listed as the fifth-highest scoring player in school history. He earned all-North Central Conference honors for his play He ...Read More...