Pitchers Gugala, McAuliffe show why Northville, Salem are KLAA's best
Two future college pitchers put on quite the displace in a KLAA softball doubleheader on April 27.
Salem 4-0, Northville 3-0. For everyone without a rooting interest, that split is exactly how we expected the Kensington Lakes Activities Association-West softball doubleheader to play out April 27. Both teams entered ranked in the Michigan High School Softball Coaches Association’s most recent top-10 poll.
Both were undefeated in the division. Both left tied for first place in the league standings. And the best part?
They’ll meet again in the Division 1 district semifinal on May 30 and might see each other in the KLAA playoffs, too. If the standings don’t change, Salem would be the No. 1 seed, holding a one-run tiebreaker over Northville, while the Mustangs would be No.
2. If both win their Round 1 games, we’d get a rematch of the 2025 KLAA championship game, when the Mustangs edged Salem to win back-to-back league titles for the first time in program history. Yeah, we’re still a month from the postseason, but third-ranked Northville (15-2, 7-1) and No.
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