Swing of a lifetime: Junior’s walk-off lifts K-Christian into first-ever state final

EAST LANSING, MI — With two strikeouts and a 0-for-3 showing at the dish, Max Johnson spent most of his afternoon searching for a hit.

He found the biggest one in Kalamazoo Christian history.

In his fourth and final at bat, the junior lined a bases-loaded walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift Kalamazoo Christian to history — a dramatic 6-5 Division 3 state semifinal victory over Detroit Edison at Michigan State’s McLane Stadium, sending the Comets to their first-ever state championship game…

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