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The Sun and News, Saturday, September 10, 2022/ Page 11

Trojans shut out for first time in OK Gold loss to Sailors

Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Through eight games
only Cedar Springs has
found the net against the
defending MHSAA Lower
Peninsula Division 3 State
Champions from South
Christian.
The Red Hawks scored
in a 4-1 loss to the visiting
Sailors Aug. 31. The
Sailors have shut out their
other seven foes, including
a 3-0 victory over the
Thornapple Kellogg varsi-
ty boys’ soccer team in
Middleville Wednesday, to
improve to 6-0-2 overall
this season.
It was the first time this
season the 7-3 Trojans
have been held without a
goal.
The South Christian
defense was stout and
keeper Nick Bultje cleaned
up everything that got
through, but the Trojans
were limited as much
offensively by the Sailors’
own possession as the
defensive effort by the vis-
itors.
It was just a 1-0 lead at
the half for the Sailors, but
they quickly doubled that
in the second half as senior
midfielder Jerred DeVries
ripped a shot just under the
crossbar from the top right
side of the 18 two minutes
into the second half.
DeVries scored again
with 1:23 to play in the
ballgame with TK pressing
to try and get on the score-
board. A Trojan turnover
left the ball with the
Sailors’ who got it ahead
for DeVries who found the
net for the second time in
the second half.
The Trojans reduced
their backline to three
defenders in the second
half in an effort to try and

create some more offense.

The trio of Austin Chivis,

Jackson Curtis and Reece

Hoeksma led the charge for

TK, but good scoring

chances were few and far

between.

Chivis was able to get a

few chances on the net. He

managed to hit a corner

kick down at the Sailor net,

but had it swallowed up by

the Sailor keeper Bultje

midway through the sec-

ond half and Chivis also

had a free kick from about

25 yards out at the top left

of the South Christian box

that found its way into

Bultje’s hands.

The Trojans are now 1-

this season in the OK Gold

Conference. They will be
back at it in the league with
another tough match on the
road at Forest Hills Eastern
Monday.. TK will be home
for a conference contest
with Kenowa Hills
Wednesday.
The Trojans came into
the match-up with South
Christian having scored six
times in a 6-3 win at Lowell
during the Red Arrows’
Pink Arrow event last
Wildcats pull out win in four at TK Friday, Sept. 1.

The Thornapple Kellogg
varsity volleyball team opened
the OK Gold Conference sea-
son at home Thursday with a
tough loss in four sets against
the visiting Wayland Wildcats.
“We had a great night of
volleyball,” said TK head
coach Tia Cross.

The teams split a pair of

fairly lopsided opening sets.

Wayland took the first set

25-14 before TK rallied for a

25-13 win in set two.

The two teams lined up a

bit more evenly in the final

two sets with the Wildcats

pulling out 27-25 and 25-

wins in the end.

The Trojans return to

action at the Spring Lake

Quad today, Sept. 10, and

will be in action twice in the

OK Gold in the week ahead.

TK will visit Ottawa Hills

Tuesday and then play host

to South Christian Thursday. Caledonia, MI

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Thornapple Kellogg midfielder Jackson Curtis set-

tles the ball in the attacking end during the second

half of his team’s OK Gold Conference loss to visiting

South Christian in Middleville Wednesday. (Photo by

Brett Bremer)

TK defender Nathan Shoemaker (18) directs pass ahead for teammate

Gabriel Lajoye during the first half against visiting South Christian inside

Bob White Stadium in Middleville Wednesday evening. (Photo by Brett

Bremer)

Thornapple Kellogg’s Braden Sharrar directs the

ball up the sideline with his head during the first half

of his team’s OK Gold Conference match with South

Christian in Middleville Wednesday. (Photo by Brett

Bremer)

The Thornapple Kellogg varsity volleyball team goes on the attack against
Wayland during the team’s OK Gold Conference opener in Middleville Thursday.