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(269) 948-199335Vikings get over the bar
at PR heights in win
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
A few Vikings went higher than ever
before Tuesday.
Lakewood junior Colt Endsley set his per-
sonal record in the high jump by scissoring
over the bar at 5 feet 8 inches. Sophomore
teammate Kade Boucher cleared the bar in
the pole vault at 10-0.
Both guys set new personal records in the
events and helped the Lakewood varsity
boys’ track and field team to a 100-37 win
over visiting Perry Tuesday.
Sophomore Jette Juergensmeier set her
personal record in winning the high jump for
the Viking varsity girls’ team too – clearing
the bar at 4-10. The Lakewood ladies took a
74-41 win over the Ramblers
The Lakewood varsity boys’ track and
field team moved to 4-1 in the GLAC this
season with the win. The Lakewood ladies
are now 3-2 in conference duals. Leslie willhost the Vikings for the final conference dual
of the season Monday and the final GLAC
Championship is set for May 24 at Perry.
Vikings won four of the five field events
on the boys’ side. Junior Ben Scobey also set
a new personal record in the discus with a
winning throw of 120-10. The Lakewood
boys swept the three scoring places in that
event with sophomore Cole Anderson second
at 113-4 and freshman Conner Cosme firing a
PR of 108-5.
Senior Ethan Weller won the long jump for
the Lakewood boys with a mark of 19-1.5.
Perry senior Rease Teel won the 100-meter
dash and the 200-meter dash, but Lakewood
boys won every other event on the track.
Riley Johnson, a sophomore, set a PR in
winning the 800-meter run with a time of 2
minutes 10.65 seconds. Junior Shane Raffler
set a PR win leading a Viking sweep of the 300-
meter intermediate hurdles in 44.69 seconds.
The Viking team had sophomore Ryan Galgoci
set his PR in the 300 hurdles at 47.71 and fresh-
man Benjamin Possehn lower his PR in the race
to 49.64 in their scoring performances.
Raffler also won the 110-meter high hur-
dles in 17.55, with Galgoci setting his PR at
18.33 in a runner-up finish.
Senior Ryan Alford won the distance races
for the Vikings taking the 1600-meter run in
5:25.35 and the 3200-meter run in 11:32.02.
Sophomore Donald Wells won the 400-
meter dash in 54.39, more than eight seconds
ahead of his nearest competitor.The Lakewood team of Johnson, Hudson
Goethals, Brendon Hall and Alford won the
4x800-meter relay in 10:02.25. Raffler, End-
sley, Calder Villanueva and Galgoci took the
4x400-meter relay in 3:59.92. Weller, Haight,
Endsley and Wells won the 4x100-meter
relay in 45.69 and the team of Haight, Raffler,
Villanueva and Weller won the 4x200-meter
relay in 1:38.38.
Juergensmeier was one of two Viking
champs in the girls’ field events. Freshman
teammate Taylor Carpenter won the pole
vault by clearing the bar at 8-6.
Sophomore Mia Bouwens swept the hur-
dles for Lakewood. She took the 100-meter
hurdles in 21.90 and the 300-meter low hur-
dles in 1:03.26.
Lakewood junior Kylie Walkington won
the 400-meter dash in 1:17.26 and sophomore
teammate Stine Mackeprang won the 800-
meter run in 3:20.29.
The Vikings won the three contested relays.
No girls competed in the 4x800-meter race.
The Viking team of Walkington, Juergens-
meier, Mackeprang and Hayley Merryfield
won the 4x100-meter relay in 57.20. Juer-
gensmeier, Lilly Burgess, Mackeprang and
Walkington won the 4x200-meter relay in
2:09.06. The Viking team of Walkington,
Burgess, Carpenter and Bouwens won the
4x400-meter relay in 5:45.42.
Perry sophomore Abigail Cochrane won
the 100-meter dash in 13.75 and the 200-
meter dash in 28.32.Surge for 14 runs gets
Vikes split with Olivet
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Eagles got to Kendyl Steward and
the Lakewood defense in the bottom of the
fifth inning of game two at Lakewood High
School Tuesday.
A couple of Viking errors and three sin-
gles pushed across three runs that moved
the Olivet varsity softball team into a 6-
lead as it pushed for a sweep of its Greater
Lansing Activities Conference double-
header.
Freshman pitcher Peyton Federau, who
took the loss in the opener, returned to the
circle for the Vikings and promptly got a
pair of strikeouts and a ground out to end
the Eagle rally with runners stranded on
second and third.
Not deterred by being replaced in the
circle, Steward led off the top of the sixth
inning with a hard shot that the Eagle short-
stop couldn’t handle. Her single was the
start of a 14-run innings that powered the
Vikings to a split of their final GLAC series
with the Olivet girls.
Olivet took game one 10-6 before the
Lakewood girls rallied for an 18-6 win in
game two.
“This is good for us,” Lakewood head
coach Brent Hilley said after the back and
forth doubleheader. He is making sure his
girls are tested as they head into the post-
season.
The Vikings are headed to Grand Ledge
for a doubleheader today, May 11; hosting a
tournament that includes Delton Kellogg,
Traverse City St. Francis and Central Mont-
calm Saturday; facing Perry in a conference
doubleheader Tuesday; and taking on Ionia
for two next Thursday, May 18. The Vikings
also head to Grandville May 20 for the Blue
Chip Softball Championship.
St. Francis is ranked seventh in the
state in Division 3 and Delton Kellogg
has been among the D3 honorable men-
tion ranks all year.
Coach Hilley said his girls have had a bit
of a struggle adjusting to up and down com-
petition this season. That may have been a
part of the game one struggles against the
Eagles. The Vikings were coming off twolopsided wins over Belding from Friday
afternoon.
“You just can’t duplicate things in prac-
tice,” Hilley said. “By design, the second
half of our season is brutal. I scheduled
Grand Ledge. I scheduled Holt. We got to
Byron Center for the Blue Chip tournament
... we have Grand Haven and Wayland and
Midland there. We should be well prepared
for districts.”
The hits just kept coming for the Lake-
wood ladies in that sixth inning explosion in
game two against Olivet, and before long
the dejected Eagles weren’t doing them-
selves any favors.
Leadoff hitter Lily Federau followedSteward to the plate in the sixth and ripped an
RBI double into right centerfield that scored
Steward from first. She went to third on an
Eagle error. She scored on a wild pitch.
With the game now tied at 6-6, Maryssa
Goble started the line moving again. She
singled into center and teammate Audrey
Hillard reached on an error behind her. Pey-
ton Federau followed up with a two-run
single into left field that put Lakewood in
front.
Next came singles from Liv Woodman
and Allison Slater that loaded the bases.
Kerigan Schroeder hit a ground ball to the
Eagle pitcher Bella Strader that scored Pey-
ton from third, and a throw home was too
late to pick her off at the plate.
Maycee Rusco knocked an infield single
that moved everyone up a base, scoring
Woodman from third, and that brought up
Steward for the second time in the inning.
Steward popped up to Strader for the first
out of the inning, but the Vikings were just
getting started. Lily Federau ripped an RBI
single into right field that scored Slater.
With Schroeder on third, Rusco on sec-
ond and Lily Federau on first, the Eagle
battery began to struggle. Three wild pitch-
es cleared the bases. Goble walked at the
end of that string and next came a single
into center by Hillard and an infield single
by Peyton Federau. A couple of Eagle errors
and an RBI single on the infield by Wood-
man brought home the last Lakewood runs
of the inning.
Peyton then set the Eagles down 1-2-3 in
the bottom of the sixth to finish off the
12-run victory.
Hillard was 4 for 4 at the plate with a
triple in the Viking victory. Lily Federau
was 3 for 5 with a double and a pair of sin-
gles. Peyton Federau was 2 for 3. She also
walked once and was hit by a pitch.
Goble was 2 for 4 with a triple. Woodman
and Slater had three singles each. Steward
had a single and a double. Rusco and Stew-
ard both singled once.
Hillard was 2 for 4 with a solo home run
in the bottom of the sixth in the game one
loss. Peyton Federau doubled and scored a
run. Slater was 2 for 3 with a double. Stew-
ard, Schroeder and Woodman each singled
once for the Vikings.
Goble, Woodman and Schroeder each
had an RBI.Lakewood sophomore Mia Bouwens runs to a win in the 300-meter low hurdles
during the Vikings' win over visiting Perry Tuesday afternoon at Unity Field. (Photo by
Brett Bremer)
Lakewood sophomore Donald Wells flies around the final corner on his way to a win
in the 400-meter dash during the Vikings' GLAC victory over visiting Perry Tuesday at
Unity Field. (Photo by Brett Bremer)The Vikings' Maycee Rusco slides across the plate safely to score on a wild pitch
during Lakewood's 14-run sixth inning in game two against Olivet Tuesday at
Lakewood High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)Lakewood catcher Lily Federau reaches out to snag an outside pitch during her
team's game two win over visiting Olivet in a GLAC doubleheader at Lakewood
High School Tuesday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)