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Thursday, May 11, 2023

Win over Clippers clinches

SAC Central title for DK boys

Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ track and field team wrapped up the Southwestern Ath- letic Conference Central Division champion- ship with an undefeated run through the conference duals that concluded Monday with a 95-42 win at Martin. The Delton Kellogg boys were a perfect 5-0 in SAC Central duals this spring and won 13 of the 17 events in the dual with the Clip- pers, who were also undefeated in conference duals coming into Monday’s meet. There weren’t many personal records set on the boys’ side in the cool, rainy evening, but the conditions didn’t slow down the Delton Kellogg distance crew much. The Panthers swept the scoring spots in the 3200-meter run, the 1600-meter run and the foursome of sophomore Ethan Rimmer, senior Micah Martin, senior Felix Houssemaine and freshman Dee- gan Castaneda won the 4x800-meter relay in 9 minutes 11.30 seconds. Martin won both the 1600 and the 3200. He took the 1600 in 5:12.94. Rimmer set his PR in the 1600 in a runner-up time of 5:14.85. Houssemaine was third in that race. In the 3200-meter run that trio went 1-2-3 again. Martin won in 11:20.50, Rimmer was second and Houssemaine third with a PR of 12:26.23. Senior sprinter Philip Halcomb won his three individual races for the Panthers taking the 100-meter dash in 11.98 seconds, the 400- meter dash in a personal record time of 54. and the 200-meter dash in 24.34. DK junior Totten Mapes won the two hurdles races. He took the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.74 and the 300-meter intermediate hurdles in 42.84. Mapes also teamed with senior Daniel Ruiz, sophomore Wyatt Finney and senior Philip Jorgensen to win the 4x200-meter relay in 1:39.33. In the field, Delton Kellogg swept the pole vault scoring with seniors Gage Vincent and Isaac Shepard tying for first by clearing 9-0. Freshman Nick Muday was third. Delton Kellogg senior Jason Lundquist won both the shot put with a mark of 37-4. John Zettelmaier (35-5.5) and Jorgensen (35- 5) set new personal records to place second and third. Lundquist also won the discus with a mark of 116-5.5. Finney won the long jump at 19-10.

Martin junior Taegan Harris set his PR at 5-11 to win the high jump. He was second to Halcomb in the 100-meter dash and the 400- meter dash. He was also a part of the Clip- pers’ win in the 4x400-meter relay. Martin won the 4x100-meter relay too. Sophomore Gavin Meyers took the 800-meter run for the Martin boys in 2:15.97 and he was a part of the winning 4x400-meter relay team too. Meyers and Harris were joined in that 4x400 relay by seniors James Blackburn and Sam Jager. Jager, Tanner Bird, Bryce Robin- son and Jackson Robinson won the 4x100. The Martin girl did score a 74-62 win over the DK girls Monday. While the DK girls didn’t get a win, they did keep dropping time. Sophomore Josie Williams set her personal record in winning the 100-meter dash in 14. seconds for DK. Junior teammate Summer Ritchie took a win in the 200-meter dash with a personal record time of 28.22 and also had a winning PR of 1:03.81 in the 400-meter dash. DK sophomore Kylie Main set her person record in winning the 3200-meter run in 16:22.11. The three scorers in the 100-meter hurdles all set their PR. DK freshman Izabelle Gruber won the race in 18.06 and junior teammate Breanna Chandler was the runner-up in 18.73. Martin junior Makala Goddard placed third in 19.41. In the 300-meter low hurdles, Chan- dler took the win in 55.18. Delton Kellogg teams won three of the four relays. Chandler, Gruber, Williams and Ritchie took the 4x200-meter relay in 1:58.68. Gruber, Lily Boze, Maddy Waller and Wil- liams won the 4x100-meter relay in 57.72. The DK girls closed the meet with the team of Chandler, Waller, Gruber and Ritchie winning the 4x400-meter relay in 4:43.21. The Martin girls were powered by five wins in the five field events. Sophomore Elly Blackburn took the high jump at 4-8, junior Kyia Bozzo the pole vault at 6-0 and senior Kylee Gonser the long jump at 13-1.5. Martin senior Lynsey Jager took the discus with a mark of 97-5 and the shot put at 28-0. Blackburn, Lily Stocking, Elizabeth Rein- ke and Emily King won the 4x800-meter relay for the Clippers in 12:18.40. In individual races on the track, Martin got a win from King in the 800-meter run and Blackburn in

the 1600. The three scorers in the 1600 all set PR’s too in the girls’ race. Blackburn won in 6:43.70. DK senior Jimena Olmedo was second in 6:55.46 and DK sophomore Kylie Main placed third in 6:56.11. The DK teams competed in SAC Cross- overs with Constantine and South Haven Wednesday in Delton. The DK boys took an 83-53 win over South Haven, but fell 88- to Constantine. The DK girls took a 68- win over South Haven and defeated Constan- tine 76-56. Chandler set her personal record in winning the 200-meter dash for DK in 29.72. Ritchie set her PR in the 300-meter hurdles to win in 54.11. Delton senior Joelle White won the 1600- meter run in 6:38.11 and the 3200-meter run in 14:33.26. Delton Kellogg’s Gruber won the 100-meter hurdles in 18.12. The DK girls took the two longest relays in the three-team meet. Gruber, Williams, Olme- do and Ritchie won the 4x400-meter relay in 5:00.49 and the team of Lilyanna Sinclair, Lillian Lester, Jillian Leclercq and Main won the 4x800-meter relay in 13:18.89. Mapes got a pair of wins in the hurdles for the DK boys. He took the 110-meter high hurdles in 15.81 and the 300-meter hurdles in 43.33. Wyatt Colwell, Daniel Ruiz, Jorgensen and Halcomb took the 4x100-meter relay for DK in 47.99, and Mapes joined Colwell, Ruiz and Halcomb to win the 4x200-meter relay in 1:37.88. The lone win for the DK boys in the field came from junior Rhys Bedford who took the high jump at 5-6. In between those SAC contests, the DK teams took part in the Parchment Relays Fri- day, May 5. The DK girls were third and the boys fourth in the eight-team meet. Both DK squads won shuttle hurdle relay races. The DK boys had the team of Bedford, Halcomb, Shepard and Mapes win the 4x110-meter race in 1:07.87. The DK girls’ team of Chandler, Boze, Ritchie and Gruber won the 4x100-meter race in 1:14.99. Delton also had the girls’ team of Sinclair, Violet Kokx, Sydney Frie and Williams win the 4x100-meter throwers relay in 1:02.03.

Vikings take over GLAC lead at Centennial Acres

Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Lakewood varsity boys’ golf team took over sole possession of first place in the Greater Lansing Activities Conference with a victory in the conference jamboree hosted by Maple Valley on the Sunrise nine at Centen- nial Acres in Sunfield Thursday afternoon. The Vikings were 14 strokes better than the Olivet team they entered the day tied with atop the league standings – 167-181. Leslie

placed third with a score of 183 ahead of Perry 189, Stockbridge 201, Lansing Chris- tian 220 and Maple Valley 242. Lakewood seniors Owen Richmond and Drew Marquoit tied Olivet senior Jaycob Delong for the day’s medalist honors. They each shot a 40. Richmond closed his round with four straight pars on seven, eight, nine and one. Marquoit had an up and down outing. He chipped in for a birdie on number six, from about 30 feet away, to keep himself among the leaders. Lakewood also got a 42 from freshman Dane Webb and a 45 from junior Chris Webb. Maple Valley was led by junior Diesel Cur- tis who shot a 56. The Lion team also got a 60 from Evan Fisher, a 62 from Alex Graham and a 64 from Chris Mock. Senior Dawson Redfield fired a 40 for the Olivet team and teammates Alex Weaver and Ezra Dexter both shot a 49. Leslie was led by sophomores Logan Douglas and Drake Mays who both scored 44’s. The Vikings weren’t on top as the conference got together again at Hankerd Hills Tuesday, but they held onto their top spot with an outstanding afternoon. Perry won the jamboree hosted by Stock- bridge with a score of 175. Lakewood shot a 176, Olivet 177, Leslie 183, Stockbridge 196 and Lansing Christian 220. The top four Viking scorers all tied for fifth overall on the day with scores of 44: Rich- mond, Mazurek, Marquoit and junior Noah Thorn. Sophomore David Jenks led Perry to the win with a score of 40 and his senior teammate Keaton Lantis was second with a 43. That 43 was matched by Olivet’s Redfield and Levi Browning. The Eagles also got a 44 from Delong. Leslie sophomore Austin Boertman shot a 44 too. Maple Valley got a 55 from Curtis, a 63 from Mock, a 70 from Graham and a 78 from Dakota Martin. Olivet will host a GLAC jamboree today, May 11. Lakewood heads to the Pennfield

Ryder Cup the next day, May 12. In between the two conference show- downs, the Vikings were edged 179-184 by Portland in a non-conference dual at Centen- nial Acres Monday. Lakewood got 43’s from Mazurek and Richmond, a 48 from Thorn and a 50 from William Grant. Portland was paced by a 38 from senior Isaac Honsowitz.

HHS girls unbeaten in

first four Interstate-

varsity soccer games

Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Hastings varsity girls’ soccer team
remained unbeaten in the Interstate-8 Athletic
Conference heading into a big conference
showdown at Harper Creek Wednesday eve-
ning, May 10.
The Saxons got off to a 2-0-2 conference
start outscoring Northwest 3-0 at Pierce Field
in Hastings Friday.
“Their defense held strong through the first
half. We had several breakthroughs and shots
on net but no scores. Finally in the second
half we were able to score on a free kick and
follow-up and from that point on continued to
add more scores on the shots we were tak-
ing,” Hastings head coach Tim Schoessel said
of the contest with the Mounties.
Lauren Lamphere scored the opening goal
for the Saxons, off a kick from teammate Bri
Darling. Lamphere added a second goal and
Dez Mathis also scored for Hastings.
Saxon keeper saved all six shots that came
at her net.
The Saxons had just finished in a 1-1 draw
with conference foe Jackson Lumen Christi
two days prior, in Jackson.
Hastings got a goal from Raegen Morrison,
off a Lamphere assist, in the first five minutes

and held that 1-0 lead through the first half. The Titans were awarded a penalty kick late in the second half which they converted on to even the score. “Both teams had several good looks at the net but neither one could score,” Schoessel said of the game’s final minutes. “Both goal- keepers were fantastic in this game.” Bough had nine saves for the Saxons. Hastings followed up those two conference contests with an 8-0 non-conference win in the rain Monday at Ottawa Hills. Coach Schoessel said it took a while for his girls to get moving on the cool, wet night. Hastings led 5-0 at the half and then finished off the Bengals with more pressure throughout the first 15 minutes of the second half. Lamphere had there goals and an assist. Morrison and Mathis both scored two goals. Darling scored once. Tina Arias, Alyson Mill- er and Mathis added assists as well. Blough saved all three Bengal shots on goal. The Saxons continue the conference season at home against Parma Western Friday and then will be on the road at Marshall Wednesday, May 17. Marshall and Harper Creek both entered this week at 3-0-1 in I-8 contests this season.

TK girls bounce back

from their first OK Gold

Conference defeat

Brett Bremer Sports Editor The Trojans bounced back from their first OK Gold Conference defeat to score a 2-1 victory at Grand Rapids Catholic Central to close the conference regular season Wednesday. Thornapple Kellogg’s varsity girls’ soccer team will be the number two seed in the upcoming conference tournament behind only the 6-0-1 South Christian team which rallied for a 2-2 draw in Middleville earlier this season. The Trojans expect to host Ottawa Hills to open the conference tournament May 15. TK was 5-1-1 in the conference this spring, with the lone loss coming at Cedar Springs last Monday. Holly Velting and Peyton Pratt scored TK’s first two goals as the Trojans built a 2-0 lead at Catholic Central last Wednesday. TK co-head coach Caleb Sleeman said his

girls played well and had chances to pushed the lead to three throughout the evening. Catholic Central scored its lone goal with less than two minutes remaining. “Honestly, this year the conference has been really evenly spread amongst the top five teams with anyone capable of beating anyone and a lot of really close results,” Sleeman said. “It’s unfortunate that we slipped up on Monday, but the girls had a nice bounce back performance Wednesday and we have two non-conference games to go ... We definitely seem to be improving individually and as a team as the season wears on, and the goal will be to continue that as we head into conference tournament play and ultimately district play.” TK is now 10-3-1 overall this season. The Trojans scored a 2-1 non-conference win at Hopkins Friday, May 5, and followed that up with a 4-2 win at Zeeland East Monday.

Lakewood's Owen Richmond fires a shot towards the green on number seven
during the GLAC Jamboree hosted by Maple Valley on the Sunrise nine at Centennial
Acres in Sunfield Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Maple Valley sophomore Evan Fisher tries to coax his putt into the hole on the number six green on the Sunrise nine at Centennial Acres Golf Course in Sunfield Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Lakewood's Sam Mazurek shoots his ball towards the number seven green on the Sunrise nine at Centennial Acres Thursday during the GLAC jamboree hosted by Maple Valley. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

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