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Creek Central and St. Philip Co-Op
(co-op with Calhoun Christian)
squads, but those schools did not
have team scores as they did not
have complete five-person squads.
And, on the girls’ side, Harper
Creek posted 22 points and Pennfield
had 39. Also competing were run-
ners from the St. Philip Co-Op and
Parchment squads.

• For the boys, first overall was
  Harper Creek’s Lowrie in a time of
  17:27.4.
  Also for the Beavers’s top five
  scorers, sophomore Christian Ayres
  was third in 18:39.9, senior Jordan
  Lindauer was sixth in 20:02.9, senior
  Ryce Ferrell was 10th in 21:18.6
  and senior Owen Hunter was 13th in
  21:26.9.
  Also for HC: 14-Carson Szarejko
  (So.) 22:28.5, 20-Gage Bowling
  (Jr.) 24:03.3, 22-Ryland Pastor
  (So.) 24:48.3, 24-Brody Bushman
  (Fr.) 25:20.6, 27-Jack Darling (Fr.)
  28:51.5, 29-Steven Darling (Sr.)
  34:35.9.
  For Pennfield 13-Hunter Jones
  (Jr.) 21:51.1, 16-Hunter Jenney (Sr.)
  22:45.0, 25-Gavin McLane (Jr.)
  26:00.5.
  For St. Philip: 7-Owen Nofs (Sr.)
  20:38.8, 19-Jerome Bastian (Sr.)
  23:31.2.

For Battle Creek Central:

18-Charles Sims (So.) 23:12.2,

28-Carter Jefferies (So.) 34:28.1

• For the girls, first overall was
  Harper Creek’s Faber in 21:14.8.
  Also for the Beavers’ top five
  scorers, freshman Rylee Zumer was
  third in 23:35.5, junior Sophia Kline
  was sixth in 26:18.5, sophomore
  Elizabeth Antes was seventh in
  26:18.9 and freshman Amy Alday
  was eighth in 26:43.5 (with Alday’s
  mom Megan Alday being HC’s new
  cross country coach this season).
  Additionally for HC: 9-Ellie
  Feneley (Jr.) 27:31.7, 10-Lauren
  Gandy (So.) 28:07.8, 12-Everlyn
  VanValkenburg (Jr.) 28:38.1,
  13-Natalie Bell (Sr.) 28:59.0,
  15-Sydney Crull (Jr.) 32:13.1,
  19-Amaia Osborn (Sr.) 34:25.3.
  Pennfield’s five runners (all
  scored): 2-Peyton Rhoades (Jr.)
  22:38.9, 5-Ellie Bowen (Fr.) 25:25.6,
  14-Ava Joy (Fr.) 29:12.2, 17-Nevaeh
  Losey (Jr.) 34:13.9, 18-Kadence
  Henry (So.) 34:14.7.
  St. Philip’s runners: 4-Emmy Nofs
  (So.) 25:21.8, 16-Elsa Strenge (So.)
  32:30.2, 20-Kaylynn Fields (Sr.)
  39:13.1.


• All-City note: This year’s All-
  City Cross Country Meet is set for
  Tuesday, Oct. 8 starting at 5 p.m. at
  Pennfield High.

CROSS

Continued from Page 50

WILL KOWALSKI
Sports Editor/Asst. Editor

The Michigan Blaze semi-pro-
fessional basketball franchise that
will play its inaugural season in the
American Basketball Association this
coming fall and winter – with home
games to take place on the main
court of the Battle Creek Family Y
Center’s Multi-Sports Complex – will
have tryouts this Sunday (Aug. 25)
for both its men’s hoops team and for
its women’s dance team.
The tryouts for the Blaze and the
Blazettes – for ages 18-over – are
scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Sunday in the
Y’s Multi-Sports building.

The cost for Blaze tryouts is $25

per player; and the cost for Blazettes

tryouts is $10 in advance and $15 at

the door.

The Blaze – coached by De Voine

Gibson – will begin regular-season

ABA competition in mid-November.

The Blaze is the Cereal City’s first

semi-pro hoops team since the

Knights franchise was here 2005-13.

For more information about the

tryout sessions, visit the Blaze’s

Facebook page or call (616) 320-

4460.

Also note: The Blaze’s Community

Day to formally introduce itself to

B.C. and the area is set for Sunday,

A logo for the Michigan Blaze, Battle

Creek’s new semi-pro hoops team

and inaugural-season member of the

American Basketball Association.

Blaze, Blazettes to hold tryouts on Sunday

Sept. 8 from 2-6 p.m. at the Y

Center. An exhibition game between

the Blaze and one of its ABA

Central Region Division rivals, Team

Network out of Detroit, will also

take place that day starting at 4 p.m.

Admission to the Blaze’s

Community Day is free.

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