The Hastings Banner — Thursday, September 30, 2021 — Page 13DK harriers drop times at pair
of competitive invitationals
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Delton Kellogg ran to a third place finish
in the girls’ meet at Wednesday’s (Sept. 22)
Parchment Classic.
Seniors Aubrey Aukerman and Halena
Phillips led the way for the DK girls, with
Aukerman 14th overall in 22 minutes 31.
seconds and Phillips 17th in 23:05.14.
Panther junior Joelle White was 23rd over-
all in 23:53.43, sophomore Johannah
Houtkooper 26th in 24:22.07 and senior
Melanie Monroe 36th in 24:59.70.
Kalamazoo Christian won the girls’ race
with 31 points, ahead of Buchanan 52, Delton
Kellogg 88, Parchment 109, Quincy 119,
Berrien Springs 143, Galesburg-Augusta 192
and Constantine 213.
Coloma Senior Ava Genovese had no com-
petition at the front, winning in 20:09.93.
Kalamazoo Christian had junior Aubrey
Herder second in 21:16.23 and freshman
Alaina Klooster third in 21:19.54.
The Delton Kellogg boys were seventh on
the day. Bronson won the boys’ meet by two
points over Berrien Springs, 69-71.
Kalamazoo Christian was third with 82
points, ahead of Coloma 100, Constantine
108, Parchment 109, Delton Kellogg 148 and
Quincy 179.
Parchment senior Garrett Winter was the
boys’ champ in 16:29. Quincy junior Rhett
Reif placed second in 16:58.
Junior Micah Martin led the Delton
Kellogg boys’ team with an 18th-place time
of 19:10. Freshman Ethan Rimer placed 22nd
in 19:32. Junior Isaac Shepard was 28th over-
all for DK in 20:14, and DK had junior Brett
Harsevoort 44th in 21:08 and senior Eli
Austin 50th in 21:45.
The Delton Kellogg teams were back in
action Saturday, pushing themselves on the
flat fast course at the Gainey AthleticComplex in Grand Rapids for the Cougar/
Falcon Invite at the Eagles Nest.
Martin and Shepard led the DK boys’ team
with personal record times in the Falcon
Division race at the event. Martin placed 26th
in 18:38.6 and Shepard 39th in 19:40.6.
The Panther boys’ team also had senior
Austin Blocker 56th in 20:57.3, Harsevoort
59 th in 21:08.2 and Austin 68th in 22:20.1.
Otsego won the boys’ Falcon Division race
with 22 points, ahead of Hart 62, Grand
Rapids Catholic Central 100, Holland
Christian 135, Saugatuck 143, Coloma 163,
Grand Rapids Track Club 166, Ludington 174,
Delton Kellogg 238 and West Catholic 303.
The three fastest guys in the race all set a
new personal record. Holland Christian senior
Parker Lambers won the race in 15:51.1,
ahead of Otsego seniors Nick Cockerel in
15:58.8 and Tristin Canales in 16:12.8.
Otsego had seven runners finish among the
top 11 in the race. Two other Bulldogs set
personal records and another tallied a new
season-best time.
Otsego also won the Falcon Division girls’
competition with 41 points Saturday, ahead
of Hart 49, Grand Rapids Track Club 126,
West Catholic 140, Holland Christian 156,
Grand Rapids Catholic Central 164, Mt.
Pleasant Sacred Heart 199, Saugatuck 210,
Ludington 220, Coloma 245, Schoolcraft 274
and Delton Kellogg 297.
Hart had the three fastest girls in the race,
led by sophomore Alyson Enns who finished
in 18:08.2. Freshman Jessica Jazwinski was
second in 18:31.5 and senior Audrianna Enns
third in 18:52.8.
Aukerman ran her fastest race of the fall to
led the DK girls. She placed 31st in 21:45.6.
White was 58th in 24:04.1. Monroe ran her
fastest race ever to place 64th in 24:35.4. Brea
Chandler was 75th in 26:13.3 and Lilyanna
Sinclair was 76th in 26:21.2 – a new PR for her.Vikings all score a kill at Perry
Every Viking on the roster got a kill and
they all shared the victory as the team improved
to 4-0 in the Greater Lansing Activities
Conference with a win at Perry Tuesday.
The Vikings won by the scores of 25-8,
25-13, 25-11.
Zayda Kruger and Maradith O’Gorman
tied for the Viking lead in kills with five
each. Tori Wickerink had five kills. Skylar
Bump, Paige Wolverton and Alivia Everitt
had four kills each. Alivia Woodman had
three kills. Kenzie Wells and Ellie Possehn
had two kills each. Carley Piercefield, Alli
Pickard, Abby Pickard and Bailey Fifelski
had one kill each.Abby Pickard put up a team-high 15 assists
and Bump added 14.
Fifelski led the Vikings in aces with five.
Alli Pickard and Bump had three aces each,
Abby Pickard had two and Piercefield and
Wolverton had one each.
Piercefield had a team-high 16 digs in the
match, with Wolverton adding seven and Alli
Pickard, Kruger and Fifelski recording six
kills each.
Alli Pickard and Bump had one block each.
The Vikings will continue the conference
season at home against Maple Valley Tuesday,
Oct. 5, and then will host their own Lakewood
Invitational beginning at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 9.Lion soccer squad still working
towards a conference victory
Maple Valley’s varsity boys soccer team fell to 0-
in Greater Lansing Activities Conference play this fall
as the Lions fell 3-1 at Olivet in a league match
Wednesday evening (Sept. 22).
The Lions’ only goal was an own goal by the
Eagles, which tied the game 1-1 early on. The Eagles
led 2-1 at the half and sealed the game with a third
goal in the second half.
“I felt like were were close to breaking through and
coming out on top, but shots went wide or hit a post or
something. We just never could quite get over the
top,” Lion head coach Andy Roush said.
He said his team was on the attack and still getting
more chances throughout the final ten minutes of the
game.
Maple Valley closes out the conference regular sea-
son with home games against Leslie Sept. 29 and Perry
Oct. 6. The Lions had won four of their previous five
matches heading into last night’s match with Leslie.
The Lions followed up that GLAC loss by scoring
a 4-2 win over visiting Calhoun Christian Monday
evening.Hastings boys at their 2021 best
on course at Bangor Invitational
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The three fastest Hastings guys and the two fast-
est Hastings girls earned medals at Saturday’s
Bangor Invitational, all finishing among the fastest
21 runners in their respective races.
Hastings freshman Brandon Simmons ran his
fastest varsity race yet to lead the boys’ team. He hit
the finish line in 18 minutes 23.20 seconds, in 12th
place. He cut about 13 seconds from what had been
his previous best times this season.
The Saxon boys’ team also got personal record
times form freshman Micah Johnson, and sopho-
mores Cole Greenfield and Bailey Pennock.
Solmes and Jonah Teed placed 20th and 21st for
the Hastings boys. Solmes hit the finish line in
19:09.16 and Teed in 19:09.83.
Johnson was fourth for the Saxon boys’ team in
37 th place with a time of 20:17.64. Greenfield
placed 38th in 20:18.33.
The Kalamazoo Homeschool team won the boys’
race with 46 points, ahead of Plainwell 94, Gobles
111, Three Oaks River Valley 128, Hastings 128,
Watervliet 137, Allegan 167, St. Joseph Lake
Michigan Catholic 181, Lawrence 223, Eau Claire
229 and Lawton 258.
Gobles senior Nile Devers ran his fastest race ever
to win in 16:43.68. Plainwell senior Eli Veen was
second in 16:54.45. Kalamazoo Homeschool placed
third in 17:36.66, setting a pew PR to lead his team
to the championship.
Plainwell dominated the girls’ meet finishing
with just 22 points.There were five Trojans
among the first seven girls across the finish line.
Senior Mackenzie Hill led Plainwell with a run-
ner-up time of 19:55.39.
Lawton sophomore Kendra Koster was the girls’
champion individually with a time of 19:30.93.
The Kalamazoo Homeschool team was second
with 71 points, ahead of Lawton 79, Lake Michigan
Catholic 82, Watervliet 153, Marcellus 161 and
Bangor 165.
Hastings had three senior girls competing. Allison
Teed placed eighth in 22:31.95 and Carissa Strouse 11th
in 22:47.75. Hannah Crozier finished 60th in 28:13.14.Hastings sophomore Jonah Teed runs to a
21st-place finish Saturday at the Bangor Invitational.
He was the third Saxon across the finish line at the
meet.
The Saxons’ Cole Greenfield and Micah Johnson make their way around the course together during Saturday’s Bangor
Invitational.
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HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP
BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGANNOTICE OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT PUBLIC HEARING FOR
LEACH LAKE WEED CONTROLTO: The residents and property owners bordering the foregoing Lake and all other interested persons.PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Hastings Charter Township Board has scheduled a public hearing for
an aquatic weed control project for Leach Lake within the Township, on the estimated costs of such
improvement and on the special assessment district proposed to be created within which the costs of such
improvement is proposed to be collected.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the aforesaid special assessment district is more particu-
larly described as follows:Approximately 21 properties that front on Leach LakeA complete list of parcel numbers is available at the Township HallPLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the estimated costs for a lake management program for
the control of weeds and/or algae in Leach Lake for the 2022 through 2026 seasons is in the approximate
amount of $20,000.00 to $25,200.00 or $4,000.00 to $5,320.00 per year and are on file with the Township
Clerk for public examination and will be available at the scheduled public hearing.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Township Board has tentatively declared its intent to
make the foregoing improvements and to create the afore-described special assessment district for the
collection of the costs thereof and has tentatively found the foregoing to be reasonable and proper.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the public hearing on the foregoing improvements, esti-
mated costs and the special assessment district within which such costs are to be collected, will be held at
the Carlton Township Hall, 85 Welcome Rd, Hastings, MI within the county on Monday October 11,
2021 commencing at 7 p.m. At the hearing the Board will consider any written objections to any of the
foregoing matters filed with the Board at or before the hearing as well as any revisions, corrections,
amendments or changes to the plans, estimates or special assessment district that may be raised at such
hearing. The Township Board reserves the right to revise, correct, amend or change the plans, estimates
of costs or special assessment district at or following said public hearing.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if written objections to the improvement are filed with the
Township Board at or before the aforesaid public hearing, signed by record owners of land constituting
more than 20% of the total frontage upon the lake proposed to be improved, then the Township Board may
not proceed with the project unless petitions in support of the project, signed by record owners of more
than 50% of such frontage are filed with the Township. Such objections may be filed with the Township
Clerk at the foregoing address. Please take further notice that if the Township Board determines to pro-
ceed with the project, it will cause a special assessment roll to be prepared for the recovery of the costs
thereof and another hearing will be held preceded by notice to record owners of property proposed to be
specially assessed and by publication in the Hastings Banner, to hear public comments concerning the
proposed special assessments.PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Hastings Charter Township will provide necessary and
reasonable auxiliary aids and services at the hearing to individuals with disabilities upon reasonable notice
to the Hastings Charter Township Clerk of the need for the same. Individuals with disabilities requiring aux-
iliary aids or services should contact the office of the Township Clerk in writing or by calling the under-
signed Clerk at least five days prior to the hearing.
All interested persons are invited to be present at the aforesaid time and place, in person or by representa-
tive, and to submit comments concerning the foregoing.HASTINGS CHARTER TOWNSHIP
Anita S. Mennell, Clerk
885 River Road
Hastings, MI 49058
269-948-