Page 14 — Thursday, November 4, 2021 — The Hastings Banner
Saxon boys and TK girls
top county once again
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Delton Kellogg’s varsity cross country
teams set the tone for the cheers with a rous-
ing ovation for senior Melanie Monroe as she
was the first of 14 medalists announced at the
conclusion of Monday afternoon’s Barry
County Meet at Maple Valley High School.
The cheers did turn to good-natured jeers
from the Panthers however at the end of the
awards ceremony when they learned that
their boys had finished second to the Hastings
boys in the battle for a county championship.
After having a string of three consecutive
county championships halted by the Thornapple
Kellogg boys last fall, Hastings rebounded in
2021 by winning the county championship with
31 points Monday. Delton Kellogg’s boys were
second with 47 points, ahead of TK 56,
Lakewood 95 and Maple Valley NTS.
The Thornapple Kellogg girls kept their
long string of county championships alive by
winning the girls’ race with just 18 points.
Delton Kellogg’s girls also finished in the run-
ner-up spot with 52 points, ahead of Lakewood
81, Hastings 88 and Maple Valley NTS.
The top seven runners earned first team
All-Barry County honors while finishers
eight-14 earned spots as second team
all-county medalists.
Youngsters took the individual titles.
Sophomore Riley Shults paced the boys’ pack
from start to finish, winning in 17 minutes
47.25 seconds to help the Saxons to their
championship. Freshman state qualifier Ava
Crews from Thornapple Kellogg won the
girls’ race in 20 minutes 27.59 seconds.Crews is one of three TK ladies who have
qualified for the MHSAA Division 2 Lower
Peninsula Cross Country Finals this fall.
She’ll join senior teammate Jessica Durkee
and junior Emelia MacDonald, returning
state qualifiers, at the finals at Michigan
International Speedway in Brooklyn Saturday.
Durkee placed second Monday in 21:08.
and MacDonald fifth in 22:05.38.
TK sophomore Holly Velting ran her way
into that pack for TK Monday, placing fifth in
22:05.38. TK had five first team and three sec-
ond team finishers Monday in the girls’ race.
Hastings had four boys earn first team
all-county honors. Behind Schults, the Saxon
team had sophomore Reuben Solmes fourth
in 18:32.06, sophomore Jonah Teed fifth in
18:33.44 and freshman Brandon Simmons
sixth in 18:37.31.
Thornapple Kellogg sophomore Lucas Van
Meter was on Shults’ heels much of the race
and finished in the runner-up spot with a time
of 17:56.88. Delton Kellogg freshman Ethan
Rimmer was third in 18:29.38.
Delton Kellogg junior Hector Jimenez was
the most senior member of the top seven fin-
ishers in the boys’ race, placing seventh in
18:654.28. Lakewood as led by junior Ryan
Alford who placed eighth in 18:55.12.
Camden Reynolds, the son of Thornapple
Kellogg varsity boys’ coach Josh Reynolds,
was the first senior across the finish line plac-
ing ninth in 18:58.25.
The fifth scorer for the Saxons was fresh-
man Micah Johnson, who placed 15th in
19:31.50, barely beating out sophomore
teammate Cole Greenfield who was 16th in
19:32.78.
Delton Kellogg had all five of its top scor-
ers finish among the 14 medalists. Junior
Micah Martin placed 11th in 19:16.81, senior
Caden Ferris ran a personal record time of
19:20.25 to place 12th and junior Isaac
Shepard was 14th in 19:29.22.
The third-place Thornapple Kellogg team
had a pair of seniors in the top 14, along with
Van Meter. Matthew Smith was right behind
Reynolds in tenth place with a time of
19:05.62. Rounding out the scoring group for
TK, senior Benjamin Trudell placed 17th in
19:39.00 and junior Aidan Buist 18th in
19:48.12.
Lakewood’s number two was freshman
Troy Acker who set a new personal record
with his 13th-place time of 19:23.44. The
Lakewood team also had senior Tyson Raffler
set a PR with his 25th-place time of 21:18.06.
Logan Kenyon was 29th overall for the
Vikings in 21:41.59 and senior Logan Kenyon
was 29th in 21:41.59.
Maple Valley was led by junior Adam
Blakely who placed 39th with a time of
24:04.34. Lion sophomore Brody Trowbridge
lowered his PR to 32:36.44 in a 41st-place
finish.
Lucy VanDemark wrapped up the pack of
five TK girls in the top seven Monday. She
placed sixth in 22:08.00 – her best time of the
season. Also in the top 14 for TK were junior
Lindsey Velting ninth in 22:33.41, freshman
Lydia Schilthroat tenth in 22:33.75 and senior
Kendall Snyder 13th in 22:58.18.
The runner-up team from Delton Kellogg
had three top 14 medalists. Senior Aubrey
Aukerman led that group by placing third in
21:16.78. Panther senior Halena Phillips was
seventh in 22:15.44 and the senior Monroe
was 14th with a personal record time of
23:06.41.
DK’s top five also included junior Joelle
White who was 17th in 23:25.34 and fresh-
man Johannah Houtkooper 19th in 23:35.00.
The third-place Lakewood team was paced
by junior Reagan Lab who was 12th in
22:43.44. The Vikings’ Sadie Brearley was
just behind Monroe for the final medal spot,
placing 15th in 23:07.94. Lakewood also had
sophomore Claire Fortier 20th in 23:45.66,
sophomore Emma Lancaster 22nd in 24:19.
and junior Gabby Rosenburger 28th in
25:36.18.Senior Carissa Strouse closed her varsity
cross country career with an eight-place time
of 22:27.69 to lead the Saxon girls. Fellow
Saxon senior Allison Teed was 18th in
23:27.44 and the third Hastings senior across
the finish line was Hannah Crozier who came
in 29th in 26:01.28.
Sophomore Lily Comensoli finished
between Teed and Crozier for the Saxons,
placing 21st in 23:56.34. Hastings junior
Victoria Jerzyk was 43rd in 30:35.06.
Maple Valley had two runners competing.
Sophomore Lilly Faurot scored an 11th place
time of 22:38.94 and freshman Brianna Gurd
was 46th in 35:16.03.170897
TOWNSHIP OF CARLTON
BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGANNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ROLL FOR LEACH LAKE
WEED CONTROL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township Supervisor has reported to the Township Board and
filed in the office of the Township Clerk for public examination a special assessment roll prepared covering
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(269) 945-The Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls' cross country team gathers with its trophy after winning the Barry County Meet
Monday at Maple Valley High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
Delton Kellogg freshman Ethan
Rimmer makes his way along the Paul
Henry-Thornapple Trail in the woods
behind Maple Valley High School Monday
afternoon during the Barry County Meet.
(Photo by Brett Bremer)Delton Kellogg senior Aubrey Aukerman
rounds a turn behind Maple Valley High
School Monday during the Barry County
Meet. (Photo by Brett Bremer)Hastings sophomore Riley Shults
makes his way down a short, steep
incline on the Barry County Meet course
at Maple Valley High School Monday
afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer)The Hastings varsity boys' cross country team celebrates its championship at the Barry County
Meet Monday afternoon at Maple Valley High School. (Photo by Brett Bremer)Thornapple Kellogg freshman Ava
Crews winds her way around the course
during the Barry County Meet Monday at
Maple Valley High School. (Photo by
Brett Bremer)