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TKHS grapplers finish off 6-
season of OK Gold mat duals
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Thornapple Kellogg varsity wrestling
team finished off its undefeated OK Gold
Conference season of duals with wins over
Grand Rapids Catholic Central Wednesday
(Jan. 26) in Middleville and a victory over
Forest Hills Eastern in Ada Tuesday.
The Trojans scored a 66-15 conference
win over visiting Grand Rapids Catholic
Central while also tallying a 40-26 win in its
crossover with OK Silver Conference mem-
ber Belding last week.
Thornapple Kellogg got pins from Lane
Cross at 189 pounds, Austin Chivis at 171,
Matthew Middleton at 160, Jayce Curtis at
152, Zack Gibson at 140 and Ashton Corson
at 130 pounds in the dual with the GRCC
Cougars.
TK picked up forfeit wins thanks to Chris-
tian Miller, Micah Bowerman, Hunter Pitsch,
Kenny Simon and Blake Bush as well.
The only six minute match of the dual was
at 135 pounds where Catholic Central’s LeeBraun edged TK’s Andrew Middleton 7-2.
The Cougars also got a pin from Will
Smith in the heavyweight match.
Belding and TK actually both had five
wrestlers earn victories in contested matches
in their dual Wednesday, but TK was boosted
by forfeit wins by Miller at 103 and Bower-
man at 112. Neither team wrestled a
119-pounder.
TK got pins from Pitsch at 125 pounds,
Corson at 130 and Gibson at 140.
Chivis opened the dual for TK with a 7-
win over Belding’s Matthew Massman at
171 pounds.
The Belding team then won the 189, 215
and 285-pound weight classes with pins from
Jack Ward at 189 and Isaac Casey at 285.
Ethan Schmid from Belding earned a 12-
major decision.
Andrew Middleton scored a 5-1 decision
against Belding’s Blake Peasley in the 135-
pound bout and Matthew Middleton won a
10-2 major decision in his 160-pound match
with Gavin Craner.Belding got a pin from Anthony Szubinski
at 145 pounds and Bretten Wilson scored a
major decision for the Black Knights at 152.
At Forest Hills Eastern High School Tues-
day night, TK scored a 57-15 victory over
Forest Hills Eastern to finish off the OK
Gold duals while also besting Godwin
Heights in a Silver crossover 69-12.
Jayden Garcia at 285 pounds and Gibson at
145 had pins for TK in the dual with FHE. TK
benefitted from the Hawks having voids at
seven weight classes. Hunter Pitsch got TK its
first points of the dual with a 5-4 win over the
Hawks’ Ethan Smith in the 125-pound match.
TK picked up eight wins against voids in
the Godwin line-up, while adding pins from
Andrew Middleton, Curtis and Chivis. Cross
scored a 6-5 decision for TK in his 215-pound
bout wfith the Wolverines’ Rigo Contreras.
In between those two Gold/Silver quads,
TK took the championship at the Saline
Super Duals Saturday. TK bested Roosevelt
52-24, Saline 66-9, Romeo 37-26, Woodhav-
en 60-20 and Northville 51-19.Vikings best Utica to
close day in Richmond
with third place finish
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Lakewood varsity wrestling team
placed third Saturday at the Richmond
Alumni Duals besting Utica 43-34 in the
match for third.
Host Richmond defeated Stoney Creek 66-
in the championship match, after Stoney Creek
had edged the Vikings 36-33 in a tough dual.
Lakewood began the day with a 66-18 win
over Flint Kearsley and then knocked off
L’Anse Cruse 52-25.
The Vikings’ Zac Gibson and Daniel Krebs
were both 4-0 for the day. Brenden Straub,
Gavin Vaughn, Nathaniel Graham, Eastin
Stank and Ashton Clark had three wins
apiece.
Stony Creek and Lakewood went back and
forth in their round three dual. Vaughn got the
team started off with a 7-2 win over Zach
Hagar at 171 pounds. Stoney creek then got
decisions from Adam Bazzi and Brett Moro-
schan at 189 and 215 to bump their team into
a three-point lead.
Stank scored the first pin of the dual in the
heavyweight match, sticking Roman Lambert
in 55 seconds to nudge Lakewood ahead 9-6.
The Vikings though gave up those six points
forfeiting the 103-pound weight class.
Clark added a pin for the Vikings at 112.
Stoney Creek took a major decision from
Cade Odrobina at 119 and a pin from David
Kearney at 125 to go up 20-15. Stoney Creek
then got a big 11-9 sudden victory win from
Collin Oliver in the 130-pound match against
the Vikings’ Christian Harton.
Lakewood took the lead again with Gibson
winning by injury default at 135 and Krebs
scoring a pin 52 seconds into his 140-pound
match. A pin by Raffler at 152 pounds wasn’t
enough to keep the Vikings in front in the end
however, even with the help of a penalty
point taken away from Stoney Creek.
In the dual with Utica to close the day, the
Vikings got pins from Graham at 189 pounds,
Stank at 285, Clark at 112, Harton at 125 and
Gibson at 135. Adrian DelCura took a forfeit
win for Lakewood at 215 pounds. Krebs
scored an 8-0 major decision against Utica’s
Nathan Guty at 140 and Straub bested Thad-
deus Kustarz 10-5 at 160 pounds.
Lakewood will be at Olivet Saturday for
the Greater Lansing Activities Conference
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& InsuredDelton much better
in second go-round
with Schoolcraft boys
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Delton Kellogg head coach Jim Hogo-
boom wasn’t sure the 78-48 on the score-
board at the end of his Panthers’ loss to the
Schoolcraft varsity boys’ basketball team
Tuesday night showed the kind of improve-
ments his guys have been making lately.
When compared to the first meeting
between the two teams this season in South-
western Athletic Conference Valley Division
action, a 92-13 Eagle victory, it certainly does.
The Eagles improved to 10-2 overall and
kept a game back of conference leading
Parchment with its win at Delton Kellogg
High School. The Eagles are now 7-1 in the
SAC Valley. DK falls to 4-9 overall and 1-
in the conference with the loss.
“I feel like we continue to get better,” Hog-
oboom said. “We just gotta eliminate those
spurts where we have some breakdowns at
both ends of the floor and it leads to runs from
the opponent.”
Delton Kellogg actually hit more field
goals in the ballgame (18-13) than the Eagles,
but 15 three-pointers added up for School-
craft. Tyler DeGroote had a team-high 28
points for the Eagles. He hit five threes.
Shane Ryske hits six threes and finished with
23 points. He had 19 in the second half to
help Schoolcraft fight off a little DK rally.
“They have so many weapons, it is very
difficult to guard them,” Hogoboom said.
“They’re able to spread the floor a little bit
and they just leave no room for error. If
you’re late, they make shots. I thought out
kids competed really hard, got a nice burst in
the third quarter from Torren Mapes.”
The Panthers were within 12 points mid-
way through the third quarter before the
Eagles hit threes on four consecutive posses-
sions, one by DeGroote and three from
Ryske, which upped their team’s lead to 20.
Alden Whitmore led Delton Kellogg with
18 points and Austin Blocker chipped in 12.
Alex Whitmore scored nine points.
Delton Kellogg will host Hackett Catholic
Central on Hall of Fame Night at DKHS Fri-
day. The Panthers go on the road to face
Martin Tuesday.Saxons on top at jamboree;
second to Lakewood at invite
Valerie Slaughter
Contributing Writer
The Hastings varsity competitive cheer
team finished on top of the standings at the
Interstate-8 Athletic Conference jamboree it
hosted Thursday night and.
Both the Saxon varsity and middle school
teams finished in first place.
“We have met many challenges this sea-
son,” Hastings head coach Linsey Jacinto
said. “This team continues to face every
issue with grace, positivity and strength. All
three rounds have changed with each prac-
tice. They continue to put out powerful,
passionate rounds. I am proud of their per-
formance, but more so of their character.”
The Saxon varsity team received 219.
points in round one and 193.92 in round two
to place them in the lead going into round
three with a sub-total of 413.22. Parma
Western had the next best point total after
round two with 332.28.
The Saxons finished with a strong third
round scoring 274.4 points to finish the
night in first place with 687.62 points,
almost a hundred points higher than the
next best team. Pennfield finished in second
with 590 point ahead of Jackson Northwest
with 587.44 points and Parma Western with
566.78 points.
In the JV division Harper Creek finished
with 544.60 points and Jackson Northwest
ended with 525.5 points. In the middle
school division, the Saxon middle school
team finished the night in first place with
361.22 points.
Hastings was back at it at home for its
own Saxon Cheerfest Tuesday evening.
The Saxon Cheer team hosted a home
meet with Lakewood, Delton and Constan-
tine competing in the varsity division.
Lakewood’s team pulled of a strong third
round scoring 289 points to cap their win
with a total of 718.38 points for the night.
Hastings finished in second with 679.30,
and Delton finished third with a total of
568.32 points.
The Vikings from Lakewood came out
strong with an opening round of 223 points,
with Hastings trailing by less than 10 points
with 220.1. After round two, Lakewood
increased its lead with a subtotal of 429.
points, Hastings remained in second with
407.8, and Delton in third with 322.12.Delton Kellogg center Alex Whitmore (54) makes a strong move to the rim over
Schoolcraft’s Tyler DeGroote (24) during their SAC Valley ballgame at DKHS Tuesday.
(Photo by Perry Hardin)
Delton Kellogg varsity boys' basket-
ball head coach Jim Hogoboom tries to
tweak his team's defense during a time-
out late in the contest against the Eagles
of Schoolcraft Tuesday. (Photo by Perry
Hardin)Delton Kellogg's Lily Boze (front) and Emily Stoneburner perform during the Saxon Cheerfest Tuesday night at Hastings
High School. (Photo by Valerie Slaughter)A Saxon stunt group made up of flyer Grace Curtis and her teammates performs
during round three of Tuesday evening's Saxon Cheerfest at Hastings High School.
(Photo by Valerie Slaughter)