The Hastings Banner — Thursday, April 14, 2022 — Page 11Trojan track and field teams both
score wins over South Christian
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The last relay was the only one
the Thornapple Kellogg boys
didn’t win Tuesday afternoon in
their season-opening OK Gold
Conference varsity track and field
dual with visiting South Christian
in Middleville.
They didn’t need to.
The TK boys edged the visit-
ing Sailors 67.5 to 65.5. Even
when the Sailors had the fastest
guy in a race, the Trojans did a
good job of tallying second and
third place points. They scored
all the second and third place
points behind the Sailors’ senior
sprinter Caden Oetman in the
100-meter dash and the 200-
meter dash and did the same In
the 110-meter high hurdles and
the 300-meter low hurdles behind
the Sailor senior Drew Quakke-
laar.
The TK girls won too on Tues-
day, 99-38.
Sophomore Jaxan Sias had a
big day for the TK boys. He
upped his personal record in the
high jump to 6 feet to win that
event. He was also the runner-up
in the 200-meter dash with a time
of 24.68 seconds. He also teamed
with seniors Jonah Schilthroat
and Alex Harrington and junior
Gabe Lajoye to win the 4x200-me-
ter relay in 1 minute 36.96 sec-
onds.
Schilthroat and Harrington
were joined by seniors Mason
Hulbert and Gilberto Tejada in
winning the 4x100-meter relay in
47.25 seconds.
Despite the Sailors taking the
individual distance races, the TK
boys won the the 4x800-meter
relay team with the team of soph-
omore Lucas Van Meter, Lajoye,
senior Cody Mascorro and junior
Tyler Busman winning in 9:32.
which was more than 40 seconds
faster than the Sailor foursome in
the race.
Despite not winning the
4x400-meter relay, the 400-meter
dash was one of the best running
events for the TK boys. Lajoye
won it in 56.51 and senior Mat-
thew Smith was second in 57.
seconds which is a new PR for
him in that race.
Smith also won the pole vault
by clearing the bar at 10-0 in
what was a great day in the jumps
for the TK boys. Senior Hayden
Oly won the long jump at 17-
with teammate Trenton Farrow
second at 17-10.5.
The TK boys had a runner-up
in each of the throws. Senior
Christopher Sharrar was second
in the shot put at 39-5.5 and
senior Quintin Carr second in the
discus at 113-8.
In the hurdles, TK had Dylan
LeClaire as the runner-up in the
110-meter race and senior Jacob
Pykosz the runner-up in the 300-
meter race. Busman was the run-
ner-up in the 800-meter run and
Schilthroat the runner-up in the
100-meter dash with a personal
record time of 12.03 seconds.
The TK ladies dominated,
especially in the field events
where they outscored the Sailors
41-4. That was powered by
sweeps of the two throwing
events and the high jump. Junior
Alana Compton, a state qualifier
in the discus a year ago, won the
two throws for TK. She set a new
personal record in winning the
sho put at 33-9.5 and got a mark
of 108-0 in the discus. New track
athlete Tristen Cross, a senior,
was second in both throws for TK
with a mark of 33-3 in the shot
put and 85-5 in the discus.
“This was a great opening meet
for the girls,” TK girls’ coach
Maggie Wilkinson said. “We have
a lot of new runners this year. We
lost eight seniors last year, but
gained ten freshmen, four sopho-
mores, five juniors, four seniors,
and three girls came back to trackafter taking a year off. Lots and
lots of personal bests on Tuesday.
It was a great day to run.”
Seniors Ainsley Oliver and
Trysta Hilton both cleared the bar
at 5-0 to tie for first in the high
jump for TK, while sophomore
Kenady Smith was third at 4-10.
It was a new PR for all three girls
in the event.
TK had sophomore TJ Myers
win the high jump by clearing 7-
and freshman Brooklyn Harmon
win the long jump at 15-7. Each
is a new personal varsity record.
Hilton, a state medalist in the
300-meter low hurdles as a junior,
won the two hurdles races Tues-
day. She took the 100-meter hur-
dles in 17.48 and the 300-meter
low hurdles in 49.13. She was
challenged by South Christian
sophomore Mallory Huttenga in
both races. Huttenga turned in
times of 17.64 in the 100 hurdles
and 49.23 in the 300 hurdles.
Senior Jessica Durkee also won
two individual races for the TK
ladies. She finished the 800-meter
run in 2:49.84 and the 1600-meter
run in 6:08.17.
TK freshman Ava Crews won
the 3200-meter run in 12:58.69.
South Christian senior Abby
Winkle won the three sprints, tak-
ing the 100-meter dash in 13.48,
the 200 in 27.11 and the 400 in
1:02.32.
She couldn’t help the Sailor
4x400-meter relay team to a win
though. TK’s team of Smith,
Emma Dykhouse, Lindsey Velt-
ing and Oliver won that race in
4:26.59.
TK also had the team of
Durkee, Crews, Alize Raphael
and Lydia Schilthroat win the
4x800-meter relay in 11:04.51.
Oliver, Emmerson DeVries, Jose-
lyn DeBoer and Velting won the
4x100-meter relay in 54.23 and
the team of Brooklyn Harmon,
Dykhouse, Hilton and Smith won
the 4x200-meter relay in 1:54.68.State champs host, win, first OK
Gold golf jamboree of the spring
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Grand Rapids Catholic Central
dominated and the Thornapple
Kellogg varsity boys’ golf team
was right in the middle of the
pack as the Cougars hosted the
first OK Gold Conference jam-
boree of the season Tuesday at
Quail Ridge Golf Course.
Catholic Central scored a
155and had five of the day’s
seven best individual scores to
secure the victory.
The only golfer not from Cath-
olic Central among the top four
at the jamboree was TK junior
Austin Pitsch who tied the Cou-
gars’ senior Andrew Wermuth for
third overall with a 41.
Catholic Central sophomore
Matthew Sokorai was the day’s
medalist with a one-under-par
- His sophomore teammate
Will Preston shot a 37.
Catholic Central also got a 42
from senior Luke Preston and a
44 from senior Carl Shadowens.
Forest Hills Eastern freshman
James Seymour tied Preston for
fifth individually with a 42.
Wayland freshman Theo Oddy
tied Shadowens for seventh with
a 44.
Catholic Central’s sixth scorer
was senior John Harmon who
shot a 46 which had him in a tie
for 13th individually.
South Christian was second in
the team standings with a score
of 184, ahead of Forest Hills
Eastern 189, Thornapple Kel-
logg 192, Wayland 192, Kenowa
Hills 205 and Cedar Springs
209.
Tk beat out Wayland on a
fifth-score tiebreaker thanks to
53s from seniors Drew Nathan
and Christian DeBruin.
Junior Connor Newland was
TK’s number two on the day
with a 59. Senior Trevor Hum-
mer shot a 50 for TK and senior
Hunter Pitsch a 52.
Catholic Central didn’t have a
state medalist a year ago, but that
didn’t stop the Cougars from
winning the championship at the
MHSAA Division 3 Lower Pen-
insula Boys’ Golf Finals. The
team was led at the finals by
freshmen Preston and Sokorai
who tied for 12th with 36-hole
scores of 155 at the finals. Cath-olic Central had the two fresh-
men and two juniors shooting at
the finals.
The TK boys were scheduled
go to Centennial Acres to face
Lakewood in a dual Wednesday
April 13, and Friday host their
own TK Invitational at Yankee
Springs Golf Course.
TK will have two in a row at
home as it will host an OK Gold
jamboree April 19.
The TK boys were fifth in the
conference a year ago and bring
back a solid group looking to
move up a bit in the standings.
The team had just one senior
among its five regional golfers
last spring.
“We really like our team’s
potential,” TK head coach Bob
Kaminski said in the preseason.
“We return most of our roster
from last season so we should
have an experienced team. “
“Our goal this year is to be
competitive within the confer-
ence and get better throughout
the season. We are looking for-
ward to competing in our confer-
ence and hopefully being in con-
tention by the end of the season.”DK scores 39 runs in first two
softball games to sweep Rams
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Delton Kellogg varsity
softball team dominated Gales-
burg-Augusta in a pair of South-
western Athletic Conference Val-
ley Division ballgames to start
the season 2-0 Tuesday after-
noon.
The Panthers took 20-0 and
19-1 wins in the two ballgames
totaling 25 hits total.
“They really were taking good
swings,” new Delton Kellogg
varsity softball coach Jesse Lyons
said. “They had to wait for a
strike, but when they did they hit
it hard. We had a couple of the
girls that hit it really well, and
then the wind was coming from
right center and absolutely crush-
ing the ball down. They hit good,
hard line drives. I was pleased
with that.”
Mya Brickley pitched the
opener for the Panthers and need-
ed to throw just 39 pitches in the
three-inning victory. She allowed
two hits. At the plate, Brickley
was 2-for-3 with a triple, three
RBI and two runs scored in game
one.
Allison Brandli and Paige
Thomas each doubled once for
DK in game one. Thomas was
3-for-3 with three runs scored
and a team-high four RBI. Bran-
dli was 2-for-2 with three runs
scored and two RBI.
Abby Fichtner, Karlee Auker-
man, Paige Davis and Kasey
Kapteyn had the other DK hits in
game one.
DK scored its 19 runs in the
first inning of game two.
Brickley was 4-for-4 at the
plate with three RBI and three
runs. She belted two doubles.
Aubrey Aukerman, Jordan Lyons,
and Fichtner also doubled in
game two.
Aubrey Aukerman and KarleeAukerman had two hits each.
Aubrey scored three runs and
drove in one. Karlee had one run
and one RBI.
Brandli, Paige Thomas, Lyons,
Cadence Johnson and Kayleigh
Buffum had one hit each. Ficht-
ner added three RBI and Thomas,
Lyons, Johnson and Buffum had
two RBI each.
Buffum got the win in the cir-
cle. She gave up two hits in three
innings and one unearned run.
“Galesburg has some younger
kids and it’s a new coach and he
kind of walked into a situation
where they either had a lot of
kids quit or didn’t go out this
year. He is trying to rebuild,”
coach Lyons said.
The Panthers did their best not
to pile on while still getting their
work in.
DK will be back on the field
Saturday at the Barry County
Invitational in Hastings.EXHIBIT A
TOWNSHIP OF HOPE
Barry County, Michigan
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Oakwood and Elmwood Drive Street Paving Special Assessment District
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Township Board of the Township of Hope,
Barry County, Michigan, has resolved its intention to make certain public improvements
(the “Public Improvements”) consisting of the following:
The repaving and improving of Oakwood and Elmwood Drives in the Township.
The Public Improvements shall be located in the Township, as follows:
Elmwood Drive and Oakwood Drive within or adjacent to the Special Assessment
District.
The Township has made its final determination of the Oakwood and Elmwood Drive
Street Paving Special Assessment District (the “Special Assessment District”) to con-
sist of the following described lots and parcels of land and against which a portion of
the cost of the Improvements shall be specially assessed:
Property located in the Township of Hope, Barry County, Michigan, and described
by the following parcel numbers:NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Supervisor of the Township of Hope has
made and certified a special assessment roll for the Special Assessment District, which
roll sets forth the relative portion of the cost of the Public Improvements that is to be
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