Page 16 — Thursday, April 21, 2022 — The Hastings Banner
South Christian takes three from TK
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
A talented South Christian varsity
baseball team finished off a sweep of
its OK Gold Conference series with
Thornapple Kellogg by scoring a 15-
win in Middleville on a cold, windy
Wednesday afternoon.
TK managed just three hits against
Sailor starter Aidan Fennema who
threw the first four innings and got the
win, but managed to push across its
two runs with the help of four walks.
A bases loaded walk in the fourth
scored Jonah Summerhays, who had
started the TK rally in the inning with
a double.
Logan Snelling started on the
mound and allowed two earned runs
in three innings. He struck out two
and gave up five hits while not walk-ing a batter.
A triple by Snelling and a single off
the bat of Tyler Gavette were the other
two TK hits in the loss.
The Sailors led 5-1 after three
innings and then exploded for nine
runs in the top of the fourth inning.
They had 14 hits overall for the after-
noon and were helped by three Trojan
errors.
Drew Burgess and Davis Kemper
had three hits and three RBI apiece for
the Sailors. They both scored twice.
Josh Vander Weide, Jace DeMann and
Seth Ritsema had two hits each for
South Christian. The only extra-base
hits with a stiff wind blowing out to
right field were doubles from Ritse-
ma, DeMann and Burgess.
Fennema struck out nine and
walked four in his four innings. ReedGrinstern pitched a scoreless inning
of relief for South Christian.
Gavin Snelling and Logan Snelling
each had an RBI for the Trojans.
Ethan Bonnema walked twice out of
the lead-off spot for TK and scored
one of the Trojans’ runs. Summerhays
scored a run as well.
The Sailors took 11-1 and 11-
wins at South Christian High School
to open the conference season earlier
last week.
The Trojans are scheduled to host
Forest Hills Eastern for a conference
doubleheader this afternoon, April 21,
and then will at at Allendale for a
doubleheader Saturday. The Trojans
will host Caledonia Monday after-
noon and then return to conference
play Tuesday, April 26, with a double-
header at Kenowa Hills.Loss and a draw for TK girls in first Gold contests
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
After a 3-0 non-conference start,
the Thornapple Kellogg varsity girls’
soccer team went into a Wednesday
evening match at Kenowa Hills still
looking for its first OK Gold Confer-
ence win of the season.
The Trojans were bested 2-0 at
South Christian Thursday in their
conference opener and then finished
in a 1-1 draw with visiting Forest
Hills Eastern Monday evening.
It was a cold and windy evening
Thursday and Monday’s contest fea-
tured a mix of snow, rain and sleet.
“I think both goals were scored in
the first four minutes of the game. I
felt like we played pretty well overall
as a team,” TK head coach Joel
Strickland said of Monday’s draw.
We had one early defensive break-
down which left a girls alone in the
front of the net for kind of a break-
away with our goalie at the time and
she put it in.
Emma Schut answered for TK
moments later, getting a pass form
Kiah Nichols, beating a defender and
firing a shot from 18 yards out that
glanced off the Hawks keeper’s
hands and into the net.
Both teams were strong defensive-
ly the rest of the way, but while the
Trojans did put a bit more pressure
on the Hawks’ defense throughout
the night scoring chances were few
and far between.
“They played really well defen-
sively against us,” Strickland said.
“They packed the box and eliminated
a lot of our good opportunities. We
possessed the ball really well, but at
the end of the game it was 1-1.”
Strickland would have liked to see
his girls test the Hawk net with a few
more shots from outside rather than
try so often to work through a crowd-
ed box for a perfect shot. It is some-
thing he plans to work on with the
team as the season progresses.
Defensively, there was a lot to be
pleased with for the Trojans.
“In the back, Grace McNabany
and Keanna Dudik both had a phe-
nomenal games overall,” Strickland
said. “They did a really good job at
our centerback positions of really
dictating defensively where to be.”
The Trojans were hampered a bit
by injuries and a couple girls had to
play most of the contest.
TK went into its match with
Kenowa Hills Wednesday with a
3-1-1 overall record.
Reagan Francisco scored about 13minutes into the first half to put the
South Christian Sailors up 1-0 on
their home grass Thursday, and then
she hit a ball that was deflected by
TK keeper Tristen Cross off of one of
her defenders and into the net about
13 minutes into the second half.
“Credit to South, they played really
well,” Strickland said. “They are
obviously a very good team and it is
always a good rivalry we have with
them. I felt like they came out much
stronger than we did. I probably have
to do a better job of getting our girls
ready for that kind of a match up. I
felt we played a little hesitant in the
beginning.”
Strickland said some early scoring
opportunities by the Sailors put his
girls in a more defensive mindset than
he would have liked. He said his girls
were able to snap out of that and cre-
ate a couple strong scoring chances ineach half, but South Christian keepers
Erika DeWeerd and Olivia Int’Hout
were up to the task in their net.
Both Sailors goals came thanks to
rebound opportunities. Francisco
scored her first goal from a scrum in
front of the TK net after Kate Hildab-
rand, the Trojans’ first half goalkeep-
er, made an outstanding diving save.
TK couldn’t clear the ball from the
crowd in front and Francisco was
able to get a foot on it.
While the South Christian goal-
keeping duo earned the shutout,
Strickland was also pleased with
each of his keepers. South Christian
had an early chance to score on a PK,
but had the shot fly wide of its mark.
“I think it is one of those things
where we’re going to learn from it,”
Strickland said. “There is still a lot of
time left in the OK Gold Conference
season. We’ll bounce back.”Thornapple Kellogg leadoff man Ethan Bonnema gets a jump off first after a walk in the opening inning of
his team's ballgame against South Christian Thursday in Middleville. (Photo by Brett Bremer)Thornapple Kellogg's Holly Velting (22) battles South Christian's Lexi
Burgess to get to the ball in the Trojans' defensive end during the sec-
ond half of their match at South Christian High School Thursday eve-
ning. (Photo by Brett Bremer)Thornapple Kellogg goalkeeper Tristen Cross clears the ball off of her line during the second half of her
team's 2-0 loss at South Christian Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
TO: THE RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS OF
THE CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF RUTLAND, BARRY
COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED
PERSONS:PLEASE TAKE NOTICE proposed Ordinance #2022-
as appended hereto was introduced for first reading by the Rutland
Charter Township Board at its April 13, 2022 meeting.This proposed ordinance will be considered for adoption
by the Township Board at a regular meeting on May 11, 2022
commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Charter Township Hall.Rutland Charter Township will provide necessary
reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the
hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being
considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the
meeting/hearing upon seven (7) days’ notice to Rutland Charter
Township. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or
services should contact the Township.RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP
Robin J. Hawthorne, Clerk
Rutland Charter Township Hall
2461 Heath Road
Hastings, Michigan 49058
Telephone: (269) 948-RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIPBARRY COUNTY, MICHIGANORDINANCE # 2022-181 (proposed)ADOPTED:EFFECTIVE:An Ordinance to amend the Zoning Map of Rutland
Charter Township as incorporated into Chapter 220 (Zoning) of
the Rutland Charter Township Code by the rezoning of property in
land Section 14 of the Township from the “CR” Country Residential
District zoning classification to the “MU” Mixed Use District zoning
classification; and to repeal all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances
in conflict herewith.RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIPBARRY COUNTY, MICHIGANORDAINS:SECTION IREZONING OF PROPERTY IN LAND SECTION 14The Zoning Map of Rutland Charter Township as
incorporated into Chapter 220 (Zoning) of the Rutland Charter
Township Code is hereby amended to rezone from the “CR”
Country Residential District zoning classification to the “MU” Mixed
Use District zoning classification the following described property in
land Section 14:A vacant 2.63 acre parcel (parcel no. 08-13-
014-051-15) located behind parcel no. 08-13-
014-051-20 commonly known as 175 South
M-37 Hwy, more fully described as follows:COMMENCING AT THE NORTH ¼ POST OF
SECTION 14, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9
WEST, THENCE S00 18’47”E, 395.50 FEET
ALONG THE NORTH – SOUTH ¼ LINE OF
SAID SECTION 14 TO THE NORTH LINE OF
THE PLAT OF MEADOW ACRES; THENCE
N89º^27 ’33W, 2.57 FEET ALONG SAID NORTH
LINE; THENCE S00º^09 ’^32 ”E, 111.53 FEET
ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID PLAT TO
THE POINT OF BEGINNING (SAID POINT
LYING 507 FEET SOUTH OF SAID NORTH ¼
POST); THENCE S00º 03 ’ 32 ’E, 245.00 FEET
ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF MEADOW
ACRES; THENCE N89º11’57”W, 410.
FEET; THENCE N65º 07 ’ 48 ’W; 121.20 FEET
TO A POINT ON THE CENTER LINE OF A
TWO TRACK DRIVE, SAID POINT LYING
NORTHEASTERLY 220.00 FEET FROM THE
CENTERLINE OF SAID DRIVE;THENCE
NORTHEASTERLY 122.89 FEET ALONG THE
CENTERLINE OF SAID DRIVE AND THE ARC
OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT, THE RADIUS OF
WHICH IS 924.56 FEET, AND THE CHORDOF WHICH BEARS N 33ª 09 ’ 58 ”E, 122.
FEET; THENCE N29º21’ 30 ”E, 103.85 FEET
ALONG SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE S89º
17’05”e,401.18 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING COMMENCING AT THE NORTH
¼ POST OF SECTION 14, TOWN 3 NORTH,
RANGE 9 WEST, THENCE S00 18’47”E,
395.50 FEET ALONG THE NORTH – SOUTH
¼ LINE OF SAID SECTION 14 TO THE NORTH
LINE OF THE PLAT OF MEADOW ACRES;
THENCE N89º 27 ’33W, 2.57 FEET
ALONG SAID NORTH LINE; THENCE
S00º09’ 32 ”E, 111.53 FEET ALONG THE
WEST LINE OF SAID PLAT TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING (SAID POINT LYING 507 FEET
SOUTH OF SAID NORTH ¼ POST); THENCE
S00º 03 ’ 32 ’E, 245.00 FEET ALONG SAID
WEST LINE OF MEADOW ACRES;THENCE
N89º11’ 57 ”W, 410.00 FEET; THENCE
N65º 07 ’ 48 ’W; 121.20 FEET TO A POINT
ON THE CENTER LINE OF A TWO TRACK
DRIVE, SAID POINT LYING NORTHEASTERLY
220.00 FEET FROM THE CENTERLINE OF
SAID DRIVE;THENCE NORTHEASTERLY
122.89 FEET ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF
SAID DRIVE AND THE ARC OF A CURVE
TO THE LEFT, THE RADIUS OF WHICH IS
924.56 FEET, AND THE CHORD OF WHICH
BEARS N 33º09’ 58 ”E, 122.80 FEET; THENCE
N29º 21 ’ 30 ”E, 103.85 FEET ALONG SAID
CENTERLINE; THENCE S89º17’05”e,401.
FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNINGCOMMENCING AT THE NORTH ¼ POST OF
SECTION 14, TOWN 3 NORTH, RANGE 9
WEST, THENCE S00 18’47”E, 395.50 FEET
ALONG THE NORTH – SOUTH ¼ LINE OF
SAID SECTION 14 TO THE NORTH LINE OF
THE PLAT OF MEADOW ACRES; THENCE
N89º27’33W, 2.57 FEET ALONG SAID
NORTH LINE; THENCE S00º09’32”E, 111.
FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID
PLAT TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING (SAID
POINT LYING 507 FEET SOUTH OF SAID
NORTH ¼ POST); THENCE S00º03’32’E,
245.00 FEET ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF
MEADOW ACRES;THENCE N89º11’57”W,
410.00 FEET; THENCE N65º07’48’W; 121.
FEET TO A POINT ON THE CENTER LINE OF
A TWO TRACK DRIVE, SAID POINT LYING
NORTHEASTERLY 220.00 FEET FROM THE
CENTERLINE OF SAID DRIVE;THENCE
NORTHEASTERLY 122.89 FEET ALONG
THE CENTERLINE OF SAID DRIVE AND
THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT, THE
RADIUS OF WHICH IS 924.56 FEET, AND THE
CHORD OF WHICH BEARS N 33º09’58”E,
122.80 FEET; THENCE N29º21’30”E, 103.
FEET ALONG SAID CENTERLINE; THENCE
S89º17’05”e,401.18 FEET TO THE POINT OF
BEGINNING.SECTION IIREPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES/EFFECTIVE DATEAll ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this
Ordinance are hereby repealed. This Ordinance shall take effect on
the later of the following dates: (1) eight (8) days after publication or
on such later date as may be required by law; or (2) after the owner
of the subject parcel no. 08-13-014-051-15 and parcel no. 08-13-
014-051-20 has completed the process to officially combine the two
parcels pursuant to applicable provisions of the Rutland Charter
Township Land Division, Combination, and Boundary Adjustment
Ordinance (Ord. No. 2016-159, as amended; § 200-1 et. seq. of
Rutland Charter Township Code) so as to create a single parcel with
an area of 5.63 acres fully conforming with all applicable minimum
lot requirements imposed by the Rutland Charter Township Zoning
Ordinance (Chapter 220 of the Rutland Charter Township Code)
within 90 days after the adoption of this ordinance. If this required
land combination action is not completed so as to enable this
ordinance to become effective as specified above, this ordinance
shall not take effect and shall be considered a nullity.
Robin Hawthorne, Clerk
Rutland Charter TownshipRUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP
BARRY COUNTY, MICHIGAN
NOTICE OF ORDINANCE SUBMITTAL
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