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Page 10 — Thursday, October 13, 2022 — The Hastings Banner

The TK offense managed one 20-yard pass

to senior back Zack Gibson and had first-

and-10 at its own 35 with 14 seconds to go.

Burbridge, the TK quarterback, found Gibson

again, but this time the Knights didn’t let the

speedy Trojan back get to the sideline and

eventually swarmed him as the clock ran out.

Both teams lost a 14-point lead in the ball-

game. Kenowa Hills took a 14-0 lead thanks

to a one-yard TD run by Ansmits in the mid-

dle of the first quarter and a three-yard TD

pass from Zegunis to Sutton Tutas a minute

and a half into the second quarter.

TK answered with two touchdowns in the

final five minutes of the first half to brighten

the orange and black fans’ spirits heading into

the halftime festivities. Gibson got TK on the

scoreboard with a 19-yard TD run with 4:

to go in the half the last of 11 rushing plays

on a drive that covered 80 yards as the TK

offensive line showed its might.

Burbridge then tossed a 22-yard TD pass to

tight end Jaxan Sias with 56 seconds to go in

the half at the end of a 65-yard drive. That TD

pass came on a fourth-and-five play. Bur-

bridge pump faked to the left and then fired to

a wide open Sias.

Kicker Reece Hoeksma was a perfect

4-for-4 on his extra-point attempts for the

night for TK.

TK took its first lead of the ballgame with

4:03 to play in the third quarter on a 22-yard

touchdown pass to Bonnema. Burbridge

faked a pitch to the left then hit Bonnema

streaking down the middle for the score.

TK pushed its lead from 21-14 to 28-14 on

a four-yard TD run by Gibson with 9:20 to go

in the game.

Burbridge had a team-high 13 rushes for 94

yards Friday. Drake Snyder had ten carries for

61 yards. Bonnema rushed nine times for 54

yards and Gibson had six rushes for 53 yards.

On the night, TK outgained the Knights

368 yards to 246. TK lost a fumble on its

opening possession of the second half, inside

the Knight 15-yard-line, for the only turnover

of the ballgame.

Burbridge was 5-of-8 passing for 97 yards

and the two touchdowns. Gibson was his top

target. He hauled in three receptions for 53

yards.

Zegunis was 15-of-25 passing for 143 yards

in the ballgame for the Knights. He threw two

touchdown passes too. Thayer had seven

receptions for 102 yards and Bradley pulled in

two passes for 25 yards and a touchdown.

The TK defense was solid much of the

evening Bonnema and homecoming king

Tyler Bushman broke up a handful of passes.

The Trojan defense would have certainly

liked to have brought Ansmits down sooner

on his fourth quarter TD run. He managed to

break tackles at the 20 and again near the five

yard line and bull his way into the end zone.

Ansmits finished with nine rushes for 63

yards. Bradley, a “wildcat” quarterback at

times for the Knights, had three rushes for 25

yards. Andino had five carries for 24 yards.

Olivet 42, Lakewood 7

That’s a wrap on the Greater Lansing

Activities Conference varsity football com-

petition.

The Olivet Eagles clinched their seventh

GLAC championship in the conference’s

nine seasons with a 42-7 win over the visiting

Lakewood Vikings Friday night at Olivet

High School. The Eagles and Vikings both

entered the contest with 5-1 overall and 3-

conference records.

Olivet ceded the GLAC title to Lakewood

in 2015 and 2016. Losses to the Vikings in

those two seasons were the only GLAC

defeats for the Olivet varsity football team

which closes its time in the conference with a

39-2 record.

Lakewood went 32-9 in the GLAC over the

years, with seven of those losses to Olivet and

the other two against the Stockbridge program

it throughly dominated on homecoming night

at Lakewood High School last week.

A 17-yard touchdown run by Ethan Good-

emoot and Landon Makley’s extra-point kick

accounted for the Vikings’ only points at

Olivet Friday night. That touchdown came

after the Eagles had built a 35-0 lead.

Ramsey Bousseau scored all five Olivet

offensive touchdowns and also booted a

27-yard field goal. He had 68-yard and

43-yard touchdown receptions. He had touch-

down runs of 86, 12 and 81 yards.

The Eagles didn’t need any help, but the

Vikings gave them some.

An interception return for a TD by Brody

Lehman late in the first half helped the Eagles

lead 35-0 at the break. The Eagles also bene-

fitted from a trio of Lakewood fumbles in the

early going and an interception by Tayven

Feldpausch.

Quarterback Nathan Willette paced the

Viking offense with 16 rushes for 107 yards.

Back Cole Anderson had 19 carries for 91

yards.

Willette was 12-of-25 passing for 123

yards. He spread the ball around to seven

different receivers.

Britton-Deerfield 16, Maple Valley 11

Scoring points in all three phases wasn’t quite

enough for the Maple Valley varsity football

team as it fell 16-11 to visiting Britton-Deerfield

in the final Tri-River 8-Man Football Confer-

ence contest of the season for the Lions Satur-

day at Maple Valley High School.

Lion quarterback Ayden Wilkes had a

25-yard touchdown run early in the second

half to pull the Lions to within 16-11 of the

Patriots, but it was the final scoring play of

the afternoon as Maple Valley falls to 2-

overall and 2-3 in conference play this fall.

Britton-Deerfield was in control early on.

The Patriots put together two long, steady

offensive drives early. The first ended in a fum-

ble recovery by the Lions’ Callan Hoefler at the

Lion 32-yard-line, but the second ended with

big 6-0, 215-pound running back Nick Wayne

plowing into the end zone from five yards out.

Quarterback Tristan Johnson hit Asher Wiser

with a two-point pass for an 8-0 Patriot lead.

The Lions followed up that score with their

own steady drive, moving 66 yards to the Patri-

ot four-yard-line before Wilkes fired a third-

down pass into the hands of Hoefler in the end

zone. A flag flew in the end zone however as

an official thought he saw Hoefler push off a

defender to create some space. An offensive

pass interference penalty wiped the touchdown

off the scoreboard and pushed the Lions back

to a third-and-goal from their own 19.

The drive stalled out there, but the mostly

successful offensive series still turned into some

point for the Lions. The Patriots took over at

their own 14-yard-line. Johnson was taken

down behind the line for a loss of four yards on

first down and on second down he dropped back

to pass, and then dropped back some more and

Lion linebacker Nic Martin pulled him down

just across the goal-line for a safety.

The Lions received the Patriot punt, trail-

ing 8-2, and moved into scoring position

again. This time the offense got as close as

the Patriot eight-yard-line before being

pushed back by a holding penalty. Maple

Valley had to settle for a 27-yard field goal

from Jessy Deppe with 4:16 to go in the first

half that pulled them within 8-5.

The special teams scored and the special

teams gave up points. The teams traded rough

offensive series over the next couple minutes.

The Patriots punted to the Lions on a fourth-

and-28 from their own 30. After three offen-

sive plays, the Lions were set to punt on

fourth-and-25 from their own 36 when the long

snap got away and Britton-Deerfield recovered

and moved the ball to the Lion four-yard-line

with 37 seconds to play in the first half.

Wayne ran into the end zone from the two

with 36 seconds to go in the half and then ran

in a two-point try to give his team a 16-

halftime advantage.

No. 1 Gull Lake awaits Trojans or Beavers in district semifinals

The Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’ soc-
cer team was set to open the MHSAA Divi-
sion 2 state postseason with a district opening
contest against Harper Creek in Middleville
last night, Oct. 12.
The Trojans had a rough conclusion to the

regular season with their only two victories

after Sept. 1 against the Ottawa Hills Bengals.

After a 2-4-1 OK Gold Conference regular

season the TK boys went 1-2 in the confer-

ence tournament, taking a 6-0 win over Otta-

wa Hills in the first round of consolation

games last Wednesday. Wayland avenged an

early season loss to the TK boys with a 3-

win in Middleville Saturday to finish off the

conference tournament.

TK heads into the postseason with a 9-9-

overall record, and it is a tough district brack-

et that the Trojans face. The winner of last

night’s match will face Gull Lake, the top

ranked team in the state in Division 2, in the

district semifinals Monday in Middleville.

Game time for that semifinal match is 5:

p.m.

The district tournament’s other open-

ing round games see Charlotte take on

Marshall and Hastings take on No.

8-ranked Parma Western. The Saxons and

Panthers face off tonight, Oct. 13, in

Hastings.

Hawkeyes take down TKHS volleyball team

Brett Bremer

Sports Editor

Thornapple Kellogg varsity volleyball

coach Tia Cross liked the way her girls

battled in a tough non-conference loss

with visiting Hamilton Thursday evening.

The Hawkeyes got off to a great start,

running to a 17-8 lead in the opening set,

but the Trojans battled back to make the

Hamilton girls work for the win. TK got

within 23-21 before the Hawkyes closed

out a 25-22 win and then went on to take

the final two sets 25-14, 25-17.

“We had to make adjustments due to ill-

ness, bu the players handled it very well,”

Cross said. She was pleased to see her girls

playing consistently throughout the night.

Changes included junior Jessie Drent-

en donning the libero jersey for the eve-

ning and her teammate Charlotte Nelson

taking over the setting duties for the full

rotation – moving the team from a 5-

offense to a 6-1.

Nelson put up 16 assists on the night.

Grace Zube had a team-high nine kills to

go with 13 digs for the Trojans. Peyton

Pratt finished with six kills.

The Trojans were bested 25-9. 25-14,

25-16 by Catholic Central in Grand Rap-

ids in an OK Gold Conference match

Tuesday evening.

“Catholic Central is a good volleyball

team and they did a lot of good thing,”

Cross said. “We couldn’t make the adjust-

ments that needed to be made.”

Brooklyn Harmon had six kills in the loss.

Kenna VanElst had a team-high 11 digs.

TK will play host to Kenowa Hills in

a conference match Tuesday and then go

to Gull Lake Thursday in the week

ahead.

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Thornaple Kellogg's Peyton Pratt

hits an attack during her team's

non-conference match with visiting

Hamilton Thursday. (Photo by Brett

Bremer)

Thornapple Kellogg's Thea Zellmer (12) and Alana Compton (16) work to

thart Hamilton's Jeralyn Hoppes at the net during their non-conference match

in Middleville Thursday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Hastings senior Robby Slaughter returns a kick against Parma Western during the
Saxons' homecoming victory Friday inside Baum Stadium at Johnson Field. (Photo by
Jason Slaughter)

Thornapple Kellogg's Tyler Bushman and Chad Lennert head off the field together

after Kenowa Hills' go-ahead two-point conversion in the final seconds in Middleville

Friday. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Delton Kellogg quarterback Torren Mapes gets the play call from assistant coach
Mark Nabozny during the Panthers' homecoming contest against visiting Decatur
Friday night. (Photo by Perry Hardin)