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The Sun and News, Saturday, March 2, 2024/ Page 15

Trojan bowling season ends at D2 regional meet

Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Thornapple Kellogg
varsity boys’ and girls’
bowling teams saw their
season come to an end last
Thursday and Friday, Feb.
22-23, at Spectrum Lanes.
The Hastings girls, who
share home lanes with the
Trojans at Hastings Bowl,
picked a great time to fire
the second best game of the
afternoon Thursday during
the team regional competi-
tion.
The Saxon varsity girls’
bowling team scored a 708
score in the last of two reg-
ular team games at the
MHSAA Division 2 Team
Regional at Spectrum Lanes
in Wyoming Thursday to
jump Wayland and Otsego
in the standings a qualify
for a spot in this weekend’s
MHSAA Division 2 Team
Bowling Finals at Century
Bowl in Waterford.
Hastings also had senior
Ally Herder from the girls’
team and Hunter Pennington
and Miles Lipsey from the
boys’ team qualify for the
state finals with their top
seven finishes in the
MHSAA Division 2
Individual Bowling
Regional back at Spectrum
Lanes last Friday.
In the team competition
Thursday, the top two teams
through eight Baker and
two regular games qualified
for the state finals. The
Unity Christian girls won
the regional title with an
overall score of 2,668 pins.
Those Crusaders basically
sealed their championship
with a score of 777 in the
first regular game which
was 69 pins better than any
other girls’ team managed
in a regular game at the
competition.
Thornapple Kellogg
placed ninth in the girls’
team standings.
The Hastings girls rolled
a 658 in their first regular
game to bump their total for
the day to that point to
1,799 pins. Wayland entered
the final regular game with
a score of 1,850 and Otsego
sat at 1,821 at that point.

The Saxon girls broke

out with a 708 in that sec-

ond regular game to secure

their runner-up spot. Otsego

rolled a 616 and Wayland a

616 to finish third and

fourth respectively. The

Hastings girls had an over-

all score of 2,507 ahead of

Otsego 2,437 and Wayland

2,424.

The boys’ regional title

went to the Forest Hills

Eastern guys who had a

total pin-fall of 3,278 for

the day. Unity Christian

was second at 3,084 with

Wayland third at 2,944. The

Hastings boys were seventh

on the day and the

Thornapple Kellogg boys

tenth in a field of 13 teams.

Back at Spectrum Friday,

the Saxons’ Herder scored

another runner-up finish.

Only Unity Christian soph-

omore Jaydan Blouw was

better than Herder in the

individual contest – besting

Herder by just 14 pins over

the course of six regular

games. Herder made things

interesting by closing out

her day with scores of 200

and 202 in the fifth and

sixth games.

Blouw had a high single

game of 210 early on in the

competition. Her senior

teammate Jennifer Mohr

also had a high-game of

210. Those were the only
     four games of 200 or better
     in the whole competition.
     Blouw had an overall
     score of 1,045 ahead of
     Herder 1,031, Mohr 998
     and Unity Christian senior
     Nat Mercer who rolled a


211. The top seven state
     qualifiers also included
     Lowell junior Cadence
     Dewit, Forest Hills Eastern
     junior Emilee Nowicki and
     Wayland junior Haven
     Baker.
     The Saxons’ Simmet was
     the top girl on the outside
     looking in. She placed
     eighth with an overall score
     of 911, a mark 27 pins shy
     of Baker’s final total in the
     seventh-place spot.
     The top finish for the
     Thornapple Kellogg girls
     came from sophomore
     Jenna Robinett who was
     33rd. Robinett rolled her
     best game of the day in her
     first game – a 164.
     TK senior Ashleigh
     Norman placed 44th with a

high single game of 133 to

close her day. The TK team

also had sophomore Kenzie

Chapin-Dyer 46th, sopho-

more Casey Phillips 50th

and sophomores Sidney

Ripley and Aubrie Hooten

in 69th and 70th overall.

In the boys’ individual

competition, the Saxon

juniors Pennington and

Lipsey placed third and

fourth respectively.

Pennington had high games

of 220, 213 and 209 among

his six. Lipsey had top tal-

lies of 210, 194 and 191.

Lipsey is now a two-time

state qualifier.

Grand Rapids Christian

senior Zeke Heerema was

the individual regional

champion with an overall

score of 1,360 ahead of

Forest Hills Central senior

Weston Baldwin who had a

tally of 1,180. Pennington

was just behind the regional

runner-up with a score of

1,176 and Lipsey had a

score of 1,119.

The other three state

qualifiers from the region

were Forest Hills Eastern

freshman Evan Nowicki,

Lowell senior Caden

Dennie and Wayland junior

Kyle Vaness.

Thornapple Kellogg was

led by sophomore Landen

England who placed 49th

overall. He had a high single

game of 152 on the day.

Senior Matthew Jore was

57th overall for TK. He had a

high single game of 166, the

best by a TK guy on the day.

Freshman Colten Wiest was

right behind his teammate

Jore in 58th place with a top

single game among his six of

157.

The TK boys also had

freshman Travis Grabemeyer

63rd, sophomore Myles

Chambers 70th and freshman

Chase Butler 73rd.

Notice to all township taxpayers: The 2024 Board of Review

ior the Townshap of Thomapple will meet at the Township

Hall, 200 E. Main St., Middleville, Michigan on these dates:

March 5, 2024 - Organizational Day

9am

Monday, March 11, 2024

9 a m to 12 Noon, 1 to 4.00 p.m.

Thursday, March 14, 2024

8am to 12 Noon; 6 to 8pm

CALL 269-795-

To make appointment with the Board of Review

(Wriften appeals accepted until March 14, 2024)

The tentative recommended equalization ratios and estimated

multipliers (factors) necessary to compute individual state

equalized values of real property in the Township of Thornapple,

Barry County:

CLASS RATIO(%) MULTIPLIER

AGRICULTURAL 52.80% 0.

COMMERCIAL 47.27% 1.

INDUSTRIAL 49.12% 1.

RESIDENTIAL 44.72% 1.

PERSONAL PROPERTY 50.00% 1.

DEVELOPMENTAL

TIMBER-CUTOVER None in Class

None in Class

Eric Schaefer, Thornapple Township Supervisor

Thornapple Township

2024 BOARD OF REVIEW

212354π

IRVING TOWNSHIP

BOARD OF REVIEW

The 2024 Board of Review for Irving Township will meet as follows:

•    Tuesday, March 5th at 11:00am - Organizational Meeting

•    Monday, March 11th from 3:00pm-9:00pm

•    Tuesday, March 12th from 9:00am-3:00pm

Written appeals will be accepted by March 12, 2024.

The tentative equalization ratios for computation of SEV of real property are as follows:

Irving 2024 Ratios and Multipliers

Classification Ratio Multiplier

Of Real Property Real Property

Agricultural 54.25% 0.

Residential 43.36% 1.

Commercial 47.37% 1.

Industrial 33.85% 1.

Timber-Cutover None in Class

Developmental None in Class

PERSONAL PROPERTY

Commercial 50.00% 1.

Industrial 50.00% 1.

Utility 50.00% 1.

This notice is posted in compliance with PA 267 of 1076 as amended (Open Meetings

Act) MCLA 41.72A (2) (3) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

The Irving Township Board will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services

to individuals with disabilities upon seven (7) day notice to the Irving Township Board,

such as signer for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials to be

presented at the meeting.

Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the clerk,

at (269) 948-0633.

Jamie R. Knight

Supervisor, Irving Township 212410

Thornapple Kellogg freshman Travis Grabemeyer gets a high-five after a shot
during the MHSAA Division 2 Team Regional at Spectrum Lanes in Wyoming
Thursday, Feb. 22. (Photo by Brett Bremer)

Thornapple Kellogg senior Ashleigh Norman preps for a shot during her team’s

appearance in the MHSAA Division 2 Team Regional at Spectraum Lanes in

Wyoming Thursday, Feb. 22. (Photo by Brett Bremer)