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Area girls keep making gains on mat

Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The sport of wrestling
continues to grow for girls
in the Barry County area,
and the girls on the mat
keep getting better and bet-
ter.
The county’s four varsity
wrestling programs with
girls’ contingents sent two
dozen wrestlers to the
MHSAA Girls’ Red 2
Regional at Gull Lake High
School in February and
from that group of 24, seven
earned the right to compete
in the MHSAA Individual
State Finals at Ford Field in
Detroit at the end of the
season.
The number of high
school tournaments spe-
cifically for girls contin-
ued to grow this season
and the Hastings program
hosted a good one this sea-
son.
“The support for the
girls’ team from our boys’
team, the school and the
community has been fantas-
tic,” Hastings varsity girls’
coach Mike Goggins said.

“I am excited to be a part of

it and see where it goes.”

Here are the 14 members

of the 2023-24 All-Barry

County Girls’ Wrestling

First Team.

All-Barry County

Girls’ Wrestling First

Team

Rylee Alberts,

Thornapple Kellogg: One

of two TK wrestlers to

qualify for the MHSAA

Individual State Finals at

125 pounds this winter,

Alberts was a regional run-

ner-up to teammate Emma

Gibson.

Alberts put together a

record of 22-8 as a fresh-

man and was a champion at

the Northview Girls

Invitational and the

Hastings Girls Invitational

late in the season.

Raini Braska, Thornapple

Kellogg: A junior, Braska

qualified for the MHSAA

Individual State Finals at

115 pounds this winter and

had an overall record of

20-15.

She placed fourth at

regionals this season. She

won the Three Rivers Girls’

Invitational this season and

had a runner-up finish at

her weight class at the Kent

County Classic.

Maddie Chipman,

Hastings: A sophomore

100-pounder, Chipman won

17 matches this season.

Chipman finished in the

top four in her eight class at

three tournaments this sea-

son including a runner-up

finish at the Grayling

Invitational.

Skylar Fenstamaker,

Hastings: A senior

135-pounder, Fenstamaker

won 19 matches this sea-

son.

She placed second in her

weight class at the Hastings

Girls Invitational and had a

third-place finish at

Grayling.

Bella Friddle, Hastings:

A freshman 130-pounder,

Friddle won the East

Jackson Invitational this

season and placed second at

the Midland Chemics

Classic this season.

She closed her season

with 18 victories.

Olivia Friddle, Hastings:

A two-time individual

state qualifier, Friddle

didn’t get to compete at

the state finals at the end

of her sophomore season

this winter due to a knee

injury suffered while also

competing for the Saxon

varsity girls’ basketball

team.

Friddle had a record of

19-6 on the season and took

championships at the

Grayling Invitational and

the Hastings Girls’

Invitational this season as a

140-pounder.

Emma Gibson,

Thornapple Kellogg: A

two-time state qualifier,

Gibson was a regional

champion as a junior this

season.

Gibson put together a

record of 24-4 on the year.

She won the Girls’ 120-

125-pound weight class at

the Kent County Classic in

December and also won the

Hopkins Invitational in

January.

Naomi Grummet,

Hastings: A Saxon junior

who won 26 matches and

finished her year on the

state medal stand as the

eighth-place finisher in the

155-pound weight class at

Ford Field the first week-

end in March.

Grummet placed third at

regionals this season, fall-

ing only to the two-time

state champion Maddie

Hayden from Caledonia.

Adelaide Holderman,

Thornapple Kellogg: She

placed third in tournaments

at Three Rivers and

Hastings this season.

A freshman, she capped

the year with a record of

18-10.

Dezarae Mathis,

Hastings: Nobody from the

county finished higher on

the state medal stand this

season than Mathis who

was third in the 120-pound

weight class at the MHSAA

Individual State Finals.

Mathis put together a

record of 31-9 as a sopho-

more this season. She was

third at regionals and took

the championship at the

East Jackson Invite early in

the season.

Jordan Milanowski,

Hastings: A two-time state

qualifier, she saw her junior

season end in the blood

round at the state finals this

winter. She had a record of

26-11 on the season.

Milanowski, a

145-pounder, won the

Grayling Invitational this

season and was the run-

ner-up at her weight class at

the Hastings Girls’

Invitational.

Olivia Post, Delton

Kellogg: Post qualified for

the state finals in her fresh-

man season at 125 pounds

this winter.

Post scored 11 victories

on the season and had a

fourth-place regional fin-

ish.

Allison Slater,

Lakewood: A senior, Slater

put together a record of

15-10 this winter compet-

ing at 120 pounds.

Slater came up just one

win shy of earning a spot in

the state finals, falling in

the blood round at regionals

to the Saxons’ state medal-

ist Mathis.

Sophia Sunior, Hastings:

A state medalist as a junior

last season, Sunior saw her

senior season come up just

short of a return trip to the

state finals.

She put together a record

of 16-7 this season wres-

tling between 190 pounds

and 235 pounds. She won

the Grayling Invitational

and had a runner-up finish

at the Hastings Girls’

Invitational.

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