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Vikings outscore Saxons for top spot at Delton Invite
It was a pretty great weekend for the
Lakewood varsity boys’ golf team to close its
first week of competition.
The Vikings captured the championship
even without its top player on a cold, west
Thursday at the Delton Kellogg Invitational at
Mullenhurst and then followed that up with a
runner-up finish at the Ionia County Shoot-
Out Saturday.
The Lakewood boys shot a 336 to win at
Mullenhurst Thursday, outscoring Hastingswhich shot a 350, Schoolcraft 361, Olivet
372, Maple Valley 382, Parchment 403,
Saugatuck 419 and Constantine 449. The
hosts from Delton Kellogg/Martin did not
participate in the day’s event.
Will Jensen from Hastings was the day’s
medalist with a score of 78. The Saxons also
got an 86 from Collin Fouty, a 90 from Joey
McLean and a 96 from Owen Carroll. Fouty
was tied for eighth individually.
Lakewood had three guys in the top ten, ledby Logan Kenyon who shot a 79 to finish as
the day’s runner-up.
Liam Cavanaugh shot an 84 to place sixth
overall for the vikings and Owen Richmond
matched’s Fouty’s 86. Lakewood’s fourth
score was an 87 from Drew Marquoit. Jack
Jackson was right behind with an 88.
Maple Valley had two top ten finishes, with
Owen Bailey fifth with an 81 and Buck
Schrader tied for eighth with an 86 of his own.
Back in action Saturday the Vikings weresecond to Portland at the Ionia County Shoot-
Out. The Raiders won the day’s event with a
score of 338, ahead of Lakewood 355, Belding
370, Pewamo-Westphalia 375 and Ionia 424.
Belding’s Mason Anderson as the day’s
individual champion with a score of 71.
Portland was led by a 78 from Isaac Honsowitz.
Kenyon led Lakewood with a fifth-place
score of 85. The Vikings also got an 88 from
Liam Cavanaugh, a 91 from Jackson and a 91
from Richmond.Saxon boys win first meet on new track
Valerie Slaughter
Contributing Writer
The newly renovated track inside Baum
Stadium at Johnson Field was still buzzing
with activity and new personal records despite
the annual Hastings Invitational being limited
to just eight teams in what was the first home
meet of the new season for the Saxon varsity
boys’ and girls’ teams Friday.
The Saxons boys’ team had the depth in its
line up to finish the evening in first place,
while the girls team worked to a fifth place
finish.
Hastings head coach Brian Teed said, “the
boys’ team put together a true team effort by
winning the meet. They had no event champi-
ons, which means they won the meet based on
their second- and third-string depth. Little
things win championships, for example, if
Ruben Solmes had not cleared opening height
as a first-time vaulter, or if Cole Greenfield
had not volunteered to run the 3200-meter we
would not have won the meet.”
While there were no individual champions
in any of the events for the Saxon boys’ team,
they worked on bettering their personal
records to set a combined total of 21 PR’s for
the evening. Coach Teed noted, “I can see
them maturing and gaining confidence almost
every day.” The boys team took the lead after
the 800-meter run and never looked back.
They scored 731.5 points for the day and fin-
ished with a 7-0 record, just 16.5 points ahead
of Belding.
The Saxons girls team finished with 531.
points and finished in fifth place with a 3-
standing. Coach Teed stated, “the girls team
came into the meet a little banged up and little
thin from quarantines, but they worked togeth-
er and had a nice finish. Allison Teed was our
only event champion of the day in the 100-
meter hurdles and also set a new meet record.”Allison Teed, a junior hurdler and pole
vaulter for the team, ran a time of 16.32 sec-
onds in the 100-meter hurdles for her first
place finish in the event. All together, the girls
team set ten new PR’s.
The invitational placed through the top six
finishers in each event. Layton Eastman fin-
ished third in the 110-meter hurdles and
fourth in the 300-meter hurdles for the
Hastings team; Jason Haight was third in the
100-meter dash; Caleb Laboe finished fifth in
the 3200-meter run and sixth in the 1600-
meter run; Robby Slaughter placed third in
the pole vault and sixth in the 200-meter dash.
Nate Kohmescher was sixth in the 300-meter
hurdles; Kearen Tolles placed sixth in the
800-meter run, Bayne Signeski finished fourth
in the 200-meter dash. Other Saxons placing
in field events were Kirby Beck second in the
pole vault, Sam Randall fourth in the shot put,
and Adam Jacob was sixth in the shot, and
Daniel Weatherly placed fourth in the discus.For the relays, the Saxon boys’ team had
strong finishes with the 400-meter relay team
of Slaughter, Haight, Dillon Neal, and Daniel
Harp taking second; the 800-meter relay team
of Eastman, Haight, Bayne Signeski, and
Beck taking third; the 3200-meter relay team
of Laboe, Jonah Teed, Xander Signeski, and
Tolles taking fourth; and the 1600-meter relay
team of Jacob Arens, Xander Signeski, Beck
and Tolles finishing 6th.
Saxon girls finishing in the top of their
events for the day included Allison Teed who
also finished second in the 300-meter low
hurdles and second in the pole vault. Skylar
Fenstemaker took sixth in the 100-meter hur-
dles, and Addey Nickels placed fourth in the
300-meter hurdles and third in the 200-meter
dash. The Saxon 800-meter relay team of
Addey Nickels, Isabelle Roosien, Kali Grimes
and Teed finished third, and the 400-meter
relay team of Hailey Graham, Fenstemaker,
Roosien and Grimes took sixth.In the field events, the Hastings throwers
were strong in the discus with Maddie
McMasters finishing in second , Daisy Kerby
in third, and Zara Franklin placing fourth.
Maddie Miller finished third in the shot put,
and Grimes was fifth in the long jump. In the
high jump, Josey Nickels took third and
Natalee Sanders ended the day at sixth.
Boys’ team standings at the end of the day,
saw Belding second with 715 points, ahead of
Grand Ledge 662.3, Vicksburg 656, DeWitt
548.5, Mona Shores 460.5, Hamady 356.
and the Grand Rapids Track Club eighth with
215.5 points.
The top four teams in the girls’ standings
were Grand Ledge with 759.5 points, ahead of
Belding 703, Vicksburg 635.5 and DeWitt
629.5.
Hastings will compete at home again on
Friday in an Interstate 8 Conference meet.12
Hastings freshman Addey Nickels (center) races to a seventh-place time of 13.89 seconds in the 100-meter dash at the Hastings
Invitational inside Baum Stadium at Johnson Field Friday. (Photo by Valerie Slaughter)The Saxons’ Robby Slaughter (right) extends the baton to teammate Jason Haight
in the 400-meter relay Friday during the Hastings Invitational inside Baum Stadium at
Johnson Field. The invitational was the first on the newly renovated track in Hastings.
(Photo by Valerie Slaughter)
The Lakewood varsity boys’ golf team celebrates its victory Thursday at the Delton Kellogg Invitational at
Mullenhurst Golf Course. The Vikings beat runner-up Hastings by 14 strokes.
Hastings varsity boys’ golf team members (from left) Joey McLean, Will Jensen, Collin Fouty, Owen
Carroll, Jack Kensington and Damien Gibson gather with their runner-up trophy from the 2021 Delton
Kellogg Invitational at Mullenhurst Thursday.Saxon tennis doesn’t drop a set in dual with Bulldogs
The Hastings varsity girls’ tennis team
returned from spring break to get its first vic-
tory of the 2021 season Thursday on the new
courts at Hastings High School.
The Saxons took an 8-0 win over the visit-
ing Ionia Bulldogs in a non-conference dual.
The fourth doubles team of Elizabeth
Arnold and Olivia Oger preserved the shut outfor the Saxons with a close 7-6, 6-4 win over
the Ionia duo of Brianna Ferrante-Cook and
Caitlin McGuire.
Hastings head coach Andrew Haines said
all of his girls played hard and found their
competitive edge in the victory.
It was a first varsity victory for the Saxon
doubles teams. At first doubles, the Saxon duoof Brinna Cobb and Bailey Cook scored a 6-3,
6-1 win. Skyler Grego and Ella Carroll won
6-1, 6-0 at second doubles. The third doubles
team of Megan Rowley and Calin Redman
earned a 6-2, 6-1 win.
All four Saxon singles players won in
straight sets as well, with Brooklyn Youngs
taking the first singles win, Abby Beemerwinning at number two, Finja Schmidt at
number three and Anna Haywood at fourth
singles.
The Saxons followed up that dual by beat-
ing up on the Bulldogs again Saturday on
their way to a runner-up finish at the Lakewood
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