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DK scores five-goal wins over
Olivet and Saugatuck boys
The Delton Kellogg varsity boys’ soccer
team closed out last week by scoring victories
over Saugatuck and Olivet for wins three and
four on the fall campaign.
DK defeated the Olivet Eagles 6-1 Saturday
morning in Olivet. James Blackburn scored
three times for Delton Kellogg and Hector
Jimenez scored twice. John Sinclair added a
goal as well.
Marshall Warner had three assists for the
Panthers, and Miles Hatton, Jimenez and Mel
Baixas had one assist each.The Panthers hosted Saugatuck last
Wednesday and scored another five-goal
win, besting the Saugatuck boys 5-0 in
their Southwestern Athletic Conference
match.
Hatton, a freshman, scored the Panthers’
opening goal off an assist from Blackburn
and DK quickly made it a two-goal advantage
when Jimenez beat the Saugatuck defense to
a through ball from Cameron Spaulding to go
in for a goal.
DK held that 2-0 lead over Saugatuck untilmidway through the second half when the
Panthers pt in three goals in a span of less
than seven minutes. Blackburn finished off a
corner kick, Warner assisted on a goal by
Jimenez and then dribbled through the
Saugatuck defense himself to score the
Panthers’ final goal.
Marcus Momenee got the shut out in goal.
Delton is now 3-2-1 in conference.
Outside the conference, the Panthers were
bested 1-0 by an undefeated Lakewood team
Monday at Lakewood High School.Saxon soccer going through
stretch against I-8’s top teams
The Hastings boys soccer team is in the midst
of a tough stretch to close out the Interstate-
Athletic Conference regular season.
The Saxons 0-4-2 in conference play after
suffering an 8-1 against visiting Parma
Western Tuesday.The Saxons were bested 5-0 Saturday at
Coldwater.
Coldwater is currently tied with Marshall
atop the conference standings with 5-0-
records. The Marshall boys will host
Hastings this afternoon (Sept. 30).The Saxons will get outside of the I-
Saturday morning, traveling to Lakewood
for a non-conference contest against the
currently undefeated Vikings.Doubles teams have
some success for
Saxon tennis squad
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Hastings varsity boys’ tennis team
took three of the four doubles matches in a
non-conference dual at Lansing Waverly
Tuesday afternoon, one day after a tough
Interstate-8 Athletic Conference defeat in
Marshall.
The toughest of those three doubles wins
for the Saxons came at number three where
the duo of Mitchell Vann and Caleb Borton
bested Katurah Brown and Gupreet Singh
6-4, 6-3 in two close sets.
The Saxon duo of Heath Hays and Lang
Haines scored a 7-5, 6-0 win over Waverly’s
Brandon Edmonds and TJ Barker at second
doubles. Evan Porter and Ethan Helmholdt
won the fourth doubles match for the
Saxons by the scores of 6-3, 6-1 over
Michael Cross and Landon Watkins.
The Hastings first doubles team of Andre
Perez and Keegan Lindsey were nearly
able to pull off a sweep of the doubles to
earn a tie in the dual, but the Waverly team
of Paulson Justin and Sai Tun rallied to
take a super tiebreaker in the end. The
Waverly pair won by the scores of 3-6, 6-2,
(10-4).
Hastings didn’t get more than a single
game in any one set on the singles side
against Waverly. The same could be said
for Monday afternoon’s I-8 dual with the
Marshall Redhawks. Marshall scored an
8-0 conference victory.
The Saxons didn’t win a set in Marshall
and forfeited the fourth doubles match.
It was as busy start to the week for the
Saxons, especially on the heels of a trip
north for the Grant Invitational Saturday. In
Grant, the Saxons saw Lansing Catholic
earn a championship with 23 points. Grant
was second with 13, ahead of Comstock
Park 8 and Hastings 4.
Perez and Lindsey had an exciting win
for the Saxons at first doubles on the day,
besting the Comstock Park team of Brady
Vanoverloop and Isaiah Bouwman 7-5,
7-6(6) in a match.
At fourth doubles, the Hastings team of
Porter and Helmholdt scored a 6-3, 6-
victory over the Comstock Park team of
Austin Ellsworth and Connor Phinney.
Hastings also finished off a couple wins
with Comstock Park teams retiring early.
Hays and Haines at second doubles scored
win in a 6-1, 4-3 match against Comstock
Park as well. Vann and Borton bested the
Comstock Park third doubles team of Rory
Mehren and Ewan Robinson 6-1, 1-0.
The Saxons were scheduled to host
Parma Western Wednesday afternoon and
will be back in action Friday for the
Interstate-8 Athletic Conference
Tournament. The Saxons have a dual at
home against Lakewood Tuesday, Oct. 5.TK tennis finishes
Gold duals with
only one defeat
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Thornapple Kellogg varsity boys’
tennis team is getting into the swing of
things at the right time.
The Trojans have won three consecutive
duals, including victories in the final
two OK Gold Conference duals of the sea-
son.
TK scored an 8-0 win over the Wildcats
in Wayland Tuesday afternoon to improve to
5-1-1 in conference duals this fall. Only
Forest Hills Eastern bested the Trojans in
the OK Gold this fall. South Christian will
host the conference championship tourna-
ment Saturday.
TK won all eight flights in straight sets.
Wayland’s second doubles team put up a
fight to get one, but TK’s Hayden Oly an
dKameron Nichols pulled out 8-6 wins in a
pair of tiebreakers to win in straight sets.
The top doubles match was competitive
as well. The TK team of James Thorne and
Ronald Simmons earned a 6-2, 6-4 victory.
TK had the team of Robby Holler and
Ben Cuisson scored a 6-1, 6-1 win at third
doubles and Aaron Michalk and Aidan
Dudik score a 6-0, 6-1 win at fourth dou-
bles.
Nick Vreeland defeated Wayland’s best
player, Andrew Murphy, 6-1, 6-3 in the first
singles match.
TK’s Jack Geukes scored a 6-0, 6-0 win
over Nolan Ritz at second singles.
The Trojan team also had Josh Wedyke
score a 6-0, 6-1 win at third singles and
Payton Wilkinson earn a 6-1, 6-2 win at
number four singles.
The line-up for TK was the same last
Wednesday as the Trojans scored a 7-1 win
over the Ottawa Hills Bengals in Grand
Rapids.
Ottawa Hills forfeited the fourth singles
point and the second, third and fourth dou-
bles points. Thorne and Simmons scored a
6-0, 6-1 win for TK at first doubles. Geukes
won 6-2, 6-2 over Ryan Yon at second sin-
gles, and Wedyke scored a 6-0, 6-0 win over
Nhan Nguyen at third singles.
Rohit Agarwal picked up the Bengals’
point as he bested TK’s Vreeland at number
one singles 6-2, 6-3.
In between the two conference clashes,
the Trojans finished off a dual with
Lakewood that was interrupted a couple
times by the weather this season. TK took a
6-2 win in the dual.
Vreeland bested Lakewood’s top singles
player, Clay Dumond, 6-1, 6-0. Wedyke
won at third singles and Wilkinson at num-
ber four for TK.
With Seth Bainbridge filling in at second
singles for the Trojans, Lakewood’s Colin
Heyl scored a 6-3, 6-3 win at that flight. The
Vikings also got a 6-3, 6-4 win from the
team of Asher Teigeler and Logan Tefft in a
dual with the TK duo of Nate Burkhead and
Logan Gorman.
Oly and Nichols won for TK at second
doubles, Holler and Cuisson won at number
three, Michalk and Dudik won at number
four for the Trojans.TAPRC seeks input on
Sheridan Road park
with online survey
Greg Chandler
Staff Writer
The Thornapple Area Parks and Recreation
Commission is inviting Middleville area res-
idents to offer their thoughts about the new
park planned for a location on Sheridan
Road, north of Mt. Hope Cemetery and west
of the Department of Public Works building.
Two preliminary designs are presented in
the survey, based on feedback received by
TAPRC earlier this summer. Residents areasked to weigh in on what they like about
each of the two designs.
“The final design may be either of the pre-
liminary designs or a new concept that blends
recreation elements from each,” TAPRC
board chairwoman Catherine Getty said.
One design proposal calls for development
of two full-size baseball fields with 90-foot
basepaths, two other baseball fields designed
for youth baseball with 60-foot basepaths and
a T-ball size field with 50-foot-basepaths. Italso calls for multi-modal trails, a picnic
pavilion, playground, basketball court and
bathroom/concession stand.
The second design proposes one full-size
baseball field, three youth-sized baseball
fields, a pavilion/concessions area, play-
ground, basketball court, adventure course,
mountain biking trails and a multi-model
trail, according to TAPRC’s website.
To take part in the survey, go to http://www.sur-
veymonkey.com/r/TAPRCSheridanPark.RUTLAND CHARTER TOWNSHIP
TRUSTEE VACANCY
Rutland Charter Township is seeking an individual to serve as Trustee on the Township
Board. Applicants must be a resident and a qualified elector of Rutland Charter Township.
Interested residents may apply at the Township Clerk’s Office, Monday through Thursday
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Applications must be received by 1:00 p.m. October 6th. The
position will be filled by Township Board appointment at the October 13th, 2021 Board
Meeting.Rutland Charter Township
2461 Heath Road
Hastings, MI 49058
269-948-2194 167815There are currently two designs for a new Sheridan Road park near downtown Middleville. Public input is being sought. Design
one includes one more full size ball field than design two and an extended multi modal trail section. (Graphics provided)Public input is being sought on preliminary designs for a new Sheridan Road park near downtown Middleville. Design two
includes an adventure corse and mountain bike trails. (Graphics provided)