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(269) 623-Saxons best Vikings in
final tennis dual of 2021
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Hastings varsity boys’ tennis team
finished off its 2021 regular season with a 5-
win over visiting Lakewood in an Oct. 4 dual
at Hastings High School
It was the final tune-up for the Vikings and
Saxons before last week’s MHSAA regional
tournaments.
Saxon senior Joey McLean bested the
Vikings’ Clay Dumond 6-0, 6-1 in the first
singles match. Hastings also got a singles
victory from John Tellkamp at number four,
who won by default.
The Saxon team got a forfeit victory at
fourth doubles as well.
The Saxon team of Andre Perez and
Keegan Lindsey scored a bit 6-4, 6-4 victory
for their team at first doubles against the
Lakewood team of Asher Teigeler and Caleb
Hull.
Hastings also scored a close doubles win at
number three where the team of Mitchell
Vann and Caleb Borton bested Ellie Minard
and Eliana Haring 6-3, 6-2.
Lakewood took a pair of singles wins, with
senior Colin Heyl besting the Saxons’ Joe
Goggins 7-5, 7-5. Lakewood sophomore
Emil Meyers scored a 6-2, 6-2 win over
Hastings’ Braden Darling in the third singles
match.
On the doubles side, Lakewood’s number
two team of Reily Teigeler and James
McKenzie scored a 6-3, 6-3 win over the
Hastings duo of Cory Haines and Heath
Hays.
Both teams finished at the bottom of their
respective regional standings last week, the
Saxons in Division 3 at Grand Rapids
Christian Wednesday and the Vikings in
Division 4 at Allegan Friday.
Allegan won the regional championship
they hosted Friday on overcrowded indoor
courts, with 19 points ahead of South
Christian 15, Hackett Catholic Prep 12,
Kalamazoo Christian 12, Otsego 3, South
Haven 3 and Lakewood 0.
The top two teams and top two first singles
players earned spots in the state finals at
regionals across the state last week.
South Christian’s Alberto Gonzalez Perez
scored a 6-2, 6-4 win over Allegan’s Eli
Festerling in the first singles final in
Allegan.GLAC foes fight for state
spot, which goes to Bees
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Teams from the Greater Lansing Activities
Conference placed third, fourth and fifth at
the MHSAA Division 4 Girls’ Golf Regional
at the Cascades Golf Club in Jackson
Wednesday.
The Lakewood ladies were fifth among
that group, with Olivet fourth and the GLAC
champions from Bath in third earning the
last of the state qualifying spots from the
regional tournament. The top three teams
and top three individuals not on those teams
earned spots in the MHSAA Lower
Peninsula Girls’ Golf Finals which will be
held Oct. 15-16 at Forest Akers East Golf
Course on the campus of Michigan State
University in East Lansing.
Lansing Cathlic won the regional title
with a team score of 331, ahead of Lumen
Christi 355, Bath 439, Olivet 443,
Lakewood 456, Byron 462, Napoleon 469,
Laingsburg 469, Durand 473 and East
Jackson 474.
Laingsburg senior Grace Elfring did qual-
ify for the state finals as an individual. Her
score of 84 put her third in the overall indi-
vidual standings behind Lansing Catholic
senior Amanda Melling who shot a 75 and
Lumen Christi junior Ashley Hilderley who
scored an 81.
Senior Claire Benham and sophomore
Makenzie Vasquez tied for the Lakewood
team lead, each shooting a 109. That score
was good for 16th individually.
Senior Hailee Shepard and sophomore
Audrey Hillard each scored a 119 for the
Vikings.
Behind Melling for the regional champions
from Lansing Catholic, Sailor Somerville and
Brynn Anderson each scored an 85 and
Sophie Hauser tallied an 86.Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Saxons did their best to keep their
footing across the slick elevation changes
behind Wayland Middle School in the misty
rain Tuesday at the Wayland Invitational.
Hastings head coach Steve Collins stood at
one sharp turn where the course moves
through a fence line between the woods and
practice football fields, alerting each of his
runners to stay wide on the turn to avoid an
especially treacherous mud hole.
The Hastings boys kept their balance well
enough to score a third place finish Tuesday,
while the Hastings girls placed fifth.
Saxon sophomore Riley Shults ran to a
third-place finish in the boys’ race with a time
of 17:L43.22. He trailed only a pair of
Hamilton runners, junior Max VanHuis who
finished in 17:33.34 and freshman Abatu
Dykstra who came in at 17:42.82.
Even with the top two finishers, the
Hamilton boys couldn’t overpower the
Wayland pack which had Wildcats finish in
fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth place
on their home course. Wayland won the
boys’ meet with 30 points, ahead of Hamilton
47, Hastings 59, Hopkins 117 and Wyoming
Lee 122.
The Saxon boys’ team had six top-30 med-
alists at the race. That group included fresh-
man Brandon Simmons who was tenth in
18:56.98, sophomore Reuben Solmes who
was 13th in 19:15.26 and sophomore Jonah
Teed who was 16th in 19:40.95. The rest of
the Saxon top six was freshman Micah
Johnson 26th in 20:35.24 and sophomore
Cole Greenfield 28th in 20:45.07.
Lakewood and Maple Valley competed
Tuesday as well, but didn’t have enough run-
ners to earn team scores in the boys’ meet.
Junior Ryan Alford was the fastest Viking,
placing 22nd in 20:26.88. His sophomore
teammate, Emil Meyers who joined the pro-
gram at the conclusion of the varsity boys’
tennis season, placed 57th in 26:35.30.
Junior Adam Blakely led the Maple Valley
boys with a time of 25:30.03 that put him in
54 th place. Lion sophomore Brody
Trowbridge was 61st in 37:20.55.
The three fastest Hastings girls all earned
medals, led by senior Allison Teed who was
eighth in 22:55.52. Senior Carissa Strouse
placed 18th in 24:04.50 and sophomore Lily
Comensoli 20th in 24:24.57.
The Saxon top five on the girls’ side also
included senior Hannah Crozier who was
41 st in 28:33.75 and junior Victoria Jerzyk
who ran a new personal record time of
31:59.59 to place 48th. The Saxon team was
also happy to welcome freshman Anika
Bourass who ran her first varsity race of the
season, placing 56th in 40:56.23.
Hopkins beat host Wayland by a single point,
56-57 at the top of the girls’ standings. Hamilton
was a close third with 61 points, ahead of
Martin 88, Hastings 94 and Wyoming 141.
Lakewood junior Reagan Lab had a top ten
finish, placing tenth in 23:04.44. Maple
Valley sophomore Lilly Faurot wasn’t far
behind in 13th with a time of 23:33.57.
Lakewood also had junior Sadie Brearley
16 th in 23:59.06, sophomore Claire Fortier
28 th in 25:17.72 and senior Madason Morelli
32 nd in 26:09.44.
Maple Valley freshman Brianna Gurd
placed 53rd in 35:55.09.
Wayland junior Olivia Barabas cruised to
the individual victory with a time of 20:40.76.
Hopkins had sophomore Helena Kerber sec-
ond in 21:38.62 and freshman Kambria
Moored third in 21:55.75.DK/TK/HHS girls
start with 1-2 finish
in relay, best Union
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Delton Kellogg/Thornapple Kellogg/
Hastings varsity girls’ swimming and diving
team dove back in OK Rainbow Tier II
Conference action with a 104-71 win over
Grand Rapids Union in the CERC pool in
Hastings.
DK/TK/HHS girls won every event in the
dual with the Red Hawks.
Abby Marcukaitis, Sophia Marcukaitis,
Preslee Hall and Holly Carpenter won the
200-yard medley relay in 1 minute 59.58 sec-
onds and the 200-yard freestyle relay in
1:50.79. The team of Kasey Kapteyn, Lily
Foy, Aubrey Hawks and Ellen Shults took the
400-yard freestyle relay in 4:39.08.
Hawks won two individual events, the
100-yard backstroke in 1:13.34 and the 200-
yard freestyle in 2:23.07.
Abby Marcukaitis won two individual
events, the 200-yard individual medley in
2:17.23 and the 100-yard butterfly in 1:03.23.
Carpenter won two individual events, the
500-yard freestyle in 6:20.03 and the 50-yard
freestyle in 27.85 seconds.
Sophia Marcukaitis won the 100-yard
breaststroke in 1:14.02 and Shults took the
100-yard freestyle in 1:07.62.
Abigail Dumond took the diving competi-
tion with a score of 201.20, leading a sweep
of the top three scoring spots in that event for
the DK/TK/HHS girls. Eve Bishop was sec-
ond with 190.50 points and TJ Myers third at
162.65.
DK/TK/HHS also had a 1-2-3 finish in the
50-yard freestyle. Behind Carpenter, Shults
was second and Abby Gaskill third.Saxon senior Carissa Strouse works her way up hill during the early stages of the
Wayland Invitational Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer)
The Saxons' Micah Johnson (left) and Cole Greenfield make their final trek through
the woods behind Wayland Middle School during the Wayland Invitational Tuesday
afternoon. (Photo by Brett Bremer)