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The Hastings Banner — Thursday, February 24, 2022 — Page 11

TK earns 7 spots at the State Finals

Valerie Slaughter
Contributing Writer
Thornapple Kellogg sent ten wrestlers to
the Michigan High School Athletic Associ-
ation Regional Tournament at Allendale
Saturday and seven of those wrestlers
earned spots in the Division 2 Individual
State Finals at Ford Field.
The Trojans had three individual cham-
pions for the day in seniors Hunter Pitsch
(119 pounds), Ashton Corson (125 pounds)
and Matthew Middleton (152 pounds) and
Kyron Zoet, Jackson Curtis, Zach Gibson
and Austin Chivis also qualified for the
finals with top four finishes.
Pitsch made his run for the regional
finals with a 17-6 major decision over
Jacob Chase from Hamilton, and then a pin
at the end of the second period over Easton
Lyons of Lowell. In the finals, Pitsch won
on an injury default over Fruitport’s Roan
Cooper. This will be PItsch’s second
appearance at the state tournament.
At 125 pounds, Corson who is a two-
time state placer, started his day with a
first-period pin over Jake Wiersma from
Coopersville, and then an 8-2 decision
over Nolan Larson from Sparta. In the
finals, Corson won a 5-1 decision over
freshman Owen Segorski from Lowell.
Matthew Middleton, 152 pounds, and
another senior for TK, was the other

Regional Champion for the Trojans. Mid-

dleton had a technical fall 16-0 over Jacob

Kaylor from Hamilton in round one,

before winning a 13-1 major decision over

Kyan Larson of Sparta in the semi-finals.

Middleton made light work out of his

championship match with another major

decision, 10-2, over Martin Landes of

Zeeland East.

Gibson, a junior at TK and a two-time

state placer, ended the day with a second

place finish at 135 pounds. Gibson started

the day with a 6-0 decision of Jake Jonker

from Kenowa Hills, before winning a close

4-2 decision in the semi-finals over Hilton

Rood from Allendale. Gibson was up 2-

after the second period, and the match was

tied up after Rood scored a penalty point

50 seconds into the third period, but with

10 seconds remaining, Gibson scored a

reversal to win the match and advance to

the finals. In the finals, Gibson faced

James Link from Lowell in another tight

match. The score remained 0-0 after the

second period, before Link scored and

escape and a takedown to win a 3-0 deci-

sion over Gibson.

The other Trojan wrestling in the finals

at regionals and taking second place and

earning his first ticket to state was Chivis.

Chivis won a 13-0 major decision over

Cristian Castro from Holland in round one,

to move to the semi-finals where he had a

7-3 decision over Wyatt Jenkins from

Whitehall to earn him a spot in the finals.

Chivis would have a rematch of the district

finals match against Robby Slaughter of

Hastings, with Slaughter taking a 9-5 deci-

sion.

Zoet placed third for the day at his

weight class for TK. Zoet, at 130 pounds,

is a returning state placer. Zoet won his

first match of the day before dropping a

4-3 decision in the semi-finals against Har-

ris Meekhof of Allendale. Zoet then came

back in the consolation blood round with a

technical-fall 18-2 before winning the con-

solation finals for third place with a 7-

decision over Riley Buys of Whitehall.

Curtis a junior for TK at 145 pounds

earned his first ticket to state with a fourth

place finish. Curtis had a quick 32 second

pin in the first round before losing in the

semi-finals. In the blood round, Curtis

pulled off a 14-2 major decision over Hast-

ings’ Mason Denton to move into the con-

solation finals, where Curtis had a close

4-2 loss against Lowell’s Nate Cleaver.

Other regional qualifiers for TK, Chris-

tien Miller at 103 pounds and Andrew

Middleton at 135 pounds, finished the day

0-2. Tyler Bushman at 125 pounds, had

one win for the day, a 10-3 decision over

Holly’s, Israel Castro.

TK behind only Blue Devils

at cheer district in Richland

Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The three teams that surpassed the 200-
point mark in round two at the MHSAA
Division 2 Competitive Cheer District at
Gull Lake High School Saturday are mov-
ing on in the state tournament.
Thornapple Kellogg was in that group,
finishing second to the host Blue Devils
Saturday to earn a spot in the Feb. 26 Divi-
sion 2 Regional hosted by Kenowa Hills
High School.
Gull Lake took the championship Satur-
day with an overall score of 732.94, ahead
of TK 729.70, Sturgis 719.28 and Plainwell
698.86.
Mattawan was fifth with a final score of
690.18 and the Hastings varsity competitive
cheer team paced sixth with a score of
678.36.
“I will say, we are definitely grateful to be
in the top 4 and moving on to regionals,”
TK head coach Adrian Sinkler said, but the
Trojans weren’t satisfied with a runner-up
finish Saturday.
“It is definitely a tough loss to move on
from, especially a loss by such few points.
But that happens all the time in this sport.
Myself and my coaching staff always say to

the girls you have to have a short memory

and let things go. This time this won’t be let

go, they’re going to use it as motivation and

move forward.”

The TK Trojans had to let their first dis-

appointment of the day go, at least the mem-

bers of the coaching staff who knew the

score. TK put up a point total of 217.00 in

round one, leading off the round. It left them

5.3 points back of the Blue Devils at the end

of the round and just behind Sturgis and

Plainwell as well.

“I have always heard coaches talk about

the disadvantages of going first in round

one, but never experienced it first hand until

I looked at our scoresheets Saturday. We

went first in round one. No major errors,

mistakes or catastrophic events happened. I

knew the officials would be tough going

into tournaments, but that felt like a gut

punch.”

Sinkler said her girls followed up with

their best round two performance of the

season, which she said was not reflected in

the score either.

“And that’s ok,” Sinkler said. “Round

three continued to do its job. Not a single

stunt came down or even bobbled. They

were all solid.”

TK earned a score of 205.30 in round

two, bested only by a 207.36 by Plainwell,

and then scored a 307.40 in round three.

TK’s round three score of 307.40 was the

highest of the tournament.

The Trojans outscored Gull Lake in

rounds two and three. Gull Lake had a score

of 203.54 in round two and 307.10 in round

three. Plainwell had been in second place

behind the Blue Devils after the first two

rounds, but managed just 273.50 points in

round three after an eight-point deduction in

that final round, and even those eight points

would have left the Plainwell girls behind

Gull Lake, TK and Sturgis in the end.

“That’s the name of the game some-

times,” Sinkler said. “Sometimes you come

up short and you can’t explain it. Going into

Saturday, we are definitely not holding a

single thing back. We won’t stop or let these

‘setbacks’ hold us back.”

Hastings had its season end with scores of

209.50 in round one, 190.56 in round two

and 278.30 in round three.

Behind the top five teams, Hamilton

placed sixth with a score of 666.70, ahead of

Vicksburg 652.86, Edwardsburg 637.58,

Wayland 625.70, Stevensville Lakeshore

606.40 and St. Joseph 563.10.

Vikings head to Rockford for

regional cheer contest

Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Raiders are where the Vikings would
like to be at some point, but they’ll both get
to be in Rockford Saturday.
The Lakewood varsity competitive cheer
team finished second to Portland at the
MHSAA Division 3 Competitive Cheer Dis-
trict at Alma High School Saturday.
An experienced group of Raiders has their
school’s top cheer team yet poised to make a
run at the team’s first-ever state finals appear-
ance. Portland won the district title Saturday
with an overall score of 764.40. Lakewood
was second with a score of 757.50, ahead of
Howard City Tri County 747.96 and Midland
Bullock Creek 716.54 in the top four qualify-
ing for the regional round of the state tourna-
ment.
Lakewood will be cheering for its sixth
state finals appearance at the regional at
Rockford High School Saturday evening. The
first cheerleaders are scheduled to take the
mats beginning at 6 p.m.
“They did really well,” Lakewood head
coach Kim Martin said of her young team’s
district performance. “Every time they step
out on the mat I’m a little more impressed
with them.”
“These girls are stepping up. These fresh-
men and sophomores,” she added.
She said experience is really the big differ-
ence between the Portland team and hers.
The Raiders were little better than the
Vikings in each of the three rounds. Tri Coun-
ty tied the Raiders in round one. The two
teams put up scores of 230.10. Lakewood
was third after a round one score of 227.90.
The Vikings were second between Portland
and Tri County in the final two rounds, tally-
ing scores of 218.80 in round two and 310.
in round three.
Portland notched a score of 220.50 in
round two and 313.80 in round three.
Martin said having Portland in the district
probably helped her girls up their intensity.
Behind the top four, Gladstone was fifth
with a score of 706.02, ahead of Sanford

Meridian 670.58, Ovid-Elsie 656.54, Lansing

Catholic 650.00, Alma 643.22, Belding

609.00, Shepherd 584.80, Remus Chippewa

Hills 574.30 and Big Rapids 556.86.

Lakewood last won a district title in 2020

with seniors Hokulani Ka’alakea, Ellie

Minard and Jessy Weber the three remaining

cheerleaders from that squad. The Vikings

didn’t take part in the 2021 state tournament.

Coach Martin said if her team has a vocal

leader it is Minard. Ka’alakea leads “by

what she does on the mat. She doesn’t say a

lot, but she goes out and does her job every

time,” Martin added.

Martin said Portland and likely Paw Paw

will be the top contenders for a regional

title Saturday, with her girls in the mix as

well.

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Lakewood stunt groups fill the mat as the Vikings perform during round three of the

MHSAA Division 3 Regional Tournament at Alma High School Saturday. (Photo by

Chelsea Chase)