Page 10 — Thursday, May 12, 2022 — The Hastings Banner
CORRECTION
Hastings boys’ varsity track and field athlete Charlie Nick-
els was incorrectly identified as Kearan Tolles in a photo on
page 14 of the May 5, 2022 edition of the Hastings Banner.
Saxons and Panthers battle atop I-8 tennis table today
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Hastings varsity girls’ tennis team
will try and finish off an undefeated sea-
son of Interstate-8 Athletic Conference
duals when it travels to face league-lead-
ing Parma Western this afternoon.
Hastings moved its I-8 record to 6-0-
with a victory over the Marshall Red-
hawks Monday in Marshall. The Hastings
girls are now 9-1-2 overall on the season.
The Saxons took an 8-0 non-confer-
ence win at Ionia Tuesday. The Hastings
singles players didn’t drop more than two
games in any one set. Brooklynn Youngs
took a 6-1, 6-1 win at first singles over
the Bulldogs’ Jessa Swinehart and Kate
Brown.Abby Beemer won 6-1, 6-1 at second
singles for the Saxons, Julia McLean
won 6-1, 6-2 at number three and MJ
Deal won 6-0, 6-0 at number four in a
match that coach Andrew Haines said
lasted only 15 minutes.
The Saxon head coach was also happy to
see Bailey Cook and Erin Daniels, his first
doubles duo, find its mojo in a 6-0, 6-2 win
over Riley Browne and Caitlin McGuire.
Hastings also got quick 6-0, 6-0 wins from
the second doubles team of Brinna Cobb
and Sophia Ahearns and the fourth doubles
team of Audrey Vertalka and Jayln Grimes.
Calin Redman and Megan Rowley at third
doubles took a 6-2, 6-2 win.
Youngs got the only singles victory for
the Saxons in their big dual at MarshallMonday. She knocked off the Redhawks’
Lindsay Malone 6-1, 6-2.
There were a couple tough losses for
the Saxons on the singles side. Addison
Powers from Marshall fought off Beemer
for a 6-4, 5-7, (11-9) win in a super tie-
breaker. Lucy Gensch at fourth singles
scored a 6-4, 6-3 win over Deal.
That one singles victory was enough for
the Saxons with a sweep of the doubles
matches. Cook and Daniels won 6-3, 6-
at number one. Cobb and Ahearns won
6-4, 6-2 at number two. In the third dou-
bles match Rowley and Redman scored a
6-4, 6-2 win. Grimes and Vertalka notched
a 6-22, 6-2 win at fourth doubles.
The Saxon team also scored a 6-2 win
over Lakewood in a non-conference duallast Wednesday.
Youngs, Beemer and Deal took wins
on the singles side for the Saxons, with
Deal fighting off Lakewood’s Jasmine
Stewart for the victory at fourth singles
by the score of 3-6, 6-4, (11-9). Kylee
Goble took the third singles flight for
Lakewood with a 6-2, 7-5 win over
McLean.
The Hastings teams of Cook and Dan-
iels, Cobb and Ahearns and Rowley and
Redman won the top three doubles
flights. Cook and Daniels were pushed
by Lakewood Alli Pickard and Abby
Pickard in a 7-5, 6-4, (10-8) win at num-
ber one.
Liv Everitt and Paige Wolverton won
for the Vikings at fourth doubles.Pair of birdies help Carroll tie for second at Titans’ jamboree
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Hastings varsity boys’ golf team
scored a seventh-place finish at the Inter-
state-8 Athletic Conference boys’ golf jam-
boree at the Cascades Golf Course Tuesday.
Lumen Christi, the day’s host, won the
varsity boys’ golf competition with a
score of 168. Harper Creek beat out Mar-
shall on a fifth-score tiebreaker as both
teams put up a score of 171. JacksonNorthwest was fourth with a 172, ahead
of Parma Western 192, Coldwater 196,
Hastings 199 and Pennfield 216.
Sophomore Owen Carroll led the Sax-
ons with a 39. Carroll fired a pair of bird-
ies, one on the 381-yard par-4 number
four and another on the 174-yard, par-
number nine. His 39 tied Marshall senior
Collin McLane for second on the day.
Hastings also got a 49 from Joey
McLean, a 55 from Hunter Cook and 56sfrom Blake Barnum and Reed Balderson.
Marshall senior Harrison Chapman
was the day’s medalist with a 38. Harper
Creek got 40s from freshman Spencer
Denney and senior Ty Peet. Lumen
Christi was led by 41s from freshmen
Charlie Saunders and Adam Fuller.
Lumen Christi also got 43s from juniors
Nash Hanchett and Joshua Baker which
had them tied in tenth place individually.
The conference was also together lastWednesday, May 4, for a jamboree host-
ed by Coldwater at Coldwater Golf
Course. Lumen Christi won there too
with a score of 161 ahead of Marshall
164, Northwest 175, Harper Creek 183,
Pennfield 183, Parma Western 184, Cold-
water 186 and Hastings 217.
Carroll once again led the Saxons with
a 42. The Saxons also got a 57 from Joe
Goggins and 59s from Lang Haines and
Heath Hays.Brickley no-hits Irish in DK’s softball sweep in Kalamazoo
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
The Delton Kellogg varsity softball team
hammered out 10-0 and 17-3 Southwestern
Athletic Conference Valley Division wins at
Hackett Catholic Prep Tuesday.
Mya Brickley no-hit the Irish in the Pan-
thers’ five-inning win in game one. She
struck out six and walked two.
Allie Trantham belted a home run to cen-
ter field that put her team up 7-0 with two
out in the top of the third inning.
Brickley also had a pair of singles in the
ballgame. She was 2-for-3 at the plate with
two runs scored and an RBI.
Aubrey Aukerman tripled, drove in two
runs and scored twice. Allison Brandli dou-
bled, drove in a run and scored three times
for DK.
Paige Thomas and Jordan Lyons also
drove in runs for DK in the win.
Abby Fichtner walked twice out of theleadoff spot and scored a run too.
Brickley was big with the bat again in
game two going 2-for-3 with a home run
and a double. She drove in three runs and
scored three times.
Aukerman, Fichtner and Trantham each
also blasted a double in game two. Tran-
tham was 3-for-4 with two runs and two
RBI. Paige Thomas singled, drove in a run
and scored once for the Panthers.
Delton Kellogg took advantage of 12
walks in game two. Kasey Kapteyn walked
twice and scored twice. Lyons walked once
and scored twice. Aukerman and Brandli
both walked twice.
Lyons, Thomas and Kayleigh Buffum
shared time pitching. None of the three
runs against them were earned. Buffum
threw three scoreless innings in the five-in-
ning ballgame striking out two and allow-
ing one hit.
The DK girls split a non-conference dou-bleheader at Wyoming last Wednesday,
May 4, falling 9-7 to the Wolves in game
one and then bouncing back for a 9-6 win
in game two.
Trantham was 2-for-4 at the plate with a
home run and two RBI in the game two
win for DK. Thomas was 3-for-4 with two
doubles and two RBI. Brandli was 2-for-
with a double and two RBI. Aukerman
also doubled and drove in two runs. Ficht-
ner was 2-for-3 with a double and two runs
scored.
Aukerman’s at-bats were the highlight of
the game one loss for DK. She was 4-for-
with three doubles. She scored three runs
and drove in two.
The Delton Kellogg girls were scheduled
to host Schoolcraft Wednesday, May 11,
and will be on the road at Watervliet this
afternoon (May 12). The Panthers will be a
part of the Lakewood Invitational Saturday
and then will visit South Christian Monday.Guevera has best 18-hole
round of spring at M-89 event
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
Delton Kellogg/Martin senior Javier Guevera
played his best round of the spring to score an 84
Saturday at the M-89 Challenge at the Lynx
Friday, May 6.
Guevara scored an 84 to place 14th in a field
of 69 golfers. It was just one rough hole, a nine
on a par-5, that kept him from breaking into the
70s for the first time.
The DK/Martin senior boosted his score with
birdies on the par-3 number nine and the par-
number 18.
“He kept it in play off the tee,” Delton Kel-
logg/Martin head coach Jim Hogoboom said.
“His short game is getting much more consis-
tent – making some 10-15 footers to save pars
and bogies and making his birdie opportunities
inside 10-feet when he gets the chance, not
allowing himself to get rattled when he has a bad
hole. The mental approach has been strong late-
ly.Like many golfers he is his own worst enemywhen things get off track a bit, but he has stayed
in the moment and is seeing better results.”
Mattawan won the day’s championship with
four of the day’s top five individual scores. Wild-
cat sophomore Matthew Novak was the day’s
individual champion with a score of 71. Mat-
tawan also got a 74 from junior Will Kuiper, a 78
from junior Blake Welch and a 78 from sopho-
more Cameron Graver. Watervliet senior Parker
Lanning also shot a 78. Mattawan also had senior
Logan McClish right behind with an 82.
The Mattawan team finished with a score of
301 ahead of Kalamazoo Christian 333, Sau-
gatuck 346, Cassopolis 347, Niles 355, Water-
vliet 371, Bridgman 378, White Pigeon 407,
Lawton 418, Delton Kellogg 423 and Marcellus
475.
On a wet and chilly day, the other Panthers
had a tougher time than Guevera. DK got a 107
from sophomore Zachary Hall, a 110 from
senior Cole Altman and a 122 from junior Brett
Harsevoort.Lions score late against Bees
Brett Bremer
Sports Editor
It wasn’t the result the Lions wanted after
a scoreless first half, but after learning a little
more about their opponents the Lions were
pleased.
The Maple Valley varsity girls’ soccer
team fell to Greater Lansing Activities Con-
ference foe Bath 4-1 on Fuller Street Field in
Nashville Monday evening. All five goals in
the game were scored with the wind at the
Bees’ backs in the second half.
The Maple Valley girls learned after the
contest that the Bees had recently defeated
fellow GLAC rival Lakewood 4-2. Lakewood
is a team that scored an 8-0 win over the Maple
Valley girls just last week – so to hang with the
Bees was something to be happy about.
“We’re still staying positive, because they’re
doing a lot of good things, but we have to fin-
ish in that final third,” Lion head coach Rich-
ard Seume said. “Until we can do that a few
times, maybe not against this team, but against
a few of the other teams we’re playing.”
Bath did put constant pressure on the Lions’
back line throughout the second half, mostly
working outside-in in their attacking third.
“That is about how our games have been
going,” Seume said. “We have been playing
pretty tight in the first half and then there is a
little bit of give and take from the other team
early in the second half. It has happened to us
several times this year. I am trying to figureout why we’re coming out [in the second
half] a little flat, but then we seem to dig our
heels back in. It was a pretty close first half.”
Senior Eli Martin scored the Lions’ goal
with 3 minutes and 55 seconds to go in the
game. It pulled her team within 3-1 at the
time. The score came on a counter attack with
freshman teammate Isabel Emerick firing a
pass ahead across the box for Martin who beat
the Bath goalie to it and fired it into the net.
Senior Megan Cook scored two goals for the
Bees and freshman teammate Aubri Torok had
a goal and an assist – proving adept at setting
up her teammates all afternoon. Sophomore
Kylie Grennell also scored for Bath, putting a
free kick from about 25 yards out over the
Maple Valley keeper Cassidy Simpson.
Coach Seume was pretty happy with Simp-
son’s performance in goal.
The Lions were a part of the Quincy Invi-
tational Saturday. Comstock scored a 6-2 win
over the Lions, but the Maple Valley girls
rebounded for a 2-1 win in a shootout against
Bronson to close the day.
“We’re playing better together,” Seume
said. “We have come a long way playing as a
team. We have got four exchange students,
three freshmen. It is a brand new team com-
pared to last year. It took a long time to gel,
and we’re still gelling.”
The Lions were scheduled to host Olivet
Wednesday. They’ll return to action at Cal-
houn Christian Tuesday, May 17.HHS track teams have no
trouble toppling Mounties
Valerie Slaughter
Contributing Writer
Hastings’ boys and girls track teams each
gained another Interstate-8 Athletic Confer-
ence win by defeating Jackson Northwest at
home Monday night. The lady Saxons defeat-
ed Northwest 83–53, and the boys’ team ran
away with 132–30 conference win.
Both Saxon teams advance their record to
4–1 in the I-8 conference this season.
The Saxon girls’ team saw multiple first
place results from Madison Nino in the long
jump with a personal record of 17 feet 5.
inches, which puts her second on the all-time
leader board for the Saxons. Nino also placed
first in the 100-meter run (13.77 seconds).
Allison Teed placed first in the 100-meter
hurdles (16.85) and the pole vault (9-0),
Carissa Strouse ran first place times in the
3200-meter (14 minutes 59.49 seconds) and
the 1600-meter run (6:26.68).
Other Saxon girls taking a first place for the
night were: Lauren Arnold 800-meter run
(3:01.04), Addey Nickels 200-meter run
(27.76), and Grace Madden in the shot put (27-
11.50). The Saxon 4x200-meter relay team of
Myah Vincent, Nickels, Isabelle Roosien and
Teed finished first (1:55.66), and the 4x100-me-
ter relay team of Nino, Roosien, Teed and
Nickels finished first with a time of 52.32.
The Saxon boys’ team had multiple first
place finishes by Reuben Solmes who won
the 100-meter dash (12.04) and the 200-meter
(24.56). Layton Eastman won the 110-meter
high hurdles (17.01) and the 300-meter inter-
mediate hurdles (44.05). Kearen Tolles took
the 1600-meter run with a PR of 4:54.30 and
he won the 800-meter (2:12.84). Robby
Slaughter won the long jump (19-11) and the
pole vault (12-6).
The Saxons also had first place results
from Riley Shults in the 3200-meter run
(11:00.41), Jett Barnum in high jump
(5-08.00), Daniel Weatherly in the shop put
with a PR of 48-04.50 and Tanner Rairigh in
discus (99-03).
Hastings’ relay teams swept all the relay
events for the night with the 4x100-meter
team of Slaughter, Aiden SaintAmour, Zane
Warner and Solmes; the 4x200-meter team of
Slaughter, Solmes, Barnum and Eastman; the
1600-meter relay team of Jonah Teed, Nate
Kohmesher, Dillon Neal and Tolles; and the
4x800-meter relay team of Brandon Sim-
mons, Shults, Teed and Tolles earning the
five-point victories.
The Saxons will compete in further Inter-
state 8 action on Monday night, May 16, at
Harper Creek against Harper Creek and
Marshall.
The Saxons' Isabelle Roosien (left) gets the baton from teammate Madison Nino
during the first exchange in the 4x100-meter relay Monday at Hastings High School.
(Photo by Valerie Slaughter)The Saxons' Dillon Neal flies to a run-
ner-up finish in the long jump during the
Saxons' dual with Northwest inside Baum
Stadium at Johnson Field in Hastings
Monday. (Photo by Valerie Slaughter)Hastings' Kearen Tolles works his way
to a victory the 1600-meter run for the
Saxons Monday during their I-8 dual with
Jackson Northwest in Hastings. Tolles , a
junior, was running the race for the first
time on the varsity team and had the
Saxons' best time of the season in the
race at 4 minutes 54.30 seconds. (Photo
by Valerie Slaughter)Maple Valley's Olivia Williams clears the ball out of her end with a goal kick during
her team's GLAC match-up with visiting Bath at Fuller Street Field Monday evening.
(Photo by Brett Bremer)EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BARRY COUNTY COMMISSION
ON AGING
The Commission on Aging (COA) for Barry County is
looking for an Executive Director. The purpose of this
position is to direct and supervise all employees, programs
and services involved in meeting the needs of the senior
population in Barry County.
This includes oversight of administration, budgeting,
programs and nutrition, foster collaborative partnership
with other agencies in the state and county, marketing
the COA through media presentations, publications and
brochures to help promote the needs of seniors.
For a complete job description, please visit the COA website
(https://www.barrycounty.org.commission_on_aging_new/
indexpnp). Use the COA Employment Application and
return completed application with your cover letter and
resume by mail to:
Executive Director
Search Committee
c/o Barry County COA
320 W. Woodlawn Ave.
Hastings, MI 49058