05/24/2007

Prep Roundup

TC West boys claim Big North title

Kingsley, Rayders sweep leagues

FROM STAFF REPORTS

CADILLAC — Four teams took turns running in front.

In the end, the Traverse City West boys crossed the finish line first, literally.

The Titans dominated two of the final three events and held on to win the Big North Conference championships at Cadillac on Wednesday.

TC West finished with 121½ points. TC Central was second with 110 followed by Alpena (102), Petoskey (101), Gaylord (48) and Cadillac (40½).

The Titans and Trojans were the only teams to place in 16 of the 17 events at the meet. Central coach John Lober said the BNC was "the closest its been in nine years” with four teams topping the 100-point mark.

"It was a great meet,” Lober said. "All four teams led at one point. Different teams dominated different events.”

TC West closed out the meet by winning the 1600 relay in 3:32.26. Seth Ankerson, Matt Gulseth, Andrew Space and Greg Forrester won the race for the Titans.

But an event West didn't take first in may have made all the difference. The Titans went 2-3 in the 200 with Dustin Shales and Will Kittendorf, respectively, running in the slow heat.

That meant 14 crucial points for the Titans.

"It was a great team effort,” West coach Jerry Ruskowski said. "We only took three first places. To win a meet like that the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth places did the job.”

Gulseth won the 110 hurdles (15.73) and Dylan Comer the discus (138'2”) to lead TC West.

Lee Spanski had a hand in two victories for TC Central and Jacob Secor defended his title in the 3200 (10:08.57).

Other area winners were:

3200 RELAY — Petoskey (Derek Hemming, Blaise Henning, Travis Howard, Pat Liederbach) 8:23.8; 100 — Bradan Tuszynski (G) 11.87; 800 RELAY — TC Central (Michael Hertler, Ray Gidley, Derrick Rudolph, Spanski) 1:34.86; 1600 — Liederbach (P) 4:34.38; 400 RELAY — Gaylord (Zach Wheeler, Brett Hasty, David Hare, Tuszynski) 45.65; 400 — Spanski (TCC) 52.34; 800 — Liederbach (P) 2:01.12; 200 — Cody Zager (C) 24.36.

BOYS TRACK

Frankfort's Strohmer stars, Kingsley wins title

Frankfort's Steve Strohmer won three events and was named the Northwest Conference's top senior athlete, but Kingsley ran away with the team title.

The Stags finished with 179 points, followed by Suttons Bay with 136, Manton with 100, Glen Lake with 48, Frankfort with 45 and Mesick with 13.

Strohmer won the 110 hurdles (15.16), 300 hurdles (40.52) and pole vault (13'6”).

Kingsley won five events en route to the victory — JJ Sanchez in the 400 (52.39), Tom Sedlacek in the 800 (2:07.63), Brian Bott in the discus (137'4”), Warren Niewiadomski in the shot put (45'11&1/2”) and the 1600 relay (3:37.64).

Other area winners were:

LONG JUMP — Weston Buchan (GL) 19'5”; HIGH JUMP — Josh Uprichard (SB) 6'3”; 3200 RELAY — Manton 8:59.3; 100 — Justin Swinehart (Ma) 11.33; 800 RELAY — Suttons Bay 1:35.14; 1600 — Ben Wynsma (SB) 4:49.68; 400 RELAY — Suttons Bay 46.04; 200 — Justin Swinehart (Ma) 23.44; 3200 — Ben Wynsma (SB) 10:51.35.

Charlevoix finishes strong with Lake Michigan title

Charlevoix closed out the Lake Michigan Conference meet in style en route to winning the league title.

The Rayders finished with 160.5 points. Harbor Springs (105) and Kalkaska (101) rounded out the top three.

TC St. Francis was fourth with 90 followed by Grayling (87), Elk Rapids (53), East Jordan (30) and Boyne City (26.5).

Charlevoix had a meet record as Nate LeBlance, Scott Plude, Billy Roloff and Darron Munson took the 1600 relay in a time of 3:31.29.

Boyne City's Taylor Voice also set a meet mark in the pole vault (13').

Other area winners were:

LONG JUMP — Kris Sundberg (ER) 20'1¼”; HIGH JUMP — Corey Gotshall (C) 6'; SHOT PUT — Matt Loubert (HS) 46'11”; DISCUS — Loubert (HS) 130'9”; 3200 RELAY — Charlevoix 8:28.04; 110 HURDLES — Dan Maxbauer (SF) 15.13; 100 — Michael Cleggett (K) 11.27; 800 RELAY — Kalkaska 1:35.16; 1600 — Paul Grieve (K) 4:31.8; 400 RELAY — TC St. Francis 45.41; 400 — Munson (C) 52.02; 300 HURDLES — Sundberg (ER) 40.56; 800 — Trey Graham (HS) 2:02.93; 200 — Isaac VanNuck (G) 23.27; 3200 — Grieve (K) 9:55.73.

GIRLS TRACK

TC West second, Central third in Big North meet

Ashley Hunalt won four of Alpena's six events as the Wildcats won the girls Big North Conference title.

Hunalt won the 100 (13.19), 200 (27.3), high jump (5'1”) and long jump (18'5&1/2”) as Alpena finished with 125 points. Traverse City West was second (110), TC Central third (87.33), Gaylord fourth (81.33), Cadillac fifth (76.33) and Petoskey sixth (43).

The Titans were led by Ashley Leinter, who cleared a school-record 9'7” to win the pole vault.

Gaylord's Sloan Secord won both the 1600 (5:28.23) and 3200 (11:55.39).

Other area winners were:

DISCUS — Kortney Bower (TCC) 115'8”; 3200 RELAY — TC Central (Charnelle Lyons, Julie Otwell, Katie Perkins, Taylor Mattarella) 10:03.63; 100 HURDLES — Brittany Klug (TCW) 17.21; 400 RELAY — Gaylord (Carly Scheer, Brittney Deerfield, Amanda Keichline, Shayna Rudel) 53.07; 400 — Maggie Smith (C) 100.82; 300 HURDLES — Kara Pohlman (TCW) 49.18; 800 — Julie Otwell (TCC) 2:29.98; 1600 RELAY — TC West (Margeaux Raymond, Mandy Scott, Veronica Asch, Christine Olson) 4:19.28.

Kingsley rolls; Tousley, Treece receive honors

Kingsley scored a 50-point victory in the team standings and Frankfort's Kelly Tousley and Glen Lake's Marissa Treece shared the award for top senior athlete in the girls portion of Wednesday's Northwest Conference track meet.

The Lady Stags swept the field events and defeated second-place Suttons Bay 166-116. They were followed by host Glen Lake (93), Frankfort (70), Manton (39) and Mesick (24).

Tousley had a hand in four wins. She ran to victory in the 100 (13.24) and 400 (1:03.78) and also ran legs on two winnings relays with with Keeton Spencley, Britt Frantz and Abby Gilbert — the 400 (meet-record 51.45) and 1600 (4:15.2).

Treece won the 800 (2:21.12), 1600 (5:17.61) and 3200 (12:08.79).

Brit Denter won three events for Kingsley — the 100 hurdles (13.24), high jump (4'11”) and long jump (14'10&1/2”).

Other area winners were:

SHOT PUT — Jessica Emery (K) 34'5”); DISCUS — Ashley Graves (K) 101'9”; POLE VAULT — Mary Kaleita (K) 8'6”; 3200 RELAY — Suttons Bay (Breanna Korson, Cassandra Buffum, Lizzy Freed, Elizabeth Adams) 10:41.35; 800 RELAY — Kingsley (Tallie Waurzniak, Liz McManus, Sarah McManus, Courtney Krause) 1:57.8; 300 HURDLES — Alyssa Korson (SB) 50.81; 200 — Britt Frantz (F) 27.3.

Charlevoix edges Boyne for Lake Michigan title

Charlevoix won just two events — the discus and the 3200 — but had enough points to get past Boyne City and win the Lake Michigan Conference title.

The Rayders edged Boyne 145-123 for the lague crown. Harbor Springs was third with 91 points followed by TC St. Francis (85), East Jordan (60), Grayling (60), Elk Rapids (53) and host Kalkaska (27).

Ashley Pett won the discus (107'3”) and Alina Dhatseleer the 3200 (12:13.79) for Charlevoix.

Other area winners (* denotes meet record) were:

LONG JUMP — Natasha Bell (BC) 15'9½”; HIGH JUMP — Rachel Ward (G) 5'1”; SHOT PUT — Perry Fish (BC) 32'8½”; POLE VAULT — Caitlyn Wonski (BC) 9'; 3200 RELAY — TC St. Francis 10:18.8; 100 HURDLES — Ashley Skrocki* (EJ) 15.24; 100 — Bell* (BC) 12.61; 800 RELAY — Grayling 1:50.92; 1600 — Amanda Hammer (ER) 5:23.82; 400 RELAY — Grayling 53.47; 400 — Rachel Ward (G) 1:03.19; 300 HURDLES — Jessica Nichols* (BC) 48.15; 800 — Katie Olsen (SF) 2:26.66; 200 — Bell* (BC) 26.06; 1600 RELAY — St. Francis 4:18.43.

SOFTBALL

TC Central 2 9
Glen Lake 0 4

Barbara Burke and Jordan Wallaker had three hits as TC Central closed out a sweep of Glen Lake with a 9-4 victory.

Jessica Hoffman and Lynden Baesch had two hits and Emily Tomei a strong defensive game for the Trojans (19-15).

Tara Novak had two hits for Glen Lake.

Rachel Cook allowed four hits and struck out two as Central won the opener, 2-0.

Cook and Tomei had two hits and Sierra Soden and Jessica Hoffman RBI singles for TC Central.

Kalkaska 10 11
Suttons Bay 2 1

Marissa Taylor, Megan Dunn and Jennifer Spann combined to allow only four hits in two games as Kalkaska swept Suttons Bay 10-2 and 11-1.

Taylor and Dunn pitched in the first game. They received offensive support from Kristi Peters (triple, 2 RBIs) and Katie Krause (2 RBIs).

Spann hurled a one-hitter in the nightcap. Krause, Taylor and Katie Jones had two hits apiece for the Blazers (19-9), who host Gaylord today.

L.L. St. Mary's 14 10
Buckley 0 3

Brandi Pasch and Sarah Schaub each had five hits in the doubleheader as Lake Leelanau St. Mary's swept Buckley 14-0 and 10-3.

Susan Herman tossed a one-hit shutout in the opener, striking out 13 and walking none. Norah Chalker collected Buckley's one hit.

Schaub had three hits for the Eagles (17-8), while Pasch, Herman and Allison Korson singled and doubled. Emily Schaub also contributed two singles.

Pasch had two doubles and a single in the second game, while Sarah Schaub added two hits. Pasch and Herman combined for the win on the mound.

Leading Buckley were Chalker and Lynn Davis with two hits each.

St. Mary's travels to Kingsley today.

BASEBALL

Midland Dow 6 10
TC Central 5 0

Midland Dow swept a non-conference baseball doubleheader from TC Central, 6-5 and 10-0.

Josh Pilarski had three hits and Derek Diekman two in game one for TC Central (22-10). Pilarski struck out three in six innings on the mound.

Kevin Krantz had a triple and single in the nightcap. Jordan Hall took the loss.

Central hosts East Jordan, Ionia and Grand Rapids Christian on Saturday for the Memorial Day Invitational.

Kalkaska 3 4
Suttons Bay 2 2

Kalkaska swept two games from Suttons Bay, 3-2 and 4-2, to run coach Bill Vandergriff's career win total to 503.

The Blazers' scored in the bottom of the sixth to win the opener. Josh Feickert singled, doubled and scored both runs for Suttons Bay.

Shane Kaufman went 2-for-2 for the Norse (11-15), while Kody Herman scored two runs.

No details were reported for Kalkaska.

L.L. St. Mary's 8 7
Buckley 2 5

Lake Leelanau St. Mary's won the Cherryland Conference baseball title with an 11-1 record after sweeping Buckley, 8-2 and 7-5.

Jordan Peplinski had a triple, single and three RBIs in game one for St. Mary's (21-6). Kienan Sutton scattered three hits and struck out eight.

Ray Platts picked up the victory in game two. Peplinski had three hits, including a double, and two RBIs. Michael Kalchik was on base three times, scored three runs and drove in two.

Justin Weaver had two hits for Buckley.

Charlevoix 10 14
Leland 5 2

Charlevoix improved to 18-12-1 by sweeping Leland, 10-5 and 14-2.

Cliff Jones had a single and an inside-the-park home run, Clayton Mitchell a three-run double and Zach Scharenbroch a two-run single in game one.

Jon Putnam struck out seven and allowed one earned run in six innings for Charlevoix.

Travis Jakeway had two hits and three RBIs and Ty Telgenhof a two-run single in game two for Charlevoix. Mitchell added two hits, including a double, to back a four-hit, seven-strikeout performance by Jones.

TC Central JV 7 5
Midland Dow JV 5 3

The TC Central JV closed out its season with a 22-4 record after sweeping Midland Dow, 7-5 and 5-3.

Jason Winowiecki had the save in both games. He struck out four in the nightcap and two in game one.

Alex Fancy (double), Nick Roen (double) and Winowiecki had two hits in the opener. Zack Zoellner struck out 10 on the mound.

Greg Morman, Ryan Patterson and Jared Klunder had two hits in the nightcap. Klunder fanned six and got the victory.

TC West frosh 15 14
Glen Lake JV 3 2

Trevor Tooley had four hits and six RBIs as the TC West freshmen swept the Glen Lake JV, 15-3 and 14-2.

Tooley had two hits and two RBIs in game one and was the winning pitcher with six strikeouts.

Alex Swartout had a three-run double and Troy Hinds two hits and two RBIs for West (13-7-2).

Tooley had two hits and four RBIs, Adam Wicker a double and a RBI and Mike Prainito a RBI in the nightcap. Josh Kloosterman was the winning pitcher.