Football
Concord 24, Climax-Scotts 20: Concord High School began the 8-man football era with a win. Tyler Carpenter scored two touchdowns on runs of 15 and 44 yards. Logan Lamb also scored on a 3-yard run for the Yellow Jackets. Carpenter finished with nearly 200 yards of offense with 111 rushing yards and 79 passing. Mekhi Wingate caught seven passes for 41 yards for Concord. Climax-Scotts scored twice in the fourth quarter.
Stockbridge 69, East Jackson 52: It was leave your defense at the door night for Stockbridge and East Jackson High Schools. East Jackson trailed through most of the game by as many as 40 points but battled back against a stout Stockbridge team. Austin Tingley had a big night at quarterback with nearly 200 passing yards and three touchdowns for EJHS. The Trojans finished the night with more than 400 yards of offense and both teams combined for nearly 1,000 yards of offense. Lawrence Adams finished with three touchdowns and Bryce Johnson recorded 10 tackles for the Trojans.
Michigan Center 39, Homer 0: Michigan Center flexed its muscles on the road Friday against Homer. Daylen Hinkle scored four touchdowns for the Cardinals and Brody Shannon added another touchdown.
Northwest 35, Eaton Rapids 20: Isaiah Grybauskas contributed more than 200 yards of offense in the Northwest win. He threw for 72 yards – including a 15-yard touchdown to J.R. Morrow – and ran for 149 yards on 18 carries. Izayiah Hawes also ran for 155 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns for Northwest. Caleb Beyer made the key defensive play with a forced fumble late in the fourth quarter to secure the win.
Tecumseh 39, Grass Lake 24: Grass Lake High School trailed 27-12 at the end of the first half but could never get to within one score in a non-conference battle with Tecumseh. Jack Reid threw three touchdown passes for Grass Lake in the loss.
Cross country
Kuenner Invitational at Addison: Grass Lake High School finished second in the girls’ 5K race, Napoleon was third, and Columbia Central placed seventh. Ava Viegelahn of Grass Lake finished third overall in 20:39. Hope Wilkes of CCHS was ninth (22:49), teammate Kate O’Neil was right behind her (22:54), and Napoleon was led by Madelyn Norman who finished 15th (23:35). In the boys’ event, Jacob Walker of Columbia Central finished first in 16:56. Napoleon was third overall as a team, Columbia Central finished seventh, and Grass Lake eighth. Matthew Rankin of Grass Lake placed sixth (18:32) and Napoleon runner Kyler Pequet was eighth (18:46). Jackson Prep and Early College finished ninth as a team with John Yarbrough earning a medal with a 20th place finish in 20:09.
Boys soccer
Oxford 3, Grass Lake 1: The Warriors lost to the Division 1 team on the road Friday.
Grass Lake 3, Elk Rapids 3: Gus Vitale scored two goals while Wesley Good added another with a beautiful header off the foot from Vitale. Elk Rapids scored late in the contest to tie the score.
Western 6, Chelsea 1: The Panthers won a home match on Friday against Chelsea.
Girls golf
Lumen Christi at Mason Invitational: Lumen Christi Catholic High School finished fourth with 338 in the invitational named Sun-Dried Invitational on Friday. Ashley Hilderley shot 74, Anna McClure finished with an 85, Caroline Hilderley shot 86, and Alexa Spencer carded a 93. Hilderley tied for ninth with her 74 and Northville won the invitational with a 290, Okemos was second at 316 and South Lyon shot 328 in the low-scoring event.