Volleyball
Hanover-Horton tri-meet with Northwest: Northwest High School defeated Hanover-Horton 25-20 and 25-22. The Comets came back to defeated Homer in three sets, 14-25, 25-18, and 15-13. Natalee Krage finished with 43 assists for Hanover-Horton (7-4).
Waldron 3, Jackson Christian 1: The Royals won the first set, 25-17, but dropped the next three.
Western Tri-meet: The Panthers split with Williamston and Fowler at home. Western lost to Williamston, 28-26 and 25-21, but defeated Fowler 25-15 and 25-12. Western (5-2) was led by Kayda Herrick with 25 kills, Brynn Rogers finished with 30 assists, and Sydney Kellar recorded 17 digs.
Stockbridge 3, East Jackson 0: The Panthers swept the Trojans 25-8, 25-10, and 25-19. East Jackson is now 1-3 on the season.
Boys cross country
Springport, Western at Marshall Invitational: Western High School finished behind Marshall with 64 points. Springport did not have enough runners to post a team score. Cooper Singleton of Western finished second overall with a time of 17:05. Edison Lopeman of Western was 12th (18:19), Davis Martin finished 15th (18:39), and teammate Zach Kubish was right behind him (18:40). Elijah Dyer of Springport finished 29th in 20:10.
Girls cross country
Springport, Western at Marshall Invitational: Western High School finished second behind Marshall with 45 points and Springport only had two runners at the event. The Panthers had four runners in the top 10 as Justice Prins was third (21:29), Marina Walz placed seventh (22:43), teammate Lillian Heydenburg was right behind her (22:53), and Ella Bivens finished 10th (23:14). Springport runner Saige Patterson was 11th in 23:24.
Girls golf
SEC at Jackson: Saline High School shot a 200, Ann Arbor Huron finished at 212 and Jackson 217 at Sharp Park Golf Course. Natalie Kulka of Jackson earned medalist honors with a 40 and Brynn Griffith shot a 56.
Interstate-8 at Arbor Hills: Lumen Christi finished first at the 18-hole double meet at Arbor Hills Golf Club. The Titans finished with a total of 333, Western was second, and Northwest – playing with all new players – completed nine holes. Ashley Hilderley led the Titans with a 77, Michaela Hauer shot an 83, and Alexa Spencer carded an 86. Western was led by Lauren Blunt with a 93 and Maddy Wolf shot a 96. Melia Piloske shot a 54 for nine holes to lead the Mounties. The 18-hole event counts as two jamboree meets in the Interstate-8 Conference.
Boys tennis
Lumen Christi 8, Jackson 0: The Titans improved to 4-2-1 on the season with a rivalry win over Jackson. Nolan Varner, Nash Hanchett, Noah Lee, and Luke Tropea won singles’ matches for the Titans at Nos. 1-4 respectively. Brendan Stevens/Cade Nelson, Brody Gregory/Jake King, Adam Wheeler/Luke Dumont, and Boyer Zimmerman/Holden Luce won doubles’ matches for LCCHS at Nos. 1-4 respectively.
Northwest 8, Pinckney 0: Northwest improved to 7-1 on the season with a sweep of Pinckney. The Mounties doubles’ teams gave up only one point in earning three wins and a forfeit. Karson Schroeder/Landon Schroeder won 6-0, 6-1 and No. 1 doubles; Lincoln Keathley/Douglas Putnam won 6-0 and 6-0 at No. 2 doubles; and Garrett Waldron/Kaleb Kittinger-Monro won 6-0 and 6-0 at No. 3 doubles. Tyler Hughey/Nolan Sargeant won by forfeit at No. 4 doubles for Northwest.
Columbia Central 4, Marshall 4: Daniel Pero and Nolan Slat won singles matches for the Golden Eagles at Nos. 1 and 4 respectively. CCHS won doubles matches at No. 3 doubles with Garrett Watkins/Asher Feldary and No. 4 doubles with Nick Aiken/Gabe Wilson.
Western 8, Lansing Catholic 0: The Panthers swept the doubles’ competitions, giving up only three points in the process. Winning doubles matches were Micah Hall/Jesse Pratt at No. 1 doubles; Nick Hendrickson/Jaxon Porter at No. 2 doubles; Dylan Yetzke/Hudson Valentine at No. 3 doubles; and Joshua Veneziano/Derek Olivas at No. 4 doubles. The Panthers are 6-0 on the season.
On Deck for Aug. 31, 2022
Football
Vandercook Lake at Bangor 6 p.m.
Volleyball
Lumen Christi Tri-meet 4:30 p.m.
Napoleon at Clinton 7 p.m.
Northwest at Dexter Quad 6 p.m.
Cross country
Columbia Central, Grass Lake, Napoleon at Hillsdale 6 p.m.
Northwest at Concord Invitational 4:30 p.m.
Boys soccer
Columbia Central at Northwest 6:30 p.m.
Jackson Christian at Hillsdale Academy 5:30 p.m.
Jackson at Tecumseh 5:30 p.m.
Manchester at Michigan Center 5:30 p.m.
Sturgis at Western 6:30 p.m.
Girls golf
Cascades Jamboree at Addison (Lake LeAnn) 2 p.m.