Boys Basketball
Onsted 62, Concord 36: Mekhi Wingfield scored 14 points to lead the Yellow Jackets.
Napoleon 43, East Jackson 29: The Pirates won the makeup game at home and finished the Cascades Conference season undefeated. Napoleon finishes the regular season with a 21-1 overall record.
Girls’ District Basketball Finals
Saturday, March 4
Division 1 hosted by Mason
Holt 63, Northwest 45: Northwest finishes the season with a 21-3 record.
Division 2 hosted by Western
Tecumseh 51, Western 35: Western High School finished the season with a 14-10 record.
Division 3 hosted by Hanover-Horton
Hanover-Horton 52, Homer 42: The Comets earned a district title at home on Saturday. Morgan Kuhl scored 16 points, Molly Soper added 13 points, and Oliviana Watkins contributed 11 points for the Comets. Hanover-Horton will face Blissfield in the Division 3 regional tournament at Concord beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Division 3 hosted by Reading
Columbia Central 53, Sand Creek 30: Zoie Bamm finished with 27 points and Hailey Walker and Anna McCollum each scored nine points for the Golden Eagles. The Golden Eagles will face Arbor Prep on Tuesday at 7 p.m. during the regional tournament at Concord High School.
Division 4 hosted by Jackson Christian
Hillsdale Academy 43, Jackson Christian 34: Maggie Hollowood led Jackson Christian with 26 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals. Jackson Christian finishes the season with a 16-8 record.
Boys State Bowling Results
Division 2 at Century Bowl: Kolbe Hamlin of Northwest High School finished 16th in the qualifying to grab the last spot for the stepladder portion of the tournament. He finished with 1,132 points in his six qualifying game at Waterford. Hamlin lost 436-333 in the opening round of the stepladder tournament.
Division 3 at JAX 60: Dustin Moeckel of Napoleon High School earned the top spot for qualifying for the stepladder portion of the tournament with a total of 1,290 pins. Moeckel lost in the first round, 403-337 in a two-game set.
Division 4 at M-66 Bowl: Jackson Kremer of Lumen Christi advanced to the stepladder portion of the tournament by placing 12th with 1,128 pins. Brice Sandoval of Grass Lake finished 18th with 1,051 – missing the stepladder event by 30 pins. Kremer lost in the first round of the stepladder tournament 421-348.
Girls State Bowling Results
Division 2 at Century Bowl: Serissa Meyers of Northwest High School finished 60th at the Division 2 individual tournament at Waterford. She finished with a total of 788 pins on the day.
Division 3 at JAX 60: Napoleon High School bowler Sydney Gallagher finished 25th with a total of 984 on Saturday.
Division 4 at M-66 Bowl: Brianna Langley of Vandercook Lake High School finished ninth in the qualifying with 1,042 pins on Saturday at Battle Creek. Katie Deault of East Jackson placed 23rd scoring 922 at the state final. Langley won her opening match 359-226, but lost in the second round 413-367. Langley earned all-state honors by finishing in the top eight at the tournament.
Gymnastics
Western, JAG at Regionals: Jackson Area Gymnastics finished second (143.525) and Western High School finished seventh (128.825) at the Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills regional. JAG qualified for the MHSAA state team event with that score. Megan Jones, Addi Richmond, Jenna Bradley and Alyssa Budd also qualified for the all-around at the state meet next week. Melody Placeway qualified for the bars and beam and Alaina Brown qualified for the beam. Budd (36.65), Bradley (35.325), and Jones (34.725) finished second, third, and fourth respectively in the all-around competition. Jackson County dominated the all-around as Taylor Panquin (32.575), Lillian Heydenburg (32.2), and Avah Gaston (31.975) finished eighth, ninth, and 10th for Western at the regional.