Volleyball Regional Semifinals
Division 3
At Dansville
Napoleon 3, Jonesville 2: The Pirates kept having a reoccurring theme in each of its sets against Jonesville at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 regional semifinal. Fall behind early, rally, and play with the hearts of champions. Napoleon earned a hard-fought 32-30, 23-25, 20-25, 25-20, and 16-14 win over Jonesville advancing to the regional final on Thursday. “I just told the girls to play with the basics and have fun,” NHS Coach Lisa Bradley said. The Pirates found themselves down 5-0 to start the match, battled back and earned the 32-30 win in game one. Napoleon was close in the next two games, but could not find the same magic and trailed 2-1 heading into game four. The Pirates trailed 12-7 at one point in game four, but finished the game on an 18-7 run to set up the fifth and final set. Alyssa Budd recorded 17 kills and Samantha Conaway added 16 kills for Napoleon. Momo Hampton finished with 62 assists for Napoleon (26-10-2). The Pirates will play Dansville or Pewamo-Westphalia in the regional final on Thursday. The Division 3 regional is slated to begin at 7 p.m. at Dansville High School.
At Sand Creek
Columbia Central 3, Riverview Gabriel Richard 0: The Golden Eagles advanced to the regional final for the second consecutive year with an easy win at Sand Creek High School. CCHS will play Monroe St. Mary in the regional final on Thursday at Sand Creek High School beginning at 7 p.m. Kenadee Tompkins dished 35 assists, Bailey Surque finished with 19 kills, and Ava Lyke scored 18 points with four aces for CCHS. If both Napoleon and Columbia Central win regional titles, the rivals would meet in the Division 3 quarterfinals next Tuesday at Lumen Christi Catholic High School.
Post season awards
Carter Kosmet and Nikolas Kosmet of Michigan Center High School were named as honorable mention all-state players in boys’ soccer for the 2021 season in Division 3.
Members of the Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association voted on the all-state players.
MCHS Coach Ray Scaife was chosen as the district 37 coach of the year in Division 3.
Eva Marshal of Western High School also earned honorable mention honors in Division 2 soccer.
Martin eighth at NYC Marathon
Spring Arbor University 2013 graduate Nathan Martin ran in the New York City Marathon over the weekend and came in eighth place with a time of 2 hours, 12.57 minutes. Martin was the third fastest American to run in the marathon, after becoming the fastest U.S.-born Black marathon runner last year.