Football
Michigan Center 35, Jonesville 20: The Cardinals look strong for a playoff spot after posting a 7-2 overall record. Jonesville finishes the season at 3-6.
Manchester 35, Columbia Central 28: The Flying Dutchmen pulled out the game with a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Manchester is now 6-3 overall while CCHS falls to 4-5.
Grass Lake 28, Hanover-Horton 6: The Warriors finish the regular season with a 6-3 record while Hanover-Horton is 2-7.
Concord 76, Athens 0: The Yellow Jackets finish the regular season with a 6-3 record following the impressive win. They hope to get into the 8-Man Playoffs for the first time in school history.
Western 65, Coldwater 7: The Panthers finished with its best regular-season record (8-1) since 2018 with the home victory.
Northwest 36, Marshall 6: The Mounties finish over .500 for the second consecutive season and first time since 2007-2008. The Redhawks are 2-7 for the season.
Stockbridge 40, Dansville 0: The Panthers finish the season with three wins in its last four contests. Stockbridge ends with a 4-5 record.
Hillsdale 48, Onsted 42: The Hornets were able to pull out the win in a contest of 2-6 teams.
Haslett 18, Jackson 8: The Vikings finished the season with a 4-5 record following the non-conference loss to Haslett.
Leslie 59, Homer 8: Leslie High School earned an easy win at home in the Cascades Conference Crossover game.
Girls Cross Country
Lumen Christi at Catholic League Finals: Lumen Christi Catholic High School won the title by scoring a mere 24 points in the final at Willow Metropark. Senior Madison Osterberg won the 5K event in 17:50. Teammate Samantha Schroeder was third (19:40) and Macy Fazekas of LCCHS finished fourth (20:03).
Cross Country
Lumen Christi at Catholic League Finals: Lumen Christi won the event with 50 points on Friday. The Titans packed three runners in the top eight as Isaiah Dinverno was third (16:24), Gannon Shore was right behind him (17:04), and Gibson Shore placed eighth (17:45).
Boys District D-3 Soccer Final
Greenhills 1, Grass Lake 0 at Stockbridge: Ann Arbor Greenhills scored with eight minutes remaining in the first half and made it stick to win the Division 3 district tournament at Stockbridge. Grass Lake finishes the season with a 15-4-1 record. Greenhills advances to the D-3 Regional Tournament Tuesday at Notre Dame Prep.
Girls Golf State Tournament
Division 4 at Bedford Valley, Battle Creek: Columbia Central High School is fourth as a team after scoring 378 at Bedford Valley Golf Course near Battle Creek on a cold and rainy Friday. The tournament was stopped for an hour due to sloppy conditions. CCHS golf Logan Bentley is tied for fourth individually with a 79 and Napoleon High School golfer Anna McCubbins is tied for sixth following an 82. The top 10 golfers receive medals and all-state considerations. Michigan Center is 17th as a team with a four-person score of 464. Kylie McKee led the Cardinals with a 94. Junior Hannah Stimer shot a 104 for Concord and is currently in 42nd place.
Boys State Tennis Tournament
Division 3 at Kalamazoo: Rain and tennis didn’t match as the state tournament was moved inside Friday in the Kalamazoo area. Most brackets played a pair of matches. Derek Olivas of Western advanced to the semifinal round in No. 4 singles for the Panthers. Look for complete results – maybe – tomorrow evening in the Division 3 state tennis finals.
College Athletic Events
Volleyball
Bethel 3, Spring Arbor University 0: Kendall Bollenbacher finished with 11 kills for Spring Arbor.
On Deck for Oct. 21, 2023
Football
Springport at East Jackson 10 a.m.
Addison at Napoleon (Cascades Championship) Noon
Lumen Christi vs. Harper Creek (Ford Field) 1:30 p.m.
Volleyball
Big Eight Final at Union City 8:30 a.m.
East Jackson, Michigan Center at Hudson TBD
Hanover-Horton at Mattawan 8:30 a.m.
Jackson at Tecumseh 9 a.m.
Napoleon at Millington 9 a.m.
I-8 Conference Final at Harper Creek 8:30 a.m.
Cross Country
I-8 Conference at Turkeyville 9 a.m.
Girls Golf State Tournament
Division 4 at Bedford Valley, Battle Creek, 10 a.m.: Columbia Central and Michigan Center teams, and individuals from Napoleon and Concord.
Boys State Tennis Tournament
Division 3 at Kalamazoo, 8:15 a.m. : Western High School
College Athletic Events
Women’s Soccer
Jackson College at Ancilla 1 p.m.
Taylor at Spring Arbor University 7 p.m.
Men’s Soccer
Jackson College at Ancilla 3 p.m.
Spring Arbor University at Taylor 7 p.m.
Bowling
Spring Arbor University at CU Bowling Tournament 8 a.m.
Cross Country
Spring Arbor University at NAIA Great Lakes Challenge (Grandville) 10 a.m.
Volleyball
Spring Arbor University at Grace 7 p.m.