Football
Concord 44, Morenci 14: Mekhi Wingfield and Anthony Evans connected for touchdown passes of 28, 45, and 45 yards in the Concord win. Evans threw for 202 yards and ran for 167 yards and two rushing touchdowns in the win. Wingfield finished with seven catches and 147 receiving yards for the Yellow Jackets. Logan Lamb and Collin Thompson led the defensive effort for Concord. Lamb finished with 11 tackles and Thompson recorded 10 tackles and a fumble recovery for the Yellow Jackets. Concord (2-1) will host Maple Valley on Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Napoleon 30, Manchester 25: Napoleon High School took a big step at possibly winning a Cascades Conference title with a huge road win on Saturday. Both teams were undefeated heading into the game at MHS. Grant Bradley scored four times on runs of 2, 4, 38, and 6 yards for the Pirates. Bart Laretz scored the other touchdown for Napoleon and finished with 218 rushing yards. Brendan Helfrich finished with seven tackles and Aiden Nugent created six stops for Napoleon (3-0 overall, 2-0 conference). Manchester falls to 2-1 with the loss, 1-1 in the Cascades Conference. Manchester will travel to East Jackson next Friday while Napoleon will host Springport in a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Volleyball
Napoleon Invitational: Columbia Central won back-to-back Napoleon Invitational championships with a win over Addison in the finals on Saturday. The Golden Eagles were 4-2 on the day splitting with Addison, Springport and sweeping East Jackson in pool play. The Golden Eagles beat Michigan Center in three games in bracket play, defeated Napoleon in two games in the semifinals, and defeated Addison in two games in the finals.
Jackson at Hillsdale Academy: The Viking varsity volleyball team traveled to Hillsdale Academy to take on two state ranked teams on Saturday and dropped two hard-fought matches. Hillsdale Academy defeated the Vikings 20-25, 25-14, 25-20, 25-20 and Lansing Christian defeated Jackson 25-18, 25-20, 25-19. The Vikings were led by Kennedy Lee with 22 kills and four blocks while Janie Putman added 21 kills and 18 digs. Kulayjah Weller had 55 assists, six kills and three blocks and Chloe Chaparro paced the defensive effort with 40 digs. The Vikings are now 6-8-1 on the season.
Boys cross country
New Boston Invitational: Grass Lake placed 19th in the boys’ event. Emmet Van Cleave and Benjamin Eros finished 123rd and 124th respectively in 20:41.
B.C. Lakeview Invitational: Lumen Christi finished eighth overall in the event as Gannon Shore placed 27th overall in 17:23.
Bath Invitational: Hanover-Horton High School won the Class 3 competition scoring 36 points and Napoleon finished fourth with 125 points. HH runners Rogan Melling and Austin Brown finished first and second respectively with times of 17:02 and 17:04. Kyler Pequet of Napoleon placed 12th (18:25) and Nick Gardner of Vandercook Lake was 24th (19:33).
Girls cross country
Grass Lake at New Boston Invitational: Grass Lake finished 15th as a team as Katie Million finished 69th in 22:58.
B.C. Lakeview Invitational: Lumen Christi finished first in the invitational with 19 points. The invitational split the races based on grades of the runners. Madison Osterberg was the overall winner in 18:38 and teammate Macy Fazekas placed ninth in 20:26.
Bath Invitational: Hanover-Horton finished third and Napoleon fourth in the Class 3 race at Bath High School. Madelyn Norman of Napoleon was 11th (22:31) and Hanover-Horton runner Olivianna Watkins finished 13th (23:01). Teammate Isabella Berry placed 16th for the Comets (23:19) and Lily Mason finished behind her (23:21).
Boys soccer
Western 10, Jackson 1
Royal Cup at Jackson Christian: The Royals lost to Clinton 3-1 in the opening round of the Royal Cup on Saturday.
Michigan Center at Onsted Invitational: The Cardinals lost 4-0 to Onsted in the opening round, but defeated Stockbridge 5-4 in a shootout in game two.
Boys tennis
Lansing Catholic Quad: Lumen Christi defeated Lansing Catholic, Flint Powers, and Gabriel Ricard to win the tournament. Nolan Varner and Noah Lee won their flights at Nos. 1 and 3 singles respectively. Cade Nelson/Brendan Stevens won three matches at No. 1 doubles as did Brody Gregory/Jake King at No. 2 doubles for the Titans.
Girls swimming
Mason Invitational: Jackson finished third behind Owosso and St. Johns at the Mason Invitational. Grace Dawson won the two diving competitions and Megan Jones was second in 1-Meter diving. Isabelle Ortiz finished second in the 100-yard backstroke (1:07).