Football
Concord 70, Vandercook Lake 0: Concord High School celebrated Senior Night with a number of wrinkles in a contest against Vandercook Lake. The Yellow Jackets kicked off the game with a 76-yard touchdown pass from Abe Reiniche – a 305-pound lineman – to Mekhi Wingfield. T.J. Allen caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Gavin Riske for a 16-0 lead. Collin Thompson scored the third touchdown for the Yellow Jackets on a 1-yard run for a 24-0 lead to end the first quarter. Levi Raymond scored for Concord on a 31-yard run, Wingfield caught a 15-yard pass from Riske for another second-quarter score, Lewis Fritz caught a 57-yard touchdown pass from Riske, Thompson scored his second touchdown on a 28-yard run, and Wingfield scored his second touchdown of the game on a 25-yard touchdown pass from Riske for a 57-0 halftime lead. The running clock made for a quick second half for both teams. Wingfield scored on the opening kickoff for a 60-yard return for a score and T.J. Allen returned an interception 31-yards for a pick-six touchdown. Riske, a freshman, finished with 210 yard passing and four touchdowns for Concord. Allen finished with 10 tackles for Concord, an interception and a fumble recovery. The Jayhawks’ offense had negative yards in the contest. Vandercook will travel for Farwell on Friday for a 7 p.m. kickoff, while Concord will host Gobles for its fall homecoming next Friday.
Football extra points: Columbia Central High School lost last night’s game against Dundee 9-7. Dundee kicked the 32-yard field goal with nine seconds remaining in the game. Tough loss for the Golden Eagles. Ty Farmer scored the only touchdown for CCHS on a touchdown pass from Cody Richardson. Farmer did it on both sides of the football, tallying 18 tackles and Brendon Bernstein also tallied two interceptions for the Golden Eagles.
Speaking of great defensive efforts, Western High School held the Northwest offense to just over 100 yards in a 27-7 win over the Mounties. Alex Trudell ran for 86 yards and two touchdowns on only four carries for the Panthers. Mitch Williams also scored a touchdown for Western. Landon Heavy led the defensive effort for Western with 10 tackles including one for a loss. Caden Oliver also recorded an interception for WHS.
Talking about stars of a game – this one coming up short – Kyran Lane of Michigan Center was the player who scored on a 20-yard pick-six interception for the Cardinals. Unbeknownst to us, he switched uniforms and was No. 4 last night for Michigan Center. Lane finished with more than 200 yards of offense in a 36-29 loss to Grass Lake.
Volleyball
Concord at Morenci Invitational: The Yellow Jackets finished 1-5 in pool play and lost to Addison 25-23 and 25-16 in the playoffs. Iyla Weeks tallied 35 kills and six blocks for Concord. Layla Hellard finished with 56 assists, and Autumn Cornell finished with 34 digs for the Yellow Jackets.
Grass Lake Invitational: Lumen Christi Catholic High School went 2-3 on the day, winning the Silver Division at Grass Lake High School. The Titans were 1-3 in pool play and defeated Quincy 25-12 and 25-22 in the Silver Division. Grass Lake advanced to the semifinals of the Gold Division by going 4-2 in pool play. They lost game one, but recovered to win games two and three advancing to the finals against Hillsdale. The Warriors won 15-7 in game three earning back-to-back championships in their invitational. Mia Buttigieg dished 69 assists and scored 41 points at the service line and Adrianna Kline finished with 40 kills and five blocks for Grass Lake.
Lenawee Christian Invitational: Vandercook Lake High School lost 2-0 against Pewamo-Westphalia in tournament action.
Boys cross country
Jackson Invitational, Orange Division (D-1): Jackson High School finished 22nd with 712 points. Andrew England finished 131st for the Vikings in 18:23. Purple Division (D-2): Western High School finished second (59 points), Columbia Central was sixth (151), Grass Lake placed right behind the Golden Eagles (159), and Northwest was eighth (200). Top finishers in the division included Cooper Singleton of Western who was third (16:53), teammate Edison Lopeman placed seventh (17:35), Zach Kubish of Western was 10th (17:47), Wyatt Vowell of Columbia Central placed 14th (18:15), David Martin of Western finished 17th (18:32), and Grass Lake runner Alex Holda was 18th (18:36). Red Division (D-3/4): Hanover-Horton easily won the division with 42 points. East Jackson was ninth (216), Napoleon placed 10th (222), and Lumen Christi was 11th (232). Rogan Melling of Hanover-Horton won the race (16:23), teammate Austin Brown finished third (16:41), Michael Allen of East Jackson was ninth (17:09), Gannon Shore of Lumen Christi placed 11th (17:12), Landon Boulis of Hanover-Horton finished 12th (17:13), teammates Evan Shepherd (17:25) and Zach Hassenzahl (17:36) finished 14th and 15th respectively, and Kyler Pequet of Napoleon was 16th (17:41).
Michigan Center at Whitmore Lake: The Cardinals finished seventh with 169 points as Nathan Paddock finished 28th in 19:50.
Girls cross country
Jackson Invitational: Orange Division (D-1): Grace Brown of Jackson finished 154th in 22:52. Purple Division (D-2): Grass Lake finished fourth (107) and Western was fifth (112). Top finishers in the division were Chloe Khon of Northwest who was seventh (20:25), Justice Prins of Western was 12th (21:23), teammate Marina Walz was right behind her (21:28), and Ava Viegelahn placed 14th (21:29) for Grass Lake. Red Division (D-3/4): Lumen Christi won the division with 48 points, Hanover-Horton was sixth scoring 156, and Napoleon finished eighth scoring 193. Madison Osterberg ran a blazing 18:06, but was beaten by nearly 20 seconds by Emmry Ross of Onsted who broke the 18-minute mark for the first time in her career with a 17:47. Macy Fazekas of Lumen Christi finished sixth (19:51), and teammate Gabrielle Osterberg was 12th (20:42). Olivianna Watkins of Hanover-Horton was 22nd (21:37), Madelyn Norman of Napoleon placed 28th (21:59), and Isabella Berry of Hanover-Horton was right behind her (22:07).
Boys soccer
Jackson 3, Lumen Christi 0: The Vikings are on a modest two-game winning streak following the road win. Carsyn Barkholz, Jake Chirackal, and Darrion Weller scored goals for the Vikings. Goalkeeper Patrick Deer earned the shutout in goal for Jackson.
Western 2, Mason 0: The Panthers defeated Mason at home on Saturday in non-conference action.
Jackson Christian 3, Calhoun Christian 1
Girls swimming
Haslett Invitational: The Vikings won the invitational at Haslett with six first-place finishes. The Vikings won the 200-yard medley (2:03) with Isabelle Ortiz, Sydney Langley, Megan Jones, and Olivia Brethauer; Langley also won the 200-yard individual medley (2:37) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:16); Grace Dawson took first place in diving (177.25); Megan Jones won the 100-yard butterfly (1:07); and Everette Drummond, Gillian Snyder, Janessa Britton, and Jones won the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:57).