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The Robert Backus File

Mt. Pleasant High School

Class: Senior

Sports: Football, Hockey, Baseball

Accolades: Quarterbacking the Mount Pleasant football team and serving as a captain for the hockey team.

Future: Backus would like to play baseball in college, but is undecided about where he will play.

The Kaitlyn Degrace File

Frankemuth High School

Class: Senior

Sports: Tennis, Volleyball

Accolades: Helped lead the Frankemuth girls tennis team into the D3 state tournament after the team’s runner up finish to Powers Catholic. The Chargers edged the Eagles 26-25. The regional title was decided in the No. 1 doubles flight. Frankenmuth and Powers were tied in points before Powers’ Mattie Milne and Hannah Rahman beat Frankenmuth’s DeGrace and Alexa VanHine 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

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Lansing Everett had nine points to take eighth place in the CAAC Blue Division championship girls and track and field meet recently. Nakia Drane finish fifth in the shot put at 31-1.

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Lansing Eastern scored 12 points to take seventh place in the CAAC Blue Division championship girls track and field meet recently. Doran Carter was first in the shot put for 37-10.

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Lansing Sexton scored 42.25 points to take fifth place in the CAAC Blue Division championship girls track and field meet recently. Erin Howard threw the discus 11-9 to take first place.

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Holt scored 55 points to take fourth place in the CAAC Blue Division championship girls track and field meet recently. The best event was the discus with Nadia Gonzales second at 107-1 and Imani Taylor fourth in 99-0

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Grand Ledge scored 90 points to take third in the CAAC Blue Division championship girls track and field meet recently. Chino Ekwueme was first in the 100 meters at 12.72. Madeleine Glew won the 800 meters in 2:22.54 and the 1,600 meters in 5:08.6. Stephanie Vanis took the 3,200 meters in 11:33.08. East Lansing won the 400 relay in 50.60 seconds and the 800 relay in 1:45.08. Kathleen Russell took the pole vault in 9-6.

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East Lansing scored 128 points in girls track and field to take second in the CAAC Blue Division championship recently. Elizabeth Hones won the 200 meters in 26.07.

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Okemos scored 153 points in girls track and field to win the CAAC Blue Division championships recently. Ayda Alavi won the 400 meters in 1:00.68. Ashlynn Schiro won the long jump in 17-5, the 100 hurdles in 15.35 seconds and the 300 hurdles in 44.47. The 3,200-meter relay team won in 10:01.61. Daria Richards won the high jump in 5-0.

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Lansing Sexton finished sixth with 33 points at Jackson in the CAAC Blue Division track and field championship meet recently. John Norton won the discus at 141-2.

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Holt took fifth with 65 points at Jackson in the CAAC Blue Division championship meet recently. The 3,200-meter relay team of Grant Colligan, Alberto Gomez, Ian Velasque and Mark Danks was second in 8:12.03. Tyler Todd was first in the high jump at 6-0 and Marshall Ranke first in the pole vault at 12-0.

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May Athletes of Month

Lansing Everett finishes fifth

Lansing Eastern takes seventh

Lansing Sexton takes fifth

Holt track team takes fourth

Grand Ledge track team takes third

East Lansing takes second place

Okemos girls win conference meet

John Norton leads Lansing Sexton

Holt track team takes fifth place