Austin Hughes of Saginaw Nouvel Catholic wrestled in the Division 4 state finals earlier this month and placed third at 152 pounds. Hughes won his first match, lost his second one and won his next two to get into the consolation semifinals. He won by tech-fall over Conner Mills of Boyne City and took a decision in the third-place match over Dillen Decker of Carson City-Crystal.
John Hollingshead led Midland Dow’s effort at the state finals with a fourth-place finish at 103 pounds. The finals were March 1 at Auburn Hills. Hollingshead was 3-2 for the tourney. He won a decision in the consolation semifinals after having lost in the semis. He lost his third-place match to John Semasz of Westland John Glenn. Cody Graham wrestled at 135 but did not place.
Rockford had three wrestlers place earlier this month at the state finals in Auburn Hills. Jared Bennett was fourth at 112 pounds. He won a decision in the consolation finals but lost to Benny Gomez of Holt in the 112-pound finals. Jared Bennett was fourth with a 3-2 record at 112 pounds and Stephen Jendritz was fifth with a 3-2 mark at 119 pounds.
Alex Young placed second for Portland in the Division 3 state finals earlier this month in Auburn Hills. Young won three decisions to get to the finals. But he lost to Nate Limmex of Grand Rapids Catholic Central on a technical fall. Portland also had Dominic Gardner at 112, Paul Savage at 112 and Derek Gardner at 145 but neither wrestlers placed.
Taylor Krupp and Josh Wendling brought home state titles for New Lothrop in the wrestling finals earlier this month. Wendling was the Division 4 champ at 160 pounds in the title match at Auburn Hills. He won by decision over Mark Workman in the finals to finish at 4-0 for the tournament. Taylor Krupp was a perfect 56-0 for the season with a 4-0 run in the state meet. He won by decision in the finals over Shane Rodenburg of Kent City. Also for New Lothrop, Cody Symons was third at 189 pounds, Connor Krupp fifth at 103, Aaron Bauman was third at 145, Owen Wilson sixth at 215, Gabe Bennett fifth at 130 and Steve Garza II fifth at 140.
Jason Petras scored both goals for Farmington in the first period for 2-1 victory over Sault Ste. Marie in the Division 3 hockey title game on Saturday at Plymouth. Roman Firestone, rake cole and Nick Heffron had assists for Farmington. John Lethemon was the winning goalie. Farmington ends the season at 22-10 and Sault Ste. Marie at 25-3-2.
Trenton’s offense was too much for Hartland in a 8-3 victory in the Division 2 state title game for hockey on Saturday. Justin Dunn led the way with three goals for Trenton while Mitchell Gala also had three goals and Quinn Preston and Philip Pugliese had one apiece. Trenton is 26-4-1.
The Division 1 hockey title is back in Detroit Catholic Central’s trophy case. The Shamrocks defeated Brighton 5-1 in Saturday’s title game at Plymouth. Carter Cerretani and Ryan Burnett scored two goals apiece for Catholic Central, which also netted a goal from Domenic Mancinelli. Danny Bosio had Brighton’s only goal.
Mikhail Myles of Corunna netted his 1,000th career point early on Wednesday in a Class B district semifinal loss to Flint Southwestern. He joined his brother J.J. Myles, who scored his 1,000-point earlier this season.
Midland Bullock Creek had three wrestlers place in the Division 3 state finals last weekend at Auburn Hills. Nick Torres was fifth at 130 pounds. He won a decision in the fifth-place match over Blake Russo of Grand Rapids West Catholic. Adam McCann was seventh at 140. He won by decision 4-3 in the seventh-place match over Niko Guaardo of Grant. Ben McCann was eighth at 171 pounds. He lost a decision for seventh place to Brandon Ayris 6-3.
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