Belding was led by McKenzie Breimayer in a 52-48 win over Coopersville on Monday. Belding is 9-3 overall and 4-2 in the O-K Blue. Peyton Mount added nine points for Belding while Monica Baylis had eight points and Greta Wilker had seven points and eight rebounds.
Leah Somerfield reached the 1,000-point mark of her career for Greenville on Monday in the Yellow Jackets 49-40 victory over Lowell. Somerfield scored 27 points in the contest to lead Greenville. Nikota Howe netted 11 points and had five rebounds. TheYellow Jackets are 10-2.
Montabella’s boys basketball team lost 54-43 to Clare on Monday night in boys basketball action Chase Murray led Montabella with 15 points, followed by Cayden Nisonger with 11 and Brady Burggren with 10 points. Montabella’s record fell to 3-8.
Belding’s boys basketball team fell to 3-9 overall and 1-5 in the O-K Blue with a 54-52 loss to Coopersville Garrett Strotheide had 25 points for Belding while Kole Hart put in 13 points. Strotheide hit seven 3-pointers for the Redskins.
Greenville fell to 60-55 in boys basketball action on Monday with a 70-64 loss to Lowell. Ian Cooper was tops for Greenville with 16 points, followed by Stephen Roy with 13 points and Ryan Davis with 12.The Yellow Jackets fell to 6-5 overall.
Lowell’s boys basketball team picked up a 70-64 win against Greenville on Monday night. Matt Beachler led the Red Arrows with 20 points while Ryan Stevens added 18 points.
Vestaburg defeated Evart on Monday 68-57 in non-league boys basketball action. DeWayne Mckinney had 20 points for the winners plus 10 rebounds. Keegan Scott put in 18 points for Vestaburg, which improved to 5-5.
Lakeview’s girls basketball team won its 13th straight game with a 52-31 victory over Chippewa Hills on Tuesday. Lakeview, 13-2 overall, had a 29-11 halftime lead. Maddie Shurlow scored 17 points while Sadie Massie had 13 for Lakeview. Estelle Molitor had four steals.
St. Louis was eighth in the TVC Wrestling Tournament Saturday at Caro. Birch Run was first at 222, followed by Caro at 198, Saginaw Swan Valley 166.5, Alma 118, Freeland 109.5, Essexville Garber and Carrollton at 103, St. Louis at 93.5, North Branch 91.5, Chesaning 89, Millington 86.5, Hemlock 78, Midland Bullock Creek 64.5, Ithaca 63, Shepherd 41, Ovid-Elsie 34, Frankenmuth 32, Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 28, Otisville LakeVille Memorial 20, Saginaw Valley Lutheran 10 and Breckenridge 6.
Mykahalo Hetmansky was second at 285 pounds after losing by pin in the finals to Joe Foret of Essexville-Garber.
Taking fourth for St. Louis were Marcus Beeson at 103, Konnor Holton at 125 and Clayton Howd at 189.
(From the MHSAA)
EAST LANSING – The Michigan High School Athletic Association has selected 10 student-athletes from Class C and D member schools to receive scholarships through its Scholar-Athlete Award program. Among the recipients is Ty Michael Rollin of Beal City.
Farm Bureau Insurance, in its 25th year of sponsoring the award, will give $1,000 college scholarships to 32 individuals who represent their member schools in at least one sport in which the Association sponsors a postseason tournament. The first 30 scholarships are awarded proportionately by school classification and the number of student-athletes involved in those classes; also, there are two at-large honorees which can come from any classification.
Each of the scholarship recipients will be honored at halftime ceremonies of the Class C Boys Basketball Final game March 22 at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing. Commemorative medallions will be given to the finalists in recognition of their accomplishments.
The Class C Scholar-Athlete Award honorees are: Melissa Dowell, Clinton; Erin McDonnell, Traverse City St. Francis; Kirsten Olling, Breckenridge; Stephen T. Erwin, Royal Oak Shrine Catholic; Devin Morrow, Three Oaks River Valley; and Ty Michael Rollin, Beal City.
The Class D Scholar-Athlete Award recipients are: MacKenzie Ciganick, Bellaire; Sara Inbody, Deckerville; Grant Hohlbein, Adrian Lenawee Christian; and Steven McKenzie, Marcellus.
Ty Michael Rollin, Beal City
Played four seasons of varsity football, two of basketball and will play his fourth season of varsity baseball this spring. Earned all-state honors in football as a senior and honorable mention as both a sophomore and junior, and also earned all-state honors in baseball as a sophomore (second team) and junior (first team). Contributed to a football MHSAA Finals runner-up finish in 2012 and a baseball MHSAA runner-up in 2013, and also to a Regional championship in basketball. Served as a coach at Beal City’s youth basketball camp the last four years and coached the eighth grade football team that finished league champion. Earned his school’s Principal’s Award as both a freshman and junior and participated in the Natural Helpers peer assistance program for two years. Will attend Central Michigan University and study pre-medical and dentistry.
Essay Quote: “A positive attitude regarding my own performance, my coaches, my teammates and my opponents is of utmost importance when it comes to good sportsmanship. … I am a strong believer in not engaging in negative speech of any kind with my opponents. Being a team captain and a leader for many sports teams, throughout the year, I am constantly reminding my teammates to just walk away when an opponent is talking ‘smack.’”
Other Class C girls finalists for the Scholar-Athlete Award were: Korinna Corbin, Addison; Elizabeth Baker, Bronson; Amanda Reagle, Homer; Mandy Haferkorn, Iron Mountain; Megan Chapman, Ishpeming Westwood; Keara Wilson, Marlette; Grace Leighton, Mendon; Allie Kendall, Saginaw Nouvel; and Kari Feddema, Schoolcraft.
Other Class C boys finalists for the Scholar-Athlete Award were: Matthew S. Johnson, Fennville; Carter Ballinger, Jonesville; Luke Joseph Smigielski, Mancelona; Dakota Hall, Marlette; Bradley Schaub, Marlette; Kyle Baxter, Mayville; Jason Beckman, Shelby; James Barber, St Charles; and Nicholas DeSimpelare, Unionville-Sebewaing.
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