Lansing Eastern put together a 27-14 scoring advantage in the final eight minutes en route to a 60-54 boys basketball victory over Okemos on Tuesday. Okemos was up 14-11 after the first quarter, 23-22 at halftime and 40-33 after the third quarter.
Lansing Eastern had five field goals, one 3-pointer and was 8-of-13 from the floor for 21 points. Dre Dentmond scored 12 points while Dontre Garrett and Tyrome Maxwell scored nine points apiece.
Ionia’s Taylor Bovee has hit the 1,000-point total. Bovee hit it right on the nose Tuesday with 14 points in Tuesday’s 55-35 victory over Lansing Catholic. Sarah Swartz had 10 points for Ionia. Ionia was up 13-2 after the first quarter, 29-14 at halftime and 38-21 after the third quarter and had a 17-14 scoring advantage in the fourth.
Roscommon beat Clare 48-31 in Jack Pine Conference dual wrestling action on Wednesday. Bob Green for Clare at 285 netted a pin over Nathan Thornton in 42 seconds, but then Roscommon would quickly rebound with points from void at 103, and pins at 112 and 119. Michael Evers pinned Jessica Morton for Clare but Antonio Bastuba was quickly pinned by Matt Letson to give back the points. Giving up voids at 135 and 140, Clare was down 30-12. Zach Betzer and Chris Ayris both followed at 145 and 152 respectively but were pinned by their opponents to put Roscommon up 48-12. Clare battled back and got pins from Emery at 160 pounds, a major decision by Eric Litke at 171 pounds, a tech fall from Brandon Ayris at 189, and another major decision by Brenden Hensley at 215.
Clare defeated Farwell 34-32 in wrestling action on Wednesday. Farwell voided to Brenden Hensley at 215 followed by a major decision by Bob Green at heavyweight over Austin Hawley, to put Clare on the board 10-0. Farwell rebounded and took six points with a pin at 119 over Alyssa Boberg, a tech fall over Michael Evers at 125 by freshmen Glenn Beardsley, and a pin for Kurt Meister over Antonio Bastuba at 130. There were double voids at 135, void from Clare to Farwell at 140 and then a forfeit from Farwell to Clare at 145 to keep Farwell in front 23-22. Garrett McQuiston of Farwell pinned Chris Ayris at 152. Logan Emery bounced back and pinned Anthony Love in 36 seconds. Eric Litke sustained a 9-3 loss to Tristen Zienkiewicz putting Farwell ahead 32-28. Brandon Ayris pinned Nate Carlon to give the Pioneers the final six points they needed.
Swartz Creek’s wrestling team was 2-2 Saturday in the Goodrich Invitational. Swartz Creek defeated Grosse Pointe 53-27 and Clarkston 39-36 and lost to Grand Blanc 54-24 and Goodrich 60-15.
Top wrestlers for Swartz Creek were Bradley Gilson at 103 pounds and Saben Spangler at 119 and 125.
Bay City John Glenn was 0-2 at Owosso in wrestling action on Wednesday. John Glenn lost to Owosso 52-32 and to Bay City Western 58-13. Going 2-0 for John Glenn were Sam Woods at 112, Logan Mlujeak at 135 and Ethan Smith at 160.
Bay City Western scored a pair of wins on Wednesday in wrestling action at Owosso. Western topped John Glenn 58-13 and Owosso 49-27. Wrestlers for Western that went 2-0 were Blake Jackson at 125, Mike Rojas at 130 Tom Shoenherr at 140, Chris Schoenherr at 145, Zach Davis at 152, Noland Davis at 171, Cody Okes at 189 and Jacob Alarie 215.
Bath’s wrestling team was 13th in the Black Hawk Invitational on Saturday at Leslie. Bath’s performance came from Chris Root at 140 pounds. He lost in the title match on a 23-8 technical fall to Zehlin Storr of Leslie.
Lansing Everett finished 12th out of 16 teams in the 14-team Black Hawk Invitational on Saturday at Leslie. Everett’s best performance came from Austin Buzzo at 145 pounds with a 9-3 major decision over Corey Johnson 9-1 in the title match.
Owosso’s wrestling team took sixth place out of 14 team in Saturday’s Black Hawk Invitational at Leslie. Manchester had 262.5 points compared to 130.5 for Perry for first and second. Keegan Gute of Owosso placed second at 119 pounds, losing 19-4 in the finals to Kanen Storr of Leslie.
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