Montabella took fifth place as a wrestling team at the Lakeview Invitational on Jan. 19. Three wrestlers took first place with Dustin Scott at 130, Joey Durham at 160 and Jonny Durham at 171. Zack Taubitz took second and Dan Davison (285) was third.
Lakeview’s wrestling team was fourth at home invitational on Jan. 19. Nolan Saxton at 112 and Terry Grieser at 152 were first-place winners. Garrett Cavendish at 171 was second, Austin Davy at 119 were third and Tony Seaborn 140 was fourth.
Tri County’s wrestling team took second out of 15 teams with 157.5 points on Jan. 9. Eight Vikings scored points. Nick Meghan was first at 103 pounds while Justyn Veneklasen at 140, Lucas Prater at 145, Jarrod Tague at 160 and Jayson VanDyken at 189 were third. Tucker Martin at 125 and Bryan Scott at 152 were fourth.
Central Montcalm’s wrestling team was eighth out of 16 team at the Ithaca Invitational on Saturday and placed four wrestlers for points. Taking third places for Central Montcalm were Trenton Braman at 145, Dakota James at 152 and Cory Kindle at 285. Cody Veltkamp was fifth at 125 pounds.
Greenville celebrated the Holland West Ottawa title on Jan. 19 with 217.5 points. Grand Ledge was second with 209. Champions for Greenville were Nate Baker at 112, Will Parmelee at 130, Alec Ward at 140 and Jake Hopkins at 152. Tate Jeffrey at 135, Reed Cox at 160 and Andrew Bowen at 215.
Carson City-Crystal’s boys basketball team improved to 5-3 with a 65-52 victory on Jan. 14 over Beal City. Aaron Haines scored 13 points for the Eagles while Garret Tabor put in 12 and Rhett Pringle scored 10.
Taylor Johnson was a three-sport standout when she played at Belding High School. She’s now in the final weeks of a brilliant collegiate basketball career.
On Jan. 19, Johnson scored 12 points in Central’s 82-79 overtime victory over Bowling Green.
Johnson passed the 1,000-point mark with her performance. She’s only the 23rd player in school history to break 1,000 points. Central improved to 5-0 in the MAC.
Lakeview improved to 8-0 overall and 7-0 in the Central State Activities Association with a 43-41 victory over Big Rapids on Tuesday. John Zualuga-Torres scored the winning basket for Lakeview. Nate Shurlow had 15 points to lead the winners.
Central Montcalm on Tuesday improved its record to 5-4 overall and 3-4 in the Central State Activities Association with a 70-53 victory over Hesperia. Lane Ledford scored 24 points for Central Montcalm while Todd Switzer and Jake Ebel had 11 points apiece, and Jesse Hoffman netted 10 points.
Belding improved its record to 6-3 on Tuesday with a 61-52 victory over Saranac. McKenzie Breimayer had the hot hand for Belding with 29 points. Peyton Mount had 12 points for Belding while Monica Baylis had nine points and nine rebounds. Stefanie Harig had five assists.
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