Chesaning went 5-0 to win the Shepherd Invitational in Saturday wrestling action. Chesaning had wins over Gaylord 54-21, Shepherd 49-27, Lansing Sexton 68-6, Pine River 58-18 and Hemlock 49-27.
Going 5-0 for Cedar Springs were Trevor Patterson at 135 and 140, Jared Weisenberger at 145 and 152, Justin Sloan at 171 and Skyler Nathan at 152 and 160. Going 4-1 were Esai Garcia at 103, Keith Wirostek at 119, Kolin McAlpine at 125, Kegan McAlpine at 140 and Bryan Moore at 140 and 145.
Big Rapids’ wrestling team was 2-2 on Saturday at the Shepherd Bluejay Invitational, defeating Fulton and Gaylord.
Alim Muhammad and Nate Weckesser were undefeated on the day for the Cards. Chase Raglin, Desaun Griffen and Nick Worden all had just one loss for Big Rapids.
Chippewa Hills’ wrestling team was second Saturday at the Allendale Invitational.
Allendale took first place.
For Chip Hills, Zach King at 119, Slade Todd at 135 and Eric Russell at 171 took first place. Kevin Briscoe took second at 112 and Kaden Ellis was third at 112. Keaton Zuern at 103 and Mason Dey at 145 were fourth. Mike Felix was fifth at 125 and Austin Spedowski at 130 and Aaron Boid at heavyweight took sixth.
Rockford was third at 3,692 in girls bowling for OK Red pre-conference tournament action on Saturday.
Sydney Weiler of Rockford was fourth with a 516. Also for Rockford, Kaitlin Bird was sixth with a 510, Melissa Main eighth with 504, Courtney Mais 15th with 464 and Naomi Pluger 18th with 415.
Hudsonville won the tournament.
Rockford’s boys bowling team finished second Saturday n the OK Red pre-conference tournament at Spectrum Lanes.
Grand Haven had a final score of 4,829 to easily outpoint second-place Rockford with a 4,551.
Rockford was led by Jordan Kaufman, who was on the all-tournament team at 629.
“We came out a little rusty,” said Rockford coach Paul Bellgraph. “I thought we started out OK with a 970 (in the first regular game). We did OK in the Baker games. It was a tough shot out here.”
David Miller for Rockford was ninth overall with a 613. Eric Buck was 13th at 575 and Owen Webber 14th at 573.
Saginaw Valley Lutheran improved to 4-0 with a 56-50 victory on Saturday over Unionville-Sebewaing. Valley Lutheran was up 19-12 after the first quarter, 27-19 at halftime and 38-34 after the third quarter. Valley Lutheran had an 18-16 scoring advantage in the final quarter. Rylan Appold had 17 points and four steals. Nick Howard had 10 points and five rebounds.
Chippewa Hills didn’t get off to a good start to open the 2014 part of their schedule. The Warriors lost on Friday 53-28 to Lakeview in Central State Activities Association action.
Chip Hills trailed 16-2 after the first quarter, 32-4 at halftime and 45-12 after the third quarter.
Michael Todd scored six points for Chip Hills.
Swan Valley fell to 2-2 on Friday with a 73-64 boys basketball loss to Saginaw Valley Lutheran. Valley Lutheran was down 12-9 after the first quarter but had a 22-13 scoring bulge in the second quarter for a 31-25 halftime lead. Valley Lutheran led 46-34 after the third quarter. Valley Lutheran had a 27-20 scoring advantage in the final quarter.
Brock Notter scored 18 points for Swan Valley while Nick Call and Nate Fries netted 13 apiece, Preston Joiner scored 12 points and Garrett Preston had six points.
Saginaw Valley Lutheran improved to 3-0 on Friday night with a 73-64 boys basketball victory over Swan Valley. Valley Lutheran was down 12-9 after the first quarter but had a 22-13 scoring bulge in the second quarter for a 31-25 halftime lead. Valley Lutheran led 46-34 after the third quarter. Valley Lutheran had a 27-20 scoring advantage in the final quarter. Rylan Appold had 29 points on 10-of-19 shooting for Valley Lutheran while Nick Howard made 14 points and Derrick Yurgens had 13 points. Valley Lutheran shot 24-of-55 from the floor. Ryland Appold and Josh Appold had six rebounds apiece. Mike Weiss added five boards. Josh Appold also had five blocks.
Freeland entered the holiday break at 3-3 with a 45-38 loss to Hemlock on Dec. 20. Hemlock trailed 10-7 after the first quarter but had a 21-14 scoring edge in the second quarter and led 21-14 at halftime. Both teams scored 14 points in the third quarter and 10 points in the fourth. Taryn Taugher led Freeland with 18 points and seven rebounds. Sofia Guiterrez and Breanne Short had nine points and eight rebounds apiece.
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