Saginaw Heritage defeated Flint Southwestern 29-1 in boys bowling action on Saturday. Heritage won all the Baker games, 226-152; 144-91 and 370-243. In the regular games it was Heritage over Flint SW 848-657 and 929-552. Derrick Norman at 233 and Ray Eddy IV at 192 had high scores in the first game. Heritage won the second game 929-552. Morris Pruitt at 287, Eddy at 188 and Tyler Scott at 184 had high games.

 

Saginaw Heritage defeated Bay City Central 21-9 in boys bowling action on Saturday. In the first Baker game, Heritage lost 193-192. Heritage beat BCC 180-154 and 372-347 the next two Baker games. In the first Peterson game, BCC beat Heritage 999-911 and BCC won the second game 1,110-1,026. Morris Pruitt, Tyler Scott, Ben Kastros and Derrick Norman had high games of 192, 189, 187 and 181 for Heritage in the first game. Pruitt and Scott both bowled 228s, Adam Clauss had a 213 and Travis Taylor 193.

 

Lansing Catholic defeated Corunna 76-43 in boys basketball action Friday night. Lansing Catholic led 20-14 after the first quarter, 34-24 at halftime and 52-31 after the third quarter. Lansing Catholic had a 24-12 edge in the final eight minutes. Mikhail Myles had 13 points and 10 rebounds for Corunna while Michael Petersen had 13 points and M.J. Myles added eight points and eight rebounds.

 

Greenville fell to 4-2 with an 88-55 loss to Cedar Springs Friday night. Cedar Springs had quarter leads of 17-16, 46-32 and 63-39. The Red Hawks had a 25-16 scoring edge in the final quarter. Ian Cooper and Ethan Morris both had nine points for Greenville.

Cam Ling scored 26 points to lead undefeated Cedar Springs, 6-0, past Greenville Friday night 88-55.

 

Cedar Springs had quarter leads of 17-16, 46-32 and 63-39. The Red Hawks had a 25-16 scoring edge in the final quarter. David Kearney scored 10 points for Cedar Springs.

Alma’s wrestling team went 4-1 at its home tournament on Saturday.

Alma beat Manistee/New Lothrop B team 48-27, Dansville 45-26, Perry 37-30. and Onstead 44-36. The only loss was to Chippewa Hills 57-19.

 

 

The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, has announced Kirsten Olling of Breckenridge High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade Michigan Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.

The award, which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the racecourse. Now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year award to be announced in January, Olling joins an elite alumni association of past state award- winners.

Olling won four Division 4 state titles. She was eighth at the Foot Locker Midwest Regional championships in 17:52.

“Kirsten has run every day since starting high school, and makes sacrifices to accomplish the goals she has set for herself and the team,” said Breckenridge coach Royce Humm said in a statement. “She leads by example and wears her heart on her sleeve. She pushes her limits every day.”

Olling joins Gatorade Michigan Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year Katie Haines (2007-08, Rockford) as area athletes who have won the cross country award since its inception in 2007.

 

 

 

Breckenridge’s girl basketball team fell to Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 44-42 Saturday night. Lutheran Seminary was up 14-12 after the first quarter but trailed 25-18 at halftime and 30-19 after the third quarter. But Seminary outscored Breckenridge 25-12 in the final eight minutes. Erika Wendling and Emily Chapin scored 15 points each and Alison Willman had six.

Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary defeated Breckenridge 44-42 in girls basketball action Saturday night. Lutheran Seminary was up 14-12 after the first quarter but trailed 25-18 at halftime and 30-19 after the third quarter. But Seminary outscored Breckenridge 25-12 in the final eight minutes.

 

Jessica Freibe netted 15 points while Kaitlyn Cole and Amanda Schoch netted nine apiece. Emily Neumann and Jessica Riggs had four apiece.

 

Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary Friday night had a 78-54 boys basketball win over Breckenridge. Seminary is now 4-2. Seminary led 16-9 after the first quarter, 39-19 at halftime and 60-29 after the third quarter. Andrew Schroeder had a big night for the winners with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Sam Hirsh had 14 points while Gabe Plocher netted 12 points and Nate Lindloff had 11 points, four steals and four assists. Jason Spaude netted seven points.