Mount Pleasant’s boys basketball team improved to 5-1 overall with a 67-39 win on Thursday over Midland Dow. The Oilers fired out to a 23-8 lead after the first quarter and were up 34-21 at halftime and 48-24 after the third quarter. Jaleel Hogan scored 18 points and had 17 rebounds for Mount Pleasant, followed by Anton Cotton with 11 points, Aaron Leasher with 10 points and Tim Wilson with nine points.
Ithaca’s girl basketball team fell to 2-6 overall on Thursday with a 52-32 loss to Carrollton. Carrollton was up 9-4 after the first quarter, 26-16 at halftime and 37-28 after the third quarter. Carrollton had a 15-4 advantage in the fourth quarter. Liz Bentley scored seven points for Ithaca, followed by Mikayla Borrows with six points, Kyle Chaffin with five points and Brooklyn Dolloff with four points.
Merrill fell to 0-5 on Wednesday with an 86-20 loss to Ithaca. Ithaca had quarter leads of 28-8, 59-12 and 76-20 and outscored Merrill 10-0 in the final quarter. Hunter DeBeau scored eight points and Jaden Reiber had six points for Merrill.
Ithaca’s boys basketball team improved to 4-0 on Wednesday with an 86-20 victory over Merrill. Ithaca had quarter leads of 28-8, 59-12, and 76-20 and outscored Merrill 10-0 in the final quarter. Spence DeMull scored 14 points while Eli Villalobos had 13 points, Levi Lehman scored 12 points, Jacob Smith added 11 points, Josh Hafner had 10 points, Logan Hessbrook put in nine points and Travis Smith added eight points.
Hemlock was 0-2 in wrestling action at Midland on Wednesday, falling 42-36 to Chesaning and 45-33 to Alma.
Going 2-0 for Hemlock were Stu Massa at 103, Landon Honsinger at 119, Justin Honsinger at 130, Steven Hingston at 215 and Cody Russell at 285.
Chesaning was 2-0 in wrestling action at Midland on Wednesday. Chesaning beat Hemlock 42-36 and Bullock Creek 54-18. Going 2-0 for Chesaning were Esai Garcia at 112, Kolin McAleine at 125, Bryan Moore at 140, Jared Weienberger at 145 and Justin Sloan at 171.
Four Swartz Creek wrestlers were medalists Saturday at the St. Louis Invitational. J.T. Mullins was first at 112 pounds, Saben Spangler second at 119, Chase Bates third at 125 and Bradley Gilson fourth at 103. St. Louis won the tournament and Montabella was second.
Five Ithaca wrestlers received medals Saturday at the St. Louis Invitational. James O’Boyle was second at 145, Branton Wymer at 119, Derek Teed at 152 and Jonah Looms at 150 were all third and Tyler Welch at 215 was fourth. St. Louis won the tournament and Montabella was second.
Three Essexville-Garber wrestlers received medals on Saturday at the St. Louis Invitational. Joe Foret was first at 285 pounds while Ryan Christensen was second at 103 and Alex Muringer third at 112. St. Louis won the tournament and Montabella was second.
Carrollton fell to 7-3 with a 45-30 wrestling loss to Ithaca on Wednesday.
Winners for Carrollton were Jeff Luth at 112, Jacob Mejia at 119 and Will Feried at 140 on forfeits, Logan Baas at 135 pounds on a pin, and Austin Morly at 285 pounds on forfeit.
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