Ithaca’s wrestling team improve to 7-9 on Wednesday with a 45-30 victory over Carrollton. Winners for Ithaca were Dawson Sherman at 103 by forfeit, Branton Wymer at 125 by pin in 48 seconds, Richard Moubray at 130 pounds on a pin in 2:37, James O’Boyle at 145 pounds with a pin in 3:22, Layne O’Boyle with a decision at 152, Derek Teed with a decision at 160, Seth Capen with a decision at 189 and Tyler Welch with a forfeit at 215.

Chippewa Hills fell from the ranks of the unbeaten on Thursday  night with a 34-29 loss to Reed City.

Chippewa Hills is 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the CSAA.

 

Chippewa Hills was led by Kayla Boone with 11 points and Hannah Guy with seven points.

Big Rapids girls basketball team lost to Morley Stanwood 65-43 Thursday night and fell to 3-4 overall and 3-2 in the CSAA. Morley Stanwood was up 20-6 after the first quarter, 31-12 at halftime and 46-20 after the third quarter.

 

Kailey Hunt led Big Rapids with nine points, followed by Reba Bowen with eight points, Aliza Hengesbach with seven, Chloe Kinnally with seven and Alex Lyman with six.

 

Morley Stanwood’s girls basketball team is 7-0 overall and 4-0 in the CSAA after scoring a 65-43 victory over the Big Rapids Cardinals Thursday night. Morley Stanwood was up 20-6 after the first quarter, 31-12 at halftime and 46-20 after the third quarter. Morley Stanwood was led by Lindsey Veersma with 15 points and Mekayla Carey with 13 points, followed by Mallory Raven with nine.

Big Rapids Crossroads fell to 2-3 overall and 2-2 in the West Michigan D League with a 72-40 loss to visiting Bear Lake on Thursday.

 

Bear Lake led 17-12 after the first quarter, 27-22 at halftime, 42-32 after the third quarter and 20-8 in the fourth. Aron Garland scored 11 points for Crossroads, while James Strickland added 10, Justin Thorne put in nine with three triples and Larumie Goetti had six.

Charlotte’s wrestling team was sixth among teams Saturday at the LH Lamb Invitational at Hastings.

Rockford was first among the 10 teams with 163.5 points, followed by Petoskey at 143, Lakewood at 140.5, Hastings at 122, Bronson at 102, Charlotte at 96.5, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at 71, Otsego at 53, Ionia at 44 and Eaton Grand Rapids at 39.

 

Charlotte wrestlers going 3-0 were Eric Wales at 125 pounds and Robert Miller at 160.

Lakewood’s wrestling team was third among 10 teams Saturday at the LH Lamb Invitational at Hastings.

Rockford was first among the 10 teams with 163.5 points, followed by Petoskey at 143, Lakewood at 140.5, Hastings at 122, Bronson at 102, Charlotte at 96.5, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at 71, Otsego at 53, Ionia at 44 and Eaton Grand Rapids at 39.

 

Leading Lakewood were Jordan Bennett at 152 and Garret Phelps at 171.

Rockford took first place Saturday in the LH Lamb Invitational at Hastings. Rockford was first among the 10 teams with 163.5 points, followed by Petoskey at 143, Lakewood at 140.5, Hastings at 122, Bronson at 10-2, Charlotte at 96.5, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at 71, Otsego at 53, Ionia at 44 and Eaton Grand Rapids at 39.

 

Wrestlers for Rockford that went 3-0 were Jared Bennett at 112, Stephen Jenritz at 119, Braden Zych at 145 and Brandon Houle at 215.

Rockford snuck past Hudsonville 30-29 Thursday night in O-K Red Conference wrestling action.

Jared Bennet of Rockford, won 7-5 in triple overtime in the 119-pound class against Brad Stubblefield in the final match of the night for a 30-29 Rams’ victory.

Rockford was up 27-26 going into the final two matches at 112 and 119.

Rockford’s Braden Zych recorded the first pin of the night at 145 pounds in 4:16 over Josh Prince, which gave the Rams a 16-4 lead. The Rams started out with a 7-0 lead. Stephen Jendritz netted a major decision 15-3 at 125 pounds over Ethan Schutter and Rockford’s Terry Gant had a 4-0 win at 130.

The Rams won at 140 with Gage Radaz getting an 8-5 win. Brandon Zych at 145 got a pin in 4:16.

Chris Bell netted three more Rockford points at 160 with a 5-3 win over Austin Prentice after getting the takedown 30 seconds into overtime.

The Rams led 22-14 after the 189-pound class with Caleb Childers getting an 8-6 decision.

Rockford added five more points at 215 on Brandon Houle’s technical fall.

 

Rockford is now 11-3 overall.

 

Cedar Springs fell to 1-4 with a 54-35 loss to Belding on Jan. 3. Belding was up 15-4 after the first quarter, 24-15 at halftime and 37-25 after the third quarter and outscored Cedar Springs 17-10 in the fourth. Brittany Todd scored 13 ponts while Aubree Mouthaan had seven and Aly Hamilton six.