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Chippewa Hills’ wrestling team was third Saturday at its own Joe Loren Memorial Invitational with 176.5 points, finishing behind Shelby at 234 and Tri County at 195.5.

Zach King led the Warrior effort with a first-place at 112 pounds and now has a 15-1 record in his senior season.

Slade Todd was second at 135 pounds and is 11-5. Mason Dey took second at 145 pounds and is 11-5. Kevin Briscoe took second at 152 and has an 11-5 record. Mike Felix finished third at 125 pounds and is now 11-5. Austin Spedowski was fourth at 130 and is 8-8. John Wixson was fourth at 140 pounds and has a 14-2 record. Eric Russell took fourth at 171 and is 12-5. Brandon Barry was fourth at 189 and is 11-6.

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Tri County’s wrestling squad was second in the Joe Loren Memorial Invitational Saturday at Chippewa Hills with three first-place finishes. Two Tri County wrestlers took second. Shelby won the meet with 234 points. Tri County had 195.5.

Austin Sprik improved his record to 12-0 by taking first at 285 pounds. Nick Mcghan was first at 103 pounds and is 12-0. Jayson VanDyken improved to 9-2 after taking first place at 189 pounds. Dustin Prins took second place at 119 pounds and now is at 12-1. Jesse Britton was second at 139 and is 9-3. Lucas Prater was third at 145 to raise his mark to 6-5. Tucker Martin was fourth at 125 and is 7-5. Jarrod Tague was fourth at 160 and is 8-4. Justyn Veneklasen was fifth at 140 and is 9-4.

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Morley Stanwood’s girls basketball team went into the holiday break at 6-0 with a 56-34 victory over Central Montcalm on Thursday. The Mohawks are also 4-0 in the Central State Activities Association.

The Mohawks were led by Malory Raven with 17 points and four steals, Lindsey Veersma with 13 points and four assists, Ali Quilitzsch with nine points and 10 rebounds and Jenne Kizer with six points and 10 boards.

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Rockford took first place among 15 teams in Saturday’s West Michigan Relays at Rockford.

The Rams took four event first places and scored 366 points compared to 322 for Zeeland and 290 for Holland West Ottawa.

“We had a really solid meet,” said Rockford coach Tom Parks. “We had a smart meet. The guys swam very well. All the relays were top eight.”

The foursome in breastroke relay of Ethan Babcock, Kyle Hams, Nick Hansen and Nate Isley was first in 1:58.49.

Rockford won the 200-yard butterfly relay with David Newberger, Jacob Davis, Timmer Hoffmeister and Craig Wasberg in 1:36.12. The host school took the 200-yard medley relay with Wasberg, David Newberger, Hoffmeister and Corbin Bremmyr in 1:40.30.

The last event of the day was the one-meter dive and the Rams won with 398.45 points.

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Chippewa Hills girls basketball team dropped to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in the CSAA with a 44-29 loss to Lakeview on Thursday. Kayla Boone scored nine points for Chippewa Hills, followed by Hannah Guy with seven points and Olivia Wolfe with six points.

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Big Rapids’ girls basketball team improved to 3-3 overall and 3-1 in the Central State Activities Association with a 42-33 victory over White Cloud last Thursday. Chloe Kinnally score 17 points and had eight rebounds for Big Rapids while Alexis Lyman had 12 points and had three steals. It was the third game of the week for Big Rapids.

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Big Rapids Crossroads dropped its first West Michigan D League 68-53 to Brethren on Friday night. Crossroads trailed 19-13 after the third quarter, 35-29 at halftime and 48-41 after the third quarter. Kevoceya Vanassche and Joe Balanda had 12 points apiece for Crosrroads. Aron Garland added 10 points. Josh Henderson had eight points.

Crossroads is 2-2 overall.

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Alim Muhammad was first at 140 pounds for the Big Rapids at the Ovid Elsie Invitational on Saturday. He was in a weight class in which three wrestlers came into the tournament without a loss. Nate Weckesser grabbed second place at 135 pounds after losing in overtime. He bumped up to 135 pounds from 13.

Big Rapids wrestles in the Shepherd Invitational on Jan. 4.

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The Saginaw Heritage varsity boys bowling team won the 2013 Pinconning Invitational Tournament held Sunday at Bay Lanes in Bay City. The 16-team tournament consisted of a qualifying round of 6 Baker games and three peterson games (5-man team games), then a head-to-head match play bracket to the championship. Heritage had a 3,504 for third place in the qualifying round, plus

Baker games of 166, 149, 184, 188, 189, 175; Peterson games of 845, 790 and 815

High games were Tyler Scott (211), Travis Taylor (188, 198), Morris Pruitt (188), Brandon Southworth (173).

In the round of 12: Heritage defeated Bay City Western JV, 2-0 (187-130, 163-157). In the Round of 6, Heritage defeated Bay City Western Varsity, 2-1 (168-160, 146-155, 166-157). In the championship match: Heritage defeated Hartland, 2-0 (198-172, 198-160).

“Pinconning had the Middle Road Oil Pattern on the lanes and it was difficult to score throughout the tournament,” said Heritage coach Peter Ryan. “We just tried to stay out of trouble and make spares all day, but that proved very difficult to do. The scores were relatively low across the board, so we just kept grinding out games and ended up with the third seed following the qualifying round. “The top two seeds were defeated in the match play rounds and we survived to move up to the No. 1 seed in the stepladder finals. That put us in the championship match where we bowled our best two baker games of the day, two 198 games to win the tournament. It was one of those days where we weren’t necessarily at our best, but we just kept grinding through the tough conditions and made quality shots when we needed them. In the end, we bowled our best when it counted and found a way to win. I’m really proud of the team for keeping their focus and heads up during a difficult and long day on the lanes.”

The Heritage bowlers that participated in the tournament Tyler Scott, Morris Pruitt, Travis Taylor, Adam Clauss, Robert Henne, Brandon Southworth and Shane Carlson.

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The Clare wrestling team was fifth overall behind Shelby, Tri County, Chippewa Hills and Bullock Creek Saturday at the Joe Loren Memorial Invitational at Chippewa Hills High School.

“With 19 teams scheduled for attendance, this tournament was a glimpse into the individual district for Division 3,” said Clare coach Kyle McKay.

Clare entered 13 wrestlers on the day, with double entries at 152, 160, 171 and 189. Eight out of the 13 entrees ended up walking out with a medal at the end of the day.

Zach Betzer (152) went 3-2 on the day and finished in sixth place. Logan Emery (160) took first and Steven Bentley took eighth place. Brandon Ayris (171) lost a nail biter in the finals, 8-6, and finished with a second-place medal on the day. Eric Litke (171) took fifth, his only loss coming to his teammate Ayris in the first round. Freshmen Hart Smalley (189) come in seventh place after going 3-2. Brenden Hensley (215) finished in third, and Bob Green also finished in third place at 285, both going 2-1 on the day.

The Pioneers finished in fifth place overall behind Shelby, Tri-County, Chippewa Hills and Bullock Creek.

“Without entering wrestlers at 103, 112, 125, 135 and 140, this was a pretty remarkable feat for this wrestling team to pull off,” McKay said. “We wrestled some really tough matches and have a great deal of insight as to what we need to improve on in the upcoming year.”

The Pioneers are at St. Louis on Saturday.

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Chippewa Hills wrestlers third at home invitational

Tri County wrestlers second at Chippewa Hills

Morley Stanwood girls remain undefeated

Rockford swimmers win West Michigan Relays

Chippewa Hills girls drop first game

Big Rapids girls basketball team is 3-3

Crossroads drops first conference game

Alim Muhammad takes first place for Big Rapids wrestlers

Saginaw Heritage bowlers win tournament

Clare wresters fifth at Chippewa Hills