Birch Run defeated Chippewa Hills 42-22 on Saturday in the finals of the Birch Run Wrestling Invitational. Birch Run also had wins over Escanaba 51-17, Roscommon 62-12, Alma and New Boston Huron 51-17. Jerry Fenner had a big day for Birch Run. He was 5-0 at 125 pounds and pinned all five of his opponents. Also going 5-0 for Birch Run were Justin Elliot at 135, Mitch Franklin at 152 and George Lahar at 215. Joe Damm was 4-0 at 130.
Belding opened the wrestling season Saturday at the Kent City Kickoff tourney.
Coach Travis Meyer’s squad beat an unnamed opponent 64-7, Kenowa Hills 42-36 and Wyoming Godfrey-Lee 78-6 to win its pool.
The Redskins defeated Godwin Heights 56-17, and lost to Kent City 36-34. There was a three-way tie at 4-1 but the Redskins took the tiebreaker for the most points during the day.
Going undefeated for Belding were Maison Krieger at 119, Nate Cooley at 125, Jesse Scheidel at 130, Brady Phelps at 140 and Michael Walker at 171. Sustaining only one loss were Michael Hunter at 112, Aleks Silva at 145, Neil McCully at 189 and JayCee Frisbie at heavyweight.
“It was a great way to start our season,” Meyer said. “We got a lot of matches and a lot of quality mat time.”
Belding wrestles next at Rockford on Wednesday and will face Greenville and Fruitport.
Tri-Valley Conference East Division had several excellent players on defense who made the recent all-conference team. Second team honorees were: Eric Allen of Bridgeport, Tristin Gaval of Millington, Tyler Childs of Birch Run and Tristin McGaha of Lakeville on the line, Laland Watt of Birch Run, Levi Deshetsky and Logan Woidan of North Branch and Noah Hargouthy of Garber at linebacker, Alex Mawer of Frankenmuth and Collin Meacham of Millington at defensive ends and Jack Veitengruber of Frankenmuth, Curtis Garza and Gabe Wells of North Branch and Chad Bennett of Caro at defensive back.
Tri-Valley Conference East Division had a high amount of excellent players on defense who made the recent all-conference team. First team honorees were: Tony Schurr of Frankenmuth, JR Schriber of Millington, Devon Pingel of North Branch and Joe Foret of Garber as linemen, Nick Szczepanski of Frankenmuth, Jeremy Johnson and Jacob Hager of Millington and Kody Borrows of Lakeville at linebackers, Brian Sterns of Frankenmuth and Alex Neering of Garber at defensive end and Aaron Kraft of Frankenmuth, Jordon Hudson of Millington, Jared Burke of Birch Run and Simeon Berry of Garber at defensive backs.
Tri-Valley Conference East Division was highlighted with several top notch players on offense who made the recent all-league team. Second team honorees were Ethan Maruer and Michael Frahm of Frankenmuth, Derek Kern of Birch Run and Kaleb Boner and Coddy Hawk of North Branch as offensive linemen, Joe Okonen of Birch Run and C.J. Glaza of Garber as wide receivers, Trevor Mindelli of North Branch at fullback, Willy Periard of Birch Run, Doug Stikeleather and Aaron Freeland of North Branch and Chad Bennett of Caro at running back, Logan Martin of Garber at quarterback, Brandon Tomlinson of Caro at punter and Jacob Pasek of North Branch at kicker.
Tri-Valley Conference East Division was blessed with several excellent players on offense who made the recent all-league team. First team honorees were Jeff Knoll and Alex Mawer of Frankenmuth, Colin Macham and Jason Keinath of Millington and Alex Neering of Garber as offensive linemen, Aquavis Brooks of Bridgeport, Wyant Munson of Millington and Simeon Berry of Garber at wide receiver, Josh Lopez of North Branch at tight end, Brian Sterns, Brian Burton of Bridgeport and Noah Bargouthy of Garber at running back, Nick Volk of Frankenmuth at quarterback, Anthony Reinig of Birch Run and and Harley Lang of Lakeville at punter and Aaron Kraft of Frankenmuth at kicker.
Essexville-Garber was the girls champion and also had the top runner in TVC East Division cross country action from this past fall. Jenna Jeczmionka was the overall winner in the division, followed by Emily Sievert of Frankenmuth, Julia Jeczmionka of Essexville-Garber. Allison Dorr of Birch Run, Casey Hadaway of Caro, Morgan Sawgle of North Branch, Monica Ellicott of Caro, Lindsey Christensen of Essexville-Garber, Mary Beth Gormley of North Branch, Courtney Dykema of Birch Run, Andrew Messing of Caro, Jessica Bishop of Birch Run, Emily Cockerill of Caro, Savannah Coolman of Otisville and Carly Hammon of Frankenmuth.
Essexville-Garber was the boys champion and also had the top runner in TVC East Division cross country action from this past fall. Chase Badalamentl was the individual boys champion. Following Badalamentl was Ben Brown of Caro, Brett Boulis and Noah Knutson of Bridgeport, Hayden Cobley, Ben Yagiela and Andrew Yaworski of Essexville-Garber, Andrew McCary of Otisville, Dustin LeValley and Jerzuy Kolanowski of Clio, Jordan Martinus of Bridgeport, Jacob Stone of Essexville-Garber, Brandon Abbasspour of Otisville and Josh Fitch and Grant Greene of Frankenmuth.
The Big Rapids Crossroad Cougars are 2-0 after a 63-21 victory against Custer Mason County Eastern on Friday Malory Carlson had 25 points and eight rebounds for the winners, plus four steals. Alyssa Larsen had 13 points and five rebounds for the Cougars while Katie Haner had 10 points and 10 rebounds for coach J.J. Eads’ team.
Morley Stanwood was held scoreless in the third period Friday night against LeRoy Pine River but still came up with a 17-point fourth quarter en route to a 42-33 victory to stay unbeaten at 2-0. Lindsey Veersma had 17 points for Morley Stanwood while Mallory Raven added 10 points and Mekayla Carey had six points. Morley Stanwood had a 46-31 rebounding advantage. Carey had four assists, Raven three and Kizer two for the Mohawks. Kizor and Carey had 11 rebounds apiece.
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