Jaelyn Ray and Cole McCraw ran two of the fastest sophomore times in Pinckney cross country history Tuesday in the Southeastern Conference White Division jamboree at Ella Sharp Park in Jackson.
Ray won a highly competitive girls race with a time of 18 minutes, 35.8 seconds. Her time is not only second on Pinckney’s sophomore list to an 18:34.3 run by Rachel Clark in the 2008 regionals at Huron Meadows Metropark, it’s the second-fastest time by a Pirate girl before her senior year.
Ray also moved up three places into sixth all-time at Pinckney.
A fast Ella Sharp Park course which yielded amazing times for other Livingston County runners in the Jackson Invitational, combined with the presence of Adrian’s Skeels sisters, helped push Ray to her personal best.
Ayda Skeels was second in 18:38.2, while Sophy Skeels was third in 18:53.5.
Pinckney took second to Adrian in the six-team race by a 34-53 margin.
Madalynn Karsies was fifth (20:00.8), Eastynn Charder 10th (21:23.9) and Brooklyn Reason 14th (22:05.5) for Pinckney.
Pinckney’s boys won with 31 points, giving them first-place showings against division opponents in the first two of three jamborees. The final meet is Oct. 17 at Hudson Mills Metropark in Dexter.
Adrian had 56 points, led by first-place Moises Salazar’s time of 15:51.6.
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McCraw finished in second place, lowering his personal best to 16:11.7. His time ranks fifth among sophomores in Pinckney history. Caleb Jarema set the Pirates’ sophomore mark of 15:48.5 in the 2019 Portage Invitational.
Zach Newman was third (16:46.4), Gabe Maciag fifth (17:25.2), Kyle Osborne ninth (17:39.0) and Noah Neuman 12th (17:55.4) for Pinckney.
Soccer
Brighton 6, Howell 1
All-state Dream Team selection Devlin McGinnis, playing only his third game because of an injury, scored his first two goals of the season and added two assists.
Freshman Colton Papalexis scored twice and had one assist for the Bulldogs (4-4-5), who have won 19 straight times against Howell since a 1-1 tie on Sept. 8, 2015. Luke Compton and Mitch Tappen had Brighton’s other goals.
Eddie Koss made eight saves for the Bulldogs, who will visit Hartland at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Adrian Garcia scored on a free kick for Howell.
Hartland 3, Canton 2
Hartland took a 3-0 halftime lead, snapping a three-game losing streak in the first of two games against Canton this week.
Avery Bryan, Elijah Savage and Paulo Gjolaj scored for Hartland (5-5-2). Canton got within one goal with 10 minutes left.
“It was good to get a win after having a down week last week and not being able to generate any offense,” Hartland coach Andrew Kartsounes said.
After hosting Brighton Thursday, Hartland will visit Canton at 11 a.m. Saturday in a makeup game.
Chelsea 3, Pinckney 1
Collin Gardner scored from James Uphouse for Pinckney’s only goal.
Volleyball
Northville 3, Brighton 0
Brighton lost 25-19, 25-21, 25-15 to the third-ranked team in Division 1. The Mustangs rallied from a 15-6 deficit in the second set.
Northville is 4-0 in the KLAA West, while Brighton fell to 3-1.
Riley Copenhaver had seven kills and four blocks, Vivian Jones had six kills and Cynthia Ockerman had four kills for Brighton (10-6 overall).
Golf
Dow High Invitational
Brighton shot 346 to finish second by 12 shots to Grand Blanc in Midland.
Sydney Rauh was 12th with an 83 and Elle Krill was 13th with an 84 for Brighton.
Tennis
Frankel Jewish 6, Hartland 2
Singles: Ben Krause (H) d. Ethan Schwartz 7-6 (5), 6-4; Hayden Dean (F) d. Asher Smolinski 6-0, 4-6, 11-9 ; Brandon Witt (F) d. Noah Burd 6-1, 6-4; Shyah Lakind (F) d. Kruz Kruszka 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles: Eli Rosenzweig -Robbie Feldman (F) d. Kendon Terry-Nathan Paquette 6-2, 6-2; Austin Squarcia-Louie Kowalsky (F) d. Christos Kinney-Wyatt Allan 6-0, 6-1; Aidan Squarcia -Aaron Schuchman (F) d. Dalton Suchland-Ioan DeWinkle 7-5, 6-3; Jack Arnold-Levi Shaw (H) d. Drew Edelstein-Jordan White 6-2, 6-3.
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This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Prep roundup: Pinckney boys first, girls second in SEC White cross country jamboree
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