Pinckney repeated as Southeastern Conference White Division boys cross country champion, winning for the third time in four years Thursday at Hudson Mills Metropark in Dexter.
The Pirates scored 45 points to edge runner-up Chelsea by two points in the six-team meet. Pinckney won all three SEC White jamborees this season.
“We had some good and some bad,” Pinckney coach Jim Wicker said. “We had one of our top runners get bad back spasms. He didn’t run up to par, but we had some younger guys, inexperienced guys step up and fill the void for us and run very well. Wyatt Larson ran a personal record today. Cole and Zach were front-runners like they have been all year and ran well.”
Pinckney put its five scoring runners in the top 17.
Sophomore Cole McCraw was second in 16 minutes, 38.75 seconds and senior Zach Newman was third in 16:48.22 the lead the Pirates. Adrian junior Moises Salazar won in 15:57.32.
Also scoring for Pinckney were sophomore Noah Neuman (11th, 17:43.17), senior Kyle Osborne (12th, 17:45.97) and junior Wyatt Larson (17th, 17:55.17). Junior Nate Sandula also made all-conference by placing 18th in 17:59.97.
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Next up for Pinckney is the Division 2 regional Oct. 26 at Springfield Oaks County Park in Davisburg.
“We’re really confident going into regionals,” Wicker said. “We’ll definitely get out of it, barring some catastrophe. As usual, we’re hoping to win it. We’re trying to win a fifth straight regional.”
In the girls meet, Pinckney sophomore Jaelyn Ray took first place with a time of 18:40.58. Defending champion Sophy Skeels of Adrian was second in 18:58.44.
Madalynn Karsies was fourth (19:42.81), Eastynn Charder 11th (21:25.42), Brooklyn Reason 15th (21:51.18) and Delaney Mays 19th (21:51.84) for the Pirates, who were second with 50 points. Adrian won with 36.
Soccer
Clarkston Everest 5, Livingston Christian 0
It was closer this time around, but another outstanding soccer season for Livingston Christian ended at the hands of fifth-ranked Everest.
Playing in their first district championship game, the Falcons' season ended at 16-3-1. They lost 8-1 to Everest in the district semifinals last year to end a 16-3 season.
Swimming and diving
Brighton 110, Howell 68
Grace Gray and Ava Sventickas won two events each for Brighton.
Gray won the 200-yard freestyle in 1 minute, 57.04 seconds and the 100 butterfly in 58.85 seconds. Sventickas won the 50 freestyle in 25.75 and the 100 freestyle in 55.20.
Ginny Jones won diving with a score of 180.25 points, Natalie Mazur won the 200 individual medley in 2:22.07, Elizabeth Walters-Ricketts won the 500 freestyle in 5:27.62 and Melia Fallone won the 100 backstroke in 1:09.62 for the Bulldogs.
Volleyball
Brighton 3, Plymouth 0
Brighton won 25-13, 25-11, 25-20.
Riley Copenhaver had 10 kills and three blocks for Brighton (18-8).
Vivian Jones had eight kills, while Cynthia Ockerman had four aces and three blocks.
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