SMCC girls, Whiteford boys take track and field regional championships

ADRIAN — Monroe County Region teams took home both championship trophies from the Division 3 track and field regional Saturday at Adrian Madison.

St. Mary Catholic Central’s girls captured their first regional crown since 2005 and Whiteford repeated as boys champ.

“It was a really good day for Monroe County athletes,” Whiteford coach Jay Yockey said.

Both won teams won comfortably.

SMCC scored 93.5 points to top runner-up Erie Mason by 20 points.

“I am really excited,” Kestrel coach Jake Michaels said. “I honestly don’t have many words to say. The girls are just working really hard.”

Whiteford piled up 110 points to 97.5 for second-place Onsted.

“It was kind of unexpected,” Yockey said. “I always go into meets trying to boost up the kids that they can compete, but Onsted has a really good team. We outperformed our expectations.”

Adela Illes won the 100 (:12.74) and 200 (:26.24) meters and anchored the winning 400-meter relay with MaryAlice Lynch, Ashley Ruhlig and Jessica Costlow.

She also helped the 1,600 relay qualify for the state finals. Macy Carlton, Ruhlig and Bella LaFountain completed the quartet.

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Ruhlig ruled the long jump at 17-3.5 and SMCC won the 3,200 relay with Carlton, Claire Lisker, Samantha LaFountain and Bella LaFountain.

Other state qualifiers for the Kestrels were Bella LaFountain (800, 1,600) and Mckenna Payne (high jump).

Keegan Masters led Whiteford boys with wins in the 800 (2:01.75) and 1,600 (4:27.2) meters.

The Bobcats also got wins from Stepan Masserant (14-3 in pole vault), Kolby Masserant (20-6.5 in long jump) and the 1,600 relay (Nate Andrews, Brek Ruddy, Jess Saylor, Ryin Ruddy).

Whiteford’s other state qualifiers were Jess Saylor (400), Ryin Ruddy (both hurdles) along with the 400 (Antonio Nachtrab, Saylor, Ryin Ruddy, Kolby Masserant), 800 (Gaspare Pirrone, Brody Hillard, Nachtrab, Liam Waterford) and 3,200 (Andrews, Zach Kahn, Jakub Diesing, Brek Ruddy) relays.

Erie Mason’s Beth Sweeney had a big day, winning the high (15.25 seconds) and low (46.38 seconds) hurdles along with the high jump (5-1).

She also ran with Abbigail England, Paige Konrad and Giuliana Nastale on the 400 relay that qualified for state.

Kenzie Gray of Whiteford was the shot-put champion (33-1).

Other Region state qualifiers in the girls meet were Rylie DeSilvis of Whiteford (long jump), Konrad (long jump), Reagan Wing of Whiteford (pole vault), Nina Bauman of Whiteford (discus), Julia Hughes of Ida (both hurdles), Mackenzie Dollison (high hurdles), Alaina McClain of Whiteford (800), Nastale (100, 200) and Ida’s 1,600 relay (Taylee Williamson, Gabriana Garner, Dollison, Hughes).

Ida’s Brandon Commet set a school record of 40.68 seconds, while winning the low hurdles in the boys meet. He also took first in the highs at 15.76 seconds.

Other Region state qualifiers for boys were Ida’s Jaxon Bolster (pole vault), Mason’s Aaron Koehn (shot-put, discus), Mason’s Landon Nastale (100, 200), Ida’s Grantham Nelson (400), Mason’s Anderson Kaufman (400), SMCC’s Caleb Hendrick (800), Mason’s Austin Sulier (3,200), SMCC’s 1,600 relay (Max Foldvary, Gavin Swattout, Drew Harris, Hendrick), Ida’s 800 (Commet, Wyatt Dirkmaat, Brenner Nelson, Donovan Lutz) and 1,600 (Lutz, Brenner Nelson, Dirkmaat, Grantham Nelson) relays and Mason’s 800 (Kaufman, Jackson Iocoangeli, Carter Crawford, Nastale), 1,600 (Nastale, Zach Worden, Parker Campbell, Kaufman) and 3,200 (Campbell, Austin Sulier, Logan Doom, Worden) relays.

PREP BASEBALL

Huron sweeps Mules

TEMPERANCE — Cash Moczydlowsky and Tyler Phillips combined to pitch a two-hit shutout to highlight New Boston Huron’s 7-0, 9-5 sweep of Bedford on Saturday.

Jackson Surma recorded four walks and two runs in the first game and went 2-for-4 in the second. Connor Grant and Dayton Miller also had multi-hit games.

Nolan Laskey led Bedford with two hits.

Mason drops two

ANN ARBOR — Erie Mason suffered two losses to Ann Arbor Greenhills on Saturday, falling 7-2 and 8-7.

Karter Stubleski tallied three hits for the Eagles.

Twin shutouts for Jets

AIRPORT – Carter Smith and Bryce Kull twirled shutouts as Airport beat Riverview Gabriel Richard 7-0 and Bay City All Saits 15-0 Saturday.

Nolan Zajac, Sean Langton, Jack Mills, Preston Daily and Lance Choike had multi-hit games for the 20-6 Jets.

Big game for Brewer

NEWPORT – Jake Brewer banged out four hits to lead Jefferson to a 7-6 victory over Frankenmuth Saturday.

Luke Beaudrie logged two hits in each game and Joe Neckel and Jaxin Betts hit well. Cody Byrd and Chene Mielen were strong on the mound for the 8-16 Bears.

Brothers excel on mound

ADRIAN — Brothers Brennan and Brady Runyon combined to toss a shutout as St. Mary Catholic Central beat Blissfield 4-0 in the first game of a doubleheader Friday.

The Falcons dropped the second game 13-3.

Anthony Caladino, Drew Bylow, Riley Sommer and Jaden Paquette led the offense.

Monroe drops twinbill

MONROE – Monroe wasted a 15-strikeout pitching performance by Asher Simmons on falling 3-2 and 8-5 to Detroit Jesuit Saturday.

Breylon Richards, Carson Liedel and Brady Welch had two-hit games for the Trojans.

PREP SOFTBALL

Dundee hits 20 wins

DUNDEE — Kennedy Irwin collected four hits, four runs and four RBI to lead Dundee to its 20th win over the year Saturday.

The 20-9 Vikings lost the first game of a doubleheader against Wyandotte Roosevelt 9-4, then won the second 11-1.

Kiernan Brown added four hits, including two doubles, Lauren Doane pitched a three-hitter and Natalie Rath, Ella Rath, Lydia Homrich and Lauren Doane played well.

Jefferson streaking

NEWPORT – Jefferson extended its winning streak to four games and improved to 11-10 by beating Riverview Gabriel Richard 8-3 and 12-10 Saturday.

Julia Perry, who earlier in the week topped 500 career strikeouts, won both games to reach 41 career wins. Only three other Jefferson pitchers have topped 40.

Cam Carter led the offense with five hits and Lindsey Gennoe added four.

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