Local Sports: Foor sets record; SMCC, Whiteford take titles

CHELSEA – Matt Foor always considered himself to be more of a shot-putter than a discus guy.

But something changed over the past year or so.

Now, he is the best discus thrower in Monroe County Region history.

The Airport senior uncorked a throw of 177-1 to win the Division 2 regional at Chelsea Friday and break the Region record of 176-3 set by Todd Lezon of Bedford in 1982.

“Honestly, I am kind of speechless right now,” Foor said. “I didn’t really expect that much.”

Foor also won the shot-put at 52-0, but the talk of the track was his discus heave.

“When it came off my hand everything felt great,” he said. “I knew it right away.”

Airport coach Frank Stasa was recording results for the discus Friday, so he got a good look at the record throw.

“The discus is a beautiful thing,” he said. “It flies. He had a perfect flat throw and it just hit that wind and went. It was a thing of beauty.”

Foor set a school record of 53-8 in the shot-put a few weeks ago, but has made great strides in his other event this season.

“Up until this year, I was always more of a shot-putter,” he said. “That changed this year. It was just staying consistent and not giving up. My dad did a lot of research on it and tried to help me get better.”

His father, Dan Foor, won a state championship in the shot-put for Saginaw Eisenhower in 1983 with was at the time a state record throw of 60-3.

Matt Foor is committed to play football for Eastern Michigan in the fall.

“I am going to talk to the coach about possibly doing both (sports),” he said.

Airport’s Courtney Bovair had a big day for Airport’s girls in the distance races. She won the 800 (2:21.47) and 1,600 (4:59.81) and placed second to Jenna Pilachowski of Jefferson (11:07.95) in the 3,200.

Milan’s boys won both the 400 and 800-meter relays. Nolan Matley, Noah Bussell, Gavin Tomecek and Virgile Gruwez-Guinet went :42.89 in the 400. Adam Johnson replaced Tomecek on the 800 team that was clocked at 1:29.58.

Michael Armetta of Jefferson won the high hurdles (:14.74) and the long jump (21-4) and teammate Ben Merkel ruled the high jump (6-4).

New Boston Huron’s Lucas Kuhn was the champ in the 1,600 meters (4:20.83).

Other Region winners in the girls meet were Keola Botts (123-4 in discus) of Flat Rock, Layla Tahmouch (37-7 in shot-put) and Jefferson’s 3,200 relay of Alyssa Masserant, Riley Peer, Kim Miller and Pilachowski (10:01.23).

Jefferson’s girls scored 99 points to finish second to Chelsea (128.5) in the girls team standings. Airport was fourth with 48, Flat Rock fifth with 46, Milan seventh with 40.83, New Boston Huron 10th with 23 and Dundee 14th with 18.

“The girls overachieved,” Jefferson coach Phil Speare said. “It though we might get third.”

Milan’s boys tied for fourth place with 60.5. Jefferson (57) was seventh, New Boston Huron (46.5) eighth, Airport (42.5) ninth, Flat Rock (27) 10th and Dundee (19.5) 13th.

Other boys qualifying for the state either as a runner-up or hitting additional qualifying standards were Callum Bell of Airport (800), Airport’s 1,600 relay of Adrian Dawes, David Jankowski and Tyler Furman and Bell, Merkel (long jump), Gruwez Guinet (100, 200), Johnson (200, 400), Bussell (200), Orion Galloway of Jefferson (800), Jacob Stanislawski of Flat Rock (3,200), Dylan Hoskins of Huron (both hurdles) and Armetta (low hurdles).

Making state for girls were Carli Smith of Jefferson (discus), Reagan Higdon of Flat Rock (100, 200), Katie Powell of Jefferson (long jump), Tahmouch (discus), Marissa Beck of Milan (shot-put), Milan’s 1,600 relay of Madison Lancaster, Amerie Wilson, Angelina Wilson and Malea Wourman, Milan’s 800 relay of Lancaster, Angelina Wilson, Beck and Wourman, Milan’s 400 relay of Julia Lorch, Angelina Wilson, Lancaster and Wourman, Avery Turk of New Boston Huron (low hurdles) and Masserant (400).

PREP TRACK AND FIELD

SMCC, Whiteford win titles

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.

Simmons doubles up

WILLIS – Monroe’s Teegan Simmons won the shot-put (51-10.25) and discus (171-1) in the Division 1 regional at Ypsilanti Lincoln Friday.

He also qualified for state in the low hurdles and the 1,600 relay with Deshun Richardson, Andrew Foshag and Chris Stein.

Foshag was the runner-up in the 1,600.

Bedford’s Jack Durivage qualified for state in the 800 and helped the 1,600 and 3,200 relays qualify. Also running on the relays were Owen Przybylski, Maddi Duke, Alex Mapes, Cameron Varner, and Nicholas Balla.

Mason Shultz made it in the shot-put and Sawyer Ullery in

Gault takes high jump

HILLSDALE – Teddy Gault of Summerfield won the high jump with a leap of 5-11 in the Division 4 regional at Hillsdale Academy.

He also took second in the long jump and qualified for state in the high hurdles and teammate Austin Taylor was the runner-up in the pole vault.

Grace Raymond (800) and Makenzie Wolfe (1,600), Cameron Taylor (low hurdles) and the 800 relay of Taylor, Raymond, Bethany Suydam and Emma Jacob and the 1,600 relay of Taylor, Mia Miller, Wolfe and Raymond made state for Summerfield’s girls.

Raymond broke her own school record in the 800.

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.

Engelbert scores winner

FLAT ROCK – Reagan Engelbert scored the winning run from second base on a heads-up baserunning play in the eighth inning to give Flat Rock a 7-6 win over Dearborn Heights Annapolis Friday night.

Evan Szalay logged two hits and scored three times for the Rams and Ty Bergeron pitched well.

Ida logs 15 hits

PETERSBURG – Gavin Albring and Jaxon Millican logged three each to pace a 15-hit attack for Ida (17-8) in the opening game of an 8-1, 7-1 sweep of Summerfield Friday.

Jacob Towne, Josh Johnson and Evan O’Dell added two hits apiece to support the pitching of Jaxon Millican. Owen Snyder, Jak Kocinski and O’Dell pitched well in the second game and Kocinski and O’Dell both scored twice.

Hayden Noland had two hits for Summerfield.

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.

Nelson reaches 1,000

CANTON – Whiteford’s Unity Nelson needed seven strikeouts to reach 1,000 for her career Friday and wound up with 16 as the Bobcats tied South Lyon 2-2 in the Michigan Challenge Tournament.

“She is a hard worker, great teammate, fierce competitor, and wonderful person,” Whiteford coach Matt VanBrandt said. “We are so proud of her and this outstanding achievement.”

Dundee bounces back

DUNDEE – Dundee bounced back from a frustrating 7-5 loss in nine innings in the first game to dominate the second in a 9-0 win over Brooklyn Columbia Central Friday.

Laureen Doane pitched a 2 hit shutout in the second game and Kaylee Imo threw well in the first for the 19-8 Vikings.

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.

PREP GOLF

Flat Rock 7-1 in league

YPSILANTI – Flat Rock pushed its Huron League record to 7-1 heading into Tuesday’s League Meet at Sandy Creek by edging Milan 172-173 Friday. The Rams (9-5 overall) were led by Evan Little and Mitchell Smith with 41. Milan’s Max Jenness

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