Two Swan Valley relay teams drove almost two hours Monday for one race.
It was worth the drive.
The Division 2 regional track meet at Cadillac was suspended Friday because of lightning with just one event remaining, the 1,600-meter relay. The coaches agreed to return Monday to finish the meet.
Swan Valley didn’t win the team championships in either division, but the Vikings swept the 1,600 relays Monday with the boys winning in 3 minutes, 24.17 seconds. The girls team set a school record and qualified for both the Division 2 state meet and the New Balance National Meet in 3:56.32.
Cal Delisle, Ryder Stypanovich, Owen Hare and Boston Streng-Beougher earned the relay win for the Vikings boys, who finished third in the standings with 73.5 points. Petoskey was first with 83 points and Alma was second with 81.
The Swan Valley girls time was the best in the state in Division 2 this season. The record was set by Grace Spear, Aubrey Hare, Mackenzie Powell and Sydney Kuhn.
Petoskey also won the girls division with 118.5 points, followed by Swan Valley in fifth with 61 and Freeland seventh with 48.
Baseball
Valley Lutheran 5-2, Nouvel 1-0: Trey Flood struck out 12, allowing three hits to earn the Game 1 win in the Valley Lutheran sweep. Jack Holzhei led the Chargers with two hits and two RBIs, with Dylan Pugh, Tyler Belt and Axel Schuette adding two hits each. Ben Diener struck out five in 6 1/3 innings to earn the Game 2 win, with Schuette finishing off the shutout in relief. Diener and Jacob Grimpo drove in one run each for Valley Lutheran.
Chesaning 15-2, New Lothrop 1-0: Chesaning finished off the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference season without a loss with the sweep of New Lothrop. In the opener, Brady Sager threw a complete-game five-hitter with eight strikeouts to improve to 8-0. Adam Woodcock and Logan Vogelaar had three hits each for Chesaning, with Eli Keck adding two hits, four stolen bases and six RBIs. Woodcock threw the complete-game shutout in Game 2, allowing five hits with three strikeouts to improve to 8-0. Hudson Persails led Chesaning (26-6, 16-0) with two hits.
Hemlock 14-4, Michigan Lutheran Seminary 0-1: Hemlock ace Chad Brown struck out 10 in the Game 1 shutout. Dawson Doan led the offense with three hits, while Landon Zastrow and DJ Lyscas added two hits and four RBIs each. Gavin Schmidt followed with two hits and two RBIs. Noah Reif walked twice to lead MLS. Schmidt earned the Game 2 win, striking out four without an earned run, with Blake Willman getting the save. Mitchell Radosa, Zastrow and Schmidt had two hits each, with Radosa hitting a homer. Brown followed with two hits and two walks for Hemlock (22-6-1, 8-0). Brady Teske led MLS with two hits, while Silas Hill allowed one hit and struck out three in three innings for the Cardinals.
Heritage 6, Davison 4: Heritage finished off a suspended game from April 14, earning the win and improving to 14-6 in the Saginaw Valley League. Trevor Selk allowed five hits and struck out seven for the win. Jack Thompson and Hudsen Hammond had a hit and RBI each for the 14-12 Hawks.
Caro 2-7, Laker High 0-0: Caro swept Laker High with back-to-back shutouts by Xander Grice and Landyn Stine, with the two allowing a total of nine hits in 14 innings. In the opener, Xander Grice allowed three hits and three walks, striking out eight. He also led the offense with two hits. Stine and Max Grice had two walks each. Stine allowed six hits in Game 2, striking out 12. Wyatt Waterman, Trentin Hessling and Xander Grice had two hits each in Game 2, with Waterman driving in three runs for Caro (18-13-1, 8-4).
Merrill 4-8, Breckenridge 1-10: Bryce Mechem threw a no-hitter in Game 1, striking out eight and walking two in six innings. Brendan Becker led the offense with two doubles and two RBIs. Ethan Mattson led the Vandals in the extra-inning loss in Game 2, finishing with five hits and two RBIs. Becker and Collin Buckley added two hits and two RBIs each for Merrill (16-11, 11-3).
Softball
Millington 12-10, Unionville-Sebewaing 2-5: Millington swept the defending Division 4 state champion and No. 1-ranked team USA, scoring 22 runs in the doubleheader and clinching a share of the Big Thumb White title. Lilly Damm had four hits, four runs and five RBIs in the doubleheader, while Kamryn Blackmer and Logan Matusik added three hits each. Morgan Matusik threw a two-hitter in the Game 1 win, striking out six in five innings. Ashlyn Bentoski struck out four in four innings in Game 2 to earn the Millington win, with Matusik striking out three more in the final three innings for Millington (22-9, 11-1).
Michigan Lutheran Seminary 3-1, Hemlock 1-6: Brooke Gustin had two hits to lead Hemlock in the Game 1 loss, with Carley Noyes throwing four shutout innings in relief with five strikeouts. Noyes struck out six more and allowed no earned runs in Game 2, eclipsing the 100-strikeout mark for the season. Lillian Martinez and Gustin led the Hemlock offense with two hits each, with Gustin driving in two runs.
Reese 16-19, Vassar 1-2: Breeli Louis struck out three in the three-inning win in the opener, adding two hits and two RBIs at the plate. Ashtyn Frost and Kiera Campbell led the Reese offense with three hits and four RBIs each. Kylie Soper added two hits and Jaidyn VanOchten two RBIs. Soper earned the four-inning win in Game 2, striking out three. Louis had two hits, with Campbell driving in three runs. Peyton Will and Sydney DuRussel added two RBIs each.
Evart 4-12, Bullock Creek 0-4: Bullock Creek’s Bryanna Herron threw well in the Game 1 loss, allowing two hits and no earned runs in three innings against the defending Division 3 state champion. Delaney Violette hit a homer in Game 2 for the Lancers.
Coleman 12-7, Beaverton 9-12: Klaira Sysak had four hits, including a homer, and three RBIs to lead Coleman to the Game 1 win. Sydney Bovee followed with three hits and five RBIs, while Isabelle Lewis and Aubree Ellison added two hits each. Sysak and Bovee added two RBIs each in the Game 2 loss, with Isabelle Lewis collecting three hits. Eliza Lewis and Elley Johnson added two hits each.
Girls Soccer
Hemlock 8, Heritage 0: Izzy Krueger, Maycee Vanderwall and Khloe Rump scored two goals each to lead Hemlock to the Senior Night shutout. Vivian Trumble and Kristyn Pratt each scored their first varsity goal for the 8-7-1 Huskies, while Taryn Pratt made two saves to earn her seventh shutout of the season.
Boys Golf
MMAC Tournament: Chesaning took first place in the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference tournament, beating out Birch Run for the title. The Panthers finished with a 357 to finish second, led by medalist Cole Beldyga. The Birch Run sophomore shot a 78 to finish first, while Mason Reis was eighth with an 85 and Garett Martinus 10th with an 86.
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