Harbor Springs girls XC earns win in Shepherd, Charlevoix volleyball tops Onaway Invite
SHEPHERD — The state championships for cross country are still a ways off yet for the high school season.
But when it comes to tests and getting prepared to get to that final race of the season, there might be no better place to do that than the annual Shepherd Bluejay Invite.
With four separate divisions, more than 20 schools in each and well over 1,000 runners competing on the day, the race is always one of the state’s biggest.
Once again, a number of teams from the area made the trip, with the Harbor Springs girls making it more than worthwhile with a Jays Division overall win.
The Harbor girls just edged out Ithaca for the victory, while the Harbor boys also earned a third place finish.
In the Elite race, Petoskey placed 12th on the boys side and girls earned a 15th place finish, with both races featuring more than 30 programs. Charlevoix was also 11th on the boys side of the Gold race and the girls placed 18th.
For Harbor Springs, Stefi Reskevics led the way with a third place finish in 19 minutes, 42.2 seconds. Juniper Rodham also placed eighth (20:19), Fan Warren was 14th (21:49) and McKenzie Bowman, 15th (21:57).
For the Harbor boys, Trevor Clarke palmed 15th (17:44), Logan Kihnke was 16th (17:50); Adam Ferguson, 19th (17:57) and Max Vroman, 29th (18:22).
While the places look off for Petoskey, they did race above their usual competition and were actually third among Division 2 programs on the boys side and sixth for D2 schools for the girls.
CamBrie Corey and Nora O’Leary ran season-best times in 42nd (19:11) and 48th (19:18), respectively, while Ava Pawlick was also 65th (19:46).
Also within the Elite race on the girls side was Petoskey St. Michael runner Jane Manthei, who finished in 41st with a time of 19:11.5, crossing the line in the same exact time as Corey.
For the Petoskey boys, all five scorers ran a personal best on the day, led by Shane Izzard in a 19th place finish, making him the lone medalist in 15:50.2.
Also for Petoskey, Tommy Farley placed 45th (16:19); Jack Lindwall, 58th (16:30); Zahar Rush, 96th (16:58); and Simon Licata, 136th (17:21).
The final area team to participate on the day was Charlevoix within the Gold race, with the boys led by Hunter Eaton with a strong 24th place finish in 16:40.7.
David Dhaseleer also placed 53rd (17:27) and Mathew Solomon, 58th (17:32).
For the Rayder girls, Addy Wiers led in 93rd (23:02), Maya Rohrer, 96th (23:04); and Adele Crook, 97th (23:05).
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VOLLEYBALL
Charlevoix at Onaway Invite
ONAWAY — Charlevoix’s volleyball team picked up a tournament title over the weekend, topping the Onaway Invite behind some strong performances on the day.
“I’m proud of the girls for playing like a team and having their success on the court,” Charlevoix coach Audra Randall said. “This was a good confidence builder for the team as we head into the last month of season. This is a great group of girls and we are only looking up.”
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The Rayders topped Central Lake (25-9, 25-17), Pellston (25-23, 25-11) and Bellaire (25-21, 25-10). Then defeated Cardinal Mooney (25-10, 25-17) and Mancelona (25-20, 25-16), before topping Onaway in the finals (19-25, 25-17, 15-7).
Kylee Rice finished the day with 67 assists, 30 kills and four aces, Abbey Wright had 50 kills and eight aces, Ava Boss had 61 assists and 36 digs and Addison Boop had 30 kills, 19 digs, four blocks and four aces.
Aeryn Larson added 14 kills and eight blocks, Anna Kemp had 53 dig, Karlee Eaton had three aces and Ayla Kemp had 26 digs.
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ALANSON — The Harbor Light Christian volleyball team swept through an Alanson hosted tri-meet recently, topping Wolverine (25-18, 25-10) and Alanson (25-13, 25-7).
Ava Kenwabikise led with 12 kills and seven aces, Charlotte Gagnon had nine digs and four aces, Anne Chamberlin served up six aces and had 12 digs and Molly Ogden added 20 assists and 13 digs.
Harbor Light returns to the court Thursday, Oct. 5 at home against Harbor Springs.
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SOCCER
Grayling 2, Boyne City 1
BOYNE FALLS — The Boyne City boys’ soccer team fell in a Lake Michigan meeting with Grayling Monday, 2-1.
Finn Tosch scored for the Ramblers late in the first half, thought the goal came matched and then some by the Vikings in the second half.
Will Mastin recorded nine saves in goal for the Ramblers, who moved to 5-9-1 overall and 1-7-1 in the LMC. The Ramblers next close out the regular season on Thursday, Oct. 5 at Harbor Springs.
GOLF
Petoskey at A-Ga-Ming
KEWADIN — The Petoskey girls’ golf team took a tough step back into the 400s Monday, shooting a round of 406 at the Traverse City Central hosted invite at Sundance.
TC Central won the event with a 371, followed by Cadillac’s 387.
For Petoskey, Emma Berg led with a 93, Riley Barr shot 100; Sara Hasse, 106; Anna Hasse, 107; Marley Spence, 107; and Sophia Gardner, 109.
Petoskey will next head to a challenging Katke Classic tournament this Friday and Saturday, Oct. 6-7 in Big Rapids.
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This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Harbor Springs and Petoskey cross country teams both impress in Shepherd Invite
