Lenawee County high school sports from Dec. 27-30

While most students are off for winter break, many local basketball players and wrestlers are in action this week.

Here's a look at what's going on during the week between Christmas and New Years.

WEDNESDAY

Girls Basketball

Morenci Tournament

MORENCI — Madison and Morenci will face off in the finals of the Morenci Holiday Tournament Thursday after the Trojans and Bulldogs pulled out victories.

Madison beat Onsted 39-38 while Morenci defeated Quincy 47-23.

Madison trailed Onsted by two going into the fourth quarter and in the final 30 seconds but were saved when reigning Lenawee County Player of the Week, Nevaeh Parish, scored on a layup with four seconds remaining to put the Trojans in front by one.

“She drove to the basket to seal the game,” Madison coach Javon Jenkins said.

Marianna Carbajal-Fuentes scored all six of her points in the fourth quarter for Madison while Parish (14 points) hit two field goals and Jaeda Parish (10 points) hit a 3-pointer.

Madison, who has beaten Onsted twice this month, is 6-1. The game does not count as an LCAA game.

Karlie Kimerer led Onsted (3-3) with nine points while JayElle Christian and Ainsley Brezvai scored eight each. Christian pulled down 13 rebounds and Brezvai had six.

Morenci got 15 points from Emersyn Bachelder in reaching the finals.

Leah Rorick scored nine points and Colbie Ekins added eight for Morenci, who is off to a 6-0 start.

Onsted will take on Quincy in the consolation game at 5 p.m. Thursday. The finals between Madison and Morenci will follow.

Brandywine 45, Blissfield 43 

FERNDALE — The Royals held a lead in the fourth quarter but fell to a highly-thought of Brandywine team.

Avery Collins scored 20 points and had eight rebounds while Peyton Tennant scored eight points and pulled down 17 rebounds.

Brandywine led by four points late before the Royals closed the gap to two before the final buzzer. The Royals were missing two regulars.

“It was a gritty performance,” Blissfield coach Ryan Gilbert said.

Blissfield (3-1) has another game scheduled in the Michigan Hardwood Classic. The Royals play at 11 a.m. Thursday against Dexter.

Boys Basketball

Summerfield 66, Morenci 27 

PETERSBURG — Summerfield jumped on Morenci early and never looked back in locking up the Tri-County Conference victory.

Jha Jha Hornbeak had 17 points, five rebounds and four steals while Brody St. John had 15 points, six boards and four steals. St. John scored 13 of his 15 points in the first half.

Morenci (1-7, 0-2 TCC) was led by Isaac Shoemaker’s seven points.

THURSDAY

Girls Basketball

Morenci Tournament

MORENCI — A stiff defense allowed Madison to hand Morenci its first loss and take home the championship trophy in the inaugural Morenci Holiday Tournament, 30-27.

The Trojans allowed 11 field goals in the game and never let the Bulldogs reach double figures in any one quarter.

Offensively, they had enough as Caylan Sower scored 12 points and Jaeda Parish added eight.

“Defense won us the game,” Madison coach Javon Jenkins said. “We were cold offensively.”

Madison (7-1) held a 15-2 advantage in the third quarter.

Addyson Valentine led Morenci (6-1) with 13 points. Leah Rorick scored 8.

Onsted captured third place with a 41-25 win over Quincy.

Karlie Kimerer scored 14 points, Hannah Hill scored 10 and JayElle Christian had eight. Kimerer added six boards, four steals and four assists while Christian had seven boards and Hill six.

Onsted held Quincy to eight second-half points.

Blissfield 51, Dexter 44 

FERNDALE — Playing their second game in 24 hours, the Royals came out on top against SEC-Red co-leader Dexter.

“We made the most of our opportunities,” Blissfield coach Ryan Gilbert said.

Avery Collins went to the free throw line 24 times and scored 20 points. She also had seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. Peyton Tennant added 10 points and 14 rebounds for Blissfield (4-1).

Boys Basketball

Onsted 73, Wayne Memorial 69 

FERNDALE — Ayden Davis collected game MVP honors after the Wildcat senior scored 42 points and pulled down 21 rebounds in the Onsted win.

Onsted led by two at halftime and two through three quarters before pulling out the win.

Aidan Paquin scored 12 points and dished out six assists. Talan Hutchinson had nine assists and JT Hill had seven for the Wildcats (5-2).

Lenawee Christian 66, Concord 56 

SPRING ARBOR — Jaxen Salenbien poured in 29 points as Lenawee Christian beat Concord in the opening game of the Shot Clock Classic on the campus of Spring Arbor University.

Salenbien scored eight points in the opening quarter while Daniel Scrupsky (13 points) and Brandon Summer (12 points) hit 3-pointers to get the Cougars off to a great start.

The Cougars played well despite being down a starter, Aidan Kaulkins.

“It affected our flow and spacing on offense,” LCS coach Matt Summer said. “Our other guys stepped up, though. Paul (Towler) and Jesse (Miller) played some big minutes. Seth Davis had some really good minutes in the second half.”

Paul Towler and Jesse Miller helped guard Concord’s talented Mekhi Wingfield.

The Shot Clock Classic was a full day of games with teams voluntarily utilizing a 35-second shot clock on offensive possessions. Summer said for the most part having a shot clock didn’t affect the flow of the game.

“For the majority of the game it didn’t,” he said. “It makes a difference at the end of quarters, end of game.”

LCS has won three straight games and is 6-2. Concord, who are in first place in the Big 8 Conference, fell to 5-3.

FRIDAY

Wrestling

Salem Jersey Mikes Tournament

SALEM — Division 3 fifth-ranked Clinton won the Jersey Mikes Tournament with a score of 223.5 with five champions.

Connor Younts (132) went 5-0 with three pins and a tech fall while Braylon Long (126) went 4-0 with three pins as did Maurice Ames (138), who recorded his 100th win. Bryce Randolph (165) went 6-0 with two pins and a major decision and Hamza Rafferty (285) went 3-0 with two pins.

Fred Boss Memorial

ADDISON — The Panthers hosted the Fred Boss Memorial dual meet where they handed Blissfield a 35-21 before the Royals defeated Sand Creek (33-18) and Quincy (34-33).

Against Blissfield, Addison got pins from Jaxon Whittemore (165) and Heith Burton (150) while Caleb Potts (126) and James Randles (144) had major decisions.

Going 3-0 for the Royals were Ethan Samuels (138) with three pins, Matthew Houttekier (285) with one pin and Natalie Benetiz (106).

Sand Creek's Jacob Schamburger (215) got a pin against Blissfield.

Lady Mat Cat Invite

MONTAGUE — Clinton and Hudson both placed two wrestlers at the Lady Mat Cat Invite.

The Redwolves had Raven Aldridge (155) take second by going 3-1 with a pin while Faith Blackburn (135) was third, also going 3-1, with two pins and a tech fall.

The Tigers had two fourth-place finishes with Aubree McClain (100) going 2-2 with two pins and Grace Miller (105) getting a major decision.

Boys Basketball

Riverview 55, Tecumseh 51 

CARLETON — Tecumseh lost for the first time this season after being outscored by Riverview in the fourth quarter.

Tecumseh took a 37-35 lead into the fourth quarter.

Ryan Barrie led Tecumseh with 19 points, making five 3-pointers, and pulling down four rebounds. He also had four assists.

Sylvania Northview 64, Onsted 49 

SYLVANIA, Ohio — Playing their second game in two days, Onsted lost to Sylvania Northview.

JT Hill led Onsted (5-3) with 17 points while Ayden Davis had 13 and Rylan Henagan added 10.

Lumen Christi 67, Clinton 49 

JACKSON — Clinton got 34 points from Jalen Stelzer but had no other players in double figures and fell on the road.

Stelzer made seven 3-pointers. Calen Keith scored nine points for the Redwolves (3-5).

SATURDAY

Boys Basketball

Adrian 82, Harper Woods 62

FERNDALE — Stevie Elam had a memorable day, eclipsing the 1,000 career point mark as he posted a double-double of 38 points and 11 rebounds while coming up with four steals.

The Maples won their-fifth straight to improve to 7-1 with Elam getting help from Sean Parker's game of 20 points and 10 rebounds.

Girls Basketball

Tecumseh 68, Mumford 29

WAYNE — After a cancellation earlier in the week, Tecumseh played in the Michigan Winter Hoopfest where it picked up a convincing win to move to 4-3 on the season.

Alli Zajac led the way with a double-double of 22 points and 10 rebounds to go with four assists. Chloe Bullinger filled up the stat sheet as well with 20 points, seven rebounds, seven steals and six assists.

Ashlyn Moorehead had 11 points and four assists.

Wrestling

Manchester NYE Duals

MANCHESTER — Division 3 ninth-ranked Madison had a busy day, going 4-1 at the New Years Eve Duals hosted by Manchester.

The Trojans picked up wins against Chelsea (57-22), Hudson's B-Team (69-12), Jackson Lumen Christi (69-12) and Manchester (36-35) before falling to Parma Western (40-36).

Logan Russell (285) went 5-0 with five pins while Jalonn Borders (157) went 5-0 with three pins and a major decision and Jacob Byrd (106) was 5-0 with three pins and two voids. Landon Mohr (132) was 5-0 with three decisions and two voids while Lukas Leonard (138) was 4-0 with a pin, major, decision and void.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: Lenawee County sports roundup from Dec 27-30