Prep roundup: Howell's Gabby Piepho has record-setting night despite foul problems
If not for first-half foul trouble, Gabby Piepho might have set two Howell girls basketball records Friday night.
She had to settle for one, but given the fact she is early in her sophomore season, Piepho will likely own the other eventually.
Piepho hit a school-record eight 3-pointers during a 34-point performance, leading the Highlanders to a 60-59 victory over Farmington Hills Mercy.
She broke the school mark of seven 3-pointers set by Lean Antilla against Ann Arbor Huron in 2000.
Piepho finished four points shy of the scoring record of 38 set by Alexis Miller against Livonia Stevenson on Dec. 19, 2017. Her previous career high came in a 24-point performance against Stevenson late last season.
“She was in foul trouble the whole first half,” Howell coach Jason Piepho said. “She probably only played 21, 22 minutes of the game. She was very efficient, and it was a tough game.
“We battled some foul trouble throughout the game. We had some key players with three fouls in the third. Gabby had three in the first half. We just kind of battled through it, kept fighting and the kids made plays at the end, whether it was defensively or offensively. It was a good team effort to get the W.”
Mercy had a chance to send the game to overtime with two free throws with 0.1 seconds on the clock. The first shot was good, but the second missed.
“It was a different kind of game for me,” coach Piepho said. “I’ve never given up 59 points in a W. It was clearly an offensive game, but there was a lot of defensive manipulation that was happening. It was good offense against good defense, and the good offense kept winning.”
Hannah Ralko had 10 points, while Alison Farr had five points and eight rebounds for Howell (2-0).
Fowlerville 46, Okemos 43
Mariah Kirby scored 18 points, Tommi Kleinschmidt 10 and Tori Briggs seven for Fowlerville (2-1).
Fowlerville 62, Lansing Eastern 26
Kleinschmidt scored 19 points Thursday for Fowlerville, which got at least one point, one rebound and one steal from each of its players.
Angelle Haan had six points and 10 rebounds for the Gladiators.
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Boys basketball
Hartland 55, Marquette 50 (OT)
Hartland senior Ethan Krupansky hit a buzzer-beater to send the game into overtime.
From there, Kyle Greig scored six of his career-high 20 points in the extra period to lead the Eagles to victory.
Parker Sundman had 14 points for Hartland (3-0).
Okemos 71, Howell 59
Jaylen Hicks, playing in his first game of the season, scored 19 points on 7-for-11 shooting to lead Howell (1-2).
Daniel Hampton scored a career-high 17 points, while Andrew Weber had 13 points for the Highlanders.
South Lyon East 60, Pinckney 56
Caden Carlson had 21 points and six rebounds for Pinckney (0-3).
Zander Barbed added 17 points and Eli Luoma eight for the Pirates.
Charyl Stockwell 66, Ann Arbor Central 53
Parker Olejniczak had 24 points and 12 rebounds for Stockwell, which won with a 28-10 run in the fourth quarter.
Ed Nicaj had 13 points, Nik Nicaj 12 and Sam Siebert 11 for the Sentinels.
Lansing Eastern 72, Fowlerville 60
Wyatt Soli scored 18 points, Dillon Wieas had 14 points and nine rebounds and Brendan Ray and Griffin Gonzalez had 11 points each for Fowlerville (1-2).
Livingston Christian 88, Westland Hope Christian 47
Bradley DeMasellis scored 27 points and Ethan Harrison 20 to lead Livingston Christian.
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Hockey
Howell 5, Livonia 1
After Livonia (3-3) tied the score 1-1 midway through the first period, Howell scored two goals 31 seconds apart on the power play to take control of the game.
Marco Wolf had two goals and one assist, while Ben Huotari had three assists for the fifth-ranked (Division 1) Highlanders (5-0-1).
Rory Sturos, Tanner Sauve and Joel Eskola each had a goal and one assist. Andrew Klei made 29 saves for Howell.
Hartland 3, Plymouth 1
Hartland’s Ian Kastamo scored with 6:42 left in the second period to break a 1-1 tie. Drew L’Esperance scored his second goal of the game into an empty net with two seconds remaining.
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Gymnastics
Howell beat Plymouth 136.6 to 135.2, while Brighton scored 133.65 points to lose to Plymouth in a season-opening meet.
Howell’s Maria Petru was first all-around with a score of 36.225. She won floor exercise with a score of 9.575 and bars with a score of 9.275. Brighton’s Anna Browne scored 9.325 to win balance beam.
Boys swimming and diving
Hartland 116, Huron Valley United 69
Hartland senior Issac Davis showed his range, winning the shortest and longest events of the night.
Davis won the 50-yard freestyle in 22.33 seconds and the 500 freestyle in 5:06.56.
Twin brother Tyler won the 200 freestyle (1:50.28) and 100 butterfly (55.05). Both were on the winning 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams.
Hartland’s Jack Losert won diving with a score of 237.1 points.
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