Week 6 Top Performers: Jack Bowles earns 1,000 career points; Sackett sets school record
HILLSDALE COUNTY — The weekend may have been cut short for many local area teams, but plenty of winter sports action took place before Friday during Week 6 of the 2023-24 season.
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Local prep hoops teams returned to action for the first time in the New Year, led by impressive performances, including a new 1,000-point career mark for a senior Hornet basketball player. Bowling teams impressed throughout the area, and a new school record was set by a Comet boys bowler.
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Jack Bowles hits 1,000 career points
The Hornets had reasons to celebrate in the face of adversity during Week 6. Hillsdale senior captain and scoring leader Jack Bowles accomplished a career milestone during the team's game against Adrian Madison. Bowles passed the 1,000-career points milestone.
"Jack scoring his 1000th point is a testament to all of the time and effort he has put in over his career," Hillsdale coach Rob Salisbury said. "He has put in a lot of hard work, not only during the season, but especially in the off season, to get to where he is today. These types of accolades are well deserved by Jack, and it is by no accident that he has accomplished them."
The senior scored a total of 19 points in the game, including three triples. Earlier in the week, he had 17 points and three triples against Blissfield.
Andrew Sackett sets new school bowling record for Jonesville
Jonesville junior and former first team all-state bowler Andrew Sackett set a new school record total series score for the Jonesville bowling program on Sunday. During a doubleheader league event, the junior Comet helped the boys team defeat league rival Michigan Center. In the process, he had a two-game set of 258-300-558 series.
This is a new school record for Jonesville. It is also potentially a new conference record. Sackett averaged 279 in that two-game set and 251.5 for the day, helping the team also defeat Columbia Central.
Sackett also helped the team defeat East Jackson, Hanover-Horton and Michigan Center before weekend events.
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Boys basketball top performers
Junior Alvarez hits 29 points against North Adams-Jerome
Litchfield senior Junior Alvarez had 18 points in the third quarter of its matchup against the Rams to help the team pull away for the 74-49 victory. He had a total of 29 points, including five 3-pointers. Teammates Brandon Campbell and Tyler Bills had 18 and 14 points, respectively.
Seth Williams scores 18 points in win over Camden-Frontier
Waldron sophomore Seth Williams led the Spartans to a 57-31 win over their rival Camden-Frontier. Williams contributed 18 points to the team total. Teammates Landon Monahan and Jacobi Gonzalez had 13 and 12 points.
Anthony Governo hits 5 3-pointers in Pittsford win
Pittsford's Anthony Governo hit for five 3-pointers in the team's 65-26 win over Tekonsha. Governo had a total of 17 points in the game.
Warrick Elder has 25 points in win over Hanover-Horton
Jonesville senior Warrick Elder had 25 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals against Hanover-Horton in a 71-62 win. He had 12 points earlier in the week against Grass Lake in a 52-33 victory. Freshman teammate Caleb Blonde had a scoring total of 30 points for the week.
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Girls basketball top performers
Ava Mallar has 2 20-point games to lead Pittsford
Wildcat junior Ava Mallar had two 20-point games to help Pittsford win a 48-18 game against Jackson Christian and a 48-22 game against Tekonsha. Mallar had a final total of 43 points for the week. Riley McCumber finished the week with 21 total points; Halle Clark had 17 points.
Aubree Ervans drops 21 points on Concord
Reading junior Aubree Ervans led her team with 21 points in its loss to Concord. Teammate Abby Affholter had six points and 12 rebounds.
2 Colts get double-digit scoring efforts in win over Litchfield
Hillsdale Academy athletes Iris Millies and Ava King had double-digit scoring efforts in the team's 47-25 win over Litchfield. Millies had 12 points and three steals. King had 10 points, five rebounds and five steals. King had 19 points for the week.
Haley Mach hits 3 triples to lead Jonesville past Hanover-Horton
Jonesville junior Haley Mach had 14 points, two steals and three assists in the team's 35-31 win over Hanover-Horton in an important league game, helping extend the Comets' winning streak to five games. Mach had seven assists and six steals in the team's 51-27 win over East Jackson. Teammate Alexis Trine had a week total of 22 points. Trine had six rebounds against East Jackson. Kira Van Kampen led the Comets with 13 points against East Jackson.
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Wrestling top performers
The Reading Rangers went 2-0 in their league duals. Going undefeated for the Rangers were Jeremiah Bedford (two pins), Lukas Strine (two pins), Isaac Westfall, and Reid Westfall (two pins).
Jonesville went 1-1 in its league matches against Hanover-Horton and Napoleon, beating Hanover-Horton. Going 2-0 for the Comets was Blake Ryan, Carson Playford, Evan McColley and Cooper Stevens. Stevens and Ryan earned two pins. Playford had a major decision win and a pin. McColley had a pin and a void win.
The Hillsdale Hornets went 1-1, beating Onsted but losing to Madison. Robert Garcia and Stephen Petersen earned two pinfall wins to be undefeated for the week. John Petersen went 2-0, including a pinfall and void win. Ethan Wolf had a pinfall win and a major decision win of 8-0.
Bowling top performers
The Jonesville bowling teams went undefeated during the week, including two wins against Michigan Center and wins against Hanover-Horton, Columbia Central and East Jackson.
Against Michigan Center, Mikayla DeBoe led the girls team with a 351 series. Against East Jackson, DeBoe had a team high 242 score in game one and a series total of 382. DeBoe then had series totals of 444 and 403 against Michigan Center and Columbia Central in a weekend doubleheader.
For the boys team, Marshall Baker had a 237-266-503 series over the weekend. Baker then had a 423 series against Hanover-Horton. Alex Pickford led the boys team with a 415 series against East Jackson. Hallie James led the girls team with a 385 series against Hanover-Horton.
Including his record-breaking efforts over the weekend, Sackett also had a 204-257-461 series against Michigan Center and had a 233 game against Hanover-Horton.
The Hillsdale girls bowling team won both of its league matches this week. Chloe Manifold led the team with a 438 series against Hudson and had a 366 series against Blissfield. Shalee Van Heerde had a 366 series against Hudson and led the team with a 377 series against Blissfield. Charles May led the boys team with a 394 series against Hudson. Matthew Frisk had a 364 series. Against Blissfield, Nolan Grant had a 199-point game.
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