Results from the weekend in a variety of high school sports.
Cross Country
Over the weekend, both the boys and the girls Grass Lake cross country teams competed in the Jackson High Invitational at Ella Sharp Park. The girls and boys teams each ran the traditional 5k course with determination and drive. For the girls, Adeline Stormont (28th place) and Grace Bullock (30th place) received medals for their efforts leading the team. Rounding out the girls top 7 were Elise Bullock, Katie Million, Taylor Hoppe, Claire Foster, and Maddie Jenks. The boys all ran really well but missed the medal spots. The top finishers for the boys were Zack Buttigieg, Alex Holda, Connor Sherwood, Emmet VanCleave, Connor Boteler, Ruben Spencer and Domingo Decoster-Ellizondo. The team faces Michigan Center at home on Tuesday in their 2nd conference meet of the season.
Soccer
Western Panthers hosted the Dewitt Panthers Saturday in the Panther Bowl.
There were a lot of panthers running around!
Western struggled to gain any kind of momentum Saturday night. Dewitt seemed to take a page, or two, out of Western’s “playbook”.
Christian Roza battled throughout the night for Western, and was able to get into a dangerous opportunity in the second half, when he was fouled in the box. He paid a price, but earned a penalty kick. Roarke Watterson calmly set the ball, and scored the PK for Western’s only goal on the night. Roza and Watterson were standouts for Western Saturday in the 5-1 loss to Dewitt.
Western resumes conference play at home Tuesday against Hastings. They will certainly look to turn things around and finish the season strong.
Go Panthers!
Volleyball
This weekend the Springport lady Spartans traveled to flushing where they participated in a quad. They ended the day 2-3 with scores of 25-17 & 25-16 against Waterford Mott’s, 25-13 & 25-21 against Chesaning, and 13-25 & 18-25 against Flushing. For stats we are starting with kills. Maddux Locke leads with 21, Macie Merrill with 13, and Rylee Siefert with 7. For aces, Brenna Critteden with 7, Macie Merrill with 5, and Areya Dean with 4. For assists Rylee Siefert with 30, Macie Merrill with 4, and Emma Maher with 3. Great job ladies!