Midland Dow picked up five wins and defeated Traverse City Central on Thursday at the Greater Midland Tennis Center to claim the Division 2 girls tennis regional title.
Dow finished with 21 points and Traverse City Central had 17 points. Midland High finished with 8 points and Mount Pleasant he finished with 6 points.
Dow and Traverse City Central will advance to the Division 2 state finals to be held in Grand Rapids on May 31 and June 1.
Dalton DeBoer, Nishi Narayan and Elisa Kostu won the singles titles, with DeBoer defeating Central’s Alexis Smith 6-0, 6-0 in the No. 1 singles final. Narayan and Kostu defeated their Mount Pleasant rivals in the finals, with Narayan defeating Isabelle Goodrich 6-0, 6-0 for No. 3 singles and Kostu beating Willow Gott for No. 4 singles 6-0, 6. Broke with -0. .
Dow University’s Tessa Wood lost to Central’s Abby Pfannenstiel 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the No. 2 singles final.
The Chargers won the doubles match at No. 3 and 4, with Lauren Yao and Alexi Leity defeating Central’s Annie Goldkuhl and Macy Parker at No. 3, 6-1, 6-3. Evie Price and Evelyn Wang defeated Central’s Irina. Briggs and Caroline Henkel won No. 4 doubles, 7-6(5), 6-2.
Dow’s Ayesha Midda and Anya Narayan lost in the first doubles final, while teammates Nora Lasher and Sachi Togashi lost in the second doubles final by a 6-3, 6-3 decision.
women’s tennis
D1 region: Heritage finished tied for fourth in Thursday’s Division 1 district meet at Battle Creek-Lakeview. Okemos won with 31 points and Battle Creek-Lakeview took second place with 24 points, both qualifying for the Division 1 state tournament in Midland. Heritage finished in second place after three matches, with Karolina Rifkin advancing to the second singles final, Liliana Lawler being eliminated in the third singles final, and the team of Trinity Go and Maina Singh taking second place in the first doubles. became.
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Region of Bath: Ithaca placed third in Thursday’s Division 3 regional tournament in Bath, with Pewamo-Westphalia winning the regional title with 97 points. Olivet was second with 87, followed by Ithaca (78), Chesaning (77) and Sanford Meridian (57). Ithaca got the win in the 400 meters from Riley White (:51.81), who ran Ithaca’s winning 400 relay (:43.80) with Jackson O’Neal, Nicholas Mikesell and Nathan Mikesell. Caleb Walker of Chesaning won the 110 hurdles (:15.04) and Matthew Johnson of Hemlock won the 300 hurdles (:40.34). Sawyer Molloy won the high jump (6-7) and long jump (21-7.5) for Meridian, as well as the 800-meter relay, behind Bridger Oderkirk, William Hooton, Mason Heuer and Nicholas Metzger ( 1:32.98). ”
girls track
Region of Bath: Ithaca placed third with 64.5 points, behind Pewamo Westphalia (137 points) and Olivet (88 points). Hemlock (41) was sixth, St. Louis (38) seventh and Chesaning (34) eighth. Hemlock’s Clyla Salo won the regional title in the 100 meters (:13.00) and Sanford Meridian’s Josie Barriger won the 200 meters (:26.86). St. Louis had two first-place finishes in the shot put with Tess Farkas (33-11.5) and in the pole vault with Natalie Hoyt (9-9).
women’s soccer
Frankenmuth 6, Swan Valley 0: Frankenmuth improved to 14-2-4, scoring five goals in 12 minutes in the first half and moving closer to winning the Tri-Valley Conference. Emma Whitbrot led the Eagles with two goals and one assist, and Al Peterson, Addie Bickel, Danielle VanWomer and Bailey Huether added goals. Van Warmer, Maia Bierlein and Carly Weiss added assists and Ash Peterson had a goal for the shutout victory.
soft ball
Midland High School 14-9, Mount Pleasant 4-0: Addie Edwards, Taylor Spangle and Morgan Stewart hit home runs for Midland in the opener, and Edwards and Maggie Frazee each had three RBIs. Sequin and Grace Schroup teamed up for the win. Schroup won Game 2, allowing one hit and striking out 17 in seven innings. Edwards led the offense with three hits, including a home run, and three RBIs. Haley Worsley also had three hits, and Stewart added two hits.
Coleman 15-17, Merrill 5-6: Madison Miller had four hits, three RBIs and two RBIs, and Sidney Bovee had three RBIs to lead Coleman to the win. Nevaeh Chaffee, Eva Gross, Harley Latimer, Timea Middleton and Isabelle Diehl each added two hits for Diehl in the win. Miller took the turn at bat in Game 2 and continued his dominant day with one home run, four hits, four runs scored, and four RBIs. Chaffee, Gross, Bovee and Diehl each added two hits.
baseball
Midland High School 5-7, Mount Pleasant 1-8: Brett Fazio had 12 strikeouts to give Midland the win, and Brady Vannest and Grayson Lampi hit home runs to power the Chemix offense. In the second game, Midland made a comeback, scoring one run in the sixth and seventh innings, but fell short. For Midland, Kayden Nieto, Adam Haag and Noah Wall each had two hits.
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