TRAVERSE CITY -- After two straight road victories to open the season, the Traverse City West girls basketball team lost its home opener on Saturday.
Muskegon Mona Shores led 12-4 after the opening quarter and held off a fourth-quarter charge from the Titans en route to a 35-31 non-conference victory.
"It's early in the season, we have to figure it out," TC West coach Patti Tibaldi said. "We just didn't play well at all. We played hard, but not well."
Kirsten Robinson led the Titans (2-1) with 12 points while Sierra Breithaupt added 10 points and five rebounds. Jess Oakley contributed eight rebounds for West.
Allison Wolffis tossed in 17 points for Mona Shores (2-2).
Both teams were coming off Friday games. West beat Cadillac while Mona Shores lost to Holland Christian.
The TC West JV won 44-41 as Lisa Hepler had 12 points and Alison Zimmerman 10 for the Titans (1-2).
Buckley 44
Suttons Bay 20
Kaitlin Moyer scored 19 points to spark Buckley to a 44-20 Northwest Conference win over Suttons Bay.
Stephanie Burkett and Jen Olds added eight points apiece for the Bears (2-4).
Emily Send's 10 points led Suttons Bay.
TC Bulldogs sweep pair
to improve to 11-4
Ellisha Crosby had 18 points, 24 rebounds, seven blocks and five steals as the Traverse City Bulldogs avenged an earlier loss with a 55-46 home school win over Hudsonville.
Megan Couturier and Ellen Musser added 15 points apiece for the 11-4 Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs also defeated North Grand Rapids 49-35 as Crosby netted 18 points and Couturier 11. Crosby also finished with 12 rebounds, five steals and five assists. Musser collected seven rebounds.
BOYS HOOPS
Onekama 67
BR Crossroads 42
Nick Bradford led four Onekama players in double figures with 28 points as the Portagers cruised to a 67-42 victory over Big Rapids Crossroads.
Jim Kosiboski and Levi Capper each added 12 points for Onekama (2-2). Zac Gilbert netted 10 points for the Portagers, who host Baldwin on Tuesday.
Matt Brandy had 10 points for Crossroads.
HOCKEY
Brother Rice 3
TC West 1
Jonathon Elliott scored 52 seconds into the third period to break a 1-1 tie as Birmingham Brother Rice skated past Traverse City West 3-1.
The Titans (4-2) had taken a 1-0 lead in the first period on Mitchell Snider's short-handed goal. P.J. Dienes and Vinnie Pietrangelo assisted.
Brother Rice tied the game on a Andrew Szutica power-play goal in the second period.
After Elliott's tally put the Warriors ahead, Mike Hamilton added an insurance goal on the power play.
West, which out-shot Brother Rice 18-9 in the first two periods, took six penalties in the final 15 minutes. The Warriors ended up a 24-21 shot advantage.
"We skated pretty well and controlled the game for much of the first two periods," West coach Jeremy Rintala said. "But in the third period we took some unnecessary penalties and you can't do that against a skilled team like Brother Rice. Our inexperience showed (in third period).
"Still, I thought we proved we could skate with one of the best teams in the state."
WRESTLING
Southgate Anderson
wins Haughn Invitational
Southgate Anderson went 5-0 to win the Ed Haughn Invitational on Saturday.
Fremont finished second, Traverse City Central third and Traverse City West fourth.
Central ended 3-2. The Trojans beat Whittemore-Prescott 62-9, Saginaw Heritage 55-13 and Traverse City West 45-31. They lost to Southgate Anderson 50-9 and Fremont 42-28.
For the Trojans, Brad Solak went 5-0 at 171 pounds. Finishing 4-1 were Antoliy Whiting at 135, Dylan Hutchison at 160, Dylan Thorington at 189 and Kyle McLachlan at 215. Winning three matches were Javin Somchamnvong at 112 and Zack Roberge at 130.
West upended Roscommon 36-30 and Flat Rock 58-18 and fell to Fremont 42-30, Southgate Anderson 52-21 and Central.
Four Titans went 4-1 -- Mitchell Harrison at 103, Brad Gillison at 145, Seth Chargo at 160 and Eric Albin at 171.
Winning three matches were Ian Hurst at 119, Jake Morse at 189 and Brandon Dalzell at 215.
Kingsley posts perfect
record at Super Dual
Kingsley went 5-0 to win a 12-team Super Dual at Farwell.
The Stags wrestled wins away from Bullock Creek (45-35) and Valley Lutheran (60-24) in pool competition.
The Stags (13-1) then beat Elk Rapids (57-16), Manistee (61-15) and Oscoda (59-18) in the round-robin portion against the other pool winners.
Going 5-0 in the tournament for Kingsley were Austin Sanchez (125 pounds), Joe Leach (135) and Cody Mutter (152).
Posting 4-1 records were Billy Preston (130), Gabe Collins (140), Josh Newville (171), Cary Tompkins (189) and Lane Griffith (215). Four other wrestlers had three wins for Kingsley.
Elk Rapids finished third in the tournament.
The Elks won their pool with victories over Farwell (54-18) and Merrill (66-12). After losses to Kingsley and Oscoda (42-33), Elk Rapids beat Manistee 51-24 to take third.
Going 5-0 for Elk Rapids were Maggie Petersen (103) and Jason Benak (135). Petersen is 13-1 on the season.
Garrett Foss (Hwt.) and Erica Dopp (119) were 4-1 while Dylan Helferich (189) was 3-1. Four other wrestlers were 3-2 for the Elks.
Larsen takes first
at Swan Valley
St. Francis' Dana Larsen won the 152-pound weight class at the Swan Valley Invitational.
Dundee claimed the team title.
St. Francis had five placers. In addition to Larsen, Andy Anderson was second at 171, Zach Lizenby third at 189, Brad Martin fourth at 135 and Joe Beckwith fourth at 160.
Ashley leads Rangers
at Hart Invitational
Manton finished seventh in the 11-team Hart Invitational.
David Ashley starred for the Rangers, capturing the 103-pound division. Corey Webb was second at 140 and Jake Cuthbert second at 152.
Benzie finishes 1-1 in triangular
Benzie Central finished 1-1 in a triangular with Allendale and Saranac.
The Huskies beat Saranac 84-0 and lost to Allendale 47-21.
Going 2-0 for Benzie: Nolan Sayer at 119, Richie Merskin at 130, Parker Nugent at 135, Jake Fekete at 145 and Dajon Weston at 189.
West, Central place 12 wrestlers at Petoskey
Traverse City West had eight wrestlers place in the Petoskey 9th-10th grade tournament.
Zack Skeels finished second at 160, Dee Kirskey second at 171, Robert Innis third at 119, Caleb Horn third at 150, Kyle Schaub third at 155, Zack Bragdon fourth at 119, Levi Harner fourth at 145 and Scott Zimmerman fourth at 160.
Central had four wrestlers place. Ryan Cox tied for second at 130, Nick Lazar was third at 160 and Adam Bush and Brendan Beger were fourth at 152 and 285, respectively.
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