Traverse City Record-Eagle

Bowling

January 3, 2009

Prep Roundup: Stags win wrestling tourney

TC West takes second in Lansing

FROM STAFF REPORTS

FRANKFORT -- Kingsley has wrestled in three tournaments this season, and come away with three victories.

The latest title came Saturday at the 10-team Frankfort Invitational.

The Stags previously won tournaments in Pine River and Manton.

Kingsley had six champions Saturday, including 130-pounder Steven Fultz, Tyler Lajko at 152 pounds, Cody Mutter at 160 pounds, 189-pounder Cary Tompkins, Lane Griffith at 215 pounds and heavyweight Tyler Croton.

Finishing second were Calvin Montgomery (112), Vince Zublic (125), Gabe Collins (135) and Joey Leach (140). Dallas Sanchez (112) and Lewis Genereaux (145) placed third.

MORE WRESTLING

Titans take second at Sexton

Traverse City West traveled to Lansing Sexton and finished second at the nine-team tournament.

Fowlerville -- ranked No. 5 in Division 2 -- won with 225 points while the Titans tallied 209 points for second place.

Titans Mike Ostrom (103), Brad Gillison (145) and Larone Howard (152) all went 4-0 for first-place finishes while Mitch Harrison (112) Tyler Hyde (135) and heavyweight Matt Town went 2-1 for second.

In JV action, TC West had first-place finishes from Zach Bragdon (125), Andrew Gutzka (130), Kyle Schaub (152), Morgan Tolle (189) and Liam Curtis (215).

Manton has

two medalists

Manton traveled to St. Louis and placed ninth at the 12-team invitational.

The Rangers had 60 points while Dansville won with 253 points.

Placing second for Manton were 112-pounder David Ashley and Corey Webb at 152 pounds.

BOYS HOOPS

TC St. Francis 63
Alpena 31

Traverse City St. Francis not only stayed undefeated for the season, but it did it in convincing fashion against a Class A opponent.

The Gladiators more than doubled up Alpena in a 63-31 rout on the road.

"This is our first real road win -- we won a neutral-site game at Breslin -- and beating a Class A team is special," TCSF coach Dave Ginsberg said.

Ian Sheldon led the Gladiators with 13 points and added four rebounds and three assists, while Holden Greiner had 11 points, 10 boards, six assists and six steals.

Max Bullough added 10 points and nine rebounds, while Corey Williams (eight points, nine boards) and Luke Popp (eight points, five assists) were other top contributors.

The Glads (6-0) outrebounded the Wildcats 43-16.

St. Francis lost both the junior varsity and freshman games in overtime.

The JV team dropped a 45-40 OT decision, handing coach Travis Walker his first defeat in three seasons with St. Francis. Walker is 65-1. Sean Sheldon led the Glads (4-1) with 10 points.

The freshmen suffered a 46-43 extra-session setback, despite 14 points from Riley Bullough.

BOWLING

GNBC taking shape

Two boys bowling matches with tight endings helped the Great Northwest High School Bowling Conference standings take shape as teams prepare to enter the heart of the conference schedule.

Traverse City Central's A team and TC West's A team squared off with both teams coming in undefeated. The Titans jumped out to a 10-0 lead with a pair of 175 Baker games. But the Trojans came back, sneaking out a 935-930 regular game win with Christian Vreeland (211) and Chad Rosinski (207) leading the way. James Fuqua shot a 195 for the Titans in that game.

Trojan Steve Tate (201) and Rosinski (194) sparked an 850-806 second game win. Bryce Blick rolled a 196 for the Titans. In doing so the Trojans forced a 15 all tie which was decided by a two game Baker roll off that Titans (3-0) claimed giving the Trojans (2-1) their first loss of the season.

In another pairing of undefeated teams Glen Lake overcame a 10-0 deficit to beat Bellaire (2-1) 17-13. Bellaire's Jeff Odom led both teams with a 358 series (202) and Wyatt Smith led the Lakers (3-0) with a 329 (185). TC Christian (3-0) beat Elk Rapids 26-4 to stay undefeated. Andy Tuck rolled a 349 to lead the Sabres and John Leach threw a 232 game in the win. Jacob Way shot a 367 for the Elks (1-2). The Titan AA (1-2) team beat Benzie (0-3) 29-1. Titan Devin Johnson's 332 led both teams. St. Francis (1-2) got their first win by beating the vacant team.

In the Girls Division, the Lady Titan A team (3-0) beat Benzie (1-2) 29-1. Jessie Thomas rolled a 190 and Ashley Parent a 172 for the Titans. Alana Holdbrook shot a 301 in the loss. TC Central (3-0) rolled Glen Lake (1-2) 291/2-1/2.

In the boy's junior varsity Division the Trojans (2-1) beat St. Francis (1-2) 24-6. The Titans (2-1) beat Elk Rapids (0-3) 18-12. In girl's JV play, TC Central (2-1) beat TC West (1-2) 25-5.

Teams will bowl doubleheaders for the next three Saturdays.

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