Traverse City Record-Eagle

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December 19, 2009

Roundup: 12/19/2009

Kingsley's Leach has big day at Farwell tourney

FROM STAFF REPORTS

TRAVERSE CITY -- Grand Haven posted a perfect 5-0 record to pin down a championship at the Ed Haughn Classic at Traverse City Central.

Southgate Anderson was second with a 4-1 mark.

Traverse City West posted a 2-3 mark -- including a 45-30 win over Central -- and the host Trojans were 1-4.

TC West also topped Southgate's B team 59-22.

Central beat Southgate's B squad 43-36.

Mike Ostram (103 pounds) and Dee Kirksey (160) won four matches each for the Titans, while Kyle Schaub (140), Zack Skeels (189) and Brandon Dalzell (215) had three wins apiece. Andrew Gutzka (135) and Tyler Schaffer (152) each posted two victories.

Top performers for the Trojans were Zach Roberge (160) with four victories, Julian Diaz (130) and Vatsana Phenkhamkip (135) with three each and two by Justin Ray (119), Quinn McKay (145), Jordan Lutze (189) and Scott Rademaker (215).

West travels to Grand Haven for an eight-team tournament on Wednesday, while Central is off until participating in the Alpena Invitational on Jan. 2.

MORE WRESTLING

Kingsley wins at Farwell; Leach gets 100th victory

It was a big day for Joe Leach.

The Kingsley junior notched a perfect 4-0 record at the Farwell Invitational, was selected as the tournament MVP for lower weights and picked up his 100th victory in the process. All of his wins Saturday were by pin.

Leach is 100-14 in three seasons with the Stags and 15-0 this season.

Kingsley won the tournament, going 4-0 in the 12-team super dual. The Stags defeated Montabella, Farwell, Oscoda and Elk Rapids.

Tyler Croton was also 4-0 with four pins, earning upper weight MVP honors.

Other 4-0 wrestlers for Kingsley were York Ash (103), Calvin Montgomery (125), Austin Sanchez (140) and Luke Sczymshack (16). Sanchez recorded all four of his wins by fall.

The Stags travel to Manistee on Tuesday for a double dual meet with the Chippewas and Ludington.

Five Titan JVs place

in Petoskey Invitational

Traverse City West had five wrestlers place in the Petoskey JV Invitational, including three at the same weight class.

Joe Johnson and Trevor Willnow were each second at 198, while Zane Rusinowski was fourth. Willnow was 4-1 for the day, Johnson 3-1 and Rusinowski 3-2.

Ryan Drake had a 3-1 day at 152 pounds to place second, while Cody Thomas was 3-2 at 215 to earn a second-place finish.

Kingsley's JVs won the tournament.

HOCKEY

Trenton 5

TC Central 2

Trenton showed why it's ranked No. 1.

The No. 1-ranked team in Division 2 handed Traverse City Central a 5-2 setback in a matchup of Trojan teams ranked in the top 10.

Trenton took a 2-0 lead by the time 7:42 had ticked off the clock.

Central's Jared VanWormer answered with an unassisted goal to bring his team within a goal at 2-1 at the 11:25 mark of the first.

Trenton then went up 5-2 before Central's Max Schrank scored off a Caleb Morgan assist in the third period for the game's final score.

"Trenton is a good team, holy cow," Central coach Chris Givens said. "They come at you fast and move the puck.

"That was by far the best team we've seen this year, and I don't know we'll see any better. That No. 1 ranking is not a mistake."

Central (3-4, 2-0 Big North Conference) was outshot 40-18, with freshman goalie Bill Vermetten making 35 stops.

TC West 4

Alpena 0

Traverse City West handed Alpena its second loss of the week to a TC team, blanking the Wildcats 4-0.

Nate Wilson stopped all 12 shots he faced for his first shutout of the season as the Titans overwhelmed Alpena 41-12 in shots on net.

Leading 2-0 going into the third period, Alex Grizzel and Zach Franklin scored 17 seconds apart early on to give the Titans a comfortable 4-0 cushion. Gabe Hisem, Mitch Snider and Chris Dienes assisted on the goals.

Shane Totten gave West a 1-0 advantage 14 minutes into the first period and Snider struck with a power-play goal set up by Hisem in the second.

TC Central beat Alpena 4-3 in overtime on Friday.

Central and West (4-1) play each other Tuesday in their first meeting of the season, a make-up of their Dec. 9 game postponed due to inclement weather. Both are 2-0 in the Big North Conference, putting more emphasis on the rivalry contest.

"Our teams are pretty similar," West coach Jeremy Rintala said. "They match up pretty well. The last few times we've played, it's been really close."

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