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BAD AXE HATCHETS It was a history-making year for Bad Axe spring athletics.

The girls soccer team brought home its first regional title in school history. In 2021, the Lady Hatchets overcame the impact of COVID-19 to capture their first-ever regional championship. Bad Axe finished the year as conference and district champs as they amassed an impressive 22-2-1 overall record.

The varsity softball team also had a memorable 2021.

The softball team, who set a new school record for victories in 2021, finished the season as district champions – their first since 1999 – and finished with an overall record of 25-15.

The baseball team amassed a record of 24-10 in 2021, which was highlighted by a perfect game thrown by junior Aaron Sowles against Brown City on May 17. The Hatchets also made it all the way to district title game.

Despite having only eight players, the girls tennis team went undefeated this past spring, but tragically lost their beloved coach, Mark Prescott.

At the track and field state finals, Bad Axe senior Jensen Emerick was 13th in the 400 meters, running a 52.25 time.

Erik Kent was 19th in the 800 with a time of 2:10.19. The 800-meter relay team of Carson Affer, Jack Fitzpatrick, Devyn Howard and Jensen Emerick were fifth, receiving all-state honors in a time of 1:33.33. That group also earned all-state honors in the 1600-meter relay, finishing in sixth place with a time of 3:32.87.

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CASEVILLE EAGLES The Eagles were happy to be back in action in the spring of 2021 after the two-year layoff caused by the coronavirus pandemic, especially the baseball and softball teams, who gave it their all before their seasons ended in the district tournament.

The track and field team had a strong showing at the Tribune Meet of Champs, which also returned after a two-year break. Brodey Miller placed second in the 300-meter hurdles and third in the 100-mter hurdles, and the relay team of Pinkney Barrios, Mathew Kennedy, Kubont Shyann, Josh Holmes placed sixth in the 400- and 800-meter relay.

Audrey Hopkins finished fifth in the girls 200-meter dash and sixth in the 100-meter dash. Hopkins also placed third in the high jump.

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CASS CITY RED HAWKS

The 2021 spring season held many highlights for Cass City athletics. The Red Hawks baseball team brought home a district championship, finishing the season with a record of 23-13.

The track and field team also had a stellar spring. At the Division 3 state finals meet in Jenison, Cass City’s Madison Beckrow captured a state championship in the pole vault event with a successful attempt of 11 feet, 3 inches. That was also a new school record.

Red Hawk Nick McCardle placed ninth in the 800 meters with a time of 2:00.54.

He placed 11th in the 1600 meters at 4:37.24. Connor Hereford finished 13th in the shot put at 43 feet, 5 inches.

Dylan Halpin placed 14th in the high jump at 5 feet, 11 inches. Halpin placed ninth in the long jump at 20 feet, 10.25 inches. Anthony Boscaglia finished 15th in the 200 meters with a time of 24.30 and 16th in the 100 meters at 11.99.

At the Tribune Meet of Champions, sophomore Saylar Cuthrell was named the 2021 Huron Daily Tribune Meet of Champs Female Athlete of the Meet.

She finished first in the Girls 100 Meters, 200 Meters and was part of the first-place 4X100 Girls Relay and thirdplace 4X200 Girls Relay.

Anthony Boscaglia, who was named co-Male Athlete of the Meet, took the gold medal in 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash. Dylan Halpin placed third in the 400-meter dash, and Brandon Witherspoon finished

fifth in the 800 meters, and Vaughn Severance placed third and Witherspoon sixth in the 1600 meters. Nick McCardle placed first in the 3200-meter dash, Landyn Schott placed sixth in the 300-meter hurdles.

The team of Boscaglia, Cameron Gottschalk, Kaake Logan and Schott took the gold in the 400-meter relay, the team of Brady Kolacz, Boscaglia, Gottschalk and Schott took the silver in the 800-meter relay, Connor Herford was first in the shot put final, and Jacob Shantz was eighth. Halpin placed first in the high jump and long jump.

Diana Cortes finished first in the 1600 meters, third in the 3200 meters and fifth in the 800 meters and Riley Copeland placed second in the 1600 meters and sixth in the girls 400 meters. The relay team of Cuthrell, Madison Beckrow, Copeland and Amelia Weiler took the gold in the 400 meters and the team of Cortes, Copeland, Weiler and Cuthrell placed third in the 800-meter relay.

Haven Bouverette won gold in the shot put, and Kalee Gray placed third. Marissa Petiprin-Ball finished third in the discus final, and Beckrow placed first in the pole vault.

In the Division 4 boys golf finals at The Fortress in Frankenmuth, Red Hawk Ryan Pisarek shot 80-89 for a total of 169 and finished 27th.

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DECKERVILLE EAGLES The 2021 spring season saw a member of the Eagles’ track and field capture a state title. Deckerville’s Trevor Barker claimed a state championship in the 800 meters with a time of 1:56.42.

The Deckerville 1600-meter relay team of Barker, Traiten Colesa, Brett Dumaw and Connor Palmer also earned a state title, with a time 3:32.92. That team finished seventh in the 3200-meter relay.

The Eagles’ Willie Brown placed seventh in the pole vault with a jump of 11 feet, 9 inches.

In the girls events, Deckerville’s Abigail Sanford placed fifth in the pole vault at nine feet. Sophia Sanford finished ninth in the 1600 meters.

At the Tribune Meet of Champs, Trevor Barker won the gold medal in the 800-meter dash. Brett Dumaw finished second in the 400 meters, Aaron Wilcox finished seventh in the 1600 meters and third in the 3200 meters, Willie Brown placed second in the 110-meter hurdles and fifth in the 300-meter hurdles, and the team of Braydon Simkiss, Kaden Smith, Tyler Park, Dylan Ball placed fifth the 400-meter relay.

The team of Dylan Ball, Brown, Connor Palmer and Traiten Colesa placed fourth in the 800-meter relay. The team of Colesa, Palmer, Barker and Dumaw placed first in the 1600-meter relay, and Colesa, Aaron Wilcox, Dumaw and Barker claimed the gold in the 3200-meter relay.

Connor Palmer finished second in the shot put final, Benjamin Moeller placed fourth in the high jump, Brown took home the gold in the pole vault and Colesa finished second in the long jump.

In the girls events, Abigail Sanford won gold in the 400-meter dash, Jessie Heilig placed fourth in the 200-meter dash, Sophia Sanford took silver in the 800 meters, and Allison Lapp won gold in the 3200. The team of Heileg, Alexa Roberts, Abigail Sanford and Sophia Sanford finished first in the 1600-meter relay, Cassandra Trigger won gold in the discus and placed fourth in the shot put. Jenna Park placed fifth in the shot put and second in the discus. Abigail Sanford placed second in the pole vault, and Leah Trigger finished seventh in the long jump.

The Eagles softball team made it all the way to the district title game in 2021, and the baseball team won 10 games during the spring season.

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ELKTON-PIGEON-BAY PORT LAKERS The hightlight of Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port’s spring season was undoubtedly Brady Krohn’s sixth-place finish at the MHSAA Division 4 boys golf finals at The Fortress in Frankenmuth. The Laker boys team placed 12th overall in the team category, as well.

At the Tribune Meet of Champs, Alexander Smith placed fifth in the boys 3200-meter dash. The relay team of James McArdle, Colton Oyervidez, Isiah Sageman and Smith finished fourth in the the 400-meter relay. McCardle placed ninth in both the shot put and the discus.

In the girls events, Grace Suggitt took home the bronze and Leah Truemner finished fifth in the 100-meter dash.

Erin McCardle placed fourth in the 400 meters, and KayLynn Carr won bronze in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles. The team of McCardle, Truemner, Suggitt and Carr took silver in the 400-meter relay and placed fourth in the 800-meter relay. Suggitt won gold in the high jump, Emma Smith finished fifth in the discus and Truemner placed fourth in the long jump.

The Laker baseball team finished the year with an impressive 23-12 record and advanced to the second round of the district tournament.

Pitcher Anthony Sheridon earned All-State Second Team honors.

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HARBOR BEACH PIRATES The 2021 spring season proved to be a very memorable one for the Harbor Beach Pirates.

The baseball an softball teams both finished the year as district champions The girls track and field team made its mark at the Division 4 state finals in Hudsonville. Makara Kramer placed second and earned allstate honors in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 16.45 and in the 300-meter hurdles at 47.39. Paige Anderson finished 10th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:31.50 and 11th in the 400 meters with a time of 1:05.30. The team of Kramer, Anderson, Kayla Klee and Teagan Messing placed 12th in the 800-relay with a time of 1:56.04.

At the Tribune Meet of Champs, Isaiah Learman placed fourth in the 800-meter dash and fifth in the 400 meters. Dakota Deer placed fifth in the shot put and eight in the discus, and Levi Klaski placed sixth in the discus.

In the girls events, Klee took home bronze in the 200-meter dash and silver in the 400 meters. Anderson won gold in the 800 meters, and Kramer also captured a gold medal in the 300-meter hurdles. The team of Klee, Messing, Anderson and Kramer won gold in the 800-meter relay, and Messing took home bronze in the pole vault and placed sixth in the long jump. Alison Siemen finished ninth in the long jump.

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NORTH HURON WARRIORS No one was happier than the North Huron Warriors to play spring sports once again in 2021.

At the Tribune Meet of Champs. Emma Case captured silver and Cheyanne Hoody placed fourth in the 100-meter dash. Case earned her second silver medal of the meet and Lucy Wiley in the 200 meters. Ellie Bender placed fourth in the 1600 meters and won silver in the 3200 meters. Brooke Gordon finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles, and the team of Wiley, Gordon, Bender and Case won bronze in the 1600-meter relay.

Gordon also earned silver in the shot put, and Wiley also took home a silver medal in the high jump. Case claimed a gold medal, Hoody placed fifth and Gordon finished eighth in the long jump.

The Warriors baseball season was highlighted by a trip to the district title game and the pitching of Will Case, who earned All-League hons and threw a no-hitter against Genesee on May 10. The softball team also had a successful year on the diamond, finishing with a winning record and making it all the way to the district semifinals.

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OWENDALE-GAGETOWN BULLDOGS Owendale-Gagetown lost senior softball standout Libby Ondrajka to an injury early in the season, holding back the Bulldogs’ softball squad in 2021, but happily for Owen-Gage and Ondrajka, she signed a letter of intent to attend Saginaw Valley State University and run cross country in the fall.

The baseball and softball teams gave it their all in the district tournaments but ran into some tough competition.

The Bulldogs are already looking forward to the 20212022 school year and competition free of mask mandates, quarantine rules and antigen testing.

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UBLY BEARCATS With successful fall and winter sports seasons behind them, the Ubly Bearcats headed into the 2021 spring season filled with optimism.

The Bearcats would fulfill many of those expectations, especially the track and field teams. Nine athletes from the Ubly boys track team competed in Hudsonville at the Division 4 state finals. Levi Peruski (110- and 300-meter hurdles, 400 and 1600 relays) and Logan Mueller (110- and 300- meter hurdles, 400- and 800-meter relays) qualified and competed in all four events.

Evan Peruski (400 meters, 800- and 1600-meter relays) and Cole Hagen (high jump, 400- and 800-meter relays) qualified and competed in three events. Carson Heleski (shot put), Brett Mueller (400-meter relay), Colin Oberski (800-meter relay), Matt Brandel and Jacob Messing (1600-meter relay) earned the right to compete as well.

Highlights included Levi Peruski earning all-state honors in both hurdle events, placing fifth in the 110-meter hurdles (16.00) and sixth in the 300-meter hurdles (42.37).

The 800-meter relay team (Logan Mueller, Colin Ober-

ski, Evan Peruski and Cole Hagen) won their heat with a season-best time of 1:35.14, placing 12th overall in that event. They shaved over two seconds off their regional time.

On the girls side for the Bearcats, Alexiss Guigar placed seventh in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 49.68 and 10th in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 17.60. Abigail Guza placed 22nd in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:48.93. The 1600-meter relay team of Guigar, Guza, Lily Kieliszewski and Emily Greyerbiehl placed 15th with a time of 4:40.81.

At the Tribune Meet of Champs, Levi Peruski was named co-Male Athlete of the Meet. Peruski finished first in the Boys 110m Hurdles, Boys 300m Hurdles and was part of the second-place 4X100 and 4X400 Relays.

Evan Peruski placed fourth and Brett Mueller finished fifth in the 100-meter dash.

Oberski placed fifth in the 200 meters, Evan Peruski won gold in the 400 meters, and Gabe Sweeney placed eighth in the 800. Utah Gusa finished fourth in the 1600 meters and won silver in the 3200, and Logan Muller placed fifth in the 110-meter

hurdles. The team of Logan Mueller, Brett Mueller, Levi peruski and Oberski earned silver in the 400-meter relay, the team of Logan Mueller, Oberski, Evan Peruski and Cole Hagen captured the gold in the 800-meter relay, the team of Levi Peruski, Messing, Brandel and Evan Peruski won silver in the 1600-meter relay, and the team of Sweeney, Gusa, Brandel and Messing.

Heleski placed fourth in the shot put and won the silver in the discus. Hagen took the silver, Brandel placed fifth and Brett Mueller finished sixth in the high jump. Messing placed fifth, Brett Mueller finished sixth and Brandel placed seventh in the long jump.

In the girls events, Kieliszewski won bronze in the 400 meters, Abigail Guza took the broze in the 800 meters, and Greyerbiehl earned a bronze medal in the 1600 meters. Guigar won silver in the 100-meter and 300-meter hurdles. The team of Guigar, Greyerbiehl, Guza and Kieliszewski claimed the silver medals in the 800-meter and 1600-meter relays.

The Ubly baseball and softball teams both made it to the district semifinals

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UNIONVILLE-SEBEWAING AREA PATRIOTS The USA Patriot softball team made good on a promise to itself and the seniors of 2020 who never got the chance to defend their 2019 Division 4 state championship.

When USA pitcher Brynn Polega recorded her 19th and final strikeout in East Lansing on June 19, it served as a bittersweet coda to the preceding 15 months, a period during which not only prep athletes but people across the planet saw their dreams dashed and lives upended. Life, and that state championship trophy, had returned to the place they were supposed to be.

The Patriots, helmed by coach Isaiah Gainforth, were a team on mission in 2021, picking up momentum as the spring season progressed and winning a total of 40 games.

Their overall record of 40-3 included a 36-game winning streak.

USA opened the postseason on June 4 with a victory over Owendale-Gagetown and methodically made its way to a district and regional championship, dispatching opponents like Kingston, Harbor Beach and Allen Park Cabrini. Their final opponent, the Rudyard Bulldogs, were making their first-ever championship game appearance. The Patriots would not be denied, however, and the Bulldogs would have frontrow seats to record-setting performances by Polega and USA’s hitters.

Polega smashed the Michigan High School Athletics Association record for strikeouts in a championship game, leading the Patriots to their second straight Division 4 softball title on Saturday at Michigan State University in East Lansing. The All-State senior struck out 19 as USA defeated Rudyard, 14-1.

USA’s batters also set a record for hits in a title game with 20. The previous record of 17 was held by Millington (2019) and Jenison (1988).

The USA track and field teams distinguished themselves at the Division 4 finals in Hudsonville, Unionville-Sebewaing Area’s

Bentley Alderson claimed the D4 state championship in the 1600 meters, finishing with a time of 4:23.75. Alderson also finished third in the 800 meters with a time of 2:01.84.

Jacob Nimtz finished second in the discus with a throw of 140 feet, 3 inches.

At the Tribune Meet of Champs, Aidan Querback finished sixth in the boys 100 meters. Caron Holland earned a bronze medal in the 200 meters, Jacob Vanhove placed fourth in the 400 meters, Alderson won silver and Dirk Rierson placed seventh in the 800 meters.

Alderson claimed gold and Ty Pavilchek earned silver in the 1600 meters, Ethan Liken took home bronze in the 300-meter hurdles.

The team of Conner Gettel, Bryce Langmaid, Vanhove and Holland placed fifth in the 800-meter relay and the team of Alderson, Holland, Adam Maust and Vanhove earned the bronze medal in the 1600-meter relay.

Nimtz finished seventh in the shot put but claimed the gold medal in the discus.

Justin Hunt finished fourth in the discus. Laingmaid won bronze in the pole vault, and Holland also won bronze in the long jump. Hunter Wolfe and Sam Beagle finished ninth and tenth in the long jump, respectively.

In the girls events, Taylin Sutherland finished fifth in the 400 meters, Olivia Peter placed seventh in the 800 meters and Emmeline Kotenko finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles. The team of Sutherland, Olivia Tomlinson, Rhiannon Varin and Kotenko claimed the bronze in the 400-meter relay, the team of Madilyn Horton, Peter, Sutherland and Tomlinson placed fourth in the 1600-meter relay.

Varin finished fourth in the high jump, and Sutherland took silver in the long jump.

The baseball team and girls soccer squad fell short of their own goals of deep playoff runs but look forward to the promise of the 20212022 season.

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