It’s hard to find pole vaulters at small-school track and field programs, which gives Charyl Stockwell a huge advantage when competing against its peers.
The Sentinels’ girls team won the Lutheran Westland Warrior Invitational on Saturday, May 9 by a 124-108 margin over Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest.
What put Stockwell over the top was the fact it had the only three girls to clear the bar in pole vault, providing the Sentinels with 24 points.
Two-time Division 3 all-stater Becka Lethorn won the event by clearing 10 feet. Ariana King was second at 6 feet, 6 inches and Aimee Klaver was third at 6 feet.
In the boys meet, the Sentinels were third with 64.5 points, scoring 15 points in pole vault by having three of the five placers. They would’ve finished fourth without pole vault points.
Senior Lauren Hammond lowered her school record in the 200-meter dash to 26.39 seconds, finishing third. She was second in the 100 in 12.65.
Junior Bailey Yates lowered her school mark in the 300 hurdles to 50.89, placing second. Bates also won the 100 hurdles in 17.17 and was third in high jump at 4-6.
The 800 relay team of Hammond, Jessica LeFeve, Chelsea Hollingsworth and Ana Brown ran a school-record 1:51.27 to win the event.
Ella Heffner racked up points for Stockwell by placing second in the 1,600 in 5 minutes, 31.99 seconds, third in the 400 in 1:06.52 and third in the 800 in 2:38.49.
Penelope Usborne was second in high jump at 4-8. Julie Reis took second in the 3,200 in 14:21.95 and LeFeve was third in long jump at 14-11.25.
The 400 relay team of Hammond, LeFeve, Sophie Lindberg and Lethorn was second in 54.20.
In the boys meet, Beckett Fitch won the 400 in 51.60, was fourth in the 800 in 2:14.07 and was on the second-place 1,600 relay team with Teigan Chavez, Max Kreiger and Jack Hammond in 3:39.20.
Landon Shimkus was second in the 3,200 in 10:35.70 and Elijah Killinger was third in 10:51.27.
Placing third for the Sentinels were Troy Verville in discus (107-6) and Bailey Brown in pole vault (9-6).
Stockwell’s boys and girls teams will defend their regional championships on Saturday, May 16 at Stockbridge.
Baseball
Brighton 12-2, Clarkston 3-2
Alex Larson was 6-for-6 in the doubleheader and Ben Holster drove in four runs in the first game for Brighton. The second game ended in a tie after Clarkston scored a run in the bottom of the seventh.
Eaton Rapids 11-6, Fowlerville 1-10
Jacob Hardies was 3-for-3 with a triple, double and four RBIs in the second game for Fowlerville.
Dexter 11-8, Hartland 5-14
Carson Perkins was 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the first game for Hartland.
Tyler Decheim was 3-for-3 with four RBIs, while Max Rector and Fin Stanaway each drove in three runs in the second game for the Eagles.
Plymouth 2-8, Pinckney 1-9
Pinckney’s Owen Zylka pitched all seven innings in the first game, holding Plymouth to two runs.
Jacob Monroe’s groundout in the fourth inning of the nightcap broke an 8-8 tie and gave Pinckney a split. Justin Miner pitched 4 2/3 innings of shutout relief to get the victory.
Charyl Stockwell 12-5, Oakland Christian 9-8
Mickey Brown was 3-for-4 with three RBIs in the first game for Stockwell.
Howell 9, Salem 7
Danny Hampton hit a home run and was 2-for-4 with three RBIs for Howell.
Howell 9-7, Chelsea 4-4
Hampton was 5-for-7 with three RBIs in the doubleheader.
Softball
Howell 22-15, Carman-Ainsworth 0-0
Zoey Overton was 4-for-4 with a home run and six RBIs, while Clem Stevens and Leighton Scott also homered in the first game for Howell. Kate Anderson retired all nine batters she faced in a three-inning game.
Scott was 2-for-2 with three RBIs in the nightcap.
Boys lacrosse
Hartland 15, Forest Hills Eastern 7
Connor Gilbert had six goals and two assists, Coen Chwalek three goals and one assist, Clayton Penzien one goal and four assists, and Liam Quick two goals and one assist for Hartland. Nate Anderer had 15 saves.
Hudsonville 14, Brighton 12
Joey Skoczylas had five goals and one assist for Brighton (12-3), while Luke Blow also factored in on six goals.
Girls lacrosse
Grand Rapids Catholic Central 8, Brighton 6
Kelly McKaig had three goals for Brighton, while Lauren Simms, Quinn Holdridge and Maggie Burchfield had the others in a clash of state powers.
Salem 17, Howell 13
Janie Mitter had four goals and one assist, Brooke Moon three goals, and Madeline Wagner one goal and two assists for Howell.
Boys golf
Novi 146, Hartland 148
Aidan Oake and Liam Kastamo of Hartland shot 35s to tie Novi’s Colin Riehl and JP Moolman for first place. Sam Hammond and Michael Maurin shot 39s for the Eagles.
Girls tennis
KLAA championships
Brighton finished third with nine points and Hartland fourth with eight behind perennial state contenders Northville (25) and Novi (20). No team other than Northville and Novi had a finalist in singles or doubles.
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