WILLIS – Riverview’s focus was on defense.
The Pirates dropped 9 of its 11 players back on defense against New Boston Huron for the semifinals of the Division 2 Girls Soccer Regional at Ypsilanti Lincoln on Tuesday, June 2.
That wasn’t enough to stop Miley Skamiera.
The Huron senior pushed her school-record goal total to 45 to lead Huron to a 4-0 victory.
“She is really skilled,” Huron coach Matt Lividini said.
Riverview feared that skill after falling to Huron in the regular season 8-1 and 4-0 in a game that was halted at halftime because of bad weather.
The Pirates immediately packed their players tightly around the goal from the opening whistle.
“We kind of had an idea they might try something like that,” Lividini said. “It’s unfortunate that it happened in a Regional tournament.”
Huron put a dent into the Riverview strategy with two early goals.
Avery Turk opened the scoring by poking in a loose ball in front of the net following a corner kick by Skamiera at the 34:52 mark.
Skamiera made it 2-0 about six minutes later.
“I knew my girls would find a way to get through and score,” Lividini said. “This was a game were we just needed to score more goals than Riverview.”
Second-half scores came from Maggie Mentzner and Skamiera.
Huron carries a 17-3 record into the Regional championship game at 6 p.m. Thursday against Mason, which beat Farmington Hills Mercy 2-0 in the other semifinal.
PREP SOFTBALL
Five Bobcats picked
PETERSBURG – Whiteford was rewarded for its undefeated run through the Tri-County Conference schedule with five players on the All-League first team.
Avy Wood, Peyton Welch, Bailey Spradling Ally Griffith and Ava Butz all were honored by the league coaches.
They were joined on the team by Brea Olmstead, Hayley Kohls and Hayden Iott of Summerfield and Addie Homrich, Zoie Stubleski and Ava Belair of Erie Mason.
Macy Ovall and Ava Stevens of Whiteford, Mia Samples and Savanna Novencido of Summerfield and Kensey Krger and Aubrey Miller of Erie Mason all received honorable mention.
Whiteford’s Rory Vidra, Gabby Ault of Summerfield and Mason’s Jayanna Willets earned spots on the All-Sportsmanship team.
SMCC gets five spots
OTTAWA LAKE – St. Mary Catholic Central landed shortstop Lauren Tolliver, first baseman Haley Southerland, second baseman Braelyn Runyon, pitcher Olivia Piepsney and designated player Claire Holton on the Division 3 All-District team.
Other first teamers were Avy Wood (outfield), Peyton Welch (pitcher) and Bailey Spradling (at-large) of Whiteford, Kensey Kreger (outfield) and Zoie Stubleski (utility) of Erie Mason and Lily O’Dell (outfield), Lilah Derian (third base) and Amelia McCoy (at-large) of Ida.
Whiteford’s Matt VanBrandt was named Coach of the Year.
Whiteford tops Carlson
GIBRALTAR – Addeson Cousino banged out three hits to lead Whiteford to a 6-3 victory over Gibraltar Carlson in a battle of District champions Tuesday.
Ally Griffith and Ava Stevens added two hits apiece for 21-11 Whiteford.
Kiley Lewandowski went 2-for-3 and Lauren Dunwoody ripped a two-run single for Carlson (21-11-1).
PREP BASEBALL
Champs dominate All-TCC
PETERSBURG – Whiteford and Summerfield, which shared first place in the Tri-County Conference, grabbed 11 of the 17 spots on the All-League team selected by the coaches.
Zayne Emch (catcher), Sam Miller (infield), Tre Eitniear (infield), Luke Henegar (infield), Brody Masters (outfield), Jack Scott (designated hitter) and Caden Schroyer (pitcher) of Whiteford all made it along with Clark Ciacelli (infield), Jude Flowers (infield), Russell LaRocca (outfield and Reece Kalb (pitcher) of Summerfield.
Erie Mason placed pitcher Anderson Moore on the first team.
Allen Roof and Josh Horak of Summerfield received honorable mention along with Mason’s Brody Koehl.
All-Sportsmanship selections were Preston Adkins of Mason, Whiteford’s Austin Bauman and Zach Pitney of Summerfield.
PREP SOCCER
Ida falls in finals
GROSSE ILE – Ida’s soccer season came to an end with an 8-0 loss to the host team in the finals of the Division 3 District at Grosse Ile.
The Blue Streaks reached the championship game by beating Dearborn Henry Ford 3-0 and Flat Rock 2-1 in overtime.
GOLF
Wolkins notches ace
TEMPERANCE – Ben Wolkins used a 9-iron to hit a hole-in-one on the 123-yard No. 9 hole on the Executive Course at Giant Oak Golf Course on May 24.
ADULT SOCCER
Zecman leads comeback
MONROE – Stephanie Zecman scored two goals to help Atletico rally from a four-goal deficit to tie Hot Spurs 5-5 in the Monroe Adult Indoor Coed Soccer League at LevelUp Training Sunday.
Ben Winter scored three goals and had three assists for Hot Spurs.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Monroe County Region varsity sports roundup for Tuesday, June 2
Reporting by Niles Kruger, The Monroe News / The Monroe News
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