A party for the Pioneers
A party for the Pioneers
Cros-Lex sweeps Harbor Beach Invite; Cass City boys, Harbor Beach girls finish 2nd
BY DAILY TRIBUNE SPORTS STAFF
Published: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:07 AM EDT
HARBOR BEACH — Croswell-Lexington pulled off the sweep here Friday at the Harbor Beach Track & Field Invitational, but many area athletes turned in some fine performances.

On the girls side, the Pioneers scored 120 points, followed by Harbor Beach (98), Bad Axe (93), Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port (74), Deckerville (60), Cass City (53) and Carsonville-Port Sanilac (21).

Buchanan v Brandywine
Buchanan thinclads sweep Brandywine, River Valley

Tuesday, April 28, 2009 4:09 PM EDT

BUCHANAN – Clinton Orr and Amanda Anglero both were triple individual winners on Monday afternoon as host Buchanan swept Brandywine and River Valley in a Lakeland Conference meet.

Times for the running events were unavailable as a steady ran caused a malfunction with the system and back-up hand held timers also failed.

Orr won the long jump (19-11), 100 and 200-meters to help the Bucks defeat Brandywine 80-48 and River Valley 110-18.

The Bobcats defeated the Mustangs 85-43.

Spartans Fall to West Catholic by Single Point
Spartans Fall to West Catholic by Single Point

Timothy Blystone, April 30, 2009 5:06 p.m.
Sparta’s Nate Dahlgren and West Catholic’s Antonio Schafer battle in the 800-meter run . – (Gosparta.com/Dennis Stouten)
Sparta’s Josh Patterson attempts a successful vault. – (Gosparta.com/Dennis Stouten)

Mother Nature finally cooperated with the Spartan track and field teams, but the West Catholic Falcons wouldn’t be so helpful. The Spartans were defeated by a single point, 69-68, losing their second meet of the year (Cedar Springs) by that score.

DeTroyer leads Dawgs at meet 04/30/09
Chelsea’s girls’ track and field team finished second at last Friday’s Mason Invitational. The Bulldogs, ranked No. 2 in the state in Division 2, recorded 102 points.

Okemos won the meet with 126 points. Dexter was third with 88 points.

“We had a really good meet,” said Chelsea coach Pat Clarke. “All the girls performed well.”

Boys track teams vie for Observerland title
The 39th Annual Observerland Boys Track & Field Relays — which is the equivalent to auto racing’s Indy 500 when it comes to seizing the area’s track-and-field bragging rights — will unfold Saturday afternoon at Livonia Churchill High School.

All indicators point to a fast and furious competition that may come down to the final lap of the final race.

“We lost a lot off last year’s team (to graduation), but the guys have been stepping up and running well lately,” said Scott Shaw, whose Livonia Stevenson squad will be defending its 2008 title. “Salem is looking good. They beat us in a dual meet earlier this year. They don’t have a lot of superstars, but they don’t have any weak spots. Northville, Churchill and CC (Novi Catholic Central) should all be right there, too.”

Salem coach Kyle Meteyer said he’s anxious to see how his team performs while carrying higher expectations than normal into this year’s event.

Raiders still perfect in girls track
North Farmington was a double winner in girls track and field Tuesday with victories over visiting Pontiac Northern, 89-36, and Ferndale, 106-22.

The Raiders are 4-0 in the OAA Blue Division with two dual meets remaining next week against Royal Oak and Southfield-Lathrup.

TRACK HONOR ROLL | lansingstatejournal.com | Lansing State Journal
TRACK HONOR ROLL

Lansing State Journal • April 30, 2009 • From Lansing State Journal

NOTE: The top eight athletes in most events (and top 12 in distance events) in the May 22 honor roll will qualify to compete in the annual honor roll meet on Wednesday, May 27, at Sexton High School. Please e-mail corrections to dickh@playmakers.com. To see an honor roll that includes names of some athletes who narrowly missed this list, see www.playmakers.com.

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Boys’ track team takes 13
of 17 to beat Warren 108-29

Girls’ varsity team
beats Mott 104-33
The Romeo High School track teams played their MAC White Division opener against Warren Mott on Thursday, April 23. The boys’ team racked up 13 victories in the 17 events and easily outpaced the Marauders by a final score of 108-29.
“We had some pretty solid performances, especially in the throws and the distance events,” Coach Lew Page said. “Our senior leadership and overall depth are going to make this a tough team to beat this season. I’m optimistic that we’re only going to get stronger as the year progresses, and hopefully we’ll challenge for the league championship.”

Manton/Pine River/Evart
Still perfect

Cadillac News

LEROY – The defense is on.

It may have take a little while with Mother Nature’s issues, but the Manton boys’ track team opened defense of its Highland Conference title by beating Pine River and Evart in a double-dual meet Tuesday.

“We’re happy to start the league season with two wins because we want to defend the conference championship,” Manton coach Rick Swanson said.

Lower Peninsula – Track & Field Top 30
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