Brighton, Hartland, Howell lose 1-goal games in Trenton hockey showcase

Kudos to the folks who come up with the matchups for the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Showcase in Trenton.

All three Livingston County teams were involved in one-goal decisions in their first games in the annual gathering of the top teams in Michigan and surrounding states.

All three also happened to lose, which is the risk teams sign up for when they enter the showcase.

Hartland came the closest to emerging victorious, blowing a two-goal third-period lead Friday night in a 4-3 shootout loss to Cleveland St. Ignatius at Kennedy Recreation Center.

Brighton lost 1-0 to Lake Forest Academy of Illinois on Friday, while Howell lost 3-2 to Rockford on Thursday.

Hartland took a 3-1 lead in the second period on goals by Luca DiGirolamo at 9:50 and Jacob Lewis at 12:34.

St. Ignatius, a traditional power in Ohio, got within a goal when Dario Piazza scored 41 seconds into the third period. Jack Geffert scored with 3:04 remaining to tie the game.

Lucas Henry scored on Hartland’s first shot in the best-of-3 shootout. Brandon Getz tied it on St. Ignatius’ third shot, sending the shootout to sudden death.

After each team missed twice, Sam Elwell scored for St. Ignatius and Nick Halonen was denied on Hartland’s last shot.

The Eagles killed three penalties in the third period, including a five-minute major for checking from behind against defensemen Braden Pietila.

“Granted, they didn’t score a power-play goal, but you lose momentum when you’re undisciplined and take penalties,” Hartland coach Rick Gadwa said. “We did that. We had a five-minute major with Braden there. We had an undisciplined penalty later that we just didn’t need. I liked where we were at that point. You could see the momentum shift when you do things like that.

“I wasn’t happy with our inability to finish a game again up two goals. That being said, I did like a lot of what I saw. I like where the team’s at. We talk about steps on a ladder; they’ve got a couple steps to go still.”

Ian Evans gave Hartland a 1-0 lead at 2:03 of the first.

Lake Forest Academy 1, Brighton 0

Luke Hampel scored the game’s only goal 1:42 into the third period on a shot through traffic from the point.

Levi Pennala made 22 saves for Brighton, which had 22 shots on goal.

“I thought it was a very even game,” Brighton coach Kurt Kivisto said. “They skated, they worked and I liked the way we competed tonight.

“It’s fun to see teams like that. I don’t know that we’ve ever played them. They’ve played a couple other Michigan high school teams. They’re a good team.”

Rockford 3, Howell 2

Owen Seauvageau scored the winning goal with 17 seconds left in the game in Howell’s first game at the MIHL Showcase.

Hayden Sturos of Howell tied the game 2-2 with 1:38 remaining. Joel Eskola had the Highlanders’ other goal.

Boys basketball

Lutheran Northwest 64, Charyl Stockwell 46

Louis Perri scored 13 points, Adam Surowiec nine and Caleb Moore eight for Stockwell.

Kian Rooney had eight rebounds, Seth Campbell six steals and Henry Munkres five assists for the Sentinels.

Fowlerville 61, Haslett 52

Brendan Ray scored 18 points for Fowlerville (3-10), which ended a five-game losing streak.

Griffin Gonzalez had 10 points, Dillon Wieas had six points and eight rebounds, and Mikey Hatfield had six points and seven rebounds for the Gladiators.

Boys swimming and diving

Adrian 104, Pinckney 72

Senior diver Griffin Stahl won with a personal-best score of 246 points and junior Dylan Ray won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:02.86 for Pinckney.

Adrian and Jackson are tied for first place in the SEC White at 4-0, while Pinckney fell to 2-2.

Boys skiing

Mt. Brighton slalom meet

John Popov was first in 37.46 seconds and Hunter Post was second in 37.65, leading Brighton to a first-place team finish with 36 points. Birmingham was second with 39.

Howell’s Alex Cotton was ninth (41.95) and Brighton’s Dylan White 12th (42.75).

Girls skiing

Mt. Brighton slalom meet

Madelynne Lindsey of Charyl Stockwell was first in 42.20 seconds, followed by Brighton’s Abby Storch in 43.40.

Ava Popov was seventh (46.32) and Vivian Flynn ninth (47.47) for Brighton, which took second by a 34-35 margin to Farmington Hills Mercy.

Howell’s Alanna Keresztes-Fischer was eighth (47.24).

Boys bowling

Brighton 26, Howell 4

Brighton’s Jimmy Chmielewski had a 249 game and 413 series.

Girls bowling

Brighton 16.5, Howell 13.5

Lillian Smiley rolled a 157 and Natalie Barrett had two games of 146 for Brighton. Kirsten Patterson had a 154 for Howell.

Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BillKhan.

This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Brighton, Hartland, Howell lose 1-goal games in MIHL hockey showcase