Lenawee Christian girls soccer tops Manchester
ADRIAN — The Lenawee Christian girls soccer team used Thursday's strong winds to its advantage as the Cougars beat Manchester in a big Independent Soccer League matchup, 4-0.
The blistering wides were sweeping across the pitch from one sideline to the other, but with a slight favor toward one side of the field.
LCS (1-1, 1-0 ISL) chose to attack with the wind in the first half and scored four times.
"We felt confident that if we worked hard we'd have our chances," said head coach Nathan Sharpe. "That's what the first half was, taking our chances."
Freshman Callie Anderson scored her first goal of the season as she sent the ball toward the net and it had it deflected by a couple of Flying Dutch defenders and into the net.
Olivia Durbin then made a big impact on the game by using the wind from a pair of corner kicks.
At the 12:40 mark, she fired the ball toward the net where Mya VanEtten was waiting and deflected it into the net. Nearly five minutes later, Durbin delivered again, this time on her own as her corner kick sailed into the net.
"I knew the wind would take it and I just tried to place it where they could get on it," Durbin said. "Mya did great on that. On the second one, I saw a gap and knew I could get it in there."
With time winding down in the first half, Janae Good got behind the defense and finished to score her first goal of the season.
"She tucked it into the corner, which is something we've worked on," Sharpe said. "We responded well and in the second half we had to play against the wind. We made an adjustment in our system to play that and the girls did phenomenal job playing a system we hadn't practiced."
Avery Sluss made four saves, three in the second half, including a couple where she had adjust to make the stop due to the ball moving in the wind.
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Bailey Brandly scored both goals, one off of an assist from Chloe Gerschwiler and the second on a free kick while Maddalynn Zellen made seven saves.
TRACK AND FIELD
Addison, Lenawee Christian, Madison, Onsted, Sand Creek at Napoleon Invite: At Napoleon, the Wildcats girls team took first overall as Onsted won five events.
Kennedy Ross won the 200-meter (27.16) while Emmry Ross won the 400 (1:02.38) and Kara Terakedis won the 1,600 (5:32.67). Kennedy Ross and Emmry Ross were joined by Rayne Ross and Kamryn Ross won the 4x200 (1:55.17) and Kamryn Ross and Terakedis were joined by Brooke Borders and Allyson Robarge to win the 4x800 (10:50.0).
Sand Creek took seventh with 41 points as Grace Elliott won the shot put (37-feet-1-inches) while Emily Carbajal won the discus (123-06). Madison took eighth with 39 points with Abby Weber taking first in the 100 (13.51).
Addison took 10th with 38 points while Lenawee Christian took 15th with nine points.
On the boys side, Onsted's John Buchanan won the 100 (11.42) while Lenawee Christian's Clay Ayers won the 200 (23.27).
Madison's 4x100 team of Ja'Shaun Rincon, Isiah Casarez-Ruiz, Dylan Glase and Dante Cerasuolo won at 47.25 while the Trojans also got a win in the shot put with Xavier Soss (46-2).
Addison's KJ Scott won the discus (130-03) while Nathan Sines won the pole vault (5-8).
BASEBALL
Hudson at Adrian (DH): At Adrian, the Tigers went on the road for a non-conference doubleheader where they beat the Maples twice, 8-2 and 16-2 in six innings.
In Game 1, Anthony Arredondo went three innings for the win and allowed one unearned run, on four hits and one walk while striking out four.
Ambrose Horwarth went 3-for-4 with three runs scored while Ethan Harris went 2-for-4 with a double and Nick Kopin hit a double as well.
Tyler Bruggeman hit a triple for Adrian while Sean Parker took the loss.
Blake Tremaine got the win Game 2 as he went three innings and gave up no runs, a hit and two walks while striking out four.
Horwath and Arredondo each went 4-for-4 with Horwath adding a double and four RBIs while Arredondo drove in three runs. Payton Rogers was 3-for-3 with three runs and two RBIs while Jackson Miller was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.
The Maples committed seven errors in Game 2 and was limited to three hits, one being a double from Solomon Hiatt,
Jonesville at Tecumseh (DH): At Tecumseh, Tecumseh picked up a pair of wins as it beat the Comets, 19-1 in three innings and 11-1 in five innings.
In Game 1, Aden Schmidt and Tanek Bagorwski each had two hits with Schmidt hitting a double and scoring two runs while Bagorwski drove in two runs and scored two runs.
Riley Williams hit a double and drove in two runs and scored two runs as well.
Jobe Benschoter got the win as he gave up one unearned run, on three hits and no walks while striking out four.
Wyatt Harkness went five in Game 2 and gave up an unearned run, on three hits, four walks and three strikeouts.
Matt Samborski, Kyle Kilbarger and David Hunt all had two hits. Samborski had a triple, two RBIs and three runs while Kilbarger had a double, RBI and a run and Hunt had a double and three runs scored.
Schmidt and Bledsoe each hit a double.
SOFTBALL
Britton Deerfield at Morenci (DH): At Morenci, the Bulldogs picked up a Tri-County Conference sweep of the Patriots, 4-2 and 12-11.
In Game 1, Grace Ryan got the win as she struck out six and allowed three hits. The Game was 0-0 until the fourth when BD scored a run and added another one in the sixth.
The Bulldogs scored all four runs in the bottom of the sixth on key hits from Rylee Hallett and Rachel Shoemaaker.
In Game 2, Ryan got the win in relief as she threw the fifth through seventh innings.
Shoemaker had two triples and a double while Zoey Martinez had three hits, including a double, while Hallett had two doubles and Carolyn Gould and Addie Decker each had two hits.
Ann Arbor Huron at Adrian (DH): At Adrian, the Maples bats were clicking as they beat Huron, 20-10 in five innings and 23-8 in three innings.
Ciara Ernst got the win in Game 1 as she struck out five.
Katelyn Iott led the way at the plate with four hits, six RBIs on three triples and a home run. Isabelle Jeffrey had four hits while Taylor Rodriguez and Ernst each had three and Jessica Scott had two.
Natalie Gilliam got the win in Game 2 as she went three innings and struck out four.
Mariah McKinning drove in six on two hits while Iott and Gilliam each had two hits as well.
Michigan Center at Addison (DH): At Addison, the Panthers picked up a pair of Cascades Conference wins by topping the Cardinals, 9-3 and 23-14.
In Game 1, Lexi Patterson hit a 2-run home run while Emily Wright hit a double. Isabelle Patterson, Ava Mitchell and Lexi Patterson all had multiple hits.
Isabelle Patterson got the win as she went seven innings and gave up three runs, on six hits and no walks while striking out eight.
The Panthers totaled 23 runs on 17 hits in Game 2 as the bats exploded.
Laci Patterson went 5-for-6 with a home run as five Addison hitters had multiple hits.
Alisha Gahn got the win as she went 3 1/3 innings and gave up nine runs, on 11 hits while striking out eight.
Jonesville at Tecumseh (DH): At Tecumseh, Tecumseh picked up a sweep against Tecumseh, 12-5 and 17-7.
Emma Newlove, Wendy Ketola and Bella Juozapaitis all went deep in the wins.
BOYS GOLF
Lenawee Christian 191, Blissfield 209: At Adrian, the Cougars picked up a dual win against the Royals at Wolf Creek Golf Course.
Brogan Winder was the medalist on the day with a 45 while Connor Parisien shot a 46 and Coby Kegerreis and Nate Jeffords each shot 50s.
Blissfield was led by Anthony Mingione's 47 while Elliot Strahan shot a 49, Landon Pitts shot a 56 and Pierce Swartz shot a 57.
Onsted at Grass Lake Invite: At Jackson, the Wildcats competed in a different format invite as they teamed in pairs.
Hunter Johncox and Dillon McCullough played alternate shot and scored a 108 while Will Wendt and Dawson Carney played scramble and shot 106 and Matt Marsh and Alex Smith played best ball and shot 105.
GIRLS TENNIS
Ann Arbor Skyline 8, Adrian 0: At Adrian, the Maples opened the season with a tough loss to a strong Skyline team.
Despite losses the No. 1 doubles team of Claire Rhames and Aniyah Yoder and the No. 2 double team of Molly Marquez and Gwendolyn Frolich had competitive matches.
Singles competitors Mys Soto, Margaret Watson, Cora Ramus and Renee Awad all played well as well.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Telegram: Lenawee Christian girls soccer tops Manchester in ISL matchup
