Local Sports: Ida's Hennessey leads win with career-best game

IDA − Reese Hennessey provided the heat for Ida's girls basketball team Tuesday night.

The sophomore forward scored a career high 15 points and 11 rebounds to lead Ida to a 48-14 win over Lutheran Westland Tuesday.

Hennessey provided nearly all of the offense for her team is a slow first half. She had 11 points before the intermission.

"Ida’s shooting in the first half was as cold as the weather as they went 6-for-35 from the floor," Ida coach Tim Leonard said. "The only bright spot was Reese Hennessey who had four of the six baskets.

"Ida came out in the second half and did a better job going 10-for-18 from the floor."

Ida's offense came alive with 25 points in the third quarter to take a 42-10 lead over Lutheran Westland.

Kennedy Albring scored all 11 of her points in the frame.

Ida improved to 11-5 overall.

The Blue Streaks also won the junior varsity game 36-20. Olivia Scheer led with 12 points.

IDA: Liechty 1 1-2 3, Hennessey 6 3-6 15, Allen 2(2) 0-0 6, Schrader 2 4-4 8, Albring 5(1) 0-0 11, LaRoy 1 0-0 2, Tarry 1 1-4 3. Totals 18(3) 9-16 48.

LUTHERAN WESTLAND: Ponto 1(1) 0-0 3, Boye 0 1-4 1, Schumacher 1 0-0 2, Frender 2 0-0 4, McCormick 1 1-2 3, Bohn 0 1-2 1. Totals 5(1) 3-8 14.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Airport 55, Southfield Christian 27

SOUTHFIELD − Playing on back-to-back nights didn't slow down Olivia Gratz.

The Airport freshman poured in 26 points to lead her team to an easy win.

“What I liked about today is the time of the game, which may sound strange, but we started at 4:30. How would we respond to the early tip? How would we respond to playing back-to-back days?" Airport coach Darrell Mossburg said. "Our kids responded well. They were focused and locked in and we were able to build a nice lead, which allowed us to see some more girls in game situations and evaluate."

Peyton Zajac added 12 points for the Jets, who led 15-4 after one quarter and 24-5 at halftime.

AIRPORT: Gratz 10 (2) 4-11 26, B. Baker 2 (1) 0-0 5, J. Baker 1 0-0 2, Zajac 5 (2) 0-0 12, Drummond 1 0-0 2, Hoppert 1 0-0 2, Ortega 1 0-0 2, Ruhlig 0 2-2 2, Mumbower 0 2-2 2. Totals 21 (5) 8-15 55.

SOUTHFIELD CHRISTIAN: Sanford 2 3-6 7, Reisig 1 0-0 2, Owens 1 1-2 3, Cairo 6 3-4 15, Carr 0 0-2 0. Totals 10 7-7 27.

Bedford 46, Dexter 38

DEXTER − Bedford surged in the second half to get back on track after dropping its first game of the season earlier this week.

The Mules scored just 1 point in the second quarter and trailed Dexter 21-15 at halftime. Bedford outscored Dexter 11-5 in the third and then dropped in 20 in the fourth to rally.

Peyton Behnke led all scorers with 18 points, Victoria Gray had 12, and Nyah Mullins added 10.

BEDFORD: A. Gray 0 1-2 1, Pudlowski 0 2-2 2, Hensley 0 3-4 3, Behnke 4(2) 8-13 18, V. Gray 4 4-7 12, Mullins 2 6-6 10. Totals 10(2) 21-34 46.

DEXTER: Blumberg 5(3) 0-0 13, Chase 2(1) 2-2 7, Perry 3 2-4 8, Fuchs 5 0-0 10. Totals 15(4) 4-6 38.

Carlson 41, Edsel Ford 28

DEARBORN − Abby Carafelli scored 8 of her 10 points in the third quarter to lead a run that helped Gibraltar Carlson pull away from Dearborn Edsel Ford.

Carlson led 17-16 at halftime but took control with a 17-7 run in the third.

Jalyn Bongiorno added 9 points for Carlson.

GIBRALTAR CARLSON: Tolstyka 0 3-4 3, Fowler 3 0-2 6, Pate 0 2-2 2, Carafelli 3 4-7 10, Wallace 2 1-3 5, Shimizu 1(1) 1-2 4, Neely 0 2-2 2, Bongiorno 4 1-4 9. Totals 27(3) 14-26 41.

DEARBORN EDSEL FORD: Harman 3 1-2 7, Gerlach 1 5-8 7, Bryant 0 1-2 1, Elgahmi 5(1) 1-2 12, Dexter 0 1-2 1. Totals 19(3) 9-16 28.

Ann Arbor Pioneer 42, Monroe 27

ANN ARBOR − Monroe fell behind by 10 points at halftime after struggling to generate offense.

Pioneer put the game out of reach with a 16-4 run in the third.

Sophia Bussell led Monroe with 10 points, Hayven Neddo scored 7, and Alana Aulph 6.

Pioneer won the JV game 24-13. Delani Willey led Monroe with 8 points.

ANN ARBOR PIONEER: J. Davis 1 1-2 3, Wernimont 1(1) 0-0 3, Jones 1(1) 0-0 3, Gatson 3 0-0 6, Brewer 7(4) 0-0 18, Harris 2(1) 0-0 5, E. Davis 2 0-0 4. Totals 17(7) 1-2 42.

MONROE: Stahl 2 0-0 4, Neddo 3 1-2 7, Merkle 0 0-2 0, Aulph 3 0-0 6, Bussell 4(2) 0-0 10. Totals 12(2) 1-4 27.

BOYS SWIMMING

Monroe sweeps Senior Night

Monroe defeated Wayne Memorial 139-25 and Ypsilanti 123-51 at home Tuesday on Senior Night.

Ashton Walker and Alec Adams both won two individual events and were on two winnings relay teams. Josh Riggs finished strong to win the breaststroke against a top Ypsilanti swimmer and was part of the winning 200 medley relay.

The Trojans won the 400 free relay (Walker, Maxx Adams, Reggie Geftos, Alec Adams), the 200 free relay (Josh Riggs, Myles Bray, Alec Adams, Maxx Adams), and the 200 medley relay (Riggs, Zekiel Green, Geftos, Walker).

Geftos was first against Wayne in the butterfly and second against Ypsilanti. Green placed first against Wayne in backstroke and second to Ypsilanti. Leandro Alcantara finished first in diving. Maxx Adams finished second in both distance free events individually.

Dundee wins twice

DUNDEE − Dundee earned a pair of dual victories Tuesday, defeating Wyandotte Roosevelt 109-77 and Chelsea 106-80.

The Vikings won all but two events, led by a pair of individual victories from TK Westbrook (200 free, 500 free), Drew Bylow (200 IM, backstroke), and Trevor Schroeder (50 free, butterfly).

John Swisher was first in the 100 free and second in the breaststroke. Zachary Fenbert was runner-up in diving.

Dundee also won the 200 medley relay (Bylow, Jacob Gerweck, Schroeder, Dallas Bensch), 200 free relay (Swisher, Brennan Graham, Schroeder, Westbrook), and the 400 free relay (Westbrook, Bensch, Bylow, Swisher).

Milan tops Tecumseh

MILAN − Milan won 11 of 12 events to defeat Tecumseh 106-77 Tuesday.

Zach Heikka (200 IM, 500 free) and Gavin Kruise (50 free, butterfly) were double winners for the Big Reds. Other winners were Sam Kennedy (200 free), Steven Gottardi (diving), Gunnar Kruise (100 free), and Elias Hobbs (breaststroke).

Relay wins were the 200 free relay of Parker Prior, Gunnar Kruise, Kennedy and Ben Heikka, and the 400 free relay of Gunnar Kruise, Gavin Kruise, Kennedy and Zach Heikka.

Evan Miller, Prior, Sean Cook, Samuel Klein, Bohdan Boichuk, Landen Ison, Cooper Kimberly, Davis Vandergrift, Ty Neuvirth, Matthew Johnson and Gottardi all had best times on the night.

Tross wins two events

ERIE − Cameron Tross won the 50 and 100-yard freestyles Tuesday night as Erie Mason-Ida beat Lincoln Park and lost to Riverview.

Mason Reynolds won the backstroke and Brenner Nelson, Kaleb Mannor, Garrett Wall, and Bowie Jacobs had strong performances.

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