Prep highlights: Brighton climbing back into KLAA West soccer race
Brighton’s boys soccer team has found its stride, extending its winning streak to four games with a 3-1 victory over Novi Thursday night at Sloan Field.
The Bulldogs started the season 0-2-2 before reeling off victories over Canton, Plymouth, Howell and Novi. Brighton has 12 goals in the last two games after scoring five in the first six.
The streak has moved Brighton into third place in the KLAA West at 4-1-2 behind Salem (7-0) and Northville (7-1). The Bulldogs have two games remaining with Salem and one with Northville.
“We’re starting to mature as a team,” Brighton coach Mark Howell said. “Obviously, we have a really tough schedule ahead of us. We feel good where our confidence is now, how we’re building a good foundation. The guys are starting to settle into a good system.”
Ryan Hemphill scored off a corner kick to give Brighton an early lead and Owen White extended the advantage to 2-0 just before halftime. Anthony Klebba made it 3-0 early in the second half before Novi (3-3-4) broke up the shutout late in the game. The teams played to a 2-2 tie on Aug. 23 in Novi.
“We were feeling really good about where we were at halftime,” Howell said. “I don’t think we’ve played a better half of soccer.”
South Lyon 2, Pinckney 0
Tristan Frazzini made 18 saves for Pinckney (6-2), which had a five-game winning streak snapped. South Lyon (8-0-2) has won five games in a row, allowing only one goal during that stretch.
Cross country
Spartan Invitational
Brighton’s girls finished fourth out of 19 teams in the Spartan Elite race with 190 points. Hilliard Davidson of Ohio won with 81 points.
Nikki Carothers was 21st in 19:34.62, Lydia LaMarra was 29th in 19:46.09 and Stella Farmer was 39th in 20:11.99 to lead the Bulldogs.
In the boys meet, Brighton finished fifth out of 20 teams with 163 points. Northville won with 104.
Tyler Langley was 12th in 16:12.16, Brady Matuszewski was 13th in 16:13.17 and Luke Campbell was 28th in 16:39.73 to lead Brighton.
Swimming and diving
Hartland 107, Howell 78
Gabby Miller and Addie Osborne of Hartland each won an individual event and were on the first-place 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams.
Miller won the 50 freestyle in 27.79 seconds, while Osborne took the butterfly in 1:08.07.
Lydia Kelty of Hartland won the breaststroke in 1:18.89 and was on the winning 200 medley relay team. Diver Ella Murawski won with 183.8 points and Piper Hughes won the 500 freestyle in 6:08.97 for the Eagles.
Claire Geboski won the 200 freestyle (2:10.15) and 100 freestyle (59.01), and Olivia Glenfield won the 200 individual medley (2:25.10) and backstroke (1:07.89) for Howell.
Brighton 101, Canton 85
Annika Geyer won the 50 freestyle in 25.36 seconds and the 500 freestyle in 5:07.65. She was also on the first-place 400 freestyle relay team.
Volleyball
Brighton 3, Belleville 1
Brighton beat Belleville 25-10, 26-28, 25-22, 25-20.
Lea Gage was 24-for-24 serving with 11 kills and 21 assists; Abby Mainka had 16 kills and three aces; and Karlie Vogelheim had eight kills and three blocks for Brighton.
Golf
Plymouth 163, Hartland 169
Brooklyn Daniels was second with a 38 and Kloey Merenuk was third with a 39 to lead Hartland.
Ypsilanti Lincoln 199, Pinckney 207
Alivia Ligrow was first with a 44 and Kenzie Christopher was third with a 48 for Pinckney.
Tennis
Brighton 7, Hartland 2
Singles: Dorian Pettengill (B) d. Peyton Bell 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Ethan Justice (H) d. Pierce Pettengill 6-1, 3-6, 6-1; Logan Fossum (B) d. Ben Krause 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3; Tyler Adams (B) d. Ian Johnson 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Doubles: Dominick Marinelli-Ryan Pompilius (H) d. Joseph Klonowski-Joshua Cortez 6-1, 6-2; Ben Anderson-Christian Fitch (B) d. Logan Demeniuk-Jonathon Waske 7-5, 6-0; Ayush Shenoy-Max Topoleski (B) d. Roy Johnson-Brady Johnson 6-1, 6-1; David Biesiada-Nate Reynolds (B) d. Colton Krueger-Curtis Wynn 6-1, 6-0; Logan Gardner-Jon Solgat (B) d. Asher Smolinski-Gavin Bangs 3-6, 7-6 (3), 10-5.
Fowlerville 4, Mason 4
Singles: Lucas Preston (M) d. Lucas Anderson 6-2, 4-4 (ret.); Atticus Erbe (M) d. Cole Sova 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (5); Mason Munsell (F) d. Cooper Cross 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; Ethan Rice (M) d. Ryder Lukasik 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles: Alex Jonas-Oliver Farmer (F) d. Sawyer Thomas-Logan Forbes 7-5, 7-6 (5); Andrew Stahle-Isaac Johnson (M) d. Griffin Gonzalez-Dillon Wieas 6-2, 6-2; Mikey Hatfield-Ethan Way (F) d. Drew Perrault-Ryan Barnhart 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-4; Ben Furbin-Grant Wilkinson (F) d. Greyson Thomas-Colin Haynie 6-4, 6-4.
Contact Bill Khan at wkhan@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BillKhan.
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