Prep highlights: Hartland beats Howell for first soccer victory
Two soccer teams in desperate need of something positive took the field Thursday night at Parker Middle School in Howell.
In the end, it was Hartland that finally got in the win column with a 3-1 victory over Howell in a matchup of winless teams who have struggled to score this season.
Hartland had been outscored 13-1 in its first six games, going 0-5-1. Howell was outscored 30-3 in its first seven games. The Highlanders are 0-7-1.
“We’ve been playing well enough,” Hartland coach Andrew Kartsounes said. “We just haven’t been getting anything on the offensive end. It’s only the second time we’ve scored in a game. You have to score goals to win. Hopefully, this will get us going and we can continue to have more consistent offense.”
Senior Lewie Austin scored the game’s first two goals and set up the insurance goal by Brady Lipke. Alex Romo scored to get Howell within 2-1 before halftime.
“We just moved (Austin) up to forward last game,” Kartsounes said. “He was playing more center-mid. He said he wanted to go forward. He thought he could score some goals. We moved him up there. He got two today. Both were hard-working goals where he had to get in there and in little scrums with the Howell goalkeeper in order to get those in.”
Hartland led 2-1 at halftime before Lipke scored his second goal of the season with about five minutes remaining.
The Eagles have beaten the Highlanders 13 straight times since losing 3-1 on Oct. 6, 2015.
Brighton 1, Plymouth 0
Brighton sophomore Devlin McGinnis scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory for the second straight game after doing so Tuesday against Canton. Owen White drew the assist midway through the first half. Will Evans and Reece Meyer split the shutout for the Bulldogs (2-2-2).
Pinckney 7, Tecumseh 0
Owen Keene scored four goals and Chris Newman dished out five assists for Pinckney (5-1), which has four straight shutouts.
Ethan Bloom, Connor Regan and Reese Elmy scored the other goals. Pinckney is 3-0 in the SEC White with a showdown coming up at 5:30 p.m. Monday at second-place Chelsea (2-0-1).
Fowlerville 2, Eaton Rapids 1
Ian Hartke scored both goals for Fowlerville, scoring the winning goal on a penalty shot in the final seconds. Brandon Hunt was fouled in the box to draw the penalty shot.
Golf
Pinckney 203, Tecumseh 224
Pinckney junior Alivia Ligrow shot a season-low 39 to finish first for the fifth time this season.
Kenzie Christopher and Cassidy Farmer shot 52 for the Pirates.
Swimming and diving
Brighton 107, Salem 78
Grace Gray won the 50-yard freestyle and 100 breaststroke for Brighton (3-1). Sage Bissett won the 200 freestyle, Josie Libler the 200 individual medley and Josie Fischer the 500 freestyle for the Bulldogs.
Cross country
Oakland Christian Small School Invite
Charyl Stockwell’s boys finished second out of 12 teams with 46 points, three behind first-place Michigan Athletic Club for Homeschoolers.
Raymond Rogers was fourth in 18:35.7 and Anthony Urbaniak was fifth in 18:46.6 for the Sentinels.
Volleyball
Mason 3, Fowlerville 0
Mason beat Fowlerville 25-15, 25-17, 25-13.
Kaitlyn Seiter had 15 digs, Ava Kuch had eight digs and Ava Rajala had four blocks for Fowlerville (1-6).
Tennis
Brighton 6, Salem 3
Singles: Dorian Pettengill (B) d. Aadi Huria 6-3, 6-2; Pierce Pettengill (B) d. Vidvath Vasudevan 6-3, 6-2; Logan Fossum (B) d. Bharadwaj Gade 6-1, 6-0; Shyrod Sajadpour (S) d. Tyler Adams 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles: Aarya Upadhyay-Owen Wagel (S) d. Joshua Cortez-Joe Klonowski 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Christian Fitcher-Ben Anderson (B) d. Vraj Patel-Ty Trumbull 6-2, 6-4; Max Topoleski-Ayush Shenoy (B) d. Rishi Topiwala-Romel Patel 6-4, 6-4; Gabriel Chen-Frankie Sietz (S) d. David Biesiada-Nate Reynolds 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Logan Gardner-Jon Solgat (B) d. Andrew Novak-Mitch Minier 6-2, 7-6 (5).
Plymouth 8, Howell 1
Singles: Ben Fernandez (P) d. Jacob Clark 6-0, 6-0; David Wu (P) d. Andrew O'Connor 6-0, 6-0; Lucas Nolan (H) d. Benjamin Callaway 7-6, 6-4; Krish Patel (P) d. Terry Wysocki 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: Vraj Jariwala-Jackson Grube (P) d. Ethan Kling-Paul Black 6-4, 6-3; Ryan Learned-Rohan Savoie (P) d. Zander Haws-Cooper Haws 6-2, 6-1; Ryan Belanger-Pranav Merugu (P) d. Sam Havlik-Zack White 6-1, 6-3; Sanath Reddy-Pawan Ramayanam (P) d. Zach Kalvaitis-Ashton Black 6-0, 6-0; Kunal Patel-Soham Patel (P) d. Dreygan Stonebreaker-Ryan Miriani 6-0, 6-0.
Novi 5, Hartland 4
Singles: Peyton Bell (H) d. Ani Jillellamudi 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Ethan Justice (H) d. Hari Raparla 6-3, 6-4; Ben Krause (H) d. Sungwon Kum 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Ian Johnson (H) d. Dillon Hardeman 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Doubles: Rishi Tappeta-Kavin Kukunoor (N) d. Dominick Marinelli-Ryan Pompilius 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-1; Soumit Addanki-George Elengika (N) d. Logan Demeniuk-Brady Johnson 6-1, 7-5; Agastya Krothapalli-Shivaji Raj (N) d. Roy Johnson-Curtis Wynn 6-4, 6-1; Abhay Kakarla-Victor Fu (N) d. Gavin Bangs-Asher Smolinski 6-4, 6-3; James Warner-Michael Mohtadi (N) d. Ethan Raap-Havoc Roberts 6-0, 6-4.
Northville 7, Hartland 2
Singles: Peyton Bell (H) d. Kyler Fung 6-2, 6-4; Ethan Justice (H) d. Tejas Kota 6-4, 6-3; Alex Boules (N) d. Ben Krause 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (6); Anderson Herdoiza (N) d. Ian Johnson 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: Mason Jennings-Michael Rogala (N) d. Dominick Marinelli-Brady Johnson 6-1, 6-2; Matheus Caverson-Nathan Shields (N) d. Logan Demeniuk-Curtis Wynn 6-2, 6-1; Yashnav Mahadevan-Ansh Shah (N) d. Roy Johnson-Ryan Pompilius 6-1, 6-3; Jay Thakral-Rohit Maddali (N) d. Colton Krueger-Asher Smolinski 6-1, 6-1; Siddarth Ram-Jivin Yalamanchili (N) d. Ethan Raap-Havoc Roberts 6-0, 6-1.
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