Kickers knock down two foes

The Clarkston Boys Varsity Soccer team shut out West Bloomfield and Rochester Adams last week as the team prepped for this week’s busy schedule.
The Wolves finished the week with a 2-0 win over West Bloomfield. Goals came from Jacob Murray and Dylan Walker in the second half on the grass field at Clarkston Junior High School, Sept. 17.
“It was fun,” said Ian Jones, head coach, adding the boys played well. “The second half they controlled really well.”
The Wolves opened last week with a 2-0 over Rochester Adams, Sept. 15. Richie Ludwig and Nick Merritt scored the goals for the night.
“It was very controlled,” said Jones. “Once we got the goal, it was over to a certain degree.”
He added everyone is performing well and playing at least 20 minutes each game.
“It shows how well they are playing,” Jones said, adding they don’t like to change the lines constantly because it breaks down the flow.
The Wolves opened this week at North Farmington, then head down to Ferndale on Thursday and then to Troy Athens on Saturday.
“It’s a busy week,” Jones said. “The last one is going to be the one we are really looking forward to.”
The Wolves are home on Tuesday, Sept. 29 when they host Berkley.

Runners top Colts in dual meet

The Clarkston Boys and Girls Cross Country teams posted wins over Troy in their dual meet at Clintonwood Park last Friday.
Junior Andrew Sesti led the boys team as they scored 23 points over Troy’s 36 points. He finished in exactly 16 minutes.
The Wolves had five more runners finish in the top eight. Junior Joey Taverna finished in fourth place, 16:56; sophomore Henry Poploskie, fifth place; 17:11.5; senior Owen Kolean, sixth, 17:27.4; senior Bo Anderson, seventh, 17:39.9; and senior Valen Kurmaniak, eighth, 17:52.3.
Freshman Andrew Floros finished in 11th place, 18:13; and freshman Bryce Nowik finished in 12th place, 18:25.4.
Freshman Alexandra Brigham led the girls team as they scored 20 points over the Colts’ 37 points. She finished in the time of 19:07.2.
Seniors Maya Bergman and Mattie Drennan were close behind as Bergman finished in second place, 19:22.3, and Drennan finished in third place, 19:26.1.
The Wolves took three more spots in the top ten with freshman Ava Tereau in fifth place, 19:41.6; freshman Kennedy Mareches, ninth place, 20:21.6; and sophomore Cate Cotter, tenth place, 20:45.1.
They took the next five spots as well with junior Crysta Gasiorowski in 11th place, 20:46.9; sophomore Rebekah Wilson, 12th place, 20:48.3; senior Shannon Billette, 13th place, 20:50.6; junior Elise Wilhelm, 14th place, 20:54.1; and junior Mackenzie Montigano, 15th place, 21:15.
The Wolves host Birmingham Seaholm this Friday at Clintonwood Park and head to Bloomer Park for their dual meet against Lake Orion, Sept. 29.

Young tennis teams split in matches

The Clarkston Boys Varsity Tennis team split last week with a win over North Farmington and a loss to Rochester.
The Wolves went 5-4 against North Farmington at home last Thursday. Wins on the Singles courts came from Noah Fasczewski on Singles No. 1 court; Adam Walsh on Singles No. 3; and Brendan Aughe on Singles No. 4.
Nehal Patel and Ethan Paully got the team close with their match on Doubles No. 5 court.
Collin Horst and Ryan Snudden sealed the win for the Wolves with a 3-set marathon on Doubles No. 1.
The Wolves lost to Rochester on September 15, 8-1. Aughe won his match on Singles No. 3 court against Devan Seth, 6-2 and 6-4.
Clarkston opened the against Rochester Adams on Tuesday. They host West Bloomfield on Thursday and host Berkley on Tuesday, Sept. 29.

Wolves dive into season opener

The Clarkston Girls Swim and Dive team opened the season with a loss to Grand Blanc on Sept. 15, 140-46.
Alivia Walbridge finished in first place in the 1-meter diving event with a total score of 208.05 in six dives.
Julia Hunt finished in third place with a total score of 190.75; Addison Oliver, fifth, 153.20; Zoe Paxton, sixth, 146.80; Sarah Cantrell, seventh, 140.40; Kaelyn Rhyndress, tenth, 111.85; and Mackenzie Quinlan, 11th, 65.90.
Swimmers placed in individual events including: second place finish, Olivia Zeiman, 100-yard breastroke, 1:20.93; third place finishes, Cora Randolph, 100-yard backstroke, 1:12.42; and Lillian Kurmaniak, 200-yard IM, 2:35.17;
For fourth place finishes, Kurmaniak, 50-yard freestyle, 27.53; Katherine Harr, 100-yard butterfly, 1:12.14; Randolph, 200-yard freestyle, 2:20.51; Lucienne Lemieux, 100-yard freestyle, 1:05.22; Mary Sutherland, 500-yard freestyle, 7:07.56;
For fifth place finishes, Celena Gaffey, 50-yard freestyle, 29.75; Sophia Walker, 100-yard freestyle, 1:05.88, and 100-yard breastroke, 1:27.81; Lemieux, 200-yard freestyle, 2:25.38; Harr, 200-yard IM, 2:49.01; Amelia Rowe, 100-yard butterfly, 1:24.45; Trisha Verbeke, 500-yard freestyle, 7:19.57; and Kaleolani Benson, 100-yard backstroke, 1:32.69.
For sixth place finishes, Rachel Troszak, 100-yard backstroke, 1:34.41; Paige Szerlong, 50-yard freestyle, 32.71 and 200-yard freestyle, 2:34.81; Gaffey, 100-yard freestyle, 1:08.06; Sutherland, 100-yard breastroke, 1:36.21; Rowe, 500-yard freestyle, 7:20.08; Verbeke, 200-yard IM, 3:00.78; and Benson, 100-yard butterfly, 1:34.15.
For relay teams, the Wolves finished in second place in the 200-yard freestyle relay event, 1:57.73. They finished in third place in the 400-yard freestyle relay, 4:38.18.

~Wendi Reardon Price

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