Behind a career-high 35 points from Sarah Fryman, the Huntington University women’s basketball team triumphed over visiting Spring Arbor University, 74-67, on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Fryman, a senior, drained 13 of 19 shots from the field. She shined from beyond the arc, going 5 of 5.
The Huntington North High School girls’ varsity basketball team suffered a 46-34 defeat to visiting Homestead on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
After a tight opening quarter that saw the Lady Vikings trailing by just a point, 14-13, the Lady Spartans pulled away in the second. Homestead tossed in 13 points while holding Coach Matt Hinds’ squad to six to go into the half with a 27-19 advantage. The visitors expanded their lead to 42-27 by the end of three frames.
Reece Coclesser scored seven of her game-high 10 points in the opening frame as the Huntington North High School girls’ varsity basketball team topped visiting Northfield, 42-20 on Saturday night, Nov. 23.
The Lady Vikings, 5-1, held a 9-4 lead at the end of the first frame and led 25-10 at halftime. They were up 31-14 heading into the final stanza.
Grace Sell added nine points and Leah Campbell had eight for HNHS.
The Huntington University men’s basketball team had several chances to win at the end but couldn’t put anything in the bank and wound up losing an 86-85 heartbreaker to visiting ninth-ranked Madonna on Saturday afternoon, Nov. 23.
After Dwight Burton put Madonna up by one with 52 seconds left, Konner Platt hit a shot in the paint and got fouled, but the senior missed the mark on his free throw and HU trailed with 37 seconds left. Ten seconds later Caleb Middlesworth missed a shot but HU got the ball back with five seconds left on the clock, only to lose the ball as time expired.
The season came to an end for the Huntington University men’s soccer team with a 1-0 loss to the University of Rio Grande in the opening round of the NAIA Men’s Soccer Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 23, in Rio Grande, OH.
The Foresters, 15-5-3, were limited to just three shots by the Red Storm, who countered with 15 shots of their own, five of which were on goal. Rio Grande tallied what proved to be the game’s only goal at the 37:41 mark in the first half. Ewan McLauchlan scored off a pass from Sebastian Borquez to give the Red Storm a lead that would stick.
Taylor Double scored 14 points and Reece Colclesser added 11 to lead the Huntington North High School girls’ basketball team to a 56-11 thumping of host Whitko on Friday, Nov. 22.
The Lady Vikings, 4-1, jumped off to an 11-2 lead after the first quarter and took a 22-6 advantage into halftime. They threw up a blank wall at Whitko in the third quarter to lead 38-6 heading into the final frame.
Colcesser added four steals to her statline for the night, and Meg McDonald and Bayleigh Double each had three assists.
Junior goalkeeper Gabe Greenfield came up huge as the Huntington University men’s soccer team squeaked past Cardinal Stritch, 2-0 in overtime, on day one of the NAIA National Championship opening round at Rio Grande, OH.
Greenfield blocked the first two penalty kicks, then Cardinal Stritch hit the crossbar on its next two shots, while Caleb Sexton and Jake Erlandson were finding back netting for HU to move the Foresters into tomorrow’s game against No. 10 Rio Grande
The Huntington University men’s cross country team captured 17th place out of 37 teams at the NAIA Men’s Cross Country National Championship race on Friday, Nov. 22, in Vancouver, WA.
Hannah Stoffel ran into the Huntington University history books, winning the NAIA Women’s Cross Country National Championship race on Friday, Nov. 22, in Vancouver, WA.
Stoffel, a Huntington native, won the 5K race in impressive fashion. The former Huntington North High School standout clocked in at 17:18.4, which was 16 seconds faster than the race’s runner up, Emily Kearney. Kearney, a senior at Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta, crossed the finish line in 17:34.8.
The Huntington North High School girls’ varsity basketball team suffered its first loss of the season, falling to host Carroll, 51-32, on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
The Lady Vikings, 3-1, were in a 9-0 hole after the first quarter that deepened from there. The Lady Chargers enjoyed a 21-10 advantage at the half and increased their cushion to 37-20 by the end of three frames.
Huntington North was paced by Taylor Double, who tallied 10 points, collected six rebounds and recorded three steals.
The Huntington North High School girls’ swim team got five wins on the night but came out on the losing end of a 96-73 score to visiting Bluffton on Tuesday, Nov. 19.
The Lady Vikes got individual wins from Laney Shaw in the 50-yard freestyle, Mya MacAleese in the 100-yard butterfly, Allie Aschliman in the 100-yard backstroke and the 200 and 400-yard freestyle relay teams.
Shaw, a junior, took the 50 free in :27.71, while MacAleese, a freshman, won the fly in 1:10.63. Aschliman, also a junior, won the backstroke in 1:10.97.
Cindy In’t Groen scored six points in the final minutes of the second quarter to spark the Huntington University women’s basketball team past visiting Aquinas, 64-54.
In’t Groen’s spark at the end of the second quarter enabled HU, 7-1, to go into halftime with a 26-23 lead, which it expanded to a 51-42 advantage after three quarters.
Sarah Fryman scored 17 points to pace the HU offense, with Sam Hammel adding 14 and Alexandria Bope chipping in 12.
Hammel also added team-best in rebounds with nine, assists with seven and steals with four.
The Huntington North High School girls’ swim team kicked off its season by finishing seventh out of 12 teams at the Norwell Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 16.
Top 12 finishers scored points for their teams.
The Lady Vikings’ best finish on the day was a third place finish by the 400-yard freestyle relay of Laney Shaw, Jacee Dammeier, My MacAlesse and Allie Aschliman, which clocked in at 4:13.36.
