The Huntington North High School varsity wrestling team posted a 2-1 record at a triple dual meet it hosted on Saturday, Dec. 8.
The Vikings opened the competition with a 43-31 victory over New Haven, then dispatched Columbia City, 54-22. Huntington North finished out the day with a 40-36 defeat versus Leo.
Six wrestlers went undefeated on the day for the Vikes. Those wrestlers were junior Brady Lewis, at 106 pounds; sophomore Preston Teusch, at 113; junior Darryn Kuhl, at 120; sophomore Matthew Kline, at 145; junior Cody McCune, at 152; and senior Charlie Agnew, at 195.
Huntington North High School girls’ bowling team member Jade Uhrick throws some practice recently at Rainbow Lanes. The HNHS boys’ bowling team will compete at sectional on Wednesday, Dec. 12, and the girls’ team will compete at sectional on Saturday, Dec. 22.
Huntington native EJ Tackett won the all-events gold medal at the 2018 World Bowling Men’s Championships, which ran from Nov. 23 to Dec. 5 in Hong Kong, China.
The global bowling event was comprised of four competitions: singles, doubles, trios and team of five. Competing as a member of Team USA, Tackett’s aggregate score in those competitions – 5,352 – was the highest at the event, securing him the gold medal.
Huntington North High School wrestler Cody McCune has his Columbia City opponent off the ground during a triple dual wrestling meet on Saturdya, Dec. 8, at HNHS on Saturday morning, Dec. 8.
Host East Noble broke open a close game in the fourth quarter to pin a 47-36 loss on the Huntington North High School boys’ varsity basketball team on Saturday night, Dec. 8.
The Vikings, 3-2 overall and 0-1 in the Northeast 8 conference, were one point down at 30-29 entering the final frame.
Jordan Hollowell had 10 points off the bench to lead HNHS. Zach Daugherty added eight points and Hank Pulver had seven.
East Noble, 4-2 got 14 points from Ali Ali, 13 from Nate Dickson and 10 from Hayden Jones.
Senior Tyler Arens banged in a career-high 36 points to lead the Huntington University men’s basketball team to an 81-69 win over visiting Grace on Saturday, Dec. 8.
Arens knocked down 11 of 14 shots from the field, including 5 of 7 from three-point land, and was perfect on all nine free throws tries for his production, which helped HU improve to 9-3 on the season, 2-2 in the Crossroads League.
Konner Platt played wingman with 20 points as HU turned a 33-33 halftime tie into their ninth win.
Sarah Fryman led five Huntington University women in double figures with a game-high 25 points as the Foresters blasted visiting Grace, 77-53, on Saturday, Dec. 8.
Fryman, a former Huntington North star, knocked down 10 of 15 shots from the field and 3 of 4 free throws to help HU improve to 9-4 on the season, 2-3 in the Crossroads League.
The Foresters jumped out to a 17-6 lead after one quarter of play and never looked back. They led at halftime, 33-24, and took a 53-41 lead into the final quarter.
The Huntington North High School girls’ varsity basketball team throttled host New Haven, 56-19, on Friday, Dec. 7.
After taking a 13-8 lead in the first quarter, the Lady Vikings left the Lady Bulldogs in the dust, tossing in 14 points while holding the hosts scoreless to craft a 27-8 advantage by halftime. Coach Heidi Lawson’s squad widened its lead to 44-13 by the end of three frames, then outscored its Northeast 8 Conference foe 12-6 in the final quarter to cap the dominating win.
Ricky Haught pinned his foe in just 48 seconds to lead the Huntington North High School varsity wrestling team to a 48-26 win over host Norwell on Wednesday, Dec. 6.
Haught was the fastest of six pin winners for the Vikings, sticking Jamison Wills to the mat at 132 pounds.
Also getting fall points for HNHS were Preston Teusch at 113 pounds, Michael Kline at 138 pounds, Cody McCune at 152, Clay Bryce at 160 and Trenton Smith at 285.
Getting decision wins for HNHS were Charlie Agnew at 195 and Christian Craft at 220.
Keegan Mautz and Nathan York each won two races and swam on a winning relay team as the Huntington North High School boys’ swim team lost to host South Adams, 97-51, on Thursday, Dec. 6.
Mautz, a senior won the 50-yard freestyle, in :25.90, and the 500-yard freestyle, in 6:16.47. York, a junior, captured the 100-yard freestyle, in :57.82, and the 100-yard backstroke, in 1:06.26.
The pair later teamed with Colten Schulte and Cole Davidson to win the 400-yard freestyle relay, in 4:04.43.
The Huntington North High School girls’ swim team picked up its second straight win with a 94-69 triumph over host South Adams on Thursday, Dec. 6.
The Lady Vikings, 2-4, got individual wins from Macy Lange, Laney Shaw and Allie Aschliman, and the three were also on two winning relay teams -- the 200-yard freestyle and the 400-yard freestyle.
Lange, a senior, won the 100-yard backstroke in 1:12.24, while Shaw, a junior, took the 100-yard freestyle in 1:01.57. Aschliman, also a junior, captured the 500-yard freestyle in 6:20.83.
A poor third quarter doomed the Huntington University women’s basketball team, resulting in a 68-59 loss to visiting Taylor University on Wednesday, Dec. 5.
The Trojans led 16-12 after the first quarter, but the Foresters knotted the game up by halftime, 37-37. The third quarter saw the visitors retake the lead in a big way, pouring in 22 points while limiting the hosts to just five to craft a 59-42 advantage. Coach Lori Culler’s squad outscored Taylor 17-9 in the final frame, but it wasn’t enough and Huntington fell to 8-4, 1-3 in the Crossroads League.
The Huntington University women’s bowling team captured second place out of 12 teams at the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Jamboree No. 3 on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Westgate Lanes, in Comstock Park, MI.
The event was comprised of four traditional games and 16 Baker games. The Foresters toppled 3,603 pins in the traditional games and 2,967 in Baker play for a grand total of 6,570.
Senior Abby Atkins led Huntington with a 190.75 average and 10th-place finish individually.
The Huntington University men’s bowling team claimed fifth place at the 13-team Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Jamboree No. 3 on Saturday, Dec. 1, at Westgate Lanes, in Comstock Park, MI.
The event was comprised of four traditional games and 16 Baker games. The Foresters knocked down 3,856 pins in traditional action, followed by 2,767 in Baker play for a final score of 6,632.
Senior Justin Coleman led Huntington with a 210.50 average, which propelled him to an 11th-place finish individually.
