The Huntington University women’s bowling team placed sixth out of 13 teams at the WHAC Jamboree No. 1 on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Thunderbowl Lanes in Allen Park, MI.
The Foresters scored a total of 5,818 pins for the day, with freshman Kaylie Iorio leading the way with a four-game singles mark of 695 for an average of 173.75.
The one-day tourney consisted of four traditional games and 16 Baker games.
Addy Wiley, a sophomore on the Huntington North High School girls’ varsity cross country team, blew away the field to win the Northeast 8 Conference championship meet on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Huntington University.
Wiley clocked in at 18:31.9 to beat runner-up Sarah Mahnensmith, of Norwell, by more than 37 seconds, with the Norwell junior clocking in at 19:08.8 to lead her team to the conference crown.
Senior Logan De Maa had the best outing of his collegiate career to lead the Huntington University men’s golf team to a seventh-place finish at the Mount Vernon Cougar Classic on Saturday, Oct. 5.
De Maa fired a three-under-par 141 to place second among individuals on the day. He started with an even-par 72 and then turned in a 69 to earn a spot on the all-tournament team.
David Beck finished with a 159 to claim 24th place out of 65 golfers. Nick Whitney carded a 168, Chance Bressler had a 174 and Carter Rosebloom fired a 175 to complete the HU scoring at 642.
Betsy Schroeder and Alexandria Maris finished third and fourth, respectively, to highlight the performance of the Huntington University women’s golf team at the Mount Vernon Cougar Classic on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Schroeder turned in scores of 82 for each of the two rounds for a third-place score of 164. Maris was two shots back with a score of 166.
Rachel Blauert turned in a 171 for the Foresters, Katie Springer had a 201 and Lexy Turpchinoff posted a 215.
A top-10 finish by Harrison Niswander helped the Huntington North High School boys’ varsity cross country team place fifth at the Northeast 8 Conference championship meet on Saturday, Oct. 5.
Niswander, a sophomore, crossed the finish line in 16:51.8, which was good for 10th place for the Vikings. Sophomore JT York placed 20th, stepping over the end stripe in 17:13.5. Junior Jordan Rockey finished a few spots after York, taking 23rd in 17:16.1. Senior Isaiah Clampitt and sophomore Greg Miller placed 33rd and 34th, in 17:54 and 17:58, respectively, to cap the Vikings’ score.
The Huntington University volleyball team gave the homecoming crowd what it wanted with a 3-0 sweep of visiting Manchester University on Friday afternoon, winning 25-20, 25-17, 27-25.
The third sweep of the year for HU came with a flair for the dramatic as HU turned around a 12-17 deficit. HU is now 11-10 on the season.
Frosh middle hitter Tya Bynum had a big day for HU as she put down nine kills and posted a career-high 3.5 blocks.
Brandy Michie added eight kills for HU, which got 28 assists from Jennings Tacosik.
Heading into the game with the most game-winning goals in the NAIA, Huntington University’s Jake Erlandson added another one to his season to lead HU to a 2-1 overtime road win over Bethel University.
Erlandson taliled on a penalty kick to lift HU to a mark of 9-2-2 on the season with his sixth game-winner of the campaign. Luke Unger pushed the game to overtime when he scored off a Caleb Sexton assist to knot the contest at 1-all in the 80th minute.
The third straight victory for HU ties it will Spring Arbor for the Crossroads League lead at 3-0-1.
Bethel University played spoiler to the Huntington University homecoming crowd on Saturday, Oct. 5, by downing the Foresters, 3-2, at King Stadium.
The Foresters, 3-9 overall, 0-4 in the Crossroads League, took a 1-0 lead into halftime thanks to the efforts of Avery Giguere and Courtney McKown. Giguere took a pass from McKown 22 minutes in for the goal.
The Pilots knotted things one minute into the second half, however, but Bailey O’Dell regained the lead for HU in the 59th minute when she leaped and one-touched Ashtyn Patrick’s corner kick for her fourth goal of the year.
The Huntington North High School football team had a fleeting moment of glory before the rest of the evening turned into a disaster as it lost to visiting Leo, 50-3, on Friday, Oct. 4.
The Vikings, 2-5, got on the board first with a 21-yard field goal from Aidan Hosler, but it was all Leo after that. The visitors led 14-3 after the first quarter and were up 37-3 by halftime.
The Lions, 6-1, got three touchdown passes from Jackson Barbour.
The Huntington North High School boys’ tennis team gained the finals of the Norwell Boys’ Tennis Sectional with a 4-1 win over Bluffton on Friday, Oct. 4.
The Vikings were led by No. 1 singles player Carson Kitchen, who whitewashed Mason Schwartz, 6-0, 6-0.
The Vikings, 10-10, got their other wins from third singles player Jacob Daugherty and both doubles teams.
Daugherty, a sophomore as is Kitchen, defeated Kaleb Riley, 6-4, 6-3.
The Huntington North High School boys’ tennis team won the Norwell Sectional title on Saturday, Oct. 5. The Vikings defeated host Norwell, 4-1. Team members are (front row from left) Isaac Eckert, Jacob Daugherty, Matthew Weill and Reid Eckert; and (back row from left) Assistant Coach Giovanni Martinez, Carson Kitchen, Thomas Schweller, Noah Zahn and Head Coach Peter Kitchen.
The fourth-seeded Huntington University women’s tennis team suffered a 1-5 loss to top-seeded Indiana Wesleyan University on Thursday, Oct. 3, in the semifinals of the Crossroads League Women’s Tennis Tournament.
Meg Dolde at first singles got the lone win on the day for HU, 9-6. She beat Maddie Bemisderfer, 6-3, 6-3.
