30 individual wrestlers from Flint Metro League schools will compete in the MHSAA Individual wrestling Finals March 3-4 at Ford Field. Among the top-four finishers at regional competition the league had seven regional champions. Mason Feudale from Swartz Creek was the Regional Champion at 132 in Division 1.  Division 2 had 5 regional champs from the Metro, Easton Phipps (190) and James Mahon (285) from Goodrich, Phillip Lamka from Fenton (165), Bryce Shingleton (126) from Linden and Clay Cook (113) and Noah Hall (150) from Lake Fenton.  Xavier Andeerson from Corunna was a champion at 157.

Qualifiers for the state finals and their regional finishes were:

Brandon:  Jake DiFalco (215) 4th
 
Clio: D’Marion Erienbeck (150) 4th; Jacob Marrs (190) 2nd

Corunna:  Xavier Andeerson (157) 1st; Decklan Davis (150) 3rd; Dane Zeeman (165) 4th

Fenton:  Phillip Lamka (165) 1st

Flushing:  Jaxson Hicks (215) 2nd, Dylon Labelle (106) 2nd,  Mitchell Ross (138) 4th 
 
Goodrich: Easton Phipps (190) 1st; James Mahon (285) 1st; Max Macklem (165) 2nd; Brady Benson (175) 2nd; Dylen Angelo (106) 4th; Brody Orcutt (132) 2nd; John Golec (157) 3rd

Kearsley: Jamarioun Richards (144) 2nd; Jeremiah Brown (132) 2nd

Lake Fenton:  Clay Cook (113) 1st; Noah Hall (150) 1st; Jack Conley (150) 3rd; Ty Johnson (144) 3rd

Linden: Bryce Shingleton (26) 1st; Michael Bush (175) 4th Jase Grundy (190) 4th,
​Adoniah Delgado (138) 4th  
 
Swartz Creek:  Mason Feudale (132) 1st, Wyatt Matthews (144) 3rd, Levi Lloyd (150) 4th

Both Fenton and Swartz Creek advanced to regionals in Saturday's  Division 2 MHSAA competitive cheer competition held at Fenton HS.  The top four teams advance from each District.  Fenton finished in 3rd with 726.82 points and Swartz Creek had 714.72 points for 4th place.  Both teams will compete on Saturday Feb. 25 at 10am.

In Division 3, host Lake Fenton finished in 4th place with 690.72 points and will advance to Novi HS on Saturday Feb. 25 at 10am.

​54 individual wrestlers from Flint Metro League schools will compete at the MHSAA Individual wrestling Regionals March 27. Among the top-four finishers at District competition, the league had 15  champions.

Qualifiers for the Regional finals and their District finishes were:

Brandon: (171) Ronald Solis 1st; (215) Gavin Leigh 1st; (285) Issac Wing 3rd; (119) Wyatt Pung 3rd; (152) Logan Pung 4th; (160) Calvin Solis 4th; (215) Mason Knight 4th; (130) Bryson Gunn 4th

Corunna: (152) Xavier Andeerson 1st; (215) Aidan Buckley 1st; (112) D’Angelo Campas 1st

Fenton: (145) Phillip Lamka 1st; (103) Kendra Ryan 2nd; (285) Jackson Cairduff 3rd;  (140) Dylan Beverly 3rd; (152) Ben Triola 4th; (189) Login Fuller 4th(103)
 
Flushing: (152) Luke Maurer 3rd; (215) Cabhan Suttles 3rd; (130) Noah Ellis 4th

Holly:  (160) Jeff Preston 1st;  (152) Jacob Gonzales 1st; (140) Mason Forsythe 3rd; (119) Sean Murray 4th; (112) Gabe Soja 4th

Goodrich: (112) Brady Orcutt 1st; (140) Easton Phipp 1st; (119) Heremius Cheff 1st; (160) Chance Carlson 2nd; (189) Cameron Mackleim 2nd; (215) Zach Schmitz 2nd; (152) Brady Benson 3rd; (112) Kendra Vickory 3rd; (125) Ryan Angelo 3rd; (130) Carso Richards 3rd

Kearsley: (145) Rodney Richards 1st;  (285) Dominik DiGenova 1st

Lake Fenton:  (103) Clay Cook 1st; (130) Zack Hall 1st;  (145) Jack Conley 2nd; (103) Jorge Marvin 2nd; (135) Drew Corcoran 2nd; 125) Ty Johnson 2nd; (140) Noah Hall 4th; (189) Hunter Devasher 4th
 
Owosso:  (130) Peyton Frederick 2nd; (285) Chris Ott 2nd; (103) Owen Ott 3rd
 
Swartz Creek: (119) Mason Feudale 2nd; (135) Wyatt Matthews 2nd; (171) Brennen Larion 2nd; (160) Keegen Larion 3rd; (112) Hayden Pietcher 4th

​In a tight battle for this year's title, Swartz Creek won each of three jamborees to finish in first place ahead of second place Flushing and 3rd place Fenton to win the championship for 2023.  This is the second Metro Championship for the Dragons since Competitive Cheer became a league sport in 2004.

All teams now move on to the MHSAA championship beginning with district competition this weekend.  In Division 1, Flushing will compete in the Lake Orion district on Feb 18 at 11:00.  In Divsion 2, Fenton, Holly, Linden, Brandon, Swartz Creek, Clio, Kearsley at Fenton on Feb 18 at 11:00.  In Divsion 3, Lake Fenton, Corunna and Goodrich will compete at Lake Fenton on Feb 18 at 10:00.  Best of luck to all our Metro teams.

​Three Flint Metro League schools brought home MHSAA team wrestling trophies in the first round of the MHSAA tournament.  In Division 1, Flushing won the district hosted at Saginaw Arthur Hill by defeating Saginaw Heritage 60-15 in the district final match.  In Division 2, Goodrich won its district by defeating FML foe Kearsley 66-7.  League champion Lake Fenton won the district held at Linden by defeating cross town rival Fenton 41-36.

Flushing will travel to Midland to compete against the home team on Wednesday, February 15 at 6:00. Goodrich and Lake Fenton will wrestle at Waterford Kettering also on Wednesday, 2/15, at 5:30. Goodrich will compete against Waterford Kettering and Lake Fenton will battle St. John’s in the semi-finals.

Regional winners advance to team finals weekend at the Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo on February 24 (quarterfinals) and 25 (semifinals and state championship match).

Flushing HS made a clean sweep in Metro boys tennis competition this season with a perfect 8-0 dual record followed by winning the post-season Metro tournament.  The victory marks the 4th straight Metro title for the Raiders since joining the league in 2014.
 
Flushing won 7 of 8 flights in the league tourney with winners as follows:
Scott Mignerey  (Flushing)– 1 Singles
William Wykes  (Flushing) – 2 Singles
Remy Book (Fenton) – 3 Singles
Ethan Dudek (Flushing) – 4 Singles
Jake Morrison & Ryan Mignerey (Flushing) – 1 Doubles
Luke MacWebb & Ben Mitchell (Flushing) – 2 Doubles
Jacob Dore & Ryan Kleimola (Flushing) – 3 Doubles
Layton Anderson & Declan Mulqueen (Flushing) – 4 Doubles
 
Congratulations to Fenton’s Renee Hand who was selected by Metro coaches as the Coach of the Year.  Fenton received 3 votes from league opponents for exhibiting the best sportsmanship throughout the season followed by Clio with two votes and Brandon, Corunna, Flushing and Owosso with one vote apiece.
 
The Raiders followed up their league championship with a second place effort at the MHSAA Division 2 tournament qualifying the team to move on to the state tennis finals.  The D2 championship will be held in the Holland area on Oct. 15-16.


2021 ALL METRO BOYS TENNIS TEAM

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Fenton, Goodrich and Linden all entered the Metro League Tournament with a 10-1 dual season record setting up a battle for the title at Springfield Oaks. 
 
Linden showed up ready to play finishing in the top three spots individually.  Emma Lurvey was the tournament medalist posting an 84 with teammates Ella LaMothe (85) and Cate Draper (87) closely behind.  Olivia Rushton (88) from Goodrich and Leah LaFleur (88) from Brandon rounded out the top 5 individual scores.  Linden posted a team total of 348 to win the tournament and the Metro League championship.  This is the 8th league title for the Eagles.  Goodrich shot 354 to finish the tourney and the league in 2nd while Fenton posted a 376 to take 3rd in both the tourney and the league. 

Congratulations to Linden’s Jon Hamilton who was named by the league coaches as the Flint Metro League Coach of the Year. 
 
Swartz Creek HS received three sportsmanship votes by opponents, Flushing and Corunna each received two votes, and Clio, Linden, Brandon, Owosso and Fenton each received one vote.

Following league play, teams entered MHSAA Regional competition in a quest for the state finals.  Linden finished in 3rd place (364) in D2 at Groesbeck Golf Club in Lansing to advance to the state tournament. Swartz Creek shot a 409 total to also finish 3rd at Saginaw Valley Public Golf Course. Both teams will compete in the Division 2 State Finals at Bedford Valley in Battle Creek on Oct. 15-16.  Individual qualifiers from the Metro include Sara Ritchie from Kearsley, Anya Ng of Flushing, Leah LaFleur from Brandon, Olivia Schmieder from Clio and Emily Madill from Goodrich.

FLINT METRO LEAGUE TOURAMENT RESULTS

​2021 ALL-METRO TEAM

Coach JoEllen Smith and the Owosso softball team have advanced to the D2 MHSAA State Semis with a 5-4 victory over Wayland.

Wayland took the early lead in the game with 2-1 edge after the 1st inning and added another run in the top of the 6th.  Owosso rallied for 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th to send the game to extra innings.  After holding Wayland off in the top of the 8th, the Trojans scored in the bottom of the 8th for the win.

Owosso will now face Gaylord in the semi-finals on Thursday June 17th at 10:00am at Michigan State University.

Linden dropped a close 3-1 game vs Marysville in the quarter-finals to end a highly successful season.

Flint Metro softball teams Linden and Owosso advance to MHSAA Quarterfinals after winning Division 2 Regional Championships.

Linden handled Imlay City 9-4 in the first game of Regional competition before advancing to the finals against Essexville-Garber and beating them 4-3 in 8 innings.  The Eagles will travel to St Clair Community College on Wednesday June 15 at 5:30 to face Marysville in the D2 Quarter Final round.

Owosso easily defeated Haslett in their first game of the day and advanced to the finals against Lakeland.  The Trojans battled from behind to tie the game at 1-1 at the end of 7 innings before exploding with 5 runs in the 10th for the victory.  Owosso will play Wayland on Wednesday June 15 at Bailey Park in Battle Creek in the Quarterfinals.

Fenton lost a close game in the D1 Regional final to Traverse City West 4-5 after defeating Oxford 12-5 in their first game.

Varsity athletes who achieved Scholar-Athlete status for the recently completed winter sports season have been named by Flint Metro League schools.  Varsity letter winners in 10th, 11th and 12th grades who played an official league sport and have maintained a minimum 3.50 cumulative grade point average achieve Flint Metro League Scholar-Athlete awards.  Award winners for each school are linked below; in addition, each sport's all-league team list has been updated to show which all-league athletes also achieved Scholar-Athlete status.

Brandon HS Scholar Athletes

Clio HS Scholar Athletes

Fenton HS Scholar Athletes

Flushing HS Scholar Athletes

Godrich HS ScholarAthletes

Holly HS Scholar Athletes

Kearsley HS Scholar Athletes

Linden HS Scholar Athletes

Owosso HS Scholar Athletes

Swartz Creek HS Scholar Athletes
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