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Metro Bowlers Dominate Regionals

2/26/2017

 
Three bowling teams from the Flint Metro League, two boys' teams and one girls' team, finished in the top three at MHSAA regional competition to qualify for the MHSAA state finals on March 3. 

The defending state champion girls' team from Kearsley won the Division 2 regional by 644 pins.  The Hornets were led by freshman Imari Blond who was the Regional Individual champion in a narrow 6 pin margin over Kearsley teammate and runner up Alexis Roof.  Also qualifying from Kearsley were Barbara Hawes, Emma Boychuk and Karlee Griffin.  Other individual Metro qualifiers were Jenna Royal from Holly, Jessica Andrus from Brandon and Iyana Blanks-Prater from Flushing.

The Flushing Raiders (D1) and Kearsley Hornets (D2) each brought home Regional Championship trophies in the boys division and will advance to the state final team competition.  Kearsley's Bryce McKerchie was an individual Regional Champion in convincing fashion with a 260 pin advantage over his nearest opponent.  He will be joined in individual competition by teammates Jake Reid and Aaron Linn, Jeremiah Turner and Levi Beadlescomb from Brandon, Brenden Burger from Clio, Logan Rigdon and Max Musphy from Swartz Creek and Chase Fleming and Chase Fleming and Nick Warren from Flushing.

Metro Boasts 3 Regional Champions, 24 Wrestlers Advance to Individual State Finals

2/18/2017

 
24 individual wrestlers from all eight Flint Metro League schools will compete at the MHSAA Individual wrestling finals March 2-4 at the Palace of Auburn Hills.  Among the top-four finishers at regional competition, the league had three regional champions.  Dalton Ballentine from Clio was the Regional Champion at 215. Fenton's Ben Cushman (215) and Kearsley's Dylan Terrance (160) were also Regional champions and have completed an undefeated season heading into the State Finals.

Qualifiers for the state finals and their regional finishes were:
 
Brandon:  Jack Olsen 112 (3rd)

Clio:  Dalton Ballentine 215 (Champion), Alex Yocum 215 (4th), Drew Hutchinson 119 (Runner Up), Garrett Nyswander 135 (4th), AJ Moore 145 (4th), and Kane Williams 171 (Runner Up)

Fenton:  Jayden Rittenbury 125 (4th), Jacob Church 152 (4th)

Flushing:  Ben Cushman 215 (Champion)

Kearsley:  Reese Harburn 215 (Runner Up), Marcus Moss 285 (4th), La'Ron Ruffin 103 (3rd), Andy Ruhstorfer 130 (Runner-up), Malik Davis 152 (Runner-up), and Dylan Terrence 160  (Champion)

Linden:  Patrick Kerr 140 (3rd) and Dawson Blank  145 (Runner-up)


Swartz Creek:  Lance Clapp 285 (Runner Up), JT Mullins 160 (3rd)

Swartz Creek is a Division 1 school in MHSAA wrestling competition; all other FML schools are Division 2.

MHSAA Team Regionals

2/15/2017

 
Linden was the only team to advance to the Regional final of the four Metro teams that qualified for Regionals.

The Eagles defeated Orchard Lake St. Mary's in convincing fashion 60-17 to advance to the finals vs. Marysville.  Linden lost 15-59 to the Eaglettes in the championship match.  

Brandon also squared off against OLSM in the semis and ended their season in a 16-50 loss.

Clio lost a very tight match to St. John's 30-39 in the Regional semis.

Flushing lost to Davison. 

Four Metro Teams Advance to Team Regionals

2/13/2017

 
​Flushing, Clio, Linden and Brandon won wrestling team districts and will now advance to regional competition.  All matches will be held on Wednesday February 15.  The winners will advance to the quarterfinal round, which will be held at Central Michigan University on February 24th.
 
Flushing, a D1 District champion will wrestle against Davison at Midland Dow at 6pm.
 
D2 Linden and Brandon will travel to Goodrich.  Linden will face Orchard Lake St. Mary’s and Ortonville will wrestle Marysville at 6pm.
 
D2 Clio will travel to Petoskey to wrestle against St. John’s.

49 Metro League Wrestlers Advance to Ind. Reg.

2/13/2017

 
Every Flint Metro League school has at least one wrestler moving on to the MHSAA individual regional round, the final step before qualifying for the state individual wrestling finals held on March 2-4 at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

Clio leads the way with 11 individual qualifiers from the district round of competition, followed by league champions Kearsley and Holly with 7 each.  Linden and Swartz Creek each qualified 6 wrestlers for regionals, Brandon had 5, Fenton had 4 and Flushing had 3.

The league's regional qualifiers include:

Brandon:  Joey Loasz (215), Corbin Hallberg (103), Jack Olson (112), Curtis Venturino (125), and Brady Hendershott (152). 

Clio:  Dalton Ballent (215), Alex Yocum (215), Blake Amy (285), Drew Hutchinson (119), Chase Beecher (130), Garrett Nyswander (135), Jacob Smith (135), AJ Moore (145), Jake Sekelsky (152), Kollin Panek (160) and Kane Williams (171).  Dalton Ballent and Kane Williams were district champs.

Fenton:  Jayden Rittenbury (125), Tommy Adams (145), Jacob Church (152) and Devin Fuller (285).

Flushing:  Ben Cushman (215), Brennen Herr (112), and Braxton Gabold (145).  Ben Cushman was a district champion.

Holly:  Collin Dallwitz (215), Blake Querio (285), Nathan Young (103), Wyatt Schribner (130), Carsen Cuthbert (140), William Greer (160) and Cade Dallwitz (171).  Nathan Young was a district champion.

Kearsley:  Reese Harburn (215), Marcus Moss (285), La’Ron Ruffin (103), Zach Elizondo (119), Andy Ruhstorfer (130), Malik Davis (152), Dylan Terrance (160), James Davis (171), Reese Harburn (189), and Merrick White (285).  Andy Ruhstorfer and Dylan Terrence were district champs.

Linden:  Jaylin Steedman(285), Jacob Kitowski (112), Justin Cygnar (125), Patrick Kerr (140), Dawson Blank (145), and Aaron Steedman (171).

Swartz Creek:  Gary May (215), Lance Clapp (285), Brecken Griswatsch (119), Joe Carpenter (130), Chase Bates (140), and JT Mullins (160).

The Kearsley Hornets Dominate League Bowling

2/13/2017

 
The Kearsley Hornets  continued their dominance in bowling with both the boys and girls teams capturing league championships this past weekend.
 
The girls team had another undefeated season at 14-0 and increased their Metro Conference winning streak to 88 straight matches and their 8th consecutive league championship.   Bowling began in 2009 as a league sport with Oxford winning the first year and Kearsley winning every championship since.  The Hornets look to continue their state dominance, setting their goals on a fourth straight Class B State Championship as they enter the post season.
 
The Kearsley boys also rolled their way to an undefeated Metro season finishing with a perfect 14-0 record.  The boys team shared in at least a portion of the league title five times in the 9 year history of Metro bowling.  The Hornet’s boys team won two Class B State Championships in the past three years and finished in second place last season.
 
It is not an overstatement to say that the Kearsley Hornets are the teams to beat, both in the league and the State.  The Flint Metro League is very proud of their accomplishments. 

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Flint Metro League Athletes of the Month

2/9/2017

 
​Paige Reid, a two-sport athlete from Holly, and Zach Elizondo, Flint Metro League wrestling champion from Kearsley, have been named the Flint Metro League's Athletes of the Month for February.

Paige has lettered in tennis and basketball for the Bronchos while maintaining a 3.85 cumulative GPA.  She is in her fourth year on the Holly varsity basketball team, having won second team all-league honors as a sophomore and as a junior.  Paige has also earned first team all honors in her freshman, sophomore and junior years on the Broncho tennis team and was a two time Regional Champ at 1 Doubles.  Paige has committed to continue her basketball career at Trine University where she will pursue a pre-PA degree.

Zach has lettered in soccer and wrestling for the Hornets while keeping a 3.578 GPA.  He was named the Defensive Player of the Year for Kearsley soccer while serving as team captain this past fall.  On Saturday, Zach was the FML wrestling league champion at #119 and led his team to repeat league and District championships.  Zach has earned a spot on a FML all league team in each of the past three seasons and was a state qualifier in his junior year.  Zach will attend Kettering University in the fall, majoring in engineering.
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2017 District Wresting Results for FML

2/8/2017

 
Kearsley falls to St Johns 38-36  https://twitter.com/KearsleyAD/status/829484420432351233
Linden defeats Fenton 36-26  https://twitter.com/FentonAD/status/829490506338025472
*District Champs - Brandon over Armada 39-34  https://twitter.com/MIPrepZone/status/829496314828296193
*District Champs - Linden over Holly 34 - 24  https://twitter.com/MIPrepZone/status/829513886147739654
*District Champs - Clio over Mt. Pleasant 54 - 21
Clio defeats Bay City Central 65-6

Kearsley Repeats As League Wrestling Champ

2/6/2017

 
The Kearsley Hornets won their second consecutive league wrestling tournament on Saturday and repeated as Flint Metro League wrestling champions.  Coach Luther Brown led his team to an undefeated dual season in the league, finishing at 7-0.  Coach Brown also repeats as the FML Wrestling Coach of the Year.

All Metro teams will enter the post season with team districts on Wednesday, Feb. 8.  
At Holly: Linden and Fenton 

At Armada: Brandon and St. Clair
At St. John's: Kearsley and Owosso
At Bay City Central: Clio, Mt. Pleasant and John Glenn
At Grand Blanc in Division 1: Swartz Creek, Davison and Lapeer

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