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. 

​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.

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  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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​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.

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