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Fenton Wins 7th Straight Swim & Dive Metro Title

2/28/2018

The Fenton Tigers won their 7th consecutive Flint Metro League Boys Swim Championship and continue their league dual undefeated streak which dates back to 2011. The Tigers have won 9 league titles in the 20 seasons the league offered the sport.

The Metro League added Boys Swim as a league sport in 1971, however league rules require at least half of the member school to sponsor a sport in order for it to be considered an official league sport. There were not enough FML schools to sponsor boys sim/dive between 1976-77 and 2004-05 for it to be considered a league sport.

In addition to their dual undefeated league season at 5-0, the Tigers dominated the league meet winning by 241 points over all opponents. Three Metro League records were broken at the meet:

200 Yd. Medley Relay Swartz Creek/Flushing: Ian Barbour, Joshua Stemczynski, Peter Adams, Daniel Burkhardt
1:43.18 (broke previous record set by SCF in 2017)
200 Yd. Individual Medley Evan Bartow of Fenton 2:03.61 (broke previous record of Zac Miceli of Fenton in 2016)
100 Yd. Backstroke Joel Diccion of Fenton 55.63 (broke previous record of Austin Landis of Fenton in 2015)

Brad Jones of Fenton was named the Flint Metro League Boys Swim Coach of the Year for the second straight year.

Owosso received 4 nominations by league opponents as the team that showed the best sportsmanship. Fenton and Brandon each received one nomination.

2018 Flint Metro League Meet Results

Flint Metro League Boys Swim Records thru 2018

2017-18 All Metro Swim Team

Holly's Will Sophiea Named D2 Co-Coach of the Year

2/24/2018

For the second time in two years, Holly's Will Sophiea has been named as the D2 Tennis Co-Coach of the Year.

The coach of both the boys and girls highly regarded Holly tennis programs, Sophiea has led the Bronchos to a long series of wins and championships. This season, the Holly girls swept the Flint Metro League Tennis Tournament as well as the Regional Tournament and finished in the top 10 in the State for the third consecutive year.

Deb VanKuiken, Holly AD, praises Sophiea by stating, "Will is a GREAT ambassador for tennis, our school and GREAT role model and teacher of our students."

Congratulations to Will and to the Holly tennis program for their continued success.

Flint Metro League Announces February Athletes of the Month

2/13/2018

Shelby Morrow, Basketball standout from Flushing and Andy Ruhstorfer, two-sport Metro Champion from Kearsley, have been named Athletes of the Month by the Flint Metro League.

Shelby Morrow had an outstanding junior season leading the Raiders to a Class A State Basketball Championship. Shelby was honored as a First team All-Metro player and MVP of her team, as well as the Flint Area MVP of the Playoffs. Flushing continues to roll in Shelby’s senior year, remaining undefeated in league play for the 3rd straight season. This year, Team captain Morrow has been named the ABC Player of the Week. A 3.77 GPA student, Shelby plans to continue her basketball career at Siena Heights University, majoring in Nursing.

Two sport All Metro selection, Andy Ruhstorfer, excelled for the Hornets in soccer and wrestling. Ruhstorfer helped the wrestling team to three district, two conference and one regional title in his first three seasons at Kearsley. Boasting a career wrestling record of 169-24, Andy has been a 3-time league wrestling champion as well as a 3-time state qualifier. In soccer, Andy earned 1st team honors as a junior and 2nd team honors as a senior. Andy plans to wrestle at Central Michigan University and pursue a Biology degree or pursue Division 3 wrestling and soccer opportunities.

46 Metro League Wrestlers Advance to Ind. Reg.

2/12/2018

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 2-3 at Ford Field in Detroit.

League champion Holly leads the way with 9 individual qualifiers from the district round of competition, followed by Flushing, Fenton and Kearsley with 6 each. Linden and Clio each qualified 5 wrestlers for regionals, Swartz Creek and Brandon had 4, and Owosso had 1.

The league boasts 10 District champions:
Fenton: Brady Triola (135)
Flushing: Ben Cushman (189) and Trenton Gabold (103)
Holly: Collin Dallwitz (215), Nate Young (112) and Wyatt Scribner (130)
Brandon: Corbin Hallberg (103)
Clio: Alex Yocom (215) and Alex Moore (152)
Owosso: Colton Blaha (145)

The league's regional qualifiers include:

Brandon: Anthony Nicaj (215) 2nd; Corbin Hallberg (103) 1st; Jack Culvey (125) 2nd; Brendan McClusky (140) 4th

Clio: Alex Yocum (215) 1st; Blake Amy (285) 2nd; Garrett Nyswander (140) 2nd; Jacob Smith (135), Tristan Vance (145) 4th; Alex Moore (152) 1st.

Fenton: Luke Thornton (103) 2nd; Jayden Rittenbury (135) 2nd; Brady Triola (135) 1st; Mario Rameriz (140) 4th; Tommy Adams (152) 3rd; Will Galvin (171) 4th.

Flushing: Ben Cushman (215) 1st; Jeremy Parker (215) 4th; Conner Melancon (285) 4th; Treyton Gabold (103) 1st; Braxton Gabold (145) 2nd; Devin Powelis (171) 3rd.

Holly: Koleten Steele (189) 3rd; Collin Dallwitz (215) 1st; Blake Querio (285) 3rd; Nathan Young (112) 1st; Griffin Rose (125) 3rd; Wyatt Schribner (130) 1st; Carsen Cuthbert (145) 1st; William Greer (160) 4th; and Cade Dallwitz (171) 2nd.

Kearsley: Jason Judd (103) 3rd; La’Ron Ruffin (119) 3rd; Andy Ruhstorfer (125) 3rd; Trenton DiGenova (135) 2nd; Tyler Byczynski (160) 2nd; John Brown (171) 2nd.

Linden: Johnathon Marme (189) 4th; Justin Cygnar (119) 3rd; Koleton Strauss (130) 4th; Caleb White (135) 4th; Avery Jacobs (171) 3rd.

Owosso: Colton Blaha (145) 1st.

Swartz Creek: Lance Clapp (285) 2nd; Micah Kingen (119) 4th; Brecken Griswalsch (125) 3rd; Joe Carpenter (135) 4th.

3 Metro Wrestling Teams Advance to Regionals

2/12/2018

Flushing, Holly, and Kearsley won wrestling team districts and will now advance to regional competition. All matches will be held on Wednesday February 14. The winners will advance to the quarterfinal round, which will be held at Wings Event Center in Kalamazoo on February 23rd.

Flushing, a D1 District champion will wrestle against Davison at Traverse City West HS at 5:30pm.

D2 Holly will travel to Goodrich for a 5:30 match vs the Martians. Kearsley will make the hike to the UP to square off against St. John's at Marquette HS at 6pm.

Holly Crowned Flint Metro League Champions

2/12/2018

Coach Don Pluta led his team to an undefeated dual season in the league, finishing at 8-0. The Bronchos came in second in the league tournament behind first place Flushing to capture the Flint Metro League title.

Ben Cushman, state champion in 2017, continues his undefeated streak again this season in the Metro at 189 pounds. Also undefeated this Metro season were Fenton's Tommy Adams at #152; Andy Ruhstorfer from Kearsley at #125; and Wyatt Scribner from Holly at #130.

Owosso dominated the sportsmanship voting with nominations from 5 Metro opponents. League Champion Holly and league tournament champion Flushing each received 2 nominations from Metro opponents.

Holly's Don Pluta was selected by his fellow Metro coaches as the 17-18 Coach of the Year.

Flint Metro League Championship Results

2017-18 All-League Team