25 individual wrestlers from Flint Metro League schools will compete at the MHSAA Individual wrestling finals March 6-7 at Ford Field. Among the top-four finishers at regional competition, the league, and Holly HS, had two regional champions. Jacob Gonzales from Holly was the Regional Champion at 135, and Cade Dallwitz was the Regional Champion at 189. 

Qualifiers for the state finals and their regional finishes were:

Clio: Alex Yocum (215) 2nd; Blake Amy (285) 3rd; Mason Malin (119) 3rd; Jacob Smith (160) 1st; Tristan Vance (189) 1st

Corunna: D'Angelo Campas (112) 3rd; Ty Anderson (145) 2nd; Xavier Andeerson (145) 3rd; Matt Weiss (160) 3rd

Fenton: Kendra Ryan (103) 4th; Brady Triola (160) 4th

Holly:  Nate Young (140) 1st; Jacob Gonzales (152) 1st

Goodrich: Cameron Macklem (135) 3rd; Carson Richards (140) 3rd; Kevin Patterson (189) 4th

Kearsley: Dominik DiGenova (215) 3rd; La'Ron Ruffin (135) 2nd; Rodney Richards (145) 3rd; Trenton DiGenova (152) 4th; John Brown (171) 3rd

Lake Fenton:  Zolen Marron (215) 1st

Linden: Bryce Shingleton (119) 2nd; Jimmy Roti (152) 3rd 
 
Owosso:  Colton Blaha (160) 1st
 

Cianna Gloster from Swartz Creek HS and Nate Young from Holly have been announced as the Flint Metro League Athletes of the Month in February for the Stripes Division.

Cianna is a three sport athlete for the Dragons lettering in basketball, volleyball and track.  A four year member of the varsity basketball team, Cianna has scored over 1,000 points and is the current school record holder for rebounds.  She has earned All League honors in each of the last three seasons and was named unanimous First Team as a junior.  Also a standout in track and field, Cianna currently holds the school record in the 300M hurdles.  The senior holds a 3.249 GPA and plans to study social work and continue her basketball career at one of the many collegiate schools involved in the recruiting process.  Cianna was also selected as the Flint Kiwanis Athlete of the Month and is now in the running for the Athlete of the Year.

​A two-time All Stater from Holly, Nate Young has been a standout wrestler for the Bronchos for four years.  Last year, Nate was the runner-up at the State meet at #130 and is currently ranked 3rd in the state at his weight division of #140.  Nate has also been on the 1st Team All League team as a champion in the last two seasons.  Recently, Nate was crowned both the District and Regional champion at #140.  Nate maintains a 3.47 GPA and will attend Northern Illinois on both an academic and athletic scholarship and will wrestle for the Huskies.

​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 6-7 at Ford Field in Detroit.

Clio and Goodrich lead the way with 7 individual qualifiers from the district round of competition, followed by Holly and Corunna with 6, Flushing and Kearsley with 5, Lake Fenton and Linden with 4, Owosso and Fenton with 3, and Brandon and Swartz Creek with 1. 

The league boasts 12 District champions:

Clio:  Alex Yocum (215)
Flushing:  Cabhan Suttles (215) 
Goodrich:  Herremias Cheff (103) 
Holly: Nate Young (140), Jacob Gonzales (152), Andrew Kolman (112), Kolten Steele (189)
Kearsley:  La’Ron Ruffin (135), Rodney Richards (145)
Lake Fenton:  Zolen Marron (215)
Linden:  Bryce Shingleton (119), Uzziah Delgado (160)
Owosso:  Colton Blaha (160)

The league's additional regional qualifiers include:

Brandon:  3rd  Bryson Gunn (140)

Clio: 2nd  Blake Amy (285), Mason Malin (119), Tristan Vance (189); 3rd Chase Hall (130), Jacob Smith (160);  4th Lukas Hulliberger (130)
 
Corunna:   2nd Ty Anderson (145), 3rd Xavier Andeerson (145), 4th Zachary Worthington (285), D’Angelo Campas (112), Matt Weiss (160, Aidan Buckley (4th)

Fenton:  2nd Kendra Ryan (103), Lukas Zywicki (189), Brady Triola (160)

Flushing:  3rd  Cabhan Suttles (215), Jacob Bourdreau (140), Matthew Juhl (145); 4th Luke Maurer (152), Nick Woodbeck (160)
 
Goodrich:  2nd Carson Richards (140), Juwan Vines (171); 3rd Ryan Angelo (112), Camerson Macklem (135), Brady Benson (160); 4th Kevin Patterson (189)

Holly:  4th Mason Forsythe (135), Scott Herrmann (171)

Kearsley:  2nd Dominik DiGenova (215); 3rd Trenton DiGenova (152), John Brown (171)

Linden:  2nd  Jimmy Roti (152); 4th Tyler McCabe (103)

Swartz Creek:  3rd Wyatt Matthews (119), 4th Brennon Larion (171)
 
 
Best of luck to Flint Metro League MHSAA Team District champions as they advance to regionals this week:  Swartz Creek, Clio, Linden, Goodrich and Holly. 

The Flint Metro league announces Fenton's Julia Young and Joel Diccion as the female and male Athletes of the Month for January for the Stripes Division.

Julia Young is a two sport athlete lettering in both ski and soccer for the Tigers and serving as captain for both teams.  In ski, Julia was named to the All Region team as a junior and was a state qualifier in both the slalom and giant slalom.  Julia also plays soccer for Fenton and contributed to the team's league title last season.  Also excelling in the classroom with a 4.038 GPA, Julia has received numerous academic scholarships and will attend Findlay University majoring in Pre-Vet/Animal Science in her goal to become a veterinarian.

Joel Diccion has been a four year member of the Tiger swim team leading Fenton to numerous titles. He  earned first team honors in the 100 backstroke and 200 medley relay as a sophomore and junior, as well as the 400 free relay as a sophomore. Joel also was a state qualifier in the 200 m. relay and 100 back as both a sophomore and junior, along with the 100 fly and 400 free as a sophomore and 200 IM as a junior. He is the current school record holder in the 100 backstroke.  Joel has maintained a 3.915 GPA and plans to continue his swim career in college while studying astronomical engineering.

The Flint Metro league announces Madison Voelker and Caden Veenhuis from Goodrich HS as the female and male Athletes of the Month for January for the Stars Division.

Madison Voelker is a standout basketball player and earned First Team All-State honors as both a sophomore and a junior.  She was a GAC unanimous First Teamer in 9th, 10th and 11th grade and two-time Flint Area Player of the Year.  Madison holds the school record for points in a game at 44 and has cleared the 1,000 point barrier as a junior.  She has lead the Martians to two league and 3 district championships.  Named a BCAM Academic All-Stater last season with a 4.06 GPA, Madison will continue her basketball career at Northwood University on a full ride scholarship where she will major in healthcare management.  Madison was also selected as the Kiwanis Athlete of the Month.

Caden Veenhuis is a two sport athlete for Goodrich lettering in both basketball and golf.  A two year member and current captain for the Martian basketball team, Caden has helped the team to a District championship last season and the team currently leads the Stars division with a 7-0 record.  In the spring, Caden earned honorable mention status in two seasons as a varsity golfer.  Also excelling in the classroom, Caden has maintained a 3.8 GPA.

The Flint Metro league announces Owosso's Katie Clevenger and Lake Fenton's Brenden Schroeder as the female and male Athletes of the Month for December.

Katie Clevenger is a two-time All State diver for Owosso in both her junior and senior seasons.  Katie also earned All Metro honors, All County and All Regional honors as a diver in both her junior and senior years.  Katie was also a member of the state qualifying medley relay team.  She was named to the Lansing Dream Team as a senior.  Katie also excels in track where she qualified for the state meet last year in the 4x100 relay.  A scholar-athlete with a 3.92 GPA, Katie plans to pursue her diving and academic career at Oakland University where she will major in Marketing.

Brenden Schroeder is a two sport athlete for the Blue Devils lettering in cross country and track.  A two time state qualifier, Brenden led Lake Fenton to a Regional Championship as a junior.  As a senior, Brenden was selected as the team captain and earned a spot on the 2nd All Metro team.  He also earned All County, All Regional honors and was selected as a State Bank Athlete of the Week.  Sidelined by injury much of his junior track season, Brenden plans to run again this spring.  The 3.09 scholar-athlete is currently undecided between the Air Force or continuing his cross country and track career at the collegiate level.

Fenton's Lillie Kromer and Linden's Tyler Buchanan have been selected by the AD's of the Flint Metro League as Athletes of the Month of December for the Stripes Division.

Lillie a two time All Stater has been a four year standout swimmer for the Tigers.  She has played a key role in helping Fenton to four consecutive Metro League Championships during her HS tenure.  A school record holder in both the 200 Medley and 400 Free relays, Lillie has earned 1st Team All Metro honors in each event for the past three seasons.  She also earned 1st Team Metro individually in the 100 free and 50 free for the past two seasons.  Lillie has been a state qualifier 9 times and a MITCA qualifier 12 times since her sophomore year.  In the classroom, Lillie has maintained a 3.65 GPA.  She will attend Cedarville University in the fall majoring in Environmental Science with minors in Missions and Bible.

Tyler has been a multiple All-Stater in both cross country and track for Linden.  In cross country, Tyler has been All-State for three straight seasons and finished 6th overall in this year's MHSAA State Finals.  He was also the individual Metro Champion and Regional Champion for the past three seasons. As a junior, Tyler was named the Tri-County Male Athlete of the Year and was recently announced as this year's Tri-County CC runner of the year.  On the track, Tyler has been a versatile champion earning All State honors in the 3200M as a freshman and sophomore, 3200M relay as a sophomore and the 1600M as a junior.  He has been a two time 1st team All Metro champion in both the 3200 and 1600 as well as a Regional champion in the 3200M, 3200 relay, 1600M and 800M.  A 3.0 GPA  student, Tyler will continue his cross-country and academic career at Wayne State University where he will major in Computer Science.

The Flint Metro League is proud to announce that both Lillie and Tyler have also been selected as the Flint Kiwanis Female and Male Athletes of the Year.  Both of these exceptional scholar-athletes will now be in the running for the Greater Flint Kiwanis Athlete of the Year.

Raegan Lauinger of Goodrich and Jorden Sowash from Owosso have been selected by the Athletic Directors of the Flint Metro League to represent the Stars Division as the athletes of the month for November.

​Raegan is a four sport athlete at Goodrich lettering for the Martians in Cross country, basketball, track and soccer. In cross country, she has been a 3 time state qualifier and 3 time 1st Team All Conference runner.  On the track, Raegan has been a three event state qualifier and a 5 time league champion.  A three year team captain for the basketball team, Raegan was a member of the state qualifying team and a 2nd team all league member.  In soccer, Raegan was named to the All District team.   Also excelling in the classroom with a 3.92 GPA Raegan has been named All State Academic in cross country, basketball and soccer. Raegan plans to continue her academic and athletic career at the collegiate level where she plans to major in accounting. 

Jorden Sowash is also a stand-out cross country and track athlete for Owosso.   Jorden earned 1st Team All Conference honors 3 times and was a 3 time state qualifier in cross country.   On the track, Jorden was a two time State Qualifier.  He was a conference champion in the 3200 meters as a sophomore and and a two time 3rd team All Conference runner in the 1600 meters.  Jorden has twice been named as Academic All State in cross country and has maintained a 4.234 GPA in the classroom. He hopes to continue his  career at the collegiate level and will major in either biology or psychology. 

Varsity athletes who achieved Scholar-Athlete status for the recently completed fall 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 Athlete List

Clio HS Scholar Athlete List

Corunna HS Scholar Athlete List

Fenton HS Scholar Athlete List

Flushing HS Scholar Athlete List

​Goodrich HS Scholar Athlete List

Holly HS Scholar Athlete List

Kearsley HS Scholar Athlete List

Lake Fenton HS Scholar Athlete List

Linden HS Scholar Athlete List

Owosso HS Scholar Athlete List

Swartz Creek HS Scholar Athlete List

Runners from the Flint Metro League had many excellent performances on Saturday with 7 complete teams and 14 individuals qualifying for the MHSAA State Finals.  

Fenton won the boys' Division 1 championship held at Delta College with a team score of 55, an impressive 29 points ahead of second place Davision.  Leading the way for the Tigers was the overall individual champion Adam Jesse with a time of 16:01.36.  Also scoring for Fenton were Logan Canada, Samuel Cox, Micah Dekraker and Remington Stapp.

Goodrich won the boys's Division 2 championship held at Linden with a team score of 44, edging out second place Linden with a score of 52.  Scoring for Goodrich were Gabe Trudeau, Lucas Oberle, Carter Lauinger, Drew Himmelspach and Charlie Ballmer.  Tyler Buchanan from Linden was the overall individual champion, with a time of 16:14.29.  Also scoring for Linden were River Meckstroth, Kyle Eberhard, Liam Sack and Jacob Monaghan.  Lake Fenton came in 3rd to qualify with scoring from Joe Gilbert, Brenden Schroeder, Colton Dietrich, Logan Whittecar and Kevin Lewis.  At Delta College in the D2 race, Corunna took third place to qualify the Caviliers for the state finals. Scoring for Corunna were Evan Roka, Mason Warner, Drew Nickels, Calvin Cody and Dillion Baumchen.

In the girls' division, Alexa Keiser from Fenton won the individual championship in the D1 race at Delta College with a time of 18:13.31.  The Fenton team took 3rd place overall and will compete as a team at the state meet behind scoring from Emily Grob, Taylor Huntoon, Kaitlin Bayer and Jessica Adams.

In Division 2, Linden girl's finished in 2nd place with a team score of 62, a mere three points behind champion Marion.  Zoe Brown, Melanea Strauss, Kathryn Walterhouse, Alyson Kelly and Hannah Wabel scored for the Eagles and will lead their team to the state finals.  

To qualify as an individual, runners must finish in the top 15.  Metro runners qualifying in D1 include:
Dallas Ruelan and Jordan Buckner from Flushing, Andrea Ruiz from Holly and Cameron Smith from Swartz Creek.  In D2, Metro runners include:  Bella Hearns, Mallory Moore and River Jannette from Brandon; Bryan Jackson from Clio; Lily Evans and Evie Wright from Corunna; Raegan Lauinger from Goodrich; Claire Hunt rom Lake Fenton; and Jorden Sowash and Mason Collanrd from Owosso.

Fenton continued their dominance in cross-country with both the girls and boys teams repeating as Flint Metro League Champions--for the past FOUR years.  

The Fenton girls team took first place in all three jamborees this season to capture their 4th straight title.  Alexa Keiser won her 4th straight individual championship to join Holly's Jackie Bucholz (93-96) and Linden's Rachel Gutierrez (01-03) as the only 4 year champions in the history of the Flint Metro League.  Also scoring for the Tigers were Emily Grob in 6th, Taylor Huntoon in 9th, Kaitlin Bayer in 10th and Jessica Adams in 12th.  Flushing came in as runner-ups to Fenton.

The Fenton boys team also took first place in all three jamborees this season and also captured their 4th league championship in a row.  Scoring for Fenton were:  Logan Canada in 3rd, Adam Jesse in 5th, Sam Cox in 8th,  Remington Stapp in 16th, and Josh Maier in 17th.  Linden's Tyler Buchanan won the individual title, his third straight Metro championship.  He now joins Donnie Richmond from Holly (01-03), Mike Goodfellow from Oxford (86-88) and Don Keswick from Fenton (68-70) as the only three-time individual champions for the boys.
Linden finished in second place overall in the team competition.

Linden's Ben Cox was named the Coach of the Year for the girls.  Swartz Creek earned the most nominations for demonstrating the best sportsmanship during the season with 3 votes followed by Corunna, Flushing, Lake Fenton, Linden and Owosso with one vote each.

Jesse Anderson repeats as the boys Coach of the Year.  Clio was nominated by 4 opponents for showing the best sportsmanship with Creek receiving two votes, and Brandon and Kearsley each receiving one.

All Metro teams will now set their focus on the MHSAA Regional Championship next weekend at the sites listed below:
  D1 at Delta College:  Fenton, Flushing, Swartz Creek
  D1 at Springfield Oaks:  Holly
  D2 at Delta College:  Clio, Corunna, Kearsley, Owosso
  D2 at Linden MS:  Goodrich, Lake Fenton, Linden, Brandon

Corunna's Elizabeth Norris and Goodrich's Drew Himmelspach have been named the Stars Division of the Flint Metro League October Athletes of the Month.

Elizabeth Norris is a multi-sport All State athlete with numerous accolades in both volleyball and track for the Cavaliers.  A current Miss Volleyball finalist, Elizabeth was selected as a sophomore and junior as First Team All Conference, as well as All Region.  As a sophomore, Norris earned Honorable Mention All State and last year was named to the States' First Team.  She was also named to the Lansing Journal Dream Team, The Argus Press All Area Team and was a MaxPrep AVCA Player of the Week.  Elizabeth has also been a three time state qualifier in track and a State champion last year in the 4x100 relay.  She has been an All-Area, All Regional competitor three times and All State 2 times.  A 4.267 Scholar-Athlete, Elizabeth will continue her playing career with a volleyball scholarship at the University of North Dakota where she will study pre-medicine.

​Goodrich's Drew Himmelspach is a two-sport athlete excelling in cross country and track in all four years for the Martians.  Drew earned All-Region honors in cross country as a junior and is following that  up with another great effort this season.  He recently placed 5th in his division at the competitive Kayla O'Mara Invitational with a time of 17:04.3.  Drew has twice been named to the All-Region track and field team in the 4x800 Relay team.  Also excelling in the classroom, the Academic All Stater has maintained a 3.5 gpa.  Drew plans to continue to run cross-country and track at the collegiate level while pursuing a degree in physical therapy.

Ben Gramer and Kate Brown, both from Holly HS, have been selected as the Stripes Division Athletes of the Month.

Ben Gramer is a rare 4 sport athlete having earned letters in soccer, football, baseball and basketball for Holly.  He has been a 3 year starter on both the basketball and baseball team but soccer is clearly his best sport.  Ben has been a four year starter and 2 time captain.  An Honorable Mention All-League and All-District player as a sophomore, Ben has been named both his junior and senior seasons as a First Team All Metro player.  A 3.22 scholar athlete, Ben will continue his education as a business major next year at Northwood University where he hopes to also play soccer.

Kate Brown has been a standout golfer for the Holly Bronchos for all 4 years in HS.  Kate fired an 86 in the Metro league tournament to place 2nd individually and earn First Team All Metro honors for the second straight year.  Brown also earned letters in basketball and tennis.  The #4 singles player for Holly, Kate competed at the State Finals and also earned a spot on the Second Team All Conference team.  A 3.922 scholar athlete, Kate plans to major in elementary education at a 4 year university in the fall.
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Flushing captured the D2 MHSAA Regional Tennis title yesterday at Holly HS with a narrow 2 point victory over runner-up Fenton.  The # 4 doubles team of Nick Nasser/Ben Wagner were the lone flight champions for the Raiders.  In runner-up positions were Scott Mignery in #2 singles, Ryan Mignery in #4 singles and Jake Morrison/Landon Young at #3 doubles.  Also qualifying for Flushing were Matt Birchmeier at #1 singles, Cameron Gray at #3 singles, Reid Plamondon/Ethan Dudek at #1 doubles, Logan Schuler/Ethan Saleh at #2 doubles.

Fenton boasted the #1 singles champion in Gabe Hand and champions at #1 doubles Jack Gundry/Bradley Trecha.  Also moving on to the state finals for the Tigers will be Sheldon Hand at #2 singles, Jordon Conn at #2 singles, Remy Book at #4 singles, Trevor Bloss/Mitchell Scheer at #2 doubles, Garrett Bloss/Tom Lockwood at #3 doubles and Josh Brott/nate Dymond at #4 doubles.

Despite not qualfying for the final tourney, Holly had two Regional  champions in Brendon Kreft/Wyatt Caldwell at #2 doubles and Garrett Reid/Drew Hignite at #3 doubles.

At the D3 Regional tournament held at Kearsley, Clio earned 2nd place and a trip to the State Fianls as a team.  Clio had four runner-up finishes in Briar Wiskur at #2 singles, Chris Gaffney at #3 singles, Travis Schmieder/Jaxson Tate at #1 doubles and Austin Hicks/Carson Collins at #2 doubles.  Also qualifying for the Mustangs were Sean Culhand at #1 singles, Shaefer Wiskur at #4 singles, Blake Balanowski/Conner Holland at #3 doubles and Braydon Smith/Garrett Fowler at #4 doubles.

Goodrich's Will Nicklas took 2nd place at #1 singles and will also move on to the state tournament.

The D2 State Finals will be held at The University of Michigan and the D3 Finals will be held at Kalamazoo College on October 18-19.  Best of luck to all our Flint Metro League players and coaches.

Congratulations to Fenton HS for qualifying for the MHSAA D2 State Golf Tournament by placing 3rd at the Regional with a team score of 363 at El Dorado Golf Course in Mason.  Leading the way for the Tigers was Brook Herbstreit who fired a 81 to finish 2nd individually.  Also scoring for Fenton were Katelyn Burkett (90), Olivia Herbert (91) and Victoria Carnell (101).  Fenton will now compete at the State Finals on Oct. 18-19 at Forest Acres East in East Lansing.

In D3 action, Clio's Jill Veit shot a 94 at Pine River CC in Alma to earn a spot individually at the State tourney. Amanda Miller from Goodrich also qualified individually in the Regional held at Fieldstone in Auburn Hills. The D3 tournament will also be on Oct 18-19 held at The Meadows at Grand Valley State University.

Fentons' Gabe Hand became only the second player in Flint Metro League history to capture the #1 singles title four straight years.  Hand ties Brandon's Spencer Navarre who won in 2009-12.  Gabe defeated Flushing's Matt Birchmeier 6-3, 4-6, 6-1.  Birchmeier was the only player to take a set from Hand in his four years of competition.  

Flushing repeated as the league champion with an undefeated league record of 8-0 and took five of eight flights in the tournament to also capture the title.  Fenton finished with a 7-1 dual record, took three flights in the tournament, to finish in second.

Flushing's Ian Thomas repeated as the Coach of the Year as selected by fellow Flint Metro League coaches.  Kearsley was selected by three league opponents as the team that demonstrated the best sportsmanship, with Flushing and Owosso each received two votes.

Teams will compete in the MHSAA Regional tournament tomorrow.  Holly will host Fenton and Flushing in  Division 2 competition; Kearsley will host Clio, Goodrich, Brandon and Owosso in Division 3; and Corunna will travel to Portland in Division 4.  Best of luck to all our teams.

Goodrich High School edged Fenton High School by 6 strokes in the Metro League Tournament to win the outright league title for 2019.  Fenton entered the tournament with an undefeated 9-0 dual record and has been the league champion in the past four seasons.  Goodrich posted a 8-1 dual record losing only to Fenton. 

Brook Herbstreit of Fenton was the tournament medalist posting an 84.  Closely behind were Amanda Miller of Goodrich and Kate Brown of Holly each with 86 followed by Victoria Carnell of Fenton with an 87 and Madeline Swett of Fenton with an 89.  Swartz Creek and Holly battled to a tie for 2nd place in the team standings.

Congratulations to Goodrich's Loyd Walter who was named by the league coaches as the Flint Metro League Coach of the Year.  Kearsley HS received three sportsmanship votes by opponents, Fenton received two votes, and Clio, Flushing, Holly and Linden each received one vote.

All teams will now enter MHSAA Regional competition beginning on October 8.  Kearsley, Flushing and Swartz Creek will compete in D2 competition at Currie West GC; Fenton, Holly and Linden will also be in D2 at ElDorado on Oct 10; Clio, Corunna and Owosso are in D3 at Pine River in Alma on Oct 8 ; Brandon and Goodrich will compete at Fieldstone CC in D3 on Oct 10.  Best of luck to all our Metro teams!

2019 Flint Metro League All-League Golf Team
Tournament Results

The Flint Metro League has announced the All-League Teams for the 2019 spring season.  Those athletes in bold have also earned status as Scholar-Athletes by maintaining a 3.5 cumulative GPA.  Scholar-athletes must also be sophomores thru seniors and have earned a varsity letter.

Spring 2019 
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Baseball
Softball
Girls Soccer
Boys Golf
Girls Track
Boys Track
Girls Tennis
Girls Lacrosse