Here is an explanation of how most ranked teams faired in Regional Competition. I think this guys assessments are very accurate.

Posted on October 30th, 2005 by site admin
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Here is one from the Muskegon Chronicle that mentions our boys team.
Here is the article that appeared in today’s GR Press with a mugshot of Ryan.
Here is a brief mention in the Battle Creek Enquirer. The article is mainly about Delton. One of our girls goals was to beat Delton to avenge the […]

Posted on October 30th, 2005 by site admin
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Well there will not be a repeat for Harbor Springs. They had a very tough regional, perhaps the toughest boys regional in Div. 3 in Michigan.

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I’ll add to the top of this as I get more:
At Holly,
22-3 Boys
1. Williamston 21
2. Lutheran North 103
3. Lake Fenton 122
1. Pankow WM 16:17
2. Smith LF 16:20
3. Lutske WM 16:26
4. Nix WM 16:48
5. Stathakis LN 17:09
Benzie Regional … always fast course:
Boys: 1st Benzie, 2nd Kalkaska, 3rd Leroy-Pine RiverOnly top 3 qualified 4th Harbor Springs, 5th […]

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The girls team finished 7th. Olivia Sydow provided a bright spot with her 6th place finish overall in a personal record time of 20:04. She will represent the team next week at MIS.
7. Grand Rapids-West Catholic […]

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Congratulations to our boys team on their victory today at the regional meet. They placed six in the top twelve.
1. Ryan. Scott (10) Grand Rapids-West Catholic […]

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Our boys run at 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning at Sparta. Details of the race are on gosparta.com, including a race map and full time schedule. The girls run at 11:30 a.m. There are awards at 1:00 p.m.
Be aware that there is construction on the main north south street in Sparta, so you […]

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LCC appears to be a step behind as Williamston from the October 22nd Lakewood Jamboree results. Williamston continues to rule! It is going to be a dog fight with them in a week and three days.
Results of the meet:
1 WILLIAMSTON 21 (1-2-3-7-8)
2 LCC 43 (4-6-9-10-14)
Top 20 finishers:
1 Chris Pankow WILLIAMSTON 16:17.1
2 Dan Nix WILLIAMSTON 16:17.6
3 Matt Lutzke WILLIAMSTON 16:20.1
4 David Todd LCC 16:29.4
5 Billy Carl DEWITT 16:36.8
6 Ian McDowell LCC 16:44.2
7 Tyler Sharp WILLIAMSTON 16:54.3
8 Dave Ash WILLIAMSTON 17:08.7
9 David McComb LCC 17:14.3
10 Kevin Bergeron LCC 17:15.0
11 Alec Womboldt DEWITT 17:15.9
12 Jesse Schrock LAKEWOOD 17:21.0
13 Michael […]

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Results of the top two challengers we expect to see at Regionals. From the O-K Silver Championship held Tuesday at Brewer Park on the “easier” course.
Team scores
Forest Hills Eastern 40, Kent City 57, Allendale 58…
I figure this for about a 15 second handicapped course compared to say Riverside:
KENT CITY–3. Ryan Powell 16:43, 7. Mike […]

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Congratulations to the six members of the WC Falcons Team who earned all city honors:
All-City points
School Name 1 2 3 City Meet Total
1 WC Andrew Bissonette* 7 10 9 20 46
2 WC Ryan Scott* 9 9 8 18 44
3 CHR Bill Stroo* 10 8 10 10 38
4 CC Neil LaVoie* 8 7 2 14 31
5 WC Sam Passenger* 2 5 5 16 28
6 WC Mike Gravelyn* 6 4 6 12 28
7 CHR David Schmidt* 4 3 7 8 22
8 WC Andy Vereecke* 5 6 0 0 11
9 WC Nick Preston* 0 2 3 4 9
10 U David Sweet* 0 0 1 6 7
10 CHR Gabe Gunnink* 0 1 4 2 7
HM CR Ethan Sims 3 0 0 0 3
HM CHR Daniel Rietberg 1 0 0 0 1

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The top ten are all city, and it appears that the 11th and 12th will also be named all city. They are honorable mention for sure, but some (myself included) think that if more than seven from one team make all city, then we should add another for each extra person. If that […]

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Here is a look at three teams that will possibly be in the top 10 at states if they survive their regionals:
Benzie Central Finish Position - 3

Team Score (places): 109 Team Score (times): 1:26:03.1 Average Time: 17:12.6

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Our girls had their best City League finish since 2000 by finishing second in both the dual meet standings and city meet. While easily outdistanced by the GR Christian Women’s Team, we also outdistanced everyone else. We need to look forward to next year and put in the work necessary to chase down […]

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With solid 1-4 running and Nick Preston slamming the door on the five spot with a 16:59, the boys team walked off with a back-to-back city championship. With the top three boys on the heels of Bill Stroo as they approached the two mile, first Ryan Scott, then Andrew Bissonette and finally Sam Passenger […]

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Harbor Springs narrowly lost their conference championship yesterday to Charlevoix. It appears that after a strong 1, 2, 3 (in 2nd, 3rd and 6th place) that they may not have the backend push needed to win in a larger meet this year. On the other hand, should we be figuring Charlevoix into our […]

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Here are results from Monday night dual meets.

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This hasn’t been something we see often … both of our programs mentioned in the same article. This article in the Royal Oak Daily Tribune features the boys 1st place finish and the girls 3rd place finish while on the way to explaining how the local athletes did in the meet.

Posted on October 19th, 2005 by site admin
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At long last (of course keep in mind we still don’t have full Allegan results … so I guess long is a relative term) we have the Father Gabriel Richard Invite Results.
On the girls side, we place three in the top twenty. What makes this even more impressive is that we were […]

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The Christian High Mens and Womens teams swept the team championships at yesterdays Christian Schools Invitational at Johnson Park. There are also several other meets featured in the scoreboard.
We submitted what we had to the Press last night, but our meet didn’t make the Press today unfortunately.

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Carson City Crystal got some press in Mount Pleasant for their third place finish at the Greater Lansing. The article also includes a story on Shepard who won their own invitational on Saturday and its aspirations to return and best thier 6th place Division 3 finish from last year.

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