State Tourney - Day 1 Notes and Finals Matchups

DIVISION 1

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DCC senior Dylan Gilcher advanced to his fourth final in search of joining an elite club of 4x MI State Champs.  He'll take on Brighton's Travis Richardson in the finals.  Colby Klinger of Mattawan won a 3 vs 4 matchup over Schelb of Midland in the bloodhound, 14-3.

FINALS: #1 Dylan Gilcher (DCC) vs #2 Travis Richardson (Brighton)
PLACERS:
#3 Colby Klinger (Mattawan)
#5 Gabe Cappellano (Hartland)
#9 Aydin Wagner (L'Anse Creuse)
#10 Josh McMillan (Romeo)
#12 Matthew Joyce (Dexter)
#16 Luke Weaver (South Lyon)

157
Three straight majors for DCC junior Darius Marines puts him in a position to compete for this third title.  Opposite him will be Hartland junior Vinnie Abbey, who scored three decisions en route to the finals.  Forest Hills Northern senior Daniel Elwell knocked off #5 and #6 opponents to make the semis.  

FINALS: #1 Darius Marines (DCC) vs #3 Vinnie Abbey (Hartland)
PLACERS:
#2 Justin Gorman (Grandville)
#4 Zak Knapp (Brighton)
#5 Trave'air Barbour (Warren Cousino)
#8 Max Biundo (Wyandotte Roosevelt)
#10 Jacob Kennedy (Westland John Glenn)
#11 Daniel Elwell (Forest Hills Northern)

165
Two great semifinal matches will culminate in a rematch of last weekend's Team State final, with DCC's Cam Adams taking on Hartland's Nick Rochowiak.  Both won decisions in the semifinals.

FINALS: #1 Nick Rochowiak (Hartland) vs #2 Cameron Adams (DCC)
PLACERS:
#3 TJ Bunn (DCC)
#4 Bradley Mayse (Utica)
#5 Connor Williams (Belleville)
#7 Max Callahan (Davison)
#8 Owen Foster (West Ottawa)
#9 Tyler Presssel (Romeo)

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Davison senior Josh Barr has been dominant on his path to his fourth state title, racking up three straight tech falls en route to the finals.  His opponent will be Hartland's Brayden Bobo, who picked up big pins in the quarters and semis after a first round decision.  Some really good blood round matches in this weight as well, with Meduna, Shellenberger, Arrington, and Ottow all winning decisions.

FINALS: #1 Josh Barr (Davison) vs #5 Brayden Bobo (Hartland)
PLACERS:
#3 Steven Shellenberger (DCC)
#6 Brock Trevino (Clarkston)
#9 Blake Ottow (Byron Center)
#10 Chris Arrington (Forest Hills Northern)
#11 Dylan Meduna (Caledonia)
#13 Michael Stathakis (Wyandotte Roosevelt)

190
A fantastic finals matchup here between Rockford's Ryan Ahern and Romeo's Brayden Mirjavadi.  Ahern won the previous meeting this year in overtime.  Both bonused their way to the finals.  

FINALS: #1 Ryan Ahern (Rockford) vs #2 Brayden Mirjavadi (Romeo)
PLACERS:
#3 Demond Harrison (Belleville)
#4 Benny Leece (South Lyon)
#5 Owen Turnbow (Grand Blanc)
#6 Logan Criteser (Macomb Dakota)
#8 Lee Krueger (DCC)
#9 Jackson Bremer (Holt)

215
Finalists Connor Bercume of DCC and Matthew Bollman of Lapeer both won tight decisions in their semifinals, 3-2 and 3-1, respectively to advance to their first finals.  Bollman won the rubber match with Bazzi in his semi.

FINALS: #1 Connor Bercume (DCC) vs #5 Matthew Bollman (Lapeer)
PLACERS:
#2 Jacob Navarro (Woodhaven)
#3 Adam Bazzi (Stoney Creek)
#4 Anthony Coleman (Macomb Dakota)
#6 Jaxson Hicks (Flushing)
#7 Kaijehl Williams (Battle Creek Central)
#8 Troy Lushka (Anchor Bay)

285
1 vs 2 going down here as both Owen Hawley of Livonia Franklin and Judah Kinne of Lake Orion have been dominant on their paths to the finals.  Macomb Dakota teammates squared off in the blood round, with Sam Battaglia taking a 1-0 decision to reach the podium.

FINALS: #1 Owen Hawley (Livonia Franklin) vs #2 Judah Kinne (Lake Orion)
PLACERS:
#3 Lionel Baldwin (Arthur Hill)
#6 Ricardo Wourman (Livonia Stevenson)
#8 Gjon Nikollaj (Warren De La Salle)
#10 Iban Contreras (Romeo)
#11 Sam Battaglia (Macomb Dakota)
#15 Kyle Scofield (Milford)

106
A district and regional finals rematch will go down here as top-seeded Wyatt Lees of DCC takes on Brice LaFleur of Saline in a battle of freshmen.  LaFleur won on overtime match over Walkowiak in the semis, after Walkowiak won an overtime match over Holt in the quarters.  

FINALS: #1 Wyatt Lees (DCC) vs #3 Brice LaFleur (Saline)
PLACERS:
#2 Bryce Holt (Romeo)
#4 Nathan Walkowiak (Detroit CC)
#6 Carl Nihranz (Macomb Dakota)
#7 Gavin Lewis (Oxford)
#8 Sawyer Hosford (Holt)
#10 Ethan Smith (Brighton)

113
By far the craziest bracket in D1.  Clarkston's Archer Anderson rattled off three straight upset victories to advance to the finals.  Hartland's Bodie Abbey will be his opponent after taking out defending champ McAlary in the semis.  An absolutely brutal blood round match between Holt's Mosher and DCC's Dominguez saw Mosher take a 4-3 decision.

FINALS: #1 Bodie Abbey (Hartland) vs #9 Archer Anderson (Clarkston)
PLACERS:
#2 Orion Wilson (Macomb Dakota)
#3 Joshua Drake (Northville)
#5 Conor McAlary (Hudsonville)
#6 Ryan Mosher (Holt)
#7 Jaxon Sanchez (Grandville)
#8 Preston LeFevre (Clarkston)

120
Defending champ Caleb Weiand of Dakota will take on sophomore Josh Vasquez of Grandville in the finals here.  Weiand won their previous meeting this year, 7-2.  Of the four blood round matches, three went to overtime - Aulbach over Huepenbecker, Cook over Lopez, and Eberhard over Wilson.  Both Lopez and Wilson were state finalists a year ago.

FINALS: #1 Caleb Weiand (Macomb Dakota) vs #2 Josh Vasquez (Grandville)
PLACERS:
#3 Ian Cook (Reeths Puffer)
#5 Brady Vogt (Clarkston)
#6 Koen Eberhard (Oxford)
#7 Dallas Korponic (Hartland)
#9 Jace Morgan (Rochester Adams)
#11 Braylenn Aulbach (Rockford)

126
Davison's Caden Horwath rounds out the three wrestlers in D1 looking for their fourth state title - he picked up a fall and two majors on his way to the championship match.  He'll square off with Grosse Pointe South sophomore Wyatt Hepner in the finals.  Some really good blood round matches here as well, with Astorga winning 4-3 over Fielder and DiPonio winning 8-4 over Johnson.

FINALS: #1 Caden Horwath (Davison) vs #7 Wyatt Hepner (Grosse Pointe South)
PLACERS:
#2 Gino DiPonio (Livonia Franklin)
#3 Easton Hardesty (Brighton)
#5 Nathaniel Carter (Clarkston)
#6 Owen Youngblood (Romeo)
#8 Drew Astorga (Macomb Dakota)
#14 Jake Gawlowski (Macomb Dakota)

132
Two-time state champ Drew Heethuis of DCC faces off with returning finalist Elijah Bunn of Rockford in a 1 vs 2 final.  Both have been dominant on their paths to the finals.  Two regional results were flipped in the blood round as Easton Culver and Connor Palazzolo both avenged losses from two weeks ago.

FINALS: #1 Drew Heethuis (DCC) vs #2 Elijah Bunn (Rockford)
PLACERS:
#4 Mason Feudale (Swartz Creek)
#6 Zephan Catalina (Northville)
#8 Easton Culver (Hartland)
#10 Connor Palazzolo (Macomb Dakota)
#11 Xavier Carpentier (Grandville)
#13 Ayush Kunjadia (Salem)

138
Two techs and a pin put Davison's Justin Gates into his third state final.  His opponent will be DCC junior Mason Stewart, who scored two falls and a major en route to his first individual final.  Franklin's Tyler Garrett won an OT shootout in the blood round, and  TC West's Jon Palmer picked up a narrow 4-3 decision.

FINALS: #1 Justin Gates (Davison) vs #2 Mason Stewart (DCC)
PLACERS:
#3 Auggie Anderson (Clarkston)
#4 Kyle Jelinek (Davison)
#5 Sam Agnello (Utica Eisenhower)
#7 Kaden Malotke (Reeths Puffer)
#8 Tyler Garrett (Livonia Franklin)
#11 Jon Palmer (Traverse City West)

144
Roseville freshman Jay'Den Williams rallied from a 6-3 deficit in the third period to win 9-8 in the quarters, and then advanced by injury default in the semis after 2x finalist Evan Herriman was unable to continue.  Defending state champ Clayton Jones of DCC will be his opponent in the finals.  Jones picked up a tech, a fall, and an 11-7 win the semis.

FINALS: #2 Clayton Jones (DCC) vs #5 Jay'Den Williams (Roseville)
PLACERS:
#1 Evan Herriman (Davison)
#3 Jak Keller (Rockford)
#6 Christian Byrne (Wyandotte Roosevelt)
#8 Ethan Wood (Byron Center)
#11 Jake Ferguson (Macomb Dakota)
#14 Zac Egan (Howell)

DIVISION 2

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Lake Fenton's Jack Conley took down top-ranked Maddox Simcoe of Lowell in the quarters, 5-2, before besting teammate Noah Hall in the semis.  On the top half, Petoskey's Trevor Swiss made his first final with a 3-2 win in the semis.  Simcoe defeated teammate Miller in the blood round, 6-1

FINALS: #2 Trevor Swiss (Petoskey) vs #6 Jack Conley (Lake Fenton)
PLACERS:
#1 Maddox Simcoe (Lowell)
#3 Harris Meekhof (Allendale)
#5 Noah Hall (Lake Fenton)
#8 Ed Light (Gibraltar Carlson)
#11 Ben Blyveis (Gaylord)
#14 Elijah Ratliff (Chelsea)

157
It's 1 vs 2 between top-ranked Cory Thomas of Pontiac and Zachary Jacobs of Jackson Northwest.  Jacobs survived a tight 3-2 semifinals match with Dobson.  In the blood round, Kyan Larson of Sparta got back on the podium with an OT win.

FINALS: #1 Cory Thomas (Pontiac) vs #2 Zachary Jacobs (Jackson Northwest)
PLACERS:
#3 Nayte Dobson (Greenville)
#4 Kyan Larson (Sparta)
#6 Timmy Simons (Gibraltar Carlson)
#7 Jackson Sage (Southgate Anderson)
#11 Jonathan Golec (Goodrich)
#12 Jadyn Grimes (Mason)

165
An all-Flint Metro League finals matchup here, and the fourth meeting of the year between finalists Philip Lamka of Fenton and Max Macklem of Goodrich.  Lamka leads the series 2-1 on the year.  Macklem won in OT over Martinez of Harper Creek in the semis.  Martinez won an OT match over Robinson of Plainwell in the quarters.

FINALS: #1 Philip Lamka (Fenton) vs #3 Max Macklem (Goodrich)
PLACERS:
#2 Trammel Robinson (Plainwell)
#4 Nathan Andrina (Edwardsburg)
#5 Nick Martinez (Harper Creek)
#6 Jack Mills (Carleton Airport)
#8 Gabe Gair (Sparta)
#10 Garett Forgash (BC John Glenn)

175
Lowell's Carson Crace avenged a loss from a week ago, winning 3-2 over Goodrich's Benson in the semis.  Brayden Gautreau of Gaylord won 10-5 in his semi over Badgley of Mason, in a rematch of last year's final.  

FINALS: #1 Brayden Gautreau (Gaylord) vs #3 Carson Crace (Lowell)
PLACERS:
#2 Brady Benson (Goodrich)
#4 Logan Demarest (BC John Glenn)
#5 Derek Badgley (Mason)
#6 Brady Raymond (Pinckney)
#7 Charles White (Orchard Lake St. Mary)
#9 Austin Chivis (Middleville)

190
Third meeting between finalists Easton Phipps of Goodrich and Jacob Marrs of Clio; Phipps won one of the two in overtime.  While Phipps had a relatively smooth past to the finals, Marrs won 3-1 in overtime over #3 Bensinger in his semi.  

FINALS: #1 Easton Phipps (Goodrich) vs #2 Jacob Marrs (Clio)
PLACERS:
#3 Ty Bensinger (Gaylord)
#4 Jase Grundy (Linden)
#5 Michael Romero (Fremont)
#6 Seth Minney (Monroe Jefferson)
#7 Carter Falan (Cedar Springs)
#9 Kameron Postmus (Allendale)

215
Defending state champ Adam Haselius scored three first-period falls on his way back to the finals.  He'll take on junior Joey Scaramuzzino of Cros-Lex tomorrow evening, who picked up two decisions and a major.  DiFalco of Brandon pulled a pair of upsets and advanced to the semis.  Hastings sophomore Isaac Friddle was a bracket buster for the second straight year, making his way back on the podium with a pair of wins on the backside.

FINALS: #1 Adam Haselius (Jackson NW) vs #2 Joey Scaramuzzino (Cros-Lex)
PLACERS:
#6 Shane Dams (Hamilton)
#7 Case Johnson (Greenville)
#8 Wyatt Marentette (New Boston Huron)
#11 Isaac Friddle (Hastings)
#14 Andrew Harris (Edwardsburg)
#15 Jake DiFalco (Ortonville Brandon)

285
Two unbeatens at 285 will go at it with James Mahon of Goodrich winning 10-7 in TB on the top half, and Aaron Holstege of Allendale winning 2-1 over previously-unbeaten Przyutla of Carlson.  

FINALS: #1 James Mahon (Goodrich) vs #2 Aaron Holstege (Allendale)
PLACERS:
#3 Ben Przytula (Gibraltar Carlson)
#4 Trent Jackson (Madison Hts. Lamphere)
#5 Seth Fulton (Center Line)
#6 Dustin Warner (Sparta)
#8 Adin Young (Plainwell)
#10 Kyle Bonner (Jackson)

106
Lakeshore sophomore Brady Baker will take on St. Clair freshman Cristian Haslem in a matchup of first-time finalists.  Haslem scored a solid 8-6 win over Smith of Lowell in his semi.  In the blood round, OT wins were picked up by Brother Rice's Richie Davis and Middleville's Christien Miller.

FINALS: #1 Brady Baker (Lakeshore) vs #3 Cristian Haslem (St. Clair)
PLACERS:
#2 Jarrett Smith (Lowell)
#4 Izaak Kukulski (BC John Glenn)
#5 Jaron Bensinger (Gaylord)
#9 Jayson Clark (Allen Park)
#10 Richie Davis (Brother Rice)
#13 Christien Miller (Middleville)

113
All four wrestlers from the west regional advanced to the semis here and the finals will pit Lowell's Carter Cichocki against Hamilton's Malachi Kapenga.  Previously unbeaten Ramon of Allen Park fell to Kapenga in the quarters and then was bounced by St. Johns junior Sean Pettigrew in the blood round.  

FINALS: #2 Carter Cichocki (Lowell) vs #4 Malachi Kapenga (Hamilton)
PLACERS:
#3 Jack Guerrero (Allenadle)
#5 Clay Cook (Lake Fenton)
#6 Ruben Rivera (BC John Glenn)
#9 Payton Paguada (Allendale)
#11 Sean Pettigrew (St. Johns)
#14 Trevor Morehouse (Jackson)

120
Returning champ Jackson Blum of Lowell picked up two falls and a tech and will take on Tayden Miller of Mason, who makes his second finals appearance after scoring three falls.  A pair of freshmen, Luke Egan of Cedar Springs and Logan Dawson of Lowell, earned OT wins in their blood round matches to reach the podium.

FINALS: #1 Jackson Blum (Lowell) vs #2 Tayden Miller (Mason)
PLACERS:
#3 Logan Dawson (Lowell)
#4 Dominic Gumtow (Warren Woods Tower)
#5 Jacob Campbell (Allen Park)
#6 Jason Downs (New Boston Huron)
#7 Adam Polk (Pontiac)
#9 Luke Egan (Cedar Springs)

126
OLSM senior Marcello Milani has been dominant in his first trip to the state tournament, bonusing his way to the finals.  His opponent will be returning finalist Bryce Shingleton of Linden, a 5-4 winner in his semifinal.  DeWitt put two on the podium in Bashore and Lapaugh.

FINALS: #1 Marcello Milani (Orchard Lake St. Mary) vs #2 Bryce Shingleton (Linden)
PLACERS:
#3 Rico Saenz (Brother Rice)
#4 Trenden Bashore (DeWitt)
#5 Alex Buskirk (Greenville)
#6 Gavin Drenten (Zeeland East)
#8 Kaden Lapaugh (DeWitt)
#11 Jeffrey Miller (Jackson NW)

132
Great finals matchup between seniors Aaron Lucio of Lakeshore and Grant Stahl of Mt. Pleasant.  Lucio is a defending champ and advanced with two majors and a 7-1 semifinal win.  Stahl is a past runner-up, unbeaten on the year, and won 3-1 in OT in his semi.

FINALS: #1 Aaron Lucio (Lakeshore) vs #2 Grant Stahl (Mt. Pleasant)
PLACERS:
#3 Brody Orcutt (Goodrich)
#4 Jeremiah Brown (Flint Kearsley)
#5 Landon Thomas (St. Joseph)
#10 Tyler Parmeter (Cedar Springs)
#12 Deacon MacNeill (Brother Rice)
#13 Luca Milani (Orchard Lake St. Mary)

138
Some interesting results throughout this weight.  Jackson Northwest's Gage Race won a tight 4-3 opening round match over regional champ Riedel before pinning returning finalist Tee Ward in the quarters.  On the bottom half, Gull Lake's Miller was upset in the opening round and set up a Ward-Miller blood round match which was #2 vs #5.  The top two seeds, Schwartz and Segorski, will square off in the finals.

FINALS: #1 Owen Segorski (Lowell) vs #4 Jayden Schwartz (Charlotte)
PLACERS:
#2 Tee Ward (Fremont)
#3 John Allen (Monroe Jefferson)
#6 Cole Riedel (St. Johns)
#7 Gage Race (Jackson Northwest)
#10 Liam Dailey (Greenville)
#16 Adoniah Delgado (Linden)

144
Gaylord senior Louden Stradling advanced to his fourth state finals in search of his second title.  He'll take on Lowell senior CJ Poole, who will be wrestling in his first state final.  On the backside, Adrian's Braxton Tindall knocked out previously #3 Pena in the blood round.

FINALS: #1 Louden Stradling (Gaylord) vs #2 CJ Poole (Lowell)
PLACERS:
#4 Dylan Granger (Mason)
#5 Lane Button (Wayland)
#6 Zack Gibson (Middleville)
#8 Braxton Tindall (Adrian)
#9 Ty Johnson (Lake Fenton)
#13 Sean Kinane (Orchard Lake St. Mary)

DIVISION 3

150
Dundee sophomore Kole Katschor rebounded from a fourth-place finish at regionals to grind out three straight decisions and get to the finals.  He'll wrestle Cole Karasinski of West Catholic in a rematch of a crazy bout from GFC this past fall.  

FINALS: #1 Cole Karasinski (West Catholic) vs #5 Kole Katschor (Dundee)
PLACERS:
#2 Anthony D'Ambrosio (Imlay City)
#3 Jeremy Griffith (Yale)
#4 Fred Hammond (Lakeville)
#6 Darnell Mack (Whitehall)
#7 Decklan Davis (Corunna)
#9 Ethan Younts (Clinton)

157
A collision course between two-time champ Aiden Davis of Dundee and undefeated Tyler Schofield of Olivet culminates in a great finals matchup.  Lee Braun of GRCC and Xavier Anderson of Corunna both won their blood round matches to reach the podium for the third time.

FINALS: #1 Aiden Davis (Dundee) vs #2 Tyler Schofield (Olivet)
PLACERS:
#3 Xavier Anderson (Corunna)
#4 Lee Braun (GRCC)
#5 Xander Kartes (Ogemaw Heights)
#6 Mason Roth (Napoleon)
#7 Jeremiah Detweiler (Three Rivers)
#8 Gavin Schoff (Niles Brandywine)

165
Connor Owens of Flint Powers will look for his second state title as he takes on Kyan Fessenden of Kingsley.  Both scored two bonus point victories and had a decision of two points or less.  Dundee's Fenbert gave Durand's Alward his first loss of the year in the quarters, 6-3, before falling to Fessenden in the semis.

FINALS: #1 Kyan Fessenden (Kingsley) vs #2 Connor Owens (Flint Powers)
PLACERS:
#3 Darrin Alward (Durand)
#4 Jacob Fenbert (Dundee)
#5 Kahleel Brown (Birch Run)
#8 Bryce Randolph (Clinton)
#9 Landen Parker (Eaton Rapids)
#10 Ryan Goodrich (Whitehall)

175
A lot of shakeups in this weight as top-ranked Kasner was defeated in the quarters by Laretz of Napoleon.  Belding sophomore Gavin Craner advanced to the finals with a 6-4 win over Laretz.  On the bottom half, Noah Etnyre of Lutheran Westland pinned his way to the finals, including a fall over #2 O'Boyle.  

FINALS: #3 Noah Etnyre (Lutheran Westland) vs #4 Gavin Craner (Belding)
PLACERS:
#1 Josh Kasner (Algonac)
#2 Cole O'Boyle (Alma)
#5 Wyatt Jenkins (Whitehall)
#6 Joe Mahaney (Williamston)
#7 Bart Laretz (Napoleon)
#8 Zac Dykes (Armada)

190
The top two seeds, Troy Demas of Constantine and Bryson Hughes of Reed City, both scored decisions in their semis after pairs of falls in the opening rounds to advance to the finals.  Davin George of Quincy picked up an OT win in his blood round match.

FINALS: #1 Troy Demas (Constantine) vs #2 Bryson Hughes (Reed City)
PLACERS:
#3 Cole Potier (Gladstone)
#4 Jack Ward (Belding)
#5 Sam Goethals (Kingsley)
#7 Reid Hiltunen (Algonac)
#8 Davin George (Quincy)
#11 Branson Goodman (Portland)

215
Kingsford notched a finalist with junior Elzin Rouse putting together a tremendous tournament which saw him give top-ranked Simon of Lakewood his first loss of the year in the semis.  He'll take on Bennett VandenBerg of Constantine in the finals, a winner of three decisions on the bottom side.  All four blood round matches were decided by three points or less.

FINALS: #2 Bennett VandenBerg (Constantine) vs #11 Elzin Rouse (Kingsford)
PLACERS:
#1 Joel Simon (Lakewood)
#4 Blake Lalonde (Lakeville)
#5 Latham Perry (Imlay City)
#6 Jackson Cook (Whitehall)
#7 John Petersen (Hillsdale)
#8 Luke Chambers (Williamston)

285
Whitehall's Shane Cook remains unbeaten on the year as he rolled to the finals with two falls and a tech.  He'll face Birch Run senior Landen Roe, who won 4-3 and 3-1 in his two bouts.  A couple of narrow winners in the blood rounds - Lingeman of Central Montcalm, 6-4 in SV, and Spalo of Reed City, 2-1.

FINALS: #1 Shane Cook (Whitehall) vs #5 Landen Roe (Birch Run)
PLACERS:
#2 Jacob Reynolds (Three Rivers)
#3 Waylon Lingeman (Central Montcalm)
#4 Matthew Misch (Richmond)
#6 Devihn Wichlacz (Cheboygan)
#8 Wyatt Spalo (Reed City)
#9 Logan Malonen (Grayling)

106
Dundee freshmen Haydn Nutt and Mason Haines will battle for the fifth time this season.  Nutt narrowly won all four prior meetings - 3-1, 4-2, 3-2, and 2-1 in TB.  Neither has allowed an offensive point this tournament.  Returning finalist Sopha won 2-0 in OT over returning all-stater Everett in a solid quarterfinal.

FINALS: #1 Haydn Nutt (Dundee) vs #2 Mason Haines (Dundee)
PLACERS:
#3 Landon Sopha (Yale)
#4 Quinton Everett (Chesaning)
#5 Ronaldo Vergara (South Haven)
#7 Josmar Perez (Niles Brandywine)
#8 Malaki Mosher (Adrian Madison)
#9 Nick Cano (Shelby)

113
Returning state champ Talan Parsons has been dominant on his path to the finals with three state falls.  GRCC freshman Dale Gant won the rubber match with Broderick of Dundee, 4-3, and then picked up  a third period fall over Hansen of Gladstone in the semis.  Parsons has two wins over Gant this season, both by decision.

FINALS: #1 Talan Parsons (Ovid Elsie) vs #3 Dale Gant (GRCC)
PLACERS:
#2 Drew Hansen (Gladstone)
#4 Braden Broderick (Dundee)
#5 Braylon Long (Clinton)
#6 Noah Bacon (Mt. Morris)
#7 Chris Campbell (Algonac)
#11 Hunter Sanford (Mason County Central)

120
Kade Kluce of Dundee has rolled to the finals as he looks for his third state title, with two falls and a tech.  He'll have Richmond senior Noah Harris, who also has bonused his opponents on his way to the finals.  Kluce won the first meeting, 8-2.  Algonac sophomore Lucky Gartin upset returning finalist Busz of Clinton in the quarters, 3-1.

FINALS: #1 Kade Kluce (Dundee) vs #3 Noah Harris (Richmond)
PLACERS:
#2 Connor Busz (Clinton)
#4 Lucky Gartin (Algonac)
#5 Talan Flowers (Three Rivers)
#10 Ashton Clark (Lakewood)
#11 Carson Gorton (Kent City)
#14 Christopher Galiana (Imlay City)

126
Both finalists here make their second trip to Saturday evening as retuning state champ Cam Chinavare of Dundee takes on Gavyn Merchant of Kingsley, a finalist two years ago.  Merchant picked up a nice win over Younts in his semis, 11-4.  Chinavare and Merchant met once this year, with the Dundee Viking winning 5-0

FINALS: #1 Cam Chinavare (Dundee) vs #2 Gavyn Merchant (Kingsley)
PLACERS:
#3 Connor Younts (Clinton)
#4 Bryson Hernandez (Clare)
#5 Jon Huggler (Lakeville)
#7 Ethan Webert (Portland)
#9 Zane McCabe (Mason County Central)
#14 Zane Kik (Kent City)

132
The fourth wrestler looking for his fourth title is Dundee senior Braeden Davis who put together a dominant first three matches, notching a pair of techs and a fall.  Michael Wilson of GRCC is his opponent, who nabbed a pair of majors and a fall.  Davis won 7-2 at Hudson Super 16 the first time the two met.  

FINALS: #1 Braeden Davis (Dundee) vs #2 Mikey Wilson (GRCC)
PLACERS:
#3 Buddy Leonard (Alma)
#4 Don Beaufait (Dundee)
#5 Dominic D'Ambrosio (Imlay City)
#6 Jacob Reif (Quincy)
#7 Tyler Geer (Chippewa Hills)
#10 Drew Miller (Portland)

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Dundee senior Kaden Chinavare wasted little time as he picked up three first period falls en route to his second finals appearance.  He takes on Alma senior Gianni Tripp, winner of three decisions on the bottom side of the bracket.  Some super competitive blood round matches in this weight - Redmon over Krussell, Clemons over Baynes, Goodson over Fournier, and Ames over Noyes.

FINALS: #1 Kaden Chinavare (Dundee) vs #2 Gianni Tripp (Alma)
PLACERS:
#3 Luke Sherman (Millington)
#5 Ian Boden (Tri County)
#6 Rocco Redmon (Dundee)
#7 David Clemons (Algonac)
#8 Alex Goodson (Sanford Meridian)
#9 Maurice Ames (Clinton)

144
The ninth and final Dundee finalist will be freshman Blake Cosby, an 8-3 winner over Solis of Gladstone in his semi.  Camden Johnecheck of Williamston meets him in the finals after winning 3-2 over Cosby's teammate, Parker, in the semis.

FINALS: #1 Blake Cosby (Dundee) vs #2 Camden Johnecheck (Williamston)
PLACERS:
#3 Isaiah Pelc (Portland)
#4 Cody Ueberroth (Swan Valley)
#5 Trey Parker (Dundee)
#6 Austin Solis (Gladstone)
#8 Daniel Krebs (Lakewood)
#11 Brody Jones (Constantine)

DIVISION 4

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D4 kicks off with a great matchup between two-time state champ Manus Bennett of Marlette and all-stater Evan Haferkorn of Iron Mountain.  Hesperia's Gleason won a 4-3 quarterfinal match over Russell and Hudson's Pickford pinned his way to the semis; both wrestlers earned all-state honors for the first time.

FINALS: #1 Manus Bennett (Marlette) vs #2 Evan Haferkorn (Iron Mountain)
PLACERS:
#3 Colton Russell (Union City)
#5 Aden Barrett (Hudson)
#6 Alex Gleason (Hesperia)
#9 Jacob Pickford (Hudson)
#10 Josh Frailey (Hanover Horton)
#12 Mason Mansfield (Gobles)

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The top two seeds, Sebastian Martinez of Gabriel Richard and Dillon Raab of Bark River Harris both have pinned their ways back to the finals.  Martinez won a state title last season as a freshman.  

FINALS: #1 Sebastian Martinez (Gabriel Richard) vs #2 Dillon Raab (Bark River Harris)
PLACERS:
#3 Ryan Ling (Schoolcraft)
#4 Davie Hill (Muskegon CC)
#5 Samuel Vyner (Whittemore Prescott)
#8 Gunner Carson (Manchester)
#11 Carson Norton (Bronson)
#15 Landyn Thornburg (Montrose)

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Both semis here featured all-staters squaring off.  Iron Mountain junior Fulton Stroud bested Hudson's Campbell in OT, 4-2, while Robert Cann of Whitmore Lake won 13-4 over Cosby of Lawton.

FINALS: #1 Fulton Stroud (Iron Mountain) vs #2 Robert Cann (Whitmore Lake)
PLACERS:
#3 Calix Campbell (Hudson)
#4 Carter Cosby (Lawton)
#5 Easton Cook (Muskegon CC)
#7 Logan Ryan (Hudson)
#9 Isaac Noora (Schoolcraft)
#13 Caleb Lane (White Pigeon)

175
Evart senior Cole Hopkins rolled to three straight falls on his way to defend his state title from a year ago.  Martin's JR Hildebrand also was dominant, picking up two falls and an 8-1 decision.  Two wrestlers who eventually went on to place - Britten of Bronson and Pfeiffer of Benzie Central - both rebounded from first round losses to eventual placers to reach the podium.

FINALS: #1 Cole Hopkins (Evart) vs #2 JR Hildebrand (Martin)
PLACERS:
#3 Jacob Britten (Bronson)
#4 Brady Jess (Charlevoix)
#7 Colton Symons (New Lothrop)
#8 Joey Calhoun (Gabriel Richard)
#9 Ben Gautz (Manchester)
#15 Michael Pfeiffer (Benzie Central)

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Both finalists here had to survive overtime tests in their semis.  Returning champ Drew Allgeyer of Bark River Harris won 6-4 in OT over Gott of Schoolcraft; Saginaw MLS' Evan Wakefield outlasted Hudson's Sallows 10-8 in OT on the other side.  

FINALS: #1 Drew Allgeyer (Bark River Harris) vs #3 Evan Wakefield (Saginaw MLS)
PLACERS:
#2 Logan Sallows (Hudson)
#4 Tagg Gott (Schoolcraft)
#5 Landon Swanson (Charlevoix)
#7 Justice Onstott (St. Louis)
#8 Jacob Dixon (Bronson)
#10 Eli DeYoung (Gobles)

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Top two seeds advanced with relative ease in this bracket as Union City's Grady Iobe will take on Montrose senior Daxton Looney in the title match.  Matthew Blankenship of Bronson won in UTB over Charlevoix's Streeter in a tight quarterfinal match.

FINALS: #1 Grady Iobe (Union City) vs #2 Daxton Looney (Montrose)
PLACERS:
#3 Matthew Blankenship (Bronson)
#4 Kory Lambson (Sandusky)
#5 Trevor Streeter (Charlevoix)
#6 Andrew Baldwin (Pine River)
#10 Garrett Halder (Union City)
#11 Henry Beelen (Bangor)

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Should be a good finals matchup here between Reading's Eathan Westfall and Grayson Orr of New Lothrop.  Westfall won 6-5 the first time around.  Mendon's Iobe picked up a huge first round fall and advanced to the semis.  Ross of Decatur won in OT over TCSF's Morgan in the bloods.

FINALS: #1 Eathan Westfall (Reading) vs #2 Grayson Orr (New Lothrop)
PLACERS:
#3 Jerrold Atwell (Montrose)
#4 Zach Hayes (Bangor)
#5 Braydon Ross (Decatur)
#6 Noah Iobe (Mendon)
#7 Alex Burhans (Evart)
#12 Tanner Craft (Leslie)

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Hudson freshman Nick Sorrow pinned his way to the finals and will square off with defending champ Logan Gilbert of Martin/Climax-Scotts in the finals.  Sorrow won both meetings this year.  St. Louis freshman Fogel won a solid 3-2 win in the blood round of Wendling of New Lothrop.

FINALS: #1 Nick Sorrow (Hudson) vs #2 Logan Gilbert (Martin/Climax-Scotts)
PLACERS:
#3 Colin Kuhn (St. Louis)
#4 Mazzy Lambert (White Pigeon)
#5 Onyx Ostrom (Manchester)
#7 Owen Fogel (St. Louis)
#8 Stephen Priese (Hesperia)
#9 Tyler McKenney (Capac)

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A pair of talented freshmen will go at it for the title here.  Sammy Stewart of Manchester used a late flurry to pick up a fall while trailing in his semi match, while Alex Rodriguez of St. Louis scored a fall over returning finalist Mears in his semi.  Lakeview brothers Cameron and Joe Perez had to square off in the blood round, with Cameron winning 5-1.

FINALS: #1 Alex Rodriguez (St. Louis) vs #4 Sammy Stewart (Manchester)
PLACERS:
#2 Cameron Perez (Lakeview)
#3 Austin Garcia (Lawton)
#5 Colt Perry (Hudson)
#6 Alex Sayer (Hesperia)
#7 Tyler Sheeran (TC St. Francis)
#8 Logan Mears (Union City)

120
New Lothrop senior Daven Lockwood grinded out one-point wins over the #2 and #3 wrestlers on his way to his first state final.  He'll wrestle fellow senior and first-time finalist Sam Edie of Grass Lake, the top seed in the weight.  

FINALS: #1 Sam Edie (Grass Lake) vs #4 Daven Lockwood (New Lothrop)
PLACERS:
#2 AJ Fielder (Hanover Horton)
#3 Julien Kimling (Hudson)
#5 Blake Sayer (Hesperia)
#6 Jayce Ritchie (Martin)
#10 Trennen Smith (Mio)
#14 Hudson Decker (Onaway)

126
Iron Mountain senior Shawn McGuire has had a couple tough tests on his path to a title defense, winning 14-10 in the quarters and 8-7 in the semis.  Perry Lake of Bronson grabbed three decisions, including one over returning finalist Winch, to make the finals.  Three freshmen won blood round matches - Jericho Holmes, Luke Harrington, and Noah Szwed.

FINALS: #1 Shawn McGuire (Iron Mountain) vs #3 Perry Lake (Bronson)
PLACERS:
#2 Tyler Winch (Iron Mountain)
#4 Tyler Harrington (Gabriel Richard)
#5 David Fielder (Hanover Horton)
#6 Troy Trombley (Memphis)
#9 Noah Szwed (Montrose)
#10 Jericho Holmes (Pine River)

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Regional finals rematch between Martin/Climax-Scotts freshman Haylen Buell, a 4-3 winner in his semis, and defending state champ Landyn Crance of Union City, a 6-4 winner in the other semi.  Both defeated Hudson wrestlers ranked #1 and #2.  Buell won the first match at regionals.  Nickerson of Vassar and Birchmeier of New Lothrop each picked up OT wins over top-6 ranked opponents in the blood round.

FINALS: #3 Haylen Buell (Martin/Climax-Scotts) vs #4 Landyn Crance (Union City)
PLACERS:
#1 Cole Marry (Hudson)
#2 Beckett McCaskey (Hudson)
#7 Chase Nickerson (Vassar)
#8 Dalton Birchmeier (New Lothrop)
#9 Landen Pangborn (Benzie Central)
#11 Gauge Stampfler (Delton Kellogg)

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Manchester's Blake Sloan won a battle of freshmen in his 6-1 semifinal win over Bronson's Knisely.  Josiah Schaub of TCSF picked up three decisions to make his first state final.  

FINALS: #1 Blake Sloan (Manchester) vs #2 Josiah Schaub (TC St. Francis)
PLACERS:
#3 Dustin Mallory (Lawton)
#4 Austin Marry (Hudson)
#6 Caleb Sharp (New Lothrop)
#9 Layne Knisely (Bronson)
#10 Jacob Gillison (Benzie Central)
#11 Braden Bila (St. Charles)

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1 vs 2 will close out the D4 finals with a pair of wrestlers who were in the D3 state tourney a year ago.  Coy Perry of Hudson won three controlling matches on his way to the finals; Montrose's Hunter Coxon also had little issue getting through on his side.  Ballinger of Jonesville scored a big 11-8 win over Holmes of Pine River to make the semis.

FINALS: #1 Coy Perry (Hudson) vs #2 Hunter Coxon (Montrose)
PLACERS:
#3 Ryder Holmes (Pine River)
#4 Parker Noonan (New Lothrop)
#5 Joseph Dawe (Ithaca)
#6 Reid Garcia (Lumen Christi)
#8 Alex Miller (Homer)
#9 Derek Ballinger (Jonesville)

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Top-seeded Caylynn Chandler of Birch Run pinned her way to the finals where she'll have a rematch of the regional finals with Serenity Hayes of Whittemore Prescott.  Hayes knocked off #2 and #4 on her way to the finals.  

FINALS: #1 Caylynn Chandler (Birch Run) vs #5 Serenity Hayes (Whittemore Prescott)
PLACERS:
#2 Emily Medford (Waterford Kettering)
#3 Jacey Barnabei (Gabriel Richard)
#4 Terra Booe (Allendale)
#7 Raven Aldridge (Clinton)
#8 Nanda Kibi (Plymouth)
#9 Maya Milletics (St. Joseph)

140
Last year's state champ Danni Swihart of Hanover Horton will take on Ryen Allen of Goodrich, a state champ two years ago, in the finals here.  Both had dominant runs on their way to the finals.  Swihart scored a fall over Pendell of Montague, another state champ in this deep weight.

FINALS: #1 Danni Swihart (Hanover Horton) vs #2 Ryen Allen (Goodrich)
PLACERS:
#3 Mackenna Webster (Bronson)
#4 Jessica Martinez (West Catholic)
#5 Emma Pendell (Montague)
#6 Brynna Alwell (Allen Park)
#7 Sienna Tovar (Jackson)
#8 MacKenzie Maka (Allendale)

145
Solid finals matchup here as well, between girls who've been in the national rankings and are both seeking their first state title.  Lydia Roope of St. Charles makes her second finals appearance and will take on Rihanna Venegas of Gabriel Richard, who pinned her way to the finals.  Returning runner-up Eisemann of Saline pushed Roope to a 2-0 decision in the quarters before gritting out a 1-0 decision in the bloods.

FINALS: #1 Lydia Roope (St. Charles) vs #2 Rihanna Venegas (Gabriel Richard)
PLACERS:
#3 Maddison Ward (Niles Brandywine)
#4 Abrielle VanderZwaag (West Ottawa)
#6 Morgan Ludwig (Midland)
#7 Alexandria Hampton (West Bloomfield)
#8 Teairah Eisemann (Saline)
#9 Aleah Swilley (Mt. Morris)

155
Freshman Maddie Hayden of Caledonia will square off with senior Brynn Green of Howell in a matchup of top-15 nationally-ranked wrestlers.  Green is in her second finals match - the first since her freshman season.  Hayden won the first two meetings 3-0 and 2-0.

FINALS: #1 Maddie Hayden (Caledonia) vs #2 Brynn Green (Howell)
PLACERS:
#3 Hailee Budrick (Rockford)
#4 Lillian Pylman (Pine River)
#5 Shawna Sundholm (Gwinn)
#6 Brooklyn Sage (Southgate Anderson)
#7 Aliyah Schalk (Standish Sterling)
#8 Samantha Bennett (St. Joseph)

170
Clio senior Khloe Williams will look to bookend her career with state titles and is off to a great start, with three falls all inside the first minute.  She'll face Heaven Cole of Loy Norris, who also pinned her way to the finals.  Blissfield's House won a tight 9-6 match over Wisenbaugh of Grand Haven in her quarterfinal.  Palumbo and Simonds both picked up upset wins to make the podium.

FINALS: #1 Khloe Williams (Clio) vs #2 Heaven Cole (Loy Norrix)
PLACERS:
#3 Makayla Gowell (Manton)
#4 Le'Anna Zavala (West Ottawa)
#5 Isabelle Wisenbaugh (Grand Haven)
#6 Taylor House (Blissfield)
#11 Claudia Palumbo (Hastings)
#13 Shayleigh Simonds (Galesburg Augusta)

190
Two-time state champ and #1 nationally-ranked Sabrina Nauss of Brighton scored two tech falls and a pin en route to her third finals match.  She'll take on Gabriella Allen of Marcellus who is also in her third state final.  Sunior and Bovee both scored upsets in the blood round to earn all-state honors.

FINALS: #1 Sabrina Nauss (Brighton) vs #2 Gabriella Allen (Marcellus)
PLACERS:
#3 Haylee Arlitt (Ubly)
#6 Maddisyn Miller (Ovid Elsie)
#7 Halle Spears (Midland)
#8 Bella Huston (Columbia Central)
#9 Sophia Sunior (Hastings)
#13 Makenna Bovee (Oxford)

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Belding's Mady Frisbie will have a regional rematch with Grand Blanc's Lilliana Garcia in the finals here.  Frisbie won 3-2 in ultimate tiebreakers the first time.  Garcia avenged a loss to Anaya of West Ottawa in the semifinal, 3-2.  Easey marked yet another Hastings girl to earn an upset win in the match to place.

FINALS: #1 Mady Frisbie (Belding) vs #4 Lilliana Garcia (Grand Blanc)
PLACERS:
#2 Braelynn Flemming (Spring Lake)
#3 Isabel Anaya (West Ottawa)
#5 Tailyah Thrush (Farwell)
#6 Ann Marie Green (Clare)
#9 Haylee Ryan (Jackson NW)
#10 Cassidee Easey (Hastings)

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The big storyline here was 3x state champ Emme Hicks getting upset in the quarterfinals by Mt. Pleasant senior, and 4x all-stater, Makenzie Burger, 11-6.  Burger went on to avenge a loss from regionals to Mullins.  She'll face Plainwell freshman Madison Nieuwenhuis, who picked up two falls and a 5-2 decision in the semis.  

FINALS: #2 Madison Nieuwenhuis (Plainwell) vs #8 Makenzie Burger (Mt. Pleasant)
PLACERS:
#1 Emme Hicks (Saline)
#3 Tricia Pyrzewski (Gladwin)
#4 Kennedy Perez (Livonia Stevenson)
#5 Maria Stanton (Brown City)
#6 Olesya Mullins (St. Louis)
#13 Veronica Tapia (Lowell)

105
Nakayla Dawson of Westland John Glenn rattled off three falls on her path to the finals where she'll have Natalie Gibson of Chippewa Hills, who also pinned her way through.  Rincones of Grandville won a wild quarters match over Helzer of Capac, 13-10, before Helzer won an OT match in the blood round.  

FINALS: #1 Nakayla Dawson (Westland John Glenn) vs #4 Natalie Gibson (Chippewa Hills)
PLACERS:
#2 Shayna Hruska (Iron Mountain)
#3 Beyonkah Rincones (Grandville)
#5 MaryAlice Lynch (Monroe SMCC)
#6 Cheyenne Frank (Oxford)
#7 Danielle Christian (Standish Sterling)
#10 Cierra Helzer (Capac)

110
A rematch of last year's state final goes down here between sophomores Sky Langewicz of Algonac and Sunni LaFond of Gaylord.  Both are 30+ match winners spending the majority of the year starting for their respective teams, which both made the Team Semifinals.  

FINALS: #1 Sky Langewicz (Algonac) vs #2 Sunni LaFond (Gaylord)
PLACERS:
#3 Savannah Winkleblack (Montague)
#4 Nyvaeh Wendt (Mason County Central)
#5 Avery Lynch (Plainwell)
#6 Gabrielle Murphy (Whittemore Prescott)
#7 Alexandrea Stiltner (Harper Creek)
#8 Molly Labate (Clarkston)

115
Super deep weight class here that resulted in the top-two ranked girls advancing to the finals.  Westland John Glenn senior Morgan Irwin picked up two falls, including one over defending champ Thompson of Eaton Rapids, and a decision.  Faith Burgess of Grand Blanc had a fall and a 6-4 decision over Curtiss of Shepherd in her semi.  Kurtz of Comstock Park won in OT over Barry of Grand Haven in the match to place.  

FINALS: #1 Morgan Irwin (Westland John Glenn) vs #2 Faith Burgess (Grand Blanc)
PLACERS:
#3 Sydney Thomspon (Eaton Rapids)
#4 Shai Curtiss (Shepherd)
#5 Zionah Gardner (Homer)
#6 Abigail Kurtz (Comstock Park)
#7 Isabella Crompton (Frankfort)
#10 Anna Beers (Traverse City West)

120
Top-seeded Cecilia Williams of Mason went un-scored upon on her way to the finals where she'll have Isabella Cepak of South Lyon East, who pinned all three of her opponents in under a minute.  In the Battle of the Gibsons, Chip Hills' Lindsey Gibson held off Middleville's Emma Gibson, 2-0, in the blood round to place.  

FINALS: #1 Cecilia Williams (Mason) vs #2 Isabella Cepak (South Lyon East)
PLACERS:
#3 Kennady Tiitola (Swan Valley)
#4 Lindsey Gibson (Chippewa Hills)
#5 Emily Guthrie (Grass Lake)
#6 Taylor Woolett (Watervliet)
#7 Symiah Stone (Eaton Rapids)
#11 Filicia Saunders (Mt. Pleasant)

125
Maggie Buurma of Fowlerville rolled to the finals with three falls and will take on fellow sophomore Jaime Cook of DeWitt, who picked up a big 7-6 win over returning runner-up Barkby in the semis.  Buurma has pinned Cook in each of their five meetings this year.

FINALS: #1 Maggie Buurma (Fowlerville) vs #4 Jaime Cook (DeWitt)
PLACERS:
#2 Lola Barkby (Sturgis)
#3 Arden Eschtruth (Midland)
#6 Elyse Morales (Mattawan)
#7 Ashley Schenck (Forest Hills Central)
#10 Cambrie Lawrence (Benzie Central)
#12 Makayla Perdue-Daniels (Warren Mott)

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A pair of defending state champs will close out the Girls division as Angelina Pena of Milan faces off with Tyler Swanigan of South Lyon East.  Pena pinned to the finals; Swanigan had a tech, a pin, and a 7-3 decision over #3 Denault in the semis.  Blyveis of Fowlerville won a tight 9-6 match in the blood round in matchup of #5 vs #7.

FINALS: #1 Angelina Pena (Milan) vs #2 Tyler Swanigan (South Lyon East)
PLACERS:
#3 Paisley Denault (Clarkston)
#4 Faith Blackburn (Clinton)
#5 Hannah Blyveis (Fowlerville)
#6 Paiglee Moldenhauer (Atlanta)
#9 Elliana Hillard (DeWitt)
#10 Jolie Brown (Bad Axe)

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