Who to watch at this weekend's MHSAA State Finals
It's championship time!
This weekend is a busy one for Michigan High School athletes, including many from the Blue Water Area, as the bowling, cheerleading, and wrestling State Finals are set to take place.
CHEERLEADING
The Croswell-Lexington and Richmond cheerleading teams will compete on Friday, March 3, in the Division 3 State Finals.
Less than one point separated these two teams at last weekend's Region 6 championship. The Blue Devils finished second with a score of 772.72 while the Pioneers were third with 771.84. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep was the champion with 777.4 points.
The Final is set for 1 p.m. this afternoon in the McGuirk Arena at Central Michigan University. Watch the livestream.
BOWLING
The Team Finals will take place Friday followed by the Individual Finals on Saturday.
Division 2 – Century Bowl, Waterford
Teams
The Cros-Lex boys were the only area Division 2 team to qualify for the State Finals as they took second in their regional with a score of 3146.
Individual Qualifiers (Boys)
7. Bryce Tylen (St. Clair) 1120
Individual Qualifiers (Girls)
1. Sophia Santo (Marysville) 1209 5. Juanita Higgins (Cros-Lex) 989 10. Alaynna Ross (Marysville) 900
Division 3 – JAX 60, Jackson
Teams
The Armada boys and girls teams each claimed regional titles last weekend with scores of 3239, respectively. They will compete in the Division 3 Team Finals today, along with the boys teams from Almont (3071) and Yale (2868).
Individual Qualifiers (Boys)
1. Hunter Ross (Almont) 1298 3. Antonio Carrizales (Armada) 1231 4. Remingon Gielniak (Armada) 1190 5. Matthew Redmond (Almont) 1155 6. Ryan Ching (Armada) 1153 8. Wade Szydlowski (Almont) 1110
Individual Qualifiers (Girls)
6. Kenzi Nieman (Armada) 965 7. Kaylee Stafford (Yale) 927 8. Reese Cecil (Armada) 908 8. Hope Schriber (Imlay City) 908
WRESTLING
Following last weekend's Team State Finals, the Individual Finals are set to begin Friday morning and conclude on Saturday.
Watch the livestream. See the live results.
Here is a list of the area's qualifiers:
Division 2
Jaxon Gonzalez (157-lbs) Cros-Lex
Joey Scaramuzzino (215-lbs) Cros-Lex
Cristian Haslem (106-lbs) St. Clair
Braylon Davis (113-lbs) Cros-Lex
Nikolas Krcaj (120-lbs) Cros-Lex
Division 3
Anthony D'Ambrosio (150-lbs) Imlay City
Jeremy Griffith (150-lbs) Yale
Wyatt Peters (157-lbs) Richmond
Cole McLaughlin (157-lbs) Yale
Mark Romanowski (165-lbs) Algonac
Josh Kasner (175-lbs) Algonac
Paul Stanczak (175-lbs) Armada
Zac Dykes (175-lbs) Armada
Tristan Lietz (190-lbs) Armada
Reid Hiltunen (190-lbs) Algonac
Brady St. John (190-lbs) Richmond
Latham Perry (215-lbs) Imlay City
Eddie Olson (215-lbs) Richmond
Andrew Ferrara (285-lbs) Algonac
Matthew Misch (285-lbs) Richmond
Derik Maciag (285-lbs) Algonac
Grady Francek (106-lbs) Yale
Landon Sopha (106-lbs) Yale
Chris Campbell (113-lbs) Algonac
Tanner Land (113-lbs) Imlay City
Christopher Galiana (120-lbs) Imlay City
Noah Harris (120-lbs) Richmond
Lucky Gartin (120-lbs) Algonac
Steven Shannon (126-lbs) Algonac
Alex Bright (132-lbs) Algonac
Dominic D'Ambrosio (132-lbs) Imlay City
David Clemons (138-lbs) Algonac
Kyle Reppert (144-lbs) Armada
Girls Division
Skyl Langewicz (110-lbs) Algonac
Ember Marriot (190-lbs) Yale