by Jackie Nunnery

WEEMS—During the Monday, May 19, school board meeting, superintendent Jessica Davis said changes were coming to Standards of Learning (SOL) tests following the recent passage of legislation by the General Assembly. The changes will take effect for the 2026-27 school year.

Davis said one of the positive aspects is the release of practice tests. “That’s a win because the language on the SOL test is tough,” she said.

Davis also noted the change in timing of the test is a positive move. The law also requires tests to be administered within the last two weeks of the school year. “It sounds phenomenal and we all love it as educators, but it will pose a few challenges for kids who….

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Eleanor Raker will head off to the Air Force Academy soon as one of the best female runners in Nevada state history.

The Galena senior won the girls 1600-meter race at the state track and field meet on May 17 in 4:53.03, just short of the state record of 4.452.93. She also won the 3200 in 10:30.78 and was third in the 800 (2:16.57).

Reno High sophomore Mackenzie Sellers defended her state title in the pole vault, winning with a height of 13 feet even.

More highlights from the girls Class 5A state track and field meet on May 17:

• Alyssa Dixon, Galena junior, third in the 200 (25.32); second in the long jump (17-11)
• Amaya Chapman, Spanish Springs senior, third in the 400 (56.60)
• Gioia Coudriet, Galena freshman, second in the 1600 (5:06.96); second in the 3200 (11:1411).
• Kaylee Landis, McQueen sophomore, third in shot put (36-7).

Class 3A

Winners from Northern Nevada in the 3A state meet include:

• 800: Taylor Dickey, North Valleys, senior (2:24.55).
• 1600: Dickey, North Valleys (5:23.99).
• 32000: Alyla Thomas, Lowry (11:42.23)
• 100 hurdles: Arya Saini, South Tahoe junior (14.82)
• 4×100: South Tahoe (49.71)
• 4×200: South Tahoe (1:44.52)
• 4×400: Truckee (4:13.66)
• 4×800: Elko (10:07.10)
• Long jump: Saini, Elko (18-1)
• Triple jump: Peyton Conley, South Tahoe (36-0.5)
• Pole vault: Sophia Dorohov, Spring Creek 99-6)

Class 2A

Winners from Northern Nevada in the 2A state meet include:

• 100: Sienna Clark, North Tahoe senior, 13.47)
• 200: Shelby Erickson, Incline freshman (27.04)
• 400: Alexis Hallenburg, North Tahoe senior (56.72)
• 800: Erickson, Incline (2:19.82)
• 1600: Erickson, Incline (5:31.49)
• 3200: Saige Nolan, Incline (12:40.34)
• 100 hurdles: Lauren Janssen, Incline (17.20)
• 4×100: Coral Academy (52.94)
• 4×200: North Tahoe 1:49.21)
• 4×800: Incline (10:46.01)
• Long jump: Kloe Alejandro, Coral (15-7)
• High jump: Ellarie Bateman, Coral (4-8)
• Pole vault: Sydney Sufka, Sierra Lutheran (9-0)
• Shot put: Nyka Ewol, Coral (14-2.25)

1A

Winners from Northern Nevada in the 1A meet are:

• 100: Madison Slater, Smith Valley (13.64)
• 200: Victoria Hage, Eureka, 28.44
• 400: Brooke Watts, Eureka (1:02.41)
• 800: Anna McKay, Eureka (2:32.50)
• 1600: Beatrice Liwanag, Sage Ridge (6:07.22)
• 3200: Mylala Martinez, Whittell (13:26.91)
• 100 hurdles; Marli Dahl, Wells (17.810
• 300 hurdles: Brooke Watts, Eureka (49.51)
• 4×100: Wells (58.12)
• 4×200: Smith Valley (1:55.19)
• 4×400: Wells (4:56.57)
• 4×800: Wells (12:16.82)
• High jump: Madison Slater, Smith Valley (4-11)
• Pole vault: Miley Dorefler, Excel (9-3)
• Shot put: Lailoni Tobey, McDermitt (30-5)
• Discus: Tobery, McDermitt (107-1)

5A team scores

• 1. Centennial 90
• 2. Liberty 87
• 3. Legacy 74
• 4. Galena 71
• 5. Spanish Springs 47
• 5. Palo Verde 47
• 7. Reno 46 
• 8. Shadow Ridge 45
• 9. Faith Lutheran 39 
• 10. Coronado 38
• 11. Bishop Gorman 19 
• 12. Canyon Springs 18
• 13. Damonte Ranch 17 
• 13. Bishop Manogue 17
• 15. McQueen 16 
• 16. Douglas 15
• 17. Foothill 8
• 18. Carson 7

3A team scores

• 1. Lowry 87.50
• 2. South Tahoe 76
• 3. Tahoe Truckee 65
• 4. Moapa Valley 59.50
• 5. Elko 59
• 6. Spring Creek 52
• 7. North Valleys 45
• 8. Boulder City 42.50
• 9. Slam Academy 42
• 10. Pahrump Valley 39.50
• 11. Virgin Valley 34.50
• 12. Democracy Prep 24
• 13. The Meadows 14
• 14. Dayton 11.50
• 15. Fernley 10
• 16. Valley 9
• 16. Wooster 9
• 18. Coral Academy of Science 6
• 19. Hug 5
• 20. Cristo Rey St. Viator Col 3
• 21. Eldorado 1
• 21. Mater East Academy 1

2A team scores

• 1. Lincoln County 126.50
• 2. Coral Academy – Reno 122
• 3. Incline 115
• 4. North Tahoe 73
• 5. Lake Mead Christian 62
• 6. Sierra Lutheran 60
• 7. White Pine 49.50
• 8. Pershing County 25
• 9. Battle Mountain 23
• 10. Yerington 12
• 10. Adelson School 12
• 12. West Wendover 6
• 13. Green Valley Christian 5
• 13. Silver Stage 5
• 15. Laughlin 2

1A team scores

• 1. Eureka 106
• 2. Wells 80
• 3. Smith Valley 68
• 4. Indian Springs 52
• 5. Pahranagat Valley 48
• 6. Sage Ridge School 44
• 7. Carlin 39
• 8. George Whittell 31
• 9. Tonopah 29
• 10. Round Mountain 28
• 11. McDermitt 25
• 11. Virginia City 25
• 13. Beatty 22
• 14. Jackpot 20
• 15. Pyramid Lake 12
• 16. Word of Life Christian 11
• 17. Excel Christian 10
• 18. Lund 9

FLINT – Check out what happened around the Flint-area high school sports scene on May 20.

Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to email results, highlights, and comments about the results of each game for any sport to jszczepaniak@mlive.com.

Baseball

Durand 3, Ovid-Elsie 1: Brayden Kelley went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored as Durand earned the victory.

Kelley contributed two scoreless innings on the mound before Jaxon Baker (1.1), Brayden Joslin (2.2), and Harley Pugh (1.0) all took the ball.

Brody Demo added a hit and an RBI in the win.

Goodrich 3, Swartz Creek 0: Darby twirls complete game as Martians win FML outright

Goodrich knows who to turn the ball to when it needs a win.

Cross Darby, who has been lights-out all season, tossed a complete game shutout with five strikeouts to lead Goodrich to a Flint Metro League Championship win.

Goodrich, winners of the Stars Division, and Swartz Creek, winners of the Stripes Division, met Tuesday night to decide which team would have the bragging rights of being outright league champions.

Nate Gould and Ivan Kosmerick each went 2-for-4 and drove in all three runs for the Martians while Darby and Zaiden Hall each added a double in the win.

Goodrich scored all three of its runs in the fourth inning.

Brett Hoffman pitched six innings and allowed three earned runs while striking out 11 for Swartz Creek.

Grand Blanc 14, Bay City Central 1: Chris Worley and Brady Paraschos combined for five innings and nine strikeouts to lead the Bobcats in game one.

Tripp Robertson and Trey Williams each had a hit and two RBIs while Sawyer Fullwood had a hit and three RBIs in the win.

Caseton Sendry added two hits for Grand Blanc.

Grand Blanc 12, Bay City Central 5: An eight-run fourth inning propelled the Bobcats to a win in game two as Darren Mayhew, Breccan O’Donnell, and Chris Worley each had two hits.

Kaiden Pollock threw four innings and allowed four runs (one earned) with eight strikeouts in the win.

Holly 9, Corunna 4: Josh Dahlin tossed a complete game with four strikeouts while Xander Jacobson went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, and three RBIs to lead the Bronchos.

Dalton Chavis added two hits and Christian Preston had two RBIs in the win.

Holly 5, Corunna 4: Xander Jacobson played hero in game two as he hit a grounder to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the sixth.

Holly tallied only two hits but drew nine walks and swiped 10 bags to take game two. Braydon Taylor threw 5 ⅔ innings and tallied five strikeouts for Holly.

Dayne Zeeman went 2-for-3 with a double while Ruger Zeeman went 1-for-3 with a double and three RBIs, tying the game in the top of the sixth.

Scores

Midland 10, Lapeer 0

Yale 14, Imlay City 3

Yale 9, Imlay City 4

Boys Lacrosse (Regionals)

Clarkston 12, Grand Blanc 5

Girls Soccer

Scores

Bay City Central 7, Clio 0 (DISTRICTS)

Fenton 9, Auburn Hills Avondale 1 (DISTRICTS)

Grand Blanc 8, Flint Powers Catholic 0

Softball

Byron 15, Burton Atherton 0: Camryn Hamilton and Emma Glass combined for five hits, four RBIs, two doubles, a triple, and three scoreless innings pitched to lead Byron in game one.

Addie Panula had a double and two RBIs and Lilly Quimby had a hit and two RBIs in the win.

Byron 22, Burton Atherton 5: Byron drew 16 walks and Emma Glass went 2-for-2 with a triple and five RBIs to lead Byron in game two.

Lilly Quimby had three hits and three RBIs while Brie Paldan had a hit and three RBIs in the win.

Clio 5, Davison 1: Addie Taylor went seven innings and struck out 12 to lead the Mustangs in game one.

Kelcy Sperling went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs while Veronica Tate, Layla Hutchinson, and Samantha Rinks each had two hits in the win.

Anna Titsworth launched a solo home run for Davison.

Clio 13, Davison 2: Veronica Tate went five innings and struck out seven while Summer Stevens went 4-for-4 with two doubles to lead Clio.

Tate added a pair of hits, including a double, and two RBIs while Kelcy Sperling had two hits and four RBIs in the win.

Parker Gordon went 2-for-2 with a triple and a home run to lead the Cardinals.

Bobcats go undefeated in SVL, claim fifth-straight league title

Grand Blanc 12, Bay City Central 1: Savannah Schultz threw a complete game and tallied eight strikeouts while launching a pair of home runs at the plate to lead Grand Blanc.

Kate Mitchell and Skylar Green each added a home run in the win while Kayla Blumenschein went 2-for-2 with three RBIs.

Grand Blanc 6, Bay City Central 0: Kayla Blumenschein went five innings and struck out 11 to lead the Bobcats in game two.

Savannah Schultz went 3-for-3 and Jordan Martin and Cay’ana Tipton each had two hits in the win.

Imlay City 7, Yale 4: Faith Schriber went seven innings and struck out four while Chloe Bruman went 3-for-4 with two doubles to lead Imlay City.

Makayla Bruman went 2-for-4 with an RBI in the win.

Imlay City 9, Yale 6: Chloe Bruman and Ava Nadrowski each had three hits while Alexis Bruyere went 4-for-4 to lead Imlay City in game two.

Brooke Walls went 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs in the win.

Lapeer 9, Marlette 0: Grace Garcia tossed a complete game shutout and tallied 16 strikeouts to lead the Lightning in game one.

Kylie Walton, Breana Fantin, Kaylee Whitney, and Aubrey Kirk each had two hits in the win.

Lapeer 15, Marlette 0: Jadin Hill went 3-for-3 with two RBIs while Aubrey Kirk went 2-for-4 with four RBIs to lead Lapeer to a win in game two.

Mattie Tracy, GraceLynn Faith, and Sophia Showler each had two hits in the win.

Linden 2, Lake Fenton 1: Eagles crowned outright champions in FML

The Eagles, the Flint Metro League Stripes champions, turned to its ace against Lake Fenton, the Flint Metro League Stars champions, Tuesday night.

Kayla Widner went seven innings and struck out 11 while Sophia Helm went 2-for-2 with a double to lead Linden.

Maddie Stanton went 6 ⅔ and struck out 11 to lead Lake Fenton.

The Blue Devils struck first in the top of the sixth off an RBI-double from Avery Heil, but Linden wasn’t going to go down easy.

Widner drew a walk and Helm was intentionally walked to put runners on second and first with two outs.

A delayed steal by Widner put runners on third and first, which Lake Fenton responded with by intentionally walking Morgan Piotrovsky to load the bases.

Ella Kenyon did her job, hitting a fly ball into left field and scoring the game-winning run.

Montrose 18, Caro 15: Mya Wiggins went 3-for-5 with two home runs and five RBIs while Rachel Hillard went 4-for-5 with three RBIs to lead Montrose.

Alivia Shultz and Kadyn Harber both added three hits in the win.

Montrose 16, Caro 10: Mya Wiggins launched another home run in game two while tallying five RBIs to lead the Rams.

Rachel Hillard and Kylee Stroup each had three hits in the win.

Scores

Midland 16, Flint Carman-Ainsworth 0

Midland 16, Flint Carman-Ainsworth 0

Ovid-Elsie 5, Durand 3

Ovid-Elsie 11, Durand 8

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 8, Flint Powers Catholic 6

Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 9, Flint Powers Catholic 5

1. SOFTBALL Division 2 top-ranked Gaylord swept No. 9 Petoskey to clinch a fifth-straight Big North Conference title – Petoskey News-Review

2. BOYS TENNIS Negaunee clinched its 14^th-straight Mid-Peninsula Conference championship – Upper Michigan’s Source

3. TRACK & FIELD Hillsdale Academy swept girls and boys overall championships in the Southern Central Athletic Association; the girls are ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, and the boys are ranked No. 2 – Hillsdale Daily News

4. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 18 Maple City Glen Lake swept Benzie Central to finish a repeat undefeated run through the Northwest Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. TRACK & FIELD Brownstown Woodhaven’s teams continued championship streaks, the girls with their fifth-straight title in the Downriver League and the boys in a repeat – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS TENNIS Marquette edged Kingsford by three points to clinch the Great Northern Conference Tournament title – Upper Michigan’s Source

7. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 2 Standish-Sterling won the outright Jack Pine Conference championship with a 2-0 victory over Clare – Bay City Times

8. TRACK & FIELD The LPD3 top-ranked Chesaning boys and New Lothrop girls won Mid-Michigan Activities Conference championship meets, with the Hornets’ girls sharing the overall league title with Chesaning’s – WJRT

9. BOYS GOLF Ludington won the final Western Michigan Conference Lakes jamboree to secure the overall league title – CatchMark SportsNet

10. TRACK & FIELD The McBain girls and Manton boys finished championship runs in the Highland Conference – Cadillac News

Also of note …

SOFTBALL/BASEBALL The Division 2 honorable mention Linden and Division 1 No. 5 Grand Blanc softball teams and Goodrich baseball team all clinched league titles – Mid-Michigan Now

TRACK & FIELD Milan’s girls and New Boston Huron’s boys won Huron League championship meets, Milan’s girls sharing the overall league title with Carleton Airport – Monroe News

GIRLS SOCCER Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian won the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver Tournament title with a shootout victory over Fruitport, but Fruitport won the overall league championship – MuskegonSports.com

The NCAA Division II national track championships are among the sporting events bringing visitors to Pueblo this May.More than 1,000 athletes and their families will be in Pueblo to compete May 19-24.The economic impact of sports tourism is expected to hit $3 million this month as visitors stay in Pueblo hotels, shop at local businesses, and dine in Steel City restaurants.Four major championship sporting events from collegiate track to high school girls golf are bringing more than 1,000 athletes and their families to Pueblo this month, filling hotels and providing an estimated $3 million economic impact on the community.

This week’s events kicked off May 19-20 with 84 of Colorado’s top high school girls golfers for the Class 2A championships at the Pueblo Country Club. 

“The country club parking lot was packed today because there is such a high attendance of spectators,” Cara Siegel, community and engagement coordinator for the Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce, said May 19.

As the week rolls on, 800 collegiate track and field competitors will converge on Colorado State University Pueblo for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II National Championship May 22-24. That event alone is expected to bring 2,500 spectators to the stands at the ThunderBowl.

“That facility is gorgeous and it’s always fun to show it off,” Siegel said. “This is the second time Pueblo has hosted — 2023 was the last time and we are super excited to have this competition back in Pueblo.”

Another 200 athletes will be up to bat at Runyon Sports Complex for the high school Division 2A baseball championships. Eight teams will face off May 23-24 and the top four teams will return May 30-31 for the finals. “That’s on top of the Region 9 Junior College Baseball tournament that brought eight teams, with a roster of 35 per team, to Pueblo for four days earlier this month. May has been a crazy month for sporting events,” Siegel explained.”Because Rye was the only local team in the girls high school golf championships, most of these visitors are bringing in tourism dollars. We estimate 6,500 room nights will be booked in Pueblo just this week,” Siegel explained.”Every hotel room in Pueblo is booked out for a week and we are sharing the love because some of these visitors are staying at hotels on the southern end of Colorado Springs,” she said.”We are excited to show off our Pueblo hospitality to all of these out-of-towners,” she said.Why sports tourism is so important to PuebloIn May of 2023, the Pueblo Chamber and Visit Pueblo rolled out a sports tourism division in an effort to bring a different kind of tourism to the city. The effort involves bidding for a chance to host a wide variety of sporting events.”We are trying to elevate it and pave the way for Pueblo to become a sports tourism destination. The sporting facilities here are absolutely amazing and they make it easy — we are very lucky,” Siegel said.Tickets to the NCAA Division II outdoor track and field events are available daily for $15 for adults or $10 for students and seniors, or an all-session pass costs $35 for adults or $20 for students and seniors. Tickets can be purchased online at gothunderwolves.com.

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HOULTON, Maine (WAGM) – The Northern Maine Lacrosse Club was founded in 2017.

Since then, the program has been developing lacrosse talent starting at the 1st grade level.

Eight years later and the NMLC is seeing that talent play at the varsity level.

Sarah Howe, senior at Houlton High School said, “I’ve played since I was in 3rd grade so this will be my third year, I’m one of the OG’s for our program here.”

“How long have you been playing lacrosse?” asked Joseph Lemelin.

Ava Whited, senior at Central Aroostook High School replied, “I’ve been playing 8 years.”

The varsity lacrosse team is in their third year of MPA play.

Ken Ervin, the founder of the Northern Maine Lacrosse Club is in his second year coaching the girl’s team.

“Each year we’re developing, we’re getting better, our numbers continue to increase and what’s great is to see and watch the players that started when they were in 3rd and 4th grade to be where they are now. And I think what you find is that not only are the girls developing but they continue to grow as a team,” said Ken Ervin, founder of the NMLC and head coach of the girls’ lacrosse team, “Believe it or not, of the 14 girls they represent six different school districts. Houlton, Hodgdon, GHCA, Southern Aroostook, Central Aroostook, and home school. I’ve been able to coach them when they were younger, so when they started in third or fourth I was their coach. That’s really an advantage that our program has, we start them young under one umbrella and they all understand the same philosophy, same coaching techniques, same drills, so they just keep coming up and coming up and I think that’s really starting to pay off.”

Ava Whited is a senior that attends Central Aroostook High School.

“It’s been great to see this program build and develop and new girls coming every year you never consistently have the same girls and every year we gain new schools and its great,” said Whited.

“It’s great having many different people from all over the place we’ve really bonded as a team this year,” said Howe.

They have had lots of time to bond as their closest away game is in Bangor.

“We’ve had a lot of Monday games so it’s every Monday we’ve been driving down past Bangor and we have a lot of Saturday games this year too, most of those ones are home thankfully, but we keep busy,” said Howe.

“It’s quite ironic when teams come up here and they’re like gosh this is so far away and we’re like you’re only doing it once, we’re going down 5,6, 7 times,” said Ervin, “There was a week where we went down to Waterville three times. Students sometimes don’t mind getting out of school early but then we get home late so we’re used to it now and I think whether we play first or second doesn’t really matter, we show up ready to play.”

In the last 8 years many athletes have been a part of the club.

One in particular has inspired the younger generation.

“I’d be remiss If I didn’t mention Megan Peters, she’s playing for Bates and she graduated last year. Our team was able to go down and watch them play at Colby and it was a great opportunity and atmosphere and we have some girls on our team who want to play after high school so to be able to see that and be inspired to want to get there and that shows in their effort here,” said Ervin.

The athletes appreciate that they have a strong leader who cares about their future.

“He’s been great, he knows all the ins and outs of every position, he knows how to handle a situation if something comes up and he’s just a good coach he knows everything about lacrosse he knows how to help us if we’re going through a hard patch of the game, I don’t know he’s just good,” said Howe.

With two games to go it’s looking unlikely that the team will make their first playoff berth this year, but the future is looking bright for the Northern Maine Lacrosse Club.

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