Climax-Scotts outscored Burr Oak 25-10 in the middle two quarters and went on to post a 46-31 win over the Bobcats January 17 at C-S Jr./Sr. High School.

C-S, 7-2 overall and still in first place atop the SCAA West Division with a 5-0 record, trailed the visitors by an 11-9 count after one quarter.

C-S put the defensive clamps on in the second quarter, allowing just two baskets and five different players scored for the Panthers, helping the home team to a 23-15 lead at halftime.

The tough defense spilled into the second half, as C-S gave up just a pair of three-point baskets by Burr Oak’s Braylyn Hernandez and outscored the visitors 11-6 for a 34-21 lead entering the third quarter.

Holly Talbert, who was 7-for-13 from the floor, led C-S in scoring with 16 points. She added four assists and seven steals.

Sophie Braithwaite, who had five rebounds and three steals, added 14 points on 3-for-6 shooting from the floor.
Burr Oak         11 4  6 10 - 31
Climax-Scotts  9 14 11 12 - 46
Kendall Reitz 5, Sophie Braithwaite 14, Stephanie Belhke 6, Holly Talbert 16, Ashlynn Gilbert 4, Addy Reeves 1
Free throws: C-S 6-12/Burr Oak 4-8
3-point baskets: C-S 4 (Sophie Braithwaite 2, Stephanie Belhke 2)/Burr Oak 5 (Brayln Hernandez 3, Elaine Holton 2)
C-S Stat Leaders
Rebounds: Sophie Braithwaite 5, Holly Talbert 3, Kendall Reitz 3
Assists: Holly Talbert 4
Steals: Holly Talbert 7, Kendall Reitz 5, Sophie Braithwaite 3

Offense stalls for C-S
JV girls basketball team

Climax-Scotts was held to single digits all four quarters, leading to a 34-16 loss to Bellevue for the Panther JV girls basketball team January 15 at C-S Jr./Sr. High School
C-S, now 0-3, fell behind 5-2 after one quarter, trailed by a 17-8 at halftime and faced a 30-10 deficit after three quarters.

Kameroyn Blair led C-S in scoring with eight points.

The JVs are scheduled to play at Athens January 23 and host Heritage Academy January 28 at 5:30 p.m., followed by a home game against Howardsville Christian January 30 at 5:30 p.m.
Bellevue         5 12 13 4 - 34
Climax-Scotts 2  6   2 6 - 16
Kyla Etheridge 2, Kameroyn Blair 8, Grace Liska 1, Alyssa Morrison 3, Addisyn Krick 2

Panthers can’t catch Burr Oak

The Climax-Scotts boys varsity basketball team couldn’t overcome a hot start by Burr Oak in a 55-48 loss to the Bobcats January 17 at C-S Jr./Sr. High School.

C-S, now 1-7 overall and 1-4 in the SCAA West Division, fell behind by a 17-9 count after one quarter when Burr Oak connected on 5-of-10 two point attempts.

While C-S only shot 21 percent on 1-of-8 shooting from two-point range and 2-of-6 from the three-point line, the Panthers, behind eight points that included two three-point baskets from Ivan Abad-Reyes, outscored the Bobcats 12-8 in the second quarter to pull to within 25-21 at halftime.

Burr Oak, behind a 7-for-9 effort from the floor, was able to stretch the lead to 40-32 after three quarters before C-S outscored the visitors 16-15 in the fourth quarter but fell short.

Chase VanMiddlesworth scored 13 points to go with eight rebounds and two assists to lead. Ivan Abad-Reyes added 10 points, five rebounds and two assists.

C-S shot 29 percent overall from the floor including 33 percent (12-36) from two-point range and 20 percent (4-20) from three-point range.

Burr Oak shot 39 percent overall from the floor including a 49 percent (20-41) effort from two-point range and 1-for-13 (8 percent) from three-point range.
Climax-Scotts 9 12 11 16 - 48
Burr Oak         17 8 15 15 - 55
Chase VanMiddlesworth 13, Ivan Abad-Reyes 10, Johann Albarran 6, Luke Lawrence 3, Dane Sattler 2, Maddox Wyman 4, Tye Chambers 2, Hunter LaSala 1, Nyle Sattler 7
Free throws: C-S 12-22/Burr Oak 12/23
3-point baskets: C-S 4 (Ivan Abad-Reyes 2, Johann Albarran 1, Nyle Sattler 1/Burr Oak 1 (A. Cole)
C-S Stat Leaders
Rebounds: Chase VanMiddlesworth 8, Hunter LaSala 5, Ivan Abad-Reyes 5, Maddox Wyman 4, Nyle Sattler 4
Steals: Johann Albarran 3, Nyle Sattler 2
Assists: Luke Lawrence 2, Johann Albarran 2, Ivan Abad-Reyes 2, Chase VanMiddlesworth 2
Blocked shots: Dane Sattler 2

Burr Oak sneaks past
Panther JVs in 4th quarter

Burr Oak used a strong defensive effort in the third quarter and outscored Climax-Scotts 13-10 in the fourth quarter to register a 46-43 win over the Panther JV boys basketball team January 16 at Burr Oak.

The loss snaps a seven-game winning streak for C-S, which drops to 7-3 with the setback.

C-S led by a 27-25 count at halftime but managed just two baskets from the floor and a pair of free throws in the third quarter with the two teams entering the fourth quarter tied 33-33.
The Bobcats, who connected on six three-point baskets, knocked down a trio of triples in the final stanza to pull out the win.

Mason Shannon, who knocked down two three-point baskets, led C-S in scoring with 18 points. Dustin Crandall added 10 points.
Climax-Scotts 10 17 6 10 - 43
Burr Oak         13 12 8 13 - 46
Ashton Heighton 6, Dustin Crandall 10, Blake Wechsler 1, Mason Shannon 18, Luke Frost 2, Aaden Krick 6

Defense Key in Win over Bellevue

The Climax-Scotts JV boys basketball team held Bellevue to single digits in each of the first three quarters to register a 40-22 win over the Broncos January 15 at C-S Jr./Sr. High School.
The win was C-S’ seventh straight.

Both teams got off to a slow start, however the Panthers, behind eight points from Mason Shannon, carried an 8-3 lead into the second quarter.

The tough C-S defense held the visitors to two baskets from the floor in the second frame and took a 17-7 lead into halftime before outscoring Bellevue 18-5 for a 35-12 lead after three quarters.

Mason Shannon’s 18 points led C-S in scoring.
Bellevue        3 4 5 10 - 22    
Climax-Scotts 8 9 18 5 - 40
Ashton Heighton 6, Alex Wurtzel 6, Dustin Crandall 2, Blake Wechsler 2, Mason Shannon 18, Zachree Roebuck 2, Aaden Krick 4

Five place for C-S-M at ultra competitive
Hudson Super 16 Tournament

Five members of the Climax-Scotts-Martin co-op wrestling team placed at the very competitive Hudson Super 16 Tournament January 17 in Hudson.

Dundee won the 32-team tournament with 209 points, while C-S-M finished sixth with 95.5 points.

Haylen Buell (144-pound weight class) earned a second place finish, Urijah Joostberns (113), and Logan Gilbert (120), both placed third, Jayce Ritchie (138) placed fifth and Jackson Bagwell (157) placed sixth.

Buell won his first three matches by a pin in 23 seconds, technical fall (20-4) and by a 5-3 decision before falling in the first place match by a 7-3 decision.

Gilbert posted wins in his first two matches by a pin in 43 seconds and 17-2 technical fall before falling by a major decision (16-8) and finishing with a 9-3 decision.

The C-S senior has 164 career wins entering a SAC dual meet at Coloma January 22. Jordan Tutt is the school record holder for career wins at C-S with a record of 188-37.

Joostberns received a bye, won by a pin in 3:08, lost by a pin in 3:17 and placed third with a 10-0 major decision.

Ritchie won his opening match by a technical fall (16-0), lost his second match by a pin in 3:49, won his third match by a 15-0 technical fall, won a 5-2 decision and captured fifth place with a 18-2 technical fall.

Bagwell claimed a 12-4 major decision in his first match, lost by a pin, bounced back to post an 18-15 decision and a 11-3 major decision before falling in the fifth place match by a 9-1 major decision.

After a SAC dual at Coloma January 22, C-S-M will wrestle in the Leslie Tournament January 25 and wrestle in another SAC quad at Fennville January 29.

8 Place for C-S-M in Hudson Super 16 B Tournament

Eight members of the Climax-Scotts-Mendon co-op wrestling team placed at the Hudson Super 16 B Tournament January 17 at Hudson.

Logan Curry (138-pound weight class) placed first with a 4-0 record, Brayan Simbron (285), with a 2-1 record placed second, Cole Birkam (215) placed third with a 2-1 record and a bye, Lucas Totten (120) with a 1-2 record and a bye, Kaden Godbee (132) with a 1-2 record and a bye, and Johnathan Collver (175) with a 2-2 record, all placed fourth, and Jacques Porlier (120) with a 2-2 record and a bye and Nate Arnett (126), with a 1-2 record and two byes, both placed sixth.

Hudson Super 16 Tournament

C-S-M Results
Super 16 106: Jacinto Lopez’s place is unknown and has scored 2.0 team points.; Champ. Round 1 - Jase Sensor (Hartland HS) won by decision over Jacinto Lopez (Martin HS) (Dec 6-3); Cons. Round 1 - Jacinto Lopez (Martin HS) won by major decision over Kenneth Wingate (Airport HS (Carleton)) (Maj 19-7); Cons. Round 2 - Braxton Shaffer (Ida HS) won by fall over Jacinto Lopez (Martin HS) (Fall 1:58); Super 16 113: Urijah Joostberns’s place is 3rd and has scored 16.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Urijah Joostberns (Martin HS) received a bye () (Bye); Quarterfinal - Urijah Joostberns (Martin HS) won by fall over Jonah McPherson (Hartland HS) (Fall 3:08); Semifinal - Gavin Lewis (Oxford HS) won by fall over Urijah Joostberns (Martin HS) (Fall 3:17); 3rd Place Match - Urijah Joostberns (Martin HS) won by major decision over Jack Reyes (Algonac HS) (Maj 10-0); Super 16 120: Logan Gilbert’s place is 3rd and has scored 16.5 team points.; Champ. Round 1 - Logan Gilbert (Martin HS) won by fall over Caleb Cappellano (Hartland HS) (Fall 0:43); Quarterfinal - Logan Gilbert (Martin HS) won by tech fall over Diego Orozco (Adrian HS) (TF 17-2); Semifinal - Mason Haines (Dundee HS) won by major decision over Logan Gilbert (Martin HS) (Maj 16-8); 3rd Place Match - Logan Gilbert (Martin HS) won by decision over Alex Rodriguez (St Louis HS) (Dec 9-3);  Super 16 132: Cole Reitz’s place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Cole Reitz (Martin HS) won by major decision over Genaro Soto (St Louis HS) (Maj 9-1); Quarterfinal - Chase Beall (Oxford HS) won by injury default over Cole Reitz (Martin HS) (Inj. 0:38); Cons. Round 2 - Tristan Densmore (St Johns HS) won by injury default over Cole Reitz (Martin HS) (Inj. 0:00); Super 16 138: Jayce Ritchie’s place is 5th and has scored 13.5 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Jayce Ritchie (Martin HS) won by tech fall over Tyler Riedel (St Johns HS) (TF 16-0); Quarterfinal - Lukas Leonard (Madison HS) won by fall over Jayce Ritchie (Martin HS) (Fall 3:49); Cons. Round 2 - Jayce Ritchie (Martin HS) won by tech fall over Adrian Wing (LakeVille Memorial HS) (TF 15-0); Cons. Semi - Jayce Ritchie (Martin HS) won by decision over Blaine Anspaugh (Northwest HS) (Dec 5-2); 5th Place Match - Jayce Ritchie (Martin HS) won by tech fall over Carter Foster (Leslie HS) (TF 18-2); Super 16 144: Seth Toris’s place is unknown and has scored 2.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Seth Toris (Martin HS) won by decision over Adam Grebe (Manchester HS) (Dec 7-1); Quarterfinal - Dallas Korponic (Hartland HS) won by tech fall over Seth Toris (Martin HS) (TF 15-0); Cons. Round 2 - Patrick Friese (Leslie HS) won in sudden victory - 1 over Seth Toris (Martin HS) (SV-1 12-9); Super 16 144: Haylen Buell’s place is 2nd and has scored 21.5 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Haylen Buell (Martin HS) won by fall over Jordin Shapter (LakeVille Memorial HS) (Fall 0:23); Quarterfinal - Haylen Buell (Martin HS) won by tech fall over Nathan Meyer (Manchester HS) (TF 20-4); Semifinal - Haylen Buell (Martin HS) won by decision over Stone Redmon (Dundee HS) (Dec 5-3); 1st Place Match - Dallas Korponic (Hartland HS) won by decision over Haylen Buell (Martin HS) (Dec 7-3); Super 16 150: Matthew Holmes’s place is unknown and has scored 3.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Matthew Holmes (Martin HS) won by major decision over Brysen Ealy (Utica HS) (Maj 10-2); Quarterfinal - Grason Weber (Leslie HS) won by fall over Matthew Holmes (Martin HS) (Fall 2:44); Cons. Round 2 - Connor Gilliland (Skyline HS (Ann Arbor)) won by fall over Matthew Holmes (Martin HS) (Fall 0:44); Super 16 150: Gixxer Blair’s place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Gixxer Blair (Martin HS) won by fall over Connor Gillilland (Skyline HS (Ann Arbor)) (Fall 3:49); Quarterfinal - Kaden Sizemore (Springport HS) won by fall over Gixxer Blair (Martin HS) (Fall 2:35); Cons. Round 2 - Brysen Ealy (Utica HS) won by fall over Gixxer Blair (Martin HS) (Fall 2:19); Super 16 157: Jack Bagwell’s place is 6th and has scored 9.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Jack Bagwell (Martin HS) won by major decision over Juan Asta (Northwest HS) (Maj 12-4); Quarterfinal - Jacob Pickford (Hudson Area HS) won by fall over Jack Bagwell (Martin HS) (Fall 0:20); Cons. Round 2 - Jack Bagwell (Martin HS) won by decision over Jayden Shaw (Skyline HS (Ann Arbor)) (Dec 18-15); Cons. Semi - Jack Bagwell (Martin HS) won by major decision over Jace Miller (Adrian HS) (Maj 11-3); 5th Place Match - Joseph Cappellano (Hartland HS) won by major decision over Jack Bagwell (Martin HS) (Maj 9-1); Super 16 165: Jakub Tomyslak’s place is unknown and has scored 4.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Conner Wenkel (Benzie Central HS) won by decision over Jakub Tomyslak (Martin HS) (Dec 11-6); Cons. Round 1 - Jakub Tomyslak (Martin HS) won by fall over Parker Wiggins (Decatur HS) (Fall 0:46); Cons. Round 2 - Jakub Tomyslak (Martin HS) won by decision over Rocco Redmon (Dundee HS) (Dec 12-7) Cons. Semi - Finnegan McDevitt (Oxford HS) won by decision over Jakub Tomyslak (Martin HS) (Dec 12-7); Super 16 215: Sam Bleeker’s place is unknown and has scored 1.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Anthony Emelue (Gabriel Richard HS (Riverview)) won by major decision over Sam Bleeker (Martin HS) (Maj 11-0); Cons. Round 1 - Sam Bleeker (Martin HS) won by decision over Gavin Moreno (St Johns HS) (Dec 4-1); Cons. Round 2 - Landon Cooke (Utica HS) won by fall over Sam Bleeker (Martin HS) (Fall 2:53); Super 16 285: Cooper Dinse’s place is unknown and has scored 0.0 team points. Champ. Round 1 - Dylan Gauss (Manchester HS) won by fall over Cooper Dinse (Martin HS) (Fall 1:25); Cons. Round 1 - Cooper Dinse (Martin HS) received a bye () (Bye); Cons. Round 2 - Cooper Stevens (Jonesville HS) won by fall over Cooper Dinse (Martin HS) (Fall 1:26)

C-S-M Splits in SAC Quad at Martin

A split by the Climax-Scotts-Martin co-op wrestling team at a SAC dual at Martin January 15 left the co-op wrestling teams’ record at 15-1.

C-S-M defeated Delton-Kellogg 70-12 and lost to Allegan, 38-33.

Individual results from the Delton-Kellogg match were not available, however C-S coach Mike Reitz said Logan Gilbert recorded a pin.

Winning head to head bouts in the Allegan match included Jacinto Lopez (106), by a pin in 5:22, Urijah Joostberns (113), by a 11-9 decision, Cole Reitz (132), by a pin in 2:55, Haylen Buell (150), by a 14-3 major decision, Jackson Bagwell (157) by a 17-8 major decision, Sam Bleeker (215), by a 13-0 major decision. Logan Gilbert (120) won by a forfeit.

Allegan 38, C-S-M 33

106: Jacinto Lopez (Martin HS) over Sullivan Morgan (Allegan HS) (Fall 5:22); 113: Urijah Joostberns (Martin HS) over Jacob Collier (Allegan HS) (Dec 11-9); 120: Logan Gilbert (Martin HS) over Unknown (For.); 126: Cooper Prentice (Allegan HS) over Nate Arnett (Martin HS) (Fall 3:23); 132: Cole Reitz (Martin HS) over Cesar Mendoza (Allegan HS) (Fall 2:55); 138: Luke Wedge (Allegan HS) over Jayce Ritchie (Martin HS) (Fall 1:00); 144: Treydan Vanderkooi (Allegan HS) over Seth Toris (Martin HS) (TF 27-11 0:00); 150: Haylen Buell (Martin HS) over Landon Fance-Coulson (Allegan HS) (MD 14-3); 157: Jack Bagwell (Martin HS) over Aiden Pearce (Allegan HS) (MD 17-8); 165: Ryan Sparks (Allegan HS) over Easton Vanmiddlesworth (Martin HS) (Fall 2:41); 175: Rysten Williams (Allegan HS) over Jakub Tomyslak (Martin HS) (Fall 0:41); 190: Dylan Ritsema (Allegan HS) over Ethan Seage (Martin HS) (Dec 5-3); 215: Sam Bleeker (Martin HS) over Sylar Bush (Allegan HS) (MD 13-0); 285: Ayden Oisten (Allegan HS) over Cooper Dinse (Martin HS) (Fall 0:59)

C-S-M 70, Delton-Kellogg 12

Individual results not available

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