Ram Sports

Lawton Steamrolls G-A


By Dale Martin

On homecoming night, the Lawton Blue Devils rolled up 433 yards on the ground as they picked up their fourth win of the season 57-22 over the visiting Rams.

Lawton scored on all six of its first half possessions, building up a 41-8 lead going into halftime.

Brady Quick scored one touchdown on a 1-yard quarterback sneak and tossed two touchdown passes, a 50 yarder to Cole Burk and a 63 yarder to Grayson Burros. Burros added touchdown runs of 29 and 27 yards. Jack Fletcher’s 12-yard run completed the first half scoring parade.

G-A got on the board late in the second quarter when Nolan Brewer connected on a 55-yard scoring strike to Jeremiah Mann. C.J. Denard added the point after try on a run.

Burros scored on runs of 19 and 80 yards giving him four touchdowns for the game.

Brewer scored two second half touchdowns on runs of 2 and 1 yards. Owen Pfeiffer split the uprights for the point after kicks on both scores.

Brewer finished the night with 5 completions for 129 yards. Mann caught 4 of the passes for 83 yards and Jonah Ranes caught the other pass for 46 yards.

Ranes rushed for 83 yards on 14 carries and Levi Born picked up 35 yards rushing for G-A.

Dominic Corsi led all defenders with 8 tackles. Pfeiffer and Born each recorded 7 stops with Mann, Brewer and Ranes each pitching in with 6 tackles.

G-A, now 2-3 on the season, will travel to the lake shore this week to battle Saugatuck.

G-A JV/Varsity Football
A Look Ahead

10/4, Saugatuck (Var.) Away, 7 p.m.
10/10, Delton (JV) Away, 6 p.m.
10/11, Delton (Var.) Home, 7 p.m.
Homecoming
10/17, Coloma (JV) Home, 6 p.m.
10/18 Coloma (Var.) Away 7 p.m.

Lawton topples G-A JV football team


 Lawton enjoyed a huge offensive game, recording a 70-20 win over the Galesburg-Augusta JV football team September 26 at G-A High School.

 G-A, now 2-3, received touchdown receptions by J.J. Bailey and Gio Evans and a touchdown run by Patrick Armock.

 The JVs will play at Delton-Kellogg October 10 at 6 p.m. and host Coloma October 17 at 6 p.m.

Landen Bouchard breaks school record


 While the Galesburg-Augusta mens cross country team finished eighth in the 18-team SAC Jamboree that was held September 25 at Schoolcraft, Ram senior Landen Bouchard established a new school record at the event.

 Bouchard, who was the first Ram to cross the finish line, posted a time of 17:29.86 that G-A coach Chris Thomas said is a new school record. The old school record of 17:31 was set by Brian Coate.

 Bouchard finished 16th out of a field of 125 runners at the SAC jamboree.

 G-A totaled 190 points. Saugatuck, with 49 points, placed first.

 G-A senior Carter Stevens was right behind Bouchard, placing 17th with a time of 17:54.48.

 There were no G-A runners who participated in the womens run, won by Gobles with 73 points.

SAC Jamboree #2 At Schoolcraft
Men
1-Saugatuck, 49, 2-Holland Black River, 101, 3-Kalamazoo Hackett, 121, 4-Schoolcraft, 126, 5-Bridgman, 126, 6-Parchment, 168, 7-Constantine, 181, 8-Galesburg-Augusta, 190, 9-Watervliet, 266, 10-Delton-Kellogg, 272, 11-Martin, 285, 12-South Haven, 288, 13-Gobles, 297, 14-Coloma, 318, 15-Fennville, 361

G-A Results
16-Landen Bouchard, 17:29.86, 17-Carter Stevens, 17:54.48, 52-Ashton Dingee, 20:12.42, 61-Knighten Rockwell, 20:35.51, 63-Nick Stevens, 20:40.49

G-A Boys and Girls Cross Country

10/5 Port. Inv. M.S./H.S. at Portage West TBD
10/10 SAC Finals H.S. only at U.S. 131 Dragway 4:30 p.m.
10/12 Bloomingdale Inv. M.S./H.S. Away 10 a.m.

G-A ends skid with win over Watervliet


The Galesburg-Augusta varsity volleyball team ended a three-game SAC losing streak with a win over Watervliet September 26 in four games, 16-25, 26-24, 25-13, 25-13.

G-A coach Jonica Klimp feels after the recent skid, her team has learned every game hard work and determination are keys moving forward and were big factors in the win over Watervliet.

“With the conference title now out of reach with our losses to Delton and Martin, we are focusing the rest of the year on post season prep. We have a very tough district, and it will take a lot of
work and refinement to take the title,” observed the G-A coach.

Senior Jaidyn Klimp had 18 kills, 16 digs, two blocks and one assist, setter Suzy Nichols added 27 assists and eight digs, and Lily Gilbert had seven kills and nine digs.

G-A Def. Watervliet, 16-25, 26-24, 25-13, 25-23
G-A Stat Leaders
Jaidyn Klimp - 18 kills, 16 digs, 2 blocks, 1 assist
Suzy Nichols - 1 ace, 3 kills, 8 digs, 1 block, 27 assists
Megan Ranes - 4 aces, 5 kills, 9 digs, 1 assist
Lily Gilbert - 7 kills, 9 digs, 1 block, 2 assists
Rhyann Wilson - 1 ace, 4 kills, 7 digs, 3 assists
Samantha Mobley - 1 ace, 3 digs
BreAnna Keene - 2 digs
Grace Gibson - 3 kills, 5 digs, 1 assist
Addison Born - 2 digs, 1 assist
Charlotte Lockner -1 dig

G-A falls short against Martin


While G-A Coach Jonica Klimp continues to see encouraging signs, her team came up short against Martin September 24 in a home match at G-A in four games, 25-23, 24-26, 16-25, 25-27.
 
The Ram coach is encouraged how her team is attacking the ball, but feels the team still needs to get better.

Regular contributions offensively and on defense continues from senior Jaidyn Klimp, who had 12 kills, 15 digs and four blocks, and sophomore middle blocker Lily Gilbert (four kills and eight digs), recently call pulled up from the JV, is starting to become more involved.

“We are looking at her as a new threat that won’t be coming off the court much,” points out Klimp.

Setter Suzanne Nichols had 25 assists to go with 10 digs.

Martin Def. G-A, 23-25, 26-24, 25-16, 27-25.
G-A Stat Leaders
Jaidyn Klimp - 2 aces, 12 kills, 15 digs, 4 blocks, 4 assists
Suzanne Nichols - 2 aces, 2 kills, 10 digs, 25 assists
Megan Ranes - 3 aces, 8 kills, 10 digs, 1 block
Lili Thompson - 3 aces, 1 kill, 7 digs
Rhyann Wilson - 1 ace, 6 kills, 4 digs, 3 blocks, 5 assists
Samantha Mobley - 6 digs
BreAnna Keene - 3 kills, 1 assist
Grace Gibson - 1 kill, 3 digs
Addison Born - 4 digs, 1 assist
Charlotte Lockner - 1 kill, 2 digs
Lily Gilbert - 3 aces, 4 kills, 8 digs, 1 block

G-A Varsity, JV, Freshman Volleyball
A Look Ahead

10/1, Saugatuck (JV/Var.), Away, 5:30 p.m.
10/10, Constantine (JV/Var.), Home, 5:30 p.m.
10/12, Comstock Tourn. (Var.) Away, 9 a.m.
10/12, Martin Tourn. (JV), Away, 8:30 a.m.
10/15, Holland Black River (9th/JV/Var) Home, 5:30 p.m.


G-A senior Jaidyn Klimp goes up high to block a kill attempt from Martin’s Kylie Westendorp during action September 24 at G-A High School.

Photo by Bruce Rolfe