At the end of a 10 hour day, after unwinding with some 90 Day Fiance, what better than another Regional Preview?

Sorry about the delay in posts, Monday and Wednesdays are long days for me and I’m not gonna post while at work – even though I could “schedule” posts throughout the day. Expect a ton of these tomorrow, Wednesday morning/night, and Thursday morning/night.

Where: Shepherd HS (voted best course in Michigan AND home of the 2021 MITCA Meet of Champions).

The Course: Flat, one loop. Has tended to run a bit fast in the past few weeks compared to past years. Bluejay is the best indicator though, the large field and a fair weather day emitted a +3 rating. Given another 4 weeks, I’d expect it to run slightly fast. Depends how well it holds up throughout the week. I’m sure the Shepherd crew has installed a drainage system, grass dryer, the works.

What to Watch For: The difference between my rankings and others. Coaches poll, JFT both have Shepherd in the Top 10, I don’t. If they’re right with Freeland, a team many consider to be an upper echelon team, I’m probably wrong about the Bluejays. If not, they should still qualify and are still a solid outfit. For that third spot, Alma’s youth vs. Flint Powers’ experience. The boys side should be straight forward, with three teams standing above the rest. Look for Freeland’s depth, if they can find something in the next two weeks, they can get back into the Top 5 at MIS. Watch in coming years for how former CMU coach Matt Kaczor transforms the John Glenn program.

SUMMER

MID-SEASON

GIRLS

Place	Team	Score	1st Girl	2nd Girl	3rd Girl	4th Girl	5th Girl	6th Girl	7th Girl
1	Freeland	36	2	4	5	10	15	16	26
2	Shepherd	67	8	11	12	14	22	24	35
3	Alma	98	7	18	21	25	27	28	29
4	Flint Powers Catholic	102	3	13	19	31	36	43	48
5	North Branch	124
6	Frankenmuth	128
7	Clio	232
8	Bay City John Glenn	254
9	Saginaw Swan Valley	265
10	Birch Run	276
11	Flint Kearsley	308
12	Midland Bullock Creek	353
13	Essexville-Garber	405
14	Carrollton	460

Ranked Teams: Freeland (6), Shepherd (17)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	10	Mary Richmond	Frankenmuth	155.1
2	12	Whitney Farrell	Freeland	136.8
3	12	Lily Mataway	Flint Powers Catholic	135.4
4	12	Mara Longenecker	Freeland	134.1
5	9	Landrey Kuhn	Freeland	121.6
6	12	Haileigh Bissett	North Branch	121.4
7	9	Ezgi Kurt	Alma	118.8
8	11	Ariel Warner	Shepherd	118.0
9	12	Hailey Lenhard	Frankenmuth	113.2
10	12	Kiera Hansen	Freeland	110.8
11	11	Elle Himebaugh	Shepherd	105.1
12	12	Carly Judge	Shepherd	102.2
13	11	Alexcis Parker	Flint Powers Catholic	99.0
14	11	Jolie Fisher	Shepherd	97.7
15	10	Paige Kloha	Freeland	94.6
16	10	Bella Reed	Freeland	94.4
17	10	Grace Clemens	North Branch	93.5
18	9	Jenna Overla	Alma	90.3
19	9	Grace Murphy	Flint Powers Catholic	87.8
20	10	Aubrey Keeler	Clio	86.9
21	10	Hannah Raglin	Alma	84.7
22	9	Gracie Warner	Shepherd	83.6
23	10	Destiny Wasoski	Bay City John Glenn	82.7
24	12	Lilly Bailey	Shepherd	80.9
25	12	Karly Crowe	Alma	80.4
26	12	Allyson Harvey	Freeland	79.7
27	11	McKenzie Betts	Alma	79.7
28	12	Sarah GROVE	Alma	78.8
29	9	Vivian Wickes	Alma	78.0
30	9	Isabelle Hunt	North Branch	77.9
31	10	Aerika Pertler	Flint Powers Catholic	77.9
32	12	Alexandria Brown	Clio	77.7
33	11	Karlie Schlaud	North Branch	77.3
34	10	Kaitlyn Miller	Frankenmuth	76.3
35	10	Madison Gimmey	Shepherd	75.9
36	9	Grace Evanoff	Flint Powers Catholic	71.6
37	9	Clare Conzelmann	Frankenmuth	67.0
38	9	Rowan Conley	North Branch	67.0
39	11	Kayla Girard	Birch Run	66.6
40	10	Ava Boggs	Flint Kearsley	65.8
41	11	Sophia Hazelwood	North Branch	64.0
42	11	Kiersten Schiebner	Saginaw Swan Valley	64.0
43	12	Audrie Gillin	Flint Powers Catholic	63.6
44	12	Rachel Tilmann	Midland Bullock Creek	61.5
45	12	Alyssa Bussure	North Branch	61.1
46	9	Sarah Olszewski	Clio	59.9
47	11	Maddie Zehnder	Frankenmuth	58.6
48	10	Maggie Gilin	Flint Powers Catholic	58.4
49	10	Milagro Perez	Saginaw Swan Valley	55.4
50	11	Josie Guinther	Frankenmuth	53.4

Projected Individual Qualifier Cutoff: Tight battle between Alma and Flint Powers leads to a difference. If Alma makes it, the cutoff would be 19th. If Flint Powers does, the cut off would be 21st. I’d think to be close, you’d want to be at least 19th, to be safe, a few spots lower.

BOYS

Place	Team	Score	1st Boy	2nd Boy	3rd Boy	4th Boy	5th Boy	6th Boy	7th Boy
1	Freeland	46	1	2	3	8	32	40	50
2	Flint Powers Catholic	59	4	6	11	15	23	24	29
3	Clio	71	5	9	13	14	30	38	45
4	Bay City John Glenn	144
5	Alma	153
6	Frankenmuth	177
7	Shepherd	187
8	Birch Run	195
9	North Branch	210
10	Saginaw Swan Valley	290
11	Essexville-Garber	296
12	Flint Kearsley	331
13	Midland Bullock Creek	337

Ranked Teams: Freeland (8), Flint Powers Catholic (13), Clio (18)

Place	Grade	Name	Team	Rating
1	11	Braydon Honsinger	Freeland	199.5
2	9	TJ Hansen	Freeland	199.4
3	12	Jacob Wurtzel	Freeland	192.1
4	12	Lucas Danic	Flint Powers Catholic	192.1
5	12	Gabriel Phillips	Clio	189.9
6	12	Chase Dietrich	Flint Powers Catholic	188.7
7	12	Emerson Laverty	Bay City John Glenn	181.7
8	11	Braden Klein	Freeland	179.0
9	11	Tyler Heath	Clio	175.6
10	12	Collin Fall	Frankenmuth	175.5
11	10	David Murphy	Flint Powers Catholic	173.0
12	10	Ali Kudmani	Alma	172.1
13	10	Elliott Sirianni	Clio	172.1
14	12	Andrew Polcik	Clio	171.9
15	12	Noah Murphy	Flint Powers Catholic	170.2
16	12	Blaze Abell	Alma	164.8
17	11	Grant Conger	Frankenmuth	163.6
18	12	Liam Anderson	Essexville-Garber	161.5
19	11	Bryce Husen	Birch Run	161.3
20	12	Mason Cross	Shepherd	160.3
21	11	Nico Lopez	Shepherd	159.9
22	12	David Hadden	North Branch	157.7
23	11	Aidan Lobsinger	Flint Powers Catholic	157.1
24	12	Gavin Hamilton	Flint Powers Catholic	156.0
25	12	Gabriel Hutchins	North Branch	154.2
26	11	Braden Amthor	Bay City John Glenn	154.1
27	9	Nolan Longuski	Shepherd	153.0
28	9	Owen Fennelly	Saginaw Swan Valley	152.4
29	10	Peter Huey	Flint Powers Catholic	150.6
30	10	Andrew Yax	Clio	150.6
31	11	Ryder Payne	Bay City John Glenn	149.0
32	9	Camden McLeod	Freeland	148.9
33	10	Jack Rumptz	Birch Run	148.3
34	9	Thomas Shultz	North Branch	148.3
35	9	Bodie Heiss	Alma	148.1
36	11	Nick Beson	Bay City John Glenn	146.5
37	9	Buddy Leonard	Alma	144.4
38	12	Evan Sirianni	Clio	143.1
39	12	Grant Tilmann	Midland Bullock Creek	141.3
40	9	Sam Nemeth	Freeland	140.1
41	12	Gage Hammis	Saginaw Swan Valley	139.2
42	11	Aidan Maki	Frankenmuth	138.9
43	11	Owen Quinnan	Birch Run	136.7
44	11	Anthony Kulhanek	Bay City John Glenn	135.6
45	12	Aiden Wildman	Clio	134.0
46	10	Connor Mausolf	Birch Run	133.5
47	10	Cole Perkins	Bay City John Glenn	133.2
48	12	Wyatt Ciesla	Essexville-Garber	132.9
49	9	Grant Smith	Shepherd	131.5
50	12	Alex Deeter	Freeland	130.7

Projected Individual Qualifer Cutoff: 19th. The ratings show 18th – 21st as being less than 5 seconds apart. Should be an intriguing battle! Who wants it more?