Best Throws Crews: Boys Week Eight

Regional weekend is here! And hey, if you’re a throws fan, have the afternoon off, and live on the West Side, you may want to head over to Allendale to watch the Falcons compete against Coopersville.

Anyhow, these are the last of these for now. Next week, I’ll be doing my research and the following week, I’ll be writing up State Previews. I’ll come back at the end of the season with Teams and Throwers of the Year.

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EXPLANATION

If you’d like to see how your team has (hopefully) moved up, here’s the past few rankings:

WEEK ONE
WEEK FOUR
WEEK SIX

These lists contain anything uploaded to athleticnet by Wednesday, even the various JV and Upper Peninsula regional meets out there. As with the previous writeups this week, I’ll focus on an individual from each of the top squads.

Coming into his own of late has been senior Evan Berghorst. His first two years of throwing in high school contained zero points at the OK Green Championship. This past Friday, he won the discus, tossing a 146’er. That was a personal best, his second time in above 140, and a 20’ improvement from 2022.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
11	Garrett Weeden	Zeeland East	163′ 1	456	Discus
11	Parker Williams	Zeeland East	52′ 8.75	444	Shot Put
11	Garrett Weeden	Zeeland East	52′ 8	443	Shot Put
11	Parker Williams	Zeeland East	150′ 1	423	Discus
12	Evan Berghorst	Zeeland East	146′ 6	413	Discus
12	Drestin Ter Haar	Zeeland East	47′ 2	399	Shot Put
12	Eli Rush	Zeeland East	45′ 2	383	Shot Put
12	Evan Berghorst	Zeeland East	44′ 8	379	Shot Put
12	Drestin Ter Haar	Zeeland East	132′ 5	378	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Zeeland East	1	1670	1669	3339
2	Midland	1	1620	1592	3212
3	Walled Lake Central	1	1219	1741	2961
4	Cedar Springs	1	1230	1546	2775
5	Monroe	1	404	1586	1991
6	Caledonia	1	758	1153	1911
7	Rockford	1	1143	765	1908
8	St. Joseph	1	874	900	1774
9	Wyandotte Roosevelt	1	842	871	1712
10	Saginaw Heritage	1	1191	460	1651
11	White Lake Lakeland	1	798	816	1614
12	Plymouth	1	816	787	1602
13	Brighton	1	379	1197	1576
14	Saline	1	787	781	1568
15	Grosse Pointe North	1	810	758	1567
16	Howell	1	775	784	1559
17	Zeeland West	1	393	1160	1553
18	Walled Lake Western	1	394	1143	1537
19	Macomb Dakota	1	772	743	1515
20	Holt	1	1131	382	1513
21	Livonia Churchill	1	765	747	1512
22	Battle Creek Lakeview	1	501	834	1335
23	Warren DeLaSalle	1	845	383	1228
24	East Kentwood	1	795	411	1206
25	Utica	1	416	784	1201
26	Beverly Hills Groves	1	426	757	1183
27	Lowell	1	385	796	1182
28	Detroit Catholic Central	1	787	382	1169
29	Byron Center	1	374	777	1152
30	Grosse Pointe South	1	766	370	1136
31	Rochester	1	377	756	1134
32	Mount Pleasant	1	384	746	1131
33	Grand Haven	1	381	743	1125
34	Lakeview St. Clair Shores	1	372	739	1111
35	Clarkston	1	448	417	865
36	Gibraltar Carlson	1	459	401	860
37	Novi	1	384	455	839
38	Harrison Twp. L’Anse Creuse	1	393	445	837
39	Greenville	1	431	399	830
40	Holland West Ottawa	1	404	426	830
41	Salem	1	405	415	820
42	Hartland	1	447	371	818
43	Walled Lake Northern	1	399	413	812
44	Berkley	1	432	376	807
45	Lake Orion	1	398	407	805
46	Fenton	1	417	369	786
47	Grand Ledge	1	0	786	786
48	Portage Central	1	411	374	784
49	Ann Arbor Huron	1	418	365	784
50	Traverse City West	1	381	402	783

Gave a shoutout to Dalton DeBeau last week, well Derrick Simmons is following right in his footsteps. The sophomore, in his first year of track, has made his most noticeable gains in the discus. He began the year throwing in the 130’s and now in championship season has ripped three consecutive 150’+ throws. One of those was this past Wednesday’s TVC-8 Championship, where he took home the gold.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
12	Dalton DeBeau	Frankenmuth	180′ 7.5	500	Discus
12	Dalton DeBeau	Frankenmuth	56′ 1	470	Shot Put
10	Derrick Simmons	Frankenmuth	165′ 3	461	Discus
10	Derrick Simmons	Frankenmuth	50′ 3	424	Shot Put
10	Niko Mamaladze	Frankenmuth	144′ 5	408	Discus
11	Houston Loucks	Frankenmuth	45′ 2	383	Shot Put
12	Aden Betz	Frankenmuth	43′ 9	372	Shot Put
11	Houston Loucks	Frankenmuth	128′ 5	367	Discus
12	Aden Betz	Frankenmuth	122′ 3	352	Discus
11	Colin Main	Frankenmuth	122′ 0	351	Discus
11	Nathan Schafsnitz	Frankenmuth	120′ 7	348	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Frankenmuth	2	1650	1737	3386
2	Coopersville	2	1646	1618	3264
3	Parma Western	2	1593	1523	3116
4	Alma	2	1245	1667	2913
5	Allendale	2	1147	1471	2618
6	Freeland	2	1197	1192	2389
7	Portland	2	787	1573	2360
8	Berrien Springs	2	1137	1206	2343
9	Monroe Jefferson	2	758	1470	2227
10	Coldwater	2	1156	1062	2218
11	Midland Bullock Creek	2	1244	781	2026
12	Cadillac	2	791	1151	1942
13	Grand Rapids South Christian	2	753	1179	1933
14	Stevensville Lakeshore	2	1130	770	1899
15	Otsego	2	1158	736	1894
16	Ionia	2	734	1151	1885
17	Wayland Union	2	774	852	1626
18	Edwardsburg	2	784	839	1623
19	Gladwin	2	832	761	1593
20	Dearborn Divine Child	2	413	1172	1585
21	St. Clair	2	413	1170	1583
22	Whitehall	2	460	1110	1570
23	Fowlerville	2	767	741	1508
24	Hopkins	2	749	746	1495
25	Spring Lake	2	371	1104	1475
26	Tecumseh	2	756	715	1471
27	Flint Powers Catholic	2	371	1085	1456
28	Carleton Airport	2	808	447	1255
29	Sparta	2	366	815	1181
30	North Branch	2	411	741	1152
31	Ludington	2	776	371	1146
32	Hastings	2	410	736	1146
33	Petoskey	2	382	763	1145
34	Mason	2	384	741	1126
35	Vicksburg	2	365	753	1118
36	Hamilton	2	377	733	1109
37	Grand Rapids Christian	2	0	1072	1072
38	Bridgeport	2	365	701	1066
39	Plainwell	2	455	448	904
40	Madison Heights Lamphere	2	440	387	827
41	Essexville Garber	2	393	422	815
42	Williamston	2	422	392	813
43	Kingsley	2	388	422	810
44	Riverview	2	809	0	809
45	Dundee	2	387	417	805
46	Gaylord	2	440	364	804
47	Saginaw Arthur Hill	2	412	381	793
48	Milan	2	783	0	783
49	Marysville	2	379	404	783
50	Shepherd	2	384	378	762

A new team at the top and it’s mainly because of the theatrics of Maddox Gonzalez. The junior picked up 18 valuable points in the Panthers’ third place finish in the TVC-10. A first in the shot put (personal best and #6 rank in D3) along with a second in the discus (another personal best) and now Standish Sterling holds the top spot at the end of the regular season.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
11	Maddox Gonzalez	Standish Sterling	50′ 5	425	Shot Put
10	Elijah Cottrell	Standish Sterling	49′ 11	421	Shot Put
11	Maddox Gonzalez	Standish Sterling	137′ 1	389	Discus
12	Morgan Woletz	Standish Sterling	135′ 9	386	Discus
10	Elijah Cottrell	Standish Sterling	120′ 9	348	Discus
10	Kyler Cook	Standish Sterling	119′ 9	345	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Standish Sterling	3	846	1469	2316
2	Constantine	3	1098	1161	2259
3	Quincy	3	1120	1127	2247
4	Pewamo-Westphalia	3	896	1191	2087
5	Clare	3	777	1066	1843
6	White Cloud	3	838	774	1612
7	Leslie	3	761	779	1539
8	Chesaning	3	1129	406	1535
9	Olivet	3	423	1058	1481
10	Benzie Central	3	768	704	1472
11	Manchester	3	733	725	1459
12	Clinton	3	425	778	1203
13	Montrose	3	416	730	1145
14	Montague	3	781	358	1140
15	Jackson Lumen Christi	3	371	754	1124
16	Brooklyn Columbia Central	3	727	397	1124
17	Manton	3	390	702	1092
18	Mason County Central	3	385	694	1079
19	Kent City	3	371	705	1076
20	Reed City	3	0	1069	1069
21	Caro	3	718	348	1066
22	Hart	3	491	502	993
23	Lawton	3	497	446	943
24	Union City	3	419	451	871
25	Durand	3	394	401	794
26	Adrian Madison	3	397	397	794
27	Jonesville	3	420	362	783
28	Manistee	3	380	392	772
29	McBain	3	362	408	770
30	Lake City	3	423	346	769
31	Almont	3	356	409	765
32	Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard	3	361	399	760
33	Watervliet	3	368	392	760
34	Hanover-Horton	3	370	377	747
35	Schoolcraft	3	366	380	746
36	Lansing Catholic	3	381	361	742
37	Bangor	3	364	372	736
38	Blissfield	3	380	345	725
39	Delton-Kellogg	3	354	366	720
40	Grass Lake	3	358	362	720
41	GR NorthPointe Christian	3	0	715	715
42	Napoleon	3	0	708	708
43	Ottawa Lake-Whiteford	3	352	343	695
44	Saginaw Valley Lutheran	3	690	0	690
45	Elk Rapids	3	0	431	431
46	Otisville LakeVille	3	402	0	402
47	Grand Rapids West Catholic	3	397	0	397
48	Ida	3	0	387	387
49	Madison Heights Bishop Foley	3	0	384	384
50	Grand Traverse Academy	3	379	0	379

What’s going on over there in Aggie Land? Has the magic of Dave King been transferred onto the current regime? Why all these questions? My athleticnet research say his 43’4 on May 15^th was his first throw ever and Jamisen Latham now has a top-15 mark in D4. Looks like he’s entered for this weekend’s regional, surely there’s room for improvement after one competition. The rich get richer.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
11	Kylis Fletcher	Beal City	152′ 4	428	Discus
11	Kylis Fletcher	Beal City	48′ 4.75	409	Shot Put
11	Jamisen Latham	Beal City	43′ 4	369	Shot Put
12	Ben Straus	Beal City	40′ 6	346	Shot Put
12	Ben Straus	Beal City	118′ 4	342	Discus
11	Parker McDonald	Beal City	118′ 3.5	342	Discus
11	Parker McDonald	Beal City	38′ 10	333	Shot Put
12	Justin Recker	Beal City	110′ 0	321	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Beal City	4	1457	1433	2890
2	Hillsdale Academy	4	1027	1084	2111
3	Marion	4	726	1025	1751
4	Fowler	4	1086	664	1750
5	Kalamazoo Hackett	4	705	767	1472
6	Morrice	4	715	726	1440
7	Buckley	4	1043	358	1400
8	White Pigeon	4	1062	327	1388
9	Maple City Glen Lake	4	713	674	1387
10	Breckenridge	4	702	669	1371
11	East Jordan	4	681	659	1340
12	Saginaw Nouvel	4	659	675	1335
13	Reading	4	1001	331	1331
14	Deckerville	4	738	427	1166
15	Onekama	4	412	682	1094
16	Britton Deerfield	4	695	392	1087
17	Marlette	4	361	677	1038
18	Frankfort	4	375	656	1031
19	Mendon	4	1007	0	1007
20	Mason County Eastern	4	321	677	998
21	Kingston	4	677	317	994
22	Sand Creek	4	332	659	991
23	Wyoming Potter’s House	4	338	650	988
24	Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary	4	668	316	984
25	Climax-Scotts	4	659	325	983
26	Concord	4	328	654	983
27	Indian River Inland Lakes	4	666	315	981
28	Unionville-Sebewaing	4	344	636	980
29	Three Oaks River Valley	4	647	323	970
30	Petersburg-Summerfield	4	408	399	807
31	Bellaire	4	364	364	727
32	Gobles	4	724	0	724
33	Tekonsha	4	354	366	720
34	Pittsford	4	353	363	717
35	Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart	4	341	372	713
36	Allen Park Cabrini	4	325	375	700
37	Brown City	4	362	338	699
38	Fruitport Calvary Christian	4	323	374	697
39	Harbor Springs	4	685	0	685
40	Lawrence	4	334	344	678
41	Fulton	4	353	317	670
42	Flint Beecher	4	0	669	669
43	Marine City Cardinal Mooney	4	355	312	667
44	Martin	4	322	341	663
45	Detroit Frederick Douglass	4	336	323	660
46	Rochester Hills Lutheran NW	4	657	0	657
47	McBain Northern Michigan Christian	4	326	331	656
48	St. Charles	4	319	333	652
49	Ubly	4	325	325	651
50	Morenci	4	0	649	649

He was the 2022 Thrower of the Year and he’s returned to that top form. Last spring, Noah Johnson placed top-4 at the D1 Upper Peninsula Finals in both throwing events. As of May 12^th, with three weeks to go in the season, he’d already reached the marks that vaulted him to the medal stand. 41’6 in the shot and 136’4 at the Negaunee Lions Invite were both season bests, an excellent confidence boost heading into regional week.

Grade	Name	Team	Distance	Points	Event
11	Noah Johnson	Kingsford	136′ 4	388	Discus
11	Garrett Veale	Kingsford	45′ 3	384	Shot Put
11	Noah Johnson	Kingsford	41′ 6	354	Shot Put
11	Grayson Palmer	Kingsford	118′ 3	342	Discus
12	Isaac Olson	Kingsford	113′ 1	329	Discus
11	Elizan Rouse	Kingsford	38′ 3	328	Shot Put
12	Joshua Early	Kingsford	109′ 11	321	Discus

Rank	Team	Division	Shot Put	Discus	Total
1	Kingsford	UP	1067	1378	2445
2	Ishpeming	UP	1062	692	1755
3	Escanaba	UP	658	1021	1680
4	Gladstone	UP	353	1292	1645
5	Negaunee	UP	1060	339	1400
6	St. Ignace	UP	683	683	1366
7	Rapid River	UP	364	983	1347
8	Sault Ste. Marie	UP	977	324	1301
9	Bessemer	UP	710	374	1083
10	Calumet	UP	336	712	1049
11	Newberry	UP	663	330	993
12	Powers North Central	UP	970	0	970
13	Paradise-Whitefish Township	UP	366	397	763
14	Baraga	UP	0	708	708
15	Engadine	UP	341	359	700
16	Marquette	UP	337	362	699
17	Pickford	UP	362	321	683
18	Menominee	UP	364	315	679
19	West Iron County	UP	333	325	658
20	Iron Mountain	UP	325	315	640
21	Hancock	UP	369	0	369
22	Houghton	UP	339	0	339
23	Norway	UP	337	0	337
24	Munising	UP	335	0	335
25	Stephenson	UP	0	328	328