We’re out of Portage, out of the bigger area meets (Oakland and Wayne County), now onto more of championship season. Many of the top teams competed in a meaningful meet and we’re better able to discern their intentions for this final month of the season.
The WEEK 3 RANKINGS contained the best explanation of the year, so click there. But I’ll add another sentence of emphasis: although this past weekend’s meets weigh the largest, they are not the end all be all, these are cumulative.
Here are the other rankings:
WEEK FOUR CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
Rank Team Score Division Top 5 Avg. Last Week 1 Marquette 20 UP 1 198.9 1 2 Sault Ste. Marie 60 UP 1 178.1 2 3 Houghton 141 UP 1 152.2 3 4 Painesdale-Jeffers 159 UP 2 147.8 4 5 Gladstone 185 UP 1 138.7 5 6 Munising 240 UP 2 141.5 6 7 Rudyard 272 UP 2 127.9 7 8 Engadine 342 UP 3 117.7 8 9 Stephenson 363 UP 3 113.0 12 10 Ironwood 371 UP 2 113.9 10 11 Ishpeming Westwood 380 UP 1 113.0 11 12 Dollar Bay 395 UP 3 108.4 9 13 Menominee 405 UP 1 108.0 13 14 Negaunee 431 UP 1 103.8 15 15 Gwinn 445 UP 2 93.6 14 16 Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer 456 UP 2 100.1 16 17 Rapid River 465 UP 3 87.5 NR 18 Escanaba 472 UP 1 97.2 18 19 Calumet 476 UP 1 68.0 17 20 Cedarville 511 UP 3 74.4 NR 21 Manistique 535 UP 2 87.2 19 22 Eben Jct. Superior Central 568 UP 3 82.3 20 23 Kingsford 603 UP 1 64.1 23 24 Newberry 635 UP 3 67.3 21 25 Hancock 646 UP 2 64.2 22 26 Powers North Central 672 UP 1 1.0 25 27 Rock Mid-Peninsula 681 UP 3 55.1 24 28 Forest Area 720 UP 3 54.8 26 29 Brimley 723 UP 3 29.3 NR 30 Carney-Nadeau 813 UP 3 27
Rank Grade Name Team Rating 1 11 Gabe Litzner Sault Ste. Marie 210.9 2 12 Seppi Camilli Marquette 210.3 3 11 Rorik Holmquist Marquette 198.0 4 12 James Barch Marquette 195.8 5 11 Peter Argeropoulos Marquette 195.6 6 12 Evan Balko Marquette 194.6 7 12 Chase Thomsen Marquette 193.0 8 11 Shea Armstrong Sault Ste. Marie 192.5 9 12 Kalvin Kytta Chassell 189.7 10 12 Danny Goss Munising 189.6 11 12 Birk Seagren Houghton 180.6 12 10 Lucas Ballard Marquette 177.6 13 12 Trevor Nolan Munising 171.1 14 11 Landon Larson Painesdale-Jeffers 170.4 15 11 Cameron Anderson Painesdale-Jeffers 167.2 16 12 Evan Huyck Sault Ste. Marie 165.8 17 12 Eli Hills Sault Ste. Marie 163.6 18 11 Steven Kirschner Rudyard 163.1 19 11 Benjamin Hemmer Houghton 161.9 20 12 Zach Smith Ironwood 161.4 21 11 Daniel Bowerman Sault Ste. Marie 157.3 22 11 Canon Kuntze Stephenson 154.6 23 12 Dakota Taylor Engadine 153.9 24 11 Adam Brandt Sault Ste. Marie 153.2 25 12 Brayden Bourion Menominee 150.8 26 10 Andrew Junttila Calumet 150.1 27 9 Brandon Van Karsen Houghton 149.9 28 12 Weston Knauf Powers North Central 149.8 29 10 Chase Aldridge Sault Ste. Marie 148.9 30 11 Max Beauchamp Gladstone 145.6 31 11 Simon Jaklin Negaunee 144.7 32 10 Ethan Snyder Cedarville 144.6 33 12 Ben Gilroy Manistique 143.3 34 11 Anderson Limkemann Houghton 141.2 35 9 Wyatt Huhn St. Ignace 140.2 36 12 Joshua Guant Dollar Bay 140.1 37 11 Tyler Soderman Gladstone 139.8 38 11 Teagan Reynolds Gladstone 139.2 39 9 Brody Majurin Ewen-Trout Creek 139.1 40 12 William Weise Escanaba 138.8 41 11 Duane Krenek Engadine 138.6 42 9 Branson Anderson Painesdale-Jeffers 138.4 43 11 Austin Corey Gladstone 137.0 44 10 Blake Lakosky Munising 136.1 45 12 Joey Lauzon Ironwood 133.5 46 9 Blake Heltunen Painesdale-Jeffers 132.7 47 12 Owen Kuehnau Stephenson 132.5 48 11 Grady Nelson Gladstone 132.1 49 12 Trevor Verba Stephenson 131.3 50 12 Reed DeGroot Kingsford 130.7
Rank Team Score Division Top 5 Avg. Last Week 1 Marquette 59 UP 1 94.6 1 2 Houghton 66 UP 1 95.4 2 3 Hancock 159 UP 2 64.4 3 4 Sault Ste. Marie 192 UP 1 55.9 4 5 Ewen-Trout Creek 236 UP 3 45.6 5 6 Negaunee 247 UP 1 45.5 6 7 Gladstone 306 UP 1 27.4 7 8 Calumet 314 UP 1 26.0 11 9 Kingsford 321 UP 1 25.6 12 10 Chassell 322 UP 3 24.3 10 11 Munising 336 UP 2 21.2 9 12 Baraga 348 UP 2 21.0 14 13 Newberry 353 UP 3 34.7 8 14 Escanaba 375 UP 1 17.9 15 15 Pickford 402 UP 3 15.3 13 16 Ironwood 420 UP 2 10.7 17 17 Brimley 425 UP 3 2.5 16 18 Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer 435 UP 2 5.8 18 19 Powers North Central 445 UP 1 22 20 Stephenson 460 UP 3 19 21 Rapid River 464 UP 3 25 22 Ishpeming Westwood 512 UP 1 21 23 St. Ignace 522 UP 3 20 24 Manistique 574 UP 2 23 25 Rudyard 610 UP 2 24 26 West Iron County 629 UP 2 26 27 Eben Jct. Superior Central 715 UP 3 28 28 Holy Name 719 UP 3 27
Rank Grade Name Team Rating 1 11 Talya Schreiber Pickford 141.0 2 11 Samantha Taylor Newberry 131.7 3 11 Tessa Rautiola Houghton 122.4 4 12 Alisha Mabie Escanaba 112.9 5 10 Abby Taylor Newberry 111.7 6 12 Roman Trevino Peterlin Houghton 104.5 7 11 Ella Fure Marquette 104.1 8 8 Molly McNamara Engadine 102.8 9 12 Aubrey Smith Ironwood 101.4 10 9 Sela Niska Houghton 101.1 11 12 Monet Argeropoulos Marquette 97.4 12 9 Evelyn Grant Marquette 95.5 13 12 Lily Ross Houghton 91.7 14 9 Maria Murvich Kingsford 90.7 15 12 Ella Keranen Hancock 89.1 16 12 Maija Maki-Warne Marquette 88.8 17 12 Chloe Miller Marquette 87.2 18 12 Alyssa Shirkey Wakefield-Marenisco/Bessemer 86.2 19 12 Marlee Plaxco Negaunee 84.7 20 9 Isabelle McCord Sault Ste. Marie 83.2 21 10 Winley Brandt Menominee 80.6 22 9 Alena Pietila Hancock 78.8 23 11 Faith Cappaert Stephenson 78.2 24 10 Eryn Veverka Marquette 75.3 25 11 Stephanie Jones Sault Ste. Marie 74.8 26 10 Sylvia Aho Chassell 73.4 27 9 Bree Besonen Ewen-Trout Creek 72.5 28 12 Rayna Towles Hancock 72.2 29 11 Maya Carlson Manistique 71.3 30 10 Regan Sporte Sault Ste. Marie 70.6 31 11 Nori Korsman Negaunee 69.9 32 10 Sophie DesRochers Baraga 69.0 33 11 Maija Keranen Calumet 65.1 34 12 Violet Papin Marquette 64.3 35 12 Hope Varoni Powers North Central 61.3 36 10 Joselyn Mills Gladstone 61.3 37 11 Emma Besonen Ewen-Trout Creek 61.2 38 10 Norah Woodruff Houghton 57.5 39 11 Romi Mattson Houghton 57.2 40 10 Riley Conklin Negaunee 57.0 41 10 Aesara Lupinski Rock Mid-Peninsula 56.8 42 11 Jill Berg Hancock 56.3 43 8 Leona Schutz Ewen-Trout Creek 56.2 44 9 Addie Bowerman Munising 53.1 45 11 Addy Hallum Ishpeming Westwood 50.2 46 11 Olivia Cotey Munising 49.7 47 9 Elli Harju Calumet 48.5 48 11 Jovie Williams Houghton 46.4 49 8 Julia Poma Rapid River 44.1 50 12 Kate Mattson Munising 43.9
Homeschool & Others
Boys
Rank Team Score Top 5 Avg. Last Week 1 GRTC Peregrines 36 181.5 1 2 Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 51 177.1 2 3 Capital Homeschool 74 172.8 3 4 North Trails 119 158.8 4 5 MACH 153 145.1 5 6 Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics 181 135.5 6 7 Butternut Homeschool 208 124.6 7 8 Christ the King 237 116.2 8 9 West Michigan Homeschool 250 104.9 9 10 Washtenaw Christian 301 65.2 10 11 Kensington Woods 320 60.6 11 12 Monroe Milers 321 56.2 12 13 Detroit Crockett 410 NR
Rank Grade Name Team Rating 1 12 Luke Long West Michigan Homeschool 208.7 2 12 Ezekiel Grimmet Capital Homeschool 192.8 3 12 Trent Taratuta North Trails 190.5 4 11 Caleb Willard GRTC Peregrines 186.7 5 9 Abenezer Olson Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 183.6 6 10 Anthony Schmitz GRTC Peregrines 183.2 7 12 Keith Siek Berrien County Youth Track 182.7 8 11 Brendan O’Donohue GRTC Peregrines 182.4 9 12 Kaelan Miller GRTC Peregrines 181.8 10 11 Vince Garritano Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 181.2 11 9 Leo Garritano Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 175.0 12 9 Eli Miller GRTC Peregrines 173.6 13 12 Trevor Basch Capital Homeschool 173.2 14 10 Brian Artman Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 172.9 15 10 Evan Armstrong Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 172.7 16 12 Jack Ryan Capital Homeschool 172.4 17 11 Ian Potts MACH 169.9 18 11 Benaiah Roby Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 169.0 19 9 Jackson Willard GRTC Peregrines 166.5 20 12 David Artman Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 166.1 21 10 Jacob Ziolkowski GRTC Peregrines 166.0 22 9 Garrett Potts MACH 164.8 23 11 Isaac McAlvey Capital Homeschool 162.8 24 12 Edward Fountain Capital Homeschool 162.8 25 11 Carter Grimmet Capital Homeschool 162.2 26 10 Peter Kamp Capital Homeschool 162.1 27 12 Axel Krantz North Trails 158.3 28 12 Sebastian Hornibrook North Trails 155.3 29 10 Thor Krantz North Trails 153.1 30 9 Etienne Ruble Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics 150.6 31 10 Silas Carroll Ivywood Classical Academy 145.7 32 10 Joshua Snyder MACH 143.8 33 10 Tommy Skrobola Christ the King 142.6 34 10 Isaiah Homan Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics 139.4 35 10 Trevor Thompson Butternut Homeschool 139.3 36 11 Grady Oberlin Butternut Homeschool 137.7 37 10 Landon Juilleret North Trails 136.8 38 11 Tyson Crouse Butternut Homeschool 133.8 39 12 Hayden Tollenaere Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics 133.7 40 10 Patrick Monahan Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics 133.7 41 11 Callum Wallenfang Berrien County Youth Track 133.3 42 11 Carson Bopp North Trails 131.1 43 10 Noah Ferguson Kensington Woods 128.6 44 12 Aidan Spybrook Christ the King 128.2 45 9 Daniel Smyth MACH 126.5 46 10 Brody Jeruzal Ann Arbor Christian 123.7 47 10 Daniel Jones Washtenaw Christian 122.9 48 11 Nathan Perez MACH 120.3 49 10 Micah Springer Central Michigan Homeschool Athletics 120.1 50 9 Shepherd Thompson Washtenaw Christian 119.5
Girls
Rank Team Score Top 5 Avg. Last Week 1 GRTC Peregrines 20 130.7 1 2 Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 80 77.0 NR 3 Capital Homeschool 101 68.2 2 4 MACH 106 66.9 3 5 Christ the King 147 33.8 4 6 North Trails 172 5 7 Monroe Milers 185 2.6 6 8 West Michigan Homeschool 213 7 9 Interlochen Arts Academy 230 8 10 Detroit International Academy 313 9 11 Detroit Central 341 NR 12 Detroit Crockett 344 NR
Rank Grade Name Team Rating 1 10 Stephanie DiPiazza GRTC Peregrines 166.5 2 12 Sinead Noonan GRTC Peregrines 145.2 3 9 Alannah Wessel MACH 130.6 4 12 Maya Willard GRTC Peregrines 122.3 5 9 Kate O’Donohue GRTC Peregrines 115.1 6 10 Faith Wessel MACH 110.5 7 12 Olivia Gust North Trails 104.4 8 10 Gianna Chaignot GRTC Peregrines 104.2 9 12 Melia Cullen GRTC Peregrines 100.7 10 11 Abby Thompson Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 98.1 11 11 Samantha Hundt Capital Homeschool 97.7 12 12 Suzannah DiPiazza GRTC Peregrines 96.9 13 9 Ingrid Thomas Washtenaw Christian 89.1 14 11 Esther Hornibrook North Trails 84.8 15 9 Micaela Cabello Christ the King 84.6 16 10 Kimberly Siek Berrien County Youth Track 83.4 17 10 Kimberly Siek Berrien Youth Track 80.7 18 11 Taylor Hill Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 77.5 19 9 Mercy Hibma Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 74.6 20 9 Grace Bedner Ann Arbor Track 73.6 21 10 Eleri Raleigh Capital Homeschool 72.0 22 10 Taylor Basch Capital Homeschool 70.8 23 10 Belle Richardson Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 70.6 24 10 Elyana Davis Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 64.0 25 12 Rebekah Gram Monroe Milers 61.6 26 12 Maria Gergely Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 61.4 27 11 Evelyn Jackson Kalamazoo Homeschool Sports 58.6 28 10 Rosie Stelwagen West Michigan Homeschool 58.3 29 11 Hana Nishi Interlochen Arts Academy 56.5 30 11 Maizy Minnaar Capital Homeschool 54.9