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ROWING: Wyandotte boat club teams earn five state-meet gold medals

ROWING: Wyandotte boat club teams earn five state-meet gold medals - thenewsherald.com.

Published: Tuesday, May 22, 2012

By Hank Minckiewicz

Downriver high schools and the Wyandotte boat club claimed five titles at last weekend’s State of Michigan Rowing Championships in Grand Rapids.

Roosevelt’s Men’s and Women’s doubles and singles boats swept the competition.

Corneilia Reigler continued her season-long dominance by winning the Women’s Single and then teamed with Sarah Minaugh to win the Double.

Roosevelt’s boys followed suit, with Alex Pappas wining the singles and Pappas and Josh Simons teaming up to win the doubles.

The other local win came from Grosse Ile’s Men’s Lightweight 4 boat, crewed by coxswain Matt Hoying, Lyle Antieau, Ethan Ames, Jack Adams and  Donnie Jensen.

Grosse Ile took seven boats to Grand Rapids and all seven of them reached the finals.

“The team dealt with a long day of racing and with elements and did not let it wear them down going into the finals,” said assistant coach Kellie LaPointe.

Grosse Ile snagged a second place in the Men’s Junior 8 and thirds in the Women’s Junior 8 and the Women’s Varsity 4.

Hoying, Antieau, Ames, Josh Mizak, Ray Bodrie, Kyle Karrar, Hunter Pfeiffer, Adams and Jensen crewed the Men’s Junior 8.

Coxswain Heaven Shaman, Holly Scott, Kelly Farrel, Nicole Marek, Emma Alford, Hannah Whitaker, Emma Valiquette, Erica DesJardins and Ally O'Donnel rowed the Women’s Junior 8 and coxswain Kaitlin Karrar, Sam Ralston, Ursula O'Connor, Paige Krohn and Lexi Baxter rowed the Varsity 4.

Anderson scored two places at the state meet with its Women's Varsity Double of Hailey Medvich and Nicole Lafferty taking second place and the Men’s Junior Double of Nate Shivel and Mark Kowalsky finishing third.

Riverview’s Lightweight 4 snagged second-place honors and Riverview’s Women’s Varsity 8 scored a third.

The four-person boat was Haley Reynolds, Zoe Kissel, Norma Lee, Margaret Rausch and Coxie Samantha Warren.

The eight-person boat was Emily Powers, Marianne Horsley, Brittany Jenkins, Autumn Little, Alecia Wendt, Zoe Kissel, Penny Orsargos, Margaret Rausch, and Coxie Emma and Russeau.

Stotesbury Cup Regatta - Riverview Entries

Stotesbury Cup Regatta
Friday May 18, 2012 to Saturday May 19, 2012
Schuylkill River - Philadelphia, PA

Girls Junior Double    Riverview Community High School (A)    E. Powers/M. Horsley

Girls Ltwt Double    Riverview Community High School (A)    A. Wendt/H. Reynolds

Scholastic Rowing Association of Michigan State Championships - Riverview Entries

Saturday May 19, 2012
Location:  2400 Monroe Avenue NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49505

Regatta Schedule:

• Headquarters will open at 7:00am & scales will open for LTWT weigh-in.
• Coaches and coxies meeting at 8:00am
• First Call to water at 8:20am
• First race at 9:00am

Womens Ltwt 4+    Riverview Community High School (A)    M. Rausch/N. Lee/Z. Kissel/P. Orsargos (N. Brown)

Mens Ltwt 4+    Riverview Community High School (A)    G. Doss/J. Davis/I. Moore/R. Welsh (E. Moore)

Womens Jr 8+    Riverview Community High School (A)    C. Armstrong/S. Warren/E. Pisarzewski/S. Liveoak/K. Nelson/B. Jenkins/A. Little/C. Charette (E. Russeau)

Mens Jr 8+    Riverview Community High School (A)    E. Lynn/T. Howarth/K. Wasilewksi/K. Bodnar/S. Willbanks/M. Wood/J. Werner/C. Menna (M. Steffke)

Mens Varsity 4+    Riverview Community High School (A)    I. Reeder/A. Irving/J. Peters/J. House (C. Tedone)

Mens Ltwt 8+    Riverview Community High School (A)    E. Lynn/T. Howarth/T. Rigotti/E. Molitor/A. Picciuto/K. Bodnar/A. Campbell/C. Menna (E. Moore)

Womens Jr 4+    Riverview Community High School (A)    E. Pisarzewski/C. Charette/K. Nelson/S. Warren (N. Brown)

Mens Jr 4+    Riverview Community High School (A)    A. Campbell/E. Molitor/A. Picciuto/T. Rigotti (C. Tedone)

Womens Varsity 8+    Riverview Community High School (A)    M. Rausch/P. Orsargos/C. Armstrong/S. Liveoak/Z. Kissel/B. Jenkins/A. Little/N. Lee (E. Russeau)

Mens Varsity 8+    Riverview Community High School (A)    G. Doss/R. Welsh/K. Wasilewksi/S. Willbanks/J. Werner/M. Wood/I. Moore/J. Davis (M. Steffke)

ROWING: Local teams solid at Midwest rowing competition

 

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ROWING: Local teams solid at Midwest rowing competition - thenewsherald.com.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

By Hank Minckiewicz

What a day last Saturday was for the Roosevelt rowing team as the Bears crowned three champs at the Midwest Meet of Champions in Cincinnati.

The Men’s Varsity Double of Alex Pappas and Josh Simmons; the Women’s Varsity Double of Sarah Minaugh and Corneilia Reigler; and Reiglier in the Women’s Varsity single asll too home first-place honors and wrapped up invitions to the North American Schoolboy Championships in Camden, NJ Memorial Day weekend

Roosevelt also snagged a bronze medal in Cincinnati last weekend when Pampas finished third in the Men’s Varsity single.

“We did an awesome job this weekend,” said Roosevelt Coach Brett Green. “All the boats made huge improvements.”

Riverview scored a gold medal at the Midwest meet when the Junior Double of Marianne Horsley and Emily Powers took first and punched their ticket to nationals.

But Riverview overall team effort had Coach Rich Kesor beaming as 23 of the 42 Riverview rowers at last Saturday’s meet participated in the finals.

“When you have that many boats and that many rowers rowing in the finals on Sunday, you know you are doing well,” he said.

Riverview wound up getting a second-place finish from its Women’s Lightweight Novice 4 of Norma Lee, Zoe Kissel, Samantha Warren, Cortney Armstrong and coxie Nina Brown and a third-place showing from its Women's Junior Quad boat crewed by Marianne Horsley, Autumn Little, Brittany Jenkins, Emily Powers.

The Bucs also scored a fourth-place and two sixth places.

The Anderson team grabbed a pair of third-place finishes as the Women's Lightweight Double of Claire Crosmun and Ashley Granica and the Women's Varsity Double of Hayley Medvich and Nicole Lafferty each claimed bronze medals.

Grosse Ile had a number of boats reach the semifinals Saturday and one, the Men’s Lightweight 4, reached the finals.

That boat, crewed by coxswain Matt Hoying, Lyle Antieau, Ethan Ames, Jack Adams and Donnie Jensen, finished sixth.

The Michigan state championships are this weekend in Grand Rapids.

Several boats, including the Women’s Lightweight Doubles from Riverview and Anderson and Riverview’s Women’s Junior Double, will go to the 192-team Stotesbury Cup in Philadelphia. More than 5,000 rowers will compete in that meet.

 

ROWING: Local teams score dozen gold medals at Wy-HI

ROWING: Local teams score dozen gold medals at Wy-HI (PHOTOS) - thenewsherald.com.

Published: Tuesday, May 08, 2012

By Hank Minckiewicz

It took a behemoth like Ann Arbor Huron to knock Riverview out of the top spot at the 41 annual Wyandotte High Schools Rowing Regatta on the riverfront in Wyandotte Saturday.

Racing on smooth, flat water all day long, Class A Huron won the overall title by a mere nine points over much smaller Riverview.

Huron’s 100-plus member team outnumbered the Bucs by more than 2-to-1.

All in all, we performed well,” said Riverview Coach Rich Kesor. “There were a few events in which we didn't perform at our best and let a few races get away from us.

“Ultimately, those lost points meant the difference between winning the cup and finishing second.”

Riverview won three events ­– Women’s Novice 8, Women’s Varsity Quad and Women’s Novice Lightweight 4 – and also had three boats finish second and three more finish third.

As a team, the Riverview women were second and the men third.

Riverview’s Women's Novice 8 was Norma Lee, Zoe Kissel, Cara Charette, Kate Nelson, Savannah Liveoak, Emily Pisarzewski, Samantha Warren, Courtney Armstrong and coxie Nina Brown.

Riverview’s Women's Lightweight Novice 4 was Norma Lee, Zoe Kissel, Samantha Warren, Courtney Armstrong and coxie Nina Brown.

The Bucs’ final winning boat was the Women's Quad crewed by Emily Powers, Marianne Horsley, Autumn Little and Alecia Wendt.

The second place boats were the Men's and Women's Lightweight 4s and the Men's Junior 4. The third place boats were the Women's Novice 4, Women's Double, and Men's Lightweight 8.

It was not just Riverview’s rowers who fared well among local teams. In all, Wyandotte Boat Club member teams won 12 gold medals.

Grosse Ile had a fine day at the Wy-Hi, winning four times.

Grosse Ile’s winning women’s boats were the Varsity 4 of coxswain Kaitlin Karrar, Sam Ralston, Ursula O’Connor, Paige Krohn and Lexi Baxter and the Women’s Novice 4 of coxswain Heaven Shaman, Hannah, Whitaker, Emma Alford, Nicole Marek and Emma Valiquette.

Winning for the men were the Junior 8 of coxswain Matt Hoying, Lyle Antieau, Ethan Ames, Josh Mizak, Ray Bodrie, Kyle Karrar, Hunter Pfeiffer, Jack Adams and Donnie Jensen and the Lightweight 4 of Hoying, Antieau, Ames, Adams and Jensen.

“We’re learning a lot right now and want to get better from week to week,” said Grosse Ile assistant coach Don Fekete, “It is nice working a group of athletes who are focused on improving and doing things the right.”

Anderson scored a pair of wins.

Duplicating their win from the Hebda Cup a week ago was the Titans’ Women’s Lightweight 4 of Claire Crosmun, Selena Meskos, Alyssa Quillen and Ashley Granica.

Anderson’s Women’s Double of Crosmun and Granica finished first, nipping Hebda champ Roosevelt by .28 seconds. The Wyandotte boat was rowed by Cornelia Rieger and Sarah Minaugh.

Roosevelt got wins from its Men’s Double of Josh Simmons and Alex Papas and its Women’s single rowed by Rieger, as well as another second from its Men’s Varsity 4.

Carlson also had a gold-medal finish, winning the prestigious Men’s Varsity 8.

Alex Theeck, Brandon Price, Trevor Lazarski, Kyle Brunell, Sean Pacheco, Devin Lang, Matt Diehl, Logan Farrington and coxie Josh Pruchniewski crewed the winning boat.

It was the first time Carlson has ever won the Men’s Varsity 8 at the Wy-Hl and the first time a Wyandotte Boat Club boat has won it since at least 1997, according to Coach Dennis Schooley.

The win was made all the more impressive by the fact that half of the Varsity 8 boat – Theeck, Price, Lazarski, Farrington and Pruchniewski – had to jump out of the third-place Lightweight 4 and get ready quickly to row in the eight-man race.

All five local crews are now off this weekend to Cincinnati for the two-day, 50-team Midwest Scholastic Championships on Ohio’s Hasha Lake.

Boats at the Midwest Championships are vying for berth in the National Championships in Camden N.J. May 26.

ROWING: Riverview's 2012 Hebda Cup sweep includes another overall title

ROWING: Riverview's 2012 Hebda Cup sweep includes another overall title (PHOTOS) - thenewsherald.com.

Published: Tuesday, May 01, 2012

By Hank Minckiewicz

The Riverview rowing team stormed its way to every team trophy they handed out at the 10-team 48th annual Hebda Memorial Challenge Cup Regatta hosted by the Wyandotte Boat Club Saturday.

The Pirates, who captured first place in seven events, won the women’s title, the men’s title and the overall championship.

Riverview was the only local men’s team among the top three as Dearborn Heights Crestwood and Saline followed the Bucs in the final standings.

Among the women’s teams, Riverview was followed in scoring by Carlson and Grosse Ile.

“Everything seemed to fall into line,” said Riverview Coach Rich Kesor. “The kids came ready to race and ready to compete.”

Riverview won the overall team title for the second straight year and became the first team to win back-to-back girls’ championships.

The Hebda Cup boys’ title was the first for Riverview since 1984.

The Bucs started the day by winning two of the meet’s first three races, the Women’s Novice 4 and the Men’s Novice 8.

Jeremy House, Brad Renner, Kodiak Bodnar, AJ Picciutto, Austin Irving, Ian Reeder, Tim Rigotti, Ethan Molitor, and coxie Christian Tedone crewed the men’s boat and Norma Lee, Zoe Kissel, Samantha Warren, Courtney Armstrong and Coxie Nina Brown rowed for the women.

Riverview then won the Women’s Junior 8 with Emily Powers, Marianne Horsley, Autumn Little, Brittany Jenkins, Cara Charette, Margaret Rausch, Haley Reynolds, Penny Orsargos and coxie Emma Russeau doing the heavy lifting and the Men’s Lightweight 8 with Jamal Davis, Ryan Welsh, Ian Moore, Kyle Wasilewski, Zeke Lynn, Andrew Campbell, Tyler Greg Howarth, Doss and coxie Martin Steffke in the boat.

Norma Lee, Zoe Kissel, Cara Charette, Kate Nelson, Samantha Warren, Emily Pisarzewski, Savannah Liveoak, Courtney Armstrong and coxie Nina Brown then won the Women’s Novice 8.

The Bucs finished their dominant day by taking the Men’s Junior 8 (Ryan Welsh, Josh Werner, Shane Willbanks, Mike Wood, Kyle Wasilewski, Andrew Campbell, Tyler Howarth, Greg Doss and Martin Steffke) and the Men’s lightweight 4 (Caleb Menna, Ian Moore, Jamal Davis, Zeke Lynn and coxie Eric Moore).

Although they did not win races, Kesor said taking second in the Men's Novice 4 and Junior 4 and Women's Junior 4 and Lightweight 4 provided 12 valuable points to help secure the Pirates’ victories.

Roosevelt swept the sculling events, winning both the Men’s and Women’s Varsity 2 races.

Alex Pappas and Josh Simmons were the men’s winners and Sarah Minaugh, Corniela Reiger were the women’s winners.

Roosevelt also won the Men’s Varsity 4 with Alex Pappas, Vincent Pizzo, Josh Simmons, Jake Pitcher and Sarah Pappas doing the honors.

Grosse Ile claimed victory in the Men’s Junior 4 and the Women’s Varsity 4.

Women’s runner-up Carlson got its only first in the Women’s Varsity 8 race with Rebecca Cunningham, Michelle Tooma, Lexy Cantrell, Holly Van Buren, Holly Walus, Tessa Glover, Karlie Arp, Maddie Ayoub and coxie Monica Vint doing the rowing.

The Marauders also scored points with these boats: Women’s Varsity 4 (second, Rebecca Cunningham, Michelle Tooma, Lexy Cantrell, Holly Van Buren and coxie Tim Williams); Men’s Junior 4 (third, Devin Lang, Sean Pacheco, Matt Deihl, Kyle Brunell and coxie Trevor Lazarski); Women’s Novice 4 (third, Karlie Arp, Maddie Ayoub, Breanne Vary, Monica Vint and coxie Logan Farrington; and Men’s Light weight 4 (third, Alex Theeck, Brandon Price, Trevor Lazarski, Logan Farrington and coxie Tim Williams).

Next up for local rowers is the Wyandotte High Schools Regatta set for Saturday back at the Wyandotte Boat Club.

The scoring is different at the Wy-Hi, favoring bigger schools, but Kesor said his Pirates will be there ready to give it their best shot.

“We are going to show up and race or races,” he said. “If it all goes well, we will be in the conversation at the end.”