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Gibraltar Carlson's Jace Starll breaks school records for both 6 and 11 dives; Summerfield, New Boston Huron among girls basketball winners.

GIBRALTAR – One school record wasn’t enough for Jace Starll.

He decided to set two in three days.

The diver broke the Gibraltar Carlson record for a six-dive program on Thursday, Jan. 22 with a score of 291.8 then shattered the 11-dive record in the Downriver Classic on Saturday, Jan. 24 with a score of 443.75.

“Jace has worked exceptionally hard leading up to and during this season to learn bigger dives than he performed last year,” Carlson diving coach Ellen Strawsine said. “He remained dedicated to doing dry-land exercises and basic drills to make small improvements.

“His performance at meets this year have shown how much it his hard work has paid off. Opposing coaches always comment on how nice his form is.”

Jace Starll is congratulated by Gibraltar Carlson diving coach Ellen Strawsine after breaking school records for both the 6 and 11-dive programs.

Both school records were set in 2019 by Todd Taylor II.

“Jace is a dedicated athlete who hopes to compete at the collegiate level next fall and continue to develop as a diver with more and more difficult dives,” said Carlson head coach Amy Hulderman. “He is always up for a challenge and works hard to achieve his goals.”

Starll placed 13th at the Division 2 state finals last season and was named Monroe County Region Diver of the Year.

Owen Keith also was a standout Saturday, winning the butterfly in :53.55 and swimming with Dean Manthei, Owen Lancaster and Jack Dunwoody on the 200 freestyle relay that took second place and qualified for state with a time of 1:33.9.

PREP BASKETBALL

Summerfield nets 10th win

ANN ARBOR – Jaeli Jones racked up 23 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists as Summerfield beat Ann Arbor Huron 62-49 Monday to run its record to 10-3.

“We haven’t played in six days and haven’t had a practice in four days and it showed tonight,” Summerfield coach Mickey Moody said. “We were sloppy and slow the first half, but played a great third quarter.”

Abby Zilka came off the bench to score a career-high 12 points and Mayley Mannebach drilled four 3-pointers and finished with 14.

Defense saves Huron

NEW BOSTON – New Boston Huron’s offense struggled at times Monday, but the defense was solid all night in a 43-21 win over Milan.

The Chiefs allowed just 6 points in the first half.

“Slow start,” Huron coach Bradd Bossick said. “You could definitely tell the girls have been off a few days.”

Ava Bossick paced 5-5 Huron with 13 points and Elle Huffman tossed in 12.

Emily Bladen topped all scorers with 14 points for 0-12 Milan.

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Dundee tops ranked foes

SALINE – A pair of highly ranked teams from higher divisions were no match for Bedford at the Saline Super Duals Saturday.

The Vikings opened with routs of Woodhaven (72-6), Saline (73-0) and Wauseon, Ohio (65-3). They followed by dismantling a Brighton team ranked No. 3 in Division 1 47-15 and then rolled over Three Rivers, the No. 2 team in Division 2, 57-16.

“This was the first time we were able to travel as a full team to a tournament this year,” Dundee coach Garrett Stevens said. “We were able to rotate 22 athletes into the 14-person starting lineup throughout the day. We wrestled well.”

The Vikings will continue to test themselves this week with matches schedules against Davison (No. 8 Division 1), Detroit Catholic Central (No. 1 Division 1) Hartland (No. 1 Division 2), Linden (No. 4 Division 2) and Lowell (12-time defending Division 2 champs).