Mustangs to face Ann Arbor Skyline for championship title
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BOYS BASKETBALL
WITHROW 61, PLYMOUTH 57: Abby Lawal, a 6-foot-11 junior center, scored 17 points and Mike Hill added 14 as Cincinnati Withrow (4-4) edged the Wildcats (3-3) at the Motor City Roundball Classic on Dec. 28 at Detroit Renaissance.
Anthony Crump tallied a game-high 19, while A.J. Neal added for 14 for Plymouth, which gave up 22 offensive rebounds leading to 18 Withrow points.
NORTHVILLE 82, LINCOLN PARK 31: Mark Grimes scored a game-high 17 points to lead four players in double figures as the Mustangs (5-2) earned a spot the Northville Holiday Tournament final with a convincing victory Dec. 27 at home over the Railsplitters (3-2).
Northville, jumping out to a 56-18 halftime lead, also got 14 points from Niko Barach, while Steven Morrissey and Sriram Papolu added 12 and 10, respectively. The Mustangs made 7-of-15 free throws.
Khalid Flemming paced Lincoln Park with 12. The Railsplitters went 6-of-9 from the line.
WAYNE 73, NORTHWESTERN 20: Isaiah Lewis led the way with 21 points as Wayne Memorial (4-1) drilled Detroit Northwestern at the Detroit Public Schools' Christmas Hoops Classic Dec. 27 at Detroit Cass Tech.
Rashad Williams added 17 points and 10 assists, while Terrence Williams also contributed 13 points and eight boards for the victorious Zebras.
COUNTRY DAY 77, NOVI 58: Wendell Green poured in 32 points and Dylan Sandhu added 23 as Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day (3-3) downed the Wildcats (1-5) in the Motor City Roundball Classic Dec. 27 at Detroit Renaissance.
Julian Roper chipped in with 10 for the victorious Yellowjackets, while Traveon Maddox, Jr. scored 22 points to lead Novi.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
NORTHVILLE 80, LINCOLN PARK 11: Sophomore Morgan Thompson scored 17 points to lead four players in double figures Dec. 27 as the host Mustangs (5-2) rolled to an opening round win over the Railsplitters (0-5) in the Northville Holiday Tournament.
Seniors Ella Duckworth and Charlotte Bacci, along with sophomore Tara Beason, each added 10 points as Northville led 50-9 at halftime and 69-9 after three quarters.
Karrington Gordon led Lincoln Park with eight points.
Northville, which went 9-of-18 from the foul line, will face Ann Arbor Skyline (1-8) for the title beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28 at home.
BOYS SWIMMING
NORTHVILLE 114, HURON 72: On Dec. 22, Travis Nitkiewicz figured in four firsts as the Mustangs (3-0) swept all three relay races to earn a non-conference dual meet victory at home over Ann Arbor Huron.
Travis Nitkiewicz captured the 200 individual medley (1:57.50) and 100 breaststroke (58.77). He also teamed up with Arthur Greenlee, Kirk Maibach and Cameron Heaven for a win in the 200 medley relay (1:39.03). The foursome of Greenlee, Travis Nitkiewicz, Jason Nitkiewicz and Kirk Maibach also won the 200 freestyle relay.
DeGroot swept the 200- and 500-yard freestyles in 1:48.29 an 5:00.78, respectively. He also teamed up with Jason Nitkiewicz, Cameron Heaven and Craig Maibach for a first in the 400 freestyle relay (3:23.02).
Jason Nitkiewicz also collected first in the 100 butterfly (54.24).
"Some really good swims from several of our guys," Northville coach Rich Bennetts said. "The IM and butterfly events improved a lot. We now get into our winter break training and hopefully we will come out of that better than we are right now. I'm encouraged with what I saw. I think we can be pretty good. It is a matter of how good and that will be determined from how hard we work the rest of the way."
Huron's Adam Moskus swept the 50- and 100 freestyles in 22.13 and 48.16, respectively. Nick Zacharek (1-meter diving, 197.00 points) and Jonathan Wang (100 backstroke, 55.05) also took firsts for the River Rats.
BOYS HOCKEY
NOVI 7, FRANKLIN 2: Issac Gibbs scored a pair of goals, while Nathan Graff added one goal and two assists as the Wildcats (5-7, 2-6 KLAA Gold) earned the crossover win Dec. 22 over host Livonia Franklin (6-5-1, 2-4 KLAA Black) at Edgar Arena.
Novi, jumping out to a 4-0 first period lead, also got goals from Jay Naidu, Eric Budd and Maanas Sharma, while assists went to Logan Londo (2), Chris Martin and Evan Chippa.
Trevor VanVliet scored both Franklin goals in the second period with assists going to Trey Ziebol and Nic Anderson.
Ethan Hunsinger was in goal for Novi, while Will Augustine tended net for Franklin.