Alcona High School’s boys basketball team defeated Charlton Heston on Thursday and Hillman on Friday.

“Great team win tonight to start off NSL Big Dipper play,” Alcona coach Alex Cole said of Thursday’s game.

Alcona defeated Charlton Heston 53-43.

Leading Alcona on Thursday was three senior captains Ricky Schott with 15 points, Garrett Somers with 12, and Evan Borsvold with 17.

Defensively, seniors Ethan CruzDeVaughn and Jordan Benac held strong.

Friday’s game against Hillman allowed the team to secure a 3-0 record for the week, as Alcona topped Hillman 67-54.

“Proud of the guys for staying locked in and handling the pressure down the stretch,” Cole said. “Lots of composure from our senior guards Garrett Somers, Ricky Schott, and Vinny Mahalak. Our bigs Evan Borsvold and Gavin Dellar handled a good portion of the scoring tonight highlighted by a huge game from our Sophomore Edju Hechlik!”

The leading scorer for Hillman was senior guard Brenden Rouleau with 20 points. Evan Crane had a nice night scoring 13 points and added seven boards. Aedan Tucker rounded out the double-figure scoring for Hillman with 10 points.

Hillman dropped to 6-4 on the season and will return to action Monday against Fairview.

“We had a good week winning two out of three games including a barn burner Wednesday vs. Rogers City,” Hillman coach Eric Muszynski said. “Rogers City and Alcona are two of the top three teams in the Big Dipper so although we would have liked to win all three games this week, splitting with those two shows how much we have improved. The third quarter was the difference and although we battled back we just couldn’t get over the hump in the 4th.”

ALCONA GIRLS BEAT

CHARLTON HESTON

Alcona’s girls basketball team defeated Charlton Heston on Friday, 47-19.

Leading Alcona was Claire Somers with 11 points. Not far behind were Elliyana Grimshaw and Gracyn Tracy with eight points each.

ALPENA SWIM PLACES SECOND

On Saturday, the Alpena High School boys swim team traveled to Ogemaw to swim in the Stephanie Rice Invitational Swim Meet.

Alpena had a score of 246, Essexville Garber had 367, Oscoda had 183, Chesaning had 173, Caro had 168, and Ogemaw had 166.

“The boys did an amazing job and finished Runner Up as a Team,” coach Jennifer Johnson said.

Freshman Joshua Short received the Swimmer of the Meet Award with first in both the 200-yard Freestyle and 500-yard Freestyle Individual Events. In the 200-yard Freestyle, Short had his personal best shaving four seconds off his seed time.

“Personal records were made throughout the entire meet by many swimmers who demonstrated strong mental focus, refinement of their stroke mechanics and teamwork,” Johnson said.

In the 200-yard IM, Drew McConnell shaved four seconds off his best time and in the 100-yard Breaststroke, another two seconds off his best time earning a second place for both events. Alex Winfield took off 0.32 seconds on his 50-yard Freestyle for his personal best and second place, plus a first-place finish in the 100-yard Butterfly shaving 0.02 seconds.

Milo Dahleen, Brendan Werth, Quentin Hubert, and Joel Kaiser all had their personal best in the 200-yard Freestyle. Emmet DeRosia had his personal best in the 50-yard Freestyle. Nicholas Dargis, Linkon Meinzinge, and Quentin Hubert all had their personal best in the 100-yard Freestyle Event.

In the 500-yard Freestyle, Joel Kaiser shaved one minute off his personal best time. Senior and Captain Kaleb Werth took a whole minute off his 100 100-yard Backstroke time. Milo Dahleen swam his personal best in the 100 100-yard Breaststroke and took two minutes off his seed time.

In the 200-yard Medley Relay, Kaleb Werth, Drew McConnell, Alex Winfield, and Joshua Short earned second place with a time of 17 seconds off their seed time. Emmet DeRosia, Nicholas Dargis, Logan Mill, and Landen Gagnon earned sixth place in the 200-yard Medley Relay, shaving 18 seconds off their personal best time. In the 200-yard Freestyle Relay, Quentin Hubert, Linkon Meinzinger, Milo Dahleen, and Brenden Werth shaved four seconds off their seed time. In the 400-yard Freestyle Relay, Logan Mill, Brenden Werth, Kaleb Werth, and Joshua Short took fifth place and shaved seven seconds off their seed time. Lastly, Quentin Hubert, Linkon Meinzinger, Emmet DeRosia, and Milo Dahleen took seven seconds off their time in the 400-yard Freestyle Relay.