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Dakota’s Brendan Dunn knew what was at stake when he was getting himself ready to lead off the 400-yard freestyle relay at last weekend’s Macomb County Invitational at L’Anse Creuse North.
Thomas Rhodenizer was obviously happy with his first-place contributions to the Ramblers’ 97-83 victory against Lakeview Thursday in a Macomb Area Conference crossover meet. He swam on two winning relay teams and won the 100-meter butterfly but it was hard to hide his joy in finishing second to the Huskies’ Tyler Deubel in the 100 breaststroke.
Utica senior Hunter Thomson atoned for a defeat he suffered as a four-year-old wrestler when he pinned Dakota’s Jake Gawlowski in the semifinals at 132 pounds in the Macomb County Invitational Classic. Thomson completed his day’s work with a pin of Algonac’s Lucky Gartin in the championship match.
The emergence of girls high school wrestling came at the perfect time for Makayla Perdue-Daniels. Without it, the Warren Mott junior might have given up a promising prep career in the sport.