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Welcome to another season of high school top performers for the Petoskey-area.
Covering all of the high schools throughout Emmet and Charlevoix county, here are the top performances sent in over the last week of the high school sports season, which also happened to be the first week of the 2026 fall high school sports season.
The amount of athletes per team and per sport may change from week to week, depending on performances, and some performances may be highlighted more than others.
Thank you to all coaches who have sent stats and results to be recognized. To have athletes included, make sure results are sent to Drew Kochanny of the News-Review at: [email protected]
BOYS SOCCER
CHARLEVLOX
Josh Montalvo Lundy — The season opener for Charlevoix came with a 6-1 victory against Benzie Central, with Montalvo Lundy scoring two goals for the Rayders.
Jeremiah Meyer — Meyer came through with a goal and an assist in the victory over Benzie.
Sam Porath — Porath notched two assists for the Rayders in the opener, his first game as Charlevoix soccer player.
Owen Boss — The freshman Boss recorded a goal in his first game as a Rayder.
Collin Mullaney — Mullaney scored a goal on a rebounding, following a shot from Porath.
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HARBOR SPRINGS
Giovanni Neispolo — Neispolo, a freshman for the Rams, helped Harbor earn a 2-1 win over Kingsley by scoring two goals against the Stags. The win came despite the Rams having two senior captains and their goalkeeper sidelined on the night.
PETOSKEY
Colin O’Donnell — O'Donnell helped the Northmen secure their first Big North Conference victory of the year in a 2-1 win over Gaylord on the road. He came through with the game-winner on a penalty kick late in the contest.
Conner Duch — Duch notched the first score of the night for the Northmen against Gaylord in a 1-1 game.
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Jace Stradling — Stadling came through with a huge performance against the Blue Devils, saving multiple shots to help bring in the win in net.
VOLLEYBALL
PETOSKEY
Jane Horsburgh — Petoskey took on more tough competition at a Cedar Springs mini invite, where they fell to Hamilton, North Point Christian and Grand Rapids Catholic Central, then defeated Cedar Springs. The young Horsburgh impressed with 15 kills, six aces, 28 digs and three blocks.
Courtney Howard — Howard led in setting up the offense in Cedar Springs, finishing with 36 assists, to go with 13 digs and two aces.
Claire Pike — Pike’s day in Cedar Springs finished with 13 kills, 21 digs and a pair of aces.
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Liza Luckhardt — Another freshman in the lineup, Luckhardt had 15 kills on an efficient hitting day, to go with eight combined blocks.
Gia Wemigwase — Wemigwase did a bit of everything for the Northmen in Cedar Springs, recording seven kills, five aces, fur digs and five total blocks.
BOYNE CITY
Addy Burns —In an Ogemaw Heights quad, Burns led the way with 11 kills, as the Ramblers fell to Roscommon (11-25, 9-25), fell to Ogemaw (11-25, 21-25) then topped Au Gres (25-11, 25-20).
Eeva Rintala — Rintala came out swinging in the quad and finished with a .363 hitting percentage.
Lily Payton — Payton finished the quad with 25 assists for Boyne.
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Ava Hissong — Hissong finished with five aces in West Branch.
Elle Wilson — The senior libero closed the day with 16 digs in West Branch.
HARBOR LIGHT
Alayna Swadling — The sophomore setter for the Swordsmen helped Harbor Light defeat Harbor Springs this week in four sets (25-23, 21-25, 25-13, 25-23). She had 31 assists, six aces and eight digs.
Maryah Burns — Burns had 16 kills and 26 digs, standing out defensively as an outside hitter, in a four-set win over Harbor Springs.
Makenna Vandock — Vandock recored nine kills, four aces and 10 digs in the victory over Harbor.
Lilly Cope — The junior libero for the Swordsmen notched 15 digs and two aces against Harbor Springs.
MACKINAW CITY
Rian Esper — The Comets split in a tri this week, falling to Cedarville (24-26, 9-25) then defeated Maplewood (25-15, 25-13). Esper led with 17 digs, six kills, seven assists and five aces.
Poppy Wallace — Wallace recorded eight kills, two blocks and four digs in the tri split.
Julia Short — Short recorded 13 digs, eight kills, five assists and an ace against Maplewood and Cedarville.
Alaia Mendez — Seven kills, 11 digs and an ace came for Mendez in the tri against the UP teams.
CHARLEVOIX
Ayla Kemp — When Charlevoix opened the season over the weekend in Pellston, the Rayders made it to the semifinals before falling to Bellaire. Kemp finished the day with 77 digs and six aces.
Jaslyn Blanton — Blanton was back to being her strong self on the court in Pellston, recording 36 kills, 22 assists, 27 digs and nine aces.
Sophie Glotzhober — Glotzhober showed she’s ready for more time on the court in Pellston with 35 assists, 24 digs and three aces in the openers.
Ella Boss — Boss impressed in Pellston with 19 kills, nine aces and 20 digs.
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Megan Porath — Porath had a strong set of openers, especially at the net, where she recored 15 kills and seven blocks, to go with her three aces.
GIRLS GOLF
PETOSKEY
Anna Hasse — The senior Northmen golfer recorded a round of 79 to finish as the medalist of the Grayling Invite recently.
HARBOR SPRINGS
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