Branch County's Top Performers

We are about a month into the spring sports season and big moments abound across all sports as students begin to start stepping up their game. Athletes from every single sport are nearing mid season form and big moments have been happening all over the county.

There will not be a set number of players chosen in each sport in each week, just including performances which stood out and deserve recognition.

This means there might be more or less than the week previous, and some sports will get more love than others based on the week.

To submit nominations for an athlete you feel deserves recognition, please email sports editor Troy Tennyson at ttennyson@thedailyreporter.com by Sunday evening.

Top Performances

Boys Track

Logan Cole, Union City- Cole swept up down in the pits versus Quincy, winning the discus in a new school record throw of 162 feet, 4 inches, breaking his own record set last year. Cole also won the shot put with a throw of 46 feet, 1 inch.

Kendall Austin, Coldwater Cardinals- Austin led the way for Coldwater in a loss to Hastings, winning the 110 hurdles in a time of 17.40; taking second in the 300 hurdles in a time of 44.66; taking second place in the high jump with a jump of 5 feet, 8 inches; and winning the long jump with a jump of 19 feet, 11 inches.

Jackson Reilly, Coldwater Cardinals- Reilly had a big day down in the throwing pits, sweeping the two events in a dual versus Hastings. Reilly won the shot put with a personal best throw of 51 feet, 1.5 inches while also taking first in the discus with a throw of 136 feet, 2 inches.

Girls Track

Ella Grabowski, Coldwater Cardinals- Grabowski broke one of the longest standing records still held at Coldwater High School, leaping her way into the record books with a win in the long jump, reaching the mark of 17 feet, 4.75 inches. Grabowski set a new Coldwater High School record, breaking the previous mark of 16 feet, 9.5 inches set by Lisa Kellogg 43 years ago.

Jaiden Hayes, Bronson Vikings - Hayes swept the hurdle events in Bronson’s regular season dual meet on Wednesday, winning the 100-meter hurdles in 19.32 and the 300-meter hurdles in 52.24 seconds.

Nevada Gillons, Union City Chargers- Gillons secured three individual wins in the dual versus Quincy, winning the 100 hurdles in a time of 16.46 seconds, the 300 hurdles in a time of 50.61, and the long jump with a jump of 14 feet, 10.5 inches.

Softball

Mya Porter, Coldwater Cardinals- Porter tossed a no-hitter in a 19-0 win over Union City on Thursday, coming within a single defensive error of a perfect game. Porter was dominant on the mound, striking out 11 of 15 batters faced in the win. Porter also had a big night at the plate, finishing 6 for 8 with a grand slam inside the park home run, to go along with nine RBIs and four runs scored.

Alyssa McCavit, Quincy Orioles- McCavit had a big night last Friday versus Hudson, finishing 6 for 10 with a double, two home runs, four RBIs, and five runs scored in a split.

Ashlynn Harris/Mya Webb, Bronson Vikings- The two Bronson hurlers combined to throw back-to-back three inning perfect games in a sweep over Maple Valley. The Bronson duo combined for 14 strikeouts in the back-to-back wins.

Baseball

Rick Austin, Union City Chargers- finished the early week with an average of .500, hitting 3 of 6 with three doubles. Austin also added an RBI, three walks, and four runs scored

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Brady Massey, Coldwater Cardinals- Massey finished the week displaying both his power and his patience at plate. In a two game sweep over Marshall, Massey finished batting 4 for 5 with one double, two singles, and one homerun to go along with three walks and three runs scored. In the Cardinals split with Union City on Thursday Massey finished with 4 for 7 with five RBIs, and two runs scored with one double.

Soccer

Sami Hollenbaugh, Quincy Orioles- Netted a hat trick in the Orioles win over Stockbridge, scoring three goals to go along with two assists. Hollenbaugh added a goal in Quincy’s win over Lenawee Christian.

Troy Tennyson is the sports editor for The Daily Reporter and can be reached via email at ttennyson@thedailyreporter.com. Follow Troy on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @ttennysonTDR.

This article originally appeared on Coldwater Daily Reporter: Branch County's Top Performers of the Week