BATTLE CREEK — City bragging rights will be on the line in several sports this week as we hit one of the busier stretches of the high school sports calendar.
There are four All-City events scheduled for this week, starting with the rescheduled All-City tennis tournament, which was postponed due to weather earlier this year. If Mother Nature cooperates, the 2024 All-City girls tennis tourney is set for noon on Tuesday at Pennfield High School.
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The annual All-City girls soccer tournament will be played at Harper Creek on Saturday, featuring Battle Creek Central, Lakeview, Harper Creek, Pennfield and the Calhoun County/St. Philip co-op team. Play will begin at 9 a.m. with Pennfield vs. Calhoun Christian/St. Philip and Harper Creek vs. BCC. At 11 a.m., Lakeview will play the winner of Pennfield/Calhoun Christian and the two losers of the 9 a.m. games will match up.
The final will be at 1 p.m. with the Harper Creek/BCC winner facing the winner of the Lakeview vs. Pennfield/Calhoun Christian winner.
Both the All-City baseball and softball tournaments will be played at Bailey Park on Saturday.
The opening round of the All-City baseball tourney will be at 10 a.m. with BCC vs. Pennfield in one game at Nichols Field and Lakeview vs. the St. Philip/Climax-Scotts co-op team in another at Morrison Field. Harper Creek, based on overall record, received a bye and will face the winner of BCC vs. Pennfield in a game at noon. The final is scheduled for 2 p.m. with the winner of Lakeview vs. St. Philip/Climax-Scotts advancing to the championship game vs. the winner of the Harper Creek vs. BCC/Pennfield winner.
The opening round of the All-City softball tourney will be at 10 a.m. with Harper Creek vs. Pennfield at Convis B and BCC vs. the St. Philip/Climax-Scotts co-op at Convis A. Lakeview, which earned a bye, will play the winner of BCC vs. St. Philip/Climax-Scotts at noon. The final will be at 2 p.m. at Convis A with the Harper Creek vs. Pennfield winner facing the Lakeview vs. St. Philip/Climax-Scotts vs. BCC winner.
Track
Harper Creek hosted the Spirit of the Wild Relays, a co-ed track event, on Friday. Olivet finished first with 94 team points with the host Beavers taking second with 84.
Harper Creek's Ethan Tabiadon broke the school record for the second time in recent weeks in the 300 hurdles, finishing first in a time of 39.79. Julia Faber finished first in the 1,600 meters (5:37.24)
Ricky Johnson finished first in the discus (144-6), Kaden Sears won the high jump (6-1), Ella Chantrenne won the shot put (33-8) for the girls and Izzie Miller won the discus (101-3).
Coaching Milestones
Pennfield earned a doubleheader sweep over Hastings on Thursday as longtime Panther head baseball coach Rob Moran hit a career milestone with his 300th victory.
Olivet baseball coach Bill Whitely earned his 700th career victory on Tuesday as the Eagles defeated Ionia in the first game of a doubleheader.
Contact Bill Broderick at bbroderi@battlecreekenquirer.com. Follow him on X/Twitter @billbroderick.
This article originally appeared on Battle Creek Enquirer: High School Notebook: City bragging rights on the line this week in multiple sports
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