State Meet Announcement
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 11/03/2025
Congratulations to Aaliyah Hillier for her finish at the Division 3 State Finals on Saturday. She ran her third fastest time ever on a course that is not considered to be a fast one, and placed 76th of 255 runners. She is the first Kalkaska runner from the girl's team to break into the top 100 at the state finals in over twenty years! Excelsior!
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Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country at Northern Michigan Meet of Champions
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 10/20/2025
The cross country teams raced on Saturday, October 18. The varsity teams were in Cadillac, at Veterans Serving Veterans Park, fo rthe the Northern Michigan Meet of Champions, hosted by Manton.The day started out with thunder and lightning, but turned into a good day of racing. Callie Sinke of Onekama won the girl's race in 18:16.33 and Gage Hoffmann of Stanton Central Montcalm won the boy's event with a time of 15:41.2. However, teams raced by divisions, with Kalkaska running D3, which was won by Sophia Grinage of Leland in 19;02.4, and Gage Hoffmann. Overall, the teams of Traverse City St. Francis and Stanton Central Montcalm took the D3 trophies home. The girls had an excellent day and placed 9th of 12 scoring teams, one point behind Lake City. A downpour started the race, and Aaliyah Hillier took home a medal for 10th in D3, leading the Blazers with a PR of 20:21.0. Izzy Wegener, Anna Martin, Myah Little, and Courtney Borden scored, and Paige Balliet and Payton B
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Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country @ NSC Conference Championship
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 10/15/2025
The Blazer cross country teams ran at the Northern Shores Conference Championship on October 15 at Boyne Mountain Resort. Boyne City hosted the meet and the eight teams in the conference attended. Harbor Springs won the girls meet, and Brynne Schulte of Elk Rapids won overall with a time of 19:16.3. The Charlevoix boys won, led by their own Hunter Eaton who finished in 15:59.1. The girls team finished fourth, led by Aaliyah Hillier, who placed 5th overall for First Team All Conference honors, in a time of 20:45.1. Izzy Wegener earned 2nd Team All Conference honors for her 11th place finish in 21:53.3. Anna Martin earned All Conference Honorable Mention with a season record of 24:02.1. Courtney Borden and Paige Balliet also scored for the Blazers, with Balliet running a PR. Payton Bonofiglio and Lily Trumble placed, and Trumble ran a PR. Nivaya Ochampaugh also ran a season best. The boys finished fifth, with Owen McGlone leading the way for the Blazers. He fin
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Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country @ Mancelona Invite
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 10/02/2025
|Doug Brown
The Blazer cross country teams raced upon the plains of Mancelona on Wednesday, October 1, at the Mancelona Invitational. Kalkaska raced in the large school division, which was won by the Traverse City St. Francis girls and Traverse City Central boys. Brynne Schulte of Elk Rapids was the first girl of the evening, running 18:33.1, and Issac Dionne of Boyne City was the top boy, running 16:00.7. Aaliyah Hillier led the Blazers with a fifth place finish and a new PR of 19:48.7. Izzy Wegener, Anna Martin, Courtney Borden, and Paige Balliet scored for the girls and Payton Bonofiglio and Lilly Trumble placed. All of these ladies ran PRs for the season, along with Nivaya Ochampaugh who ran a season record. Coltrane Paryani led the boys, running a PR of 17:12.5 for a 15th place finish. Owen McGlone, Seth Storm, Kellen TenHopen, and Alex Bontrager scored for the Blazers, and Jackson Shetler and Zach Little placed. McGlone, Storm, TenHopen, Bontrager, and L
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Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country @ Shepherd Invite
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 09/29/2025
The cross country teams raised some dust in the heat of the Shepherd Invitational on Saturday, September 28. Racing began at 9 AM and new ones started every half hour for varsity and JV races, and every 20 minutes for middle school and elementary races until everything wrapped up at about 5. Kalkaska raced in the Gold division of 27 schools, which was won by the Pewamo-Westphalia girls and Howard City Tri-County boys. Alyssa Kramer of Pewamo-Westphalia won the girl's race in 19:03.8 and Owen Poppema of Bath won the boy's race in 16:11.9. Aaliyah Hillier led the girl's team to a 10th place finish of 20 scoring teams, with a time of 20:55.2 and a 13th place finish for a medal. Izzy Wegener also earned a medal for finishing 37th, and scored for the Blazers along with Courtney Borden, Anna Martin, and Paige Balliet who ran a PR. Payton Bonofiglio and Lilly Trumble also placed for the Blazers. Owen McGlone led the Blazer boys, finishing in 18:04.1 for a 39th place medal
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Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country @ Elk Rapids Invitational
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 09/24/2025
The Blazer cross country teams wound themselves around a fast course at the Elk Rapids Invitational on September 23rd. The Elk Rapids girls won the meet, led by Brynne Schulte who placed first in 19:56.6. Qwynn Darnell, of Elk Rapids, won the boy's race with a time of 16:35.2. Our ladies took home the runner up trophy, led by Aaliyah Hillier, who ran a PR and finished 3rd in 20:43.0. Izzy Wegener, Courtney Borden, Anna Martin, and Payton Bonofiglio scored. Bonofiglio and Lillian Trumble ran PRs, and Nivaya Ochampaugh ran a season record. The boys won the Invitational, led by Coltrane Paryani, who placed 4th with a season record of 17:55.6. Owen McGlone was right behind him with a SR of 17:58.1. Seth Storm, Kellen TenHopen, and Alex Bontrager scored. TenHopen, Bontrager, Matt Cox, Brandon Martin, and Brayden Vanderloop ran PRs, and Jackson Shetler ran a season best. The middle school girls placed 6th, and Gwen Finley led them with a time of 15:1
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Petoskey Kiwanis Invitational
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 09/22/2025
The flames of the Blazers shone brightly in the rain at the 51st Petoskey Kiwanis Invitational on Saturday, September 20. Concern over lightning scooted things along while teams competed for status in their division. Harbor Springs won the D3 girl's meet,while Ava Pawlick of Petoskey placed first among all divisions in 20:58, and Charlevoix won the D3 boy's meet, led by Hunter Eaton, who ran a 15:56 and was the first boy to finish. Aaliyah Hillier won the D3 girl's race! She placed third of all divisions, with a 21:18.2. Izzy Wegener, Courtney Borden, Anna Martin, and Paige Balliet, with a PR, scored for the girls, who placed third of the 5 D3 schools attending. Navaya Ocampaugh ran a season record. Owen McGlone led the Blazers with a time of 18:21.8. Seth Storm, Kellen TenHopen, Alex Bontrager, and Ephraim Conway scored for the Blazers for a finish in 5th. Storm and TenHopen ran PRs, and Conway got a SR. Matt Cox, Afton Staley, Mason Doehring, and Brayden Va
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Home Cross Country Meet @ Twin Birch
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 09/16/2025
The Blazers hosted the Kalkaska Invitational at Twin Birch Golf Course on Monday, September 15. The weather was great and 10 high school 11 middle school teams attended. Bellaire won the girl's race in a crazy close meet, with Kalkaska finishing in 4th. Petoskey St. Michael won the boys race, with Kalkaska placing 2nd for the runner up trophy. Brynne Schulte of Elk Rapids won the girl's race with a time of 20:57.16, followed by Anna Pray of Elk Rapids in 20:57.17. Cody Bradley of Petoskey St. Michael won the boy's race, finishing with a season record of 17:01.2. Aaliyah Hillier led the Blazer girls, placing 3rd in 21:35.2. Izzy Wegener, Courtney Borden, Anna Martin, and Paige Balliet scored, and Magdalena Etcheverria, completing her first race, and Lily Trumbel were in our top seven. Coltrane Paryani was the first Blazer to finish, placing 5th in 18:31.5. Seth Storm, Owen McGlone, Kellen TenHolpen, and Alex Bontrager scored, and Owen Shetler and Ephraim Conway finished
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Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country @ Charlevoix Mud Run
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 09/08/2025
The Blazer cross country teams sloshed their way through the Charlevoix Mud Run on Saturday, September 6. After much rain, there was standing water on parts of the course, resulting in mud, mud, and more mud. Kalkaska raced in the D1, 2, and 3 division. Hunter Eaton of Charlevoix won the boy's race in 16:32, and Ava Pawlick of Petoskey won the girl's race in 22:00. However, Tayla Schreiber of Pickford, in the D4 division, posted the fastest time of the day for the ladies, running 18:57. The Harbor Springs girls won the D1-3 race along with the Charlevoix boys. It looks like for most runners, the unsure footing and dives into the water pit added about 30-120 seconds to their typical race times. Kalkaska's girls placed 4th of 6 scoring teams, D1-3. Aaliyah Hillier ran 22:08, and led our ladies, placing 2nd and posting the fastest 9-10 grade time of the day. The Mud Run recognizes the top 20 9th & 10th graders and the top 20 11th and 12th graders with awards. Izzy
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Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country vs. Multiple Opponents
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 08/28/2025
The Blazer cross country teams raced in East Jordan last night. The girls placed 6th, one point ahead of Roscommon, and the boys were 8th among the 11 teams in the D 1,2, and 3 race. Brynne Schulte won the girls race in 19:40 and Hunter Eaton won the boys race in 15:44. Overall, Traverse City Central won both races among the scoring teams. Aaliyah Hiller was our first girl, placing 8th in 20:59. Izzy Wegener, Courtney Borden, Anna Martin and Paige Balliet scored points for the team. Balliet and Payton Bonofiglio ran new PRs, and Nivaya Ochampaugh ran a season best. Cotrane Paryani led the boys, placing 22nd, in 18:10. Owen McGlone, Seth Storm, Owen Shetler, and Kellen TenHopen scored for the Blazers. Storm, Shetler, Joey Morphis, Matt Cox, Brandon Martin, and Brayden Vanderloop ran new PRs, and McGlone and Alex Bontrager set season records. Congratulations to these runners and the rest of the team! They work hard, and will continue to dro
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Pete Moss Invitational - Benzie
Boys/Girls Varsity Cross Country
Posted on 08/25/2025
The Blazer cross country teams raced in the Pete Moss Invitational at Benzie Central on Saturday, August 23. The course is flat and fast, and teams from all over Michigan attend. Kalkaska raced in the small school division with 26 other schools. You need five runners to complete the race in order to score a team. Our girls placed 13th of 18 teams that scored, and the boys were 9th of 20, a good start to the season! Girls run first in 2025, and Sophia Grinage of Leland placed first in the small school division with a time of 18:43. The Redman twins of Mesick took first and second in the boy's race, with Kyle Redman running 15:59, and Ty Redman running 16:10. Hart was the first place team for the girls, and Benzie Central won the boy's race. Aaliyah Hillier was the first Blazer girl across the line, placing 16th with a PR of 20:47. Isabella Wegener placed 40th in 21:52 and took home a medal too. Courtney Borden, who ran her best time since her freshma
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track vs. Multiple Opponents
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/22/2025
The track and field teams competed in Charlevoix at the North Shore Conference Meet on Wednesday, May 21. Charlevoix won on the boys side, and Kingsley won for the girls in team scoring. Kalkaska boys and girls both placed 7th. Eight places scored points, and the top three in each event won All Conference honors. The girls 4x800 relay team of Kara Olds, Anna Martin, Aaliyah Hillier, and Kylee Jenkins won All Conference 2nd Team for taking 2nd place in that race. Anna Martin won All Conference Honorable Mention for placing third in the 3200. New PRs were set by EllaKay Begg in the long jump Naomi Wilkinson in the long jump and the 800 Owen McGlone in the 800 and the 3200 Owen Shetler and Afton Staley in the 3200 Cade Ponstein and Kenny Baker in the 100 Jackson Arnold in the 200 Allison Thompson in the 400 Mason Doehring in the 800 Ephraim Conway and Zach Little in the 1600, and Eric Bindermann in the
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track vs. Multiple Opponents
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/16/2025
The Blazer track and field teams competed at the Regional meet on Thursday, May 15 in Charlevoix. The Elk Rapids girls and the Standish Sterling boys teams placed first overall of the 15 teams competing. The Kalkaska boys placed 10th and the girls placed 11th. Top eight finishers won medals, and the top two finishers in each event were guaranteed a place in the State Finals on June 31st. The girls 4x800 team of Kara Olds, Aaliyah Hillier, Kylee Jenkins, and Edda Grusnick took first place with a new team PR, dropping 24 seconds for a time of 10:35.1, and will be going to the State Finals in Kent City! Congratulations ladies! Edda Grusnick was was 4th in the 1600, Aaliyan Hillier placed fourth in the 3200 Cade Ponsetin was 6th in the 100, and PRd in the preliminaries, then did it again in the finals Kylie Robinson placed 6th in the 100 with a new PR, and set a season record in the 200 Jonah Weaver ran a PR in the preliminary r
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Home Kalkaska "Last Chance Meet"
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/13/2025
The track and field teams ran at home at the Last Chance Meet on Monday, April 12, 2025. The girls placed first among nine teams, and the boys were third. Elk Rapids won the boys meet. Eight places scored and the top three in each event won an amazing Kalkaska Medal. They really are quite nice. Jackson Shetler won the high jump and the 400 with a PR of 53.68 Cade Ponstein, Carlos-Morton Clark, Kenny Baker, and Jonah Weaver won the 4x100 relay Anna Martin won the 800 Edda Grusnick won the 1600 with a PR Aaliyah Hillier won the 3200 Anna Martin, Aaliyah Hillier, Kylie Jenkins, and Edda Grusnick won the 4x800 relay, Jenna Spence won the shot put and set a new season record in the discus Jonah Weaver took 2nd in the 200 with a new PR Carly Griffith was 2nd in the discus Owen McGlone took second in the 3200 and set new PRs in the 800 and 1600 Jackson Shetler, Eli Smith, Jonah Weaver, and Carlos Morton-Clark took 2nd in the 4
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track @ Charleviox Invite
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/12/2025
The track and field teams competed at the Charlevoix Invitational on Friday, April 9, 2025. The Traverse City St Francis teams won the boys and girls meets, with the Kalkaska girls placing 9th and the boys 11th of 12 teams in attendance. Medals were awarded to the top three finishers in each event, and 8 places scored points.The lone medal taken home by a Blazer went to Aaliyah Hillier, who placed third in the 3200 with a new PR of 12:44.4.Personal records were set byHudson Cassio, Eric Bindemann, Cece Elya, and Lilly Thornhill in the shot putJenna Spence, who tied her PR in the shot putKenny Baker and Naomi Wilke in the 100Rylee Haver in the 200Kara Olds, Eli Smith, and Alli Thompson in the 400Kaden Fischer and Zach Little in the 800Edda Grusnick and Nivaya Ochampaugh in the 1600Riley Ingersoll in the 300 hurdlesMax Gooch in the 300 hurdles and the 100 andAbby Minion and Afton Staley in the 3200 Season records were set byJaeAnn Davis in the pole vault andAnna Martin in the 800The
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track @ Central Lake/Elsworth Invite
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/07/2025
The Blazer track and field teams ran at the Central Lake/Ellsworth Open on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. The girls placed first and the boys were second behind East Jordan in team scores. Nine teams participated in the event, and the top 8 places in each event scored points. Edda Grusnick placed first in the 3200 Addi Novath was first in the discus Carlos Morton-Clark, Eli Smith, Jonah Weaver, and Jackson Shetler were 1st in the 4x200 relay Jenna Spence was first in the shot put, followed by Cece Elya, Addi Novath, and Lilly Thornhill took 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Coltrane Paryani was 2nd in the 800 and 3rd in the 1600 with a new PR Aaliyah Hillier was second in the 3200 Owen McGlone was 2nd in the 3200 and set a PR in the 1600 and a season record in the 800 Kara Olds was second in the 400 and set a season record in the 1600 Cade Ponstein, Kenny Baker, Eli Smith, and Carlos Morton-Clark placed 2nd in the 4x100 relay Xiana B
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track @ Lake City
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 05/05/2025
The Blazer track and field teams competed at the Lake City invitational on Friday, May 2, 2025. Mesick boys and Lake City girls placed first among the thirteen teams attending. This event had three additional coed races, the distance medley, sprint medley, and throwers 4x100 relays, which counted in scoring. Kalkaska placed 3rd, 4th, and 4th respectively. After the points were added up the girls finished 4th and the boys finished 8th. The competition was fierce, and medals were awarded to the top three athletes in individual events and the top two relays. The single medal taken home by both teams (that's how fierce the competition was) went to Edda Grusnick in the 3200, where she finished 3rd after running it for the first time this season. The girl's 4x800 relay team of Grusnick, Aaliyah Hillier, Anna Martin, and Kylee Jenkins placed third the boys 4x400 team of David Crawford, Eli Smith, Jonah Weaver, and Jackson Shetler placed third Hillier, Grusnick,
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track @ the Harbor Springs 9th & 10th grade Meet
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 04/29/2025
The 9th and 10th graders from the Blazer Track and Field teams competed in Harbor Springs on Monday, April 28, 2025. In this meet for the underclassmen, the girls finished 4th and the boys were 8th of the nine teams participating. The Charlevoix boys and the Harbor Springs girls were the overall winners among the teams. Top eight individuals and top five relay teams in each event won medals.Addison Teno won the discus with a new PRAaliyah Hillier won the 3200 with a new PREli Smith took second in the long jump, with a new PR, and set a new PR in the 400Aaliyah Hillier, Riley Ingersoll, Kylie Jenkins, and Edda Grusnick took 2nd in the 4x800 relayEdda Grusnick took 2nd in the 1600 and 3rd in the 800Kenny Baker took 3rd in the 100The team of David Crawford, Kalyb Nason, Kenny Baker, and Eli Smith finished 3rd in and exciting 4x100Personal records were set byXiana Buyze-Prieto in the 100 hurdles and the 200Noah Seipmann in the discus and the 100Max Gooch in the 100Afton Staley in the 800Ma
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track @ Elk Rapids Invitational
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 04/22/2025
|Doug Brown
The Blazer track and field teams competed in tough conditions at the Elk Rapids Invitational on Monday, April 21, 2025. Traverse City St. Francis won the boys and girls meets. The Kalkaska girls took second, one point ahead of Elk Rapids, and the boys finished 4th of the seven teams attending. Jenna Spence won the shot put and took 3rd in the discus with a season record. Carly Griffith took 2nd in the discus with a season record. Kylee Jenkins took 2nd in the high jump with a new PR, and 4th in the 400. Gabe Buyze-Prieto took 2nd in the pole vault and the 110 hurdles, and 3rd in the 300 hurdles. Edda Grusnick placed 2nd in the 1600 with a new PR, and 3rd in the 800 The 4x800 relay team of Aaliyah Hillier, Edda Grusnick, Anna Martin, and Kara Olds placed 3rd. New PRs were set by Eric Bindemann in the discus Rylee Haver in the 800 Nivaya Ochampaugh in the 1600 Aaliyah Hillier in the 3200 Max Gooch in the
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Boys/Girls Varsity Track @ the Yooper Invite
Boys/Girls Varsity Track
Posted on 04/14/2025
The Blazer Track and Field teams competed in the 4th Annual Yooper Invitational at Lake Superior State University on Saturday, April 13 in Sault Ste. Marie. In overall standings, Sault Ste. Marie won the girls meet and Charlevoix won the boy's. Kalkaska's boys finished 9th and the girls placed 14th of twenty teams attending. It was an indoor meet and athletes ran on a 200 meter track. Some events were shorter, and athletes participated in nine running and three field events. Top six finishers received medals. Gabe Buyze-Prieto placed third in the 55 hurdles with a new personal record. Anna Martin, Aaliyah Hillier, Kylee Jenkins, and Edda Grusnick placed 4th in the 4x800 relay, Edda Grusnick placed 5th in the 1600, and David Crawford, Alex Bontrager, Jonah Weaver, and Jackson Shetler placed 6th in the 4x400 relay. Every member of the team put forth great effort and are eager to improve as the season progresses. Kylee Robinson an
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