News Photo by James Andersen Alpena's Wyatt Romero wrestles a 171-pound match to open up a match against Traverse City West during a quad at Alpena High School on Thursday. Romero lost the match and was pinned in 2:57.

CHELSEA–Colby Plowman scored twice and the Alpena hockey team opened a three-game stint in the Chelsea Public School Tournament with a 5-1 win over Walled Lake Western on Thursday.

Cam Cosbitt, Evan LeTourneau and Lars MacArthur each had a goal for the Wildcats (11-4-1) and Dakota Meyer was in net for the win.

Alpena continues tournament play today against Marysville at noon and will play Muskegon Mona Shores at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

WRESTLING

Alpena splits home BNC quad

The Alpena wrestling team split a Big North Conference wrestling quad on Thursday at home, beating Traverse City Central and losing to Traverse City West.

Alpena topped Central 42-30, getting pins from Noah Connon (215), Zach Auger (heavyweight), Keegan Harris (135) and Emry Zarins (160) to clinch the win. Auger, Zarins and Connon all earned pins in the second period and Harris pinned his opponent in just 25 seconds.

Alpena opened the quad with a 56-17 loss to West. Jacob Barlow (145), Zarins and Auger provided Alpena’s only wins. Barlow pinned his opponent in 17 seconds, Auger pinned his opponent in 2:57 and Zarins earned a win by technical fall, 22-5.

Although Alpena lost several matches by first period pin, Dominique Agar (140) wrestled a solid match for Alpena, going the distance with his opponent, but losing 16-11.

GIRLS

BASKETBALL

Hillman 50,

Fairview 32

FAIRVIEW–The Hillman girls basketball team overcame a slow start and turned the tables on Fairview down the stretch to top the Eagles 50-32 on Thursday.

Fairview led 14-4 after one quarter, but Hillman (11-1, 9-0 North Star League) battled back and outscored the Eagles 13-4 in the second quarter to cut Fairview’s lead to one point at halftime.

“They played three good quarters and we played one,” Fairview coach Marc Winton said. “They’re pretty deep and with them it’s not a matter of if, but a matter of when.”

Hillman took control in the second half, outscoring Fairview 13-6 in the third quarter and 20-8 in the fourth quarter.

Lyndsey Ryba led Hillman with 13 points and Morgan Armon and Eve LaFleche each added 10. Andrea Ford paced Fairview (8-4, 6-4 NSL) with 17 points.

“It was a tale of two halves. Fairview controlled most of the first half, but we chipped away and made some defensive adjustments. Our ball movement was a lot better in the second half,” Hillman coach John Kuzewski said. “Give Fairview a lot of credit. They came out with a lot of energy and kept us on our heels.”

Hillman hosts Hale on Monday.

Mio 35, Posen 29

MIO–Despite a fourth quarter rally, the Posen girls basketball team came up short against Mio on Thursday, losing 35-29.

Mio led after each of the first three quarters, leading 15-7 at halftime and 32-18 after three quarters. Posen (4-8, 4-5 North Star League) closed the gap with an 11-3 run over the final eight minutes, but couldn’t quite rally all the way back.

Cami LaTulip paced Posen with 13 points and Riley Krajniak added nine.

Posen plays Alcona on Monday.

Rogers City 75, Atlanta 17

ATLANTA–Taylor Fleming scored 17 points and the Rogers City girls basketball team broke a three-game losing streak with a 75-17 win over Atlanta on Thursday.

Tiffany Juergens scored 14 points for Atlanta (1-11). The Huskies will play at Boyne Falls tonight.

Rogers City improves to 9-3 overall and hosts Au Gres on Monday.