Sand Creek Community Schools

The Aggies varsity wrestling team broke a several year drought by beating Madison last Thursday, by a decisive score of 51-21. This coming Friday night, Haily Baker, Rylee Martis, Nathan Bennett, Nich Trame, Wyatt Fox, and Noah Walters compete at the Lenawee County All Star meet, at 5pm, at The Merillat Center of Adrian College.

Attention Sand Creek families: please take the time to nominate an Inclusion Champion.

Aggie Athletics

On Tuesday, January 20, the Varsity Girls Basketball team played away @ Hudson. Despite being short-handed, the girls competed hard until the final whistle in a loss to a good Hudson team. Leading scorers were Payton Steinke with 6 points, Brielle Nichelson with 4 points, and Macie Smith with 4 points. Toree Williams played hard on the defensive end.

The boys fell on Tuesday night to the cougars of LCS. Final 89-52. The boys faced a tough opponent on Tuesday but always played hard. Parker Strahan led the Aggies with 13 points on the night. A couple other guys scratched double digits but didn’t quite get there, Chase Voorhees netted 9 points, Landon Carmody, Gavin Eack, and Andon Sutherland contributed 8 a piece.

The boys varsity basketball team came out with a huge win vs. Summerfield on Homecoming last Friday. Going down early, Summerfield opened the game with several shots falling putting the Aggies down 17-0 in the first 5 minutes. The Aggies charged back to bring the game to a 9-point deficit at half. Coming out of half the Bulldogs ran again putting the Aggies down by 21. The Aggies did not roll over and charged back cutting the game to 10 points late in the 4th. With 40 seconds left Grady Hazelwood hit a deep three to start the comeback run. Gavin Eack had a strip layup shortly after to cut the lead to 5. Parker Strahan set up for a charge call turning the Bulldogs over again. The next turn of events found Andon Sutherland for another deep three in front of the home bench to get the game within striking distance, down only 2. Gaining possession again the Aggies executed a baseline inbounds play that found Andon Sutherland in the corner with 8 seconds left putting the Aggies up by 1. The Bulldogs ran it down the floor and with 2.6 seconds left Andon Sutherland stepped into the lane to secure the steal and get fouled, putting 1 of the free throws in. The Bulldogs tried a half courter but were well defended down the court by Parker Strahan. When the buzzer rang the Aggies were on top 62-60 and the student section stormed the court! Gavin Eack led the scoring for the Aggies with 14 points, followed by Chase Voorhees with 12, and Andon Sutherland with 10. Great all around effort!

The Aggie wrestlers competed at Hudson in the Super 16 tournament on Friday and Saturday. The top performances on the weekend were Tommy Shanks in 1st place, Tucker Hulett in 2nd place, Eli Shirley in 2nd place, Jackson Willeman in 4th place, and Riley Ausmus in 4th place. The Aggies compete next at Madison on Thursday.

The JV Boys Basketball team defeated Summerfield by a score of 45-39 on Friday night's winter Homecoming game. The Aggies erased a 12 point first half deficit led by Gavin Voorhees, who notched a triple double with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 10 steals in a dominant performance on both ends of the floor he also added 2 blocks and 11 deflections. As a team, the Aggies forced 33 turnovers including 24 steals

Sand Creek Schools closed today, Wednesday, January 21st.

Aggie Athletics for the week

On Thursday, January 15, the Varsity Girls Basketball team played a home game against Lenawee Christian. The Lady Aggies played hard but lost to a very talented LCS team. Top scorers were Brielle Nichelson with 9 points and Payton Steinke with 6 points. Good defensive performances were turned in by Erin Alexander, Lydia Boley, and Audrey Thonnissen.
The JV Lady Aggies earned a 32–17 victory over LCS. Macie Smith led the Aggies with 13 points while Tessa Benko added 8. Isabella Salerno and Mckenzie Hammack contributed strong performances with great defensive effort. With the win, the Aggies improve to 3–1 in league play and extend their winning streak to three games. They will look to keep the momentum going as they travel to Hudson on Tuesday.

The Varsity girls bowling brought home a win against Onsted on Thursday with Addison Butz having ahigh score game of 124 and a 122. Peyton Luck shooting 121 and 126, and Sophia Comar shooting 113 and a 114.

The 7th grade girls basketball team beat Morenci on Wednesday night by a score of 35-11. Madison Hill led all scorers with 10 points. Lucy Sutherland added 9 points and Lila Singleton added 8 in the dominant win.
The 8th grade girls team took a one-point lead going into halftime. In the second half, the girls continued to play strong defense and kept the game close. The Lady Aggies battled until the final buzzer and showed great resilience playing through adversity after three of the starters were sidelined due to foul trouble and injury. Grace Hassenzahl, Cooper Robinson and Madelyn Plank led the team in scoring.

The JV and varsity boys basketball teams face off against the Summerfield Bulldogs tonight for Homecoming. JV tips off at 5:30. Homecoming festivities will take place before the varsity game. Come out and cheer on our teams! Go Aggies!

Canceled 1/14: JV/V boys basketball game vs. Pansophia
Practice for JV/V boys will be held from 6:00-7:30

Canceled 1/14: Varsity wrestling meet at Onsted