DUNDEE – Larry Middleton is two games into his tenure as Dundee’s boys basketball coach.
The former Monroe coach likes what he has seen so far.
The Vikings moved to 2-0 with a 47-46 overtime victory over Milan on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“We did not play our best tonight in any facet, but our defense was good enough and our free-throw shooting was pretty good,” Middleton said. “Sometimes the team that plays the best don’t always win and that might have happened tonight.”
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Middleton never won his first two games during six seasons at Monroe.
“This is the first time we’ve ever started with two wins,” he said. “That feels pretty good. Our kids are buying into what we are doing. It’s good to see that.”
Luke Bishop led the winners with 17 points while Wyatt Hickey added 12 and Levi Evans 10.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMilan’s Landon Talladay led all scorers with 21 points. Zach Farmer added 14 for the Big Reds, who were making their season debut under new coach Bill Eaddy.
Braxton Ellison of Dundee looks to pass as he is defended by Logan Vaughan (left) and Will Kliber of Milan during a 47-46 Dundee win in overtime on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025.COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Region players make NCAA
Three freshmen from the Monroe County Region have qualified for the NCAA volleyball Tournament.
Jessica Costlow and McKenna Payne of St. Mary Catholic Central and Bedford’s Victoria Gray – former AAU teammates – all qualified with their teams.
Victoria Gray of Bedford (center) posed for a photo with McKenna Payne (left) and Jessica Costlow of St. Mary Catholic Central when SMCC played in a tournament at Bedford this season. The AAU teammate all recently committed to Division I college volleyball programs.Costlow was named the Most Valuable Player of the Mid-American Conference Tournament as Toledo clinched its first NCAA bid. She had 21 kills and 22 digs in the finals against Western Michigan.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementShe ranks third on the team in both digs (304) and kills (280).
Payne and her University of Utah team earned an at-league bid.
She is the libero for the Utes and ranks third on the team with 1.67 diges per set.
Gray’s Indiana squad, one of the biggest surprises of the Big Ten season this year, also was an at-large selection.
She leads the team with 98 blocks and ranks fourth in kills with 137.
Indiana and Toledo were scheduled to meet in the first round on Thursday, Dec. 4.
PREP WRESTLING
Sindone, Core pin twice
GROSSE ILE – Wally Sindone (126) and Joe Core (113) each posted a pair of pins to lead Gibraltar Carlson to a pair of wins Wednesday – 62-18 over Plymouth Canton and 57-15 over Grosse Ile.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRyder Adams (120), Michael Skowronski (138) and Gunnar Adams (175) each recorded a pin and a technical fall and Jacob Morris (190) and Josh Beach (285) were 2-0.
Airport goes 1-1
FENTON – Antonio Ayala (138), Emmett Kruise (150), Kaleb Sims (175) and Harrison Sampson (190) went 2-0 as Airport opened its season by beating Grand Blanc 43-31 and losing to Fenton 49-26 Wednesday.
Jefferson drops opener
NEWPORT – Jefferson fell 58-18 to Sand Creek in its season opener Wednesday despite wins by Cody O'Hern (106), Leo McDonald (138) and Logan Godlewski (285) Wednesday.
PREP BOWLING
Flat Rock freshman excels
MONROE – Freshman Grace Taylor shot games of 204 and 202 to lead Flat Rock past Jefferson 28-2 at Monroe Sport Center Monday.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementChloe Orris shot a 213, but St. Mary Catholic Central fell 20.5-9.5 to Airport. Abby Hill led Airport with 189.
Milan got a 206 from Maggie Smith in a 21-9 win over Riverview and New Boston Huron topped Livonia Franklin 19-11 as Carissa Alemany shot 194.
In boys action, Wes Barton rang up games of 238 and 215 to lead Airport past SMCC 23-7, defending champion Milan fell to Riverview 27-3 despite a 190 by Drew Brendamar, Daven King led Jefferson past Flat Rock 19-11 and Hunter Wyszynski scorched the lanes for games of 265 and 212 in New Boston Huron’s 22-8 win over Franklin.
MIDDLE SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Smith sparks 6-0 Monroe
MONROE -- Jeremih Jackson rang up 14 points and 5 assists as Monroe’s eighth grade beat Bedford 34-19 to run its record to 6-0.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJason Clark and Weston Cosby added 10 points each.
The seventh grade is 5-1.
Bedford’s Sedlar takes charge
TEMPERANCE – Xander Sedlar scored 10 points in the second half to lead Bedford’s seventh-grade team to a 31-17 win over Ypsilanti Lincoln Wednesday and an 8-0 record.
The eighth graders rode a strong scoring game by Vincent Sass to a 30-15 victory.
ADULT SOCCER
Warner nets hat trick
MONROE – Aidan Wamer scored three goals and goalie Ryan Lay stopped more than a dozen shots to lead Victoria Secret to a 7-3 win over Atletico in the Monroe Indoor Coed Soccer League at LevelUp Training Sunday night.
Jaden Vega, Alex Gawel and Habeeb Bello scored for Atletico.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Milan boys off to 2-0 start, trio heads to NCAA volleyball tourney
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