Monroe County Region high school athletes competed across swimming, soccer, cross country, golf, and adult soccer during the first week of November 2026.
Swimming
At the Southeastern Conference Red championships at Ann Arbor Skyline on November 7, Monroe freshman Karis Beaton qualified for the Division 1 state finals in a third event, posting a 25.15-second lead-off split in the 200-yard freestyle relay. She also placed fifth in the 100 and seventh in the breaststroke, events in which she had already achieved state qualifying times. Monroe finished fifth in the final league standings. Sophia Smith recorded a lifetime-best 1:09.1 in the breaststroke for ninth place, narrowly missing state cuts in that event and the 50 freestyle. Emma Boyd, Morgan Kleinow, and Andie Eby also finished in the top 15. Coach Erin Dowen said every relay posted a best time and every swimmer reached finals.
Bedford's Samantha Smith, Sydnee Knaggs, and Kendra Bland cracked the top 16.
In a Last Chance Meet hosted by Milan on November 5, Evelyn Gill won the individual medley (2:17.97) and butterfly (25.44) with lifetime bests. Jemma Kovach hit a state-qualifying time to win the breaststroke. Tori Kimberly qualified for state while placing second in the breaststroke and won the 50 freestyle. Ashtyn Bergstrom and Emma Brown also set lifetime bests. For Flat Rock, Aileen McNamara and Vanessa Neace won events.
Dundee defeated Erie Mason-Ida 100-86 on November 5 behind victories from Genavieve Bylow (backstroke), Jillian Layman (breaststroke), Sloan Branum (individual medley), and Katherine Hess (500 freestyle). Mason-Ida's winners were Alexis Etue (200), Clara Hearl (50), Addy Oberhaus (diving), Meridith Hasley (butterfly), and Myztical Dusseau (100).
Soccer
New Boston Huron's Matthew Hussey, Marlon Krajcz, and Maverik Bazzy earned first-team All-Huron League honors selected by league coaches. Also named to the first team were Livius Guellmeister and Wyatt Hurd (Milan), Carson Welker (St. Mary Catholic Central), Mac Mlotha (Flat Rock), Cooper Jones (Jefferson-Erie Mason), and Adam Ortega (Airport).
Second-team selections included Marcos Reyna and Gonzalo Aragon (Huron), Tanner Lamberts and Andrew Cruz (Milan), Aaron Fowkes and Spencer Shumate (SMCC), Collin Dalton and Flavio Zappaterra (Flat Rock), Jackson Vallie (Jefferson-Mason), and Wyatt Sanders (Airport). Honorable mention went to Parker Krause, Justin Lividini, Todd Elliott (Huron); Robert Gill, Joseph Bilyk (Milan); Carson Peters, Aidan Cronin (SMCC); Cyrus Rollins, Sawyer Watson (Flat Rock); Sawyer Schaffer (Jefferson-Mason); and Cade Horner (Airport).
In the Lenawee County Athletic Association, co-champion Ida placed five players on the first team: unanimous picks Dane Holycross and Weston Allen, along with Jaxson Arecheja (Dundee), Connor Watterworth, Cameron Cogan, and Ryan Buuck. Mason Cousino made the first team for Dundee. Second-team honors went to Thomas Dollison (Ida) and Kai Hoxey, Kaedin Hoxey, and Victor Bensch (Dundee).
Cross Country
At the Michigan Independent High School Championships in Allendale, Monroe Milers' Colton Childress finished seventh. Nola Morgan logged a personal-best time, and Harper Childress posted a season-best.
Golf
Jim Groshowski aced the 140-yard 17th hole at Giant Oak Golf Club in Temperance on November 3, using a 6-iron.
Adult Soccer
Payton Toth scored a hat trick, while Emily Ashenroder and Kyle Smith each added two goals to lead Victoria Secret to a 9-4 win over Atletico on the opening night of the Fall Session II in the Monroe Adult Coed Indoor Soccer League at LevelUp Training on November 8.
