Adrian, MI – Here are the Lenawee County highlights from Thursday’s Inside the Cave Sports Update…
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Blissfield Royals boys bowling team swept the Ida Bluestreaks on the road, 30-0.
Individual Game Highlights included the following 200-plus bowlers: Matthew Anderson had a 212, Jon Cheney rolled a 236 and 210. Alex Kudlac fired a 236,
The Blissfield bowlers will head to Hillsdale for a Jamboree Saturday morning.
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Here is the Lenawee County high school sports schedule for today:
Boys Basketball
Sand Creek at Fayette, Ohio
Girls Basketball
Columbia Central at Addison
Sand Creek at Britton-Deerfield
Lenawee Christian at Erie Mason
Hartland at Madison
Whiteford at Morenci
Dearborn at Tecumseh
Bowling
Napoleon at Addison
Pinckney at Adrian
Onsted at Clinton
Dundee at Madison
Tecumseh at Jackson
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The Adrian College women’s basketball team dominated Saint Mary’s College on Wednesday night at home, 98–68, tied for the eighth-highest point total in program history.
Aubrie Ickes and Anna Ignatoski led the offensive charge, each dropping a team-high 22 points. Ickes posted a double-double with 10 rebounds and added an assist, while Ignatoski contributed three rebounds and an assist.
Morgan Babb also delivered a strong double-double performance with 13 points and 10 boards. Darby Lienerth rounded out the scoring punch with 10 points and five rebounds.
The Bulldogs are back in action on Saturday, where they will hit the road and take on Oberlin College.
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The Northern Collegiate Hockey Association announced Adrian College’s Paige Pomerleau as the Player of the Month for the Month of November.
She led the conference with 11 points during the month, including five goals and six assists. She posted two multi-point games to lead Adrian to a perfect 6-0 NCHA record during the month and a 6-2-0 overall during that month.
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D3football.com announced its 2025 All-Region Team for Division III football on Wednesday afternoon, and Adrian College made program history with seven total selections.
The Bulldogs earned three First Team honors, three Second Team nods, and one Third Team selection to surpass the previous program record of three All-Region honorees set in both 2020 and 2005.
Offensive lineman Joe Pruchnic, defensive back Ethan Burrow, and punter Cooper Tracy secured first team honors.
Second team honorees were: quarterback Noah Beaudrie, wide receiver Ethan Abberger, and defensive lineman Andrew VanDyke.
Linebacker Liam Karry earned third-team honors for the Bulldogs.
D3football.com will announce its All-American Team later this month.
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The American Football Coaches Association announced its 2025 NCAA Division 3 All-American team, with Adrian College junior Ethan Burrows earning a spot on the First Team.
The Essexville, Michigan, native transferred to Adrian from Concordia Ann Arbor and made an immediate impact, finishing the year with eight interceptions, 46 total tackles including 31 solo tackles, along with 6.5 tackles for loss and five pass breakups.
He led all of NCAA Division 3 in interceptions per game at 0.80. Burrows was also named First Team All-MIAA and becomes Adrian’s first football All-American since 2017, as well as the program’s first Defensive All-American since 2006.
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The MCVL released its 2026 Preseason Coaches Poll, projecting the Adrian College men’s volleyball team to finish in sixth place…out of a ten team league.
Last season, Adrian finished play with a 2-6 conference record. The Bulldogs will begin their 2026 season in mid-January at Lasell University.