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Holt        3-0 3-1

East Lansing 2-0 3-2

DeWitt 2-1 3-1

Waverly 1-1 3-3

Okemos 0-1 2-2

Everett 0-3 1-4

Grand Ledge 0-3 0-4

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Williamston 2-0 4-1

Haslett 1-0 4-1

Fowlerville 1-1 4-1

St Johns        1-1 4-1

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Portland        2-0 4-0

Eaton Rapids 1-1 2-2

Ionia 1-1 2-3

Olivet 1-1 2-4

Lakewood 1-1 1-3

Charlotte 0-1 0-4

Lans Catholic 0-0 0-0

Sexton 0-1 0-3

CMAC

Lans Christian3-0 4-0

PW        3-0 4-0

Bath 2-1 3-2

Laingsburg 2-1 2-2

Fowler 1-1 2-1

PortlandStPat1-1 1-2

Perry 1-2 2-2

Dansville   1-2 1-5

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Saranac 0-3 0-3

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.- The Calvin Knights won the Grand Rapids Sports Hall of Fame Tournament on Saturday with a 3-1 victory over Grand Valley State University in the championship final. It marked the first time Calvin has captured the championship of the GRSHOF Tournament which is in its third year as a tournament. The Knights are now 16-2-0 and ranked 11th in the Nation.

Calvin scored the 1st goal of the game just over nine minutes into the 1st period with a goal from Daniel Siso, and assisted by Steven Ickes. That was the only goal of the period. Calvin scored its second goal of the game early in the 2nd period to go up 2-0 on Grand Valley. Charles Riordan scored with an assist from Nick Justice. Grand Valley scored its only goal of the game in the 2nd period. Tristan Avoletta scored from Chase Tallaire to bring the game within 1. 

Lou Vesperini scored Calvin's 3rd goal of the game in the 3rd period to put the Knights back up by two. He was assisted by Bryce Granbois. In net for the Knights was Sophomore Adam Yost stopping 34 of 35 shots on goal. In ner for Grand Valley was Adrian Morales, who saved 29 of 32 shots on goal.

COACHES COMMENT: Interim Head Coach Josh Petrusma, "The result tonight was a great way to cap off a difficult day for our program after the Celebration of Life for my father, our longtime coach of 28 years, earlier in the day. I am so proud of the way the team came together, managed emotions, and found a way to deliver. We had this weekend circled on the calendar as we hadn't won this tournament previously, so I know Coach is smiling about this one."  

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GRENOBLE, France – Team USA earned six medals, including gold in three of the four senior disciplines for the first time in history, on the final day of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2024 in Grenoble, France.   

Ilia Malinin also made history as the first skater in history to attempt six different quadruple jumps in one program en route to his second straight gold at the Grand Prix Final. 

Joining Malinin in successfully defending their Grand Prix Final title were Madison Chock and Evan Bates. With a sixth career Grand Prix Final medal, Chock and Bates have now tied the record for most Grand Prix Final medals won by an ice dance team in the event’s history. 

Amber Glenn won gold in her Grand Prix Final debut, becoming the first U.S. woman to take the top step of the podium at this event since Alissa Czisny in 2010. 

In the junior events, Jacob Sanchez capped off an undefeated Junior Grand Prix Series with gold in the men’s competition. Also joining Sanchez as first-time Junior Grand Prix Final medalists were Olivia Flores and Luke Wang and Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski, who took silver in pairs and ice dance, respectively.  

Below are today’s results: 

Senior Women's Free Skate: (hometown/training town)

Gold: Amber Glenn, 212.07 (142.03 FS), (Plano, Texas/Colorado Springs, Colo.)   

Silver: Mone Chiba, 208.85 (139.52 FS), (JPN) 

Bronze: Kaori Sakamoto, 201.13 (137.15 FS), (JPN) 

Quotes: 

Glenn on winning her first Grand Prix Final gold:  

“This year started off with my first-ever international gold and now this is going to be my fourth, which is so incredible to even say. I'm just so honored and blessed to be considered at that top contention of competition.” 

Notes:

• Glenn won gold in her Grand Prix Final debut

• Glenn is the first U.S. woman to win gold at the Grand Prix Final since Alissa Czisny in 2010

• Glenn remains undefeated so far this season 

• Glenn is the third U.S. woman in history to go undefeated on the Grand Prix Series and at the Grand Prix Final in the same season, following Michelle Kwan (1995-96) and Sasha Cohen (2002-03)

• A U.S. woman has medaled at this event twice in the last three years (Isabeau Levito, 2022) 

Junior Men’s Free Skate: (hometown/training town) 

Gold: Jacob Sanchez, 227.38 (148.14 FS), (Montgomery, N.Y./Newburgh, N.Y.)   

Silver: Minkyu Seo, 222.14 (152.46 FS), (KOR) 

Bronze: Rio Nakata, 215.33 (135.94 FS), (JPN) 

Quotes: 

Sanchez on winning gold at the Junior Grand Prix Final:  

“This feels pretty crazy. I definitely was not expecting this outcome at this event. I really didn't know that I was going to make it this season here, because my first Grand Prix was the only assigned one. But I was able to do really well on my first one in Ankara and that gave me another opportunity to qualify, and I ended up doing pretty well in Slovenia. I did not expect to win, and I think that everybody here did well and it was amazing to share the venue with amazing skaters and all these juniors and seniors. It's such an inspiring atmosphere and it’s something that I think we all should appreciate, and I really appreciate this whole week that I’ve had with all of them.”  

Notes:

• Sanchez won gold at his first Junior Grand Prix Final

• Sanchez is the first U.S. man to win Junior Grand Prix Final gold since Alex Krasnozhon in 2017

• Sanchez is the first U.S. skater of Hispanic descent to win gold at the Junior Grand Prix Final 

• Sanchez is the second U.S. man to medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final in the last three years (Lucas Broussard, 2022) 

Junior Free Dance: (hometowns/training town) 

Gold: Noemi Maria Tali and Noah Lafornara, 169.98 (101.32 FD), (ITA) 

Silver: Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski, 164.98 (99.41 FD), (Ann Arbor, Mich.; Lakewood, Colo./Canton, Mich.)   

Bronze: Darya Grimm and Michail Savitskiy, 161.86 (97.02 FD), (GER)   

Quotes: 

Wolfkostin on their skate: 

“We went out there and did what we worked on and what we prepared for everyone. There's always room for improvement, which we know is going to be there, and it's just something we can focus on and work harder to get better and better.” 

Elliana Peal on their skate: 

“Not every performance you have can be your absolute best. I think we've skated beautifully all season, so this competition was just one little setback, but it won't set us back for nationals and hopefully the future. I am going through a little bit of pain in my back today, so I’m not at my fullest potential, but I think it's a learning experience.” 

Notes:

• Wolfkostin and Tsarevski won their first Junior Grand Prix Final medal

• Wolfkostin and Tsarevski teamed up in May 2023 

• Team USA has now medaled in ice dance at the Junior Grand Prix Final for the second straight year (Leah Neset and Artem Markelov, 2022) 

Junior Pairs Free Skate: (hometowns/training town) 

Gold: Jiaxuan Zhang and Yihang Huang, 176.09 (113.15 FS), (CHN) 

Silver: Olivia Flores and Luke Wang, 155.82 (103.78 FS), (Colorado Springs, Colo.; Ellicott City, Md./Colorado Springs, Colo.) 

Bronze: Jazmine Desrochers and Kieran Thrasher, 152.82 (97.54 FS), (CAN) 

Quotes: 

Wang on learning from their experience at the Junior Grand Prix Final: 

“Last season was our First Grand Prix Final experience, and that one was so new for us that we weren't really able to kind of take it all in. We learned a lot from last year, especially the one in Beijing, and we were able to apply it here today, so we’re really happy about what we were able to do today.”   

Notes:

• Flores and Wang won their first Junior Grand Prix Final medal

• Team USA has medaled in pairs at the Junior Grand Prix Final twice in the last three years (Sonia Baram and Daniel Tioumentsev and Cayla Smith and Andy Deng earned silver and bronze, respectively, in 2022) 

Senior Free Dance: (hometowns/training town) 

Gold: Madison Chock and Evan Bates, 219.85 (132.12 FD), (Redondo Beach, Calif.; Ann Arbor, Mich./Montreal, Canada) 

Silver: Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri, 206.11 (122.99 FD), (ITA)   

Bronze: Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, 205.18 (122.87 FD), (GBR) 

Quotes: 

Bates on winning their sixth Grand Prix Final medal:  

“It's incredible to hear those kinds of stats. We just love skating. We have been passionate about skating with one another, dancing with one another throughout the years. That has always been the motivation for us. As long as we're healthy and we're still motivated and we still have the passion, we want to continue. We've been really, really fortunate obviously to have been welcomed into the Ice Academy of Montreal in 2018, which just opened up a whole new chapter in our careers and in our lives and gave us a renewed sense of passion for skating. So here we are so many years later.” 

Notes:

• Chock and Bates won their sixth career Grand Prix Final medal

• Chock and Bates won gold at the Grand Prix Final for the second straight year, becoming the first to win back-to-back golds since Kaitlin Weaver and Andrew Poje in 2014 and 2015

• Chock and Bates are now tied with Meryl Davis and Charlie White, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, and Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat for the most ice dance medals all-time at this event 

• Chock and Bates earned the highest free dance and total score worldwide so far this season 

Team

Senior Men’s Free Skate: (hometown/training town)  

Gold: Ilia Malinin, 292.12 (186.69 FS), (Vienna, Va./Reston, Va.)   

Silver: Yuma Kagiyama, 281.78 (188.29 FS), (JPN)   

Bronze: Shun Sato, 270.82 (184.54 FS), (JPN)  

Quotes: Malinin on attempting seven different quadruple jumps in one program:  

“I think going into Grand Prix Final I wanted to challenge myself with my technical ability as well as try to incorporate the artistry that I've been working through the past few seasons to really perfect. It was a challenge for me to want to come out and try to put everything into one program and see how it goes.” 

Notes: 

• Malinin is the first skater in history to attempt six different quadruple jumps (one of each type) in the same program

• Malinin is the first skater in history to attempt seven quadruple jumps in one program

• Malinin won his second consecutive Grand Prix Final gold

• Malinin had medaled at all three Grand Prix Finals he has competed in 

• Malinin is the second U.S. man to win back-to-back Grand Prix Final golds (Nathan Chen, 2017-18)

• Malinin is the second U.S. man to secure three straight Grand Prix Final medals (Nathan Chen won four straight medals from 2016-19)

• Malinin has won every event he’s competed at since the 2023 Grand Prix Final

U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States as recognized by the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the International Skating Union. U.S. Figure Skating comprises more than 875 member clubs, collegiate clubs and high school teams, and more than 1,000 registered Learn to Skate USA programs representing over 246,000 members. U.S. Figure Skating is charged with the development of the sport on all levels within the United States, including athletes, officials, sanctioning of events and exhibitions, and establishing the rules and guidelines by which the sport is governed.

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