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By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD It was another

productive week for the

Gaylord girls basketball team

as the Blue Devils defeated

Big North rivals Traverse City

Central by a 50-32 count on

Tuesday, Feb. 4, and Alpena

by a 46-35 margin on Friday,

Feb. 7, in the annual PinkOut fundraiser to fight can-

cer.

Going into play this week,

the Blue Devils were 11-3

overall and 8-0 in the Big

North. Its the first time the

Gaylord girls have ever been

unbeaten in the league at this

point in the season. They are

gunning for their first-ever

Big North title.

Gaylord has a busy stretch

of schedule with the district

tournament fast approach-

ing. The Blue Devils played

non-league foe Cheboygan

on Tuesday, Feb. 11, andleague foe Traverse City

Central on Wednesday, Feb.

12, after this issue went to

press. This Friday, Feb.14,

they travel to the court of

Traverse City West.

The following week they

are home against Clare on

Tuesday, Feb. 18, play at

Petoskey on Wednesday, Feb.

19, and then have a big one at

Cadillac on Thursday, Feb.

20.

Gaylord coach FrankHamilla was pleased with the

play of his girls and also with

the turnout for the annual

Pink Out fundraiser.

First of all, it was a suc-

cessful night for our Pink Out

game to fight cancer, he

said. We raised money for

the Courtright family and the

American Cancer Society. I

just want to thank everybody

who took part this event.

As for the game, the Blue

Devils used the formula that

worked so well for them this

season: a suffocating,

swarming defense and apatient offense. Gaylord led

13-6, 24-18 and 35-23 at the

quarter breaks.

We started out with a

good first quarter but we

started picking up fouls early

and that took us out of the

press, Hamilla reported.

We played a pretty even sec-

ond quarter and went into

the lockerroom with a six-

point lead. We talked about

setting the tone in the third

quarter and we did just that,taking a 12-point lead into

the fourth quarter.

We took care of the ball in

the fourth quarter and made

our free throws. We were 7-

for-8 in the final quarter.

Lauren Hintz was 4-for-4 in

the fourth quarter. Between

foul trouble and injuries we

were able to pick it up and

continue to play team ball.

Super sophomore Brandi

Wagner went down with a

knee injury during the game

and her status for future

games was still uncertain at

the time of this writing.Hard-nosed Lindsey

Zaremba hurt her elbow dur-

ing the game and was forced

to the bench but Hamilla said

it appears she will be OK.

Zaremba was zoned in

from the floor before her

departure, ringing up a team-

high 11 points, and she was a

beast inside, grabbing a

team-high seven rebounds.

Senior guard Maddie

Hamilla, fresh off signing her

letter-of-intent to play soccer

next year for Northern

Michigan University, hit for

nine points and Lauren Hintz

hit for eight with six boards.

Maddie dished off four

assists. Wagner, Sydney

Gooding and Sydney

Kassuba each grabbed four

rebounds and Wagner also

issued three assists.

ON TUESDAY, Feb. 4, in the

50-32 win over visiting T.C.

Central, it was Hamilla ham-

mering home 19 points to

lead the way offensively and

she also recorded four

rebounds and three steals to

help the cause.

Zaremba added her usual

zip to the attack as well, pen-

etrating through the paint to

put nine on the board, and

Wagner continued her high

level of play, waxing the

twine for eight. Wagner and

Zaremba pulled down six

boards each and Wagner also

generated three steals and

led the team in assists.

Zaremba, Sydney Kassubaand Lauren Hintz were big

into piracy as well for the

swarming Blue Devil

defense, recording three

steals apiece while Gaylord

blanketed the floor with a

full-court press.

Gaylord (11-3, 8-0) played

Cheboygan and T.C. Central

on Tuesday and Wednesday

of this week. This Friday, Feb.

14, the Blue Devils play at

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By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD In one of the

most unexpected upsets of

the season, the never-say-die

St. Mary boys of coach Ken

Blust got the best of visiting

Onaway 66-51 on Friday, Feb.

7, in a Ski Valley clash featur-

ing teams at the opposite end

of the league standings.

Onaway came into the

game with an 11-2 mark and

8-1 in the Ski Valley and

trailed only unbeaten front-

runner Bellaire in the stand-

ings. St. Mary, coming off a

lopsided loss at home to

improving Johannesburg-

Lewiston, was 2-8 overall and

1-6 in the league entering the

contest.

The loss was a tough one

for Onaway, making the road

to a possible share of the SVC

title this season that much

higher and longer.

The game was no fluke. St.

Mary played well from the

start, getting back on defense

and denying easy access

passes to Onaways potentinside players Joe

OBradovich and Carlos

Bautista. The Snowbirds,

fueled by the hot hand of

rangy senior wing Charles

Strehl, led 11-3 after the first

quarter and 22-16 at the half.

Onaway, normally an explo-

sive team, made just three

shots from the floor in the

entire first half.

The Cardinals tried to

storm back in the second half

but could never seem to get

into a consistent offensive

rhythm. Part of that was just

a cold shooting night and

part of that was St. Marys

relentless defensive p ressure.

It turned out to be a great

upset win for the Snowbirds.

Strehl, in the midst of a super

season, struck for a game-

high 23 points on the night

and Jumpin Jack Lochinski

launched 20 through the

iron. Senior guard Nick

Harrington, who played a

stellar two-way game, hit for

10.

OBradovich paced the

Cardinals with 15 points and

Bautista put 11 on the board

in an unusually quiet night

for the Bruise Brothers.

Onaway (11-3, 8-2) was

back in action at Mancelona

on Wednesday, Feb. 12, in

another key league clash.

St. Mary (3-8, 2-6) played

host to Alanson on

Wednesday, Feb. 12. On

Thursday, Feb. 13, the busy

Snowbirds play at Central

Lake and on Friday, Feb. 14,

they are home against

Pellston. On Monday, Feb. 17,they play at Johannesburg-

Lewiston and on Wednesday,

Feb. 19, they are home

against Mancelona.

Forest Area 59

Inland Lakes 55

FIFE LAKE The Inland

Lakes boys of coach Tom

Mahoney seemed to have

turned a corner this season.

The young Bulldogs have

only won a few games this

season but theyre playing

everybody tougher and

tougher as the season goes

along.

The latest example is the

59-55 loss at the court of Ski

Valley foe Forest Area on

Monday. The Bulldogs, who

slipped to 2-10 overall, gave

the high-powered Warriors a

four-quarter war.

Scrap-iron tough senior

Todd Athey tagged the twine

for 16 points to pace the bat-

tling Bulldogs. Senior Nick

Aldrich also helped the

cause, canning 10 points,

and sweet-shooting sopho-

more Mike OConnor, one of

several talented sophomores

on this years roster, also gen-

erated 10 points.

Senior Justin Burke put 23

on the board to pace the vic-

torious Warriors.

I-Lakes (2-10) played host

to Forest Area on Wednesday,

Feb. 12. On Friday, Feb. 14,

the Bulldogs play at Onaway.

On Monday, Feb. 17, they

entertain Mancelona.

Onaway 73Central Lake 61

ONAWAY The Onaway

boys of coach Eddy

Szymoniak turned in a strong

performance on Wednesday,

Feb. 5, against visiting Ski

Valley rival Central Lake, ral-

lying from a first-quarter

deficit to secure a 73-61 deci-

sion and improve to 11-2 on

the season.

The Cardinals battled back

from a 20-16 deficit to take a

27-24 lead into the locker

room at halftime. In the sec-

ond half, the Cardinals

worked the ball inside to

bruising senior forwards Joe

OBradovich and Carlos

Bautista and the Bruise

Brothers responded, scoring

19 of the teams 24 points in

the fourth quarter.

For the game, OBradovich

and Bautista combined for 59

points and 21 rebounds.

OBradovich burned the nets

for 25 points with 11 boards

and Bautista banged home

24 points with 10 boards. Joe

Sigsby also helped the cause,

sinking nine and Andrew

Prow was poison from the

perimeter once again, scor-

ing nine on three treys.

Connor Zook tallied 16 to

lead the Trojans.

Mio 55, Alcona 36

MIO The Mio boys

pushed their record to 12-1

with a workman like 55-32

victory over visiting Lincoln

Alcona on Friday, Feb. 7.

The Thunderbolts, fresh offan impressive non-league

victory at the court of talent-

ed Lake City, controlled play

from the start. Bryce

DeGrammont put up mon-

ster numbers in the contest,

draining the twine for 17

points while dominating

inside and pulling down 15

rebounds.

Super-slick sophomore

wing Big Ben Lubitz lubri-

cated the nets for 14 points

and strong-armed Aaron

Georgieff generated 13.

Trenton Lavergne tallied 19

to lead Alcona.

Mio (12-1) played host to

Hillman on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

The game did not count in

the league standings but the

Thunderbolts were looking

to reverse their only loss this

season.

Mackinaw City 72

Alanson 43

MACKINAW CITY TheMackinaw City boys of coach

Austin Krieg turned up the

juice and ran to a 72-43 victo-

ry over game-but-out-

manned Alanson on

Wednesday, Feb. 5.

Jonah Robbins had a whale

of a game for the host

Comets, jamming the iron for

24 points, and he was hotter

than jalapeno stew from

beyond the long black line,

making the twine jump six

times from 3-point land.

Noah Morse had the arc

flowing from the f loor, drain-

ing the nets for 16 points,

while Carson Hartman hit fornine and Zach Smith and

Matt Rivera each rang up

eight.

Bellaire 65

Inland Lakes 38

BELLAIRE The young

Inland Lakes squad of coach

Joe Mahoney didnt have the

firepower or experience to

stay with unbeaten and

state-ranked Bellaire on

Wednesday, Feb. 5, in their

Ski Valley clash but the

Bulldogs did put up a good

fight. The I-Lakes sopho-

mores, a very talented group

gaining plenty of varsity floor

time this season, combined

to score 37 of the teams 38

points, something Mahoney

was very pleased with.

Ryan Howery rang up 12 to

lead the way for the Bulldogs

and Andrew Dufek delivered

10.

Denny Hall tallied 26 for

the high-powered Eagles.

The Bulldogs fell to 2-9

after the loss.

Mancelona 69

Pellston 52

PELLSTON The Pellston

boys of coach Larry Cassidey

were HUGE underdogs on

Wednesday, Feb. 5, against

visiting Ski Valley power

Mancelona but the Hornets

made a game of it, rallying

from a lopsided 38-13 deficit

at halftime to outscore the

high-powered Ironmen by a

39-31 margin in the secondhalf.

Will Seldon made the nets

shake to the tune of 21 points

to lead the Hornets and

Connor Kintz connected for

18. Tanner Keller showed up

strong inside, scoring nine

with 18 rebounds.

Junior sharpshooter

Brandon Dingman had a typ-

ical Dingman night, connect-

ing for 35 points, including

17-of-18 from the stripe.

Pellston slipped to 3-9

overall and 3-7 in the league.

By Mike Dunn

ALPENA The Gaylord

boys of coach Tim ORourke

showed plenty of scrap and

spirit against Big North

opponents Traverse City

Central and Alpena last week.

Unfortunately, the hardwork-

ing Blue Devils werent able

to generate enough f irepower

to overtake either of their

foes.

On Tuesday, Feb. 4, the

Blue Devils battled back in

the second half to give

Central a test but in the end

the visiting Trojans were ableto hold on for a 50-45 victory.

On Friday, Feb. 7, Gaylord

traveled to the court of

league-power Alpena and

once again played very tough

while suffering a 55-40 loss.

The battling Blue Devils, who

were huge underdogs, rallied

in the third quarter to cut the

Alpena lead to just six points.It was a marked improve-

ment over the previous time

the Blue Devils lost to Alpena

when the taller Wildcats

routed them by 34 points, 78-

44.

Alpenas big-scoring duo,

Andy Merwede and Tyler

Pintar, paced the Wildcat

attack on Friday. The sweet-

shooting Merwede tallied 25

and Pintar added 13 to help

Alpena improve to 11-1 over-

all and 7-1 in the Big North.

The battling Blue Devils of

ORourke, who have an infu-

sion of rich talent coming upfrom the JV next year, slipped

to 3-9 overall and 0-7 in the

league.

Merwede controlled play

inside for Alpena, grabbing a

whoppi ng 18 rebounds in

addition to his 25 points.

For Gaylord, Zach

Pasternak produced 12

points to lead a balancedscoring ledger and smooth-

flowing junior forward Collin

Watters joined him in double

digits, pouring in 11. Junior

guard Steven Fitzek fired in

eight and hardworking junior

guard Marcus ORourke rang

up six points with a pair of

connections from beyond

the arc.

The Gaylord JV improved

to 11-1 with a hard-fought

61-59 overtime victory.

The freshmen game also

went to overtime but the

Wildcats prevaile d in that

one, 72-66.ON TUESDAY, Feb. 4, in the

50-45 loss to T.C. Central, the

Blue Devils started slowly but

made a game of it with an

inspired effort. Gaylord

stormed back from a 13-

point halftime deficit to score

20 points in the third quarter,

fueled by the lava-hot hand

of junior Collin Watters, whodrained the nets to score

nine of his team-high 16

points in the stanza.

The rally wasnt enough to

overcome the early deficit

but the Blue Devils did play

some of their best ball in the

third and fourth quarters,

another indicator of the

direction the team is going.

Watters wound up with a

diligent double-double,

bringing down 10 rebounds

to go with his 16 points. The

dependable Pasternak pum-

meled the twine for 10 points

and covered the floor defen-sively like a fresh coat of wax,

making five steals.

Fitzek canned seven points

and hauled in six caroms.

Marcus ORourke, who plays

with the throttle stuck at full

zoom, came back from an

injury to play with his usual

intensity in the fourth quar-

ter. Blayne Baker also helped

the Blue Devil cause with a

beastly defensive effort along

with tenacious Ty Coonrod

and Leland Huey.

The Gaylord JV recorded

an impressive 55-42 win over

the Trojans with slicing,

slashing sophomore Jakovan

Pryor-McCovery putting up

24 points and Jack Korte and

Jacob Freeman each finding

the range to score 13.

Gaylord (3-9, 0-7) played

host to the Sault on Tuesday,

Feb. 11. On Wednesday, Feb.

12, the Blue Devils played at

T.C. Central. This Friday, Feb.

14, the Blue Devils are home

against league rival T.C. West.

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, they are

slated to play at Cheboygan.

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By Andy Sneddon

Say this about the 2013-14Petoskey High School boysbasketball team: TheNorthmen will keep theinterest piqued.

Thanks to a white-knuck-ling 50-48 double-overtimeBig North Conference victoryover Cadillac, Petoskeyentered the week firmly inthe hunt among a quartet ofteams chasing the leaguechampionship.

There are four good teamsin the league, Petoskeycoach Dennis Starkey said.

To be in a situation where ifwe win our games well havea real good chance to win theleague, thats all you can askfor this time of year.

Leave it in your ownhands, thats where we are.

Alpena entered the week 7-1 in the conference and 12-1overall, while Petoskey andCadillac were tied for secondat 6-3. Traverse City West,

which is 4-3 in the league, istied with the Northmen and

Vikings in the loss column.It sets up a mad dash to

finish, and Petoskey, which is10-5 overall, faces a favorableslate the rest of the way,beginning with a leaguegame at West BranchOgemaw Heights on Friday.

After a non-leaguer at SaultSte. Marie on Tuesday, theNorthmen play host to

Alpena on Friday, Feb. 21.That game will cap a

seven-day, three-game BigNorth gauntlet for the

Wildcats during which theywill visit Cadillac, T.C. Westand Petoskey.

Were lucky to have thisbreak in the schedule andmost teams are making upgames because of (early sea-son) snowouts, said Starkey,

whose team dropped a close67-61 decision at Alpena ear-lier this season. Weve got achance to regroup, work onthings we need to work on,and hopefully head into thatlast 2 weeks with a fullhead of steam.

I really feel good aboutwhere the guys are and ourmindset. This is a good timeto be playing your best bas-ketball, and thats hopefully

what were doing right now.Petoskeys mettle was put

to the test last weekend,when it fell, 66-56, at T.C.West on Friday. That camefour days after the Northmendropped a 53-48 non-leaguer

at home to resurgentCheboygan.

That set the stage forSaturdays home date withCadillac, an almost must-winfor Petoskey if it hoped toremain a viable candidate forthe league title.

The Northmen built a 32-16 lead early in the thirdquarter, only to see the

Vikings rally to forge a 40-40tie at the end of regulation. It

was 43-43 after the first over-time, then Petoskeyoutscored the Vikings, 7-5, inthe second extra session tofinally end it.

Joe LeBlanc led theNorthmen with 15 points,

while Nick Mesnard addednine, and Jason Bur and Evan

Whitmore finished with eightapiece.

While LeBlanc made amajor contribution on theoffensive end, it was hisdefense that really stood out.The 6-foot-4 senior centerlimited Cadillacs leadingscorer, Jalen Brooks, to justeight points. Brooks enteredthe game averaging 19 percontest.

Andrew Emington scored17 points to lead Cadillac,

while Lewis Finch added 10.

While the win most impor-tantly kept the Northmen inthe thick of things in the BigNorth, it served several otherpurposes, a shot of confi-dence for a young team theNorthmen started just onesenior and four sophomoressaw significant playing time chief among them.

Obviously it was thebiggest win of the year forus, said Starkey, whose teamlost, 50-42, at Cadillac lessthan two weeks previous in a

game that was not as close asthe final score indicated.Coming off the disappoint-ing loss at West and then toplay a team that handled uspretty well at Cadillac, to playthe way we did to build the16-point lead was just a cred-it to our guys because we hadlost two games in the week

and things could have goneeither way, and they reallyresponded well in getting offto a fast start.

I sure hope (the win) givesus a boost and it should. The guys can see that theyveimproved and were a better.It says a lot about our mind-set going forward.

LeBlanc scored 18 pointsand grabbed six rebounds tolead the Northmen in theirloss to West, while Bur and

Whitmore added nine

apiece.Alex Scott scored 23 points

and Stephan Sheppardadded 17 for the Titans.

Girls basketballThe Petoskey High School

girls basketball team slippedto 1-14 overall, 1-8 in the BigNorth with a 36-20 home loss

on Saturday to Cadillac.The win lifted Cadillac to

13-4, 9-1.It was the 12th consecutive

loss for the Northmen, whodropped a 33-21 Big Northdecision to Traverse City

West on Thursday.Kati Lewis scored six

points to lead the Northmenagainst Cadillac.

Natalie Weaver ledPetoskey with six pointsagainst West.

Northmen remain in the league-championship hunt

Double-OT win over Cadillac a huge step for young team

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By Andy Sneddon

GAYLORD Thirteen

wrestlers from Gaylord and

Petoskey high schools will

compete Saturday in the

Division II Individual

Regional Tournament at

Western High School in Bay

City.

All 13 of those wrestlers

seven from Gaylord, six fromPetoskey punched their

ticket to the regional by fin-

ishing in the top four in their

respective weight classes last

week at the Individu al

District Tournament at

Gaylord High School.

Three of those wrestlers, all

from Gaylord, were crowned

district champions, while

four others, two from each

school, finished runner-up.

Gaylord was scheduled to

wrestle on Wednesday, Feb.

12, in the Division II Team

Regional at Mount Pleasant.

The Blue Devils were to face

Greenville in a semifinalmatch. Bay City Western and

Escanaba were to square off

in the other semifinal.

Western, Gaylord and

Greenville are ranked sixth,

seventh and eighth, respec-

tively, in the Division II state

poll by Michigan Grappler.

The regional champion

advances to the state finals at

Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek

beginning Friday, Feb. 21.

Gaylord earned its berth in

the team regional by topping

Petoskey, 39-18, last week in

the championship of the

team district. It was Gaylords

seventh consecutive team

district crown.

The Blue Devils Dominic

LaJoie (103 pounds),

Jonathan Martin (112) and

Tristan Gregory (189) each

won his respectiv e weight

class in the individual dis-trict, while Gaylords Seth

Lashuay (125) and Shane

Foster (189) each finished

second.

Petoskeys Trevor

Giallombardo (103) and Gage

Paul (119) also claimed sec-

ond places.

Trent Lashuay (112) and

Jeff Heinz (135) of Gaylord

each finished third, as did

Petoskeys Scott Kibbe (119),

Nick Strobel (140) and Cam

Plath (152). Petoskeys Trevor

Denoyer (189) finished

fourth.

LaJoie, a freshman who is

ranked fifth at 103 in DivisionII, remained undefeated on

the season (43-0) in rolling to

the district title. He defeated

Petoskeys Giallombardo, on

a 20-4 technical fall, in the

championship match.

Giallombardo, a sophomore

who is ranked seventh in the

state, is 32-5.

Martin, a sophomore who

is ranked ninth at 112,

improved to 40-4 with his

district title. He topped Noah

Scheonherr of Bay City

Western, 8-7, in the title

match. Trent Lashuay, a

freshman who is 41-4 and an

honorable mention in the

112-pound rankings, took a

15-2 major decision from

Sam Woods of Bay City John

Glenn in the third-place

match.

Gregory defeated team-

mate Foster, 2-1, in the 189-pound final, improving to 42-

1 on the season. Gregory, a

junior, is ranked fourth in the

state. Foster, a sophomore, is

37-4 and ranked fifth.

Seth Lashuay fell to Blake

Jackson of Bay City Western,

6-0, in overtime in the 125-

pound final. Lashuay is 37-6

on the season. Heinz pinned

Logan Mlujeak of John Glenn

in 1:40 in the third-place

match at 135, improving to

35-12. Heinz is an honorable

mention in the Division II

rankings at 135.

Petoskeys Paul and Kibbe

finished second and third,respectively, at 119. Paul was

pinned by Coby Moore of Bay

City Western in 1:24 in an all-

freshman final and is 31-8 on

the season.

Kibbe, a sophomore,

topped Levi Stoll of West

Branch Ogemaw Heights, 7-

0, in the third-place match.

Strobel defeated Cole Clark

of John Glenn, 7-2, in the

third-place match at 140,

improving to 36-5. Strobel is

ranked fifth. Plath took a 12-5

decision over Michael James

of Sault Ste. Marie in the

third-place match at 152.

Plath is 37-7 on the year.

Denoyer lost the third-

place match at 189 to Cody

Okes of Bay City Western.

Denoyer is 28-10.

Gaylord won 10 of the 14

matches in downing

Petoskey last week to win the

team district title. Petoskey,

which defeate d Ogemaw

Heights, 37-27, for the right

to wrestle Gaylord for the dis-

trict crown, finished 19-3 in

duals.

Petoskeys wins against the

Blue Devils came from Mike

Kibbe (125), Strobel (140),

Plath (152) and Jordan

Conklin (160). The wins for

Conklin, Plath and Strobelcame on pins.

Gaylord got victories from

LaJoie, Trent Lashuay,

Martin, Matt Kempfer, Jacob

Panosso, Tristan Blanzy,

Forest Madagame, Gregory,

Foster and Michael Shyrock.

The wins by Foster and

Kempfer came on pins.

Agains t Ogemaw,

Petoskeys winners were

Giallombardo (pin), Paul,

Scott Kibbe, Mike Kibbe,

Austin Linn, Strobel (pin),

Plath and Denoyer.

We had a great season,

although we fell short of

achieving our goals winningthe Big North Conference

and team district, Petoskey

coach Nate Gross said. We

took care of a lackluster per-

formance against Ogemaw

during the conference dual

by coming out and winning

the first dual (in the district).

Aside from a couple of men-

tal errors, we looked good

against a tough Gaylord

team.

Division III: Seven

Vikings advanceMANISTEE Seven

wrestlers from Grayling HighSchool will wrestle Saturday

in the Division III Individual

Regional Tournament at

Kingsley High School.

Colin Bilyeau (125

pounds), Zack Cheney (130),

Ghayge Toomey (140), Devin

Joseph (145), Fred Phipps

(160), Mike Petrie (171) and

Jeff Myers (189) each placedin the top four in their

respective weight classes last

week in the Individu al

District at Manistee.

Bilyeau, Petrie and Cheney

each placed second, while

Myers and Toomey each

placed third, and Phipps and

Joseph each were fourth.

Bilyeau was pinned by

Trever Skinner of Mason

County Central in 47 seconds

in the 125-pound final.

Bilyeau finished 2-1 on the

day and takes a 23-14 season

record into the regional. Both

of his victories came on pins.

Cheney went 2-1 on the

day, picking up a pin and a

major decision en route to

the final, where he dropped a

4-2 overtime decision to

Jacob Shoop of Mason

County Central. Cheney is

42-5 on the year.

Petrie lost on a pin in 1:26

to Bradley Gagnon in the

171-pound title match. Petrie

went 2-1 on the day with one

pin, improving to 43-9 on the

season.

Toomey pinned Brody

Rosten of Negaunee in 2:57

to win the third-place match

at 140 and improve to 44-7.Myers finished 2-2 in the

tournament, and we took an

11-3 major decision from

Logan Duvall of Roscommon

in the third-place match.

Myers is 42-8.

Joseph went 3-2 on the day

and Phipps was 2-2. Phipps is

38-11 on the season, while

Joseph is 20-15.

Joseph dropped a 10-2major decision to Sam Taylor

of Gladstone in the third-

place match at 145, while

Phipps lost the third-place

match at 160 by injury

default to Cody Jensen of

Mason County Central.

Division IV:

Two Cardinals winNEWBERRY -- Onaways

Casey Watson and Isaac Nave

won their respective weight

classes Saturday in the

Division IV Individual

District Tourmament at

Newberry High School.The Cardinals Joe

Traynham placed second. All

three wrestlers advance to

the Individual Regional on

Saturday, Feb. 15, at Rogers

City High School.

Nave pinned David

Mommerency of Rudyard in

2 minutes, 51 seconds, in the

championship match at 119

pounds to win the district

title. Nave, a sophomore,

takes a 15-5 record into the

Individual Regional.

Watson won the distric t

title at 189 with a pin in 2:44

of James Christiansen of Iron

Mountain. Watson improved

to 21-4 on the season.

Traynham lost, 4-1, to

Jimmy Spencer of Rudyard in

the final at 112. Traynham is

36-4 on the year.

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By Andy Sneddon

RUDYARD In a way, the

game echoed the season for

the Cheboygan High School

boys basketball team.

The Chiefs found them-

selves in a 20-8 deficit early

on, then responded to post a

74-61 victory over Rudyard to

clinch a share of the StraitsArea Conference champi-

onship, Cheboygans first

league basketball crown

since 2010.

The Chiefs, who entered

the week 8-5 overall, are 6-1

in league play. They can wrap

up the outright title in their

league finale at home on

Friday, Feb. 21, against St.

Ignace.

Ben Pearson scored 23

points and Luke Harrington

and Zack Socha added 15

apiece to lead Cheboygan

past Rudyard.

The Chiefs responded to

their 12-point deficit, and by

halftime had seized a 38-31advantage.

We knew it wasnt going to

be easy, but these kids really

hung in there, first-year

Cheboygan coach Steve Ernst

said. The kids earned it and

Im proud of them.

While Cheboygan finished

strong on Friday, the same

could be said about the sea-

son in general. The Chiefs

were 3-4 at one point, and

their win over Rudyard

extended their win streak to

four.

Included in that recent

surge are victories over both

Petoskey and Sault Ste.

Marie, teams that beaten theChiefs the first time they met

this season. Perhaps most

telling about how far the

Chiefs have come under

Ernst is their results against

the Sault. The Blue Devils

throttled Cheboygan by 40

points on opening night. Two

weeks ago, Cheboygan took a

how-do-you-like-us-now 60-

57 win over the Sault.

The poise of this team is

very good right now, and the

kids have continued to

evolve, theyve worked hard,

and theyve improved, Ernst

said.

Brady Hiller added 11

points and grabbed eightrebounds for the Chiefs

against Rudyard, while point

guard Derek Sturvist finished

with eight points and eight

rebounds.

Two nights earlier, the

Northmen rolled past

Newberry, 73-40, in a SAC

game.

Harrington hit six 3-point-

ers en route to a game-high

24 points to lead the Chiefs,

while Pearson added 17

points and nine rebounds.

Hiller chipped in eight

points.

Girls basketballThe Cheboygan High

School girls basketball team

slipped back to the .500 mark

on Friday with a 50-39 Straits

Area Conferenc e loss to

Rudyard.

Brooke Hancock scored 15

points, grabbed four

rebounds and made five

steals to lead Cheboygan, 7-

7. Macey Charboneau added

nine points.

The loss came three nights

after a 47-35 non-league win

over Petoskey, a result that

gave the Chiefs a season-

sweep of the series with the

Northmen.

It was the first time since2007 that the Chiefs have

swept the season series with

Petoskey.

Hancock scored 16 points

and grabbed five rebounds to

lead the Chiefs, while

Carolyn Clark added nine

points and six rebounds.

By Mike Dunn

BOYNE CITY The

Cheboygan girls put the dis-

appointing loss to Rudyard

the game before well out of

their minds on Monday, trav-

eling to Boyne City and post-

ing an impressive 56-31 vic-

tory over the Ramblers.

The Chiefs pushed above

the .500 mark with the win,

going to 8-7 for the season.

Cheboygan once again

employed a balanced scoring

attack to earn the win, with

Macey Charboneau and

Brooke Hancock each burn-

ing the nets for 11 points and

Bridget Blaskowski blasting

away for nine, Hannah

Hudak hammering the netsfor eight, and Autumn Hudak

hitting for seven.

Blaskowski also covered

the floor like wet on water,

earning five steals, and she

issued four assists as well.

The Windex glass cleaners for

Cheboygan on the night were

Macey with eight boards and

Autumn Hudak with seven.

Mariah Kane canned five

points to help the cause

while Carolyn Clark and

Delaney Gravlin each scored

four.

Rainy McCune connected

for eight points to lead Boyne

City.Cheboygan, paced by six

points from Morgan

Goodrich, dropped a 33-23

decision in the JV contest.

Cheboygan (8-7) played

host to non-league foe

Gaylord on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

The Chiefs play host to

Alpena on Monday, Feb. 17.

St. Mary 62Central Lake 32

CENTRAL LAKE The St.

Mary girls of coach Dan

Smith went on the road on

Monday, Feb. 10, and did

what they had to do, securing

a workmanlike 62-32 deci-

sion over host Central Lake.

The win pushed the state-

ranked Snowbirds one step

closer to an unbeaten season

in the Ski Valley and possible

sole ownership of the league

title.

Savvy, sweet-shooting sen-

ior guard Kari Borowiak, who

signed her letter-of-intent

Tuesday afternoon to play at

the next level for Concordia,

blistered the twine for a

game-high 28 points with a

typically efficient effort.

Long-armed sophomore

Bekah Myler made the nets

swim for 16 points while

earning a double-double.

Bekah also brought down 11

rebounds.

Mariah Cords canned

seven for Central Lake, which

slipped to 9-6 overall and 7-5

in the league.

St. Mary (15-1, 12-0)

played host to Mancelona on

Tuesday, Feb. 11. On

Thursday, Feb. 13, the

Snowbirds play at the court

of Bellaire in a much-antici-

pated showdown of Ski Valley

powers. The Eagles, whose

only previous league loss was

to St. Mary, need a victory

this time around to have any

chance of earning a share of

the league title.

Onaway 57Inland Lakes 28

ONAWAY The Onaway

girls of coach Marty Mix

improved to 8-7 overall and

6-6 in the Ski Valley with a

workmanl ike 57-28 victory

on Thursday, Feb. 6, against

visiting Inland Lakes. The

Cardinals lost starting point

guard Jade Galer to injury

before the game and it took a

while to get into an offensive

flow as a result.

We were on our heels at

the start but we made some

adjustments with Jade out of

the lineup and that helped us

regain our intensity and con-

fidence, Mix reported.

Onaway led 12-8, 26-15

and 48-16 at the quarter

breaks.

Lexi Szymoniak showed up

strong for the Cardinals, can-

ning 10 points and corralling

16 rebounds. Devin Bristley

blistered the nets for 16

points and Erika Price was

right on time with 13 p oints.

Onaway earned a league

victory at Mancelona on

Tuesday, Feb. 4 (see separate

story and photos of that

game in this issue).

The Cardinals (8-7, 6-6)

played at Forest Area on

Tuesday, Feb. 11, and were

home against Central Lake

on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

Johannesburg-Lewiston 73Pellston 26

JOHANNESBURG The

Johannesburg-Lewiston girls

of coach Heather Huff

bounced back from the

tough loss at Bellaire to claim

a 73-26 victory over visiting

Pellston on Thursday, Feb. 6,

and then outscore scrappy

non-league foe Tawas Area

77-43 on Monday.

Senior Brittany Cherwinski

and sophomore Madison

Showerman rained down 19

and 18 points, respectively, to

lead the up-tempo J-L assault

on the iron and Sydney

McKinney stirred the nets for

10.

The Cardinals suffered a

41-31 setback at Bellaire on

Tuesday, Feb. 4, the second

loss this season to the talent-

ed Eagles. Bellaire improved

to 12-2 overall and 9-1 in the

Ski Valley with the hard-

fought win.

Showerman struck for 12

points to lead a balanced J-L

scoring ledger and she

hauled in six boards. Hailey

Weaver waxed the nets for six

points. Sophomore guard

Kelsey Cherwinski churned

out five rebounds and issue

five assists in the loss.

J-L (13-4, 9-4) played at

Inland Lakes on Tuesday,

Feb. 11. On Thursday, Feb. 13,

the Cardinals host Central

Lake for the annual

Snowcoming contest. On

Tuesday, Feb. 18, the

Cardinals play at Pellston.

Harbor Light 45Wolverine 27

WOLVERINE Annie Fila

was on fire from the f loor on

Thursday, Feb. 6, as visiting

Harbor Light Christian

scored a 45-27 victory over

host Wolverine in Northern

Lakes action. The Lady

Swordsmen improved to 8-4

and 7-4.

Sarah Bellmore chimed in

for eight points for Harbor

Light.

Ellsworth 36, Alba 33ALBA Sweet-sho oting

Sydney Hogerheide tamed

the twine for a game-high 20

points for Alba in a tough 36-

33 loss to visiting Ellsworth

on Thursday, Feb. 6, in

Northern Lakes Conference

play.

Katelyn Sowers hit for 15

points and Taryn Rozema

rang up 13 as Ellsworth went

over the .500 mark in league

play.

Ellsworth (6-8, 6-4) went

on to post a hard-fought 32-

29 decision over host

Vanderbilt on Monday.

Alanson 31Vanderbilt 11

ALANSON The Alanson

girls played host to Northern

Lakes foe Vanderbilt on

Thursday, Feb. 6, and posted

31-11 decision as Ashley

Pethers produced 12 points

and pulled down nine

rebounds.

Sierra Oliver struck for

eight points and showed up

big inside, grabbing 12

boards, and Leah Sierra sank

eight.

Alanson improved to 6-9

overall and 6-4 in the league

while the young, hardwork-

ing Yellowjackets of coach

Lisa King were still seeking

their first win.

Cheboygan girls rebound with winChiefs go above .500 with win at Boyne City; Snowbirds sink Central Lake; J-L bounces back; Onaway wins league games

Can claim outright title with win over St. Ignace

G0 H

KALKASKA The Grayling

boys varsity basketball team

must love playing. Because,

the Vikings played a pair of

overtime games last week,

including a thrilling double-overtime affair against Lake

Michigan Conference rival

Kalkaska on Friday, Feb. 7.

The Vikings (9-5 overall, 5-

5 conference) had topped

Kalkaska by 53 points on

their home floor earlier in the

season. But, last Friday,

Grayling needed two over-

times and a lastsecond shot

to edge the Blazers, 7876.

Grayling early on seemed

ready for a second rout, lead-

ing 155 after the opening

period and still holding a 28-

20 advantage at intermission.

Kalkaska, however, turned

the tables on the Vikes in thesecond half.

And, the Blazers were in

control for much of the

fourth quarter and were up

by two points with 30 sec-

onds to play, with the ball.

But, the Blazers took a risky

threepoint attempt, giving

Grayling time to hit a shot

that knotted the score at 5555

at the end of regulation.

Kalkaskas Will Noble, who

hit five treys on the night,

returned the favor less than

four minutes later, knocking

down a trey to rally his team

to a 6767 tie and force a sec-

ond overtime period.

A crazy and intense

game, said Grayling head

coach Rich Moffit. Give

Kalkaska a ton of credit. Their

kids played outstanding and

hit some pressure shots.

Will Noble of Kalkaska

was outstand ing in the

game.

Grayling raced out and

scored eight points of thesecond overtime. Again,

however, Kalkaska rallied.

This time Arron Zimmerman

was the one chipping in from

long range with a pair of

threes, while Cooper helped

out with repeatedly getting to

and converting at the free-

throw line.

But, it just wasn't enough,

with Grayling' s Tyler

McClanahan driving the lane

for a buzzerbeating shot to

finally end the game in the

Vikings' favor.

Our kids competed in this

game and made some pres-

sure shots down the stretch,Moffit added. We shot poor-

ly from the free throw line

and the arc, but we were able

to overcome adversity and

get the win.

Tyler McClanahan had an

outstanding all-round game

and led the Vikings with 24

points, 4 rebounds, 9 steals

and 6 assists.

Justice Junttila posted a

double-double with 13

points, 18 rebounds, 1 steal

and 2 assists, while Jake

Swander chipped in with 10

points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals, 1

assist and 2 blocked shots in

just his third game back after

missing much of the season

with a foot injury.

Other contributors for

Grayling included: Peyton

Zigila with 9 points, 2

rebounds and 1 steal; Matt

Burrell with 6 points, 5

rebounds and 1 steal; Geoff

Wilson with 5 points, 6

rebounds and 1 steal;

Michael Branch with 4points, 5 rebounds and 4

steals; Carson Burmeister

with 3 points, 4 rebounds

and 2 assists; Scout Tobin

with 2 points, 1 rebound and

1 steal; and Scott Wakeley

with 1 rebound.

Grayling 71, Traverse City

St. Francis 68 (OT)

The Vikings played and

won their first overtime

game of the week by beating

visiting Traverse City St.

Francis, 71-68, on Tuesday,

Feb. 4.

Great win for our kids and

the Viking Nation, Moffitsaid. We made some big

time shots during crunch

time.

I was very pleased with

our defensive effort when the

game was on the line. I

thought our kids stepped it

up down the stretch.

The LMC clash turned out

to be a see-saw affair, with

the Gladiators up at halftime,

27-24. But, Grayling surged

ahead by outgunning St.

Francis, 24-15, to take a six-

point advantage, 48-42, in

the final eight minutes of reg-

ulation.

Traverse City again rallied

to knot the score at 63-63 to

force overtime. However,

then it was Graylings turn

and the Vikings ended the

drama and got the win

when they outscored the

Gladiators, 8-5, in the extra

stanza.

T-Macs (McClanahan)

three-ball from the arc with

17 seconds left to tie thegame was huge, Moffit

added. What was even big-

ger was Jake Swanders effort

to get an offensive rebound

with 23 seconds left and

which gave us the opportuni-

ty to tie the game. Great team

effort.

McClanahan finished the

game with a team-best 23

points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal

and 3 assists. And, off the

bench, Matt Burrell hit for a

career high 17 points, 8

rebounds, 2 steals and 2

assists.

Also contrib uting for

Grayling in the win were:Junttila with 9 points, 12

rebounds, 2 steals and 2

assists; Swander with 8


and 2 assists; Tobin with 6


and 1 assist; Wilson with 4

points and 7 rebounds;

Burmeister with 4 points, 2

rebounds, 2 steals, 3 assists

and 1 blocked shot; Branch

with 8 rebounds, 3 steals and

2 assists; and Mason

Papendick with 1 rebound.

Grayling 69, Harbor

Springs 65

Grayling didnt need over-

time to beat the host Harbor

Springs Rams on Monday,

Feb. 3, but they did need a

big second half.

The Vikings trailed, 37-26,

at halftime of the conference

matchup. But, Grayling ral-

lied by dominating the sec-

ond half, including the fourth

quarter, 26-17.

A trio of double-digit scor-

ers helped lead the Vikings.

McClanahan tallied 13

points, 3 rebounds, 4 steals, 4

assists and 1 blocked shot,

while Branch added 10points, 9 rebounds and 1

steal. And, Burmeister

chipped in 11 points, 1

rebound, 3 steals and 4

assists in the win.

Other cagers contributing

for the Vikes were: Wilson

with 9 points, 3 rebounds

and 3 steals; Swander with 8

points, 1 rebound, 2 steals

and 3 assists; Junttila with 6


and 1 assist; Zigila with 4

points, 4 rebounds and 2

steals; Papendick with 4points and 4 rebounds; and

Tobin with 4 points.

Report by Dennis

Mansfield, Buckland News

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BOYS BASKETBALL State RankingsClass ASchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Muskegon (5) (15-0) 75

2. Saginaw Arthur Hill (12-2) 67

3. Detroit Pershing (15-2) 66

4. Taylor Truman (12-0) 62

5. Romulus (11-2) 49

6. Detroit U-D Jesuit (12-2) 43

7. Ypsilanti (11-2) 368. Marquette 12-0) 269. Warren De La Salle (13-3) 22

10. Clarkston (12-3) 19

Others receiving votes: Bloomfield Hills 17, Flint Carman-Ainsworth 17, Grand

Blanc 17, Detroit Southeastern 15, Detroit Cass Tech 13, Detroit Renaissance

13, Holland 10, Ypsilanti Lincoln 10, Grand Ledge 8, Lapeer West 7, Dexter 4,

Holly 2, Holt 1, Jenison 1.

Class BSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Jackson Lumen Christi (5) (14-0) 75

2. Wyoming Godwin Heights (13-0) 69

3. Millington (13-0) 63

4. Grand Rapids South Christian (13-1) 60

5. Otsego (12-2) 49

6. Yale (13-1) 48

7. Imlay City (13-0) 45

8. Comstock Park (12-1) 38

9. Milan (10-3) 24

10. Detroit Country Day (7-6) 20Others receiving votes: Ferndale University 17, Detroit Douglass 15, Reed City

13, Warren Fitzgerald 13, Detroit Community 11, Carrollton 10, Holland

Christian 8, St. Clair 7, Big Rapids 5, Dundee 4, Clinton Township Clintondale

3, Napoleon 2, Battle Creek Harper Creek 1.

Class CSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Mt. Clemens (5) (14-0) 752. Boyne City 12-0) 663. Negaunee (13-1) 59

4. Detroit Consortium (9-2) 57

5. Detroit Allen (14-1) 55

6. Shelby (12-1) 52

7. Muskegon Heights PS Academy (11-1) 48

8. Leroy Pine River (12-1) 35

9. Sanford-Meridian (13-1) 30

10. Detroit Loyola (10-3) 27

Others receiving votes: Watervliet 22, Saginaw Valley Lutheran 18, Flint

Hamady 13, Marlette 11, Beal City 6, Mio Au Sable 6, Addison 6, SouthfieldBradford Academy 5, Flint Beecher 3, Hanover-Horton 2, Mancelona 2,Hemlock 1, Traverse City St. Francis 1.Class DSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Southfield Christian (5) (14-1) 75

2. Powers North Central (15-0) 70

3. Battle Creek St. Philip (12-0) 614. Bellaire 11-1) 605. Cedarville (13-1) 56

6. Peck (12-0) 52

7. Allen Park Inter-City Baptist (10-4) 41

8. Baldwin (10-1) 38

9. Crystal Falls Forest Park (12-1) 36

10. Lake Linden-Hubbell (13-1) 23

Others receiving votes: Munising 21, Frankfort-Elberta 16, Morrice 15, Adrian

Lenawee Christian 13, Fulton-Middleton 12, Hillman 7, Mount Pleasant SacredHeart 4.

GIRLS BASKETBALL State RankingsClass ASchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Detroit King (5) (14-1) 75

2. Grosse Pointe South (16-1) 67

3. Bloomfield Hills Marian (16-1) 63

4. Farmington Hills Mercy (16-1) 59

5. Grand Ledge (13-2) 52

6. Haslett (13-1) 51

7. Midland (14-1) 46

8. Southgate Anderson (16-1) 45

T-9. Clarkston (13-2) 29

T-9. DeWitt (13-3) 29

Others receiving votes: Rochester Adams 21, Richland Gull Lake 14, Marquette

13, Grand Haven 10, Holt 8, Kalamazoo Central 8, Ann Arbor Huron 3, Canton

3, Farmington Hills Harrison 2, Brownstown Woodhaven 1, Muskegon Mona

Shores 1.

Class BSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Grand Rapids South Christian (5) (16-0) 75

2. Flint Powers (15-1) 67

3. Goodrich (14-1) 66

4. Detroit Country Day (15-0) 62

5. Midland Bullock Creek (14-1) 50

6. Portland (13-2) 49

7. Clare (14-1) 43

8. Marshall (13-2) 32

9. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (11-4) 30

10. Houghton (14-2) 27

Others receiving votes: Jackson Northwest 22, Olivet 17, Eaton Rapids 17,

Manistee 16, Remus Chippewa Hills 6, Otsego 5, Plainwell 4, Benton Harbor 3,

Wayland 3, Stevensville Lakeshore 2, Bay City John Glenn 2, Holland Christian

1, Perry 1.

Class CSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Blissfield (1) (12-0) 65

2. Sandusky (2) (13-1) 61T-3. Niles Brandywine (1) (14-1) 59

T-3. Reese (15-1) 59

5. Flint Hamady (15-1) 536. St. Ignace LaSalle 14-2) 517. Carson City-Crystal (14-1) 47

8. Saginaw Nouvel (11-3) 39

9. Gobles (14-0) 32

10. Hemlock (12-2) 27

Others receiving votes: Mendon 25, Michigan Center 19, Pittsford (1) 17, St.

Louis 15, McBain 9, Manchester 7, New Lothrop 6, Morley-Stanwood 3,

Breckenridge 2, Adrian Madison 2, Beaverton 1, Traverse City St. Francis 1.Class DSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Crystal Falls Forest Park (5) (17-0) 752. Posen 16-0) 703. Gaylord St. Mary 14-1) 584. Marine City Cardinal Mooney (14-1) 57

5. Frankfort (15-1) 54

6. Eben Junction Superior Central (13-2) 517. Stephenson (14-1) 41

8. Athens (14-3) 40

9. St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic (10-1) 29

10. Birmingham Roeper (12-3) 27

Others receiving votes: Twining Arenac Eastern 19, Brimley 18, Southfield

Christian 15, Portland St. Patrick 11, Ann Arbor Rudolf Steiner 11, Bellaire 8,Big Rapids Crossroads Charter Academy 4, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 4,

Kingston 3, Munising 2, Bear Lake 2, Dollar Bay 1.

By Doug Derrer

KALAMAZOO The Bay

Reps traveled to Wings

Stadium in Kalamazoo on

Friday, Feb. 7, to battle

Mattawan and the teams

were tied 0-0 after one peri-

od. Two minutes and 25 sec-

onds into the second periodJohn VanRaalte pulled the

trigger and gave the Reps a 1-

0 lead with a rocket blast,

with Carson Altonen and

Chase Joppich earning

assists.

Mattawan tied the game

with just 22 seconds left in

the second period. Then, in

the third period with just 1:05

left, Andrew Dzierwa came

through big time in the

clutch, lighting the lamp to

give the Reps a 2-1 win. Gavin

Uitvlugt assisted on the win-

ning goal. The unflappable

Jay Jones got the win in net,

stopping 17 of the 18 shots he

faced.On Saturday the Reps were

in Grand Rapids to battle

Forest Hills

Northern/Eastern at

Patterson Arena. The Reps

trailed 2-0 before a VanRaalte

goal with 2:16 in the first

period got the Reps within a

goal. Joppich and Trevor

Apsey assisted.

Forest Hills reestablished a

two-goal lead five minutes

into the second period but a

Travis Kirk goal with 32 sec-

onds left in the period cut the

deficit to one again. The dan-

gerous Dzierwa earned an

assist on the Kirk goal.

The enterprising Kirkscored his second goal of the

day four minutes into the

third period to tie the score at

3, with help from Jakson

Drake and Garrett Diola.

Forest Hills retook the lead,

however, with 5:26 left in the

period but Carson Altonen's

unassisted goal with 55 sec-

onds left sent the game to

overtime.

The Reps seemed to be the

stronger team in OT but a

defensive breakdown lead to

a Forest Area breakaway and

the winning goal with 3:25

left in overtime.

The Reps will be hosting

Cheboygan, Petoskey, andManistee on Friday and

Saturday at Centre Ice in the

end of the league tourna-

ment to determine the

Northern Michigan Hockey

League Championship.

Reps split pair of tightroad games

Dzierwas tally in final minute gives Reps win vs. Mattawan;Altonens late goal forces OT vs. Forest Hills

Hcke'

By Mike Dunn

HESPERIA The Mio and

Mancelona wrestling teams

competed Saturday in the

Div. 4 individual district tour-

nament held at Hesperia.

Eight wrestlers five from

Mio and three from

Mancelona advanced to the

regional round this coming

Saturday, Feb. 15, at Rogers

City.

There was one champion

from the coverage area to

emerge from the Hesperia

district: Mancelonas Man

Plow, senior Michael

Meadows at 130 pounds.

Meadows, who recently

surpassed 100 wins for his

prep career, pushed his per-

sonal log to 43-5 this season

with impressi ve victor ies

over Darwin Dean of Pine

River in the quarterfinals (5-2

decision), Tyler Leffingwell of

Forest Area in the semifinals

(13-2 major decision), and a

third-period pin over previ-

ously unbeaten and top-

seeded Matthew Elliott of

Forest Area in a tense, seesaw

championship match.Meadows took down

Elliott, who came in with a

32-0 record, late in the third

period and finally got the pin

at the 5:32 mark.

Meadows (43-5) takes on

No. 4 seed Vincente Carlson

of Ishpeming-Westwood in

the opening round of the

regionals at Rogers City. The

top four seeds from each

weight class advance to the

state tournament at Battle

Creek.

Two other Ironmen grap-

plers advanced to the region-

al tourney at Rogers City.

Senior strong man Tristan

Waters (215) earned fourth

place and will advance as a

No. 4 seed. Waters (37-13)

faces No. 1 seed Andrew

Selke (45-5) of Rogers City.

Also moving on for

Mancelona is senior slammer

Keegan Richardson at 285

pounds. Keegan (20-5)

earned a razor-thin 5-4 deci-

sion over Chase Morrison of

Pine River in the consolation

finals to finish as the No. 3

seed. Keegan takes on No. 2

seed Alec VanHorn of

Ishpeming (23-12) in

Saturdays opening round.

FOR MIO, McGregor

advances as a No. 2 seed at

215 pounds. Three other

Thunderbolt grapplers

earned third place to move

on and another finished

fourth.McGregor (23-12) earned

his berth in the finals with a

pin over Pine Rivers rugged

Dom Garcia in the semifi-

nals. In the district title

match, C-Mac lost a hard-

fought decision to Mantons

talented Noah Thompson.

McGregor engages No. 3 seed

Brayden Fitzpatrick of Iron

Mountain (24-11) in the

opening round.

Other grapplers to advance

for Mio included junior

Patrick Stephens (103), soph-omore Jordan Brooks (145)

and sophomore Scott Blamer

(152) as third-place finishers

and sophomore Tony Everly

(125) as a fourth-place finish-

er.

Stephens (37-4) takes on

sophomore Tommy

Vogelheim (31-16), a No. 2

seed from Rogers City.

Brooks (14-26) faces No. 2

seed Jacob Weslin (28-10) of

Iron Mountain and Blamer

(32-13) faces No. 2 seed

Austin Bober of Rogers City, ajunior with a nearly identical

record of 33-14. Everly (21-

24) faces a stiff challenge in

his opening match Saturday

when he takes on undefeated

No. 1 seed Jared Gauthier

(35-0) of Iron Mountain, a

junior.

Eight advance from Hesperia district

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By Andy Sneddon

The Petoskey and

Cheboygan high school

hockey teams will begin play

in the Northern MichiganHockey League tournament

on Friday at Centre ICE in

Traverse City.

The Northmen will take

on Manistee and the Chiefs

are scheduled to play the

Bay Area Reps.

Both Petoskey and

Cheboygan finished 0-2 last

weekend at the Michiga n

Public High School Hockey

Showcase, a 60-team event,

at the Arctic Coliseum Ice

Arena in Chelsea.

The Chiefs lost to East

Kentwood, 7-1, and to

Grandville, 8-0. Cheboygan,

which is 8-14, also dropped a

9-5 decision to Sault Ste.

Marie last week.

The Northmen fell to

Royal Oak, 7-4, and to

Waterford United, 5-4, in the

showcase.

Zack Schley scored with

an assist from Austin

Christie in Cheboygans lossto East Kentwood.

In the loss to Sault Ste.

Marie, which is ranked

fourth in Division III, the

Chiefs were outshot, 54-30.

Christie scored twice and

picked up an assist to lead

the Chiefs, while Josh

Stempky, Schley and Craig

Bongard also scored.

Adam Jeannotte finished

with three assists , Schley

had two, and Stempky and

John Granter added one

apiece.

Cheboygan closes the reg-

ular season on Friday, Feb.

21, with a non-league game

at Cadillac.

Logan Girt, Ben

Schwartzfisher, Bryndon

Worden and Nick Gadowski

scored for the Northmen in

their loss to Royal Oak. Tom

Crampton had two assists

for Petoskey, while

Schwartzfisher, DameonSpencer, Worden and Cody

Rogers had one each.

Mike Forton scored twice

for Petoskey in its loss to

Waterford United, while

Crampton and

Schwartzfisher also tallied.

Worden and Crampton fin-

ished with two assists

apiece, while Gadowski,

Spencer, Schwartzfisher and

Cam Wilder had one each.

The Northmen also

dropped a 4-2 Big North

Conference decision to

Traverse City West last week.

Worden and Crampton

scored for Petoskey, and

Schwartzfisher picked up an

assist.

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Alexis Howard...........................4Abby Radulski...........................4Abbie Weber..............................4Elizabeth Wing .........................4Grace Baragrey.........................2Mackenzie Day.........................2Emma McKinley.......................2

Alivia Zaremba .........................2Christine Cole...........................1

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Alex Cook..................................2Ian Helzer..................................2Brian Keister.............................2

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Taylor Peterson.........................6Madison Marsack.....................4Nicole Morehouse....................4

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RJ Korff ...................................18Daniel Smith ..........................17Donavon Blust .......................12

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BearBasketball

Top Scorers

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD The Gaylord

hockey team battled visiting

Mt. Pleasant to a 2-2 tie for

two-plus periods of intense

play on Saturday afternoon

at the Sportsplex but the visi-

tors were able to finish strong

and secure a 5-2 decision.

The young Blue Devils

turned in another honest

effort but couldnt overcome

Mt. Pleasants superior depth

down the stretch.

The Blue Devils trailed 1-0

after a fast, well-played first

period before rallying to tiethe game at the 6:54 mark of

the second period when

Gatling Gun Garrett

Richardson unleashed

another of his patented rock-

et blasts to tie the score on a

power play, with a sweet feed

from Blake Miller.

The Oilers battled back

with score late in the period

on a power play of their own

to take a 2-1 advantage into

the third period but again the

home team in blue-and-gold

rallied to tie the score, this

time when dependable

Jackson Deans, one of the

most accomplished two-way

forwards to ever come

through the Blue Devil pro-gram, turned on the juice

and put the puck behind

sprawling Oiler goalkeeper

Aaron Friedlin at the 5:21

mark for his eighth tally of

the campaign.

Richardson, Gaylords

leading scorer this season,

earned his sixth assist on the

goal and Cam Laug, who

makes a habit of being in the

right place at the right time,

also generated an assist.

Mt. Pleasant wasnt

through scoring, however, as

Drew Dickinson, Max Heeke

and Collin Lambert all tallied

in a five-minute span to put

the game away. Robert

Backus and Zach Heekescored the earlier two Mt.

Pleasant goals.

Mt. Pleasant outshot

Gaylord 14-4 in the decisive

third period and owned a 33-

18 advantage in shots for the

game. Friedlin made 16 saves

for the Oilers and Ethan

ODell turned back 28 of 33

shots for Gaylord.

The Blue Devils had six

power-play opportunities in

the physical contest but

could only produce a goal on

one of those chances.

On Friday, Gaylord faced

high-powered Alpena and

suffered an 8-0 defeat. The

visiting Wildcats put up five

goals in the first period andnever looked back.

A power play goal by Joey

Bracken at the 6:46 mark of

the final period ended the

game because of the mercy

rule.

Alpena outshot the game-

but-outmanned Blue Devils

by a 38-12 margin.

Fridays game also served

as a fundraiser for the Tyler

English family to help defray

medicals costs. Tyler, a

Gaylord student, suffered a

cervical spine and head

injury last summer and

remains in inpatient care at

the U of M Hospital. The Blue

Devils donated a portion of

the proceeds from the gameto the family and there was a

bake sale as well.

ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5,

the Blue Devils lost to

Cadillac 11-3.

Richardson recorded two

goals for Gaylord and oppor-

tunistic Blake Miller scored

his second goal of the season.

Richardson also had an assist

on Millers goal and Miller

assisted on Richardsons first

goal. Goalie Ethan ODell

also earned his first assist of

the season.

Gaylord (1-15-1) played

host to T.C. Central on

Wednesday, Feb. 12. The Blue

Devils play this weekend in

Lakeview.

Mt. Pleasant scores three late goals to break up 2-2 tie; Richardson rings up 13th goal of season for Blue Devils

Gaylord falls to visiting OilersH'/

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