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By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD Four girls bas-ketball teams from the cover-age area of the Weekly Choicecaptured district champi-onships on Friday, March 1,and earned a berth in theregional tournament.

Gaylord in Class A,Johannesburg-Lewiston inClass C, and St. Mary andPellston in Class D alladvanced. Separate storieson each of the teams are onthe inside of this issue.

The Gaylord girls of coachFrank Hamilla won theirsixth game in a row and laid

claim to the first district titlesince 1995 and the first-everdistrict title in Class A. TheBlue Devils outscored hostT.C. West 31-26 in overtime topush their record to 13-9.They faced top-ranked andunbeaten Grand Haven at

T.C. West on Tuesday, March5.

The Johanneburg-Lewiston girls of coachHeather Huff closed strong todefeat tough, talentedLincoln-Alcona in the districtfinals hosted by theCardinals, who improved to22-1. Senior Abby Schlicherfueled the furious fourth-quarter finish, scoring 13 of her 22 points. J-L facedTraverse City St. Francis inthe regional semifinals atMcBain.

The St. Mary girls of coachDan Smith hoisted the dis-trict trophy for the third year

in a row after defeating Central Lake on the homefloor in the finals. Prolific junior guard Kari Borowiak surpassed 1,000 points in thesemifinal victory at homeover Ellsworth. TheSnowbirds faced Leland in

the regional semifinal atBuckley.

The Pellston girls of coachBarb Ingraham tamed the Wildcats of Wolverine in thedistrict finals on Wednesday,

Feb. 27, to earn a berth in theregional tournament for thesecond straight time. TheHornets faced Posen in theregional tourney at Gaylord.

Results of the four regionalcontests played Tuesday,March 5, appear on this page.

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Regional Semifinal ResultsThe St. Mary girls of coach Dan

Smith kept their season alive with a60-28 triumph over Leland inTuesdays regional semifinal at

Buckley. The Snowbirds (21-2) faceBear Lake (18-5) in the regional finalson Thursday.

The Gaylord girls saw their out-standing season end against unbeat-en and top-ranked Grand Haven, 54-

34, in the Class A regional at TraverseCity West.

The Johannesburg-Lewiston girlsstayed with favored Traverse City St.

Francis for three quarters in theirClass C regional semifinal at McBainbut the Gladiators pulled away in thefourth quarter for a 56-41 win. TheCardinals close out a notable season with a 22-2 record.

The Pellston girls gave a gritty

effort but undefeated Posen had too

much of too many things in the Class

D regional semifinal at Gaylord. The

Hornets finished with a 5-15 log.

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JOHANNESBURG TheJohannesburg-Lewiston girlsof coach Heather Huff hadthe opportunity to hoist theClass C district champi-onship trophy on the homefloor Friday, defeating stub-born Lincoln-Alcona 53-42.

The Cardinals, who werederailed in the district finalsa year ago by Tawas, capturedtheir fifth district champi-onship in six years. Theirreturn to the regional tourna-ment took place on Tuesday,March 5, at McBain whenthey took on talentedTraverse City St. Francis. The winner of that gameadvanced to the district finalson Thursday, March 7,against either Pine River orShelby.

J-L, which improved to 22-1, closed strong to secure the

district title against the tal-ented Alcona squad. Thedetermined Cardinals, fueledby the fiery play of senior wing Abby Schlicher,outscored the Tigers 23-11 inthe fourth quarter to gain thehard-earned trophy.

J-L trailed 31-30 going intothe final period of what hadbeen a tight, physical, defen-sive, back-and-forth war.

Then Schlicher basically took over. The senior, playing in what would be the finalhome game of her incredibleprep career, simply refusedto allow her team to lose on

this night. Spurred by thecheers of the Cardinal faith-

ful, she turned up the notchon the intensity meter to fullbore, blistering the nets toscore 13 of her game-high 22points in the final six minutesof play, including a Tiger-draining triple at a critical juncture.

Abby, a versatile two-way warrior throughout her four- year varsity career, also dis-tributed the wealth, notching seven assists.

Junior forward Brittany Cherwinski, another J-L play-er who seems to play her bestgames when the stakes arehighest, churned the nets for10 points. Long-armed fresh-man center MaddieShowerman poured in ninepoints and powered down six boards and she was all overthe place defensively, shak-ing down Tiger ball handlersfor five steals.

Hardworking Hannah Huff

hauled in seven boards tohelp the cause and Katelyn Weaver canned four.

Megan Quick connectedfor 15 to pace the Tigers, whofinished with a respectable14-5 log, and Karina Cole tal-lied eight.

ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27,the Cardinals earned what was definite ly one of thesweetest victories of the sea-son, turning the tables onTawas Area in the districtsemifinals, 59-41. It was theBraves who eliminated J-L inthe district finals a year ago.

J-L stormed out of the

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handlers at the other end totake a commanding 16-0lead. The Braves never recov-ered.

Cherwinski chewed up thenets big time, delivering agame-high 20 points to leadthe way. She also broughtdown six boards and did herBlackbeard impersonationon defense, making fivesteals.

Acetylene Abby was firedup as well, burning the netsfor 10 points and cleaning the glass like Windex, domi-

nating play inside whilesecuring a whopping 16

rebounds. Schlicher very nearly earned a triple-doubleas she also covered the floordefensively like green on agrass blade, making eightsteals.

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By Mike Dunn

MIO The Mio boys bas-ketball dropped a razor-thin57-56 decision to talentedStandish-Sterling onThursday, Feb. 28, in the finalregular-season game of theseason. The Thunderboltstook a perfect 18-0 mark intothe game and lost their

unbeaten record in the toughloss at Standish.

Seth Thomey stroked thetwine for 17 points to pacethe Thunderbolts and big Ben Lubitz launched 16 andlatched onto six boards.Colton McGregor pulled thetrigger on six points and Aaron Georgief f grabbedeight boards for the Bolts in

the hard-fought physical bat-tle.

The Thunderbolts werelooking to put the loss toStandish far behind them when they opened Class Ddistrict play at home on Wednesday, March 5, againsteither Hale or Fairview. Thatgame was played after thisissue went to press. In the

other bracket, Au Gres-Simsfaced off with Arenac

Eastern.The district finals are slat-

ed for Friday, March 8, at 7p.m. The winner of the Miodistrict advances to face the winner of the Beal City dis-trict in the regional tourna-ment at Grandville.

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GAYLORD Alpena provedto be a formidable foe for theGaylord boys on Monday inthe opening round of theClass A district tournament

being hosted by the BlueDevils. The Wildcats stormedto an early lead and eventual-ly won 64-40.

Coach Tim ORourkesGaylord troops ended theseason with a 3-18 mark while the Wildcats, who wontheir ninth straight,improved to 17-4 andadvanced to play Sault Ste.Marie in Alpena on Wednesday, March 6.

Luke Cordes, who has hada monster season for Alpena,helped the Wildcats wrap upthe win with his steady play.Cordes connected for 20points and Andy Marwede, who has formed a potent 1-2punch with Cordes all season

long, tallied 19. JakeKendziorski added 10 for thevictors.

Gaylord battled andscrapped, like always, butcouldnt overcome the dis-tinct size disadvantage

inside. The taller Wildcatspounded the ball into thepaint time after time andsurged to a 26-7 first-quarterlead.

The Blue Devils trailed 38-20 at the half and 53-38 afterthree quarters.

Senior guard Tyler Cherry continued his hot play of recent weeks for Gaylord,adding some juice to the BlueDevil attack. The hustling Cherry poured in 11 points topace the Blue Devils, includ-ing a pair of triples in thethird quarter.

Fellow senior Tyler Frischfired in eight points from thebackcourt and senior strong man Zach Lundell also land-

ed eight through the iron.Sophomore Collin Watters,brought up from the JV forthe postseason, waxed thenets for six points and was 4-of-6 from the line. ChrisStout drained a 3-pointer

and Leland Huey delivered adeuce during his productivestint on the floor.

As a team, Gaylord made11-of-13 from the charity stripe.

Seniors on the Blue Devilroster this year includedTyler Cherry, Chris Stout,Tyler Blohm, Bryan Rabine,James Dunn, Ryan Chrencik,Cam Taylor, Zach Paternak,Tyler Frisch, Mike Skerrattand Zach Lundell.

ON THURSDAY, Feb. 28, inthe regular-season finale theBlue Devils traveled toPetoskey and dropped a 63-34 decision to the Northmen, who needed to win to claim a

share of the 2013 league title.Senior guard Tyler Frisch

fired in 17 points to paceGaylord, which ended theseason with a 1-11 mark inthe league. Cam Taylortagged the twine for five

points.Sam Baumgartner blis-

tered the nets for 21 points tolead Petoskey and Erik Davenport delivered 20. TheNorthmen improved to 16-3 with the win and finished 9-3in the league.

ON TUESDAY, Feb. 26, theBlue Devils went north of thebridge to play the Blue Devilsof Sault Ste. Marie andturned in one of their bestoverall performances, win-ning an epic back-and-forthbattle 84-74 in overtime.

The win at the Sault waseven more remarkable con-sidering Gaylord was withoutthe services of key playersTyler Frisch, Zach Lundell

and Bryan Rabine.Others stepped up big time

to help assure the huge over-time win.

Senior point guard TylerCherry had a particularly fruitful night in the U.P., tick-

ling the twine for 25 points tolead the Blue Devils. Cherry churned out seven assists onthe night and put the chuck on five rebounds.

Surging senior guard ChrisStout also showed up big,storming the nets for 18points with his penetrating drives, and senior CamTaylor rocked the iron for 10points to go with six boards.

Sparkplug senior guardJames Dunn, whose impos-ing last name alone causesthe knees of opposing ballhandlers to wobble, battledfiercely in the fourth quarter,firing in nine of his 14 pointsto help Gaylord scrap andclaw its way back into the

game and force the extra ses-sion.

Dunn was cool and deadly from the stripe in the finalminutes of regulation,knocking down 5-of-6,

including the game-tying free throw.Dunn wasnt alone,

though. Junior guard LelandHuey also added a jolt off thebench. Huey covered thefloor like wall-to-wall carpet-ing, motoring around relent-lessly with the pedal lockedat full volume, fighting forloose balls and taking noprisoners. Seniors ZachPasternak and Ryan Chrencik were in crash-a nd-slashmode also on this specialnight for coaches TimORourke and KevinHesselink and the troops.

Gaylord hit for 21-of-31free throws in the contest.

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GAYLORD The St. Mary girls of coach Dan Smithsecured their return to theClass D regional tournamenton Friday, taking care of busi-ness in a big way in the dis-trict championship gameagainst Central Lake.

The eighth-rankedSnowbirds pushed theirrecord to 20-2 and enter-tained an enthusiastic homecrowd with a 49-21 victory over the game-but-out-manned Trojans. The winearned St. Mary a berth in theregional tourney at Buckley.The girls played Leland onTuesday, March 5, in theopening round of the tourna-ment. The winner advancedto the district finals onThursday, March 7, at 7 p.m.

The Snowbirds are seeking to repeat as regional champi-ons.

Prolific junior guard KariBorowiak, who earned ascoring milestone in thesemifinals against Ellsworthtwo nights before, led the way in the title game withCentral Lake, busting thenets for 12 points to landatop a very balanced scoring ledger.

Senior backcourt mateChrissy Smith, dependableas the times tables, crackedthe iron for 10 points andstrong-armed senior forwardMary Spyhalski put eight onthe board.

Lauren Rogers rang up 15to pace the Trojans.

ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 27,in the 71-35 win in the semi-finals against Ellsworth,Borowiak had her big night.

The junior blistered the netsfor 23 points in all to helplead the Snowbirds to a 71-35triumph but it was her finalpoints of the night that werethe most significant.

Kari canned a 3-pointerlate in the game to reach1,000 points in her illustriouscareer, much to the delight of the large, loud home crowd.The game was stoppedbriefly as Kari received the

game ball and the accoladesof the cheering crowd as wellas the congratulations of hercoaches and teammates [seeseparate story on Karisachievement in this issue].

Kari also corralled six rebounds and dished off three assists as St. Mary clinched its berth in thefinals against Central Lake.

Senior Chrissy Smithsmacked the nets for 13

points and served up moresweet deliveries than a floriston Valentines Day, recording seven assists on the night.She was big into piracy as well, making seven thefts.Long-armed Bekah Mylermuscled her way inside andmade 10 points.

Kari Steenwyck tallied 15for Ellsworth, which finishedthe season 10-10.


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By Mike Dunn

WEST BRANCH TheCheboygan boys pushedtheir record above the .500mark and kept their seasonalive on Monday with a work-manlike 63-45 victory overHoughton Lake in the open-ing round of the Class B dis-trict tournament hosted by Ogemaw Heights.

The Chiefs, who improvedto 10-9, advanced to thesemifinals on Wednesday,

March 6, against the hostFalcons. The winner of thatgame advanced to the dis-trict finals on Friday at 7 p.m.against either Grayling orKalkaska.

The winner of the Ogemaw district plays in the regionaltournament starting Monday, March 11, atGrayling.

THE CHIEFS won one andlost one in the final week of the regular season, falling tohigh-powered Charlevoix 73-

47 in a non-conference clashon the road on Tuesday, Feb.26, and edging Pellston 77-34on the home floor onThursday, Feb. 28.

In the loss at Charlevoix,slick junior guard BenPetroleum Pearson pouredin 15 points to lead the way.

Zach Hankins hit for 12 while Charlie Hamilton andTanner Catt each connectedfor 11 to lead the Rayders,

who improved to 13-5.The Cheboygan JV team

suffered a 68-43 setback atthe hands of the running Rayders. Trent Jarman jackedeight points through the ironand Derek Sturvist struck foreight as well to lead the young Chiefs. Bruising Brady Hiller added seven and BorjaGarcia garnered six.

The win over visiting Pellston enabled the Chiefs

to end the regular season with a 9-9 record. Seniorsharpshooter Andrew Dixon

was dynamite from down-town, detonating one missileafter another from beyondthe arc. Dixon dialed in fivetimes from long range andscored 17 points in all.

Pearson oiled the nets for14 points while Jake Schott jammed 10 through the iron

and Nik Bevier and JordanFontaine each fired in nine.Fontaine also found openteammates with pinpointpasses, accumulating a whopping nine assists.

Senior Jake Friedenstabfound the bottom of the netfor 16 points to pace Pellstonand Dale Stark struck fornine.

Victory over Houghton Lake inClass B district opener atOgemaw keeps season alive

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GAYLORD Congratulations are in orderfor St. Mary junior guard KariBorowiak, who reached ascoring milestone last week that is a rare enough toaccomplish as a senior, letalone as a junior.

Borowiak, a prolific scorerfor the Snowbirds since start-ing for the varsity as a fresh-man, surpassed the 1,000-point scoring plateau on Wednesday, Feb. 27, as St.Mary defeated Ellsworth 71-35 in the Class D districtsemifinals. An added bonus was St. Mary getting to hostthe district tournament this year and Kari, as a result, get-ting to reach four figures inscoring for her career in front

of the appreciative homecrowd.

Kari scored 23 points in allon the night to help theSnowbirds improve to 20-2on their way to repeating asdistrict champs.

Kari came into the gameneeding 22 to hit the magicmark and she eclipsed thatby one. The game wasstopped as a smiling Karireceived a standing ovationfrom everyone in the crowd.She received the game balland photos were taken withher and her teammates andcoach Dan Smith behind abanner recognizing hernotable achievement.

On Friday, Kari scored 12points to lead a balancedSnowbird scoring ledger in a49-21 triumph over Central

Lake in the district titlematch.

She had 1,013 points on

her growing career scoring ledger going into the regionalsemifinal at Buckley on

Tuesday, March 5, againstLeland. If the Snowbirds wonthat one, they advanced to

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BELLAIRE St. Mary boyscoach Ken Blust knew it would be a very tough chal-lenge going to the court of unbeaten, state-rankedBellaire on Monday to openplay in the Class D districttournament.

And he was right.The Snowbirds scrapped

and battled but could notstay with the high-poweredEagles in a 52-25 loss.

Bellaire, enjoying a size-able height advantage, did anexcellent job of preventing the Snowbird shooters fromgetting good looks at thebucket and then denying any second chances. Bellaire led25-5 after the first quarter.

The Snowbirds did a very good defensively of keeping dangerous Tyler Thorntonfrom killing them from theoutside but the Eagles adapt-ed and pounded the ballinside where their heightadvantage made a big differ-ence.

Our focus was to takeaway the three-point threatin Tyler Thornton, but oncethey recognized it, they packed it into the paint,noted coach Blust. Nick Harrington did a great joblimiting Thornton to only four points, but when they have 6-5 and 6-4 in the interi-or, we were outmatched.

Blust said he expects theEagles to go a long way in thepostseason this year.

He was pleased with histeams effort in Mondays dis-trict opener given the cir-cumstances and especially appreciative of what the sen-iors offered to the programthat night and throughoutthe season.

Unfortunately, I'm saying goodbye to some great seniorleaders in Matt Spyhalski,Nick Lochinski, and PatO'Connor, along with somesupportive role players inDylan Masko, CameronSwitalski, and Steven Hare,Blust said.

Junior forward Charles

Strehl, the teams leading scorer this year and one of

the promising players return-

ing for the Snowbirds, led the

scoring charts once again in

the final game at Bellaire, hit-

ting for 14 with four boards.

He was the only St. Mary

player to reach double digits,

though.

The dependable Spyhalski

contributed in other ways, as

he has all season. The senior

guard made four steals,

grabbed five boards and sank

three points. Rugged forward

Nick Lochinski tallied two

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Masko each scored three.

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By Ben Murphy

Johannesburg-Lewiston'sseason of vast improvementcame to an end Monday night, falling to visiting Tawas Area 44-37 in the class'C' district opener.

Early on the Cardinalsplayed even with the HuronShores Conference champi-on Braves, getting two early baskets by senior WyattFelton and another basket by fellow senior Jacob Newelland added a free-throw by another senior, Cole Nagy.

J-L held Tawas to just twofield-goals in the quarter, asthe teams played to a 7-7 tieafter the first.

Tawas opened the scoring in the second quarter, getting a three-pointer from JacobSalwey to fall, and after theteams exchanged one-freethrow apiece Coalton Huff drove to the lane to keep theCards within one at 11-10.

The Braves closed the half on an 11-2 run however, withKeegan Myles coming off thebench to hit a pair of three-pointers while J-L's only

points in the run came on apull-up shot by Jacob Newellon the left side of the court.

You have to hand it tothem, they played greatdefense, J-L head coach Troy Huff said of Tawas. Defense wins and loses games andthat was the key tonight.

Coming out of the half trailing 22-12, the Cards wenton a quick 4-0 run, getting asteal by Coalton Huff under-neath the Cardinal basket, with Huff quickly sinking aclose-range shot. Logan Huff scored his first points of thenight next time down the

court for J-L, driving throughthe lane for a contested lay-inthat made it 22-16.

Myles continued his hot

hand, drilling another three-ball to put Tawas up 25-16,though Tyler Tarbutton net-ted a put-back basket tomake the score 25-18.

The Braves hit a pair of free-throws and a field-goalby Norman Cloutier to lead29-18 but Logan Huff hit athree-pointer to bring theCardinals back to withineight at 29-21.

Tawas scored on a put-back basket by Chaz Coffinand on a free-throw by Salwey to take a 32-21 leadinto the fourth.

I wish we had worked theboards a little better, Huff said. We gave them toomany second chances.

Logan Huff hit a quick three-pointer to start thefourth to get the Tawas lead

down to 32-24 and later cutthe lead to 32-25 on a free-throw by Pelton.

Coffin scored two morefield-goals and Tawas hit fivefree-throws to pull ahead 41-28, with Nate Fox ending theTawas run on a put-back bas-ket to bring the score to 41-30 with a minute left.

Tawas iced the game withthree more free-throws in thefinal minute, with Fox scor-ing on an and-one play, thenFox added two more free-throws with 40 seconds leftand Brandon Huff closed outthe J-L scoring with a lateput-back basket.

Logan Huff led the Cards with eight points, Fox had six points, Newell had five withTarbutton, Coalton Huff andFelton all scoring four.

On Thursday, J-L capped

off its regular season with ahome senior night loss toFairview, 63-58.

With the game tied at 50-all the Eagles went on a 10-0run to take a 60-50 lead, adeficit the Cards couldn'tcome back from.

Jacob Newell and CameronNickert both had 12 pointsand Logan Huff had 11.

Fairview, who hit 11 three-pointers in the game, was ledby Kasson Willobee with 32points and Hudson Szubelak had 15.

J-L finishes the season 9-12overall and 7-9 in the Ski- Valley.

This senior class had wonfive games in two years, Huff said. It would have beeneasy for them to not comeback but they did come back and stuck with it and that

was commendable. It was agood turnaround.

We expect big things, Huff added. We have a strong

squad coming back with six juniors and three freshmanand two sophomores that gota lot of playing time as well.

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PELLSTON Whether ornot Wolverine goes on to wina Class D boys basketball dis-trict championship, the Wildcats created a lasting March Madness memory onMonday night.

Kyle Frost hit a running right-hander in the lane withunder 7 seconds remaining,lifting the Wildcats to athrilling and oh-so-emotion-al 64-60 triple-overtime vic-tory over inspired HarborLight Christian in a Class Ddistrict quarterfinal atPellston High School.

Im just so proud of thesekids, said first-year Wolverine coach MikeMcNeil, whose emotions ranthe gamut of elation, relief and exhaustion after he watched his squad emergevictorious in what unfoldedas a March classic. It was just unbelievable. They hung in there and they played with

a lot of heart. As did the Swordsmen, who finished 3-18, and putup a valiant effort against a Wolverine team which hadbeaten Harbor Light twiceduring the regular season.

The Wildcats, 9-10, werescheduled to play tourna-ment host Pellston, 3-17, in asemifinal on Wednesday. Alsoon Wednesday, Burt LakeNorthern Michigan Christian Academy, 9-10, and Alanson,7-9, were to meet in a semifi-nal. The title game is sched-uled for 7 p.m. Friday atPellston, with the winneradvancing to the regional, which is also slated forPellston High School.

No matter what transpiresthroughout the remainder of the week, any teams taking the court will be hard-pressed to match the dramathe Wildcats and Swordsmenprovided on Monday night.

Frost finished with 18points, Mikie McNeil had 12,Tommy Moore added 11, andTaylor Shann had 10 to leadthe Wildcats.

Harbor Light sophomoreLucas Matthew led all scores with 22 points, while Kirk Muller added 17, and Caleb

Wendt had 10. Muller is a junior and Wendt is a sopho-more. All but seven of HarborLights points came fromnon-seniors as Harbor Lightserved notice that it will be atough out next season inboth the district and in theNorthern Lakes Conference.

Harbor Light led early, butthe Wildcats drew to 21-20 athalftime, then opened thethird quarter with a 15-4 runfor a seemingly safe 10-pointadvantage, 35-25.

But Harbor Light refusedto wilt. It was Matthews whostepped up big-time for the

Swordsmen, scoring 16 of his22 after halftime. With histeam down nine, 38-29,Matthews nailed a 3-pointer with under 5 minutes left inregulation to pull theSwordsmen within six, 38-32.

That bucket triggered an18-6 run as the pace andexcitement quickened.Sophomore Leo Ocanasclosed the surge with a lay-inoff the press-breaker, giving Harbor Light a 47-44 advan-tage with under 10 secondsleft.

After a Wolverine timeout,Mikie McNeils potentialgame-tying 3-pointer missedthe mark, but Frost hustleddown the rebound in theright corner, just in front of the Wolverine bench. Hedribbled behind the 3-pointarc and launched a triple that

found the net with less than 2seconds left in regulation.Frosts dramatic bucket tiedthe game and sent it to over-time at 47-all.

I knew something wasgoing right when you hit ashot like that, Wolverinecoach McNeil said.

Though just a sophomore,Mikie McNeil, the Wildcatspoint guard and the coachsson, played like a seasonedveteran, particularly downthe stretch as he made sever-al steals.

Shanns three-point play the old-fashioned way, on a

drive and ensuing free throw gave the Wildcats a 52-49

advantage with just under 2minutes left in the first OT.But Harbor Lights Muller

answered eight seconds later with a runner to slice Wolverines lead to 52-51. It was one of several crucialbuckets the cool Muller would hit on the night.

Matthews then convertedone of two free throws with15.5 seconds remaining to re-tie it and send it to the sec-ond extra session, during which the teams couldmuster just one bucketapiece.

Moore scored to give

Wolverine a 54-52 advantage with 2:27 left, then Mulleranswered the call once again,knocking down a runnerfrom the right side with just34 seconds remaining tosend it to the third OT at 54-all.

Wolverine got bucketsfrom Mikie McNeil andShann to open a 58-54 mar-gin with just over 2 minutesto play in the third and finalOT, but Muller again steppedup for the Swordsmen, nail-ing a top-of-the-key 3-point-er with 1:44 left to draw Harbor Light to 58-57.

Moore and Mikie McNeileach split a pair of free

throws to put the Wildcatsback in front by three, 60-57, with the clock ticking under20 seconds. After a Harbor

Light timeout, Matthewsdrained a triple with 18.3 sec-onds remaining to again tieit, this time at 60-all.

On Wolverines ensuing possession, Frost, a long-armed wisp-thin 6-foot-3senior who finished with atleast a half-dozen blocks onthe defensive end, drovefrom left of the key and hit aright-handed runner with just 6.8 seconds left, putting Wolverine back in front thistime for good at 62-60.

The opportunistic Mikie

McNeil then swiped HarborLights ensuing inboundspass and dropped in aninsurance bucket as timeexpired, setting off a emo-tional celebration for the Wildcats.

All the while, coach McNeil was preaching patience tohis charges.

I told them to calm down,control the ball, and not turnthe ball over in those criticalmoments, and I thought they all did a fantastic job of that,he said. Every possessioncounted in that game.

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Grayling boys varsity basket-ball team extended its 2012-13 season for at least onemore game, beating neigh-boring rival Roscommon, 78-62, on Monday, March 4, inClass B district tournamentaction at Ogemaw HeightsHigh School in West Branch.

The road win for the Vikings (16-5 overall) meanstheyll now face LakeMichigan Conference foeKalkaska in second-roundaction on Wednesday, March6. Kalkaska had a bye in thefirst round.

Grayling, which finishedsecond in the LMC with an11-3 conference record,topped Kalkaska (2-16 over-all, 0-14 LMC) in both meet-ings between the two teamsin the regular season. The Vikes won the f irst matchupon Jan. 4 by 22 points, 62-40,and nearly duplicated thaton Feb. 8, when they domi-nated the Blue Blazers, 76-56.

The Vikings look ready fora third game against the BlueBlazers, after quickly jump-ing on the RoscommonBucks in their first-roundclash.

Grayling dominated fromthe start, opening a com-manding 21-10 lead after thefirst quarter and headed intothe locker room with an evenlarger advantage, 39-24, athalftime.

And, thats all the Vikings would need, as the two teamsbattled each other to a virtu-al stalemate in the secondhalf.

Senior guard-forward ScottParkinson led the way for the

Vikings with a game-high 27points.

Two other Grayling hoop-sters also had double-digitscoring efforts against theBucks (15-7 overall). Juniorguard Tyler McClanahan hitfor 19 points, while juniorforward-center JusticeJunttila chipped in 10 pointsin the win.

Brett Jobin pacedRoscommon with a team-high 20 points and Dylan Andrews scored 11 points inthe season-ending loss.

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LMC rival Charlevoix exacted a small measure of revenge by defeating

Grayling, 75-60, on the Vikings home hardwoodThursday, Feb. 28, inGraylings regular seasonfinale.

We beat Charlevoix, 73-48, nine days ago and playedour best game of the year,said Grayling head coachRich Moffit. Tonight, they played their best game of the year and took it to us.

Give Charlevoix credit,Moffit added. They playedgreat and hit over 70 percentof their shots.

The host Vikings quickly found themselves trailing the

Rayders, after Charlevoix dominated the first quarter,19-5. And, while Grayling more than tripled its offen-sive output in the secondstanza, that wasnt enough tostop the Rayders fromexpanding their lead to 41-21at intermission.

On a positive note, ScottParkinson played well aftergetting two fouls early in thegame, Moffit said. Scottshowed leadership and pro-vided a bright spot for us.

Also, Richie Sanfordplayed his best game of the year scoring six points in thefourth quarter.

Parkinson was the only Grayling cager to score indouble figures, with team-high 18 points, 5 rebounds, 1steal, 1 assist and 1 blockedshot against the Rayders.Sanford also had 2 reboundsin the loss.

The fourth period was theonly time in which Grayling got the better of Charlevoix,outscoring the visiting team,13-6. But, that came after theRayders outgunned the Vikes, 28-16, in the third peri-od.

Other contributors forGrayling in last Thursdaysclash included: McClanahan with 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1steal and 1 assist; Wes Dean with 4 points, 3 boards, 1steal and 1 assist; Junttila with 4 points and 3rebounds; Matt Burrell with 3points, 1 steal and 1 assist;Jake Swander with 2 points, 2boards, 1 steal and 1 assist;Peyton Zigila with 2 points, 1rebound, 1 steal and 1 assist;Tyler Summers with 2 points;

Carson Burmeister with 1point, 1 steal and 1 assist;Michael Branch with 2rebounds and 2 steals; andTyler Powers with 1 steal and1 assist.

Grayling 62Houghton Lake 41

Graying outscored visiting Houghton Lake in all fourquarters on its way to a 62-41non-conference victory Tuesday, Feb. 26.

The host Vikings openedup an 11-5 advantage afterthe first quarter and narrowly outscored the Bobcats, 14-12, in the second.

Good grind game for ourkids. Moffit said. We shot avery low percentage from thefloor throughout the contest.

(But) our kids did not getfrustrated and did a nice jobof defending, especially down the stretch of thegame.

Grayling continued todominate in the second half,outgunning Houghton Lakeby five points, 15-10, in thethird period and by eight, 22-14, in the final stanza.

McClanahan helped pacethe Vikings to victory with 12points, 5 steals, 1 reboundand 1 assist, while Parkinsonadded 10 points, 4 reboundsand 3 steals.

Other contributors forGrayling included: Swander with 8 points, 4 rebounds, 2steals and 1 assist; Powers with 7 points, 1 board, 1 stealand 1 assist; Dean with 6points, 4 rebounds, 1 stealand 1 assist; Junttila with 6points, 3 steals, 1 board and 1assist; Branch with 5 points, 5rebounds, 2 steals and 1assist; Zigila with 4 points, 4boards, 2 steals and 1 assist;Burrell with 2 points, 2boards, 1 steal and 1 assist;Summers with 2 points and 1rebound; and Burmeister with 1 assist.

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Shavalia hit for a game-high15 points, and grabbed 8rebounds, in the loss.

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By Mike Dunn

AUBURN HILLS Mio sen-ior wrestler Zach Mack capped his brilliant four-yearmat career with theThunderbolts in the best way possible on Saturday, captur-ing the state title in the 125-pound weight class at ThePalace of Auburn Hills.

Mack, a four-year statequalifier, barreled throughthe competition in the Div. 4state meet like a Mack truck,capturing four straightmatches from Thursday through Saturday at ThePalace. Mack whippedMatthew Elliott of Fife Lake

Forest Area via a second-period pin in the state finalsto secure the title.

After icing Collin Haag of Addison in the opener, Mack faced two very tough oppo-nents en route to the finals,edging rugged HunterMalchus of Bronson 2-1 inthe quarterfinals and thenoutscoring Carter Ballinger

of Jonesville 11-9 in a wild,seesaw semifinal clash.

There were eight wrestlersin all competing in the statemeet from the coverage areaof the Weekly Choice. Threeothers finished in the topeight in their weight classand earned All-State honors:In Division 2, Petoskey seniorJordan Haggerty hammeredhis way to a fourth-place fin-ish at 215 pounds andrawhide-tough senior TrentHunt of Gaylord took eighthplace at 152 pounds; inDivision 3, fighting freshmanJon Man Eater Martin of Grayling battled his way toan eighth-place finish at 103

pounds.Mack finished his out-standing senior season with asparkling 45-1 record. He wasalso a district and regionalchampion. In his stellarcareer with theThunderbolts, Zachadvanced to the state meetall four years and earned All-State honors three times,

including a fifth-place finisha year ago at 125. Zach

earned a whopping 175 vic-tories in his four years.

The strong-armedHaggerty had a strong show-ing in the D-2 meet, winning his first two matches en routeto his fourth-place finish.Haggerty defeated ruggedCam Lee of Lansing Waverly for the second time toadvance to the third-placeconsolation finals againstChase Challender of Charlotte. Unfortunately,Haggerty was forced to with-draw because of injury andhad to settle for fourth place.He finished his senior season

with an excellent 44-7 mark.Hunt posted a 2-3 record inthe state meet and finishedhis senior season with astrong 55-7 log. Hunt facedhighly regarded SeanHoughton of Mason in theso-called blood match anddefeated Houghton to assurehimself of a top-eight finish.In the seventh-place conso-

lation finals, Hunt battledand lost to Gunner Harrison

of Stevenson Lakeshore.Man Eater Martin mus-

cled his way to a 2-3 record toclaim eighth place and finishhis amazing freshman sea-son with a strong 49-8 record.Martin battled like a predator with the scent of raw meat inhis nostrils, powering to a pinof Trevor OConnor of Caro inthe opener. In the do-or-dieblood match, Martin man-handled David Menendez of Berrien Springs to secure atop-eight spot. In the sev-enth-place consolationfinals, Martin battled wageda six-minute war in a high-

scoring loss to K.J. Suitor of Saginaw Swan Valley.Other state qualifiers from

the area included junior SethLights Out Lashuay of Gaylord at 112 pounds andsophomore Tristan Gregory of Gaylord at 189 pounds inDivision 2, and fearsomefreshman Ice Man IsaacNave of Onaway at 103

pounds and senior MorganRobins of Onaway at 140

pounds.Lashuay and Gregory both

finished one victory shy of atop-eight finish.

Lashuay (47-11) facedsome very stiff competitionat 112. He came in as a No. 4seed and battled No. 1 seedZeth Dean of Lowell in theopener and very nearly won.Lashuay gave the Lowellgrappler all he wanted beforelosing a razor-thin 6-5 deci-sion. Dean moved on to wintwice more and advance tothe state finals before losing and finishing as runner-up.Lashuay went on to win his

consolation opener withBrendan Meek of Niles toadvance to the blood match with Andrew Gorman of Madison Heights Lamphere.He dropped a decision toGorman, who went on to fin-ish third overall.

Gregory (48-10), a No. 3seed going in and a sopho-more with a ton of promise,

posted an impressive techfall over No. 2 seed Harun

Bogdanic of Hamtramck inthe opener but lost to talent-ed Joe Chatman of Inkster inthe blood match.

Ice Man Nave of Onaway lost his opening match toJacob Voss of Addison beforecoming back to ice IshmaelHodge of Bangor in the con-solation opener. In the bloodmatch, Nave and JustinBraford of Schoolcraft bat-tled tooth and nail for six hard minutes and were tied3-3 at the end of regulation.In overtime, Braford was ableto score a takedown and earna 5-3 decision to assure him-self a top-eight finish. Navefinished with a 34-13 record.

Robins (27-12), a No. 3seed, dropped his opening match to Justin Schroeder of Addison in the opener. In theconsolation opener, Robinsfaced Jayson Ellicott of KentCity and lost a close decisionafter a six-minute war.

Thunderbolt senior plows to 4-0 mark in D-4 state meet; Hunt of Gaylord, Haggerty of Petoskey, Martin of Grayling earn All-State honors

By Mike Dunn

JACKSON Cheboygansenior Gabby LaVigne wassimply LaGreat in the Div.3 individual bowling state

finals held over the weekendat Airport Lanes in Jackson.Gabby rolled to a top-eightfinish to earn All-State hon-ors with her outstanding six-game series of 1,103.

Two of Gabbys team-mates, fellow seniors KarlieHall and Brenna Duffiney, were also individual statequalifiers this year and sen-ior Corey St. Clair qualifiedindividually for theCheboygan boys. They all

competed in Jackson as well.Gabby, who came in third

place in the regional tourna-ment held in Cheboygan the week before, rolled games of 199, 179, 158, 199, 211 and

157 to achieve her totalscore of 1,103 pins andadvance to the round of 16.

Gabby went head to head with Kaytlynne Carlson of the state championIshpeming squad and lost atough one, 407-299. Carlson was outstanding, rolling twogames above 200 to edgeGabby and eliminate herfrom contention for theindividual state title.

Karlie came in 41st place

overall with 996 series andBrenna came in 58th in theindividual scoring for thegirls with her total of 856.

St. Clair rolled a 906 seriesto take 58th place as well in

the boys individual finals.In addition, Petoskeys Austin Stewart was a statequalifier in the Div. 2 indi-vidual state finals held at Waterford and he came in arespectable 25th place over-all. He rolled games of 169,199, 198,232, 180 and 158 fora total score of 1,136 pins.He was just five pins away from a top-20 finish.

The Cheboygan girlsteam also competed in the

D-3 team finals and camein ninth place overall. TheChiefs roster includedRachel Brewster, JordanLee, Trisha Verville andKristie Reno along withLaVigne, Hall and Duffiney.

The Chief girls made it tothe state finals by rolling ateam score of 3,550 to cap-ture the regional title.

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Stewart of Petoskey takes 25th in D-2 boysfinals; Cheboygan girls take

ninth in team finalsBy Doug Derrer

TRAVERSE CITY Meeting for the third time this season,and with each team having recorded a win, the Bay Repsand Traverse City West Titansmet in the first round of theplayoffs to decide the seasonseries. And just like their reg-ular season games, theirplayoff match would be closethroughout and wouldrequire overtime to decidethe winner.

The Reps would claim athrilling 5-4 victory just 39seconds into overtime whenDakota Derrer scooped up aloose puck in front of the Repnet and ripped an outlet passto Nate Wilson who juststepped out of the penalty

box after serving the last 22seconds of a two-minutepenalty that carried overfrom regulation time.

Wilson skated down theright wing and fired a bulletthat bounced off the Titangoalie and onto the stick of Zach Hill who deposited it

into the net for the winning goal.

The two teams started thenight out with more hits thanshots in a scoreless first peri-od, but the second period would be a scoring barrage.

Wilson gave the Reps alead just 22 seconds into themiddle period when hedeflected a Trevor Apsey shotinto the net. West evened thescore with 13:50 left in theperiod when Jake Saxtonscored. Hill put the Reps up2-1 when he lit the lamp with11:47 left in the period on anunassisted goal.

Jeff Linenger tied the gamefor West at 2-2 just 18 sec-onds after the Hill goal andCollin Peters and Nick Schultz gave the Titans a 4-2

advantage heading to thefinal period when they scored for West.

Down but not out, theReps resilient Apsey scored apower play goal just 13 sec-onds into the third period with assistance from Wilsonand Nitro Nick Sicinski.

Sicinski's sizzling goal with7:11 left in the period tied thescore at 4 and set up a tensebattle the rest of the way.

The Titans seemed to takecontrol of the game with 1:44left in regulation, but anapparent goal was waved off by the referees and Hill'sovertime goal would set off a wild celebration by the Repplayers and coaches.

In the second round of theplayoffs the Reps traveled toMuskegon to take on theReeths-Puffer Rockets.

After an even first period where each team scored agoal the Rockets specialteams took over as they scored two power play andtwo short handed goals in thelast two periods to earn an 8-

4 win.Hill and Wilson each had

two goals and an assist tolead the Reps scoring. Nick Sicinski recorded two assistand the dashing Derrer hadan assist as the Reps endedtheir season with a 13-14record.

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MARQUETTE ThePetoskey boys of coachDennis Starkey went downfighting.

The Northmen made thelong trip north to take onhost Marquette in the open-ing round of the Class A dis-trict tournament Monday and fell just short, dropping atough 64-61 decision to thetalented Redmen.

Marquette pushed itsexcellent record to 17-3 andadvanced to a regional semi-

final against Traverse City Central. The Northmen saw avery good season end with a16-4 record.

Petoskey was seeking tocapture the district title forthe fourth straight year butthe Redmen were up to thechallenge.

After a defense-dominatedfirst half ended with an 18-18tie, Marquette took an early lead in the third quarter and would remain in front therest of the way. The Redmenoutscored Petoskey 26-17 ina third quarter that suddenly seemed wide open after thetense first half, and took a 44-35 lead into the fourth quar-ter.

The Northmen battledback furiously to trim thelead to just three points latein the fourth quarter behind

long range bombs from Erik Davenport and Quinn Ameelbut the Redmen answered atthe free throw line down thestretch.

Marquette forward Mark Pap was a huge force for theRedmen in the game. Hescored 10 of his team-high 20points in the final period. Andrew Nyquist tallied 13 forthe victors and Brad Brow scored 12.

Senior guard SamBaumgartner stoked thetwine for 22 points to leadPetoskey in the final game of

his notable prep career. Thedetermined Davenport, whoalso capped a productiveprep hardwood career, deliv-

ered 15 points to joinBaumgartner in double dig-its. Hard-driving senior LouisLamberti launched seventhrough the rim and grabbedfour boards and fellow seniorQuinn Ameel made seven as well.

Gritty junior Joe LeBlancbusted the nets for six pointsfrom his forward post andsenior forward Adam Bayerbrought his usual high-octane attack off the bench,giving the opposing Redmena few Excedrin moments ashe scored six.

Starkey commended theefforts of LeBlanc, Lambertiand Davenport defensively and also commended the

seniors on this years rosterfor all their hard work, dedi-cation and leadership.

Starkey loses nine to grad-uation: Erik Davenport, SamBaumgartner, Quinn Ameel, Adam Bayer, Logan Ackerman , Tyler Spiegl,Mitch Rider, Louie Lambertiand Graham Hooley.

THE NORTHMEN con-cluded the regular season ona high note on Thursday, Feb.28, edging visiting Gaylord63-34 to finish with a 9-3mark in the Big North andsecure a share of the league

title. It is the fourth year in arow that Petoskey has eithershared the title or won it out-right.

Sweet-shooting senior SamBaumgartner assaulted theiron for a game-high 21points and angular forwardErik Davenport delivered 20.Shifty senior guard Quinn Ameel cracked the rim forsix.

Senior Tyler Frisch fired in17 to lead the Blue Devils, who finished 1-11 in theleague.

Petoskey carried the tenseJV game 54-49 as Evan Whitmore waxed the twinefor 20 points and Nick Mesnard nailed 15. Turbo

Teddy Tamm was terrific, too,tickling the twine for sevenpoints to help the Northmencause.

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FRIDAY: Mark 13:5-13 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 5 And Jesus began to say to them, See to itthat no one misleads you. 6 Many will come in My name, saying, I am He! and will mislead many.7 When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place;but that is not yet the end. 8 For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely thebeginning of birth pangs. 9 But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and youwill be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as atestimony to them. 10 The gospel must first be preached to all the nations. 11 When they arrest youand hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is givenyou in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit. 12 Brother will betray broth-er to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put todeath. 13 You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he willbe saved.

SATURDAY: Luke 12:23-27 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 23 For life is more than food, and thebody more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; they have no store-room nor barn, and yet God feeds them; how much more valuable you are than the birds! 25 Andwhich of you by worrying can add a single hour to his lifes span? 26 If then you cannot do even avery little thing, why do you worry about other matters? 27 Consider the lilies, how they grow: theyneither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.

SUNDAY: Psalm 138:7-8 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, Youwill revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your righthand will save me. 8 The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O Lord, iseverlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.

MONDAY: Proverbs 29:6-7 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 6 By transgression an evil man is ensnared,But the righteous sings and rejoices. 7 The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, Thewicked does not understand such concern.

TUESDAY: Psalm 46:10 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 10 Cease striving and know that I am God; Iwill be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.

WEDNESDAY: Habakkuk 1:5 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 5 Look among the nations! Observe!Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days You would not believe if youwere told.

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PastorNorm

OberlinMount Hope Church

Gaylord

My biggest concern is that America is no longer a Christian nation. Faith in God usedto be the glue that held us together! But in the 60s people decided to remove God fromeducation and public life. People of faith were told to keep their opinions to them-selves and the oft quoted (and misquoted) separation of church and state came intoplay.

As a result of this new age thinking, non-believing (in God) educators have rewrittenthe history and science books. Whats been removed? GOD! Any and all reference toa Creator, to people of faith, to our need for God in order to make sense of this life hasbeen erased. Perhaps our nation and the world have turned its back on God. But dontbelieve for a minute that God doesnt exist just because some modern intellectuals havechosen not to believe! In Romans 1:16-20 the Apostle Paul had this to say:

For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believesthe Jew first and also the Gentile. This Good Newstells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, "It is through faith that a righteous person has life."

But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppressthe truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made itobvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth andsky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualitieshis eter-nal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. (NLT)

Look around and what do you see? I see the wonders of God, not a planet that cameinto existence through chance molecules lining up over billions of years. If we ignorethe basic fact that God designed this world and us then we have removed the one pieceof the puzzle that actually fits. Want life to make sense? Believe in God!

Thoughts on... What are you most concerned about in terms of the spirituality and the direction of our nation and world??


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The home features approximately 1,538square feet of well-designed and appointed liv-ing space. The hub of the home is an open liv-ing, dining and kitchen area, with vaulted ceil-ings and a beautiful central fireplace in the living area, kitchen that features a huge center island with built-in cooktop, and durable tile flooring

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Compliments of Ed Wohlfiel

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Brisk selling conditions insome parts of the country require more aggressive tactics.

Brett Furman, a broker in sub-urban Philadelphia, says thestrong market dictates thathomebuyers focus on buying first, and selling later.

"The housing market in thesuburban Philadelphia marketis moving very quickly," saidFurman. "Normally we adviseour buyers to sell their homefirst and buy second ... However with the faster moving market, we are advising many of ourbuyer clients to obtain a mort-gage commitment that is notcontingent upon selling theirexisting house."

In their book, House Selling for Dummies (Hungry MindsInc., 1999), Eric Tyson and Ray Brown "strongly recommend"that you sell first.

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