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8/13/2019 Weekly Choice - Section B - December 27, 2013
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By Andy Sneddon
CHARLEVOIX Coming
into the season, the Petoskey
High School boys basketball
faced myriad questions.
The young Northmen pro-
vided plenty of answers
through the first week.
After dropping their open-
er to Brighton, the Northmenfollowed with three consecu-
tive victories and hit the
Christmas break a pleasantly
surprising 3-1, including 1-0
in the Big North Conference.
Weve gotten better every
game, were taking care of the
ball better, and we do have a
lot of guys who can shoot it,
the defense has been solid,
veteran Northmen coach
Dennis Starkey said. We feel
really good about where we
are right now.
As they should. After open-
ing with a 53-49 loss to
Brighton, the Northmen
rebounded the following daywith a 53-49 win over Milford
in their season-opening invi-
tational.
Then came a 52-32 league-
opening win at home over
Traverse City Central, and a
67-50 victory over Charlevoix
in a non-league game.
This from a team that has
three sophomores Jason
Bur, Evan Whitmore and
Aron Lee -- who have started
at times this season, has two
juniors, Nick Mesnard and
Parker Monley, in the rota-
tion, and returned just one
starter, Joe LaBlanc.
Clearly, the Northmen are
evolving, but they have been
able to learn and grow while
winning.
Weve had to really break
things down and teach at alevel that we havent had to in
a long time, said Starkey,
whose team is seeking its
fourth consecutive Big North
championship. We really
have to get back to basics. Itll
be good to have the
Christmas break because we
know now what we need to
focus on.
The other thing with a
young team is you really
dont know our identity, or
what its going to be, how fast
we want to play, wheres our
point of pickup on defense.
Right now we have to fig-
ure that out on the run.Even though weve
learned a lot over the four
games, we still have a lot of
decisions to make on how we
need to play.
Monley hit four 3-pointers
en route to a team-high 14
points in the victory over
Charlevoix, while senior Shea
Whitmore added 11 points,
Evan Whitmore added 10,
and LeBlanc finished with
nine.
Two other Northmen, Lee
and Mesnard, finished with
eight apiece. Mesnard and
Evan Whitmore each made a
3-pointer as the Northmen
finished a sizzling 8-for-12
from beyond the arc.
Monley hit five triples to
account for all 15 of his
points in leading the
Northmen past T.C. Central
in their Big North opener.
LeBlanc added 12 points and
made six steals, while Burfinished with 10 points. Lee
grabbed a team-high 10
rebounds.
It was the first league loss
of the season for the Trojans,
who had opened league play
four nights earlier with a 64-
62 win over Alpena.
They had just beaten
Alpena, who a lot of people
think is going to be one of the
top teams in the league,
Starkey said. Every teams
going to be different for us.
The matchups are so impor-tant. We matched up well
with Central, but that doesnt
mean we match up well with
Alpena.
Still, in what appeared on
paper in November to a
rebuilding year may, eventu-
ally, be so much more for
Petoskey.
We got that much confi-
dence out of a single win,
Starkey said.
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GAYLORD The Gaylord
freshmen girls turned in
another strong showing on
Tuesday, Dec. 17, taking a 44-
26 decision over Big North
foe Ogemaw Heights.
Skyler Wickert turned in an
expansive performance for
the young Blue Devils, con-
trolling play inside while
dropping 18 points through
the iron and cleaning the
glass for 10 boards. She also
notched three steals.
Mary Bailey covered the
floor defensively like wall-to-
wall carpeting while record-
ing 10 points and six boards.
Kendyl Jarski was also a fre-
netic force defensively for
Gaylord, terrorizing Warrior
ball handlers while securing
six steals to go with six
rebounds.
Jaz Krajniak canned six
points while Molly Hamilla
hit for four and Taylor
Harding for three as Gaylord
pushed its record to 3-0 over-
all and 1-0 in the Big North.
Gaylords game Friday,
Dec. 20, against T.C. Central
was postponed by the white
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By Andy Sneddon
RUDYARD No matter what
Jason Purcell finds in his stock-
ing on Christmas morning, he
went into the break a much
happier man.
Thats what a couple of wins
will do for a coach a fter a n 0-3
start.
It makes going into
Christmas break a lot more
merry, the Cheboygan girls
basketball coach said. Were
headed in the right direction.Weve got more stri des to
make, but were headed in the
right direction.
The Chiefs won a pair of
road games last week, the first
a non-leaguer at Petoskey, 38-
16, the second a Straits Area
Conference game at Rudyard,
40-33. The Chiefs return to
action on Friday, Jan. 3, with a
non-league game at home
against Kingsley.
Cheboygans defense smoth-
ered Petoskey, surrendering
just ei ght fir st-half points t hen
pitching a shutout in the third
quarter, after which the Chiefs
led, 29-8.
One of the things we always
tell (the players) is defense
should be a staple, Purcell
said. You have those nights
(offensively) where the rim
looks really, really large and
youre sho oting the lights out.
Then you have nights where it
looks really, really small and no
matter what you do, you cant
buy (a bucket).
But defense, we alwayswant to be solid, and we were
really solid defensively
(against Cheboygan).
Much of the credit for that
defensive effort went to junior
Macey Charboneau, who lim-
ited Petoskeys top offensive
threat, Kati Lewis, to just three
points.
Kati has scored in double
figures on us a number of
times the last couple of years,
said Purcell, whose team limit-
ed Petoskey to an ice-cold 4-
of-46 shooting night and
forced 22 turnovers. Macey
did a nice job on Kati, and she
didnt really even get a lot of
looks. Macey and the whole
team did a nice job defensive-ly.
Junior Brooke Hancock
scored 15 points and grabbed
six rebounds to lead the
Chiefs, while Bridget
Blaskowski added seven
points. Autumn Hudak and
Mariah Clark had six rebounds
apiece.
Sophomore Lily Kingma
scored six points to lead the
Northmen, who are 1-3.
Also for Petos key, Abby
Blanchard grabbed nine
rebounds and Asia Abram-
Craig added seven.
The night before their game
with t he Chi efs, the Northmenopened Big North Conference
play with a 38-28 win over
Traverse City Central.
Lewis scored 11 of her 13
points in the fourth quarter to
lead the Northmen past T.C.
Central in their league opener.
Petoskey led, 15-12, at half-
time, then outscored the
Trojans, 23-16, over the final
two quarters. Abram-Craig had
six points and five rebounds,
and Amanda Stinger who left
the Cheboygan game with an
injury in the first quarter, fin-ished with five steals.
Hancock and Hudak scored
12 points each and Blaskowski
added eight in the Chiefs vic-
tory over Rudyard. Hudak also
grabbed 12 rebounds.
Becky Schlesinger scored 15
points to lead the Bulldogs.
Cheboygan trailed 12-5 after
one quarter and 21-15 at half-
time, but surged to an 18-5
advantage in the third quarter
for a 33-26 lead entering the
fourth.
Rudyard, 2-3, went scoreless
for the first six minutes of the
third quarter while the Chiefs
took control.I think that first quarter we
were a little bit on Christma s
break already and a little bit
flat, Purcell said. It was a
matter of clawing our way
back in it. We were just having
a hard time scoring. We were
getting good looks, but we
couldnt get shots to fall.
The second half against
Rudyard was symbolic of how
things have come together to a
degree for the Chiefs, whose
first three games all losses
were against Gaylord and Sault
Ste. Marie, both Class A
schools, and a very good
Newberry team. Those three
schools are a combined 9-4.
Those first three games,
our bad stretches were really
bad where (turnovers) were
leading to easy transition bas-
kets for other people, Purcell.
Weve cut down on our
turnovers and I think were just
playing much more consis-
tently. I think weve cleaned up
on those big glaring issues.
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By Mike Dunn
WEST BRANCH The
Gaylord girls of coach Frank
Hamilla pushed their record
to 3-1 overall and 1-0 in the
Big North with an impressive
48-38 win at Ogemaw
Heights on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Hamilla was especially
pleased with how the Blue
Devils took care of the ball,
made smart decisions mov-
ing the ball, and closed out
strong.
We buckled down in the
fourth quarter and convertedour free throws (going 6-for-
8), he said. We did a nice
job taking care of the ball and
running time off the clock
when we had the lead.
It was a balanced scoring
effort led by Brandi Wagner,
who waxed the twine for 13.
Senior wing Maddie Hamilla
hammered home nine and
reliable Lindsey Zaremba
added nine with eight boards
with a typically gritty effort.
Joslyn Rider rang up eight
points as she brought her
usual energy and offense off
the bench and was a physical
presence inside.
Lauren Hintz latched onto
six boards while Hamilla
hauled in five and produced
five steals. Wagner, Sydney
Kassuba and Sydney
Gooding each delivered two
assists.
Were a work in progress
and continue to improve;
were working hard together,
Hamilla said.
Gaylords game with T.C.
Central that was scheduled
for Friday, Dec. 20, was post-
poned. The Blue Devils
return to action on Tuesday,
Jan. 7, with a Big North date
at Alpena.
The Gaylord JV also pre-
vailed at Ogemaw, pushing to
a 3-1 log with an impressive
48-28 victory.
Mallory Marshall added
her usual muscle to theattack, making the twine
twitch to the tune of 14
points and she also grabbed
eight rebounds. Casey Korte
had the C-Ko Mojo going
big time as she produced 11
points and 10 boards for a
double-double and she cov-
ered the floor like wet on
water defensively, making six
steals.
Point guard Adrienne
Edwards tallied 10 and
served teammates with more
sweet deliveries than a florist,
notching seven assists.
Maddie Sides was super off
the bench, contributing
seven points and eightrebounds.
GRAYLING The Kalkaska
boys varsity basketball team
was probably happy to leave
Grayling, after the rival
Vikings handed the Blazers a
crushing 84-32 conference
loss Friday, Dec. 20.
The host Vikings (4-0 over-
all, 1-0 conference) used a
suffocating press to force
Kalkaska (1-2 overall, 0-2
conference) into numerous
miscues, often times before it
could even set up its offense.
Grayling tallied 25 steals in
the early season clash
between the two Lake
Michigan Conference foes.
Grayling immediately
attacked the visiting Blazers
by using its pressure defense
to create turnovers and fuel
its fast break offense right
from the start, opening up a
27-12 lead by the end of the
first quarter.
Loved the energy at the
defensive end of the court
throughout the game, said
Grayling head coach Rich
Moffit. "I was very pleased
with our effort and focus in
this game. Our kids shared
the ball in transition and
effectively ran our transition
break.
The Vikings more than
doubled Kalkaskas output in
all four quarters, forging an
overwhelming 56-22 advan-
tage at halftime and leading
73-28 going into the fourth
quarter. Grayling completed
the onslaught by outgunning
Kalkaska, 11-4, in the final
period.
Senior Tyler McClanahan
helped pace a quartet of
Vikings in double figures
with a team-high 17 points, 3
rebounds, 4 assists and 5
steals.
Fellow seniors Matt
Burrell, Michael Branch and
Geoff Wilson also hit for dou-
ble digits. Burrell tallied 13
points, 3 boards and 1 assist
in the win, while Branch tal-
lied 11 points, a team-best 10
rebounds, 4 steals and 1
blocked shot. Wilson chipped
in with 10 points, 5 rebounds
and 3 steals.
Other contributors for
Grayling on Friday included:Scout Tobin with 6 points, 1
rebound, 1 steal and 1 assist;
Justice Junttila with 6 points,
8 rebounds, 1 assist and 1
steal; Carson Burmeister
with 4 points, 5 rebounds, 7
assists and 3 steals; Mason
Papendick with 4 points, 3
boards, 1 assist and 1 steal;
Scott Wakeley with 4 points, 3
rebounds, 3 assists and 3
steals; Darin Nicholas with 3
points, 1 rebound and 2
assists; Peyton Zigila with 2
points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist
and 1 steal; Zane Pittman
with 2 points, 2 boards and 1
steal; Tony Stankovski with 2
points and 1 steal; Emmett
Helsel with 4 rebounds and 1
steal; and Gunner Metzer
with 1 board, 1 assist and 1
steal.
This group has improved
a ton since the beginning of
the year, Moffit said. We
had a lot of contributions
from a number of players.
We have some huge
games in January and we are
looking forward to the chal-
lenge, he added
Grayling 70TC St. Francis 64
Its not necessarily how you
start a game, but how you
finish it. And, the Vikings
used a big finish to top LMC
power Traverse City St.
Francis, 70-64, on Tuesday,
Dec. 17, on the Gladiators
home floor.
The Gladiators (1-2 overall,
0-1 conference) controlledmuch of the action in the first
three quarters, leading 35-30
at the intermission and
building a double-digit
advantage, 57-44, going into
the final stanza.
But, the rest of the game
was all Graying, as the
Vikings outscored St. Francis
26-7, in the fourth quarter for
the come-from-behind victo-
ry on the road.
This was a huge win for
our kids on the road, Moffit
said. Our guys showed a lot
of character and heart down
the stretch of this game.It helped that the Vikings
forced 27 Gladiator
turnovers.
Wilson had a solid night
scoring with a team-best 21
points, 5 rebounds and 6
steals to lead the Vikings,
while Junttila pounded St.
Francis for a team-high 17
points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists
and 2 steals.
Burmeister was the onlyother Grayling hoopster to
reach double figures, hitting
for 10 points, 3 boards, 3
assists and 1 steal on the
night.
Also contributing for the
Viking s were: McClanaha n
with 8 points, 4 rebounds, 8
assists and 2 steals; Branch
with 5 points, 6 boards and 2
steals; Tobin with 4 points, 4
rebounds, 2 assists and 2
steals; Burrell with 4 points, 5
rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal;
Helsel with 4 boards and 1
steal; and Zigila with 2
rebounds and 1 steal. Report by Dennis
Mansfield, Buckland News
Service.
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CENTRAL LAKE The
Mancelona girls varsity bas-
ketball team couldnt muster
enough offensive firepower
to close out a potential winover host Central Lake on
Friday, Dec. 20, falling on the
road, 40-34.
The Lady Ironmen (2-2
overall) led for much of the
game, battling their way to a
slim 8-5 lead at the end of
the first quarter and still
holding a two-point advan-
tage, 14-12, at intermission.
Mancelona again narrow-
ly outgunned the host
Trojans in the third quarter,
12-11, to boost the gap to
three points.
But, that simply wouldnt
be enough. Central Lake ral-
lied late and outscoredMancelona, 17-8, in the
fourth period to send the
Lady Ironmen home empty
handed.
Senior Emily Nixon was
the lone Mancelona hoop-
ster in double figures with 10
points. Classmate Tyra
Oetting added 9 points in
the loss.
Other contributors for the
Lady Ironmen included:
Eileene Naniseni with 6
points; Sara Hittle with 4
points; Tori Reichelderfer
with 2 points; Ashley Joseph
with 2 points; and Jill
Smigielski with 1 point.
Mancelona 56
Pellston 37The Lady Ironmen scored
their second win of the sea-
son, thanks in part to a out-
standing performance by
Nixon on Wednesday, Dec.
18.
Mancelona topped visit-
ing Pellston, 56-37, as Nixon
posted a rare triple-double
that included 23 points, 12
rebounds, 10 blocked shots
and 3 steals.
The host team jumped out
to a 19-9 advantage at theend of the first stanza and
continued to widen the gap
by halftime to 37-19.
Pellston rallied after inter-
mission, getting the best of
Mancelona with a 15-8 per-
formance in the third quar-
ter. But, the Lady Ironmen
sealed the win by winning
the final eight minutes, 11-3.
Nixon wasnt the only
Mancelona cager to put upsolid numbers. Naniseni tal-
lied 12 points, 8 rebounds, 5
steals and 2 blocked shots,
and Oetting hit for 8 points,
2 steals and 2 blocked shots
in the win.
Also contribu ting for
Mancelona were: Smigielski
with 6 points, 3 rebounds, 1
steal and 2 assists; Morris
with 5 points, 3 rebounds, 1
steal and 1 blocked shot;
Joseph with 2 points, 3
rebounds, 1 steal and 2
assists; Hittle added 9
rebounds, 2 steals and 4
assists; Reichelderfer with 6
rebounds, 1 steal and 1
assist; and Bekky Piatt with 1
rebound.
Report by Dennis
Mansfield, Buckland News
Service.
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Blusts boys rally from halftime deficit to secure first leaguevictory of season
By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD The St. Mary
boys of coach Ken Blust
gradually pulled away from
scrappy Ski Valley foe
Central Lake in the second
half on Tuesday, Dec. 17, en
route to a hard-fought 56-45
victory in the league opener.
The Snowbirds trailed 28-
26 at the half but outscored
the visiting Trojans 9-4 in thethird quarter to take a 35-32
lead into the final period,
then outscored the visitors
21-13 the rest of the way.
Strong-armed senior Cam
Juneac and rangy senior
Charles Strehl led a frontal
assault for the Snowbirds.
Juneac turned on the juice in
the second half, lead the late
charge. He finished with 22
points and grabbed four
boards and was a physical
presence in the paint.
The long-armed Strehl
struck for 15 points and did a
Windex number inside,cleaning the glass for 12
boards and a double-double.
Strehl also secured three
assists. Orion Beningo also
showed up strong on the
glass, making 10 rebounds in
limited time on the floor on
a night when St. Mary won
the rebound battle signifi-
cantly, 36-21. Orion also tal-
lied four.
Willy Canfield and Jack
Lochinski also helped the
Snowbird cause with solid
two-way play, earning five
points and three steals
apiece."Central Lake was a scrap-
py team that we couldn't
shake until late in the game,
Blust reported. Cameron
Juneac really turned it on in
the fourth quarter, allowing
us to pull away. Charles
played strong inside the
paint. Orion, in limited time,
played strong next to the
glass."
St. Mary (2-1, 1-1) also
played at the court of talent-
ed Onaway on Thursday,
Dec. 19, and suffered its first
setback of the season, 68-41.
The Snowbirds play againon Tuesday, Jan. 7, at the
court of perennial cross-
county rival Johannesburg-
Lewiston.
Snowbirds surge to Ski
Valley triumph
GRAYLING The Grayling
girls varsity basketball teamwasnt able to supply its fans
with an early Christmas pres-
ent, falling to the visiting
Kalkaska Blazers, 47-38, in a
clash between the two Lake
Michigan Conference foes on
Friday, Dec. 20.
The visiting Blazers (4-1
overall, 2-0 conference)
jumped out early and built
an 11-5 edge at the end of the
first quarter and used a 16-8
second period to push their
advantage to 27-13 at thehalf.
But, Grayling (3-2 overall,
0-2 conference) wasnt about
to just give up, not on its
home floor. The Lady Vikes
rallied and outgunned
Kalkaska, 16-9, in the third
quarter to cut the gap to
seven points.
However, Kalkaskas Taylor
Birgy made sure the Vikings
comeback fell short, scoring
8 of her team-high 10 points
in the final stanza, asKalkaska doubled up
Grayling, 18-9, in the last
eight minutes.
Despite the loss, several
Vikings posted solid per-
formances on the night.
Junior Samantha Denno led
all scorers with a game-high
13 points, while sophomore
Erica Umlor chipped in 9
points against the Blazers.
Other contributors for
Grayling included: Brittany
Nielson with 4 points; Rachel
Money with 4 points; Cierra
Prosser with 4 points;
Courtney Hatfield with 2
points; and Makayla Cragg
with 2 points.
TC St. Francis 65
Grayling 38The visiting Traverse City
St. Francis Lady Gladiators
made sure they left Grayling
with a win Wednesday, Dec.
18, outscoring the host
Vikings in all four quarters on
their way to a 65-38 confer-
ence win.
St. Francis (3-0 overall, 2-0
conference) scored 16 points
in both the first and second
periods, while building a 32-
22 lead at the half.
The gap between the two
LMC rivals grew to 20 p oints,
47-27, going into the final
stanza, with the Gladiators
dominating Grayling, 15-5, in
the third quarter.
Cragg and Money each
scored 9 points to help lead
the Lady Vikes. Cragg also
had 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 1
blocked shot in the loss, with
Money tallying 2 boards and
1 assist.
Also contributing for the
Lady Vikings were: Denno
with 6 points, 5 rebounds, 4
steals and 2 blocked shots;
Tandy Mitchell with 4 points;
Nielson with 3 points, 7
rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal;
Umlor with 2 points, 4 assists
and 2 steals; Hatfield with 2
points, 2 boards, 3 assists and
2 steals; Leslie Reilly with 2
points, 1 board and 1 steal;
Katie Vierling with 1 point, 2rebounds and 1 blocked shot;
and Prosser with 3 steals and
1 blocked shot.
Report by Dennis
Mansfield, Buckland News
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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD This one went
to St. Mary.
The Snowbird gals of
coach Dan Smith turned in a
strong 32-minute perform-
ance on the home floor on
Wednesday, Dec. 18, to take
a 65-49 decision in the first
of two much-anticipated
meetings with Ski Valley foe
and cross-county rival
Johannesburg-Lewiston.
St. Mary and J-L are not
just the top-tier teams in the
Ski Valley but are among the
top girls programs in the
entire region. The Snowbirds
improved to 4-0 overall and
2-0 in the league while the
Cardinals of coach Heather
Huff slipped to 4-1 and 2-1.
Sweet-shooting senior
guard Kari Borowiak, whoearned All-State honors a
year ago after surpas sing
1,000 points for her distin-
guished prep hardwood
career and helping St. Mary
advance to the Class D quar-
terfinals, had the nets danc-
ing in the second half as she
tallied 19 of her game-high
25 points and helped the
Snowbirds to pull away on
the scoreboard.
In the first half, it was
rangy sophomore Bekah
Myler doing most of the
damage offensively, putting
16 of her 20 points through
the iron as St. Mary built an
18-10 lead in the physically
intense, defensive show-
down.
Georgi Nowicki generated
nine points to help the St.
Mary cause while Caylee
Lawnichak, Gabby Schwartz,
Natalie Burzynski, Danica
Bebble and Jacquelyn
Harbin helped ratchet up
the defensive pressure.
Coach Smith was particu-
larly pleased with his teams
defensive showing in the
contest as the Snowbirds
limited the explosive visi-
tors, who typically score in
bunches off the transition
game, to less than 50 points.
Maddie Showerman
shook the twine for 11 points
to lead the Cardinals and
steady senior forward
Brittany Cherwinski put
nine on the board.
Coach Huff also noted the
contributions defensively of
hardworking Kelsey
Cherwinski in the contest.
The rematch is set for Jan.
28 in Johannesburg and it is
also the annual Rivals Rallyfor the Cure contest, a
fundraiser the teams partici-
pate in each year to raise
money for cancer research.
Last year, St. Mary won in
Gaylord and J-L won its
home game as the teams
split the series and shared
the Ski Valley title.
ON THURSDAY, Dec. 19,
the Snowbirds improved to
5-0 and 3-0 with a workman-
like 60-30 win over game-
but-outmanned Pellston.
Myler made the twine
jump for a game-hi gh 26
points while Borowiak blis-
tered the nets for 20.
Kelly Lewis led Pellston
with 20 points.
St. Mary has a big one
coming up on Friday, Jan. 3,
when Mount Pleasan t
Sacred Heart comes to
Gaylord.
Snowbirdswin first one
with J-LSt. Mary stayed unbeaten with
home win over Cardinals infirst meeting between
perennial cross-county rivals
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GAYL0RD The Gaylordfreshmen boys of coach
Jeremiah Young turned in
another strong performance
on Tuesday, Dec. 17, taking
care of business on the
home court with a convinc-
ing 55-36 victory over
Ogemaw Heights in the BigNorth opener.
The young Blue Devils
attacked the paint ferocious-
ly all night, coach Young
reported, and led 12-7, 35-15
and 50-25 at the quarter
breaks.
Levi Irish was a fightingforce for Gaylord, launching
15 points through the iron to
lead a balanced scoring
ledger on a night when eight
of Youngs 10 players put dig-
its on the scoreboard. Logan
Mahn had the Lo-Mo flow-
ing as well, scoring 13, andShane Duncan deposited 10
to reach double digits.
Lucas DeForge helped the
cause as well, lubricating the
nets for six points, and Cam
Pearson produced four.
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MIO-The Alcona girls bas-ketball team earned its
fourth win of the season on
Tuesday, defeating Mio 60-
48 in a North Star Leaguecontest.
Karina Cole paced Alcona
(5-2, 3-1 NSL) with 16
points, six rebounds, fourassists and six steals. Kendra
Cole added a double-double
with 12 points and 12
rebounds. Megan Quickadded eight points.
Alcona took a 19-9 lead
after the first quarter and led
37-20 at halftime. The Tigersled 51-34 after three quar-
ters.
"We had a very aggressive
first half. Our posts playedvery well and complimented
our outside shooting,"
Alcona coach Brad Cole
said.Jalen DeFlorio had a dou-
ble-double for Mio, scoring
16 points and grabbing 13
rebounds.Alcona's JV team beat Mio
37-31.
Alcona 60, Mio 48
KALKASKA The Grayling
boys JV basketball team
headed to the holiday breakby bringing home a 59-20
win over host Kalkaska on
Thursday, Dec. 19.
Blake Gregory led the JV
squads effort with 12 points
and 3 steals.Other key contributors for
Grayling included: Trent
Hickman with 8 points and 4
rebounds; Garrett Anderson
with 7 points and 8
rebounds; and DakotahMansfield with 6 points and
3 steals.
The Vikings return to
action after the holidays on
Jan. 7, when they host Boyne
City. Report compiled by
Buckland News Service.
Grayling JV hoopsters topKalkaska, 59-20
By Mike Dunn
ONAWAY The Onaway
boys of coach Eddy
Szymoniak took a truck load
of momentum into the
Christmas break after post-
ing back-to-back-to-back
victories over Ski Valley rivals
Johannesburg-Lewiston and
Gaylord St. Mary and peren-
nial non-league foe Rogers
City.
On Tuesday, Dec. 17, the
Cardinals outscored the visit-
ing Cardinals of
Johannesburg by a 65-55
count. On Thursday, Dec. 19,Onaway defeated visiting St.
Mary 68-41, and on Friday,
Dec. 20, they won in Rogers
City by a 79-26 count.
In the win over Rogers City,
the Cardinals cruised to a 23-
7 first-quarter lead behind
the blazing hot shooting of
Joe OBradovich, Carlos
Bautista and Andrew Prow.
They increased the lead to
46-17 by halftime and 69-19
after three quarters.
OBradovich, who has
been a Beast for Onaway in
the early going, made the
nets dance to the tune of 23
points to lead the way and he
also grabbed eight boards.
Bautista also had a big night,blistering the twine for 18
points to go with 10
rebounds, and Prow pro-
duced 18 points as well,
going 6-for-10 at the line.
Point guard Joe Sigsby
served up his teammates
with some sweet dishes,
accumulating seven assists
to go with four points, and he
was all over the floor defen-
sively, making five steals.
Chris Lopez led the Hurons
(0-4) with nine points.
In the win over St. Mary,
the Cardinals again stormed
out to an early lead and held
it the rest of the way. Onaway
held the Snowbirds scoreless
in the third quarter whilebuilding a 64-21 lead.
OBradovich assaulted the
iron for 27 points to lead the
way once again, even though
he didnt play in the fourth
quarter.
Szymoniak was especially
pleased with the Cardinals
suffocating defensive pres-
sure and the way they moved
the ball around.
The game with
Johannesburg-Lewiston was
a rugged, four-quarter battle.
Onaway led just 28-26 at the
half but pulled away in the
third quarter as the deadly
OBradovich scorched the
nets for 12 of his game-high
23 points.OBradovich also brought
down eight boards in the
game. Bautista tallied 11 with
eight boards and fueled the
Cardinals high-pressure
defense, making five steals.
Prow was poison from the
perimeter once again, put-
ting 11 through the iron.
The J-L boys of coach Troy
Huff trailed by 10 after three
quarters but stayed with
Onaway over the final eight
minutes of frenetic play, as
each team scored 19.
Sweet-shooting sopho-
more Logan Huff lit it up for
17 points to lead the visiting
Cardinals and he also gener-
ated five assists and securedthree steals. Chad C-Gar
Garton sizzled from the floor,
serving up 12 points with a
super effort off the bench.
Hard-nosed Nathan Fox
fired in eight points and
fought fiercely in the paint.
Brandon Huff brought eight
through the iron as well and
Tyler Tarbutton tallied five.
Onaway (3-1, 2-0) travels
to Central Lake on Tuesday,
Jan. 7.
J-L (0-2, 0-1) is off until
Tuesday, Jan. 7, against St.
Mary.
Onaway boys win three straightOBradovich is a Beast for Cardinals in victories over J-L, St. Mary and Rogers City
Ba$ke%ball
MIO The Mio girls varsity
basketball team remains at
the .500 mark entering the
holiday break.
Unfortunately, thats due
fact the Lady Thunderbolts
falling to visiting Alcona, 60-
48, on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
The Thunderbolts (2-2
overall) started the season
with consecutive wins over
rivals Atlanta and AuGres-
Sims. But, Mio was then lost
its next two games, against
neighboring Fairview and
then Alcona last Tuesday.
Janet DeFlorio battled her
way for a double-double in
the loss last Tuesday with 16
points and 13 rebounds.
And, Leslie Asman had a
solid all-round performance
with 12 points, 3 rebounds
and 3 assists, while Cassidy
DeFlorio added 7 points and
2 steals for the Lady Bolts.
Report compiled by
Buckland News Service
Lady Bolts fallto 2-2 to start season
CHEBOYGAN Time for a
break and a little fun, then
back to work for the
Cheboygan High Schoolhockey team.
The Chiefs host their
annual alumni game 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 26, at Ralph
G. Cantile Arena, then wel-
come five teams for the
Cheboygan Christmas
Showcase on Friday and
Saturday, Dec. 27-28.
Joining the Chiefs in the
six-team field are the Bay
Area Thunder, Midland Dow,
LAnse, Kalamazoo and the
St. Ignace Midget BB squad.
The Chiefs dropped a 7-5
decision to Walled LakeNorthern last week on their
home ice, a result that
evened their record at 5-5.
Zack Schley recorded a hat
trick for the Chiefs, who con-
tinually battled from behind
all night long against their
foes from suburban Detroit.
Northern seized 1-0 and 3-1
leads only to see the Chiefs
respond and tie it on both
occasions.
The Knights scored with a
5-on-3 advantage to break
the 3-3 tie in the second peri-
od, then scored with 1 sec-ond remaining in the period
for a 5-3 margin heading into
the third.
They added another goal
to up the spread to 6-3 before
Cheboygan got goals from
Adam Jeanotte and Schley
the latter coming with 2 min-
utes, 14 seconds remaining
to pull within 6-5.
Northern iced it with an
empty-net goal with 12 sec-
onds left.
John Granter also scored
for Cheboygan, while
Jeannotte and Austin Christieeach picked up an assist.
Kaleb Wood turned aside 16
shots in goal for the Chiefs.
The showcase schedule:
Friday, St. Ignace vs. LAnse, 3
p.m.; Midland Dow vs.
Kalamazoo, 5 p.m.;
Cheboygan vs. Bay Area, 7
p.m.; Saturday, St. Ignace vs.
Kalamazoo, noon; Bay Area
vs. LAnse, 2 p.m.; Cheboygan
vs. Midland Dow, 4 p.m.
Cheboygan
hits Christmasbreak at 5-5
Alumni game, showcaseon the docket this
weekend
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Gaylord guns downOgemaw, 55-36
By Andy Sneddon
PETOSKEY Brent Ward
would have preferred a win,
or even two.
But in light of the circum-
stances, hell take a tie and
head into the Christmas
break with something on
which to build.
Ward, the Petoskey High
School hockey coach,
watched his team squander
a three-goal third-period
lead and lose in overtime, 5-
4, to Negaunee in the open-
ing game of the Petoskey
Invitational at Griffin Arena.
The Northmen rebounded
with a late goal the following
day to forge a 3-3 tie Walled
Lake Northern in the tourna-
ments consolation game.
The results left theNorthmen 0-7-3. They
return to action on Saturday,
Jan. 4, at Manistee.
Not much of a break from
the late game on Friday
night (Negaunee) and the
early game on Saturday
(Northern), Ward said. The
team forgot about Friday
night and came out and
played hard on Saturday
morning. Walled Lake,
theyre a physical team.
A tie is not a win, but at
the same time for Ben
(Schwartzfisher) to get that
goal late, it ended up being a
pretty exciting.
Schwartzfishers goal, his
second of the game, came
with under three minutes
remaining in regulation,
knotting the it at 3-all.
Im not unhappy, Ward
said. We played the whole
game. It was one of our bet-
ter games of the season thus
far. We played hard, we skat-
ed hard, and we played
smarter hockey.
We only had one penalty.
It goes to show the differ-ence of staying out of the
penalty box and playing
smart hockey.
The Northmen took six
penalties in the third period
in Fridays loss to Negaunee.
Petoskey led 3-0 after one
period and 4-1 heading into
the third. The Miners got the
equalizer with under a
minute remaining, then
scored in overtime to hand
the Northmen the heart-
breaking defeat.
They realized it was
tough on Friday to have that
big of a lead and kind of
throw it away, Ward said of
his players. Give Negaunee
credit. They didnt quit.
Penalties really hurt us
and Negaunee really took
advantage of it. Weve got to
play smarter hockey. You
cant play short-handed as
much as we did in that third
period. They didnt necessar-
ily score power-play goals,
but (killing penalties) really
wears you out. It messes up
your lines and keeps you
from getting any flow goingwhen youre playing short-
handed.
Nick Gadowski finished
with a hat trick for Petoskey
against the Miners.
Schwartzfisher scored the
other Northmen goal, and
finished with two assists.
Brandon Worden, Tim
Sysco and Cody Rogers also
picked up assists for the
Northmen. Petoskey goal-
tender Adam McCain made
32 saves.
Sysco scored in Saturdays
tie with Walled Lake
Northern, while Gadowski,
Cam Wilder and Worden
each had an assist.
Michael Whittaker made
16 saves in the Petoskey net.
We did have a young
team coming in, but a little
over a third of the way
through the season I think
were still moving in the right
direction, Ward said. A
couple of weeks off to get
healthy; were battling
through some injuries to a
couple key players. Well see
them back on the ice.Connor Monaghan scored
three goals to lead the Bay
Area Thunder to a 4-2 win
over Negaunee in the tour-
nament championship
game.
Northmen rebound, forge tie inconsolation game
Petoskey hockey team hits break 0-7-3
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The Michigan Department
of Natural Resources (DNR)
is seeking volunteers to serve
as hosts at Michigan state
parks and state forest camp-
grounds for the 2014 camp-
ing season, giving people the
opportunity to spend sum-
mer enjoying Michigan's
great outdoors while provid-
ing a valuable service.
Hosts will handle a variety
of responsibilities, including
directing visitors to theircampsites, answering ques-
tions about the park or state
forest, arranging camp-
ground activities and per-
forming light maintenance
and other services (depend-
ing on the host's talents and
interests). In return for their
volunteer service, hosts are
allowed to camp in the state
park or state forest camp-
ground at no charge.
Both individuals and
teams (couples, families,
etc.) may serve as hosts.
Candidates must be at least
18 years old, provide 30
hours of service per week
(including weekends andholidays), serve a minimum
of four consecutive weeks
and furnish their own camp-
ing unit, equipment and per-
sonal items. Some host
assignments begin as early as
April and continue as late as
October.
Hosts are chosen by park
and forest managers, who
may require an interview or
request additional informa-
tion. Selection is based on
the individual's familiarity
with the state park or state
forest system, his or her
camping experience, special
skills, availability, knowledge
of the area and the needs ofthe specific park or forest
campground.
Host training for the 2014
camping season will be held
June 4-5, 2014, at the Ralph A.
MacMullan Conference
Center in Roscommon.
Special arrangements can be
made for anyone who cannot
make those training dates.
Information and applica-
tions about the host program
are available from the DNR's
website at
www.mic higa n.gov /dnr vol-
unteers. For more informa-
tion on the campground host
program in state parks or
state forest campgrounds,please contact Miguel
Rodriguez at 517-241-4129.
The Recreation Passport is
an easy, affordable way for
residents to enjoy and sup-
port outdoor recreation
opportunities in Michigan.
By checking "YES" for the $11
Recreation Passport ($5 for
motorcycles) when renewing
a license plate through the
Secretary of State (by mail,
kiosk, online at
www.expressso s.com or at
branch offices), Michigan
motorists get access to state
parks, recreation areas, state
forest campgrounds, non-
motorized state trailheadparking and state boat
launches. In addition,
Recreation Passport holders
can enjoy real savings at
businesses and retailers that
participate in the Passport
Perks discount program. The
Recreation Passport is valid
until the next license plate
renewal date. Nonresidents
can purchase the Recreation
Passport ($30.50 annual;
$8.40 daily) at any state park
or recreation area or through
the Michigan e-Store at
www.michigan.gov/estore.
Learn more about this cre-
ative way of sustaining
Michigan's outdoor recre-ation and natural resources
at www.michigan.gov/recre-
ationpassport.
DNR seeks summer campsite volunteersHosts provide valuable service while enjoying the great outdoors
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A suspected sighting of the
highly invasive plant parrot
feather (Myriophyllumaquaticum) was reported to
the Department of
Environmental Quality
(DEQ) in the fall of 2013.
Following recently developed
state agency protocols, the
DEQ transferred the report to
the Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) Wildlife
Division. A team of Wildlife
Division staff, utilizing the
new Early Detection and
Response Plan, conducted
verification and assessment
at a small detention pond in
Wayne County's Brownstown
Township.
As part of the assessmentprocess, staff members sur-
veyed local waters near the
detention pond to determine
the distribution of the
species and gather pertinent
information. From that ini-
tial assessment, it appears
this non-native species is iso-
lated to the detention pond;
however, more intensive sur-
vey efforts are being planned
for the surrounding area in
the spring of 2014.
Following verification and
assessment, DNR staff devel-
oped an initial response planfor eradicating this species
from the site. Working coop-
eratively with the local
homeowners' association,
Aqua-Weed Control, Inc. (the
original reporters) and DEQ,
the DNR obtained permis-
sions and permits for a late-
season herbicide applica-
tion. Treatment of this
species was conducted in
early November, funded
through a federal grant proj-
ect. The site will be moni-
tored for treatment efficacy,
with any necessary follow-up
treatments to begin in spring
2014.Parrot feather has only
been found in the Great
Lakes basin in a few previous
locations (in Michigan's
Oakland County and
Indiana's Steuben County).
The source of this new infes-
tation is unknown, but it is
possible that this plant - pop-
ular in aquariums and water
gardens - may have been
released into the pond.
Parrot feather is a prohib-
ited species in Michigan,
which makes its possession,
transport or release illegal,due to the severe negative
effects it can have on native
ecosystems. It is a sub-
merged plant, which will
eventually grow to emerge 6-
12 inches above the waters
surface. It is highly aggressive
and out-competes many
native plant species, disrupt-
ing ecosystem functions,
clogging navigable waters
and impeding recreation.
Finding and eradicating
any new occurrences of these
types of species before they
become established or
spread is the key principle
behind the DNRs EarlyDetection and Rapid
Response (EDRR) program.
Proactive EDRR is typically
much more cost-effective
and provides higher chances
of success in dealing with
invasive species.
The EDRR program was
pioneered through a three-
year Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative grant. After two and
a half years, the EDRR pro-
gram has verified 60 unique
detections of six new high-
threat aquatic invasive plant
species in Michigan.
Prioritized response efforts
have occurred at 21 sites,
with future actions planned.
For more information on the
EDRR program, please go to
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sivespecies.
Early detection and
response is one of four main
goals outlined in the states
recently revised Aquatic
Invasive Species State
Management Plan. Revision
and implementation of this
plan is a collaborative effort
between DEQ, DNR and the
Michigan Department of
Agricult ure and Rural
Development.
Suspected parrot feather
sightings should be reported
to www.misin.msu.edu or to
Matt Ankney, EDRR coordi-
nator, at ankneym2@michi-
gan.gov or 517-641-4903.
In$a!i$e plan" %a! !igh"ed in fallParrot feather is discoveredin detention pond in Wayne County
ATLANTA The Mio boysbasketball team is off and
running with a 4-0 start, after
its most recent win over
North Star League rival
Atlanta, 54-27, on Thursday,Dec. 19.
The Thunderbolts (4-0overall) were never really
threatened, leading 16-7 at
the end of the first quarterand 25-17 at intermission.
And, things only got worse
for the Huskies (1-2 overall),
as Mio outgunned Atlanta,19-6, in the third quarter.
Sophomore hoopster Ben
Lubitz had a double-doubleto help spark the Bolts with
24 points, 11 rebounds, 5assists, 1 steal and 3 blocked
shots.
Senior Bryce Degrammont
also hit for double figures for
Mio, with 11 points, 6 boardsand 1 steal.
Other contributors for Mioincluded: Bryson Devers with
7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist,
3 steals and 1 blocked shot;Charles Auten with 6 points
and 4 assists; Seth Thomey
with 4 points, 2 boards, 6
assists and 4 steals; Josh Foxwith 1 assist and 1 steal;
Jessup Hudson with 1 steal;
and Trent Vaughn with 1rebound.
Mio 59, Alcona 28A trio of Mio cagers scored
in double figures in powering
the Thunderbolts to a 59-28over host Alcona on Monday,
Dec. 16.
Thomey and Lubitz eachscored 16 points for Mio, with
Degrammont adding another
14 points in the road win.Thomey also had 4
rebounds, 6 assists and 5
steals against Alcona, with
Lubitz grabbing 7 boards togo with his 4 assists and 2
steals. Degrammont chipped
in another 7 boards and 1assist.
Also contributing for Mio
were: Devers with 6 points, 5
rebounds, 1 steal, 1 assist and1 blocked shot; Auten with 3
points, 1 rebound and 1assist; Drake Thornton with 2points and 1 rebound;
Vaughn with 2 points; and
Fox with 2 boards and 2assists.
Report by Dennis
Mansfield, Buckland News
Service.
Mio bol"! "o 4-0 !"a" %i"h%in o$e A"lan"a
Northern Michigan Ski
Academy race training ses-
sions start Wednesday,
January 8th at Boyne
Mountain and Thursday,
January 9th at Boyne
Highlands. Training ses-
sions take place from 6:30 to
8:30 PM on Wednesdays at
Boyne Mountain and
Thursdays at Boyne
Highlands. A meeting for
parents will take place at
both locations during the
first sessions.
This year the Northern
Michigan Ski Academy(NMSA) is celebrating its
35th anniversary. The
NMSA is a non-profit organ-
ization that is run by a
Volunteer Board of
Directors and Coaches. The
program is designed to
teach area youth the funda-
mentals of ski racing.
Training sessions are held
for nine weeks beginning in
January. During the
Wednesday and Thursda y
night sessions, skiers ski in
small groups with a NMSA
coach. Skiers practice the
fundamentals of ski racing
with racers of their own age
and capability. Friday
nights are open gate nights
only at Boyne Mountain and
Boyne Highlands with
courses set that the skiers
can run as they wish.Coaches are available at the
top and bottom of the
courses to provide feedback
to the skiers.
Each Sunday, from 2:00
4:30 PM club races take
place. All of the Sunday
club races bring together
the Highlands and
Mountain skiers for com-
bined racing. Throughout
the season, club races are
scheduled at Boyne
Highlands and Boyne
Mountain.
This year two all day races
will be held at Boyne
Highlands. Racers are
ranked for participation in
the NMSA Racing Team that
participates in the
Wellborn Cup which
brings together skiers from
across Northern Michigan.The Wellborn Cup will be
held on Sunday, March 2nd
at Boyne Highlands.
For registration forms,
pricing and additional
information on the
Northern Michigan Ski
Academy please refer to the
website, www.nmsa-
zone.org .
For information related to
this press release call Tom
Teske, 231-536-3128.
Northern MichiganSki Academy
season starts soon
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Michigan's 2013 elk hunt-
ing season that just wrapped
up was a successful seasonall-around. While hunters
walked away with an experi-
ence theyll never forget,
Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) staff mem-
bers are happy management
goals were met, both safely
and legally.
We manage elk in
Michigan by hunting, said
area wildlife biologist
Jennifer Kleitch. Our sea-
sons are very specific. We
have certain hunting areas,
dates and quotas, and we are
very deliberate in order to
maintain a healthy elk herd
in balance with the available
habitat.
The early elk season, which
is held in late August and
September, has three sepa-
rate hunt periods totaling 12
days of elk hunting. One
hundred lucky hunters were
drawn in the weighted elk
lottery to hunt this period,
and a total of 78 elk were har-vested 34 bulls and 44 cows.
The late elk season ran
from Dec. 7-15, and another
100 hunters were able to
hunt with great success.
Hunters harvested 93 elk,
and all those with bull licens-
es were successful.
Elk have come a long way
in Michigan. From disap-
pearing in the late 1800s due
to the need for food and
hides, to today with elk num-
bers being maintained in the
northeast Lower Peninsula.
Due to habitat management,
laws regulating the take of elk
and increased protection by
DNR conservation officers,
the elk population is now
healthy and stable.
Elk are important to the
entire state of Michigan; folks
come from all around to view
them in their natural places,
said Doug Doherty of the
Rocky Mountain Elk
Foundation. For manynorthern Michigan towns
and businesses, elk viewing
and hunting are a huge part
of their livelihood.
Over 32,000 resident
hunters apply annually for a
chance at harvesting a
majestic Michigan elk, and
hunters play a key role in bal-
ancing biological and social
goals for the elk herd. The
ideal goal for elk numbers in
Michigan is 500 to 900.
Where the elk actually are
and their impacts on habitat
are the biggest concerns in
elk management, said
Kleitch. Our hunts are used
to help keep elk in large
blocks of public land to
reduce conflicts on agricul-
tural and private lands.
To learn more, visit
www.michigan.gov/elk.
Elk season was success all-aroundManagement goals were met; 78 were harvested in early season and 93 in late season
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