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By Andy Sneddon

BAY CITY – Seven went in,and seven moved on.

Every Gaylord High Schoolwrestler who entered theDivision II IndividualRegional Tournament lastweek at Western High Schoolplaced in the top four in hisrespective weight class, earn-ing a trip to the state finals.

Three Blue Devils placedsecond, two were third, andtwo more were fourth topunch their tickets to thefinals, which begin Thursday,Feb. 27, at The Palace ofAuburn Hills.

None of the six Petoskeywrestlers who partook in theregional advanced.

Gaylord’s Dominic LaJoie(103 pounds), JonathanMartin (112) and TristanGregory (189) each placedsecond in the regional.

LaJoie lost to DaltonRoberts of Fowlerville, 3-2, inthe 103-pound final. It wasthe first loss of the season forLaJoie, a freshman who is 46-1 and ranked fourth inDivision II at 103 byMichigan Grappler. Roberts,a senior, is 43-5 and rankedthird.

LaJoie opened with a 17-5major decision win overeighth-ranked EmilioSanchez of St. Johns, thenbeat seventh-ranked DrewHutchinson of Clio on a 13-6major in the semifinals.

Martin, a sophomore whois ranked ninth at 112, lost byinjury default to unbeatenIan Parker of St. Johns inSaturday’s final. Martin is 43-

5. Parker, also a sophomore,is 43-0 and ranked second.

Martin pinnedFowlerville’s Kyle Briggs in 1minute, 12 seconds to openthe regional, then pinnedteammate Trenton Lashuayin 2:52 in the semifinals.

Lashuay, a freshman whois ranked 10th, rebounded toplace third, pinning NoahSchoenherr of Bay CityWestern in 4:37 in the third-place match.

Lashuay, who is 45-5,opened with a 9-8 win overTyler Albarez of DeWittbefore losing to Martin. Hereached the consolation finalwith an 18-7 major victoryover Sam Woods of Bay CityJohn Glenn.

Gregory pinned Fenton’sJustin Hill in 2:25 in his open-ing match, then pinned CodyOkes of Bay City Western in4:24 in the semifinals. He fellto top-ranked and unbeatenAngus Arthur of St. Johns, 14-10, in the final.

Gregory, a junior who willmake his second consecutivetrip to the state final, isranked third and takes a 45-2mark to the Palace. Arthur is40-0 and won the state title at171 last season.

Gaylord’s Shane Foster,also wrestling at 189, placedthird. He pinned Okes in 3:19in the third-place match.

Foster, who is 40-6 andranked fourth, opened thetournament with a 21-7major decision over CodyBryant of DeWitt, then waspinned by Arthur, the even-tual champion, in 3:25. Heearned a spot in the third-

place match with a 2-1 victo-ry over Caleb Heddy ofGoodrich.

Gaylord’s Seth Lashuay(125) and Jeff Heinz (135)each placed fourth in theirrespective weight classes.Both finished 2-2 on the day.

Seth Lashuay, a senior whois 39-8 and will return to thefinals for the second straightyear, opened with an 8-2 winover Kyle Roberts ofFowlerville, then dropped a7-2 decision to David Leija ofLansing Waverly. Herebounded with a 13-8 winover Austin Makins ofFowlerville, then fell, 9-3, inthe third-place match toFowlerville’s Roberts.

Heinz, a junior who is 37-14, downed Chase Smith ofClio in his opening match,then was pinned in 3:49 byfourth-ranked ThomasSchoenherr of Bay CityWestern.

Heinz came back to take a3-1 win over Jacob Wibirt ofBay City Western, and waspinned in 1:34 by ninth-ranked Austin Melton ofDeWitt in the third-placematch.

For Petoskey, Nick Strobel(140), Cam Plath (152),Trevor Giallombardo (103)and Gage Paul (119) each fin-ished 1-2 on the day, whileTrevor Denoyer (189) andScott Kibbe (119) each went0-2.

Strobel was pinned byChris Root of Bath in 3:33 inhis opening bout, thenscored an 8-3 win over NicBignell of Owosso, and waseliminated by Christian

Schoenerr of Bay CityWestern on a 9-2 decision.Strobel finished 37-7.Schoenerr was a state run-ner-up last season.

“Nick really had it tough inthe tournament,” Petoskeycoach Nate Gross said. “Afterhe lost that first match, we allknew it would be really diffi-cult to make it through. Hestill performed well, even inhis last defeat. He never quitand simply wrestled to thebest of his abilities.”

Paul dropped an 18-2 tech-nical fall to Lucas McFarlandof St. Johns in his openingmatch, then defeated LeviStoll of West Branch OgemawHeights, 9-6. Paul was elimi-nated on a pin in 4:13 byCoby Moore of Bay CityWestern. Paul finished 32-10.

“Gage wrestled well,” Grosssaid. “He is a freshman andhopefully he will learn fromthis and it can help propelhim into the off-season.”

Plath opened with a pin in2:39 of Alan Drake of Haslett,then lost on a 17-2 technicalfall to Jake Hopkins ofGreenville, and was eliminat-ed on an 8-4 decision byMichael James of Sault Ste.Marie. Plath finished 38-9.

“Cam really had a greatseason,” Gross said.“Unfortunately, he wrestledharder than his body couldhandle at times. In the end,the injuries really added upand hampered him. One ofthe great things about coach-ing Cam is that you knowthat he will give every bit ofhis energy to win a match.”

Giallombardo opened witha 10-6 win over ShukuraniNyabenda of LansingEastern, then lost on a 16-1technical fall to Fowlerville’sDalton Roberts.Giallombardo was eliminat-ed on a 10-5 decision bySanchez of St. Johns. He fin-ished 33-7.

“Trevor had a great sea-son,” Gross said. “It wasunfortunate to see him loseout at the regional. Hisweight class was stacked, but

I still thought he would make

it through.”

Kibbe opened with a 20-2

technical fall loss to Jacob

Chapman of Flint Kearsley,

and was eliminated by

Fowlerville’s Dean Roberts on

a 4-0 decision.Denoyer was pinned by St.

Johns’ Arthur in 5:04 in hisopening bout, then lost bydisqualification to Bryant ofDeWitt. Denoyer finished 28-12.

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These seven Gaylord wrestlers, seen with coach Jerry LaJoie and other

assistants and teammates, are state qualifiers this year. Photo by Pam GreGory

Gaylord state qualifier Jonathan Martin powers his way to another victory at 112

pounds on Saturday at Bay City Western. Photo by Pam GreGory

Gaylord freshman Dominic LaJoie is in control in this

103-pound battle on Saturday in the D-2 regional tour-

nament at Bay City Western. Photo by Pam GreGory

Sophomore Tristan Gregory turns on the juice Saturday on

his way to a runner-up finish in the 189-pound division.Photo by Pam GreGory

Seven Blue Devils headed to statewrestling finals

CHARLEVOIX – TheGrayling girls varsity basket-ball team couldn’t overcomea sluggish first half in a 58-43loss to Lake MichiganConference foe Charlevoixon Friday, Feb. 14.

Each team scored 28points in the second half.But, Charlevoix had theadvantage after leading athalftime, 30-15.

Grayling (5-13 overall, 1-11conference) scored just 7points in the first quarter and

then 8 points in the secondperiod.

Samantha Denno wasGrayling’s lone scorer in dou-ble figures with 10 points and5 rebounds. But, BrittanyNielson was just shy of a dou-ble-double on the night with9 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assistsand 2 steals.

Other contributors forGrayling included: EricUmlor with 7 points, 4rebounds and 1 steal; RachelMoney with 6 points, 1

rebound, 2 assists and 5steals; Makayla Cragg with 4points, 5 rebounds and 4steals; Cierra Prosser with 3points, 6 rebounds and 1steal; Courtney Hatfield with2 points, 1 rebound and 3assists; and Leslie Reilly with2 points.

Boyne City 69Grayling 61

Several Lady Vikings post-

ed solid performancesagainst visiting Boyne City onFriday, Feb. 14. But, the com-bination wasn’t enough asGrayling suffered a 69-61conference loss.

Prosser hit for a team-high26 points, 3 rebounds, 6assists and 4 steals againstthe Ramblers, while Dennohad yet another double-dou-ble with 22 points, 13rebounds, 2 assists, 4 stealsand 1 blocked shot.

And, Nielson had a great

night on the boards in grab-bing 13 rebounds, as well astallying 3 points, 3 steals and1 blocked shot.

Boyne City took controlearly, building a 16-10 lead inthe first quarter. Graylingequaled the Ramblers in thesecond quarter, with eachteam putting 16 points on theboard and the halftime scorestanding at 32-26.

But, Boyne City again wonthe opening of the secondhalf by outscoring the Lady

Vikes, 24-17, in the thirdquarter.

Also contributing forGrayling were: Umlor with 4points, 3 rebounds and 3steals; Cragg with 3 points, 2rebounds, 4 steals and 1blocked shot; Money with 3points, 2 rebounds, 1 assistand 3 steals; and Hatfieldwith 2 rebounds, 1 assist and2 steals.

– Report compiled byDennis Mansfield, Buckland

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By Mike Dunn

ROGERS CITY – Twowrestlers representing theOnaway program earnedindividual regional titles onSaturday in the Div. 4 tourna-ment at Rogers City.

Junior Joe “Train Wreck”Traynham at 112 pounds andthe C.W. Slammer, seniorCasey Watson, at 189 poundswere victorious in theirrespective weight divisionsand advance to the statemeet at The Palace of AuburnHills as No. 1 seeds.

Onaway sends threewrestlers in all to state. Mioalso sends three andMancelona sends two.

Joining Traynham andWatson at the state meet willbe scappy sophomore team-mate “Ice Man” Isaac Nave at119 pounds as a No. 2 seed.

Moving on for Mio aresophomore Scott Blamer(152) as a No. 4 seed, seniorColton McGregor (215) as aNo. 3 seed, and junior PatrickStephens (103) as a No.3seed.

Advancing for Mancelona

are senior KeeganRichardson (285) as a No. 4seed and “Man Plow”Michael Meadows (130), asenior, as a No. 2 seed.

Traynham was a terror at112 for the Cardinals, domi-nating the opposition. Heearned major decisions overRyan Groendyke of Mantonand Troy Moore of Pine Riveron the way to the finals,where he faced highlyregarded Jimmy Spencer ofRudyard and secured a 6-1decision.

Traynham, who pushed hispersonal log to 39-4,advances to The Palace as aNo. 1 seed. The wrestlingfinals will be held at ThePalace from Thursday, Feb.27, through Saturday, March1.

Watson was equally domi-nant on his way to theregional title at 189. Thestrong-armed senior put theslam down on Reily Somersof Manton in 1:14, earned amajor decision over FreddyVanderstelt of Hesperia inthe semifinals and then tookdown Pine River’s Tyler

McMurry in 1:28.Watson (24-4) also

advances as a No. 1 seed tothe state tournament.

The “Ice Man” of Onaway,sophomore Isaac Nave,reached the regional finalswith decision wins overLandon Elliott of Forest Areaand Kyle Leonard ofWhittemore-Prescott beforelosing a decision to ruggedZach Schaub of Traverse CitySt. Francis.

Nave (17-6) goes into thestate meet as a No. 2 seed at119 and will face a No. 3 seedfrom another region in theopening round.

FOR MIO, the unflappableBlamer (35-16) advances as aNo. 4 seed at 152 and will facea No. 1 seed in the state tour-nament. Blamer battled JakeNovotny of Charlevoix in theconsolation finals with thirdplace riding on the outcomeand lost a very tight 6-4 deci-sion.

McGregor (26-15)employed the Mac Attack toovertake Manton’s ruggedNoah Thompson in the sec-ond period of the consola-

tion finals at 215.Stephens (41-5) battled

back after losing to No. 1 seedand eventual 103-poundchamp Davian Gowen ofHesperia to pin Nick Park ofPine River in 34 seconds andthen whip highly regardedZac Decremer of Norway viaa second-period pin in theconsolation finals.

FOR MANCELONA, “ManPlow” Meadows forged apath to the 130-pound finals

with convincing victoriesover Vincente Carlson ofIshpeming and Matt Mawbyof St. Francis to face rivalMatthew Elliott of ForestArea in the finals. It was arematch of the district finalswhere Meadows put the plowon Elliott in the third periodto give Elliott his first loss ofthe season. This time around,Elliott reversed the defeat.

Meadows (45-6) advancesto The Palace as a No. 2 seed.

Keegan Richardson put thepatented “Kee-Lock” moveon two opponents to takethem both out in a hurry onhis way to a berth in the con-solation finals. Keegan (22-7)dropped a close decision toChase Morrison of Pine Riverin the battle for third placeand advances to the statemeet as a No. 4 seed for theIronmen.

Traynham at 112 and Watson at 189 take D-4titles, Nave is runner-up at 112; Mio sends

three to state meet, Mancy sends two

Onaway grapplers, from left, Casey Watson, Joe Traynham and Isaac Nave, were

regional finalists on Saturday at Rogers City. Courtesy of marty mix

D-4 Wrestling

Onaway has 3 regional finalists

First-half struggles doom Lady Vikes at Charlevoix

By Mike Dunn

JOHANNESBURG – Theyoung, steadily improvingJohannesburg-Lewiston boysof coach Troy Huff pushedtheir record above the .500mark on Monday with animpressive 62-48 victory overscrappy cross-county rival St.Mary.

The Cardinals, whose bestdays are clearly in front ofthem, improved to 8-7 overalland 7-6 in the Ski Valley withthe big win. The Snowbirds ofcoach Ken Blust, who havebattled for 32 minutes inevery game this season andplayed everyone tough,slipped to 6-9 overall and 4-8in the SVC.

There was blizzard condi-tions outside for Monday’sgame but inside the J-L gymit was a hot truck for the run-ning Cardinals, who generat-ed a lot of pressure with theirup-tempo, high-octane

assault on the Snowbird iron.Sophomore “Lights Out”

Logan Huff was in sync fromthe floor and the charitystripe, accounting for ateam-high 17 points with asurgically-sharp 7-for-8 fromthe line. He wasn’t the onlyHuff who had a hot hand onthis night, though. BruisingBrandon Huff turned in atypical blue-collar effortinside, collecting 14 pointsand 14 boards for a strongdouble-double.

Freshman fireman SpencerWhite sprayed 10 pointsthrough the nets to joinLogan and Brandon in dou-ble figures.

J-L did an outstanding jobdefensively against one of themore dangerous players inthe league this season, St.Mary’s rangy senior wingCharles Strehl. The Cardinals’surround-sound defensiveeffort prevented Strehl frompenetrating through the

paint to score points in closeor get to the free throw lineand that proved a factor inthe outcome. Strehl stillscored a team-high 15 pointsbut he was held well belowhis scoring average.

Seniors Nick Harringonand Brendon Nowicki eachtallied eight from the back-court for the Snowbirds.

ON FRIDAY, Feb. 14, theCardinals earned one of theirmost impressive and mostgratifying wins of the season,outscoring host Forest Area76-59 to reverse an earlierovertime loss to the Warriorsin Gaylord.

Sophomore forward NateFox, one of several talentedunderclassmen on the J-Lroster, was hotter than Texaschili in the contest, firing in26 points to go with sevenboards.

Logan Huff was locked inlike radar from the floor withhis shots and with his passes

on his way to a rare triple-double. Logan launched ateam-high 17 points throughthe iron to go with 11 assistsand 10 rebounds. BrandonHuff blistered the nets for 18points with 10 boards foranother bruising double-double.

Freshman Spencer Whitewaxed the twine for sevenpoints and showed up stronginside as well, securing seven

rebounds. Senior CoaltonHuff was a force defensivelyin the big win, coveringForest Area’s ever-dangeroussenior Justin Burke like snowon an evergreen.

See details on St. Mary’sleague victories over CentralLake and Pellston in the BoysHoops report in this issue.

J-L (8-7, 7-6) played atPellston on Tuesday, Feb. 18,and at Inland Lakes on

Wednesday, Feb. 19. ThisFriday, Feb. 21, they arehome against Central Lake.

St. Mary (6-9, 4-8) playedat Forest Area on Tuesday,Feb. 18, and were homeagainst Mancelona onWednesday, Feb. 19. TheSnowbirds play at the courtof league front-runnerBellaire on Tuesday, Feb. 25.

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD – The Gaylordboys of coach Tim O’Rourkehave not won many gamesthis season but they’ve con-tinued to play hard. The goodnews is that the underclass-men are gaining valuablevarsity experience and there’san infusion of talent comingup the JV and freshmen ranksover the next few years.

On Tuesday, Feb. 11, theBlue Devils lost at home to apretty good Sault Ste. Mariesquad, 56-32, on SeniorNight. The team recognizedthe three hardworking sen-iors on the roster: ZachPasternak, Ty Coonrod andLeland Huey.

On Wednesday, Feb. 12, the

very next day, they traveledto Traverse City Central andgave the host Trojans every-thing they wanted before los-ing a heartbreaker in doubleovertime, 47-45. Gaylord waslooking for its first Big Northwin of the season and cameachingly close.

On Friday, Feb. 14, thebusy Blue Devils played hostto league foe Traverse CityWest and dropped a 72-48decision to the talentedTitans.

IN THE game with theSault, the visiting Blue Devilsfrom above the bridgerebounded from an earlydeficit to take an 11-7 leadafter one quarter and thenbuilt on the lead after that.

Zach Pasternak and Josh

DeGraw each produced sixpoints to pace Gaylord.Hard-driving junior guardMarcus O’Rourke rocked theiron for five points, includinga trey, and Coonrod and jun-ior Blayne Baker each talliedfour.

The Gaylord varsity strug-gled to put points on theboard against the Sault butthe high-octane JV teamassaulted the enemy iron enroute to a thrilling 78-68 vic-tory.

The prolific 1-2 punch ofJakovan Prior-McCovery andJack Korte kept twisting thetwine for the young BlueDevils and scored nearly 60points between them. Jak-Mac churned out 29 pointsand J-Ko put 28 on the board.Those two will certainly be awelcome addition to the var-sity next year.

They weren’t alone,though. Jacob King connect-ed for 11 to help the causeand coach Jason Wenzel alsocredited young point guardJacob Freeman with finefloor generalship and ballhandling once again.

ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12,at T.C. Central, it was CollinWatters pouring in 20 pointsto pace the visiting BlueDevils in the intense double-overtime battle.

The host Trojans (5-11, 5-5) hit key baskets or freethrows at crucial times. First,it was Mitch Wynkop makinga final-second bucket at theend of regulation to forceovertime. Then it was MaxKnoblock making two freethrows in the final seconds ofthe first overtime to force asecond overtime. Then it wasNate Schusler hitting bothfree throws in the final sec-onds of the second overtimeto give Central the come-from-behind victory.

It was an agonizing loss forthe Blue Devils, who fell to 0-

8 in the Big North.The Gaylord JV prevailed,

however, beating the Trojans58-39 as Korte canned 31 andFreeman found the range for14. Coach Wenzel also laudedthe defensive effort of BrandtKierczynski.

ON FRIDAY, Feb. 14, theBlue Devils were paced byWatters again, who showeredthe nets with 16 points, andjunior Steven Fitzek, who

fired in 13. Baker bouncedseven through the iron andthe hard-driving O’Rourkerang up six points with hisusual frenetic effort.

Stephen Sheppard struckfor 18 to lead the Titans, whoimproved to 6-9 and 5-3.

Gaylord lost the JV contestby a 70-52 margin. Kortecanned 26 to lead the youngBlue Devils and Jac-Macdrained the nets for 18. Point

guard Freeman rounded outthe scoring with eight points.

Gaylord (3-12, 0-9) playedat Cheboygan on Tuesday,Feb. 18, in a non-league clashand at T.C. West onWednesday, Feb. 19. The BlueDevils host talented Cadillacthis Friday, Feb. 20, and playat Grayling on Tuesday, Feb.25.

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Gaylord senior Zach Pasternak fights Tristan Roman of T.C. West for a rebound during

Friday’s game. Photo by Dave baraGrey

Gaylord boys keep playing hardBlue Devils fall at home to Sault on SeniorNight, in double OT at T.C. Central, and athome to T.C. West

Gaylord JV point producer Jack Korte has the J-Ko flowing

as he glides gracefully through the air to score two of his

26 points in the loss. Photo by Dave baraGrey

J-L boys outscore visiting SnowbirdsCardinals close strong to secure victory over cross-county rival; Logan and Brandon Huff lead way

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GAYLORD – The St. Marygirls of coach Dan Smithpushed their record to 16-1on Tuesday, Feb. 11, and 13-0in the Ski Valley with a 55-15triumph over visitingMancelona but the third-ranked Snowbirds sufferedtheir first league loss onThursday, Feb. 13, at thecourt of talented Bellaire by a38-31 margin.

Bellaire, which is alsostate-ranked, improved to16-2 and 12-1 in the Ski Valleywhile the Snowbirds slippedto 16-2 and 13-1. Unlessthere is an upset of unusualproportions between now

and the end of the regularseason, St. Mary and Bellairewill end up sharing the SkiValley championship of 2014.

It would be the secondyear in a row the Snowbirdsshared the league title. Lastyear, they were co-champswith Johannesburg-Lewiston.

ON TUESDAY, Feb. 11, inthe victory over game-but-outmanned Mancelona, itwas savvy senior guard KariBorowiak leading the way,burning the nets for 21points. Kari is finishing up astellar four-year hardwoodcareer for the Snowbirds andwill be graduating as one ofthe school’s most prolific

scorers.Kari is far from a one-

dimensional, player, howev-er. She also covered the floordefensively like syrup onsweet cakes, recording awhopping 12 steals for a dou-ble-double.

Long-armed sophomoreBekah Myler bounced 12points through the rim andGabby Schultz struck fornine. Hardworking seniorCaylee Lawnichak alsoshowed up strong in her finalhome game, launching seventhrough the iron.

For Mancelona girls coachBen Tarbutton, it was areturn to the gym he starredin as a St. Mary athlete notthat many years ago.Tarbutton’s girls are on asteep learning curve but theyoung Lady Ironmen are stillputting together the best sea-son they’ve had in a longtime. They came into thegame with five wins afterhaving gone winless the pre-vious two seasons.

A pair of fighting freshmen,center “Electric” EileeneNaniseni and wing JillSmigielski, helped lead thevisitors in scoring along withEmily Nixon, Ashley Josephand Tyra Oetting.

ON THURSDAY, Feb. 13, inthe much-anticipated show-down at Bellaire, the Eaglesprevailed 38-31 in a gamethat featured some seriousdefensive work at both ends.Bellaire did an outstandingjob of preventing St. Maryfrom getting open looks atthe basket, especially in thesecond half.

With the Eagles swarmingall over Borowiak like hungrypit bulls with the scent ofdinner in their nostrils, it washardworking freshman

Gabby Schultz stepping upand turning in a fine per-formance, hitting for a team-high 11 points. Borowiak stillblistered the nets for 10points with a gritty effort andMyler, who also drew enemyjerseys like magnets through-out, scored eight.

Leighton Koepke tallied 15for Bellaire.

The two state-rankedteams could meet again inthe Class D district finals onFriday, Feb. 28, at CentralLake with even more at stakethan the league title. Theywould be vying for a districttitle and the opportunity tokeep the season alive andmove on to the regional tour-nament.

St. Mary (16-2, 13-1)played at Forest Area onTuesday, Feb. 18. OnThursday, Feb. 20, theSnowbirds end the regularseason with a game at InlandLakes.

By Mike Dunn

JOHANNESBURG – TheJohannesburg-Lewiston girlsof coach Heather Huff enter-tained Ski Valley foe CentralLake for Snowcoming onThursday, Feb. 13, and pre-vailed by a 68-45 margin.

The Cardinals improved to13-4 overall and 9-4 in the SkiValley with three leaguegames jammed into the finalfour days of the regular sea-son because of all the make-up dates caused by the snowand severe cold this winter.

The meteorologists couldhave accurately called forrain on the Cardinals’ courtfrom sophomore sharp-shooter Maddie Showermanin Thursday’s game as shepoured in a game-high 13points to lead a balancedscoring ledger. Maddie alsoadded her usual muscledown low, pulling in sevenrebounds.

Fellow sophomore KelseyCherwinski, another of thepromising underclassmencoming through Huff’sperennially tough program,churned out 10 points andcovered the floor like wall-to-wall carpeting, notching anincredible eight steals as shehad a near double-double.

Senior forward BrittanyCherwinski blistered the nets

for 15 points to lead all scor-ers and Abbie May cast a longshadow inside, scoring eightwhile exchanging bruisesunder the boards.

ON TUESDAY, Feb. 11, theCardinals outscored game-but-outmanned Inland Lakes59-17. Brittany Cherwinskiled the way once more, burn-ing the twine for 18 points.Long-armed Emily Aisthorpepatrolled the paint withpower, putting 10 on theboard, and Showermanshook the nets for eight whilesecuring nine rebounds.Ashley May hauled in nineboards as well.

J-L (13-4, 9-4) played atPellston on Tuesday, Feb. 18.The Cardinals hostMancelona on Thursday, Feb.20, and close out the regularseason at Forest Area onFriday, Feb. 21.

J-L opens Class C districtplay at Charlevoix onWednesday, Feb. 26, againsteither Boyne City or ElkRapids.

Rogers City 59Mio 40

ROGERS CITY – The Miogirls faced a stiff challenge onMonday at the court ofRogers City in non-leagueaction. The Hurons (13-5)

broke open a very close gamein the third quarter and final-ly won by a 59-40 count.

The Thunderbolts ralliedin the final minutes of thefirst half to trim the RogersCity lead to just two points,27-25, at the intermission.

Senior Jalen DeFlorio, inthe midst of a solid seasonfor the Thunderbolts, tallied18 to lead the visitors, includ-ing a surgically crisp 8-for-10from the stripe. Katy Leflerlanded six through the iron.

Courtney Streich struck for20 to pace the Hurons andLogan Fleming fired in 17.

The Thunderbolts (9-9)close out the regular seasonat home against Whittemore-Prescott on Thursday, Feb.20.

Pellston 62Forest Area 36

PELLSTON – The Pellstongirls, fueled by the furiouslyhot hand of Hanah Carter,earned a 62-36 victory overvisiting Ski Valley foe ForestArea on Monday in a makeupgame.

Hanah hit for a game-high23 points and was a surgical-ly sharp 11-of-13 from thecharity stripe. She was joinedin double digits by team-mates Ainsley MacLean, who

launched 15 through theiron, and Kelly Lewis, whoconnected for 13.

Onna Hulwick tallied 12points and Ally Schuster 10for the Warriors.

Pellston played host toJohannesburg-Lewiston onTuesday, Feb. 18. OnThursday, Feb. 20, theHornets travel to Forest Areaand they close out the regularseason at home againstAlanson on Friday, Feb. 21.

Onaway 57Pellston 29

ONAWAY – The Onawaygirls of coach Marty Miximproved to 10-8 overall and8-7 in the Ski Valley with a 57-29 victory at home over hard-working-but-outmannedPellston on Thursday, Feb.13.

The Cardinals led 10-5, 22-11 and 43-22 at the quarterbreaks.

Lexi Szymoniak, a double-double machine this year,turned in another typicallyeffective performance,drilling home 15 points anddrawing down 11 rebounds.It was the 14th double-dou-ble for Lexi in 18 games, aremarkable achihevement.

Erika Price was right ontarget for 11 points and

Devin Bristley and Jade Galerhelped the Cardinal cause aswell, generating nine andeight points, respectively.

The Cardinals (10-8, 8-7)traveled to Rogers City onTuesday.

Mackinaw City 65Alba 14

MACKINAW CITY — TheMackinaw City girls of coachAdam Stefanski had toomuch firepower for game-but-outmanned Alba on thehome floor on Thursday, Feb.13, securing a 65-14 victoryin Northern LakesConference play.

The surging Cometspushed their record to 14-5overall and finished with a12-2 record in league play.Their only two league lossescame at the hands of BoyneFalls, giving the Loggers theleague title outright this year.Mack City was seeking itsthird straight NLC champi-onship.

Junior Lauren Bell had aharmonious night shooting,as usual, ringing in with 22points to pace the Comets.Bell was a beast down low aswell, bringing down 10rebounds for a double-dou-ble.

Junior Katherine Watchorn

canned 17 points with sevenboards and senior BrookeYoder bounced eight throughthe iron. Senior Blaine Yoderhad a big night spreading thewealth around, issuing awhopping nine assists.

Mack City (14-5, 12-2)closed out the regular seasonat home against non-leaguefoe DeTour on Tuesday, Feb.18.

Mio 63Oscoda 33

MIO – The Mio girls ofcoach Helen DeFloriopushed their record abovethe .500 mark with a work-manlike 63-33 decision overvisiting Oscoda in North StarLeague play on Thursday,Feb. 13.

The Thunderbolts led just11-9 after the first quarter butcontrolled play in the secondquarter to take a 30-18 leadinto the half.

Sweet-shooting ShelbyBooth sank 16 to lead the bal-anced scoring attack for Mio.Jalen DeFlorio dropped in 15and drew down eightrebounds and Katy Leflerlocked in for 13 points withseven boards. CassidyDeFlorio fired in 10 to jointhe other three in double-digit scoring for the contest.

J-L tames Trojans for SnowcomingOnaway edges Hornets; Pellston outscores Thunderbolts fall at Rogers City; Mack City closes 12-2 in NLC play

Girls Hoops

Snowbird gals look tobounce back

Third-ranked St. Mary beats Mancy, falls toBellaire in league games, slips into tie withEagles for SVC title

Basketball



St. Mary junior Natalie Burzynski (33) brings the ball up the floor with Tori

Reicheldorfer of Mancelona defending. Photo by Janet smiGielski

St. Mary sophomore Bekah Myler (21) goes high to

deliver a deuce on Tuesday, Feb. 11, as Eileene

Naniseni defends for Mancelona. Photo by Janet smiGielski

Mancelona’s feisty freshman Jill Smigielski fights her

way to the hole Tuesday as Kari Borowiak (11) and

Caylee Lawnichak (14) defend for St. Mary. Photo by Janet smiGielski

INDIAN RIVER – TheMancelona boys varsity bas-ketball jumped ahead earlyand then held on to beathost Inland Lakes, 69-55, onMonday, Feb. 17.

The Ironmen didn’t wastetime, quickly building a 21-8lead in the opening stanza.But, Inland Lakes foughtback and trimmed the leadto just seven points, 36-29,at halftime.

“They hung around,” saidMancelona head coach RickDuerksen. “I think they’re animproved team.”

The Ironmen, however,weren’t about to relinquishthe lead and outgunned thehost team, 33-25, in the sec-ond half.

Brandon Dingman con-tinued to power Mancelona,hitting for 28 points, 5rebounds, 3 steals and 3assists in the victory.

Justin Spires chipped in aseason-high 18 points andgrab a team-best 8rebounds, as well as tallying2 assists and 1 steal.

“He had a nice game,”Duerksen said of Spires.“Most of his points came inthe paint. He had some nicemoves.”

Duerksen especiallypraised Spires’ efforts on theboards, where 4 of his 8rebounds were at the offen-sive end.

“Those were critical,” thecoach added.

Other contributors forMancelona included: LoganBorst with 8 points and 2assists; Jake Winstead 7points, 5 assists and 1 steal;and Griffin Borst with 6

points, 7 rebounds, 3 assistsand 3 steals.

The win against Onawayput the Ironmen in sole pos-session of second place, twogames behind Bellaire.

As the regular seasonwinds down, Mancelona sitsin second place in the SkiValley Conference standingsbehind Bellaire. The twoleague leaders will againclash Feb. 25.

Before that, however, theIronmen (12-3 overall, 10-2conference) is first slated totravel to Gaylord St. Mary onWednesday, Feb. 19, andthen host Forest Area intheir final regular-seasonhome game Friday, Feb. 21.

Mancelona 64Central Lake 52

As usual, the Ironmenneeded a few minutes towarm up before surging to a62-54 win over host CentralLake on Friday, Feb. 14.

Mancelona found itselfdown early in the first quar-ter in the SVC matchup. But,by the end of the openingstanza, the Ironmen had a27-17 lead. And, that grew to47-27 at intermission.

“Usually, we don’t get offto big starts,” Duerksen said.“Sometimes, it seems wedon’t get going till abouthalfway through the quarter.

“It seems like we need 3-4minutes to get going.”

Dingman pacedMancelona with 23 points, 4rebounds, 4 steals and 2assists. And, Griffin Borst hita new season-high for himwith 18 points, 2 steals and 1assist in the win.

Also contributing for theIronmen were: Winsteadwith 7 points, 6 reboundsand 2 assists; Spires with 7points, 5 rebounds and 1steal; Logan Borst with 6points, 7 assists and 4 steals;and Trevor Straight-Carverwith 1 point and 4 rebounds.

Mancelona 61Onaway 43

A solid defensive efforthelped the visiting Ironmenget a measure of revenge fora loss earlier this season, asMancelona topped rivalOnaway, 61-43, onWednesday, Feb. 12.

The Ironmen got the bet-ter of the Cardinals early,leading 21-10 after the firstperiod and 30-13 at the half.

“We played well,”Duerksen said. “We had anice game defensively. Wecontested every shot.”

Dingman torchedOnaway for a double-dou-ble of 31 points, 11rebounds, 2 assists and 1steal.

Logan Borst added 12points, 3 steals and 3 assists,while Spires helped his teamwith 8 points, 5 rebounds, 2assists and 1 steal.

Joe O'Bradovich tallied 21to pace the Cardinals, whohad difficulty gettinguntracked againstMancelona's defensive pres-sure. Andrew Prow added 9points and Carlos Bautistahit for 8 points, as Onawayslipped to 11-4 overall forthe season.


News Service.

CHARLEVOIX – TheGrayling boys varsity basket-ball team couldn’t make anearly lead stick and fell tohost Charlevoix, 65-60, in aclash of the two LakeMichigan Conference hoopssquads Friday, Feb. 14.

The visiting Vikings (9-7overall, 5-7 conference) gotthe early edge on Charlevoix,leading 20-15 at the end ofthe first quarter. But, afterthat, it was the Rayders whodominated the scoreboard.

Charlevoix chipped awayat Grayling’s lead by outscor-ing the Vikes by two points,16-14, in the second quarterand trailed by just threepoints, 34-31, at halftime.

The Rayders then out-gunned Grayling in the sec-ond half, including 19-15 inthe third quarter and 15-11 inthe final eight minutes.

Tyler McClanahan pacedthe Vikings with a team-high17 points, 2 rebounds and 2assists. Scout Tobin and MattBurrell each scored 11 pointsin the loss, with Tobin alsochipping in with 2 rebounds,1 steal and 2 assists. Burrellalso tallied 1 rebound and 1steal against the Rayders.

Other contributors forGrayling included: MasonPapendick with 6 points, 4rebounds, 1 steal and 1 assist;Geoff Wilson with 4 points, 3rebounds and 1 steal;Michael Branch with 3points, 8 rebounds and 2

steals; Jake Swander with 3points, 1 rebound, 3 steals, 3assists and 1 blocked shot;Peyton Zigila with 3 points, 1rebound and 1 steal; EmmettHelsel with 2 points, 4rebounds and 1 steal; andCarson Burmeister with 6rebounds, 1 steal and 4assists.

“We had a lot of positivesin this game,” said Graylinghead coach Rich Moffit. “Wemoved Tyler McClanahan tothe No. 2 lane in transitionand he was able to score inour transition break.

“Matt Burrell and ScoutTobin played very well off thebench. Mason Papendickplayed solid in the paint,” headded. “I saw growth in a lotof areas.”

Of course, there was also adown side in the loss.

On the negative side, wehave to be more aggressiveand get to the rim,” Moffitsaid. “Charlevoix shot 22more free throws than wedid.”

Boyne City 65Grayling 38

Host Boyne City madequick work of the Vikingsbefore sending them homewith a 65-38 loss on Tuesday,Feb. 11.

The Ramblers put up morepoints in the first quarteralone, than Grayling man-aged in the first half, while

building a 37-17 lead at half-time. The Vikings tried torally and outgunned BoyneCity, 14-10, in the third quar-ter. But, the Ramblers endedany thoughts of a comebackby dominating the fourthquarter, 18-7.

"Boyne City has an out-standing team led by CoryRedman and Ryan Carson,”Moffit said. “They took us outof what we were trying toaccomplish offensively andshot very well from the field."

McClanahan was the onlyViking in double figures with12 points, 1 rebound, 1 steal,3 assists and 1 blocked shot.

Also contributing forGrayling were: Burmeisterwith 6 points and 1 steal;Wilson with 6 points and 1rebound; Justice Junttila with3 points, 6 rebounds and 2steals; Zigila with 3 points, 4rebounds and 1 steal; Tobinwith 3 points, 1 rebound and1 steal; Branch with 2 points,3 rebounds and 1 steal;Burrell with 2 points, 3rebounds, 1 steal and 1 assist;Gunner Metzer with 1 pointand 1 blocked shot; Helselwith 4 rebounds; Papendickwith 2 rebounds; Swanderand Darin Nicholas with 1steal and 1 assist each; ZanePittman with 1 blocked shot;and Scott Wakeley with 1rebound.

– Report by DennisMansfield, Buckland News

Service.

After loss to West, Devils will play at Cadillac this Thursday, Feb. 20, with BNC title on the line

Basketball

By Mike Dunn

TRAVERSE CITY – TheGaylord girls of coach FrankHamilla saw their perfectrecord in the Big Northsnapped on Friday, Feb. 14, atthe court of Traverse CityWest. Gaylord played out-standing defense, limitingthe host Titans to less than 40points but struggled all nightputting points in its own bas-ket and suffered a 37-21 set-back.

“We couldn’t buy a basketin the game,” Hamilla report-ed. “We were 7-of-43 shoot-ing for the night (16 percent).I give West credit for playinga very good game but I thinkwe showed the effects ofplaying three intense basket-ball games in four nights. Thebottom line is we have toplay over that and get readyfor the upcoming week.”

The loss to West sets up aHUGE league showdown atCadillac this Thursday, Feb.20. The game at the court ofthe Vikings will determine

who wins the Big North title.The Blue Devils will be fight-ing for their first-ever leaguecrown.

“We’ll be playing for a con-ference title and I know mygirls will give 100 percent,”Hamilla said.

In the tough loss to West,Gaylord led 7-6 after the firstquarter but trailed 18-12 atthe half and 28-19 going intothe fourth quarter.

Super sophomore BrandiWagner was back in the line-up and led the scoring attack,waxing the twine for eightpoints, and senior MaddieHamilla added six. LindseyZaremba pulled down sixrebounds.

The Gaylord JV of coachShelly Curtis posted a 35-24victory to push their recordto a sparkling 15-2 this sea-son!

Adrienne Edwards playedbark-tight defense, limitingthe Titans’ top scorer to justtwo points on the night. AricaAlread also showed up bigdefensively off the bench.

Casey Korte had the C-Koflowing, canning 13 points tolead the offense for theyoung Blue Devils, whileMaddy Sides and Edwardseach tipped the twine foreight points.

ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12,the busy Blue Devils pushedtheir record to 9-0 in the BigNorth with a 50-38 victoryover visiting T.C. Central. Itwas a super night for the twoSydneys on the Gaylord ros-ter.

Sydney Kassuba strokedthe twine for 12 points tolead a balanced scoringattack and Sydney Goodingstruck for a career-high 11points. Hamilla hammeredthe nets for nine and the reli-able Zaremba zeroed in forseven.

ON TUESDAY, Feb. 11, theBlue Devils played atCheboygan and dropped a40-34 decision. Gaylordtrailed 12-8 after one quarterbut rallied to tie the score at19 at the half and the scorewas still tied 28-28 going into

the final quarter. The Chiefsoutscored visiting Gaylord12-6 in the final eight min-utes of play to secure the win,though it was still just a two-point game with 1:30 left toplay.

Maddie Hamilla made thenets hum to the tune of 16points to pace the BlueDevils. Zaremba zoned in forseven points and LaurenHintz hit for six. Zarembaand Sydney Kassuba wereforces under the glass, eachcollecting 10 boards. SydneyGooding and Kassuba each

issued three assists. Hamillaand Hintz each recordedthree steals.

The Gaylord JV girls ofcoach Curtis secured a 36-14decision over the Chiefs.

The young Blue Devils ledjust 12-6 at the half beforeturning on the juice in thethird and fourth quarters.Once again, Casey Korte hadthe C-Ko flowing, taming thetwine for 21 points and earn-ing a double-double with 11rebounds. Casey also spreadthe wealth, issuing sevenassists in the contest. Mallory

Marshall added muscle tothe attack as well, measuringthe nets for eight points withfour assists.

Gaylord (12-5, 9-1) playedhost to Clare in non-leagueplay on Tuesday, Feb. 18, andplayed at Petoskey onWednesday, Feb. 19, in thenext-to-last league game ofthe season.

The Blue Devils take onCadillac on Thursday, Feb.20, to close out the regularseason. Gaylord opens ClassA district play at Marquetteon Monday, Feb. 24.

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BOYS BASKETBALL State RankingsClass ASchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points1. Muskegon (5) (17-0) 752. Detroit Pershing (17-2) 703. Romulus (13-2) 60T-4. Detroit U-D Jesuit (14-2) 59T-4. Ypsilanti (13-2) 596. Saginaw Arthur Hill (13-4) 437. Warren De La Salle (14-3) 358. Bloomfield Hills (14-2) 339. Clarkston (14-3) 3210. Flint Carman-Ainsworth (15-2) 27Others receiving votes: Detroit Cass Tech 22, Detroit Southeastern 22,Marquette 16, Taylor Truman 15, Battle Creek Central 9, Mount Pleasant 7, Holt7, Saginaw 3, Grand Blanc 3, Grand Ledge 2, Ann Arbor Huron 1.

Class BSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points1. Jackson Lumen Christi (3) (16-0) 722. Wyoming Godwin Heights (2) (16-0) 713. Millington (15-0) 634. Grand Rapids South Christian (15-1) 625. Otsego (15-2) 506. Yale (15-1) 487. Imlay City (15-0) 468. Comstock Park (15-1) 379. Milan (13-3) 2910. Detroit Country Day (10-6) 28Others receiving votes: Ferndale University 24, Warren Fitzgerald 19, Reed City12, Detroit Douglass 12, Dundee 5, Holland Christian 5, Detroit Community 5,Clinton Township Clintondale 4, Harper Woods Chandler Park Academy 4, St.Clair 3, Paw Paw 1.

Class CSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points1. Mount Clemens (3) (15-1) 722. Boyne City (2) (14-0) 693. Detroit Consortium (12-2) 634. Negaunee (15-1) 625. Detroit Allen (16-1) 566. Shelby (14-1) 537. Leroy Pine River (14-1) 438. Muskegon Heights PS Academy (13-2) 299. Sanford-Meridian (14-1) 2810. Detroit Loyola (11-4) 24Others receiving votes: Watervliet 19, Saginaw Valley Lutheran 17, FlintHamady 10, East Jordan 9, Homer 8, Mio Au Sable 6, Southfield BradfordAcademy 6, Flint Beecher 5, Marlette 5, Mancelona 4, Hanover-Horton 3,Addison 3, Elk Rapids 2, Beal City 2, Traverse City St. Francis 1, Pewamo-Westphalia 1.

Class DSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points1. Southfield Christian (5) (17-1) 752. Powers North Central (16-0) 703. Bellaire (16-1) 624. Cedarville (14-1) 555. Peck (14-0) 546. Battle Creek St. Philip (14-1) 487. Crystal Falls Forest Park (15-1) 458. Allen Park Inter-City Baptist (12-5) 409. Munising (15-1) 3310. Baldwin (12-2) 32Others receiving votes: Hillman 17, Fulton-Middleton 17, Frankfort-Elberta 14,Wyoming The Potter's House 12, Morrice 9, Lake Linden-Hubbell 7, AdrianLenawee Christian 7, Carney-Nadeau 2, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 1.

GIRLS BASKETBALL State RankingsClass ASchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points1. Detroit Martin Luther King (5) (16-1) 752. Farmington Hills Mercy (18-1) 653. Grosse Pointe South (18-1) 614. Bloomfield Hills Marian (17-2) 575. Grand Ledge (15-2) 556. Haslett (16-1) 517. Midland (17-1) 488. Southgate Anderson (18-1) 409. Richland Gull Lake (15-1) 3010. Clarkston (14-3) 26Others receiving votes: Rochester Adams 23, DeWitt 19, Farmington HillsHarrison 18, Holt 9, Marquette 7, Waterford Kettering 4, Holly 3, MuskegonMona Shores 3, Brownstown Woodhaven 2, Grand Haven 2, Kalamazoo Central1, Wyoming 1.

Class BSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points1. Grand Rapids South Christian (5) (17-0) 752. Goodrich (16-1) 693. Flint Powers (16-1) 664. Midland Bullock Creek (16-1) 535. Clare (16-1) 496. Detroit Country Day (15-1) 447. Portland (15-3) 398. Marshall (15-2) 349. Ypsilanti Arbor Preparatory (14-3) 2910. Manistee (17-0) 26Others receiving votes: Jackson Northwest 24, Grand Rapids Catholic Central23, Olivet 22, Houghton 16, Eaton Rapids 10, Ionia 7, Holland Christian 4, BayCity John Glenn 3, Williamston 3, Frankenmuth 2, Benton Harbor 1, Perry 1.

Class CSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points1. Blissfield (3) (15-0) 73T-2. Flint Hamady (1) (18-1) 61T-2. Sandusky (16-1) 614. Niles Brandywine (14-1) 605. Reese (17-1) 586. St Ignace La Salle (16-2) 477. Gobles (17-0) 418. Carson City-Crystal (15-2) 389. Saginaw Nouvel (13-4) 3310. Pittsford (1) (16-0) 25Others receiving votes: Mendon 19, McBain 17, Hemlock 15, Michigan Center10, Traverse City St. Francis 10, St. Louis 8, Kent City 6, New Lothrop 5,Breckenridge 4, Adrian Madison 3, Manchester 3, Morley-Stanwood 2,Beaverton 1.

Class DSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points1. Crystal Falls Forest Park (5) (19-0) 752. Posen (18-0) 703. Frankfort (17-1) 644. Eben Junction Superior Central (16-2) 575. Gaylord St Mary (16-2) 506. Athens (16-3) 47T-7. Stephenson (16-2) 32T-7 Marine City Cardinal Mooney (14-3) 32T-7. St Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic (16-2) 3210. Birmingham Roeper (14-3) 31Others receiving votes: Brimley 23, Twining Arenac Eastern 19, Portland St.Patrick 14, Ann Arbor Rudolf Steiner 14, Bellaire 14, Wyoming Potter's HouseChristian 11, Big Rapids Crossroads Charter Academy 6, Kingston 3,Watersmeet 3, Dollar Bay 2, Southfield Christian 1.

By Doug Derrer

TRAVERSE CITY – The BayReps hockey team hosted theInaugural NorthernMichigan Hockey LeagueChampionship at Centre IceArena in Traverse City onFriday and Saturday.

In the first contest onFriday, Manistee defeatedPetoskey 3-1. In the nightcapthe Reps lost a 2-1 heart-breaker to Cheboygan inovertime.

After a scoreless first peri-od, Josh Hill hammered one

home to put the Reps on topof Cheboygan 1-0. Hill’sunassisted goal came with7:22 remaining in the secondperiod.

The Reps would hold thatlead until the third periodwith just 44 seconds remain-ing when the Chiefs’ AustinChristie lit the scoring lampwith an assist from NateStempky to send the gameinto overtime. The Chiefs’goal came with their goal-tender off the ice for an extraattacker.

Cheboygan’s Gavin

Armstrong scored the gamewinner with 3:57 left in OT tosend the Chiefs to a matchupfor the league championshipwith Manistee on Saturday.Cheboygan defeatedManistee 5-0 to win theleague title.

In the consolation gameBay Area outshot Petoskey19-0 in the opening periodbut a shot from Hill would bethe only one that wouldevade Northern netminderMike Whittaker and the Repsled 1-0 after one period.

Bay Area outshot Petoskey

9-6 in the second period butBryndan Worden of theNorthmen tied to score at 1-1with 8:18 to go in the periodto set up a tense final period.Despite being outshot 2-1 inthe third period, Petoskeyscored twice to take a 3-1 winand claim third place in theleague.

The Reps will battleTraverse City West onMonday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m. atHowe Arena in the first roundof the Division I MichiganHigh School HockeyChampionships.

Reps host first league championship

Cheboygan wins 2-1 OT thriller over Reps in semifinals beforeshutting out Manistee in finals

Hockey

MANCELONA – InlandLakes had no answer forMancelona’s Emily Nixonand Eileene Naniseni, as theduo powered the LadyIronmen’s varsity team to a67-23 win over their Ski ValleyConference rival Saturday,Feb. 15.

Nixon had an outstandingperformance and posted atriple-double including ateam-high 19 points, 13rebounds, 10 steals and 2assists. It was her secondtriple-double of the season.

Naniseni, who’s still recov-ering from an injury, wasequally impressive with adouble-double of 16 points,20 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assistand 5 blocked shots.

Still, at least early on, thevisiting Bulldogs managed tokeep the game close, withMancelona leading by justtwo points, 13-11, at the endof the opening period.

But, the Lady Ironmen (7-9overall, 5-8 conference) start-ed to pull away in the secondquarter and held a 27-19advantage at halftime. Thatwas followed by an 18-0explosion in the third stanza.

The lead allowed headcoach Ben Tarbutton to playhis bench, with every playerscoring for the LadyIronmen.

Also contributing forMancelona in Saturday’s winwere: Tyra Oetting with 8points, 2 rebounds, 3 stealsand 2 assists; Sara Hittle with5 points, 3 rebounds, 4 steals,4 assists and 1 blocked shot;Tori Reicheldefer with 5points, 3 rebounds and 2steals; Jill Smigelski with 5

points, 2 rebounds, 1 stealand 2 assists; Megan Morriswith 4 points, , 2 reboundsand 1 assist; Bekky Piatt with3 points; and Ashley Josephwith 2 points, 4 steals and 4assists.

“It will be a tough week thisweek with Bellaire away (Feb.18), Joburg on Thursday (Feb.20) away and Pellston onFriday (Feb. 21) away,” saidTarbutton. “But, it is a goodweek to prepare for our dis-trict against East Jordan.”

Mancelona 50Forest Area 18

The Lady Ironmen weren’texactly gracious hostsThursday, Feb. 13, sendingvisiting Forest Area homewith a 50-18 loss.

Mancelona immediatelyjumped out in front, using a10-0 run at the start of thegame to open up a 13-2 leadin the first quarter. Things forthe Warriors only got worse,as they trailed at intermis-sion, 34-6.

Naniseni powered the LadyIronmen’s attack with yetanother double-double of 11points, 16 rebounds, 2 steals,1 assist and 3 blocked shots.

Nixon and Joseph each hitfor 9 points in the win. Nixonalso chipped in 7 rebounds, 3steals, 1 assist and 1 blockedshot, while Joseph had 3steals.

Other contributors forMancelona included: Hittlewith 8 points, 6 rebounds, 3steals and 1 assist; Oettingwith 5 points, 4 reboundsand 1 assist; Piatt with 3points and 1 rebound; Morriswith 2 points, 4 rebounds, 2

steals and 1 assist; RebekahSeeley with 2 points and 4rebounds; Smigelski with 1point, 2 rebounds and 3steals; Reicheldefer with 1rebound, 1 steal and 1 assist;and Hannah Hardy with 1rebound and 1 steal.

Gaylord St. Mary 55Mancelona 15

The only blemish for theLady Ironmen last week wasa 55-15 thumping at thehands of host Gaylord St.Mary, the leading team in theSVC, on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

Already down 36-9 at half-time, Mancelona’s strugglescontinued after intermission.The Lady Ironmen managedjust six points in the thirdquarter and were held score-

less in the final stanza.Naniseni and Nixon led

Mancelona with 4 pointseach. Naniseni also grabbeda team-high 8 rebounds to gowith 1 assist and 2 blockedshots in the loss. Nixon tal-lied 6 rebounds, 1 steal and 1blocked shot.

Mancelona also got contri-butions from: Joseph with 5points, 2 rebounds and 1steal; Reicheldefer with 2points, 4 rebounds and 1assist; Hittle with 3 rebounds,2 steals and 1 assist; Morriswith 2 rebounds; Oettingwith 1 rebound and 2 steals;and Smigelski with 1rebound.


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Nixon, Naniseni lead Lady IronmenNixon, Naniseni lead Lady Ironmen

Mancelona Junior Bekky Piatt (33) dribbles down the court

on Thursday as Cami Campbell defends for Forest Area.Photo by Janet smiGielski

Long-armed Mancelona freshman “Electric” Eileene

Naniseni (#40) goes airborne to deliver a deuce as Ally

Schuster (32) and Karina Ohneck (33) defend. Photo by Janet smiGielski

Mancelona Senior Tyra Oetting (#12), skies toward the

hoop to score two as Onnalise Hulwick 925) and Emma

Durfee (20) defend for the Warriors. Photo by Janet smiGielski

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By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD – The scenariowas the same for the young,scrappy Gaylord hockeyteam over the weekend. TheBlue Devils showed plenty ofheart and fight but justcouldn’t generate enoughfirepower to overcome apretty good Alliance team onthe home ice.

Gaylord lost 5-2 on Fridayand 4-2 on Saturday. TheBlue Devils saw their deceiv-ing record slip to 1-18-1 forthis tough season.

In Friday’s game, Alliancepulled to a 2-0 advantage on

the scoreboard over the firsttwo periods only to have theBlue Devils come stormingback in the third period to tiethe score. Gaylord’s top goalproducer this season, “GatlinGun” Garrett Richardson,was on target for his 14thtally of the campaign on apower play just 16 secondsinto the third period, taking apretty feed from teammateCam Laug and converting itinto a rocket blast to light thelamp and trim the deficit to2-1.

Just 25 seconds later, it wasJack Ryan bolting and joltingto knot the score at 2. Jack

jammed one home to scorehis first goal of the season,taking a perfect pass fromopportunistic Jackson Deansbefore converging on theenemy net and leavingAlliance goalkeeper NickSeosock futilely sprawling onthe ice.

Unfortunately, it was thefinal goal for Gaylord in thisone. Alliance took advantageof a power play to pull aheadmidway through the periodand then added two more inthe final minutes, includingan empty-netter, to pullaway. The 5-2 final scoredoesn’t reflect the true com-

petitiveness of the game.Alliance out-shot Gaylord

38-20 but the Blue Devilsstopped 6-of-7 Alliancepower play chances. GoalieEthan O’Dell made someoutstanding saves andturned away 33 of 37 shotsdirected at him.

On Saturday, Alliance onceagain got off to a 2-0 leadbefore Gaylord battled backto tie the score again.

The visitors were up by twogoals when the ever-danger-ous Richardson loaded upthe cannon and rang up his15th goal of the campaignwith help from the ubiqui-

tous Jackson Deans, whoearned his eighth assist. Thatmade it a 2-1 count.

Then it was Blake Millerblasting one home on apower play in the finalminute of the opening peri-od, taking the puck fromRichardson to make thetwine dance in the back ofthe net and tie the score at 2.

Alliance, which struggledto get scoring chances in thegame, used a power play togo on top 3-2 in the secondperiod and another powerplay to clinch the win in thethird period.

For the game, Gaylord

racked up 41 shots on netwith a relentless attack butAlliance goalie AndrewLarson was up to the task,turning away a whopping 39shots to preserve the win.The visitors had 17 shots onnet.

Gaylord (1-18-1) played atAlpena on Wednesday, Feb.19, and at T.C. Central onThursday, Feb. 20. ThisSaturday, Feb. 22, the BlueDevils conclude the regularseason at home againstPetoskey.

Effort is there in home defeats on Friday and Saturday; Richardson rings up 14th and 15th goals

Blue Devils play tough v. AllianceHockey

By Mike Dunn

ONAWAY – The Onawayboys of coach EddySzymoniak pushed theirrecord to 12-4 overall and 9-3in the league with a 59-43 tri-umph over Ski Valley foeInland Lakes on Friday, Feb.14.

Senior forward JoeO’Bradovich added to thelaurels of his monster seasonwith another solid showing.The sweet-shooting “Joey-O”jammed the twine for 16points to lead a balancedscoring ledger. Chris Cleavercanned 12 to help the causeand secured five steals whilesenior Carlos Bautista bustedthe nets for nine and domi-nated play inside, bringingdown a whopping 17rebounds while exchangingbruises with the Bulldogsbigs.

Onaway rallied from a 12-10 first-quarter deficit tofinally surge past the young,scrappy Bulldogs in the thirdquarter.

ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 12,in the 61-43 loss to hostMancelona, it wasO’Bradovich blistering thenets for 20 points andAndrew Prow pummeling theiron for nine.

The Cardinals (12-4, 9-3)played at Forest Area onWednesday, Feb. 19, and arehome against Pellston onFriday, Feb. 21.

Forest Area 74Pellston 69

FIFE LAKE – The visiting

Hornets gave host ForestArea a stiff battle on Mondayin a makeup Ski Valley clashbefore falling by a 74-69 mar-gin in an exciting seesawcontest.

Will Sheldon struck for 24points for Pellston to helpkeep the visitors in the huntto the end and Austin Hamlinhammered the nets for 21.

Justin Burke, who is fastapproaching the 1,000-pointplateau for his career, led theWarriors with 30 points andgrabbed 10 rebounds andAustin Vance added 26 with10 boards.

Pellston (5-12, 5-9) hostedBellaire on Wednesday, Feb.19. The Hornets play atOnaway on Friday, Feb. 21,and at St. Ignace on Tuesday,Feb. 25.

Gaylord St. Mary 51Pellston 37

GAYLORD – The St. Maryboys of coach Ken Blust wontheir third game in three dayson Friday, Feb. 14, outscoringvisiting Pellston 51-37 toimprove to 6-8 overall and 4-7 in the Ski Valley [also see areport on St. Mary’s gameMonday at Johannesburg inthis issue].

Rangy St. Mary senior for-ward Charles Strehl, who ishaving a monster year, con-tributed another 23 pointswhile completely dominatingplay under the boards.Charles didn’t just wipe theglass clean, he rinsed andwaxed the glass at the sametime, pulling down an amaz-ing 20 rebounds.

Junior Joltin’ JackLochinski landed 10 pointsthrough the iron with fourassists and Nick Harringtonhit for nine points and issuedfive assists. Anders Marquardmade his presence felt in thewin also, making four pointswhile issuing six assists.

Blust was especiallypleased with his team’s ballhandling of Harrington,Lochinski and Marquardagainst the hungry Hornets.

“I think we came out veryfocused tonight, having com-mitted only 10 turnoverstonight,” Blust said. “We con-tinue to see our consistentproduction in Charles, Nick,and Jack, but I was verypleased with the effort ofAnders; he hustled every-where on the court. Charleswas all over the glass againtonight.”

Senior center Tanner Kellercanned 13 points for Pellstonand pulled down 10 boardsfor a double-double.

ON THURSDAY, Feb. 13, inthe tense 54-51 win overCentral Lake, it was juniorJack Lochinski comingthrough big time, jammingthe twine for 18 points whilecovering the floor like wet onwater, making six steals.

Harrington had a big nightas well, taming the twine for17 points while making pin-point passes to teammatesand accumulating eightassists. Strehl, who drewTrojan defenders like mag-nets all game long, struck for15 points and grabbed 11boards for a double-double.

Hillman 65Mio 57

MIO – The Mio boys playedhost to Hillman, the onlyteam that had beaten theThunderbolts previously, andhoped to even the score onTuesday, Feb. 11, but theTigers once again proved tohave the Bolts’ number thisseason.

Hillman pushed its win-ning streak to 10 games witha hard-fought 65-57 victoryover the Thunderbolts. TheTigers improved to 14-1 over-all and 8-0 in the leaguewhile Mio slipped to 12-2overall, with both lossescoming at the hands of theTigers, and 8-1 in the league(the game at Mio did notcount in the league stand-ings).

Sophomore wing “Big”Ben Lubitz led the way forMio with 19 points in anoth-er typically effective per-formance and shifty seniorguard Seth Thomey secured16.

Mason VanPamel pum-meled the nets for 28 pointsto lead the visitors.

Mio, which improved to13-2 with a 78-38 win atOscoda on Friday, Feb. 14,faced Rogers City at home onTuesday, Feb. 18. The Bolts

play at Whittemore-Prescotton Friday, Feb. 21, and onMonday, Feb. 24, they arehome against Au Gres-Sims.

Mackinaw City 80Alba 49

MACKINAW CITY — TheMackinaw City boys of coachAustin Krieg assaulted theiron for 80 points in animpressive 80-49 victory overvisiting Alba on Thursday,Feb. 13.

Noah Morse flooded thenets with 26 points to leadthe way for the high-poweredComets on Senior Night.Noah, one of three seniors onthe Mack City roster, had thearc of his shots flowing fromlong range as he ploppedfour missiles through thenets from 3-point land.

Noah was one of fourComets in double figures onthe night. Zach Smithdrained the nets for 16points, Carlos “Hit Man”Hartman canned 11, andMatt Rivera rang up 10. JonahRobbins recorded seven andTim Somers lit it up for five.

Alba, playing without theservices of star playerBrandon Milbocker, still gavea gritty effort against a MackCity team with superiordepth and firepower.

Daniel Hegemann waxedthe nets for 12 points to leadthe tenacious Wildcats. NateWillett and Andrew Millardeach made the nets dance tothe tune of 10 points.

Mack City (12-4, 8-2) trav-eled to Pickford for a non-league clash on Wednesday,Feb. 19. On Friday, Feb. 21,the Comets host Vanderbiltfor Homecoming.

Pellston 62Central Lake 32

PELLSTON — The hostHornets improved to 5-10overall and 5-8 in the SkiValley with a decisive 62-32victory over Central Lake onWednesday, Feb. 12.

Conner Kilpatrick andAustin Hamlin provided apotent 1-2 punch forPellston, combining for 27points to lead the way.Conner canned 14 andHamlin hit for 13 to top thescoring charts. Senior centerTanner Keller collected 12points and cast a long shad-ow under the boards, asusual, while Will Sheldonshook the twine for nine andConner Kintz corralled theiron for eight.

Onaway outscores visiting I-LakesCards improve to 12-4; Snowbirds drain Central Lake, tame Hornets;

Mio falls again to Hillman; Mack City wins big

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TRAVERSE CITY -- AdamJeannotte scored two goalsand Quaid Brooks made 19saves Saturday as theCheboygan High Schoolhockey team downedManistee, 5-1, to win theNorthern Michigan HockeyLeague Tournament champi-onship game at Centre ICE.

The Chiefs, 10-14, close theregular season with a non-league game at Cadillac onFriday, Feb. 21. They play atSault Ste. Marie in a DivisionIII pre-regional game onWednesday, Feb. 26.

Josh Stempky, HunterFilice and Austin Christiealso scored in the Chiefs’ winover Manistee, while JohnGrantner, Matt Grisdale,Stempky and Christie eachhad an assist.

It was the second confer-ence championship in three

seasons for Cheboygan. TheChiefs shared the leaguecrown with the Bay Area Repsin 2011-12.

The Chiefs rallied to beatthe Reps, 2-1, in overtime, toreach the NMHL title game.

Christie scored off arebound with under aminute remaining to tie thegame at 1-1. Zack Schleyscored the game-winner fourminutes into the extra ses-sion.

Christie and Jeannottedrew the assists on Schley’sgoal, while Stempky assistedon Christie’s goal.

The Reps outshot theChiefs, 32-20. Brooksstopped 31 shots for the win.

Petoskey split its twogames in the tournament,beating Bay Area, 3-1, inSaturday’s consolation gameto snap a 10-game losingstreak.

Bryndon Worden, Ben

Schwartzfisher and DameonSpencer scored the goals forPetoskey, while TomCrampton picked up anassist. Spencer’s goal wasshorthanded.

Petoskey opened the tour-nament with a 3-1 loss toManistee. Mike Forton

scored for the Northmen, 2-18-3. Mike Whittaker took theloss in goal.

Petoskey was to play hostto Cadillac on Wednesday,Feb. 19, and closes the regu-lar season on Saturday, Feb.22, at Gaylord. Both are BigNorth Conference games.

The Cadillac contest, atGriffin Arena, is Petoskey’shome finale.

The Northmen drewMuskegon Mona Shores as aDivision II first-round pre-regional opponent. The twoteams are scheduled tosquare off on Tuesday, Feb.

25, at LC Walker Arena inMuskegon. The winner willface either MuskegonReeths-Puffer or TraverseCity Central on Thursday,Feb. 27.

Cheboygan rules NMHL icePetoskey snaps 10-game

losing streak


Members of the Cheboygan High School hockey team gather Saturday after beating Manistee, 5-1, to win the

Northern Michigan Hockey League tournament championship game in Traverse City. Photo Courtesy tammie bonGarD.

By Andy Sneddon

CHEBOYGAN – The kind ofgame, and, more important-ly, the kind of performance,that a team covets with thestate tournament nigh.

After squandering a 12-point halftime lead,Cheboygan used a 14-0fourth-quarter run in top-ping Alpena, 57-46, Mondayin a non-league girls basket-ball game.

The victory completed aseason sweep of the Wildcatsand it lifted the Chiefs to 11-7, guaranteeing Cheboygan awinning regular-seasonrecord.

"They took Alpena's bestpunch through the thirdquarter and the beginning ofthe fourth quarter,"Cheboygan coach JasonPurcell said of his players."They took that punch, theygot back up, and theyresponded, so I'm reallyproud of the girls for doingthat.

“To be quite honest, beingthe last week of the season, Idon't mind a good, tightgame like this, because I toldthe girls that they're learninghow to win close games."

The Chiefs were scheduledto play at Newberry onWednesday in a Straits Area

Conference makeup contest,and on Thursday will play atSt. Ignace in the annual“Shooting for a Cure” game.The Saints, Class D statechampions a year ago,entered the week 16-2 andranked second in Class C bythe Detroit Free Press.

Cheboygan is scheduled toopen Class B DistrictTournament play onMonday, Feb. 24, at homeagainst Roscommon.

Brooke Hancock scored 16points and grabbed eightrebounds, and point guardBridget Blaskowski added 13points to lead the Chiefs pastAlpena. Autumn Hudak

added nine points andCarolyn Clark had eightpoints and six rebounds.

The win over the Wildcats –Cheboygan’s sixth in its lasteight starts -- came on theheels of a 40-34 victory overGaylord, which headed intothe final week of the regularseason locked in a battle withCadillac for the Big NorthConference championship.

Hudak and Hancockscored 10 points apiece andClark had eight to lead theChiefs past Gaylord. MaceyCharboneau grabbed sevenrebounds, Clark had six andHudak added five.Blaskowski finished with

nine points and seven assists.Chiefs enter stretch runThe Cheboygan High

School boys basketball teamentered the week looking toright the ship after a pair oftough losses againstextremely strong competi-tion a week ago.

The Chiefs fell to Alpena,71-31, and to MuskegonHeights PS Academy, 98-65.Alpena entered the week 14-1– the only blemish on theWildcats ledger is a two-point loss to Traverse CityCentral in the season-opener– and was firmly in the dri-ver’s seat in the Big NorthConference.

Heights, 14-2, is the formerMuskegon Heights HighSchool, a longtime Class Bpowerhouse that is now acharter school.

Cheboygan was scheduledto play host to Gaylord in anon-league game onTuesday, and will entertainSt. Ignace in a Straight AreaConference game on Friday.

The Chiefs are 6-1 in theSAC and have alreadywrapped up the conferencechampionship, their firstsince 2010.

Chiefs hit their stride as state tournament beckonsCheboygan boys slug it out with heavyweights Alpena, Heights

By Andy Sneddon

PETOSKEY – It could be afeather in the cap.

It could mean a whole lotmore.

The Petoskey High Schoolboys basketball team willplay host to Alpena onFriday, Feb. 21, in a gamethat may amount to every-thing, or nothing in terms ofthe Big North Conferencechampionship.

The Northmen enteredthe week 11-5 overall and 7-3in the league. Alpena was 14-1, 9-1. Only a 64-62 loss toTraverse City Central in theirseason opener separates theWildcats and a perfect sea-son.

Petoskey was scheduled toplay at Sault Ste. Marie in anon-league game onTuesday, while the Wildcatswere slated to play host toTawas Area in a non-leagueron Wednesday.

Neither of those gamesmatter in the league sce-nario, which shapes up like

this:Alpena needs to win one

of its final two league gamesto clinch the outright BigNorth title. The Wildcats playhost to West BranchOgemaw Heights in theirleague finale on Thursday,Feb. 27. The same night,Petoskey plays at Gaylord inits final conference game.

Petoskey cannot win thechampionship outright, butit can share the title withAlpena. The only way forthat to happen is Petoskeymust beat both the Wildcatsand Blue Devils, ANDAlpena must also lose toOgemaw.

No matter what happensover the next week or so,Petoskey clearly will reaplong-term benefits fromhaving been in the heat of apennant race with just onesenior starter, Joe LaBlanc,and four sophomores whoeither start or are among thefirst subs off the bench.

If Alpena does indeed winthe league crown, the

Wildcats will have earned it.They have won at Cadillacand at Traverse City West inthe eight days leading up totheir visit to Petoskey. Theyscored a resounding 70-46win over Cadillac, andnipped West, 72-70, on abuzzer-beating putback byAndy Marwede.

Those two wins allowedAlpena to bolt ahead of thepack and leave its one-timecompetitors – Cadillac andWest -- in the dust. Petoskeyremains in the hunt, but forthe Northmen, it’s win – noeasy task against a very goodAlpena team that beatPetoskey, 67-61, in their firstmeeting – and hope.

Jason Bur and Aron Leescored 11 points each, whileBrandon Carson and EvanWhitmore added 10 apieceto lead the Northmen to a62-41 victory over Ogemawlast Friday.

All four players are sopho-mores.

Northmen girls fallOgemaw Heights handed

Petoskey a 45-40 Big NorthConference girls basketballloss on Friday.

It was the 14th consecu-tive loss for Petoskey, whichis 1-16 overall, 0-9 in theleague. The Northmen earli-er last week dropped a 66-19decision to St. Ignace, whichis 16-2 and ranked second inClass C by the Detroit FreePress.

Kati Lewis scored 20points to lead the Northmenagainst Ogemaw.

The Northmen werescheduled to face Sault Ste.Marie in a non-league gameon Tuesday and Gaylord in aBig North Conference tilt onWednesday, before travelingto Alpena on Friday for a BigNorth game.

Petoskey opens Class ADistrict Tournament play athome on Monday, Feb. 24,against Traverse CityCentral. The Northmen andTrojans split their seasonseries, both winning on theroad.

Northmen need a win, andsome help

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New state laws designed todeter poaching of antleredbucks, especially those withtrophy-sized racks, and toreduce recreational trespassare now in effect in Michigan,the Department of NaturalResources (DNR) announcedtoday.

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In addition, the new lawsaddress recreational trespassby increasing the civil dam-age award that a landownermay recover. Previouslyunder the law, the maximumamount a landowner couldrecover from someone whotrespasses on his or her landto hunt or engage in otherrecreational activity was $250or actual property damages.Under the new law, the civilaction increases to $750 oractual property damages.Additionally, if someone killsany protected animal, gameor fish while trespassing, thenew law creates a new misde-meanor with higher finesthan allowed for a first viola-tion.

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Actions speak louder than a bumper sticker--E.B. Bull

Back in the Jesus People Movement bumper stickers aboutour faith were all the rage. “HONK IF YOU LOVE JESUS!” wasone of the most common followed by “WAVE IF YOU LOVEJESUS”. Then there were some with more of a theologicalbent—“TURN OR BURN” or “GET RIGHT OR END UP LEFT”.One of my favorites was “MY BOSS IS A JEWISH CARPENTER”.That often generated some interesting conversations when Ishowed up on a construction site.

The problem with bumper stickers is that they are just words.Oh, they might be good words, usually clever words, hopefullytrue words but with no action to back them up they are justwords. The nice thing about bumper stickers is that you’re usu-ally moving at a high enough rate of speed no one expects anaction. One young man I was acquainted with learned the les-son about bumper stickers one day. He was traveling down thehighway when he noticed a car on the side of the freeway. Hepulled over and got out to offer assistance. A well-dressed mid-dle-aged lady exited her car pulling money out of her purse say-ing, “I’ve got money, I can pay, please don’t leave me!” Theyoung man admonished her to put her money away. She had aflat tire but no spare. He removed her tire, loaded it in his vehi-cle and told he’d be back soon. She was frightened to be aloneso he offered her a ride. They went into the next town, got thetire fixed and brought it back. In no time she was ready to be onher way. As the grateful woman left the young man realized thatthe last hour had spoke more about his faith in Jesus that all thebumper stickers plastered on the rear of his vehicle includingthe “GOD IS MY COPILOT” license plate on the front.

Lord, help me to never forget that just as faith without actionis dead bumper stickers without action are just pretty pieces ofpaper. Amen.

Robert MoodyCopyright 2014

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Thoughts on...What message did your favorite sign convey?

Peace to this place.Dawn Thompson, Alanson

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ONWinona Hay, Petoskey

There is a fellowship meeting here.

(Church sign)Kim Wills, Petoskey

"RELIEF" is nearby. Relief ahhh!!

(Restroom sign)Jeremy Wills, Petoskey

Daily WordTHURSDAY: Genesis 9:11-13 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 11 I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall neveragain be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth.” 12 God said, “This isthe sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all succes-sive generations; 13 I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth.

FRIDAY: Joshua 4:5-7 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 5 and Joshua said to them, “Cross again to the ark of the Lord yourGod into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribesof the sons of Israel. 6 Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, ‘What do these stonesmean to you?’ 7 then you shall say to them, ‘Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant ofthe Lord; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.’ So these stones shall become a memorial tothe sons of Israel forever.”

SATURDAY: 1 Samuel 10:6-9 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 6 Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you mightily, andyou shall prophesy with them and be changed into another man. 7 It shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourselfwhat the occasion requires, for God is with you. 8 And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come downto you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show youwhat you should do.” 9 Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart; and all thosesigns came about on that day.

SUNDAY: Exodus 31:16-18 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 16 So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate thesabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.’ 17 It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; forin six days the Lord made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed.” 18 WhenHe had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, writ-ten by the finger of God.

MONDAY: Matthew 24:3-8 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came toHim privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end ofthe age?” 4 And Jesus answered and said to them, “See to it that no one misleads you. 5 For many will come in My name,saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will mislead many. 6 You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are notfrightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdomagainst kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. 8 But all these things are merely the begin-ning of birth pangs.

TUESDAY: Luke 2:9-14 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 9 And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and theglory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid;for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; 11 for today in the city of David there hasbeen born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in clothsand lying in a manger.” 13 And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God andsaying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.”

WEDNESDAY: 1 Corinthians 14:21-26 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 21 In the Law it is written, “By men of strange tonguesand by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, and even so they will not listen to Me,” says the Lord. 22 So thentongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy is for a sign, not to unbelievers but tothose who believe. 23 Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbe-lievers enter, will they not say that you are mad? 24 But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he isconvicted by all, he is called to account by all; 25 the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face andworship God, declaring that God is certainly among you. 26 What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, eachone has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.

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burgundy! Wheel Flairs, perfect for

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winter with this strong truck today!

$8,949. Dave Kring Chevrolet-

Cadillac, 1861 US 31 North,

Petoskey, MI 231-347-2585.

2003 Dodge Ram 1500. 4x4, tow

pkg, bedliner, 118 K. As low as $179

a month. Rivertown Auto Group, The

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Cheboygan, MI 231-627-6700.

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2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited.

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103 K As low as $199 a month or

less. Rivertown Auto Group, The Best

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2004 Jeep Liberty Sport 4x4. Light

Khaki Metallic, khaki cloth seats, CD,

alloys, tinted windows, tow, Tilt

wheel, Perfect for any season, be

sure to stop and take it for a spin.

Dave Kring Chevrolet-Cadillac, 1861

US 31 North, Petoskey, MI 231-347-

2585.

2005 Toyota Highlander. 4WD, tow

pkg. Lots of cargo room. Only 103 K.

Sale Price $10,497. Rivertown Auto

Group, The Best for Less 989 VFW

Road, Cheboygan, MI 231-627-6700.

www.RiverAuto.net

2006 Chevy 2500 HD LT. 4x4, ext

cab, tow pkg, bedliner, locking tool

box, seats 5, locking tool box. Sale

Price $12,997. Rivertown Auto



www.RiverAuto.net

2006 Jeep Liberty Limited. 4x4,

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a month or less. Drive Now Auto

Sales, 2215 US Highway 31 N,

Petoskey. Phone 231-347-3200.

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2007 Ford F-150 XLT Lariat. 4x4,

fiberglass bed cover, tow pkg,

leather, power moonroof, nice. Only

98 K. Sale Price $16,797. Rivertown

Auto Group, The Best for Less 989

VFW Road, Cheboygan, MI 231-627-

6700. www.RiverAuto.net

4 WHEEL DRIVE

2008 Ford F-150 XL. 4x4, soft ton-

neau bed cover, tow pkg, bedliner, ext

cab, seats 5. Only 84 K. Sale Price

$14,997. Rivertown Auto Group, The



www.RiverAuto.net

2008 Ford F-150. 4x4, soft tonneau

cover, bedliner, tow pkg, seats 6. Only





2009 Ford F-150 Super Crew. FX4

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www.RiverAuto.net

2010 Dodge Nitro SXT 4WD. Lots of

Chrome all ‘round, a really a nice

ride! Remote start, sunroof, rear

parking sensors, fog lamps, Chrome

tube steps, and bright alloys & more!



Petoskey, MI 231-347-2585.

2011 Chevy Colorado Crew 4WD.

Chevrolet CERTIFIED Extended

Warranty! 5.3L,V-8 Powerful! Wheel

Flares, Z-71 Off Road Package, Bed

Liner, Chrome Wheels, door handles-

So clean! $24,949. Dave Kring

Chevrolet-Cadillac, 1861 US 31

North, Petoskey, MI 231-347-2585.

2011 Ford Escape XLT. 4WD, power

moonroof. Loaded, loaded, loaded.




www.RiverAuto.net

2011 Honda CR-V EX 4WD. CARFAX 1

owner! Very Low Mileage! Extremely

clean! Sunroof, 6-disc CD, steering

controls, almost new tires in Sharp

looking alloys, a nice ride! $20,949.



2585.

2012 Ford Escape XLT 4WD. CARFAX

1 owner in Sterling Gray Metallic!

Great Condition with Sunroof, Blue

tooth for phone, Fog Lamps, Steering

controls and more. Perfect all weath-

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4 WHEEL DRIVE2013 Chevy Silverado LT Crew Cab

4x4. All Star Edition & a CARFAX 1

owner! 22K miles and pristine!

Charcoal cloth seats, EZ-Lift Tailgate,

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wheel controls and more! $28,949.



2585.

2013 Chevy Tahoe LT1 4x4. CARFAX

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assist, Blue tooth, Remote Start,

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ADOPTION

ADORING COUPLE seeks to adopt

your precious newborn. Expenses

paid. Please call Olga and Duane at

845-269-2491

LOVING COUPLE seeks to adopt.

Expenses paid. Please call Dina and

Jim at 914-215-3312

ANNOUNCEMENTS

$6.99 LUNCH. 13 different tasty,

homemade choices. Try Bros Bistro, I-

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Michigan. Send us a note in the mail

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readers in the Weekly Choice. Mail

your note to Weekly Choice, PO Box

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notes may be sent elsewhere. The

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FRIDAY NIGHT FISH Fry. Walleye,

perch, cod, pan fried or beer bat-

tered. Bros Bistro, I-75 Exit 270,

Waters. 989-705-1800

HOMEMADE, REAL FOOD. Everything

on the menu is available for take out

at Gobblers of Gaylord, 900 S.

Otsego, Gaylord. 989-732-9005

MIO Gun show. Saturday, March 1

from 9am - 3pm at the Mio

Community Center located 2 blocks

east of Rite-Aid. Admission is $5,

under 12 free with adult. Contact

989-335-3195 for more info.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MORE THAN TURKEY. Perch, shrimp,

smelt, cod, walleye every day only at

Gobblers of Gaylord, 900 S. Otsego,

Gaylord. 989-732-9005

PEPSI – Gaylord Vending can supply

your business or office with vending

machines for Pepsi drinks and

snacks for your staff and customers.

Serving Gaylord, Petoskey, Boyne

City, Charlevoix, East Jordan,

Grayling, Lewiston, Mio and many

areas in Northern Michigan. We offer

a full line of popular snacks and

drinks. Locally owned and operated.

Contact us at 989-350-9238, 989-

732-8160 or e-mail us at

[email protected].

SATURDAY NIGHT Herb seasoned

prime rib. Try Bros Bistro, I-75 Exit

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AUTO ACCESSORIES

Used tires, Gently used. 215 60R16 .

Must sell, $100 OBO. 989-350-0778

AUTOMOBILES

2003 Cadillac DeVille Sedan.

Pampered with less than 75k miles!

Clean and well-priced! Thunder gray,

dark gray heated leather, sunroof,

chrome wheels, 6-disc CD, luxury at a

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2007 Cadillac DTS Luxury 1.

Beautiful Glacier White! Front and

Back row heated leather seats, park-

ing assist front/rear. Less than 50k

miles!! Chrome wheels, remote start

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2010 Cadillac CTS AWD.

Performance Pkg., Adaptive head-

lights! Heated leather, Ultra view sun-

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Upgraded alloys! A beautiful Ride at a

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2010 Ford Fusion SEL. AWD, sunroof.

As low as $249 a month. Rivertown




2012 Chevy Captiva Sport LTZ AWD.

CARFAX 1 owner & Super Clean!

MAXED out with features. Heated

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2585.

2012 Chevy Cruze ECO. Outstanding

condition! Autumn metallic Rally

Sport! 38+ MPG! Steering controls,

Rear Spoiler, Bluetooth, Deep tread

tires on sharp alloys! $14,949. Dave

Kring Chevrolet-Cadillac, 1861 US 31


BAD CREDIT? NO CREDIT? Low week-

ly payments available at Tailored

Enterprises in Petoskey. Call 231-

347-3332 or 1-888-774-2264. Ask

about guaranteed credit approval.

www.tailoredenterprises.com.

I BUY CARS! Wrecked or in need of

mechanical repair, 1995 and up.

Gaylord area. 989-732-9362

BUSINESS VENTURES

WANT to Borrow $125,000 on Land

Contract, 7% secured by commercial

property. Gaylord area. 989-600-

7876

CLASSIC AUTO

CASH FOR OLD CARS. Please don't

send to crusher. Michel's Collision &

Restoration 231-348-7066

FOR SALE: 1940 FORD PICKUP. 231-

348-7066

FIREWOOD & WOODSTOVE

Affordable, clean, safe and efficient

wood heat. Central Boiler OUTDOOR

WOOD FURNACE. Heats multiple

buildings. Double L Tack Inc 989-

733-7651

FIREWOOD FOR SALE. $80 a face

cord, split and delivered. 2 cord mini-

mum. $70 a face cord non-split.

Gaylord area. Call 989-732-1403

FIREWOOD, DRY. B. Moeke. 231-

631-9600

MIXED HARDWOODS, 5 face cord

load, $350. Local Johannesburg.

Other areas plus delivery. 989-732-

5878

SEASONED OAK and Ash. $70 a cord.

2 cord minimum. $10 delivery fee

over 20 miles from Elmira. 989-619-

1473

FREE ITEMS

HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE AWAY?

Free items classified ads run free of

charge in the Weekly Choice. Call

989-732-8160 or e-mail your ad to

[email protected].

FRESH FOOD

$6.99 WALLEYE MEAL. Monday all

day only at Gobblers of Gaylord, 900

S. Otsego, Gaylord. 989-732-9005

COD ALMONDINE or chicken marcel-

la, $10.99. Try Bros Bistro, I-75 Exit

270, Waters. 989-705-1800

GUNS

Always buying old savage rifles and

most 22 rifles, 989-390-1529.

MIO Gun show. Saturday, March 1

from 9am - 3pm at the Mio

Community Center located 2 blocks

east of Rite-Aid. Admission is $5,

under 12 free with adult. Contact

989-335-3195 for more info.

PRIVATE COLLECTOR is buying, sell-

ing, possible trades of rifles, shot-

guns and handguns from his person-

al collection. Handgun purchase

requires purchase permit or MI CPL.

Call Bud at 989-335-3195.

HEALTH

Natural Remedies, alternative medi-

cine, medical marijuana facility.

1349 S. Otsego Ave., Suite 1,

Gaylord, located in the Parkside Mini

Mall, www.naturalremedies420.com,

989-748-4420.

HELP WANTED

Cosmetologists Needed. We are look-

ing for people with Good attitudes

that are willing to learn and grow a

business. We have opportunities!

Send resume or apply within to AK

Hair Studio, 250 Meijer Drive,

Gaylord, MI 49735. 989-732-1000.

[email protected]

GRAYLING – Part Time Salesperson.

We publish 2 weekly newspapers,

The Weekly Choice and the

Charlevoix County News. Work your

own schedule. Independent

Contractor. Great Commission. The

best candidate will be friendly and

enjoy helping local businesses create

print advertising to help them reach

consumers throughout Northern

Michigan with our newspapers and

associated products. Must have com-

puter, Internet access and depend-

able transportation. E-mail info to

Dave at [email protected].

News Reporter – Boyne Falls –

Attend and report on local govern-

mental meetings, school board and

local news reporting. Experienced

writer and photographer a plus. Must

have Digital camera and computer. E-

mail info and samples to Dave at

[email protected].

PETOSKEY – Full or Part Time

Salesperson. We publish 2 weekly

newspapers, The Weekly Choice and

the Charlevoix County News. Work

your own schedule. Independent

Contractor. Great Commission. The

best candidate will be friendly and

enjoy helping local businesses create

print advertising to help them reach

consumers throughout Northern

Michigan with our newspapers and

associated products. Must have com-

puter, Internet access and depend-

able transportation. E-mail info to

Dave at [email protected].

POWERSPORTS PARTS SALESPER-

SON NEEDED! We’re looking for a

highly motivated, experienced associ-

ate for a full-time position in our busy

powersports parts department.

Previous four-season powersports

parts knowledge and sales skills pre-

ferred. For more information, con-

tact: Dave @ Extreme Power Sports

989-732-4331, or stop in at 2572 S.

Otsego Avenue, Gaylord, MI.

HELP WANTED

Wanted: Driver/Warehouse position.

This position includes the manage-

ment of customer inventories, ware-

house stocking, and delivery. A CDL

is required and mechanical ability

preferred. Full-time, operating out of

a Gaylord warehouse. Send resume

to: Human resources, PO Box 8185,

Grand Rapids, MI 49508.

HOMES FOR RENT

2 bedroom house for rent, natural

gas, newer carpet, no pets, call 989-

983-2551, ask for Jack.

HOMES FOR SALE

We sell Energy Star modular homes,

let us build your new home or replace

your fire loss. See our model, give us

a call for an appointment. Northland

Homes, 989-370-6058.

HOUSEHOLD

GERTA'S DRAPERIES: Everything in

Window Treatments Free estimates

and in home appointments.

Established 1958. Call 989-732-

3340 or visit our showroom at 2281

South Otsego Ave., Gaylord.

MANUFACTURED HOMES

NEW & REPOS: Double-Wides, 16's,

14's. Take anything on trade.

Financing available. A complete line

of parts. www.michiganeast-

sidesales.net. 989-966-2037

MISCELLANEOUS

$3.99 Breakfast; $5.99 Lunch;

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900 S. Otsego, Gaylord. 989-732-

9005

BARB'S HOMEMADE DESSERTS.

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900 S. Otsego, Gaylord. 989-732-

9005

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Contact us at 989-350-9238, 989-


[email protected].

Small, private collector paying cash

for Baseball, Football cards before

1970. 231-373-0842. Gaylord Area

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office with vending machines for

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[email protected].

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989-732-9005

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Reader Advisory: the National Trade

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chased some classifieds in our

paper. Determining the value of their

service or product is advised by this

publication. In order to avoid misun-

derstandings, some advertisers do

not offer employment but rather sup-

ply the readers with manuals, direc-

tories and other materials designed

to help their clients establish mail

order selling and other businesses at

home. Under NO circumstance

should you send any money in

advance or give the client your check-

ing, license ID, or credit card num-

bers. Also beware of ads that claim to

guarantee loans regardless of credit

and note that if a credit repair com-

pany does business only over the

phone it’s illegal to request any

money before delivering its service.

All funds are based in US dollars.

800 numbers may or may not reach

Canada.

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Assistance. Financial Aid available

for those who qualify. 800-321-

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NOTES OF ENCOURAGEMENT

Positive Notes of Encouragement are

free in the Weekly Choice. Birthday,

Anniversary, Wedding,

Congratulations or just a Positive

Note all are free. E-Mail your Note of

Encouragement to

[email protected]

PERSONALS

Active single Christian senior lady,

84, seeking male companionship to

enjoy the simple things in life; love for

the outdoors, scenic drives, baking,

cooking, animals and conversation.

Respond to P.O. Box 382-a, Gaylord,

MI 49734

PETS

TINY MALE Yorkie Puppy. 12 weeks

old, shots, paper trained, lap dog.

$500 obo. 989-350-2861

PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR

Private Investigator, Licensed,

Bonded. Can find almost anyone.

Lost loves. Biological parents.

Missing persons. Debtors. Heirs. Free

confidential phone consultations.

Local. 989-731-1111.

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Hours: Monday –Saturday 9am –

5pm, Closed Sunday

Used 2007 Sportsmen 41K Fifth

wheel Toy Hauler. 2007 Sportsmen

41K toy hauler fifth wheel. There is a

14ft Garage in this toy hauler. It has

3 axles, generator, 2 air conditioners,

power jacks, and so much more.

Don't forget the toys. MSRP:

$33,995. Save Thousands! Contact

us today for special discount pricing.



49735. 989-448-8700. Summer


5pm, Closed Sunday

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

2014 Cyclone 3100 Toyhauler.

Cyclone Fifth Wheel Toy Hauler

w/Rear Ramp Door to 10' Garage

w/Overhead Loft Area, Side Man

Door, Pantry, 4 door Refrigerator, 3

Burner Range, Overhead Storage, L-

Sofa w/Dinette Table Slide-out, Side

Aisle Bath, Linen Storage, Slide-out

Wardrobe/Dresser Storage and

Much More! Includes Electric Queen

Bed Split Bench Seat /Bed, Rear

Patio Package with power awning

and 2 side awnings. MSRP: $46,995.

Save $11,000. Sale Price: $35,995.



49735. 989-448-8700. Summer


5pm, Closed Sunday

New 2013 Torque 291 Fifth Wheel

Toy Hauler. Torque by Heartland

w/10' Garage Space Including Side

Man Door and Overhead Storage in

Cargo, Door to Living Area, Refrig. 3

Burner Range and Dbl. Kitchen Sink

w/Overhead Storage, Slideout U-

Dinette w/Table, Ent. Center, Step Up

to Side Aisle Bath w/Toilet, Sink and

Tub/Shower, Slideout Wardrobe in

Bedroom, Front Queen Bed

w/Nightstand and Storage. Included

is an Electric Queen Bed Split Bench

Seat/Bed in Cargo, LCD TV. MSRP:

$46,995. Save $10,000. Sale Price

$36,995. International RV World,

277 N. Expressway Court, Gaylord, MI

49735. 989-448-8700. Summer


5pm, Closed Sunday

RESORT PROPERTY FOR RENT

SANIBEL HARBOUR AND RESORT,

Fort Myers, Florida luxury condo over-

looking San Carlos Bay. 2 bedrooms.

Numerous amenities and fine dining

at resort. 989-731-2664.

SERVICES

DJ/KARAOKE SERVICE available for

weddings, clubs or parties.

References and information at

www.larryentertainment.com. 989-

732-3933

EFFICIENT HEATING AND COOLING.

Furnaces, Air Conditioning, Sales and

Service. Quality Workmanship 989-

350-1857

Gideon’s Handyman Service

(insured), carpentry, snow removal

from roofs, landscaping, spring clean

up, free estimates, call Gideon

Current 989-785-2192











Contact us at 989-350-9238, 989-


[email protected].

SNOW REMOVAL

6 foot Snow Blower. 3 point with

hydraulic turn chute. $1,500. Call

evenings. 989-736-7689

STORAGE

APS Mini-Warehouse of Gaylord has

5x10 units available for just $35 a

month. No long term contract neces-

sary. In town, safe storage. Larger

units also available. Call 989-732-

8160.

Heated or Cold storage available for

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall, 989-

732-0724

SUV

2003 Ford Explorer. Great deal. As

low as $99 a month. Drive Now Auto



www.drivenow123.com

SUV

2003 NISSAN PATHFINDER. 4x4,

172,000 miles, leather interior, new

tires, battery and more. $5,700 obo.

989-821-6314

2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited.

4x4, power moonroof, leather. Only

103 K As low as $199 a month or

less. Rivertown Auto Group, The Best

for Less 989 VFW Road, Cheboygan,

MI 231-627-6700.

www.RiverAuto.net

2004 Jeep Liberty Sport 4x4. Light

Khaki Metallic, khaki cloth seats, CD,

alloys, tinted windows, tow, Tilt

wheel, Perfect for any season, be

sure to stop and take it for a spin.



2585.

2005 Chrysler Pacifica. AWD, only 99

K. As low as $179 a month. Drive

Now Auto Sales, 2215 US Highway 31

N, Petoskey. Phone 231-347-3200.

www.drivenow123.com

2005 Toyota Highlander. 4WD, tow

pkg. Lots of cargo room. Only 103 K.




www.RiverAuto.net






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www.drivenow123.com

2010 Dodge Nitro SXT 4WD. Lots of

Chrome all ‘round, a really a nice

ride! Remote start, sunroof, rear

parking sensors, fog lamps, Chrome

tube steps, and bright alloys & more!



Petoskey, MI 231-347-2585.

2010 Ford Escape XLT. Flex Fuel,

good MPG. Sale Price $11,497.

Rivertown Auto Group, The Best for

Less 989 VFW Road, Cheboygan, MI

231-627-6700. www.RiverAuto.net

2011 Chevrolet Equinox 1LT AWD.

CAR Fax 1 owner & Chevrolet CERTI-

FIED extended new car warranty!

Less than 34k Miles! Flawless condi-

tion! Sporty with dual exhaust,

remote Start & more! $22,949. Dave

Kring Chevrolet-Cadillac, 1861 US 31


2011 Chevy Equinox LS. Black and

beautiful. Sale Price $13,997.

Rivertown Auto Group, The Best for

Less 989 VFW Road, Cheboygan, MI

231-627-6700. www.RiverAuto.net

SUV

2011 Chevy Equinox LT. AWD, rear

view camera, moonroof and a lot

more. Sale Price $15,997. Rivertown




2011 Ford Escape XLT. 4WD, power

moonroof. Loaded, loaded, loaded.




www.RiverAuto.net

2011 Honda CR-V EX 4WD. CARFAX 1

owner! Very Low Mileage! Extremely

clean! Sunroof, 6-disc CD, steering

controls, almost new tires in Sharp

looking alloys, a nice ride! $20,949.



2585.

2012 Chevy Equinox LS. Steering

wheel control panel, nice. Sale Price




www.RiverAuto.net

2012 Ford Escape XLT 4WD. CARFAX

1 owner in Sterling Gray Metallic!

Great Condition with Sunroof, Blue

tooth for phone, Fog Lamps, Steering

controls and more. Perfect all weath-

er vehicle! $19,449. Dave Kring



TOOLS

Sears 10 inch stationary radial arm

saw, dual voltage, New. $250 OBO.

989-786-5294 or 313-533-8971

TRUCKS

2000 GMC Sierra 2500 Classic 4x4.

Regular cab, CARFAX 1 owner in deep

burgundy! Wheel Flairs, perfect for

hauling or plowing. Take on old man

winter with this strong truck today!



Petoskey, MI 231-347-2585.

2003 Dodge Ram 1500. 4x4, tow

pkg, bedliner, 118 K. As low as $179

a month. Rivertown Auto Group, The



www.RiverAuto.net

2003 Ford Ranger XL. Ext cab, hitch.

As low as $149 a month. Rivertown




TRUCKS

2006 Chevy 2500 HD LT. 4x4, ext

cab, tow pkg, bedliner, locking tool

box, seats 5, locking tool box. Sale

Price $12,997. Rivertown Auto



www.RiverAuto.net

2007 Ford F-150 XLT Lariat. 4x4,

fiberglass bed cover, tow pkg,

leather, power moonroof, nice. Only





2008 Ford F-150 XL. 4x4, soft ton-

neau bed cover, tow pkg, bedliner, ext

cab, seats 5. Only 84 K. Sale Price




www.RiverAuto.net

2008 Ford F-150. 4x4, soft tonneau

cover, bedliner, tow pkg, seats 6. Only





2009 Ford F-150 Super Crew. FX4

Off Road 4x4. Sync, 4 door, seats 5,

bedliner, tow pkg, loaded. Sale Price




www.RiverAuto.net

2011 Chevy Colorado Crew 4WD.

Chevrolet CERTIFIED Extended

Warranty! 5.3L,V-8 Powerful! Wheel

Flares, Z-71 Off Road Package, Bed

Liner, Chrome Wheels, door handles-

So clean! $24,949. Dave Kring



2013 Chevy Silverado LT Crew Cab

4x4. All Star Edition & a CARFAX 1

owner! 22K miles and pristine!

Charcoal cloth seats, EZ-Lift Tailgate,

OnStar, ABS, Bed Liner, steering

wheel controls and more! $28,949.



2585.

2013 Chevy Tahoe LT1 4x4. CARFAX

1 owner & Chevrolet CERTIFIED! A

Cream puff! Heated Leather, Parking

assist, Blue tooth, Remote Start,

Running Boards, adjustable Pedals,

Near Perfect! $37,980. Dave Kring



WANTED

Buying vintage military items all wars;

medals, photos, uniforms, souvenirs.

Need cash? Call Rick 231-282-1001.

Small, private collector paying cash

for Baseball, Football cards before

1970. 231-373-0842. Gaylord Area

Wanted: OUTBOARD MOTORS, any

size, running or not. Also selling

Outboard Motors. Call 231-546-

6000


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By Jim Akans

Nestled along spectacular frontage on the Indian River,this completely remodeled log-sided home is the perfectget-away or year round retreat. And there is even a sec-ond home with this listing that can be used to accommo-date guests, or perhaps generate rental income.

The charming two-bedroom main home has beenmeticulously remodeled right down to the wall studs.That means new carpet, insulation, cabinetry, paint, lami-nate floors, newer windows and more are waiting to wel-come the new owner. The floor plan is open and idealfor entertaining, and a covered deck overlooks the IndianRiver frontage.

The 900 square foot guest home also features two bed-rooms and it has undergone extensive remodeling aswell. There is also a two-car garage on the property that

is a whopping 50 feet deep…talk about plenty of storagefor vehicles and watercraft!

Of course, the Inland Waterway is a real shining starhere, providing easy access to Burt or Mullett Lakes andbeyond from the dock just a few steps outside your door.

This incredible Indian River property with main andguest homes is listed at $399,900 - call Roger Koperniktoday for a private showing. (231) 597-8000 or [email protected]

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www.NorthernRealEstate.comOffice: 989-732-1707 Toll Free: 800-828-9372

1738 S. Otsego Ave., P.O. Box 641 Gaylord, MI 49735

25K PRICEREDUCTION! Peaceful Up NorthCustom Built 3 Bed, 3Bath Home on 10

Wooded Acres. PrivateSetting Flourishingwith Wildlife (see Elk-Deer in back yard).New Maple Flooring,

Field Stone Fireplace, T&G Vaulted Ceiling, Built In Appliances, Wet Bar,Jet Tub, Sauna. Large Deck, Naturally Landscaped, 2 1/2 Car AttachedGarage, Car Port and Additional 24x24 Out Building. Close to Gaylord,

Petoskey, Boyne Falls. $310,000. MLS #280633

SQUARE 10 ACREPARCEL

Square 10 Acre ParcelFilled with Maples andBasswood. Electric, Septicand Partially Built Cabinon Site. Sits Off BeatenPath but Close to

Gaylord, Petoskey, BoyneCity. Main Snow MachineTrail 1/2 Mile Away. Great

Deer Haven too.$34,900. MLS #288353

EXCEPTIONALHOME

Custom Prow FrontRanch-Kitchen redone

in 2006-NewCabinets- Tile ceramicfloors - Lighting- Allstainless steel appli-ances- Natural gasFurnace with pelletstove for low heating

costs. - Black top Drive- Fenced in backyard - Beautifully landscaped withirrigation system. Many extras and a Great Location!

$179,000. MLS #286694

Well MaintainedRentals Available

Call 732-1707

OLDY BUT AGOODY

3 Bed, 1 Bath usableCabin with 2 additionalfixer upper cabins forthe do-it-your-selfer.Another shed andgarage currently usedfor wood storage. All on1.7 acres within a 1/2mile of Big Bear Lake.

$43,900.MLS #287342

LEVEL2.5 ACREPARCELwith good mixof trees, pavedroad access,electric adja-cent and stateland acrossroad.

$17,900.MLS #280761

Feature HomeOn the Market

3518 Poplar Street, Indian RiverContact; Roger Kopernik, Exit Realty Paramount, Cheboygan, (231) 597-8000

Completely remodeled log-sidedhome features Indian River

frontage PLUS a guest house

Real EstateShould I Buy or

Sell First?Compliments ofEd Wohlfiel

Part 1 of 2

For homeowners aiming to selltheir home and buy another, it’s theclassic real estate, which came first,the chicken or the egg, question —buy or sell first?

If you sell first, you may find your-self under a tight deadline to findanother house, or be forced in tem-porary quarters. If you buy first, youmay be saddled with two mortgagepayments for at least a couplemonths. You may need the moneyfrom the sale of your original homein order to pre-qualify for a loan foryour new home. You may be facing ajob relocation and need to sellquickly.

There are many variablesinvolved; there is no universal cor-rect answer. It basically comes downto your specific circumstances.

Dan Gregor, a Realtor inPickerington, Ohio, says there isgenerally less pressure when you sellfirst.

“It really comes down to risk,”Gregor said. “It’s whether you wantthe risk of owning two houses, orpossibly none at all.”

Gregor says that if you have themoney to make two mortgage pay-ments, the pressure is off. But if youneed to sell your house in order toqualify for a loan, then you have nochoice — you’ll have to sell first.

“You can write contingent con-tracts, but if you really want thehome, you’ll pay a premium —that’s if the seller will even entertaina contingent offer,” he says.

And if you go ahead with a con-tingent offer, then you may end upsettling for less for the house you’reselling in an effort to get it soldquickly.

Gregor says for most people, thestress level is lower when you sellfirst.

“You have time to get pre-approved for your mortgage and seeall the housing options in the pricerange you’d like to buy,” he said.

When your selling house is incontract, he suggests you pick thethree best homes of those you’veviewed and prepare to make an offeron the one that best meets yourneeds.

“The absolute worst that can hap-pen is the right home isn’t avail-able,” Gregor said. “You end up in ashort-term rental with the cash inyour pocket and pre-approvedfinancing for the balance you need.So you look like a cash buyer whenyou make an offer on the home youfinally decide on.”

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