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8/3/2019 Weekly Choice - Section B - February 02, 2012
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Sby Mike Dunn
CHARLEVOIX -- The
Grayling boys of coach Rich
Moffit won a pair of league
games on the road last week
to push their record to 8-3
overall and 5-2 in the Lake
Michigan Conference.
On Tuesday, Jan. 24, the
resilient Vikings edged host
Charlevoix in a thrilling end-
to-end battle, one of those
32-minute wars the Lake
Michigan Conference has
been known for through the
years. Senior lefty guard Zane
Tobin put a stake in the heart
of the Rayder faithful, light-
ing it up throughout the
game and then draining sev-
eral key free throws down the
stretch to help put Grayling
over the top.
Zane was in the zone all
game long, making the twinedance to the tune of 32
points and he went 9-of-10
from the stripe. Zane sank a
key jumper with 32 seconds
to go to give Grayling a 66-65
lead and hit all four of his free
throw attempts in the waning
seconds to assure the Vikings
maintained the lead. He also
pulled down 10 boards for a
double-double in the tight
game.
As a team, Grayling hit 8-
of-10 free throws in the
fourth quarter.
"Our team did a great job
of making plays down the
stretch to seal the victory,"
Moffit reported. "I was very
pleased with our free throw
shooting in the fourth quar-
ter.
"Zane played an outstand-
ing game, hitting some big
free throws down the
stretch," he added. "Riley
Zigila was outstanding at
both ends of the court. Tyler
McClanahan hit some key
pressure free throws. We
had a number of people con-
tribute in this win."
Zigila zeroed in for 15
points and was a flying force
on defense as well, covering
the floor like a fresh coat of
wax as he recorded five
steals. Smooth-striding sen-
ior wing Steven Enos struck
for six points to go with eight
rebounds, six assists and
three steals.
McClanahan, a super
sophomore, and Tom "TheBeast" Burrell each scored
four and Burrell also bulled
his way to seven rebounds.
The Vikes' 6-foot-8 senior
center Griffin Dean, the cere-
bral Dean of Down Under,
was also big into Windex,
cleaning the glass for eight
rebounds.
Andrew Potter had a big
game for the Rayders, hitting
for 25 points to go with seven
assists and six rebounds. Will
Jeakle also hit for 18 for the
talented Rayders, who fell to
6-4 overall and 3-3 in the
league.
In the 55-34 win at East
Jordan on Friday, Jan. 27,
Tobin tamed the twine for 15
points to lead a balanced
scoring assault. Scott
Parkinson, Burrell, Enos and
McClanahan took turns
making the net spin, each
hooking up for seven points,
and Dean was dominant
down low once again,
accounting for five points.
The versatile Enos was the
Vikings' two-way engine, as
usual, grabbing a team-high
nine rebounds, dishing off a
team-high six assists and
tying for team-high honors
with five steals. Dean and
Burrell played big inside,
each hauling in eight
rebounds while Tobin took
down six boards and
Parkinson pulled in five.
The suffocating defensive
pressure of the Vikings
resulted in several steals.Zigila was in Zap Mode on
defense once again, equaling
Enos's total of five steals.
Tobin was into piracy also,
notching three steals.
"I was pleased with our
defensive intensity through-
out the game," Moffit said. "A
number of players received a
lot of playing time."
Grayling played at home
against Roscommon on
Tuesday, Jan. 31,
and are home
again this Friday,
Feb. 3, against
Harbor Springs.
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Grayling senior wing Steven Enos flies high as he drives to the basket to
deliver a deuce during the East Jordan game.
In the unlikely event that senior Zane
Tobin (12) misses this shot, senior center
Griffin Dean (42) is in perfect position for
a rebound.
Grayling junior Scott Parkinson defies gravity as he turns to fire a
pass to an open teammate on Friday.
Devon Dawson (1) and Griffin Dean (42)
form an impenetrable wall of defense for
the victorious Vikings.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012
Grayling boys win LMC pair
Basketball
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GAYLORD -- The Gaylord
girls basketball program isonce again hosting the annu-al Coaches vs. Cancer gameand it will be held on Friday,Feb. 10, against Big North foe
Alpena.Coaches vs. Cancer is a
collaboration between the American Cancer Societyand the National Association
of Basketball Coaches that
empowers coaches, theirteams and communities tojoin the fight against cancer.This event will not only raisemoney to help the Society,but teach our players andother students the valuable,charitable, and characterbuilding lessons.
Those who would like to
join the fight against cancer
can purchase the Cancer T-shirts. These T-shirts can bepre-ordered and pre-paid toKelli Parker or Lori Smith.They can be contacted via e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
There are mens sizes andyouth. If you wear the T-shirt
to the game on Feb. 10 you
get in free plus get entered ina raffle for prizes.Last day to order will be
Feb. 7. Checks can be madeto Hyperactive Designs. TheT-shirts will also be availableto purchase at the game.Short sleeve shirt is $10 allsizes and long-sleeve shirt is$15 all sizes.
Purchase special T-shirt and join in fight against cancer, alsoget in free for game that night
Basketball
Gaylord girlshost Coaches v. Cancer
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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD This was adefining week for the No. 2ranked St. Mary girls of coachKevin Foster. The unbeatenSnowbirds faced two formi-dable Ski Valley foes back-to-back and earned a pair ofimpressive victories to virtu-ally assure themselves of theSki Valley championship in2012.
The victories overJohannesburg-Lewiston andOnaway pushed St. Marysrecord to 13-0 overall and 11-0 in the Ski Valley.
First up was the rematch with perennial cross-county
rival Johannesburg-Lewistonon the road on Tuesday, Jan.24. The Cardinals of coachHeather Huff came into thegame with an 11-1 record,their only loss coming at thehands of St. Mary in Gaylordback in December.
The No. 2 rankedSnowbirds broke open aclose game in the third quar-ter on their way to earning a57-34 victory.
St. Mary led just 23-21 atthe half but used a stranglingdefense to generate someturnovers and push to a 14-point lead in the third quar-ter.
We got off to a great startin the first quarter but strug-gled in the second quarter,reported St. Mary coachKevin Foster. In the thirdquarter, Kari (Borowiak) andKarli (Jacob) combined for 22points and our defense reallystood out. We created nine
turnovers in that quarter.Foster was particularly
pleased with the wayBorowiak and backcourtmate Chrissy Smith playeddefense in the quarter andthroughout the game againstJ-Ls dangerous junior point
producer Abby Schlicher. Thecoach also noted the tough,physical play inside providedby Michelle Samalik andMary Spyhalski.
At the other end of thefloor, it was Borowiak who
was St. Marys BackcourtBombardier in the decisivethird quarter, ripping thenets from downtown threetimes to score 13 of hergame-high 25 points. Jacob,the savvy, rawhide-toughfour-year varsity starter, tal-lied nine of her 12 pointsfrom her wing post duringthe quarter.
Karli, who has a way of tak-ing her game up an extra
notch in the big ones, fin-ished a productive night atJohannesburg with 11rebounds for a double-dou-ble to go with six steals andfive assists. Smith struck foreight points and also record-ed five assists.
On a night when J-L bat-tled to find an offensiverhythm, it was Katelyn
Weaver who led the way witha strong effort, scoring ateam-high nine points andgrabbing eight rebounds.Brittany Cherwinski talliedseven and battled hardinside, pulling down 10rebounds. Hannah Huffhauled in seven boards andscored six and Schlicher, whodrew enemy jerseys like mag-nets all night long, still deliv-ered four assists and record-ed four steals.
ON THURSDAY, Jan. 26,the Snowbirds outscoredOnaway 73-47 and once
again it was BombardierBorowiak launching thelong-range artillery.
Borowiak, who had a mon-ster week, made the twinetwitch to the tune of 30points as she hit 6-of-7attempts from 3-point land.
Once again, St. Marypulled away as the game
went along. The Snowbirdsled the scrappy Cardinals ofcoach Marty Mix by just a 30-24 margin at the half butused a big third quarter tocreate separation on thescoreboard.
Borowiak busted the netsto score 14 of her teams 19points in the quarter.
Just like the Joburg game, when Karli went inside thedefense sagged on her,Foster said. That openedthings up for Kari and shehad another big night.
Jacob, reliable as a sun dial,had another big night, too,
connecting for 19 points withnine rebounds and sevensteals. Smith struck for 14points and was super withher passing, offering freshservings all game long like aFood Network chef. She fin-ished with nine assists.
Mary Spyhalski showed up
strong inside, cleaning the
glass for 13 rebounds.
Foster credited Onaway
with a solid effort in defeat.
They gave us a tough time
in the first half, Foster said.
Theyre a much-improved
team.
Kallie Shimel struck for 19
to pace the hardworking
Cardinals (8-5, 5-5), who had
won six of their previous
seven games coming in.
Sammie Freel found the bot-
tom of the net for 16 points.
Foster was anticipating atough challenge this week
against non-league foe
Harbor Springs.
Onaway played Mancelona
on Tuesday, Jan. 31, after this
issue went to press.
Basketball
Great week for Snowbird gals!Back-to-back win over SVC contenders Joburg and Onaway virtually clinches title for unbeaten St. Mary
Gaylord frosh boys wintwo more
Basketball Basketball
By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD It was a weekof rugged challenges for theGaylord freshmen boys ofcoach Iron Mike Neff butthey responded to the chal-lenge.
The Blue Devils played twovery tough opponents,Petoskey and Grayling, onthe road and pulled out twohard-fought victories. CoachNeffs Iron Curtain defense
was the catalyst of the winsthat enabled Gaylord to pushits record to 11-1 this season.
In the 64-44 victory atGrayling, the Blue Devils
pulled away in the secondhalf after leading the scrappy
Vikings just 31-27 at the half.Marcus ORourke rocked
the iron for 19 points to paceGaylord. Bazooka BlayneBaker launched 15 points tofuel the offense and reliableCole Butler penetratedthrough the paint like a knifethrough butter as he canned13.
Coach Neff also com-mended Collin Watters andSteven Fitzek for a terrific
job controlling the boardsand blocking shots.
We finally pulled awayfrom Graylings tough
defense in the second half,
Neff reported. We outscored
them 13-0 in the third quar-
ter and that was the turning
point in the game.
In the 66-50 triumph over
Petoskey on Tuesday, Jan. 24,
it was Butler blistering the
nets for 17 points to lead the
way while Bazooka Baker
blasted the iron for 15 points
and Fitzek fired in 14.
Gaylord (11-1) played at
Ogemaw Heights on Tuesday,
Jan. 31, and return home this
Friday, Feb. 3, against Big
North foe Traverse CityCentral for a 6 p.m. tip-off.
Blue Devils employ Iron Curtain defense to outscore toughopponents Petoskey and Grayling
Basketball
Senior forward is eighth from Pellston to eclipse 1,000-point career mark; he reaches milestone in
home win vs. Forest Area
Hornets' Hamlin hits scoring mark
by Mike Dunn
PELLSTON It was
another scoring milestone
for a Pellston boys basketball
player in the span of a few
short weeks.
On Tuesday, Jan. 24, senior
forward Andy Hamlin scored
17 points in a lopsided 81-45
victory over defending Ski
Valley Conference champ
Forest Area to eclipse the
1,000-point scoring mark.
The nimble 6-foot-5 Hamlin,
whose notable prep careerhas been punctuated by
dependability, is the eighth
Hornet player to reach that
prestigious milestone.
Earlier in January, senior
teammate Christopher Hass
became the first player from
Pellston, and one of only 23
ever in Michigan, to reach
the 2,000-point plateau.
The deadly Hass-Hamlin
duo -- which may otherwise
be known as H&H Pellston
Point Manufacturers,
Incorporated -- has wreaked
havoc with hardwood oppo-
nents for years, and the two
prolific scorers are not nearly
finished yet. The twine-tam-
ing pair not only produces
plenty of points but the boys
also help the Hornets gener-
ate digits in the "W" column.The dominant win over
Forest Area on Jan. 24 was
followed by an equally domi-
nant 68-29 win at home over
league foe Johannesburg-
Lewiston on Friday, Jan. 27,
and propelled Pellston to a
10-1 record overall and 8-1 in
the Ski Valley.
Hamlin canned a jumper
late in the Forest Area game
to reach the 1,000-point
plateau and added another
basket later to finish the
night with 1,003. He also had
four steals in the game.
Coach Cliff Hass, who has
done a masterful job this sea-
son of blending the talents of
the entire team to produce a
formidable force, said
Hamlin was "very smooth
and very relaxed" during thecontest.
"It was a great accomplish-
ment for a fine young man,"
the coach reported.
Hass hit for a game-high 22
points against the Warriors to
go with 10 assists, seven
rebounds and four steals.
Max Ketterer, one of a num-
ber of talented teammates
who surround Hass and
Hamlin on the floor, also
reached double figures with
10 points and showed up big
inside, pulling down seven
boards.
Jake Friedenstab buried
nine points with four steals
and four rebounds and
turned in his typically frenet-
ic defensive pressure. Zak
Kruskie zeroed in for eight
points with four rebounds tohelp the cause.
"We ran the court well and
got a large number of transi-
tion buckets," Hass said.
Justin Burke scored 20
points to lead the Warriors
(4-4, 3-3), who were without
their leading scorer.
ON FRIDAY in the win over
visiting Johannesburg, Hass
hammered the nets for 37
points with eight steals and
six rebounds while Dale Stark
struck for 10 points with six
boards and Hamlin cleaned
the glass like Windex, pulling
down 10 boards.
Coach Hass noted the
defensive pressure from
Hamlin, Hass and
Friedenstab as the catalyst to
victory.
"We kept dialing it updefensively until Joburg
started to heat up offensively
in the fourth quarter," Hass
said. "Great team aggressive-
ness defensively and we ran
the court well again."
Senior strong man Sean
Aisthorpe tallied nine to lead
the game-but-outmanned
Cardinals of coach Charlie
Lovelace and Cole Nagy con-
nected for eight.
Andy Hamlin
Gaylord frosh girlswin big
BOYNE CITY The Gaylordfreshmen girls fought their
way to a tough 36-24 triumphover host Boyne City in non-league action on Thursday,Jan. 26.
Cierra Woods was a two- way whirlwind for the BlueDevils in the victory, canninga team-high 17 points to go
with 13 rebounds for a dou-ble-double and also coveringthe floor like wall-to-wallcarpeting on defense, record-ing eight steals. And she was-
nt the only one percolatingfor the Blue Devils on this
night. Abigail Haskill hammered
the nets for eight points tohelp the cause and long-armed center Julia SwatEm Chwatun was a fear-some force down low, deliv-ering a whopping 19rebounds with four pointsand five steals. AimeeKilbourn and Tanner Arkfeld
were big into piracy as well,turning up the notch on thedefensive intensity meter tofull volume. Aimee notched
seven steals with her threepoints and Tanner took eight
steals with her two points.
Ashley Zeiter zapped the nets
for two points and pulled
down two rebounds.
This was great win with a
super effort by the entire
team, said coach Terri
Woods. I'm really proud of
the improvements the girls
are making in each game.
Gaylord was home against
Ogemaw Heights on Tuesday,
Jan. 31, and plays at Traverse
City Central on Thursday fora 6 p.m. tip-off.
Woods is two-way whirlwind for Blue Devils in non-leaguevictory over Boyne City
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Basketball
Petoskey girls outscore Blue Devils
By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD The Petoskeygirls came to Gaylord onTuesday, Jan. 24, andreversed an earlier loss to theBlue Devils with a 54-25 vic-tory. It was the third win in arow for surging Petoskey, andthe Northmen gals pushed itto four in a row with a win athome over Cadillac onFriday.
Petoskey improved to 4-8overall and 3-4 in the leaguewith the win at Gaylord andthe young Blue Devils ofcoach Frank Hamilla fell to 7-7 and 3-4.
Petoskey puts its heightadvantage to good use atGaylord, giving up points andrebounds grudginglythroughout the game.
Junior forward Kelsey Anceand junior center MeganTompkins cast a long shadowunder the boards at bothends for Petoskey. Ance put agame-high 15 points on theboard and the 6-foot-3Tompkins tallied 12. Ancealso pulled down 11
rebounds and Tompkinshauled in six.
Katelyn Crittenden helpedthe Petoskey cause as well,turning the twine for ninepoints. Ance and Crittenden
passed with precision as well,each garnering four assists.
Gaylords chief scorerMackenzie Edwards didnthave a moment alone in thegame. Mac drew Petoskeydefenders like magnets,especially when she attempt-ed her signature baseline
jumper. She still finishedwith a team-high eight pointsbut the points did not comeeasily.
Ashley Bartow drained adeuce just before the buzzerending the first half to bringGaylord within nine points,23-14, but the Blue Devils
were never able to getuntracked offensively in thesecond half.
Bartow and Lauren Meadeach scored four points andStephanie Buttrick, who bat-tled hard off the bench,scored three and sophomoreMaddie Hamilla scoredthree. Junior point guardSarah Polena handled theball efficiently against thetight Petoskey defense andplayed her usual playmakingrole.
Gaylord played host toOgemaw Heights on Tuesday,Jan. 31, and plays at T.C.Central on Thursday, Feb. 2.On Friday, Feb. 10, the girlsare home again against Big
North foe Alpena.ON FRIDAY, Jan. 27,
Petoskey outscored visitingCadillac 44-31. The victorypushed Petoskeys win streakto four and its record to 5-8and 4-4. The Vikings fell to 8-5 and 5-3.
Tompkins stood tall in thepaint once again, earning adouble-double with 15points and 10 boards and shealso blocked two shots and
dished off four assists with afine all-around effort. Ance,the left hook of theNorthmens potent 1-2 offen-sive punch, also tallied 15
with 13 rebounds for a dou-ble-double of her own andshe issued five assists.
Petoskey, playing leech-like defense, led 18-9 at thehalf and 35-18 after threequarters. Cadillac did make arun to pull within 10 pointsin the fourth quarter but theNorthmen would not allowthem to get any closer.
Sophomore Kati Lewissank six off the bench to helpfuel the victory. Alyssa
VanWerden and KatelynCrittenden did an excellentjob shadowing Cadillacs cat-quick guard NicoleBruggema during the con-test.
Bruggema and Mary-MaRae Baker each scored sixpoints to lead Cadillac, whichhit just 22 percent from thefloor against the denyingNorthmen defense. MaryEmington had seven assistsfor the Vikings.
In the JV game, Abby
Blanchard scored 10 with sixrebounds for Petoskey in a42-25 loss. Abbey Fuller
scored 12 for the Cadillac JV, which improved to 12-1 onthe season.
The Northmen played host
to Traverse City Central in aleague contest on Tuesday,Jan. 31.
Northmen play tall as they reverse earlierloss to scrappy Gaylord; defense fuelsPetoskey victory over Cadillac
Sophomore Maddie Hamilla (11) surges to the hoop for Gaylord in the game
against Petoskey.
Whenever Gaylord junior Mackenzie Edwards
attempted to score she was surrounded by a sea
of blue jerseys.
Junior forward Kelsey Ance
scores two of her game-high 15 points as Sarah
Polena (21) and Lauren Mead (23) defend.
Photo by tom buttrick
Photo by tom buttrick
Photo by tom buttrick
by Doug Derrer
TRAVERSE CITY -- The Bay
Area Reps split a pair of home
games over the weekend and
their record is now 8-10 on
the year.
On Friday, Saginaw Swan
Valley/Hemlock rolled into
town and rode the hot goal-
tending of Finnish exchange
student Niklas Niemi to a 2-0
win.
The Titans scored a goal by
Brian Fisk with 7:25 remain-
ing in the opening period
and that would be the only
scoring of the game until
Swan Valley added an empty
net goal with 19 seconds left
in the contest. John Posler
also played well, stopping 20
of the 21 shots he faced in net
for the Reps.
On Saturday the Reps'
rugged defensive corps of
Josh Hill, Quinn Lyman,
Grant Smith, Gavin Uitvlugt,
Deryk Henderson, Mike
Druskovich and Dakota
Derrer limited the Mid-
Michigan Storm to just two
shots on goal, helping goalie
Claire Huhta earn a 4-0
shutout win.
Nate Wilson scored a
power play goal for the Reps
with 7:15 to go in the first
period with an assist from
Zack Bargy.
Nick Fisher found the back
of the net for the Reps with
5:45 to go in the middle peri-
od with assistance from
Andrew Dzierwa and Mark
Mol. P.J. "Hammer" Heger lit
the lamp for the Reps with 29seconds left in the secondperiod and The Hammerstruck twice, closing out thescoring with a power playgoal with 4:03 left in the con-test.
Kevin "Bazooka" Banducciand Zach Hill assisted on thefirst Heger goal andDruskovich and Banducci
assisted on Hegers secondgoal.
The Reps are off untilFebruary 8 when they hostCadillac and then on the
weekend of Feb. 10-11 theytravel to Trenton to partici-pate in the MichiganInterscholastic HockeyLeague Showcase tourna-ment.
Reps rebound from loss to Swan Valley, sink Mid-Michigan Storm to salvage split
Hockey
Reps splits two home games
Petoskey junior center Megan Tompkins controls
an offensive rebound and shoots as Allie Gooding
(22) defends.
Photo by tom buttrick
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Basketball
Grayling girls split LMC games
By Mike Dunn
GRAYLING The Graylinggirls of coach Joe Powers splita pair of Lake MichiganConference games last week,outscoring visitingCharlevoix 61-49 on the roadon Tuesday, Jan. 24, andfalling at home to talentedEast Jordan by a 61-47 scoreon Friday. The Vikings were6-7 overall and 2-5 in theleague after the two games.
In the exciting win overCharlevoix, Grayling fellbehind by 15 in the first quar-ter only to come stormingback, outscoring the Rayders34-19 in the second half.
Our girls played a veryphysical Charlevoix team,Powers reported. Eventhough Charlevoix made a lotof shots to start the game, ourgirls kept working hard andeventually got the lead. It
was a great win for us, espe-cially on the road.
Charlevoix, fueled by thehot hand of Sydney Carlson
and Kelsey Way, led 17-6 after
one quarter before Graylingstarted using its press to pullclose in the second quarter.Charlevoix still led 30-27 atthe half but the visiting
Vikings were gainingmomentum.
I was very proud of mygirls because they systemati-cally fought back, Powerssaid. Our press was causinghavoc for them and in thesecond quarter and we start-ed converting on our shots.By the half, we cut the deficitto three.
Grayling finally turned thetables in the third quarter,taking a lead it would notrelinquish.
It was a fresh jolt of Jo-Go juice supplied by junior JoHamlin that helped turnedthe tide, as usual. Hamlin,
who is putting an outstand-ing season together, generat-ed points along with team-mates Cierra Prosser and
Alyssa Morley as the Vikingsstarted to pull away and cre-ate some separation on the
scoreboard.
Hamlin hit for a game-high18 points to pace the Vikingsand she was joined in doubledigits by Prosser (13) andMorley (12). Hamlin alsohauled down a team-higheight rebounds and recordedthree steals and three assists.Maddie Benardo contributedher usual gritty play in thepaint to help the cause, scor-
ing seven and grabbing sevenboards.Cool Caitlin Prosser passed
with precision, netting threeassists with four points.Scrappy senior guard JosieSwander, Cierra Prosser andBenardo helped tighten thetentacles of defensive pres-sure for Grayling, eachrecording two steals in thecontest.
Coming out of halftime,we wanted to just keep play-ing the right way, Powerssaid. We were able to takethe lead by the end of thethird quarter and eventuallystretched out the lead. Ourbiggest lead was at the end of
the game winning by 12.Carlson scored 15 to pace
the Rayders while Waywound up with 13 points and12 rebounds.
ON FRIDAY, the Vikingslost to East Jordan on thehome floor. The Red Devilsheight advantage gaveGrayling some problems andmade it difficult to keep upon the scoreboard.
East Jordan is a very toughteam with quick guards andstrong posts, Powers said.We knew it would be anextremely difficult game forus but we put everything wehad into it. East Jordan had
the lead the entire game but we cut it to four late in thethird quarter but couldn't getany closer.
They were extremelytough down in the low post.Teams with good posts createa lot of problems for us since
we aren't very big.Hamlin did manage to
fight through the East Jordanmaze of defenders to lead allscorers with 21 points in thecontest and she also grabbedsix rebounds. Cierra Prosser
tallied seven, MaddieBenardo six and CaitlinProsser five.
Senior Josie Swander gavea strong effort inside, pullingdown 11 rebounds to go withthree steals and four points.
Alyssa Morley was toughdefensively as well, recordingfour steals.
The girls played reallyhard, Powers said. Sinceabout half of our team is sickright now, it was a gritty effort
by the girls. We have to give alot of respect to East Jordanbecause they played really
well. Val Peters paved the way
for the victorious Red Devils,putting 17 on the board.
Vikings outscore host Charlevoix onTuesday, play tough in loss to talentedEast Jordan on Thursday
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Maddie Benardo (12) defends the basket against
East Jordan during Fridays game at the Viking gym.
Left: Cierra
Prosser
(11) vies for
a rebound
during
Fridays
game while
teammate
Josie
Swander(4) boxes
out.
Photo by bob GinGerich
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By Mike Dunn and TomEustice
GAYLORD The Gaylordand Cheboygan hockeyteams seem to bring the besteffort out of each other.Friday at the Sportsplex thetwo well-coached teams metfor the second time this sea-son and for the second timethey engaged in a well-played, back-and-forth battlethat was not decided untillate.
For the second time, it wasthe Chiefs of coach CraigCoxe who prevailed, this timeby a score of 5-3 with anempty-netter to clinch thingsat the end. Gaylord didnt winin front of the large homecrowd but did give a grittyeffort, coming from behindto tie the score in the thirdperiod and giving those inattendance for the annualREACH OUT fundraisermuch to cheer for.
Gaylord slipped to 7-9-2
after the tough loss whilesurging Cheboygan, which
was coming off its first-ever win in the Alpena BoosterTournament, pushed itsrecord to 14-1-1.
The Chiefs opened thescoring 7:49 into the game
when Ice Doctor ErynEustice slapped a severe one-timer from the top of thecrease after a nice pass fromJake Elmore from behind thenet to put the Chiefs up 1-0.Linemate Jordan Yost alsoassisted on the play and itlooked like the Chiefs prolif-ic Production Line was offand running again with threepoints.
Much of the first period was fast, up-and-downaction with both goaltenders,Nick Watson for Cheboyganand Peter Lawton forGaylord, playing a levelabove the skaters. Then with6 seconds to play in the firstperiod, Blue Devils seniorJay Lindgren popped one in a
power play for his secondgoal of the season to tie thegame at 1-1.
The Chiefs received apenalty shot with 7:36 gonein the second period butLawton was up to the task,stoning the Chiefs SamCharboneau to keep thegame tied 1-1.
Then with 9:08 gone in theperiod, the elusive Eusticepicked the puck out of the airand tapped in his secondgoal of the game to put theChiefs up 2-1, this time withan assist from Yost. Aboutfour minutes later and theChiefs on a power play, Yostslammed in his first goal andthird point of the game to putthe Chiefs up 3-1, withProduction Line matesEustice and Elmore assistingon the play.
Cheboygan led 3-1 aftertwo periods before Gaylordrallied to tie the score as spit-fire senior forward SpencerBajko slapped one home on a
power play at 5:27 andopportunistic Nick Shear litthe scoring lamp with hisseventh goal of the seasontwo minutes later. Shearsnuck in and stood next tothe post like he was invisible.Linemate Bajko spotted him
well enough, though. Hepicked out Nicks pink jerseyand threw a pretty cross-icepass right on Schears stickand Nick slammed it home totie the game.
Slick sophomore ZackSchley then scored whatproved to be the game-win-ner for the Chiefs with 10:04showing on the clock, puttingthe visitors ahead 4-3 withhelp from Charboneau andD.J. Sayers. The ever-danger-ous Elmore finally sealed thevictory for the Chiefs with anempty-net goal, hitting homefollowing a face-off with 22seconds remaining.
Lawton faced 35 shots and Watson faced 26 for theChiefs. Both goalies had big
saves at different junctures inthe fast-moving contest.
Watson faced 12 Gaylordshots in the second periodand turned back every one.Lawton stood tall in the netsafter Cheboygan got the two-goal lead, refusing to wilt
while allowing his team anopportunity to come backand tie matters in the thirdperiod.
Gaylord continued to put alot of pressure on the Chiefsdefense and the unflappable
Watson was able to with-stand the barrage with greathelp from defensemen StanSwiderek, Kasey Lofgren,Nate Stempky, John Garstand Hunter Filice. Watsonheard several knocks on thedoor but he never let anyonein.
The relentless Bajkorecorded his 16th goal andhis 12th assist in the game.Tom Lindbert also had anassist for the Blue Devils.
For Cheboygan, Eustice
had two goals and an assist to
lead in the scoring column.
Yost and Elmore, the other
members of the Production
Line, also helped the cause.
Yost had a goal and two
assists and Elmore a goal and
an assist. Seth Duncan,
Charboneau and Sayers also
had assists for the Chiefs.
Gaylord wore pink jerseys
for the annual REACH OUT
game. Proceeds from the
night when to the Otsego
Memorial Hospital
Mammorgraphy Assistance
Fund which helps uninsured
or underinsured women in
Otsego and Montmorency
counties to afford screening.
Hockey
Gaylord bows to visiting ChiefsSchley hits game-winner late in third period for Cheboygan; Fridays game at Sportsplex is annual Reach Out fundraiser
Alma College hosts baseball campALMA The annual Alma College Baseball Camp will be held on three consecutive Sundays next month: Feb. 5, 12 and 19.All ages are welcome for camp. At 1 p.m. each Sunday there will be a youth skills camp. At 2 p.m. a junior high skills camp
and at 3 p.m. a high school advanced skills camp.
All camps feature instruction in hitting, defense and pitching. The high school camp also includes base running and offen-
sive and defensive strategies.
The cost of the camp is $20, payable the first Sunday of attendance.
The camp is staffed by the Alma College coaching staff and players. For information, call the Alma College baseball office at
(989) 463-7017.
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Basketball
Petoskey boys outscore Blue DevilsPETOSKEY In a preview
of the Class A district openeron March 5, the Petoskeyboys played host to Big Northrival Gaylord on Tuesday, Jan.24, and parlayed an earlylead into a workmanlike 63-48 victory over the scrappyBlue Devils of coach TimORourke.
It was the 37th straighthome win for Petoskey,
which led 11-0 to start thegame and 19-9 after the firstquarter and maintained anarms-length lead over thepesky, hardworking BlueDevils the rest of the way.Petoskey, which had a one-point victory over Cadillac
later in the week, improvedto 12-0 and 7-0 after theGaylord game while the BlueDevils slipped to 4-7 and 2-5.
Gaylord did a nice jobdefensively of keeping theNorthmens dangerous back-court duo of Zak Lewis andJake Mullin from ringing upthe points all over the place,but the good teams likePetoskey find ways to adjustand coach Dennis Starkeystroops did just that on thisnight. With the Blue Devilsfocusing on keeping Lewisand Mullin under wraps, thetask of scoring went to seniorforward Joe Robbins andguard Sam Baumgartner, and
the pair responded.The athletic, 6-foot-3
Robbins had a particularlystrong showing, draining thenets for a career-best 23points, and Baumgartner notonly canned 11 for theeighth-ranked Northmen,but he also recorded fiveassists, often on passesdirected to Robbins.
ORourke was pleased withthe defensive pressureapplied by Troy Gahm, TylerFrisch and Cam Taylor on thehigh-scoring Lewis andMullin but acknowledgedthat neutralizing a high-pow-ered offense like Petoskey is avery tough challenge, espe-
cially when others likeRobbins and Baumgartnercan step in the void.
Robbins killed us,ORourke said flatly after-
ward.The coach was happy with
his teams effort, though,especially in a very toughenvironment. After the firstquarter, I thought we settleddown and did a great job, hesaid.
Starkey, who has exhibitedclass in all his years as coachand mentor of young men,
was complimentary ofGaylord after the game.Starkey credited Gaylord
with a solid effort, especially
in light of Petoskeys earlylead in the contest.
Mullin still struck for eightpoints and Lewis for six inthe game and the pair didsome nice things away fromthe ball as well. Mullinnotched five assists andLewis recorded four assistsand five steals.
Gahm, who is quietly hav-ing a super season for theBlue Devils, buried 19 pointsfor the Blue Devils. Big manZach Lundell battled hard,exchanging bruises inside
with Petoskeys forwards.Lundell scored 10 and grittyguard Tyler Cherry pluckedthe nets for 10 points as well.
Petoskey won the JV game
54-38 as Shea Whitmore
struck for 20 points and
Hunter Viles pulled the trig-
ger on 13. Hardworking
Cotton Neff and Zach
Pasternak each scored seven
points for the Blue Devils.
Gaylord faced Big North
foe Ogemaw Heights on
Tuesday, Jan. 31, after this
issue went to press and is
home Friday, Feb. 3, against
Traverse City Central.
For a report on Petoskeys
one-point victory over
Cadillac, see the boys hoops
roundup in this issue of the
Weekly Choice.
Unbeaten Northmen take early lead, hold off Gaylord for 37th straight home victory
Boys Hoops
Unbeaten Northmen edge CadillacBy Mike Dunn
CADILLAC Senior guardZak Lewis was right on target
when it counted the mostFriday, nailing a jump shot inthe final seconds to liftPetoskey to a nail-biting 48-47 victory over host Cadillac.
The win enabled eighth-ranked Petoskey to remainundefeated at 13-0 overall
and 8-0 in the Big North andput the Northmen on trackfor their third straight leaguechampionship. Cadillac,
which was ranked sixth inClass B going into the game,slipped to 8-2 and 5-2.Traverse City West is also 5-2in the league and tied for sec-ond in the standings with the
Vikings.Petoskey also extended its
winning streak in the BigNorth to 28.
Lewis led a balancedPetoskey scoring ledger with16 points and backcourt JakeMullin made the net dance tothe tune of 12 points.
John Simons, the Vikingstalented 6-foot-8 seniorguard bound for CentralMichigan next year, scored 16and fellow guard JalenBrooks added 11. Simonsalso pulled down 14rebounds.
Tyler DeKryger and Simonshit back-to-back buckets toput Cadillac ahead 47-46
with about a minute to playin Fridays seesaw affair. The
Vikings had a chance to addto their lead at the free-throwstripe with 23.7 seconds to gobut did not connect, givingPetoskey the opportunity tocome back and win it at theend.
In addition to nailing theclutch game-winner with thegame clock winding down,Lewis also did a stalwart jobdefensively of keeping thesmooth-as-silk Simons fromdominating play. Simonscame in averaging more than30 points per game. Mullinpulled down seven reboundsand recorded three assists.
Joe Robbins and PeterKelbel contributed solid min-utes under the boards, espe-cially on the defensive end,and shifty Sam Baumgartnerprovided quality minutes offthe bench as well.
Petoskey bowed in the JVgame 50-36. Joe LeBlanc tal-lied 19 and Shea Whitmorenine for the young Northmen(7-6) and Justin Liptak scored13 for the Vikings.
Petoskey played atTraverse City Central onTuesday, Jan. 31.
Central Lake 53Inland Lakes 42
CENTRAL LAKE InlandLakes jumped to an earlylead but host Central Lakeultimately prevailed 53-42 inSki Valley action Friday. TheTrojans improved to 6-5overall and 4-4 in the league
while I-Lakes, which wascoming off a narrow loss toMancelona earlier in the
week, fell to 2-6 and 2-5.Austin Jensen paced a bal-
anced Bulldog attack with 12points and Josh OConnor hitfor 11. Dustin Cochran pow-ered his way to 12 reboundsin the loss. The Bulldogsraced to a 10-1 lead to startthe game but fell behind byhalftime. The Bulldogs were
still within three points in thefourth quarter but they wentcold from the stripe and werenot able to keep pace.
Trevor Papineau put 16through the iron to leadCentral Lake and ZackHarvey hit for 15.
Todd Athley tallied 12 forthe I-Lakes JV in a 48-40 lossto the Trojans.
Mio 53, Atlanta 44
ATLANTA -- Visiting Mioearned a hard-fought 53-44victory over game Atlanta onFriday in a North Star Leagueclash.
Micah Thomey tamed thetwine for 13 points to pacethe victorious Thunderboltsand senior guard Grant Priceput 11 on the board.
Junior sharpshooterGarrett Badgero garnered 16points to lead the Huskies,
who battled hard in defeat,and Josh Eising sank 10.
Mancelona 42
Inland Lakes 40
INDIAN RIVER Mancelona staged a furioussecond-half rally to edge hostInland Lakes 42-40 on
Wednesday in a thrilling Ski Valley clash.
I-Lakes led 30-18 at thehalf but had difficulty gettinginto an offensive rhythm inthe second half asMancelona slowly inched its
way back into contention.Freshman firestorm
Brandon Dingman fueled theIronmen rally with a hothand. He finished with agame-high 14 points and
sophomore forward JustinSpires put seven on the boardand pulled down 13rebounds. Mancelona, whichimproved to 4-5 overall and3-3 in the league, hit 8-of-10free throws in the fourthquarter.
It was a tough loss for thegritty Bulldogs, who fell to 2-5 and 2-4. Josh OConnorcanned 12 points to pace the
home team and DakotahDavedowski delivered 11.I-Lakes won the tense JV
game 39-37.ON FRIDAY, Jan. 27,
Mancelona dropped a 53-29decision to league-leadingand No. 2 ranked Bellaire.Junior Kyle Schepperleyscored seven and grabbedseven rebounds forMancelona (4-6, 3-4) in theloss. Angular Reece Koepkecracked the nets for 18 tolead the Eagles and GusMeriwether scored 10.
Alba 58, Alanson 27
ALANSON Gary Pawsonput the punch in the Albaoffense on Wednesday, mak-ing the twine dance to thetune of 26 points as the visit-ing Wildcats outscoredg a m e - b u t - o u t m a n n e d
Alanson 58-27 in NorthernLakes Conference action.
Mark Mallard made 12 tohelp the Wildcat cause andJoe Dixon added 10 as Albaimproved to 3-4 overall and2-2 in the league.
Both Brandon Kuchnicki(13 points, 14 boards) andBobby Sproule (10 points, 16boards) had a double-doublefor winless Alanson (0-10, 0-6) and Cody Wicker notched
four assists.
Ellsworth 49Wolverine 48
WOLVERINE Chris Wisehit a pair of clutch freethrows with 12 seconds tolead visiting Ellsworth to atense 49-48 victory over
Wolverine in Northern LakesConference action on
Wednesday, Jan. 25.Seth Purgiel put 11 on the
board to pace the Wildcats, who slipped to 4-5 overalland 4-3 in the league. TylerMcCauley, David Reese andKyle Frost cooled the nets foreight points apiece in theclose defeat.
Matt Barraw hit for 12 topace the Lancers (3-6, 3-2)and Wise hit for 12, includingthe key free throws at theend.
Johannesburg-Lewiston49, Onaway 40
JOHANNESBURG Thehost Cardinals ofJohanneburg defeated thevisiting Cardinals of Onaway49-40 on Wednesday in Ski
Valley action. J-L improved to3-5 overall and 2-4 in theleague after its second winover Onaway this season andthe visiting Cardinals slippedto 1-8 and 0-7.
J-L coach Charlie Lovelace was pleased with how histeam handled the ball, com-mitting just eight turnovers.
The game was tight untilthe fourth quarter, whenOnaway was forced to startfouling and J-L began to hitits free throws and gain some
separation on the score-board.
Senior Gunnar Owenspulled the trigger for 17points and also showed upbig inside, pulling down 14rebounds. Strong-armedsenior center Sean Aisthorpecanned 13 to go with 13boards to also record a dou-ble-double.
Central Lake 55Gaylord St. Mary 46
GAYLORD Short-handedSt. Mary put up a valianteffort on Tuesday, Jan. 24,against visiting Central Lakebut it wasnt quite enough toearn a victory in the Ski Valleyclash.
The scrappy Snowbirds ofcoach Ken Blust were with-out the services of rawhide-tough starters Gabe Nowickiand Luke Wisniewski and tal-ented sixth-man MikeStutesman, who were out ofthe country doing somethingmuch more important in
terms of eternity on a mis-sions trip to the DominicanRepublic. Still, the Snowbirdsscrapped, clawed and battledto the end against a prettygood opponent before losing55-46. The Snowbirds fell to4-5 overall and 3-3 in theleague while the Trojansimproved to 4-5 and 3-4.
Junior Matt Spyhalskisprinkled the twine for ateam-high 13 points and healso notched four assists witha solid showing. SophomoreCharles Strehl struck foreight points with fiverebounds. Patrick Switalskiand Jake Blanzy had sevenand six points, respectively.
Lewiss clutch jumper in final seconds puts Petoskeyover the top; Mio outscores host Atlanta; Mancyprevails narrowly over I-Lakes
Girls Hoops
Joburg bounces back with win
By Mike Dunn
FIFE LAKE TheJohannesburg-Lewiston girlsreturned to the W columnin a big way Thursday, Jan.26, going on the road to postan impressive 49-31 victory
over Ski Valley foe ForestArea.
The Cardinals, reboundingfrom the 57-34 loss to No. 2ranked Gaylord St. Mary ear-lier in the week, used theirtrademark balanced scoringattack and suffocating defen-sive pressure to ride to the
win and push their record to12-2 overall and 9-2 in theleague. The Warriors, whohad been playing well inrecent games, slipped to 4-7and 2-5.
Forward BrittanyCherwinski bounced 14points through the rim topace the Cardinals on this
night and she also grabbedseven rebounds. Versatile junior guard Abby Schlicherturned in a typically toughtwo-way performance, light-ing it up for 13 points andcovering the floor on defenselike a fresh coat of wax whilerecording six steals.
Hannah Huff patrolled the
paint with purpose, pullingdown 11 rebounds, and shealso scored eight and madefive steals. Katelyn Weaverhad a Windex night inside as
well, cleaning the glass fornine rebounds to go with sixpoints and Miranda House
made her presence felt insideas well, grabbing sixrebounds.
Marissa Ingersoll pacedForest Area with 11 pointsand Courtney Birgy scoredeight with nine boards.
J-L played at Bellaire onTuesday, Jan. 31, and returnsto the road on Tuesday, Feb.7, to face Inland Lakes in arematch of a game that wentto the wire before theCardinals pulled it out onSchlichers buzzer-beater.
Inland Lakes 44Pellston 16
PELLSTON MorganHanel continues to shine bigtime for I-Lakes this season.On Thursday, Jan. 26, Morganmauled the nets for a game-high 21 points as theBulldogs outscored game-but-outmanned Pellston 44-16 in Ski Valley action. The
win pushed I-Lakes abovethe .500 mark with an 8-7 logoverall and 7-5 in the league.The hustling Hornets fell to2-10 and 2-8.
Pellston coach BarbaraIngraham was pleased withhow her team scrapped and
hustled in the game andplayed hard for 32 minutes inspite of the score.
Senior Sammie McNittsank four points and record-ed four steals for the Hornets.Dana Zulski and HaileyCameron also scored fourpoints each and Haileyhauled in four rebounds.
ON TUESDAY, Jan. 24, I-Lakes suffered a 39-36 set-back to Bellaire in leagueplay. Katelynn Brendly bust-ed the nets for 16 points tolead the Bulldogs. KatieThornton tallied 11 to pacethe Eagles (6-5, 4-4).
Ellsworth 43Wolverine 19
ELLSWORTH DanaNeumann and Emily
Veenstra controlled playinside for host Ellsworth onThursday, Jan. 26, as theLancers posted a 43-19
Northern Lakes Conferencevictory over Wolverine.
Neumann posted 12 pointswith 17 boards and the long-armed Veenstra tallied 10
with 16 boards as Ellsworthpushed to 8-5 overall and 7-2in the league and avenged a
37-27 loss at Wolverine earli-er in the season.
Becky Papi pounded thenets for seven points to pacethe Wildcats (5-6, 3-4).
Alanson 60, Alba 47
ALBA Sweet-shootingseniors Becca Lynn and
Alyssa Graham launched anassault on the iron for visit-ing Alanson on Thursday,Jan. 26, as the Vikignsoutscored Alba 60-47 in anexciting Northern LakesConference tilt.
Lynn and Graham crashedthe nets for a combined 52 of
their teams 60 points, eachputting 26 on the board. Thepair took turn taming the netin the second half to lead acomeback from a 27-23 half-time deficit.
Becky Madden pulleddown 13 boards and pointguard Alivia Litke set thetable like a southern hostess,
dishing off nine assists as theVikings jumped to 5-7 overalland 4-5 in the league.
Tianna Windish washedthe nets for 20 points to leadthe winless Wildcats (0-8, 0-7), who battled hard indefeat.
Pellston 41Mancelona 33
PELLSTON The hostHornets snapped a seven-game losing streak with ahard-fought 41-33 triumphover visiting Mancelona onTuesday, Jan. 24.
Dana Zulski zapped thenets for 12 points to pacePellston and tall Tori Kirschconnected for 11 points with11 rebounds. SeniorSamantha McNitt alsohelped the cause, scoringeight.
Christina Sloan and
Vanessa Batchelor each tal-lied seven for Mancelona,
which slipped to 1-11 and 0-10.
Onaway 58Central Lake 45
ONAWAY The Onaway
girls of coach Marty Mix won
for the sixth time in the past
seven games, outscoring vis-
iting Central Lake 58-45 on
Tuesday, Jan. 24, in Ski Valleyaction.
The Cardinals jumped to
an early lead and held off the
Trojans in the second half tosecure the win and push their
record to 8-4 overall and 5-4
in the league.Temera Lupu lit it up for
the Cardinals, tickling the
twine for a team-high 17
points and sweet-shooting
Kallie Shimel sank 11.
Sheila Crouse had a big
night for the visitors, scoring27.
Onaway battled hard later
in the week but lost 73-47 to
No. 2 ranked St. Mary. Shimel
showed up big for the
Cardinals against the talent-ed Snowbirds, putting 19 on
the board, and Sammie Freel
found the bottom of the net
for 16. Sophomore Kari
Borowiak blistered the nets
for 30 points to pace the
high-powered Snowbirds.Onaway (8-5, 5-5) faced
Mancelona on Tuesday, Jan.
31, after this issue went to
press.
Cardinals return to W column vs. Forest Area; Hanel helps I-Lakes outscore Pellston; Lynn andGraham produce for Alanson
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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD Gaylordplayed host to the annualNorthern Michigan WrestlingChampionships on Saturday.The event, one of the mostprestigious in the state each
year, drew 32 teams from allacross the north country andthe U.P.
Traverse City St. Francisclaimed first place handily
with 178.5 points followed byU.P. powers St. Ignace (126)and Escanaba (122) withperennial mat power RogersCity (97.5) in fourth.
Gaylord was the most suc-cessful of the area teams with
nine grapplers who earnedmedals with a top-eight fin-ish.
Rugged senior Trey Leachof Onaway was the lone tour-ney champion among areateams, capturing first placefor the Cardinals at 160pounds with four straightvictories. Graylings BrandonHandrich pushes his person-al log to 33-3 with his third-place finish at 152 pounds.
GAYLORD, which is very young this year, showed itsamazing depth and why theBlue Devils are so tough indual meets. Hunter Warden(160) was the top finisher forGaylord, capturing fourthplace with a 2-2 log on theday, but the Blue Devils alsohad four fifth-place medal-ists and four sixth-placemedalists to earn eighthplace in the final team stand-ings with 87 points.
Earning fifth-place forGaylord were Chadd Hall(130), Trent Hunt (145),Tristan Gregory (171), andSeth Lights Out Lashuay
(112), who rebounded from aclose decision loss to roundtwo to take out IsabellaManyen of Whittemore-Prescott and DavidBrinkman of Benzie Central
with first-round falls.Hall, who has a team-best
38-7 record so far this season,lost a razor-thin 2-1 decisionto J.J. Sadler of Munising inthe second round but cameback to take close decision
wins over Jake Roza of Benzie
Central and Nick Lock ofPinconning. Hunt, who hasan excellent 35-7 record, alsolost a narrow decision in thesecond round and did thesame thing Hall did, earningclose decisions over JaredMaycunich of Escanaba in astirring battle and over ZachPerrault of Elk Rapids in theconsolation bout for fifthplace.
Capturing sixth-place forthe Blue Devils were: Alex
Webber (152), Eric Mason(189), Jose Iseler (103) andJeff Heinz (119).
ONAWAY, which earned a
13th place finish overall, hadthree medalists and they allfared well.
Leach, a lunch truck on themats at 160 pounds, went 4-0on the day to push his per-sonal record to 29-4. Heearned a 3-0 decision overGaylords tough Hunter
Warden in the semifinals andthen outscored Marquetteshighly regarded CurtCalovecchi by a 5-3 margin in
the finals.
Also shining for Onaway were Joe Traynham at 103and two-time state qualifier
Alex Fullerton at 140. TruckTraynham cruised byCameron Urban of RogersCity with a major decision tocapture third place andFullerton delivered a KO toR.J. Centala of Alpena in thesecond round.
GRAYLING, which earneda tie for 15th place withForest Area in the final stand-ings, had the second largestnumber of medalists amongarea teams with five.
Handrich lost his shot at
the 152-pound title with a 4-3defeat at the hands ofKingsleys tough LukeSzymchack in the semifinalsbut earned a 6-3 decisionover Gladstones BrandonGagnon to capture thirdplace in that tough weightclass. Cave Man Cody Elmy,a bruiser for the Vikings at119 pounds, took fourthplace and owned a veryrespectable 35-5 record at
the end of the day.
Jeff Myers earned seventhplace at 189, winning threestraight after a first-roundloss to Kingsleys Josh Parks.Ghaygr Toomey (125) andZack Cheney (130) both tookeighth place.
MIO had three medalistson the day.
Zach Mack was a Truck at125 pounds for theThunderbolts, rallying from asemifinal loss to RichardBentley of St. Igance to post a5-2 decision over CalebJernigan of Roscommon inthe consolation finals.
Jon Lucas (285) earned
sixth place and Harley Foust(140) took eighth place forthe Thunderbolts.
MANCELONA also hadthree medalists in the tour-ney.
Tough Tyler Aldrich (160)took sixth place, earning anarrow decision over JonCalo of Boyne City in athrilling, seesaw battle toassure himself of a medal
before dropping a decision to
Dalton Jarvis of Cheboyganin the fifth-place finals.
Michael Meadows (119)took seventh place, earningthree straight wins after anopening-round defeat,including an 11-6 decisionover Greg Sancrant ofOgemaw Heights in the sev-enth-place finals. KeeganRichardson (285) claimedeighth place for the Ironmen.
CHEBOYGAN had onemedalist in the tourney.Dalton Jarvis earned fifthplace at 160 pounds, pushinghis personal record to 23-6this season.
Dalton dispatched of GageRichards of Roscommon inthe opening round beforelosing a decision to eventualchamp Trey Leach of Onawayin the second round. Hebounced back with a pin ofMio senior Clarence Smith inthe wrestlebacks to assurehimself of a medal, thendecisioned tough Tyler
Aldrich of Mancelona 7-5 inthe fifth-place finals.
Wrestling
Gaylord hosts Northern ChampionshipsBlue Devils have nine medalists; Leach of Onaway is lone champ among area schools
CHEBOYGAN This Friday,
Feb. 3, the Cheboygan hockey
team plays host to perennial
rival Petoskey in the annual
Skate for the Cure fundraiser
with the festivities starting at
6:15 p.m. and game time at 7
p.m.
At the game, the Blueliners
will be selling additional T-
shirts, raffle tickets and provid-
ing various colored ribbons for
donation. If you would like to
make a donation or be a part of
the fundraiser in another way,
please call Jordan Yosts moth-
er, Debra Yost at (231) 625-
2654.
Last year, the fundraiser
brought in $5,555 for the
Oncology Department of the
Cheboygan Area Hospital and
this year the goal is $6,000. The
hospital will be using the funds
to purchase reclining chairs
that people rest in while they
receive their chemo treat-
ments.
On Saturday, Feb. 4, at 7
p.m., the Chiefs will host the
Mid-Michigan Storm for
Senior Tribute Night. This is a
special night to feature the
seniors of the team, several of
whom are four-year lettermen.
Each player will be featured for
a few minutes in the limelight.
We will share their accom-
plishments, introduce their
persons of positive influence,
coaches, parents and grand-
parents, said Annette Eustice.
Hockey
Cheboygan hosts
fundraiser on FridaySkate for Cure brought in $5,500 lastyear for Oncology Department at
Cheboygan Hospital
These photos of the Gaylord wrestling team were taken byRob DeForge on the home mats Wednesday as the Blue Devils
of coach Jerry LaJoie officially earned their fifth straight BigNorth Conference championship with dominating wins over
league foes Traverse City West, 73-0, and Ogemaw Heights, 57-9. Jose Iseler (103), Seth Lights Out Lashuay (112), Roger
Gordon (125), Chadd Hall (130), Hunter Warden (160) and Eric
Mason (171) all went undefeated in league competition thisseason to earn All-Conference honors for Gaylord. (photos by
Rob DeForge of rdsportsphoto.com)
By Mike Dunn
PETOSKEY It was a win-ning weekend for thePetoskey hockey team. TheNorthmen snapped a three-game losing skid in impres-sive fashion, outscoring theNorthwest Warriors 9-1 in amercy-shortened home con-test on Friday, Jan. 26, andthen going south to Saginawand posting a 7-5 victory overtalented Saginaw Nouvel onSaturday.
The wins pushed Petoskeyto 9-9-1 for the season.In the win at Saginaw,
Petoskey jumped to an earlylead and held off a latecharge by Nouvel.
Petoskey point producersSkye Pieffer and Kyle Ruggleseach had big games, combin-ing for three goals and seven
assists. Sky Pilot Piefferpropelled a pair of goals inthe high-scoring battle andalso generated three assists.Ruggles the rocket launchermade the twine in the back ofthe net dance one time andalso recorded four assists.
Ben Schwartzfisher,Hunter Stinger, Aaron Cookand Ken Forton also lit thescoring lamp for the victori-ous Northmen. KevinHansen helped the cause
with some sweet feeds for a
pair of assists while KenForton and freshman MikeForton each had one assist.
Petoskey led by scores of 6-3 and 7-4 but had to battle tothe end against the deter-mined home team.
Another freshman,Michael Whittaker, wasbetween the pipes for the
Northmen and earned thevictory with a solid effort.
ON FRIDAY at Griffin Arena, the Northmen broketheir losing skid in a big way,outscoring the visitingNorthwest Warriors by a 9-1margin in the annual "Pink inthe Rink" fundraising con-test.
Petoskey improved to 8-9-1 on the season and raisedmore than $2,000 for thePatient Assistance Fund ofthe Northern Michigan
Regional Health SystemFoundation.Pieffer and Ruggles were
an unstoppable force, com-bining to score five ofPetoskey's nine goals in themercy-shortened game. Theyeach had two assists as well.
Aaron Cook, Tanner Davis,Derek Smith and freshman
Mike Forton had lone goals
in the big win. Kenny Forton
helped fuel the offense with
two assists and Davis, Ian
Morrison, Ben
Schwartzfisher, Hunter
Stinger, Patrick Gitre and
Chay Worden had lone
assists.
Breanna Merriam stopped
10 of 11 shots sent her way to
secure the victory.
The Northmen travel to
Cheboygan on Friday forwhat should be a humdinger
of a non-league contest. It is
a special fundraiser night for
the Chiefs of coach Craig
Coxe, who will be wearing
purple when they take the ice
with an excellent 14-1-1
record this season.
Hockey
Petoskey sweeps weekend foesNorthmen snap losing skid, push record back to .500 mark with wins
over Saginaw Nouvel and Northwest Warriors
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To qualify
The expanded refinancing
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those with mortgages backed
by Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac, but the two entities back
more than half of all mort-
gages.
Eligible homeowners can
have missed only one pay-
ment in the past year and
must still bring in enough
monthly income to afford
their lower payment.
Some borrowers will be
required to show proof they
have the income to pay the
lower mortgage payments, but
the guidelines aren't clear onwho will be required to do this.
HUD Secretary Shaun
Donovan told The Arizona
Republic in October that part
of the goal of expanding the
refinancing program is to
reward homeowners who have
continued to pay their mort-
gages despite huge drops in
their home's values and
potentially prevent more
homeowners from walking
away. Estimates show nearly
half of Arizona's mortgage
holders are underwater.
The previous HARP plan,
which allowed homeowners to
refinance if their loan-to-valueratio was 125 percent or lower,
had the same intent. But it
helped few metro Phoenix
homeowners because home
values in the region have
plummeted 60 percent during
the crash.
While the program will be
expanded, some borrowers
aren't eligible.
Kim Baker has been in her
Phoenix home for more than
five years and owes at least 40
percent more on her mortgage
than what her house is worth.
She can't refinance to reduce
her 6.5 percent interest rate
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by Fannie or Freddie. She
wants the federal government
to give lenders an incentive to
help homeowners like her, too.
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she said. "Can't sell, can't re-fi,
can't lower our payment, can't
move to a cheaper house
down the street. We didn't
want to walk away or fore-
close. So we keep paying every
month hoping the economy
turns around and maybe in
several years we'll break
even."
10028 Spile Dam Road, MillersburgContact; Carol Steiger, RE/MAX NORTH, Cheboygan, (231) 627-9991
Real Estate
By Jim Akans
Located approximately 20 miles from Rogers City and Lake Huron
in northeastern Lower Michigan, this exceptional home and gor-
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With nearly 278 feet of frontage on crystal clear Barnhart Lake,
which is situated at the mouth of the Ocqueoc River, a fishing para-
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