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SBy Mike Dunn
GAYLORD – It was a split-decision week for theGaylord girls against Big North foes Ogemaw Heightsand Traverse City Central.The battling Blue Devils of
coach Frank Hamillaoutscored visiting Ogemaw 58-31 on Tuesday, Jan. 31,and fell at the court of Central 52-33 on Thursday,Feb. 2.
At the end of the week,Gaylord’s record stood at 8-8and 4-5 in the league.
The impressive win againstOgemaw snapped a four-game losing streak and “wasa nice confidence builder,”Hamilla reported.
“We trusted ourselvesoffensively and it made a dif-ference,” Hamilla added. “Wemoved the ball and createdsome great shots.”
With point producer
Mackenzie Edwards side-lined by early foul trouble,Gaylord struggled offensively in the early going but ralliedfrom the slow start to gradu-ally overtake the visitors from
West Branch.Gaylord outscored the
Falcons 23-10 in the secondquarter to assume a 29-20lead on the scoreboard atintermission. Junior forward
Alex Simmons drained a trey to help ignite the offense andMackenzie came off thebench to make the twinedance. The lethal lefty hit for11 of her game-high 20points in the quarter.
The Blue Devils continuedtheir assault on the iron inthe third quarter as long-range connections frompoint guard Sarah Polenaand sophomore backcourtmate Maddie Hamilla com-bined with a suffocating defensive effort helped topush Gaylord’s lead to 41-22.
The Gaylord reserves keptthe intensity meter ratchetedup in the fourth quarter andquality contributions camefrom hardworking forwards
Allie Gooding, Jada Johnsonand Terri Cavender, among others. It was a milestone
night for Cavender, a reserveforward who doesn’t alwaysget a lot of floor time but whois one of those players coach-es love to have because shealways battles hard in prac-tice and makes the team bet-ter with her unselfish invest-ment of labor behind thescenes and her positive atti-tude.
Everyone on the Blue Devilbench as well as everyone onthe Gaylord side of thebleachers was excited whenthe hardworking Cavenderbattled inside and kissed oneoff the glass for two points
just before the final buzzersounded.
Mackenzie grabbed six rebounds to go with her 20points. Polena put some pol-ish on the finished productas well with her usual two-
way production, recording nine points with four stealsand four assists. LaurenMead muscled her way toseven points and Chelsea Fox fought her way to possessionof five rebounds.
Ashley Bartow andStephanie Buttrick alsohelped the cause before both
were sidelined by anklesprains in the game.
Hamilla commended thereserves for their hard work
and also commended thegirls on the bench for contin-ually supporting whoever
was on the floor.“That’s what teamwork is
all about,” he said.Gaylord won the JV game
41-20 behind the lights-outshooting of Lindsey Zaremba, who zeroed in for
16 points. Aubrey Curtis andJoslyn Rider also providedsome of the offensive punchfor the Blue Devils, hitting forsix and five points, respec-tively, and coach Shelly Curtis credited Shelby Coonand Sydney Gooding with
solid minutes as well.“The girls are really playing well together as a team andplaying with more intensity,”Shelly reported.
The Gaylord freshmen fellto Ogemaw 31-29 in a tensebattle. Tenacious Tanner
Arkfeld turned up the heatdefensively for the BlueDevils, recording four stealsto go with her eight points.
Abigail Haskill, Cierra Woodsand Julia “Swat ’Em”Chwatun all cast a long shad-ow under the boards. Abigailhad seven rebounds to go
with seven points and Cierrahad 11 boards with six pointsand four assists while Julia
hauled in 10 boards.ON THURSDAY in the 52-
33 loss at Central, the BlueDevils fell behind by 20points in the third quarterand a spirited fourth-quarterrally was not enough to offsetthe deficit.
Gaylord went on a 14-0 runto start the quarter and trimthe Trojan lead to just six points but that was as closeas the Blue Devils would get.
“One thing I am proud of,these girls have no quit inthem,” Hamilla said. “We lettheir press bother us morethen it should have in thegame. We weren’t attacking it
and we weren’t going to theball. We will correct our mis-takes and prepare for
Alpena.”Mac continued to lead
Gaylord offensively, making the twine twitch to the tuneof 17 points. She was the only Blue Devil in double figures.Sophomore Maddie Hamillaput six on the board andPolena hit for four.
Mac also pulled down ateam-high six rebounds andMead muscled down five.Mac also had three steals and
three assists and Polenapicked up three assists.Katie Knudsen, the
Trojans’ 1,000-point scorer,connected for 18 points
while Ali Walker wound up with 16 and Madi Bankey made 12.
The Gaylord JV girls of coach Curtis lost a real heart-breaker, 33-32.
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Gaylord junior forward Lauren Mead (23) maneuvers to receive a pass during
the win over Ogemaw Heights.
Gaylord junior forward Jada Johnson (34) vigor-
ously battles for position against Ogemaw Heights.
Gaylord’s lethal lefty Mackenzie Edwards knifes
her way toward the bucket to score a deuce
against the Falcons.
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junior Terri
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with her buzzer-
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by Mike Dunn
GAYLORD -- The Gaylord
freshmen boys of coach Iron
Mike Neff won their 13th
game of the season on Friday
and it may have been their
sweetest.
The 47-34 victory over vis-
iting Big North foe Traverse
City not only pushed the
booming Blue Devils' record
to 13-1 overall and 7-1 in the
league, but it also reversed
their only loss.The win didn't come easily
as Neff's troops had to rally from a 25-22 halftime deficit.
"I told the team at halftimethat if their players coming off the bench are going tocontinue to out-hustle usthat we have no chance of
winning," Neff reported.The Blue Devil boys got
their coach's message. Big time. In the second half, they
employed the stifling "IronCurtain" defense of coachNeff to outscore the frustrat-ed Trojans 28-9.
"We finally started to exe-cute our offense and play solid defense," Neff said.
Marcus O'Rourke madethe nets spin for 13 pointsand played defense with thedisposition of an agitated pit
bull. "Bazooka" BlayneBlaker busted the nets for
nine points and Collin Watters sprayed the glassclean under the boads, wherehe had a huge game, and healso played smart defense,absorbing two charges.
ON TUESDAY, Jan. 31, inthe 61-22 victory at Ogemaw Heights, it was Steven Fitzek firing up the offense, torch-ing the nets for a game-high
17 points while "Bazooka"Blayne launched 11 and Sam
Rinke rocked the iron for
eight.
Mercury-quick DeMarco
McColvery covered the floor
like snow on an evergreen,
recording a whopping nine
steals!
On Friday, Feb. 10, the Blue
Devils play at Alpena and on
Friday, Feb. 17, they arehome against T.C. West.
Neff's Blue Devils reverse only loss of season Friday with big win over T.C. Central
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Basketball
Snowbirds post wins over SVC rivals Joburg and Onaway;Spyhalski spanks nets as chief scorer in each game
St. Mary boys win
league games
Six straight for Petoskey girls
by Mike Dunn
GAYLORD -- The St. Mary
boys of coach Ken Blust
pushed their record above
the .500 mark with an
impressive pair of Ski Valley
League road victories last
week, outscoring cross-
county rival Johannesburg-
Lewiston 47-29 on
Wednesday, Feb. 1, andOnaway 54-49 on Friday.
With the two wins, St. Mary
jumped to 6-5 overall and 5-3
in the league. On Monday,
the Snowbirds traveled
across the bridge and suf-
fered a 63-57 loss to Pickford,
dropping their record to 6-6
overall.
In the game at
Johannesburg, St. Mary led
14-4, 20-10 and 32-15 at the
quarter breaks.
Junior guard Matt
Spyhalski made the nets spin
from the perimeter and from
his penetrating drives to the
bucket, accumulating a
game-high 16 points along
the way. Senior forward Luke
Wisniewski landed 12 points
through the iron to go with
five boards and he was aforce defensively as well,
recording four steals.
Sophomore Charles Strehl
was a strong-arm presence in
the paint, pulling down nine
rebounds.
Junior Jake Newell jammed
the nets for eight points, all
in the first half, to lead J-L,
which slipped to 3-7 overall
and 2-6 in the league. Senior
Gunnar Owens fueled a late
Cardinal charge, scoring all
seven of his points in the
final quarter.
J-L coach Charlie Lovelace
also noted the spark provid-
ed off the bench by hard-
nosed senior Seth Koronka.
J-L played Wednesday, Feb.
8, at Bellaire.
ON FRIDAY, the Snowbirds
traveled to Onaway andcame away with a hard-
earned 54-49 decision.
Once again, it was the
slashing Spyhalski leading
the way offensively, putting
13 on the boards. Smooth-
striding senior Pat Switalski
struck for 11 to join Spyhalski
in double figures and
Wisniewski was a freight
train inside, connecting for
eight points and pulling
down 13 boards.
Strehl was a Snowbird
steamroller under the boards
again, scoring eight and
hauling in seven rebounds.
Senior Gabe Nowicki
grabbed six boards and
served up fine fare to open
teammates, recording five
assists.
Joe O’Bradovich tallied 10
to lead Onaway, which
slipped to 1-10 overall and 0-
9 in the Ski Valley.
St. Mary (6-6, 5-3), which
moved into third place in the
SVC standings behind No. 2
ranked Bellaire and eighth-
ranked Pell
By Mike Dunn
PETOSKEY – Make it six in
a row for the Petoskey girls of
coach Adam Dobrowolski.
The surging Northmen post-
ed impressive back-to-back
victories over Traverse City
Central and Charlevoix last
week to push their record to
7-8 overall and 5-4 in the Big North. The Trojans fell to 7-7
and 5-3.
Petoskey is 6-0 since start-
ing the season with just one
win in nine games. Defensive
intensity was the catalyst
once again as the battling
Northmen out-dueled
Central 39-35 in a very physi-
cal, hard-fought 32-minute
war on Tuesday, Jan. 31, and
outscored non-league foe
Charlevoix 45-27 the very
next night.
In the win over stubborn
Central, the host Northmen
took a 28-24 lead into the
fourth quarter and hit a
number of timely shots to
maintain a slim lead over the
final eight minutes. Different
players stepped up at key
junctures, especially in the
final two minutes.
Junior center Megan
Tompkins banked one homefollowing an offensive
rebound, gritty junior for-
ward Kelsey Ance drained a
pair of free throws and scrap-
py sophomore Kati Lewis
landed one out of a scrum in
the lane in the final two min-
utes to help the Northmen
stay on top and Liz Fraser
found the bottom of the net
with a free throw to give the
home team a critical four-
point lead, 39-35, with less
than 30 seconds to go.
Dobrowolski also noted
the outstanding defensive
effort of super hustlers Alyssa
VanWerden and Katelyn
Crittenden, who surrounded
Central’s ever-dangerous
1,000-point scorer Katie
Knudsen like a shadow
throughout the game.
Ance, who was a beast
under the boards, generated
a double-double to pacePetoskey, accumulating 14
points and 11 boards.
Crittenden not only turned
in a superlative defensive
effort but also tallied 11 to
join Ance in double digits.
The long-armed Tompkins
tallied six and was big into
Windex, cleaning the glass
for a team-high 12 rebounds.
The victory over Central
reversed an earlier 52-35 loss
in Traverse City.
Knudsen finished the night
with 15 points to lead Central
and she surpassed the 1,000-point plateau in her notableprep career during the con-test. Ali Walker scored sevenfor the visitors.
Petoskey won the thrilling JV game in overtime, 42-41.Natalie Weaver spun 17points through the iron tolead the way while AmandaStinger struck for seven
points and Abby Blanchardbrought down six rebounds.
ON WEDNESDAY in the win over Charlevoix, theangular Tompkins cast a long shadow. The junior centertopped the Petoskey scoring ledger with 14 points and wasbig into rejection as well,blocking four Rayder shots togo with four rebounds.
VanWerden and Ance eachcollected 10 points to helpkeep Petoskey pull away aftera tight first quarter and keepthe win streak going.
Dobrowolski creditedJenna Proctor and Fraser
with providing a surge of energy off the bench.
Megan Peters paced theRayders with seven points.
St. Mary junior Matt Spyhalski topped the scoring
ledger in wins over Joburg and Onaway.
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Ance, Tompkins take control of paint asNorthmen edge Central, outscoreCharlevoix on home floor
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The smiling Petoskey girls of coach Adam Dobrowolski, shown here prior to
their win at Gaylord last week, are on a roll.
Number 1On Tuesday, Gaylord St Mary CathedralGirls Basketball team was named Numberone in Class D by the Associated Press.
After beating Mancelona’s Lady IronmenTuesday night, the Lady Snowbirds boast16 wins and no losses on the season. With
just 4 games remaining in the regular sea-son the Snowbirds are hoping to head into
tournament play with a perfect season. Intheir final four games they face Bellaire,Forest Area, Inland Lakes and face MountPleasant Sacred Heart in the final game of the regular season on February 23 athome. Sacred Heart is ranked Numberthree in the AP poll in Class D. St. Mary Senior sharp shooter, Karli Jacob hits a 3-
pointer in Tuesday night’s win against Mancelona.
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By Mike Dunn
PETOSKEY – The annual
“Throwback Night” on the
Petoskey floor between the
host Northmen and perenni-al hardwood rival Cheboygan
proved to be a spirited battle.
Petoskey, sixth-ranked in
Class A by the Associated
Press, prevailed 68-51 to
remain unbeaten, but the
scrappy Chiefs came from
the neighboring county to
play and made a game of it.
Petoskey improved to 15-0
with the triumph while the
gritty Chiefs slipped to 5-8.
Senior forwards Joe
Robbins and Zak Lewis lit it
up for the victors, combining
for 36 points on a night when
the Throwback attire and
atmosphere contributed to
the fun but there was defi-
nitely some hard-nosed play
on the court.
Robbins – wearing vintage
black-rimmed goggles that
lent him a rugged Kurt
Rambis type persona -- fin-
ished another productive
night with 20 points and the
hardworking Lewis landed 16
on the board as Petoskey
won its 38th straight home
game. “Rambis” Robbins also
pulled down eight rebounds.
Sam Baumgartner struck
for 11 from the backcourt to
help the Northmen cause
and he also grabbed six
rebounds.Sophomore Ben Pearson
propelled 15 through the rim
top pace the Chiefs, who
scrapped and clawed for 32
minutes. Brady Litzner
brought it hard, too, scoring
14 for the visitors.
Petoskey, which is 9-0 in
the Big North, can clinch the
title outright on Friday a win
at Traverse City West. The
Northmen, who have
clinched at least a share of
their third straight BNCcrown, have won 29 straight
league contests.
Inland Lakes 51Johannesburg-Lewiston43
JOHANNESBURG – Josh
O’Connor rang up 21 points
to lead visiting Inland Lakes
to a hard-fought 51-43 victo-
ry over game Ski Valley foe
Johannesburg-Lewiston on
Monday.
The Bulldogs played host
to Forest Area on Wednesday,
Feb. 8, and travel to Onaway on Friday, Feb. 10.
The Cardinals (3-9, 2-7)
played at Bellaire on
Wednesday, Feb. 8, and are
on the road again
Wednesday, Feb. 15, in a
rematch with I-Lakes.
Alba 51Mackinaw City 48
ALBA – Alba earned a hard-
fought 61-58 victory over
Mackinaw City on Monday in
a Northern Lakes Conference
battle. Gary Pawson helped
propel the Wildcats to victo-
ry, taming the twine for atotal of 21 points in the win.
The Wildcats improved to
4-7 overall and 3-4 in the
league.
ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1,
Alba traveled to the court of
state-ranked Boyne Falls and
dropped a 75-37 decision to
the powerful Loggers. The
Loggers improved to 11-1
overall and 7-0 in the league
with their 10th straight win.
Josh Puroll put 23 on the
board to lead Boyne Falls while Brendon Matelski
struck for 17 and Marcus
Matelski for 16 and point
guard Logan Jenkins scored
nine and dished off 14
assists.
Pawson, who is quietly
have a whale of a seaon for
Alba, scored 25.
Mio 47, Hillman 39
MIO -- Micah Thomey
tamed the twine for a game-
high 24 points to help lead
host Mio past stubborn
Hillman 47-39 on Friday in a
North Star League clash.Tyler Banks cashed in for
18 points to pace the Tigers
and Ed Tucker tallied 10 and
pulled down 12 boards.
Mancelona 43Ellsworth 37
MANCELONA – Freshman
Brandon Dingman,
Mancelona’s free-flowing fire
igniter from the backcourt,
torched the nets for a game-
high 17 points Friday and hit
some clutch free throws
down the stretch as the
Ironmen held on for a hard-
fought 43-37 victory over vis-iting Ellsworth in non-league
play.
Dingman delivered four
consecutive free throws in
the final seconds of the
fourth quarter after Ellsworth
pulled within two points, and
he also pulled down a team-
high nine boards to help the
Ironmen push their record to
5-7. Ellsworth fell to 4-8.
Dependable junior guard
Kyle Schepperley also helped
the cause, connecting foreight points and grabbing
eight rebounds.
Matt Barraw scored 16 to
lead Ellsworth and versatile
Jake Seaney also had a good
showing, recording 11 points,
11 rebounds and six assists.
Harbor Light 46Mackinaw City 34
HARBOR SPRINGS —
Visiting Mackinaw City led by
a point, 18-17, at the half but
Harbor Light Christian
claimed the lead early in the
third quarter and then pulled
away to post a 46-34 victory Friday in Northern Lakes
Conference play.
Noah Morse made 11 to
pace the Comets, who
slipped to 5-7 overall and 3-4
in the league.
Daniel Klevorn and Jake
Ellis each hit for 10 to lead
the Swordsmen (3-11, 3-5),
who won their second
straight. Ellis grabbed 14
boards and Klevorn 10 as
both had a double-double.
Wolverine 57Alanson 29
ALANSON — Winless Alanson battled hard but
could not match the firepow-
er of visiting Wolverine on
Wednesday, Feb. 1, in
Northern Lakes Conference
action.
Tristan Long tallied 11 and
Kyle Frost found the bottom
of the net for eight as the
Wildcats pushed their record
to 6-6 overall and 6-3 in the
league.
Brandon Kuchnicki nailed
a double-double for the
Vikings, scoring 10 with 10
boards, and Bobby Sproule
showed up big in the paint as
well, grabbing 11 rebounds.
Daniel Sierra struck for six
points.
Wolverine played host to
Boyne Falls on Wednesday,
Feb. 8.
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Basketball
Grayling gals lose heartbreaker
By Mike Dunn
GRAYLING – The Grayling
girls lost a real heartbreaker
on the home floor Friday to
hardworking Lake Michigan
Conference rival Harbor
Springs. The Vikings had the
chance to tie the score and
force overtime at the end but
their final shot just rimmed
out at the buzzer and
Grayling lost the hotly con-tested contest by a 53-50
margin.
Grayling fell to 6-8 overall
and 2-6 in the league after
the tight loss while the Rams
improved to 8-6 and 3-5.
“The game was very close
and was filled with spurts,”
reported Grayling coach Joe
Powers. “It was an extremely
entertaining game as both
squads fought tough and
fought to the end.”
Grayling shot the lights out
in the first half and carried a
30-23 lead into the locker
room at intermission. In the
third quarter, though, the
Vikings went colder than an
ocean flounder from the
floor, scoring just two points
as the Rams regained the
lead.
The fourth quarter was
tense all the way. The visiting
Rams ultimately prevailed
because of their free-throw
shooting as they hit 8-of-11
attempts in the final stanza.
For the game, they were 19-
of-29 from the stripe.
“Harbor Springs got to the
line a lot more than we did in
the fourth and outscored us
from the line by eight,”
Powers said. “They were up
by three with 20 seconds to
go. We came down and had a
excellent shot but it didn't
fall.”
There was a scramble for
the loose ball after the miss
and with 3.1 seconds left the
ball went off Harbor Springs.
Grayling would get one more
opportunity to tie the score
and force overtime.
“After a timeout by both
teams, we ran a special play,
got a great look at the basket,
had a great shot that rimmed
off,” Powers said.
A healthy chug of Jo-Go
Juice fueled the Grayling
offense as junior sharpshoot-
er Jo Hamlin, who is averag-
ing 19 points per game this
season, paced the Vikings
with 15 in this one. She also
recorded four rebounds,
three assists and two steals.
Caitlin Prosser pushed and
powered her way to 11 points
to join Hamlin in double dig-
its and she also grabbed five
rebounds and dished off five
assists. Cierra Prosser put six
on the board and Hannah
Haven and Alyssa Morley
each scored four. Scrappy
senior forward Josie Swander
swung her weight aroundinside, securing a team-high
six rebounds and feisty fresh-
man Hailey Whitaker had five
boards.
Elena Ongaro garnered a
game-high 20 points for the
Rams to go with six
rebounds, six assists and six
steals and Maggie Walker had
a double-double with 14
points and 12 rebounds.
Grayling faced league foe
Elk Rapids on Tuesday, Feb.
7, after this issue went to
press and faces another LMC
rival, Kalkaska, this Friday.
Harbor Springs rallies in final minutesto edge Vikings 53-50 in LMC clash
Caitlin Prosser (22) of Grayling goes high to defend a Harbor Springs’ shot
from the lane on Friday.
Grayling senior Josie Swander (4) and junior Jo Hamlin
(23) vie for a rebound against Harbor Springs.
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Jordan Fontaine of Cheboygan (23) is guarded closely
as he attempts to find an open teammate Monday at
Petoskey.
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Northmen improve to 15-0 with ‘Throwback’ victory;Dingman delivers in Mancelona victory
Boys Hoops
Petoskey boys push past Chiefs
Caitlin
Prosser of
Grayling
goes high
to launch
one and
score two
of her 11
points
against the
Rams.
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Basketball
Grayling boys take
down Ramsby Mike Dunn
GRAYLING – The host Vikings pushed their recordto 10-3 overall and 6-2 in theLake Michigan Conference
with a workmanlike 57-45victory over game-but-out-manned Harbor Springs on
Friday, Feb. 3.Earlier in the week, the
Vikings rolled past non-league foe Roscommon by a66-24 margin.
Senior forward Tom “TheBeast” Burrell played like abeast under the boards in the
win over Harbor Springs, sav-aging the nets for a double-
double. Burrell busted thenets 16 points and bulled his
way to 12 rebounds to helpfuel the Vikings’ successfuleffort.
Grayling trailed 17-16 afterthe first quarter butoutscored the visitors 36-20in the second and third quar-ters to take control of things.
“This game was a grinddefensively,” reportedGrayling coach Rich Moffit. “Ithought we did a nice job of defending in the middlequarters of the game. TomBurrell was outstanding inthe game. I was also pleased
with the balanced scoring
that we had in this contest.”Senior lefty Zane Tobin
also put some serious zip inthe Viking offense, scoring 13, and fellow seniors StevenEnos and Riley Zigila rockedthe rim for 12 and 11 points,
respectively.The 6-foot-4
Enos, as usual,filled the statline with excel-lent figuresacross theboard. Hehauled in 12rebounds for a
double-double,dished off ateam-high fourassists and healso generatedfour steals.
Senior centerGriffin Dean, the
Vikings’ deter-mined Dean of Down Under,delivered eightrebounds to go
with his threepoints. Tobintook down six boards andZigila was in“zap mode”d e f e n s i v e l y ,recording fivesteals to go with three assists.Sophomore guard TylerMcClanahan also dished off three assists.
Spencer Kloss connected
for 15 to pace the Rams (4-9,2-6) and Scott Morse added13.
IN THE decisive victory over Roscommon, it was the
cool hand of Tobin leading the way o with 13 points andbeing joined in double digitsby Enos and junior net-tamerScott Parkinson, each with 11points. Sophomore guardJake Swander and Burrelleach scored six and Zigila hit
for five.Enos pulled down 11
boards and Burrell broughtdown 10. Enos and Swandereach had four assists andMcClanahan issued three.Zigila and Enos spearheaded
the suffocating Viking defense, recording four stealseach and Devon Dawson andTobin each had three on anight when Grayling amassed 25 steals.
“I was very pleased withour defensive play through-
out the game,” Moffit said.“We did a nice job of defend-ing in the half court set andrunning our transition break.
We did an outstanding job of sharing the basketball.”
‘Beast’ Burrell is simply a savage inside as hesecures team-high 16 points and 11 boards
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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD – Gaylordtrailed by 10 points, 38-28, atthe half Friday but camestorming back to post a stun-ning 63-60 victory over Big North foe Traverse City Central before a large, loudhome crowd.
The Blue Devils, whorebounded from a tough losson the road to Ogemaw Heights earlier in the week,pushed to 5-8 overall and 3-6in league play.
Once again, senior forwardTroy Gahm was the catalyst
of the Blue Devil charge tovictory. Gahm was in his typ-
ical undertaker mode, bury-ing just about everything heput to the basket. He finished
with a game-high 28 points.Junior guard Tyler Frisch
helped the cause as well,connecting for 10 points.Tyler Cherry picked the netsfor nine points and strong man Zach Lundell packedthe nets for nine and provid-ed some punch inside.
The Blue Devils won thegame at the free throw line.They hit on 15-of-18 for thegame and 10-of-12 in the
fourth quarter. The visiting Trojans made just 10-of-25
from the stripe.Ryan Verschuren topped
the Trojan scoring charts with 25 points and EthanPilarski scored 10.
Central won the JV contest64-51. Zach Pasternak pumped 20 points throughthe iron for the Blue Devilsand Felix Iseler fired in 10.
Adam Stepan scored 14 tolead the Trojans.
ON TUESDAY, Jan. 31, theBlue Devils stumbled on theroad, losing 49-39 to hostOgemaw.
Gaylord coach TimO’Rourke said it “was a real
lean night” for his team andhe was accurate. Gahm didgarner 21 points to pace theBlue Devils but on the wholeit was a game marked by foultrouble and poor execution.
O’Rourke commended theaggressive defense employedby Frisch in the contest.
Jordan Moore nailed 11 tolead the Falcons, whoimproved to 3-9 overall and2-6 in the Big North, andCameron Zettel connectedfor 10.
Ogemaw also won the JV
contest, edging Gaylord 52-
50 on a shot at the final
buzzer. Pasternak put the
powder in the pistol once
again for the offense, pulling
the trigger on a team-high 16
points. Leland Huey (11) and
Felix Iseler (10) were also in
double figures.
Gaylord plays at Alpena
this Friday, Feb. 10, in a Big
North clash and returns
home on Friday, Feb. 17,
against Traverse City West.
By Mike Dunn
CHEBOYGAN – The
Petoskey hockey team came
calling Friday at the Ralph G.
Cantile Arena and
Cheboygan was prepared for
a barnburner. The Chiefs
finally prevailed 3-1, securing
the hard-fought victory with
an empty-netter from
smooth-striding Stan
Swiderek in the final seconds.
Cheboygan improved to
15-2-1 while the Northmen,
who have made long leaps of
progress since the start of the
season, fell to 9-10-1.
Shifty sophomore Zack
Schley, who struck for the
game-winner in the previous
game at Gaylord, got the
Chiefs on the board first with
a laser blast in the first period
and determined Dylan
Wilkinson whacked one
home in the second period to
put the Chiefs on top 2-0 and
score what proved to be the
game-winning goal in the
tight, tense battle.Petoskey junior Tanner
Davis finally solved
Cheboygan’s stingy goal-
tender Nick Watson, scoring
on a rebound in front to trim
the deficit to 2-1. Kevin
Hansen and Aaron Cook
earned assists on Davis’s
timely tally.
Petoskey had chances to
tie the score in the third peri-
od but the Chief penalty
killers were up to the task.
Three times the Northmen
had a man advantage but
were not able to cash in.
It was the silky-smooth
Swiderek who finally sealed
the deal for the Chiefs with
his empty-netter with 7 sec-
onds remaining.
Both goalkeepers, Watson
for Cheboygan and Breanna
Merriam for Petoskey, turned
in a solid performance.
Watson stood on his head afew times but allowed just
one goal to the high-powered
visitors, stopping 31 of 32
shots directed his way.
Merriam was also clutch,
making several outstanding
stops to keep her team in the
hunt to the end. Merriam
turned aside 26 of 28 shots.
Friday’s game was also the
“Skate for the Cure” fundrais-
er that Cheboygan hosts each
year to raise funds for the
Oncology Department of the
Cheboygan Area Hospital.
On Saturday, Cheboygan
played host to the Mid-
Michigan Storm for Senior
Tribute Night and earned an
8-3 decision.
The Chiefs (16-2-1) played
host to Alpena on
Wednesday, Feb. 8, and are
on the road for what should
be a tough one at Cadillac
this Friday, Feb. 10.
Petoskey travels to Alpena
for a Big North Conference
clash with the Wildcats on
Friday, Feb. 10, at Northern
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Chiefs edge visiting Petoskey
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Pellston boys push to 12-1 markby Mike Dunn
PELLSTON -- Last week
brought another pair of
impressive victories for the
Pellston boys of coach Cliff
Hass. The high-powered,
state-ranked Hornets
assaulted the iron and
pushed their record to 12-1
overall and 10-1 in the Ski
Valley with a 69-46 win over
Mancelona on Wednesday,
Feb. 1, and a 73-34 win over
Inland Lakes on Fri., Feb. 3.
In the win over host Inland
Lakes, it was H&H Point
Manufacturers, Inc. leading
the way offensively once
again as prolific senior scor-
ers Christopher Hass and
Andy Hamlin both earned a
double-double.
The 6-foot-4 Hass made
the twine twitch to the tune
of 28 points to go with 14
rebounds, five assists and
five blocked shots and the 6-
foot-5 Hamlin hammered the
nets for 15 points and
pounded the boards for 11
rebounds. Dependable Dale
Stark struck for 10 points and
grabbed six boards to help
the Hornet cause as well and
cerebral point guard Zak
Kruskie collected eight
points and eight rebounds
and covered the floor like
carpeting on defense, record-
ing six steals.
Coach Hass noted the
effective inside play of Hass
and Hamlin, who were
"men" on the glass, and the
defensive charge fueled by
the frenetic fury of Ronnie
Schlosser and Kruskie.
“Inland Lakes did a good
job of keeping Chris Hass in
check in the second half but
the team picked it up offen-
sively, which is one of our
strengths this year,” Hass
reported.
Josh O’Connor scored 10
points to pace Inland Lakes,
which slipped to 2-8 overall
and 2-7 in the Ski Valley.
Pellston captured the JV
game 44-35 Tanner Keller
tickled the twine for 16
points and hauled in 12
rebounds for a double-dou-
ble and the cool hand of
sweet-shooting Connor Kintz
accounted for 14 points.
ON WEDNESDAY, Pellston
outscored scrappy
Mancelona 69-46 in a Ski
Valley clash to improve to 11-
1 overall and 9-1 in the
league.
Senior sharpshooter and
2,000-point scorer
Christopher Hass hammered
the nets for 24 points to go
with five steals, six rebounds
and four assists. Fellow sen-
ior Andy Hamlin, who sur-
passed the 1,000-point
plateau last week, added 20
points and pulled down 14
rebounds for a strong dou-
ble-double. Reliable Zak
Kruskie and Max Ketterer
each connected for eight
points and Coach Cliff Hass
also noted the strangling
defense of guards Jake
Friedenstab and the crafty
Kruskie.
Hass also credited
Mancelona with a gritty
defensive effort that kept the
Hornets “bogged down” at
times.
Freshman fireman
Brandon Dingman torched
the nets for a game-high 26
points to lead the Ironmen.
Hass, Hamlin hammer the nets as Hornets post victories over Mancelona, I-Lakes
Girls Hoops
Snowbird gals win two more
By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD – The St. Mary
girls, ranked second in the
state in Class D, earned a
tight victory against tough
non-league foe Harbor
Springs on Tuesday, Jan. 31,in the game that turned out
to be their biggest test to
date. The Snowbirds hit 21-
of-23 free throws, including
13-of-14 in the fourth quar-
ter, in the hard-fought 56-52
road victory over the Class C
school to remain unbeaten.
St. Mary also outscored Ski
Valley foe Pellston by a 63-24
margin on Thursday, Feb. 2.
At the end of the week, the
Snowbirds were 15-0 overall
and 12-0 in the Ski Valley.
St. Mary coach Kevin
Foster called the Harbor
Springs game “a good test”for his team.
“They’re a very good
defensive team,” he said. “I
know the girls gained some
confidence from the win. The
game also showed them the
importance of free throws
and it also shows us things
we need to continue to
improve on.”
Sturdy senior wing Karli
Jacob, steady as the sunrise,
hit for 18 to lead the
Snowbirds and she served up
tasty vittles for her team-
mates as well, recording six
assists. When she wasn’t
scoring or passing to team-
mates to score, Karli was
playing bark-tight defense
and recording five steals.
The Snowbirds’ super
tough backcourt tandem of
junior Chrissy Smith and
sophomore Kari Borowiak
also showed up big against
the rugged Rams. Smith and
Borowiak each tallied 14
while handling the ball with
their usual cool efficiency.
Kari also recorded four steals.
Elena Ongaro garnered 20
points to pace Harbor
Springs (7-6) and Jenna
Lechowicz added 14.
In the 63-24 victory over
visiting Pellston, Jacob
jammed the iron for a team-
high 17 points and hauled in
nine rebounds while
Borowiak busted the nets for
13 and Mary Spyhalski
brought some juice with her
off the bench, hitting for 10.
Smith struck for eight and
Jada Bebble also scored eight
to go with six rebounds and
five assists. Foster also credit-
ed Sarah Long with providing quality minutes off the
bench.
Shelby Hughey scored 12
to lead Pellston (2-12, 2-10).
Emma Dunham pulled down
six rebounds and Tori Kirsch
grabbed five.
After the game, Pellston
coach Barbara Ingraham
called the top-flight
Snowbirds “a very, very good
team” that plays like a well-
oiled machine.
St. Mary played host to
Mancelona on Tuesday, Feb.
7, after this issue went to
press.
Johannesburg
Lewiston 45
Bellaire 41, OT
BELLAIRE – It was still
another close victory for bat-
tle-tested Johannesburg-
Lewiston on Tuesday, Jan. 31,
at the court of Ski Valley foe
Bellaire. The Cardinals, who
have come out on top in sev-
eral photo finishes this sea-
son, edged the home team45-41 to push their record to
13-2 overall and 10-2 in the
league. The Eagles slipped to
7-6 and 5-5.
It was the usual cast lead-
ing the way for the Cardinals,
led by versatile junior Abby
Schlicher and senior guard
Miranda House. “Acetylene
Abby” not only torched the
nets for a team-high 11
points but she also grabbed
11 boards for a double-dou-
ble and she blocked four
shots.
House was afire from the
charity stripe, stepping up when it counted the most for
her team. Miranda hit 9-of-
10 free throws in the fourth
quarter and overtime. She
finished with 10 points to go
with five boards and she also
covered the floor like carpet-
ing on defense, recording six
steals.
Junior Tiffany Nickert tick-
led the twine for eight points
with five rebounds and
scrappy sophomore Brittany
Cherwinski busted the nets
for six points and brought
down six rebounds. Juniors
Hannah Huff and Katelyn
Weaver were warriors in the
paint, grabbing seven and six
rebounds, respectively.
Katie Thornton tallied 16
to lead the Eagles and she
also grabbed eight boards
and Olivia Herring, who
scored in the final second of
regulation to tie the score at
31 and force the extra ses-
sion, finished with nine
points and 11 boards.
The Cardinals played at
Inland Lakes on Tuesday,
Feb. 7, and are at homeThursday, Feb. 9, against
Central Lake. On Tuesday,
Feb. 14, the Cardinals go
north to Pellston.
Sault Ste. Marie 63
Cheboygan 47
SAULT STE. MARIE –
Visiting Cheboygan fell to 6-6
for the season and 3-3 in the
Straits Area Conference with
a 63-47 loss to high-powered
Sault Ste. Marie (10-3, 6-1) on
Friday.
Kali Hancock and Katie
Litzner connected for 12
points apiece for the scrappy
Chiefs in the loss and Taylor
Lopiccolo tallied 10.
Jessica Palmer paced the
Blue Devils with 18 points,
including four 3-pointers.
Mio 63
Whittemore-Prescott 31
MIO – Nona Rhoads has
been rocking the iron for the
Mio girls this season and on
Monday she hit a career-best
26 points to lead the
Thunderbolts to a 63-31 vic-
tory over Whittemore-
Prescott in a non-league tilt.
Rhoads, penetrating to the
basket like a honed blade
through freshly baked bread,
also rattled the rim for a
game-high 21 points on
Thursday, Feb. 2, in a 49-36
loss at the court of North Star
League foe Hillman.
Hillman prevailed 49-36 as
Alissa Clink connected for 17
points and Jensen
Tchorzynski tallied 16.
Alba 35
Wolverine 28
WOLVERINE — Alba
staged a rally to edge past
host Wolverine 35-28 on
Friday in Northern Lakes
Conference action.
Wolverine outscored the visi-
tors 16-2 in the first quarter
only to have Alba come
storming back to outscore
the host Wildcats 15-2 in the
second quarter of the wild
seesaw battle.
Becky Papi put nine on the
board to lead Wolverine.
The visiting Wildcats
improved to 2-8 and 2-7 in
the league while Wolverine
fell to 5-8 overall and 3-6.
Central Lake 48
Mancelona 28
CENTRAL LAKE — The
host Trojans evened their
record in the Ski Valley at 6-6
and pushed to 7-8 overall
with a 48-28 victory over
Mancelona on Thursday, Feb.
2.
Lauren Rogers posted a
double-double, generating
14 points and 10 steals in the
win and Jennifer Corbett also
had a double-double for the
victors, notching 10 points
and 15 boards.
For Mancelona, McKenzie
Wilson made nine points and
Vanessa Batchelor battled
hard inside, scoring eight
and grabbing 10 rebounds.
Inland Lakes 49
Onaway 31
INDIAN RIVER – Sandy
Bischoff blistered the nets for
20 points to lead surging
Inland Lakes to an impres-
sive 49-31 victory over tough
Onaway on Thursday, Feb. 2.
The hardworking Cardinals
slipped to 9-6 and 6-6.
On Tuesday, Jan. 31, it was
Katelynn Brendly doing the
damage for the Bulldogs
offensively, making the twine
spin to the tune of 24 points
in an equally impressive 48-
35 victory over Ski Valley foe
Forest Area.
Emily Gonyer tallied 13 to
pace the Warriors (4-8) and
Marissa Ingersoll hit for nine.
Onaway 58
Mancelona 10
ONAWAY – Host Onaway
featured a balanced scoring
sheet on Tuesday, Jan. 31, in a
58-10 victory over Ski Valley
foe Mancelona.
Molly Cleaver made 14 to
pace the Cardinals, whoimproved to 9-5 overall and
6-5 in the league. Kallie
Shimel collected a dozen
points and piston-pumping
point guard Megan Estep hit
for 10.
No. 2-ranked St. Mary moves to 15-0; Joburg edges Eagles in OT;Rhoads of Mio rattles the iron for 26 points in win
Hockey
Blue Devils bow to tough Algoma
By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD – The high-pow-
ered Central Algoma Huskies
hockey team came to
Gaylord Saturday and exhib-
ited a diverse arsenal of
weapons in a thoroughly
impressive 8-4 victory over
the host Blue Devils at the
Sportsplex. The Blue Devils
fell to 7-10-2 with the loss.
Algoma of Ontario led 4-0
after the first period and 8-0 a
little past the midway point
of the second period.
Gaylord, to its credit, did not
fold the tents at that point.Resilient young Blue Devil
goaltender Tony Apa did not
crumble beneath the barrage
of enemy shots, standing tall
to hold the visitors scoreless
over the final 25 minutes of
game action with a gritty per-
formance and the Gaylord
offense began to percolate,scoring four times to trim the
deficit in half before the final
buzzer sounded.
It was Willie Gelow who
ignited the wild finish for
Gaylord, making the net rip-
ple in the back of the Huskie
goal late in the second period
to put the Blue Devils on the
board for the first time and
then lighting the scoring
lamp again in the third peri-
od on a power-play goal. It
was the fourth and fifth goals
for the hard-skating Gelow.
Two Gaylord players who
hadn’t scored previously,Josh Delaney and Garrett
Richardson, connected for
their first goals of the season
in the exciting third period.
The determined Delaney
delivered the goods at the
4:36 mark of the period with
help from Mitchell Lawton
and Richardson rang up thefinal goal of the contest with
help from scrappy Seth
Muzyl. It was the fourth assist
of the season for both grind-
line members Lawton and
Muzyl.
Scrap-iron tough senior
sparkplug Spencer Bajko
recorded his 13th and 14th
assists of the season on
Gelow’s two goals.
Apa turned in a better
showing than what the final
score might indicate. The
sophomore faced a whop-
ping 39 shots in the game
and turned back 31 of them
and he stoned the visitors on
4 power-play opportunities.
A bright spot for the Blue
Devils in the defeat was the
effort of the penalty killers,
who worked hard in front of
Apa to deny the Huskies good
angles at the net.
Gaylord (7-10-2) is on the
home ice Friday against non-
league foe Mount Pleasant
and home again on Saturday,
Feb. 18, against Big North
rival Traverse City West.
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MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RANKINGSClass A
1. Grand Haven (4) (14-1) 742. Lansing Waverly (1) (14-0) 703. Detroit Pershing (13-1) 63T4. Detroit Martin Luther King (11-2) 54T4. Inkster (13-2) 54
T4. St. Johns (12-1) 547. Clarkston (14-1) 478. Flushing (10-1) 359. Midland (12-2) 3310. Waterford Kettering (12-1) 27
Others receiving votes: East Kentwood 26, DearbornEdsel Ford 20, Grosse Pointe South 15, EastLansing 12, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 4,Kalamazoo Central 4, Mattawan 3, Caledonia 3,Royal Oak 1, DeWitt 1.
Class B1. Goodrich (5) (14-0) 752. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (14-1) 633. Portland (15-0) 614. St. Joseph (15-0) 585. Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day (11-1) 566. Ludington (14-0) 487. East Grand Rapids (13-0) 468. Dearborn Divine Child (12-2) 409. Chelsea (14-0) 3610. Paw Paw (14-2) 22
Others receiving votes: Hudsonville-Unity Christian21, Grand Rapids-South Christian 13, Kingsley Area11, Onsted 9, Three Rivers 9, Freeland 7, Gladstone7, Muskegon-Oakridge 4, Frankenmuth 4, Olivet 4,Spring Lake 2, Eaton Rapids 2, Hamilton 1, HarperWoods-Chandler Park Academy 1.
Class C1. Morley Stanwood (3) (13-0) 732. Concord (1) (15-0) 693. St. Ignace-La Salle (14-0) 624. Niles-Brandywine (14-1) 585. Kent City (14-0) 56
6. Flint-Hamady (14-1) 457. Grosse Pointe Woods-University Liggett (1) (11-3) 388. Reese (15-0) 369. Saginaw-Valley Lutheran (13-1) 3110. McBain-Mc Bain (12-1) 22
Others receiving votes: Grass Lake 18, New Lothrop18, Lincoln-Alcona Community 12, Lawton 9, Clare9, Houghton 9, Saginaw-Nouvel Catholic Central 8,Traverse City-St. Francis 7,River Rouge 6,Manton 5, Delton Kellogg 3, Mendon 3, Gobles 2,Muskegon-Western Michigan Christian 1.
Class D1. Gaylord-St. Mary Cathedral (4) (15-0) 732. Waterford-Our Lady Of The Lakes (1) (12-1) 703. Mt. Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy (13-1) 654. Climax-Scotts (14-1) 595. Marine City-Cardinal Mooney Catholic (10-3) 546. Bark River-Harris (13-1) 517. Eben Junction-Superior Central (15-1) 468. Posen (13-2) 329. Bear Lake (14-1) 2810. Deckerville Community (13-2) 27
Others receiving votes: Brimley Area 20, LansingChristian 19, Engadine 16, Custer-Mason County
Eastern 13, Athens 9, Crystal Falls-Forest Park 8,Kingston 4, Carsonville-Port Sanilac 3, HillsdaleAcademy 2, Ontonagon Area 1.
Class ASchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points
1. Detroit Pershing 14-0 (No. 1 in previous week'srankings)2. Romulus 12-2 (No. 2)3. Lansing Eastern 1 1-2 (No. 3)4. Saginaw 12 -1 (No. 4)5. Clarkston 12-1 (No. 5)6. Petoskey 14-0 (No. 7)7. East Lansing 10-2 (No. 8)8. Warren De La Salle 11-2 (No. 9)9. Saginaw Arthur Hill 11-5 (No. 6)10. Detroit U-D Jesuit 9-3 (No. 24)11. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 10-3 (No. 11)12. Kalamazoo Central 10-4 (No. 12)13. Ypsilanti 9-3 (No. 13)14. Detroit King 11- 4 (No. 10)15. Detroit Renaissance 12 -3 (No. 14)16. Niles 12 -1 (No. 15)17. Greenville 14-0 (No. 16)18. Rockford 11- 3 (No. 17)19. Hudsonville 10-4 (No. 18)20. Rochester 13 -1 (No. 19)21. Zeeland East 13- 1 (No. 20)22. Bay City Western 9 -4 (No. 21)23. Okemos 8- 5 (No. 22)24. Fenton 13-1 (NR)25. Gull Lake 11-2 (No. 25)
Class B1. Lansing Sexton 11-1 (No. 1 in previous week'srankings)2. Lansing Catholic Central 12-0 (No. 2)3. Detroit Crockett 13-2 (No. 3)4. Birmingham Country Day 10- 4 (No. 4)5. Wyoming Godwin Heights 13-0 (No. 6)6. Stevensville-Lakeshor e 13-1 (No. 7)7. Muskegon Heights 9 -4 (No. 5)8. Dearborn Heights Robichaud 10-2 (No. 9)9. Otsego 1 1-1 (No. 11)10. Ferndale 10 -3 (No. 12)11. Cadillac 9 -3 (No. 8)12. Harper Woods Chandler Park 11-4 (No. 13)13. Grand Rapids Christian 1 0-3 (No. 14)14. Dearborn Divine Child 11-2 (No. 15)15. Bridgeport 13-1 (No. 20)16. Detroit Community 9-5 (No. 10)17. Detroit Douglass 10-6 (No. 18)18. Fremont 10-1 (No. 22)19. Detroit Chavez 10-3 (No. 16)20. Sturgis 10-3 (No. 17)21. Sparta 10-3 (No. 19)22. Buchanan 11-2 (NR)23. Clawson 13-1 (No. 24)24. Sault Ste. Marie 13-1 (No. 24)25. Dowagiac 10- 3 (No. 21)
Class C1. Detroit Consortium 8-4 (No. 1 in previousweek's rankings)2. Flint Beecher 14-0 (No. 2)3. Shelby 12-0 (No. 3)4. Pewamo-Westphalia 11-0 (No. 4)5. Traverse City St. Francis 9-1 (No. 5)6. Madison Heights Madison 12-1 (No. 6)7. Madison Heights Bishop Foley 11-1 (No. 7)8. Clare 14-1 (No. 8)9. River Rouge 10-5 (No. 15)10. Detroit Loyola 10-3 (No. 12)11. McBain 12-2 (No. 13)12. Harbor Beach 13- 1 (No. 11)13. New Haven 11-2 (No. 20)14. Laingsburg 9-3 (No. 21)15. Melvindale ABT 10-5 (No. 17)16. Detroit Midtown 7-1 (No. 9)17. Detroit PEC 10-2 (NR)18. Schoolcraft 10-3 (No. 14)19. Mt. Clemens 10-4 (No. 23)20. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 9-3 (NR)21. Saginaw Buena Vista 8-5 (NR)22. Detroit Allen 11-4 (No. 16)23. Elk Rapids 8-3 (No. 18)24. Negaunee 12- 1 (No. 24)25. Flint Hamady 13 -1 (No. 22)
Class D1. Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian 13-0 (No. 1 in pre-vious week's ranking)2. Southfield Christian 12-2 (No. 2)3. Bellaire 12-0 (No. 4)4. Boyne Falls 11-1 (No. 5)5. Fulton 1 1-2 (No. 3)6. Pellston 12-1 (No. 7)7. Carsonville-Port Sanilac 12-0 (No. 8)8. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 10-3 (No. 6)9. Kalamazoo Phoenix 5-4 (No. 20)10. Climax-Scotts 13-1 (No. 9)11. Munising 12-1 (No. 10)12. Cedarville 11-1 (No. 11)13. North Adams-Jerome 13-1 (No. 12)14. Posen 1 4-1 (No. 13)15. Carney-Nadeau 11-2 (No. 19)16. Powers North Central 10-2 (No. 16)17. McBain Northern Michigan Christian 10-3 (No. 14)18. Bear Lake 13-1 (No. 15)19. Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 9-3 (No. 18)20. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart 9-4 (No. 17)21. Clarkston Everest 11-2 (No. 21)22. Ewen-Trout Creek 10-1 (No. 22)23. St. Joseph Michigan Luthern 10-2 (No. 23)24. Marcellus Howardsville Christian 11-1 (NR)25. Battle Creek St. Philip 10-3 (No. 25)Kingston 4, Carsonville-Port Sanilac 3, HillsdaleAcademy 2, Ontonagon Area 1.
GIRLS BOYS
3rd &4th Grade GirlsFebruary 4
Caroline Korte ................21
Elizabeth Cook ...............16
Kinzie Jeffers...................15
Mandy Hopp ..................14
Alyce Vermilya ................14
Arielle Vermilya ..............12
Lauren Allen ...................11
McKenna Hogle ..............10
Eliza Handley ...................8
Angela Drummond..........6Mariah Krone ...................6
Tara Madej........................6
Sydney Townsend............6
Cienna Woodcox ..............6
Raychel Fennell ................4
Kadie Frost........................4
Claire Gilling.....................4
Jazlyn Hagenbuch............4
Kendall King .....................4
Zoey Pomarzynski............4
Mackenzie Wright............4
Gracie Blust ......................2
Lily Deisig .........................2
Emylee Grish ....................2
Rebecka Grish ..................2
Christina Harbin ..............2
Hannah Lochinski............2
Madison Marsack.............2
Lizzy McClure...................2
Kaysie McCormick...........2
A lex Steffes........................2
Mckenzie Vanderveer ......2
Korrin Bosman .................1
Morgan McVannel............1
5th & 6th Grade GirlsFebruary 5
Ryleigh White..................12
Olivia Jeffers .....................8
Avery Bebble.....................7
Savanna Gapinski............7
Emma Cherry ...................4
Ajaina Day ........................4
Alicia Korff .......................4
Maia Rinke........................4 Alyssa Marsack ................3
Hannah Blunt ...................2
Holly Grief ........................2
Rowan Johnson ................2
Chanelle Beach ................1
3rd & 4th Grade BoysFebruary 4
Andrew Koenig ...............20
Carson Gahm .................18
Jacob Book......................14
Brady Hunter..................14
Brennan Isler ..................14
Griffin Lompra ...............14
Rico Brown .....................10
Logan Finnerty ...............10
Justin Breckow .................8
Jack Holscher....................8
Conrad Korte ....................8
Alex Powers.......................8
Jacob Thorold ..................6
Regan Distel......................4
Cordell LaRose .................4
Aaron Latuszek.................4
Jacob Needham................4
Elijah Fisher......................3
Joseph Boswood ...............2
Boden Cabble...................2
Cameron Cosby................2
Corey Deer........................2
Luke Dipzinski..................2
Collin Hartz ......................2
Tyler Hartz .......................2
Kaden Hewitt....................2
Harrison Kalember..........2
Logan Keen.......................2Logan Murrell ..................2
Erik Oldenburg.................2
Jake Pietrzak .....................2
David Pulaski ...................2
Stefan Sarchet ..................2
Vincent Hummel..............1
5th & 6th Grade BoysFebruary 5
Cade Coonrod ...............23
Justin Grish.....................20
Omar Prado ....................13
Andrew Chiles ................12
Mason Monchilov..........12
Brennan Isler ..................10
Riley Gapinski ..................7
Brandon Kowalsky...........7
Alex Cherry .......................6
Adam Sobeck....................6
Ethan Piehl .......................5
Tanner Trenary ................5
Ethan LaRose....................4
Trent Lompra ...................4
Tyler Madej.......................4
James Brazelton ...............2
Max Chalmers ..................2
Blake Charbonneau.........2
Cole Clark .........................2
Isaac Day...........................2
Jacob Day..........................2
Kevin Gehringer ...............2
Nicholas Green.................2
Logan Hamilton.............. 2
Kaiden Isler.......................2
Bradley Kowalsky .............2Ethan Mahn......................2
Noah Wohlfeil...................2
7th & 8th Grade BoysFebruary 6
Jack Korte........................39
Nathan Fox .....................24
Josh DeGrow...................12
Jacob King.......................12
Spencer White ................10
Nathan Willett ...............10
Derek Rakis.......................7
Logan Mahn .....................6
Brandt Kierczynski...........5
Nate Beauchesne .............4
Lucas DeForge .................4
Jacob Harwood ................4
Lane Jeakle........................3
Elijah Needham ...............3
Travis Hough ....................2
Steve Jones........................2
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