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Unlike years prior when the league would inish out with the conerencetournament, this season every single match-up is crucial in establishing thepecking order in the Jack Pine Conerence; and Tursdays our-way mosh pitin the Nest essentially solidied the Mustangs deense o their title.Te Mustangs ran the gauntlet, taking some bumps against the hosting Lady

Gs and visiting Roscommon Bucks, but their overall length, athleticism,and collective experience o roaming the top o the net under the Coach Gof

regime proved to be way too much or their challengers.Te Mustangs rolled up north on M-30 and swooped into the Lady Gs stomping

CLARE - Farwell was the host school othe second Jack Pine Conerence crosscountry jamboree, but theyre course isunder construction, so they elected tohold the event once again on the rollingterrain o Mid-Michigan CommunityCollege. Te Clare Lady Pioneers won andMeridian was runner-up with Harrison inas a close third. Roscommon was ourthin the girls race collectively. Farwell was

ith and Gladwin Lady Gs were sixth.

Alpha-dogs

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CLARE BOYS

AND GIRLS WIN

AT 2ND JPC

JAMBOREE

By Clint KermA t e r C a r m o n e y s

sophomore year at EvartHigh, the Evart millagedidnt pass and they wereorced to cancel all sportsthe ollowing year. his

devastated the Wildcats, asseveral amilies sent theirchildren to other schoolsthe next year, including theCarmoneys.Craig hated departing

rom an all-state backfeldat Evart, but hell neverorget how great he eltto be embraced by CoachKelly Luplow and the Clareootball team.Youngsters sometimes

orget that its a privilege toplay on a sports team, not a

right. Boosters, undraisersand other volunteers goover looked. One o Clarespersistent unsung heroes,whos still spearheadingClare boosters is Craigsdad, Dennis Carmoney.P e r h a p s o n e o t h ereasons hes so devoted isbecause o the tragedy oEvart cancelling a year oathletics.Craig talked o dreading

practice when big, thickand bruising Je Punchescame around the corner

Meridians Morgan Cassiday sends a oater or Blake Garner during the quad meet. Te Mustangs rolled Farwell, Gladwin, andRoscommon to retain sole position o frst place in the Jack Pine Conrence.

KENZIE

HALL

Meridians Kenzie Hall carrying out Coach Goffs proxy wars on the hardwood. CONTINUED ON P.1


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Houghton Lake was seventh and BeavertonBeaverettes nished in eigth.

For the boys race, Clare edged theirneighbors rom the west. Te Pioneers onlytallied 29 points and Farwell had 49. heHornets o Harrison have been bringing thesting as they earned third place.Beaverton has a much improved team this

year and they took ourth place. Gladwinpicked up ith place, Meridian was sixth,Roscommon was seventh and HoughtonLake nished in eighth.Clares Victoria Harper eclipsed the 20

minute mark as she tallied a 19:50 to obtainthe crown.Lindsay Winter was not ar behind as she

collected the silver or Clare with a 20:52.

Harrisons Brooke Colville attained thebronze with her time o 20:52.Clares Robyn Stanley garnered ourth place

with her inishing time o 21:17. MelissaBenchley collected the ith place positionwith her time o 21:39. Farwells ContessaHammond was on her heels and nished inthe sixth spot with a 21:40.Sadie Phillips o Clare snared the nals 1st-

eam All-JPC spot as her time o 21:44 gaveher the seventh place slot.Meridians Breanna Koon had the most

colorul socks and she earned the eigth placespot with a time o 21:54. Clares MadisonMcPhee tallied a nishing time o 22:13 to

obtain the ninth place spot.Paige Gould o Clare ran a 22:25 to earn the10th place spot. Emma Orvosh o Meridiantook home the 11th spot with a time o 22:43.Clares Brooke Beatty ran a 22:54 to cement

hersel into the 12th place spot. ClaresAmanda Yates was right on her heels as shegarnered the 13th spot with her 22:55. RoscosErica Frye was breathing down her neck asshe compiled a time o 23:00, to round outthe 2nd-eam All-JPC list o 8-14.Gladwins Shania Paisley attained the

15th place with a inishing time o 23:07.Harrisons Raylene Ramirez was just a hairbehind as she tallied a 23:08 or 16th.Kayla McKenna o Harrison recorded a

23:42 to collect the 17th place. Kayla Bremer

o Meridian ran to a 23:46 nish, earning the18th spot. Rae Bundo o Harrison blitzedacross the nish line to tally a 24:01, goodor 19th.Clares Olivia Walworth gathered the 20th

spot with her time o 24:20. aylor Brooks oMeridian galloped or the Mustangs to a pras she tallied a 24:26 to obtain the 21st place.Fellow Lady Stang, Hannah Stockord wasthe 23rd place nisher with her tallied timeo 24:31.Houghton Lakes soccer standout, Brianna

McGregor compiled a time o 24:36, good or23rd place. Roscommons Kara Savage ran a24:40 to collect the 24th spot.

Clares Rocio Spicer-orres nished in 25thplace afer tallying a time o 24:47. SamanthaWarner, also o Clare rushed in with anishing time o 24:51 to earn 26th place.Julie Swinehart o Farwell ran a in or the

27th spot. Janelle Gavin o Rosco inishedin 28th place. Gladwins Madison Howardcollected the 29th spot. Clares MeganSheredy inished in 30th place. CarolineDenlinger o Rosco was 31st, StephaniePrince o Harrison, no relation to PrinceFielder, nished 32nd and Cynthia Ekdomwas 33rd or Rosco.Hunter Nivison o Clare blazed the trails

to record a 16:39, demolishing the ield.

Farwells Brandon Frank tallied a 17:11.Clares Lucas Combs ran a 17:15 to cementhimsel into the third spot.Kyler Phillips o Clare ran a 17:22 to earn the

ourth place position. Farwells Luke Schultzwasnt ar behind him to obtain the fh placespot with his nishing time o 17:28. ClaresKevin Spicer-orres ran in or the sixth placespot afer he tallied a time o 17:31. HarrisonsBrenden aylor was the nal 1st-eam All-JPC nisher as he earned seventh with histime o 17:33.Roscos Matt Brotherton tallied a 17:40

or eigth place. Beavertons Erik Maxwellcompiled a ninth place nish via a time o17:59. Joe Bowen o Farwell ran an 18:07to collect the 10th spot. Harrisons DaltonMacdormott was 11th with his time o 18:12.he 12th place inisher, Beavertons ZekeDassay ran an 18:16. Gladwins Nick Voisewas the 13th place nisher with his time o

18:20. Farwells revor Staley rounded outthe 2nd-eam All-JPC list nishing in 14theaturing a time o 18:35.Clares Riley Craword was 15th, Beavertons

Zach Babcock earned the 16th spot.Clares Chase Field inished in 17th place.Kurt Meister rom Farwell collected 18th.Sean Pickard o Gladwin eanred 19th andHoughton Lakes Jason Graham hustledacross or 20th place.Farwells Glenn McDaniel ran across to

attain the 21st place nish. Harrisons PhillipHale was the 22nd place inisher. Nairobihomas o Harrison collected the 23rdspot. Roger Willord representing Gladwinwell again as he earned the 24th place. JoshGingery o Meridian nished in 25th place.Dallas Gibson o Gladwin was just behindGingery as he nished in 26th place.Meridians Nick Warner blazed in or the

27th spot. Casey Owens o Meridian ended

up in 28th place. Farwells Cameron Disbrowhustled in or the 29th place and MeridiansJoe Shuler obtained the 30th spot.

CEDAR BEND INVITE

Gladwin County Sports Recreation Park

held the Cedar Bend Invite. ri-Valley, JackPine and Big North Conerence schoolsbrought harriers to compete.Beavertons Isaac Steele took 2nd in the

boys 1600 run in the K-6 division with hisnishing time o 6:41.Ogemaws Peyton Hansen was the winner

o the girls 1600 meter run with her time o7:38. Gladwins Katie Breault was the runner-up with her time o 8:01. Fellow Lady G,Kaylie Bartels ran an 8:06 to nish third inthe 1600 run.Beavertons Parker Hayes was the runner-up

in the K-8 3200 meter run.Gladwins Bailey and Mackenzie Weston

tallied a 4th and 5th place nish in the girlsK-8 3200 race.Harrisons Brooke Colville was the astest

JPC high school emale competitor as shetallied a 22:09 to obtain 3rd place.Harrisons Brenden aylor garnered 3rd

place in the boys race, eaturing a time o18:51. Beavertons Erik Maxwell blitzed in justbehind aylor to earn the ourth place as hetallied a nishing time o 18:57.

op, Harrisons Brenden

aylor had a terrifc week

as he obtained 3rd place at

the Cedar Bend Invite and

he garnered 7th place at

the JPC Jamboree.

Far Right, Gladwin

Lady G star basketball

player, Madison Howard

has really worked hard atdropping her times or the

Flying G Lady harriers.

Right, hundreds o

middle school and high

school runners rom the

JPC, the ri-Valley and

other leagues galloped

the trails o the Gladwin

Sportsmens Club at last

weekends Cedar Bend

Invitational.

Beavertons Val Steele is one o the premier harriers.

CLARE EQUESTRIAN WINS

REGIONALS

Te Lady Pioneers fnished the weekend with a score o 511 points. Reed city was second with 351 ollowed

by Beaverton 279. First place individuals include: Alex Stark, Haley Stephens, McKenzie and ara Pummell.

Other Clare members in clude Sydney Hubbard, Alyssa Gillis, Jayda Sykora and essa Huovinen.

DRAG RACING

It was a great weekend o racing at Kil-KareDragway in Xenia, Ohio with CODY MARIN,yler Galbraith and Logan Cook leading the list

o winners as Division 3 Champions.MARIN rom Beaverton, Mich. not

only claimed the North Central DivisionChampionship in the 13-17 year old class onSunday, he also captured the VP Racing FuelsRace o Champions on Saturday. Martins 2012

Hal Scale Jr. dragster was also selected as the BestEngineered Car at the event.

A double breakout decided the 13-17 year old

inal as Philip Jeerson o Brooksville, Ky. hada slight advantage on the starting line, howeverbroke out with a 7.892 on his 7.92 dial-in to giveMartin the win with his 7.971 on his 7.98 dial-in.

MARIN FROM BE AVERON PICUREDABOVE.


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Oten, I ee l outstandingathletes are misconstrewed asbeing egotistical, arrogant, sel-indulged and not very intelligent.his might be accurate to thestereo-typical sports jock odays gone by, but I think its arrom the norm o the modernera. Te majority o parents whoencourage their ospring to be

humble, considerate, studiousand thankul young adolescents.Mr. and Mrs. Je and DonnaEnglish have done an excellentjob o nurturing their childrenKris and Courtney into well-rounded student athletes.Most coaches do a stellar job

o planting seeds o communityi nvo l ve me nt a nd se l l e s sgiving. Actively engaging andsteering their athletes towardvol unteer is im. Cl ares Coachom Hurdle , Coach MattRodenbo, Coach Je Albert

and others have taken the timeto make sure their playersunderstand the bigger picture

and remind their athletes o howlucky and privileged they trulyare. Remind them that wearingthe green and white comes withresponsibilty to go above andbeyond.Currently, Courtney English is

showing no signs o senioritis.Shes an honor roll student, sheswildly engaged in numerous

community events, shes anelite three-sport athlete andshe is enrolled in Clares LinksProgram his initiative is aneort to link or assign ambitious,very confdent and mature, ClareHigh School students to helpelementary aged students whohave some sort o disability.English ft the mold and had the

unselish desire to help get anautistic student more involved.he vision o Joanne Smiley

and others ormulated a pathwayto allow autistic students and

others with needs to be paired upwith a high school student whowas able and willing to sacrifce

their time to comeove r a nd a ss i s t .Joanne assigned theCHS students withelementary studentso need via the Linksprogram, repliedC l a r e P r i m a r y School educator,M r s . M e r o .Courtney has reallybeen a boost, she

gives tremendouse o r t e a c h d a y that she visits thec l a s s r o o m . S h eshows enthusiasmand Courtney givesa more dedicated

eort than what is required. Teparticular autistic student whoshes assigned to come aide, trulylooks orward to her coming.Courtney relates well to the kidsand has really helped them.English hasnt been the only

person helping, the six yearold kindergarten student hasenl ightened Courtney andreminded her o some simple yetcrucial truths. he experiencehas pierced deep into Courtneyand displayed how much eyedcontact, listening ears, a smileand helping hands can do orsomeone.

My kindergarten student isthe main reason Im alwayshappy anymore. hat kid isalways smiling, always askingme to help him. With him andall the other students in thatclassroom, I can go an entirehour smiling non-stop. I actuallyfnd mysel walking out o therewith a sore mouth rom smiling,commented Clares CourtneyEnglish. Its taught me that thereare people out there that needhelp, he isnt the most disabledboy in the world, but he still

needs a r iend there everyday.Courtney had an invigorating

time last winter. English and herparents went down and workedat a soup kitchen in MountPleasant. English spent ourhours serving ood to the poor,

cold and starving olks whocame in.his past sum mer, Courtney,

adjoined some o her riendsrom Farwell. English, CaronWhite, Becca Howard, hercousin, Kendra Robison andJessie Tiesen along with someother members o the FarwellUnited Methodist Churchtraversed to the Upper Peninsulato a heavily senior citizenpopulated area in Grand Maraisnear the shores o Lake Superioron a mission trip.Teir mission was to help some

weathered rom the wicked

winters that are endured in thispart o the country, diminishedhome s , ge t re v i ta l i ze d b y painting and revamping.hese girls rigorously painted

with enthusiastic ervor andreally put their hearts intobringing some o these homesback to lie with bright coloredcoats o paint.Courtneys most satisfying feeling

was seeing how grateful a 93 yearold Grand Marais resident was tosee the kids and have them painther home. She was the most

grateful person that Ive ever met,noted English. I love spendingtime with the folks who I dearlylove the most, my close friends andmy family. Tey mean so much tome. I also try to give back to mytown, my school and my state.

Courtneys English is good. Courtney

relinquishes a vast amount o her time to

improve the lives o others. Shes selfess.

Tis is a photo o with the Farwell United Methodist Church paint crew, at the conclu-

sion o their project, receiving gifs rom the grateul Grand Marais residents.

Lef to right, Becca Howard, Jessie Teisen, English, Ken-

dra Robison and Caron White bonding on their mission

trip, while reurbishing and painting homes in the U. P.


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he Clare Pioneers lost 1-5 tothe visiting McBain NMC Cometsuesday at home October, 2.A look at the sidelines o the

Pioneers saw a group o players ullo condence. Tey know they aredoing better and making the rightadjustments, even i the results havenot gone their way this season, saidClares Coach Doug Helmling.

Clares struggles possessing andpassing eectively continue to be itsbiggest hurdle.wo or three passes ind their

mark, but the next pass is otarget and the opponent is o ona counter. When the passing ison-target, however, they lookmasterul, continued CoachHelmling. In the second hal abrilliant display o small ball byRyan Whiteman, Hunter Seering,and Camden Dice nished with aperectly placed header by Dice tothe side netting or the goal.Clares oense was paced by

Camden Dice who poked in onegoal o a nice pace rom HunterSeering who was credited or the

assist.Eric Litkehad 19 saves on 24 shots(79%)

Coach McClures inauguralyear as the shot caller or theRoscommon soccer programc ont i nue s to show l a she simprovement, like with their winover Cheboygan.

R o s c o m m o n d e e a t e dCheboygan 4-2, relying on thestrong leg and precision leg oJosh Seames. Seames poured ina hat trick with 3 goals, with oneassist rom Matt Brotherton.Adding to the oensive barrage

was Alex Dodge who had his rst

goal as a varsity player.He has been a deender his

entire high school career. Hewas happy. We played well about50% o the game, but still hadmental break downs that leadto the 2 Cheboygan goals, saidCoach McClure. hey playedus very tough and it was a veygood game to watch. Still, wedo seem to be improving andwith the recent help rom JustinSeverence, a ormer Roscommonand collegiate player, I think wewill keep improving. McClure.

he Bucks also recorded a lossthis week, locking up horns withone o the top programs in the

On Tursday Gladwin traveled toStandish-Sterling and lost 3-2. TeGs played fat the rst hal and ellbehind 3-0.In the second Gladwin responded

by dominating play but they wereable to only score two goals. JacobGaraalo scored his 16th goal o theseason and Keagan Hover addedone goal to make the game close.he double threat o Hover and

Garaalo has proven to theirscoring threat.his was a tough week or us.

We continue to score but as a teamwe need to tighten our deense.Deense takes all eleven men tosucceed, said Gladwins

Gladwin is now 4-13-1 or theseason with two games remaining

beore district play begins October15th.

Sophomore goalkeeper Eric Litkewas phenomenal in Clares 6-1loss to the Big Rapids CardinalsTursday.It has been ar too oen that Litke

has been the recipient o too muchactivity this season. Against BigRapids, Litke aced a penalty shotand twenty other shots on goal, notto mention the numerous through-balls and seven corner kicks, saidClares Coach Helmling.On the oensive side o the action,

reshman Camden Dice once againgenerated the sole spark. Camdendispossessed a Cardinal player andsqueezed o a le-ooted shot thatsquirted through the keepers handsand into the goal.Expect this young Clare team

to continue to grow by leaps andbounds as they gain experience.

area in the awas Braves.We took it on the chin last

night against awas, losing 0-7.hey were trying hard to mercyus and we at least kept thatrom happening, commentedMcClure while pointing out thegritty perormances by MichaelFulkner, Tore Pruesse, and JoshBowen and Dylan Jaskowski.

Michael, Tore, Josh and Dylanhad a ew shots on goal and wehad some real nice crosses, withno one there to receive. Still, weare playing better and with morecontrol. Tey had some real earlysot goals and it spiraled romthere.

You can expect the Bucks tocontinue to snap, crackle and popas the season progresses as thereis yet another uber-clash theirarch-rivals rom the west, theHoughton Lake Bobcats.Matt Muirhead, Ricky Press

and Jimmy Garrett have beenabsolutely pipping hot, makingthe ga me tha t muc h moreintriguing.

Look or Faulkner in the gameto be bringing the thundering St.Helen madness.

Coach Scott Bockelman andhis gnarled and grizzled pack oBobcats continued to wage war onthe JPC, this time scratching andclawing their way to a 6-3 victoryover the Gladwin Flying Gs.Despite being under manned in

the goal.We played our 3rd and 4th string

keepers tonight due to an illnessby Aaron Frey and the lingeringconcussion o Nathan Shavalia.First time I have had to due thatin 7 years o coaching, said theBobcats Bockelman.But other devil-dogs stepped up,

guys like Jimmy Garrett and RickyPress.Our orward Jimmy Garrett

started in the net and did a ne job.

Gladwin two rst hal goals camerom corner kicks that our deenseailed to box out, continuedBockelman. Oensively, RickyPress came rom the deensiveMid ield position and caught amishandled ball in ront o the netor the rst goal. Matt Muirheadnished the hal o a nice headerrom a cross by Jared Roll.With the score being 2-2 at the

hal, with Gladwins Jacob Garaalopoking in both scores or theG-men, the Bobcats reengineeredtheir attack and started to demolish

the Gs with their physicality andaggressiveness to the ball.In the second hal, the Bobcats

Ricky Press completely shutdodwn Gladwins Hayden Scott,eliminating any oppurtunity orhim to penetrate into the zoneo no return and when it cameto 50/50 balls, Press simply outworked and muscled up to themoneyball to make several quickadvances or the Bobcats andretain control o the game.We switched keepers to

reshman Joel Kubiak and moved

Jimmy to center mid. Tis gave usa big boost oensively as Jimmyhad resh legs and drives the teamorward with his aggresiveness and

ball control. Tis paid o as Jimmy

put a 30 yard kick into the cornero the net to put us ahead 3-2, saidBockelman.

Minutes later Brendon Hansredirected a pass rom Jared Rollor the game winner 4-2. MattMuirhead cannot be deniedagain, aer being tripled teamedrepeatedly, with a nice long kickhimsel into the corner to bringscore to 5-2. Tat was 3 second halgoals in 2:30. he Bobcats wentabsolutely bonkers out o the gate.We let Gladwin get a late

bouncer goal in ront o keeper

Kubiak get in to enable Gladwincome back a little to 5-3,Bockelman continued reerringto Gladwins yler Boylens goalmid-way through the second hal.But Matt Muirhead completed hishat trick on a le ooted goal with11 minutes le to seal the victory6-3. I think the dierence tonightespecially in the second hal wasthree players.Bockelman re i terated the

contributions o Garrett and Pressas the Gs shadowed and appliedpressure on Muirhead all night.Jimmy Garrett providing energy

at Center Mid, Ricky Press shuttingdown their talented orwardHayden Scott and coming up in

our attacks to control the center

o the ield and lastly reshmanJared Roll with 3 assists, continuedBockelman. His accurate crossesup ront ed the ball up to Mattand Jimmy plus he won his one onones against a bigger opponent atmideld and blew by Gladwin toown the right side. He is going tobe something special in the yearsto come.15 shots on goal tonight, 10

keeper saves between Jimmy G andJoel Kubiak.Matt Muirhead now has 26 ofcial

goals, two short o the record set in

1999.

Te Bobcats Jared Roll and Gladwins Jacob Zelt battling for position along the fring e.

Garafalo had

a pair of goals

for the G-men

to help them

keep pace

with the boys

from Nester

Township.

JACOB GARAFALO

Jared Roll

played like a

mad-man for

the Bobcats

to keep frm

control of the

sidelines and

halt the Gs.

JARED ROLL

Josh went

bonkers this

week and put

the ex on the

Chiefs with a

hat-trackk to

help spark the

Bucks.

JOSH SEAMES

Despite the

Pioneers

struggles

, Sneering

continues to

wage war on

the feld.

HUNTER SNEERING

CLARE FALLS TO MCBAIN

ON THE TUNDRA

Jacob Garafalo

continued his

wildly intense

play against

the Panthers

by punching

in a goal in the

2nd half.

JACOB GARAFALO

G-MEN NIPPED BY

PANTHERS

Freshman

Camden Dice

is one of the

more polished

and skilled up

and coming

guys in the

league.

CAMDEN DICE

PIONEERS LOSE TO BIG

RAPIDS

Alex Dodge

helped the

Bucks by

poking in

his frst goal

against

Cheboygan.

ALEX DODGE

BUCKS FINDING THEIR

MOJO

Ricky Press was the X-Factor for the Bobcats as theydropped the hammer on the Gs 6-3 Tuesday night.

Ricky sliced in a goal to help spur the offensive surge,but more importantly his aggressiveness and pin-

point precision passes allwed Prudenville regime tocontrol the tempo and ow of the entire game.

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ground, went tit-or-tat and endedover the likes o JJ Willord, DaniBalzer, Rachel Dupre, and Allisonaylor in a 3 set ree-or-all.h e L a d y S t a ng s r a mb l e d

convincingly in the rst set, takingdown the Gladwinites 25-14. hegirls rom Sage ownship and thesurrounding Cedar River tributariesanswered back in the second set,lurrying out and even the serieswith a 25-15 toppling o theirSanord Lake cohorts.G l a d w i n h a d a n i n s p i r e d

perormance, which is typical ora team coached by Marty Shearerand his uncompromising highstandards.In the last set between the Flying

Gs and the Mustangs, it was a back-and-orth slam party. Carrie Perskysent a couple o rainbow passes toDupre mean-mugging across thenet. Ten Alison aylor sent a tear

drop to Dani Balzer who convergedon the moneyball rom the cornerand scued the hardwood to tie itup 17-17.But then the Mustangs started to

exert their will. Morgan Cassidaygnashed in an Ace with her smoothover-hand swing, then BlakeGarner powered up, surveyed the

landscape, and exploded on the Gsback line with a punishing blow toput the Mustangs up 23-18.Te Gs responded and closed the

gap to with in one with JJ Willordrocking the dance part with her leyboom-rocker and Heather Govitzanticipated a the Mustangs interiorball rotation, sprung up at just theprecise time and blocked Meridians

oensive assault to make it a 24-22game.Te Stangs committed an error on

the next volley, and the Gs had themomentum and were creeping onthe come up, down 24-23. But theMustangs calmly worked the ballaround the horn and loated up abig juicy meatball to Sadie Hall inthe corner and Hall wasted no timesealing the deal with a big overhandsledgehammer pile-driver to givethe Mustangs the inal set andcontinue their undeeated streak inJPC play.Heather Govitz led the Gs in

service aces with our. Rachel Duprehad 3 blocks. Dani Balzer, RachelDupre and JJ Willord all added 8kills a piece. Ali aylor added 20assists.Te Mustangs moved on aer their

vic tory over the Gs by engagingwith their counterparts to the west,the Eagles o Farwell. he Eagles

showed some grit with EmilyRawson and Caron White slicing ina ew kill-splashes on the ront lines,but the Sanord ballers blasted backin quick order 25-12 and 25-16.In the rst set, Garner and Alyssa

VanNortwick worked in tandemto pick their corners and pokesteamers into little unattendedswathes o hardwood in the Eagles

back court to give the girls inpowder blue the 11-4 advantage.Ten Bri Yaroch joined the danceparty, adding an additional optionto sprinkled darts into the meat-chops o the opposition.Despite the Mustangs oensive

onslaught, Coach Sullivans girlscontinued to dig and sprawl out,make saves, and lick in points tostay competitive. Jenna Hamminghad a couple o nice spinners whenthe Eagles arrangement were ableto make crisp passes and set herup at the point o contact. LaurenRingwalt cut in an Ace in the rst

set to keep things interesting.But with Meridians Kenzie Hall

setting the table and Sadie Hall,Garner, Yaroch, and VanNortwickunleashing the dogs and AmandaDecker playing uncompromisingdeense in the back row, theMustangs simply held contain androlled out to set themselves up with

a high anticipated re-match with theRoscommon Bucks a team thatwas slated at the beginning o theyear to be a legitimate contender orthe conerence crown.Coach Compton had her young

team red up rom the rst whistleand Morgan Romancky easted ona buet o set-shots rom LoganHutek and Morgan Fluegel to set the

tempo o the rst set and aer Katieozer and Reagan Moft wedged ina pair o yoke-crunches, the Buckshad established a 6-2 lead.Te Mustangs made a mini-surge

in the tail end o the set to regainsome o their mojo with Garnerand Yaroch blitzing across the net,sending the deense in one directionbut then cutting across the actionto wiggle the money-rock into theback edge.he continued play o Hutek,

Fluegel and Romancky carriedthrough the Bucks had claimed therst set.

Meridians Coach Go was wasntconcerned and sprawled back inhis seat and allowed his girls toregroup, rehash the oibles in theirapproach to the game and make theadjustments themselves to springback in the 2nd set. Gos cool,calm, and collected spiritual natureseemed to propagate through his

brigade o ballers and the Mustangsmechanically dismantled the Bucksin the next two sets.In the second set, the Mustangs

cashed in Roscommons miscuesand with Garner, Hall, and Yarochpinching down on the ront lines,the Bucks were in ull scramblemode. Couple that with a MelissaReeves Ace and a nasty Kenzie Hall

dig-save, the Mustangs were inabsolute cruise control with a 13-3lead.he Bucks made a mini-rally to

save ace with Romancky poweringin a smash-kill and then a thunder-block. Fluegel aked the unk on adrive, but then turned around inloated a smooth rolling dropballinto center court to collapse theMustangs interior and close the gapto make it 18-13.Ten VanNortwick started to take

matters into her own hands, lashingout and pounding in the whiteleather in successive booming shots

into the heart o the Bucks rotationto send the Mustangs out on top inthe second set 25-15.Te last set was the same old song

and dance. Meridian exploitedtheir size advantaged, continued torely on the consistent serving rom

Pictured le,Farwells JennaHamming andKayla Kelly

making movesin the back courtduring a wildlyintense volleyagainst the FlyingGs.

Far le,Gladwins RachelDupre prepareshersel romthe collotoraldamage o DaniBalzer lockingup horns withMeridians SadieHall above thenet.

Te Gs playedthe leagues

champs tough,

but ultimatelythe girls rom theglistening shoreso Sanord Lakewon out.

Pictured le,Farwells KateSaupe making aplay at the backedge looking toeed one o herhigh-fyers inCaron White,Jenna Hammingor LaurenRingwalt or thekill splash.

Pictured below,

MeridiansKenzie Halllobbing up

another meatballor her ront lineto east on.

Photos by LorenDassay.

Morgan Fluegel played tough

and rugged for the Bucks duringthe quad meet. Her ability to playdefense, make crisp passes, androtate into position is going to

make the Roscommon girls a strongteam to beat come district play. Asit is with any young team, it takes

time to gell and mesh.

Scott Krell

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Boom

Morgan Cassiday

played big-time forthe Mustangs with

her precision serves

and her infectious

calm swagger while

pumping in one-timers

from the serving stripe.

She was Sid Vicious

nasty against the Lady

Gs, Eagles, and the

Bucks.


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Amanda Decker, Morgan Cassiday,Kenzie Hall and Melissa Reeves andoverwhelmed the Bucks in the 25-14 victory.Individual stat leaders or the

Mustangs were Melissa Reevesserving 13 o 13 with 4 aces againstRosco. Leading passer was AmandaDecker who had 25 o 26 and11 digs against Farwell. Leadingattackers were Sadie Hall with 26kills. Blake Garner had 21. AlyssaVanNortwick had 19 and Bri Yaroch

had 13. Assist leaders were MorganCassiday with 31 and Kenzie Hallwith 29.Te team was solid at times but

we need more consistent play,

especially rom our hitters. Allour o our hitters had time whenthey went ice cold and couldntbuy a kill. he closest we came toquality volleyball was in our last twosets with Roscommon in the nalmatch, said Coach Go. Te girlsare always pumped to play Rosco (aperennial power in the conerence)but we came out absolutely latin the 1st set. When the girls get

down they really get down. Whenthey play their best they can reallybring it. I like our chances in theremainder o league play and evenin the post-season i we can juststart playing more consistent qualityball.It was a particularly rough night

or the Bucks, as they were also outdueled in the net wars by the FlyingGs in the previous game.Gladwin snatched up the rst set

25-23, the Bucks rebound in thesecond set with a 25-16 romp, butcame undone in the last set 25-21as Willord and Balzer exed their

senior leadership to over-powertheir St. Helen nemesis 25-21.JJ Willord led in service aces with

three or Gladwin while RachelDupre and JJ Willord both added2 blocks each. Rachel Dupre andJJ Willord each added 7 kills. Aliaylor added 17 assists.he girls played intense and

ocused all night. Our deenseworked extra hard and oughtthrough any kinks that cameup. hey did an amazing job ostaying up and ighting throughthe pain when they were tired, saidGladwins Coach Marty Shearer

Beating Roscommon is a huge dealor us. Tey have been on top o theconerence or years and typicallywinning a game against them is anachievement, but tonight we took

the whole match! Im so proud othe girls and how hard they workedtonight, added his wie CoachKatrina Shearer.Pacing the Bobcats on the night

were Katie ozer with 25 kills onthe and 9 blocks; Reagan Moft with19 kills and 7 blocks while KalenChurch had 28 digs.Logan Hutek had 31 assists and

was 19-20 serving and Morgan

Romancky had 20 assists, 28 digs,10 blocks.Good things happened on

the court throughout the night.Unortunately, we didnt do greatthings at the right time. AgainstFarwell, we came out in game 1playing pretty solid, but had a hardtime handling their serves in game2 and ound ourselves behind, saidRoscommons Coach Compton.Gladwin was more o the same: we

decided to start playing ater beingdown by 10 points or so, that is toughto come back on. I was happy withhow the team responded and handled

Gladwin pretty easily in game 2 andmost o game 3. We got to point 19and quit playing. It was disappointingto let so many balls drop and notnish the game. I give credit to CoachShearer and his girls, they always are atough game, every year. Tey nishedand we didnt. Its that simple.I was impressed in game 1 against

Meridian when we came out veryaggressively. But, then we let up andgave the control to Meridian. heylove to hit and we gave them ballsthat were pretty easy to set up. Teyhit well, and we didnt orce them todo anything that difcult. And that

was the tone the remainder o theevening. Just something that we haveto learn rom. We have a very heavyvolleybal l month in October. heheart o our schedule is coming up.

Sadie Hall continued her slam-wrecking mentality by unloadingtorrents of speed and power on the Jack Pine Conference this pastTuesday at Gladwin. In a game that would all but lock up back-to-back

JPC title belts, Sadie went bonkers and powered in 26 kills keeping theBobcats scrambled and looking for answers. Halls ability to leap, hang,quickly identify the weak spots on the oor makes her the top attacking

enforcer in the league.

Pictured above, the trioka of Morgan Fluegel (#6), Logan Hutek (#12) and Morgan Romancky (#11) have been tough for the Bucks.

Rachel Dupre was thatadditional element the Gsneeded to over come their

counterparts. Dupres deensivepresence at the ront o thenet orced 3 blocks, but also

altered the ow o Roscommonsofensive unit.

The Eagles

Ringwalt kept

the Gs on their

toes from the

serving stripe,

sniping in 4

aces to cause a

ruckus.

LAUREN RINGWALT

Hamming

played ultra-

aggressive at

the net for the

Eagles, almost

giving them the

W over the Gs

with 8 kills.

JENNA HAMMING

Far Right:Only a sopho-

more, Roscom-mons Kalen

Church has hadto shoulder a

large work loadin the back row.

Her ability tohustle, sprawl,

and keep volley-ing has allowed

the Bucks to

stay competitivedespite being the

youngest teamin the league.Right, Glad-wins Ali son

Taylor hasemerged as one

of the top settersin the JPC>

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HOUGHON LAKE - Four JackPine Conerence teams convergedonto HLHSs gymnasium lastWednesday or the leagues initialquad volleyball bonanza. Each teamunleashed waves o momentum andeach squad had lapses o doldrumsand sluggishness. Harrison wasable to deeat Houghton Lake inone set, but couldnt win the match.Strangley enough, but showing thesigniicance o parity o the JPC,match-ups and will power, Clare

beat HL, Beaverton beat Clare andHL deeated Beaverton. It reallymakes it tough to determine whothe best team is and leaves mewishing their was still a JPC endo the season tournament to airlydetermine who the best team is atthe end o the season when all themarbles are at stake.Houghton Lake vs Harrison two

games to one via scores o: 25-6, 21-25, 25-16. he Cats sprungout to propelled by Mary Riegerrocket serves, sets and hustle. MadiWinkler, Hope Cameron and Hailee

Akin boomed some powerul kill-shots and Harrison seemed out osynce. Te Bobcats dominated setone and won 25-6.Harrison looked like a completely

dierent team in set two, they werethey aggressors and committedless errors. HHSs standout, EricaHeckman and HLs Vanessa Wallacetraded scores to make it a 10-8game. Hilary Brewer and SavannaDuggan smacked kills to givethe Hornets a 12-8 lead and theHornets prevailed, not succumbingto HLs comeback attempt, winning25-21.Prudenville got back down to

business and they displayed howdominant o a team that theycan be. he Bobcats showedtremendous balance as almosteveryone contributed to their 25-16 victory over HHS.Well, our irst quad meet has

come and gone. What an excitingnight. Harrison is still without acheck in the win match colum. Tegirls come out with that winningattitude that I knew they had but,Beaverton just wanted it a littlemore the rst games o the night.Beaverton won, 26-24, theyll abig, solid team. I thought, here wego. hey went out or the next 2games sluggish, the last game orBeaverton and the irst one orHoughton Lake, said Harrisons

Coach Larry Flemming. henthe team I love to watch play cameback, the team I knew that Harrisonis. he girls were talking ,hitting,serving,digging and just plainhaving un. I thought nally therehere. Tey tried to keep the win onour side but Houghton Lk cameout on top. But, I and everybodyin that gym nally saw the team Ihave been saying Harrison is. Tatis better then any win in the booksas ar as Im concerned.Hilary Brewer was a menace along

the net or the Hornets as was Erica

Heckman and Savannah Duggan.Tis was key in Harrison competingmuch more competitively. Toughprobably the most diicult playswere the lightning relex reactingdigs made by senior captain, OliviaSharp. Her ability to position herseland place her hands precisely tobump the ball up or an easy passor set was paramount. he sameshould be said or Houghton LakesSarah Garrett. Garrett is one o themost skilled players in the JPC. Sherarely makes mistakes and her digsare usually perectly placed. Shesalso a weapon who can take a ullswing rom the back row, not justto get the ball over the net, but shesmashes a ull hit swing or a lethalpower-stroke kill.HL destroyed Beaverton: 25-15

and 25-18. Laura Fassett rose up ora block score, Kayla Balzer drilleda kill and Jas Urban-Parker scored

to knot the game at 9-9. Ten HLran away as Cameron and Winklerslam wrecked kill-shots. CassieKuenzer was rocking service points,Beavertons Katie Hedrick stoppedthe bleeding briefy or BHS, but itwasnt enough as the Cats rolled tothe 25-15 win.Janae Wole was highly actvie

along the nets in the second set, aswas Balzer, but they were no matchor the well-rounded HL squadron.he Cats won as Wallace and

Winkler were superb, 25-18.Houghton Lakes Maddee Winkler

smashed 18 kills, 7 aces and 9 digs.Mary Rieger made13 kills, 52 assistsand 7 aces. Sarah Garrett had 31digs and 5 aces. Cassie Kuenzerlunged or 25 digs. Alee Winklercrunched 17 kills. Hope Cameronsmoked 9 kills. Alee Winkler: 17killsClare was by ar our most

disappointing match o the night.Tey serve received very well andwe we too passive on oense, alwaysgoing or the tip rather than the kill

and they are too athletic and quick

Duggan ripped

six kills and she

lifted up 16 digs.

More important

is her relentless

positiveattitude and

hustle.

SAVANNAH DUGGAN

Lincoln doesnt

get many

minutes. She

never poisons

the team with

negative vibes.

Her defense has

been terrifc.

MACKENZIE LINCOLN

Mary has beenplaying with

a subliminal,

almost divine

ability. She

tallied 37 assist

and countless

hustle eorts.

MARY DEVINE

THE TEAMS TOOK TURNS SHINING AT HLS QUAD

Madison Winkler unleashed acouple o kill-shots that orced themothers in the stands to cover theeyes o the younger siblings, it wasthat nasty and gruesome. Maddeerocked 18 kills, nine aces and seven

digs. Her constant leadership,moxie and grit on the ront-lines

induces radiant confdence to ormamongst all o her Lady Cats.

Rieger lofed 52 assists to lead the Cats.

Houghton Lakes Hope Cameron was battling Harrisons Erica Heckman all night with ruthless intensity. Megan Taylor and Haley Sulla were relentlessly scurrying or hustle plays or their respective teams and Rieger is dynamite.

Nearest, Taylor Bondie, Mackenzie Lincoln and Olivia Sharp made plays or HHS.


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on picking up those tips to havethat be your only plan. We wereup 23-18 in game one and lost itand then came out horribly inthe second game. We just elt o,replied HLs Coach Angie Dalak. Beaverton was a great game orus at the net. We had 24 blockdeections at the net. Hailee Akinand Vanessa Wallace accountedor 17 o these--they were great upthere together. Cassie Kuenzer had

some huge digs in the back row, thiswas the most alive and on that Iveever seen her deensively.Te Clare Varsity Volleyball eam

played a quad match at HoughtonLake on Monday the 1st o October.Te Pioneers frst conerence matchwas against host Houghton Lake. Inset one the Bobcats came out strongwith good oense and deense andheld a big lead at 24 to 17 over thePioneers.Ten Clares Erica Packard served

up 9 straight points along withClares oense and deense playing

very well to come rom behind towin set one 26 to 24.In set two Clare continued to play

well both on oense and deenseand deeated the Bobcats 25 to 17to win match one. In match two othe night the Pioneers were to playBeaverton. In set one Clare startedout strong to an early lead.But Beaverton came back on stong

serving to deeat Clare in set one 25to 18. In set two o the match againClare started out with an early leadover Beaverton. Beaverton again

used strong serving to take the leadand deeat Clare 25 to 19. In Claresfnal match o the night they werematched up against Harrison. In setone Clare and Harrison both playedclose as neither team had more thana our point lead.he Pioneers came up with a

spurt o oense and won set one 25to 17 over the Hornets. In set twoagain both teams played very closeagainst each other. Clare again came

up with a late scoring rally and wonthe set and match 25 to 21. hismakes the Pioneers conerncerecord at 5 wins and 2 loses. hePioneers played well today servingup 18 aces, a serving percentage o94.3 %, 82 kills on the day, and 128digs overall. We had solid deenseand good oense along with verygood serving as a team today.Leading the Pioneers today wereErica Packard with 34 out o 34serving with 4 aces, 20 pointsserved, 18 kills, and 21 digs, AnnaGiacomozzi with 13 or 16 serving

with 3 aces, 5 points served, 33kills, 1 block, and 29 digs, CourtneyEnglish with 19 out o 22 servingwith 4 aces, 13 points served, 9 kills,2 solo blocks, and 23 digs, KatelynnSmith with 27 out o 27 servingwith 3 aces, 15 points served, 5kills, 194 out o 200 setting with 60assists, and 13 digs, Ashley Petreewith 25 out o 25 serving with 3aces, 13 points served, 5 kills, 1 soloblock and 30 digs, Bailey Reger with14 out o 16 serving with 1 ace, 5points served, 2 kills, and 19 digs,

Corinne Wezensky with 8 kills and2 digs, Laura Walton with 1 kill and4 digs, and Kendell Koch with 1 kill.Clare is a very good team with

a lot o talent. Te sets were a lotcloser than the scores indicate.Clare has a lot o weapons. Weplayed well enough on deense tomake it tough or them to score.We served well enough to keepthem out o system and out o their

oense, said Beavertons CoachSteve Evans.It was truly a treat as a journalist

to observe all the dierent skill setsbetween the our schools. Te vastarrary o dierent skills on displaywas ascinating.Kayla Balzer uncorked some

vi sc ou s ki l l- sh ot s tha t we restaggering or me to observe, Icant imagine being the deensive

specialist in the back row trying tosomehow bump the ball up in play.Houghton Lakes Maddee Winklerand Clares Italian oreign exchangestudent, Anna Giacomozzi are rightthere with Balzer as stalwart hitterswho are so imposing and defnitelyin the same category o the upperechelon o the JPC.Clares Courtney, BHSs Janae

Wole, HLs Mary Rieger and andHHSs Erica Heckman are superb.

he Coach Steve Evans ledBeaverton Beaverette volleyballerstraversed westward to tangowith Coach om Hurdles ClarePioneers came out much moreocused and creamed BHS in theopener, 25-7.Beaverton responded with

vengence as they beat Clare 25-20 in set two. Clare avenged and

won a barn-burner, 25-22. In

R o s c o m m o n d i s m a n t l e dHarrison last Wednesday, 25-15,25-8 and 25-17. Reagan Moitwas 22-22 serving , including

two aces. Logan Hutek had 14assists. Morgan Romancky talliednine kills and seven digs. KalenChurch was 9-9 serving, with threeaces and eight digs. Katie ozerripped 11 kills and our blocks.Collectively the Bucks were 79-82serving.Harrison was led by the wildly

diverse skill set o Erica Heckmanas she compiled three kills, six digs,two aces and one block. aylorBondie sprawled or two digs, shesmashed our kills and our aces.Katelyn Sherrick had three aces.Olivia Sharp was 6-6 serving.

Te Bobcats swept Farwell 25-17,25-11 and 25-15Houghton Lakes Coach Angie

Dalak said that Maddee Winkler

was the stat sheet stuer as shecompiled six kills, our blocks,two block deects, two digs andone ace. Mary Rieger tallied twoaces, three kills, three blocks orkills and 22 assists.Hope Cameron crushed eight

kills. Hailee Akin has elevated herplay recently to give her Cats aboost, she compiled two kills andsix block deects.Sarah Garrett had 11 digs and

our aces. Alee Winkler continuesto contribute with power andpizzaz as she sliced in eight kills.Cassie Kuenzer had six digs.

Meridian beat Gladwin in threesets, but they were all good games,25-15, 25-17 and 25-21. hiswas one o the best matches weve

played this year. he girls werereally pumped up with it beinghomecoming week and knowingthat Gladwin had been playingtough lately. hat deensiveperormance by senior co-captain,Amanda Decker was one o thebest Ive seen in 20 plus years ocoaching. Te girls really wantedit and it showed. We served and hitconsistently, it was a un night anda proud night or me seeing thegirls play so well, said MeridiansCoach Stephen Go.Melissa Reeves had ive aces.

Kenzie Hall tallied 17 assists.

Packard packed

her hard hat

and lunch pale

as she compiled

16 servicepoints, three

aces, 10 kills

and 29 digs.

ERICA PACKARD

BEAVERTON RALLIES TO

BEAT CLARE IN FIVE SETS

Moft was22-22 serving,

including twoaces. Reagan

smashed 13 kills

and she rose up

for four blocks to

pace the Bucks.

REAGAN MOFFIT

ROSCO SHELLACKEDHARRISON IN THREE SETS

Cassie Kuenzer

has been a

consistent force

as she efciently

does her role.

Kuenzer had

six digs and she

ripped two aces.

CASSIE KUENZER

HOUGHTON LAKE WHIPSFARWELL IN THREE

Decker lunged

for 21 digs,

she was 59-

63 passing.

Amanda was

16-17 serving

and she tallied

5 aces to lead.

AMANDA DECKER

MERIDIAN DEFEATSGLADWIN IN THREE

Sarah Garrett was nearly fawlesswith her deense and her service.

Sarah displayed cat-like refexes asshe sprawled and lunged to record

31 staggering digs to eliminaate theoppositions points and momentumbuilding. Not only does she makedigs, she pops it up so its easy or

Mary Rieger to handle. She had 5

aces rom the service line to spark.Beavertons Kayla Balzer exemplifed why shes thought o as one o the elite JPC players.

the ourth, Beaverton eeked outa win in a tremendous duel, 25-23. Beaverton won the ith anddeciding match 15-11.Kayla Balzer was the player o

the night or Beaverton in Coach

Hurdles estimation. CoachSteve Evans didnt report beoredeadline.Erica Packard, Anna Giacomozzi,

Courtney English and Bailey Regerwere rock solid and productive.Katelynn Smith was 132-132

setting, she tossed 38 assists andshe lunged or 15 digs. Smith was13-13 serving including fve pointsvia service. Ashley Petree was 15-15, serving, including 7 points viaservice. She also smashed 4 kills,she had two solo blocks and Petreesprawled out or 30 digs to keep

Clare in contention or a win.


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In a game heavy with playoimplications, the Clare Pioneersrolled up north into the hardwoodso Roscommon and dealt the Bucksa serious blow to their post seasonaspirations in the 34-6 victory,pushing the Bucks to a 4-3 recordoverall.Te game started out as a deensive

struggle, with neither team able togain much momentum. Te Bucksielded the opening possession,and Hunter Mires ired a coupleo passes, but with Clares aylorMeixner biting down on the ringesand penetrating deep into the pocket,Mires had little time to read throughhis progressions and nd his targetsand the Bucks were orced to punt.

he Pioneers took control othe oensive duties and CoachLuplow doubled-down on rontline advantage he maintains withthe likes o Mitch Greeacre, PatrickHughes and Seth Harton bellying upin the trench and simply poundedthe Bucks in the gullies.With the Clare regime able to

exert their will at point o contact,James Simon was able to penetratethrough the irst layer o theRoscommon deense and blow upeld to give the Pioneers some earlymomentum. Simon peeled o a 20yard scamper and then the Pioneersshiy quarterback Zack yler startedpounding the holes and bullying upthe middle or short little chunks o

yards.With Clare mounting attack aer

attack with Spencer Harrell, Simon,and yler the Pioneers oundthemselves knocking on the door.Te Bucks held contain and bottledup Harrell, as Drake Lewandowskistormed up and plugged a hole,but on the next play Clares ylerexploited the gap in the middle andpounded in the initial score to givethe Pioneers the 6-0 lead with 7:46le in the 1st quarter.he Bucks looked as i they were

set to counter-punch and make it aball game. Alex Gojcaj returned thekick-o, juked past the irst waveo marauding Pioneers, zigged andzagged past the second unit and

fashed or a 60 yard return to set upthe Roscommon gridders in primereal-estate.Te Bucks were able to push the ball

up next to the goal line with CalebJernigan and Brett Jobin hittingthe holes, churning their legs, andpushing orward the piles. With lessthan 5 yards to go on 3rd down,Hunter Mires rolled out and slung apass, but Clares Colton Punches cutacross the grain and scooped up thepass to stop the Bucks rom scoring.he St. Helen woodsmen quickly

regrouped, reinvested their eortson halting the run and orced thePioneers to punt.he Bucks went to John Miller

out o the shot-gun ormation

and started to gain some yardageollowing the up ield blocking oAlex Gojcaj. Te Bucks shied gearsand put Mires back up under centerand Mires slung a dart to Miller whowas mean-mugging up the sidelineor a big burst. hen Mires saileda pass perectly to Gojcaj who wassteaming across the middle andchurned up eld or the rst down.Approaching the land o milk and

honey, the Bucks looked primed toknot the game up and re-establishthe momentum o the game. heBucks ran a couple o plays up the

middle, but with Joe McGuire andLee Cole crashing down, that doorwas marked No Exit. hen on4th down, Clares aylor Meixnershredded a deender and clampeddown in the Bucks backeld or theturnover on downs and gave thePioneers the ball back but moreimportantly, held Roscommon romlighting up the scoreboard.he Pioneers reclaimed the pig-

skin and kept shoveling coal intothe pain-train. James Simon spunand churned or a 10 yard bang,then went barreling in or another 4

yards, then another 2 yards and theBucks started to make some

adjustments and nally had put thePioneers in a do-or-die situation.Ten on 4th down, Clare poundedthe rock between the guards andhammered in the irst down to setup shop on the 8 yard line with 1:21le in the hal.Clare ran a couple o series

to Harrell to soten the Bucksblitzkrieg, then Zack yler saddledup on the thick and gnarled SethHarton and rode the big horse to thepromised land to put the Pioneers uptop 12-0. Clare ran a ade to HunterRuby in the corner o the end-zoneand yler hoisted a so foating tear-

drop to allow Ruby to sprawl outin the corner, tuck the ball in whiledragging his eet across the back endto complete the two point conversionand make it a 14-0 game.he Bucks were bleeding, but

nothing that required medicalattention. But when Ruby lashed outon the kick-o and slammed in aone-timer line-drive and the Clareboys recovered, the small woundturned into a gapping hole andPioneers went right or the jugularwith 22.2 seconds le on the clock.Right out o the box yler lung

a dart to Colton Punches or aCONTINUED ON P.12

Pictured le,

Clares Colton

Punches ashing

down the sidelines

on a 35 yard strikerom Zack Tyler

late in the frst

hal. Punches

slashed up feld

and out paced

Roscommons

Brett Jobin or the

score.

PIONEERS BAG THE BUCKS

Clares Lee Cole, Seth Harton, and Mitch Greenacre controlled the trenches and blew open holes le wide open by the Bucks. Pictured here, Roscommons gritty Drak e Lewandowski tryi ng to take on a load o Pioneers.

Mitch Tyler

played rugged

defense,

leading the

Bucks with 12tackles despite

the loss.

MITCH TYLER

Tyler made all the

right moves at all

the right times,

slicing through

the meat of the

Bucks defense

for 3 TDs and

tossing in 2 more

through the air.

ZACK TYLER


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Clares Spencer Harrell

has stepped his game

up with the mounting

injuries to the running-backs.

Harrell has that raw

ability to combine

speed and power to

keep the defenses

of balanced and is

punishing defensive

player.


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25 yard strike, but the sky raineddown yellow lags and the Buckshad avoided a complete deensivemeltdown.Clare was orced to eat the yardage

and start back over. It didnt matter.Coach Luplow went right back toPunches, this time it was a 35 yard

romp along the edge to put thePioneers up 20-0 and with LoganEmery pumping in the extra point,the Pioneers were up a healthy 21-0at the hal.In the course o just over a minute,

the Bucks were looking at headinginto the end-zone down only 6points o separation. But thennext thing the St. Helen aithulknew, they were glazed over anddespondent standing in line orwarm beverages down by threescores.The Pioneers added more to the

scoreboard as the Bucks optedto try the on-side kick out othe break. Clares man-hammerMitch Greenacre, cleanly ieldedthe ball and showed lashes oa white Christian Okoye as hebull-dozed and rumbled up ield,lambasted a ew would be tacklersbeore eventually being strung outalong the sidelines by a ull herd oRoscommon Bucks. It was a wildlybizarre event, yet totally entertainingand ruthless in many ways.With Greenacre taking the Green-

Machine into the red-zone, thePioneers were primed to yoke-outagain and lash the lights on the

board. Harrell and Tyler continuedto hammer through the holes,but then the Bucks showed someresolve and put Clare into a 4th and4 conundrum. Then the BuckssJamie Hammond exploded throughthe gap and jammed Harrell in thebackeld or the turnover on downs.With the spark o swagger rom

just denying the Pione ers the

gravy, Mires ound Miller again ora 42 yard pass. Jobin and Jernigantag-teamed the running dutiesand pushed the Bucks to brink omaking it a game. But again, ClaresLogan Emery made a couple o milk-curdling blows rom his linebackerslot to keep the Bucks o the board.A series o plays later, Tyler

converted to Ruby on a 43 yardbomb and Emery split the up rightsto put the Pioneers up 27-0.Zack Tyler scored one more time

or the Pioneers early in the 4thquarter on a 20 yard sprint and

Emery again polished of the extrapoint attempt to make it a 34-0 game.

Rosco scored late on a seriesof running plays by Jobin andJernigan, but it was mostly symbolicas the Pioneers were shufflingin and out their second unit andallowing as many guys as possibleto savor and relish the moment ofvictory.

Clares Zack yler paced thePioneers with 52 yards on the

ground on 15 carries and 3 Dsand was 4 of 6 through the air for104 yards and 2 scores.Punches caught 3 passes for 61

yards and a score, while HunterRuby had the other 43 yard catchand touchdown.James Simon amased 53 yards on

the ground, most of which game inthe start of the game on 7 carriesand Chris Dysinger picked up 33yards in the second half for thePioneers.Joe McGuire led the Pioneerss

defense with 14 tackles, while

Logan Emery added 13 and aninterception. Colton Punches also

had an interception.Emery came up big for us tonight

on defense as well as making thepoint after attempts, so that wasbig. We converted on 4th situationsand Ruby made some nice catches,so those were all positives on thenight. I thought our defense wasreally outstanding, said ClaresKelly Luplow.

Te Bucks were led by Brett Jobinon 20 attempts for 96 yards and 1touchdown while Caleb Jerniganrolled for 58 yards on 6 attempts.Mires was 4-11 passing for 77

yards and 2 interceptions.Mitch yler led the Bucks in

tackles with 12 with Matt Holtcampadding 8.Clare is a good program and

they simply out played us tonight.We had our opportunities, but wecouldnt convert. We are improving,and as a coaching staff, we willcontinue to improve and prepare

for next week, said RoscommonsCoach Holloway.

Clares Logan Emery stepped upand played the role of the supreme

warlord, planting guys into theground like an undertaker withbrute force, yet showing supreme

skills by booting in the extrapoints. He also had an interception

to go with his 13 tackles. He was ashow-stopping thrilla.

Above, Clares longarmed Taylor Meixnermuscling his way throughanother double-teamor the slam-crash in theBucks backeld. Meixners

ability to draw double-teams and blast the pockethas earned the recogni-tion o being one o thetop deensive orces in the

league.Pictured right, Clares

Mitch Greenacre rollingup eld aer an on-sidekick. Greenacre mashedup eld, pumping hiswheels and planting Bucksinto the ground. Whenquestioned aer the gamehow it elt to return thekick, Greenacre respondedwith blood rolling downthe side o his head, look-ing completely glazedover in madness: Weare getting ready or the

playofs.

PATRICK HUGHES - CLARE

Clares

Patrick

Hughes

was an

absolute

stump.

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HARRISON - Neither one othese teams committed a turnoverFriday night. You never would haveimagined that these two griddersquads were at the lower end othe JPC standings aer witnessingthe bone-jarrring gang tackles, thespin blasting runs and the zealousenthusiasm in which Harrisonand Houghton Lake played within the wild wild west shootoutdonnybrook. Harrison prevailedon Homecoming night, in wildlythrilling ashion, 53-45 over theBobcats o Houghton Lake.On 4th and 8, Harrisons qb, Jake

Stuhr, pump aked, then slung alare pass to Cody Rodgers outo the backeld. Rodgers caught,made a Bobcat miss and muscledhis way or a 12 yard gain to movethe chains.Walraven pounded or ive

yards, then Stuhr bootlegged rightand scurried or 13 yards. hisset Walraven up or a one yardtouchdown plunge. Cody Rodgersboomed the extra point kick togive HHS a 7-0 lead.

Houghton Lakes yler Sluck ranor six yards to move the chains.Harrison was o-sides, Sluckrushed or nine more and HL hada drive cooking.Dalton Bailey checked in at qb or

HL and rolled right, red a spiralto Harrison Fulco or a 10 yardcompletion.Nate Hudson ran or 11 yards

to the HHS 10. hen a penalty,a umble and an incompletionorced a ourth down. Dull threwto the corner o the endzone andHarrison was whistled or pass

intererence. HL had a irst andgoal, a couple plays later Baileychurned his way in on a qb drawor a D, Dustin Kinzer booted theextra point and it was knotted upat 7-7.

Stuhr, Rodgers and Ryan Johnsonbroke of rst down runs. BrooksLeonard slashed or ve yards tothe one yardline. hen Rodgerssliced across the goal-line.Walraven blasted in the two pointconversion to give Harrison a 15-7lead.Aer Nate Lipovsky pounced on

HL in the backeld or a short losson 3rd and 1, Coach Fuller calleda ake punt. Sluck sold it, the upman, Bailey took the snap and like

a wrecking ball he picked up eightyards to gain the rst down.hen Jared Dull through a 16

yard pass to Matt Campbell whomade a spectacular one-handedcatch. Ten Dull red an out or aseven yard D reception to ylerKopischka. Sluck was stued onthe two-point, 15-13 was the score.Stuhr ran or 11 yards, then he

threw a pass to Randy Johnson.Bailey sacked Stuhr, setting upa 4th and 18. At about mid-ieldHHS decided to go or it. Stuhrrolled le, threw across his body to

Randy Johnson again, who closed

on the ball antastically, caught,kept his eet in bounds or a 38yard gain.Tis set up a 12 yard D pass to

Johnson rom Stuhr. Ten Stuhrburst to the edge and put in thetwo pointer to give Harrison a 23-13 lead at the intermission.Dull came out threw a pass to

Hudson and to Campbell. henDull pitched to Hudson or nineyards. Bailey did the rest oranother QB sneak D, no extra

point, score was 23-19.Ryan Johnson ran ruggedly to

set up Walraven or a 24 yard Dgallop. Rodgers ran in the twopoint, 31-19 Hornets.Dull responded by throwing a

seven yard D to Campbell, thenthrew to Hudson or two, 31-27 toend the third stanza.Stuhr, Walraven and Johnson

rolled down the ield to set upRodgers or a ve yard D, Stuhrrushed in the two, 39-27 HHS.Harrison then stymied HL on

4th and 1. Ryan Johnson went 40

yards to pay dirt on the next play,

H-town led, 46-27.Dull then ri led bullets to

Campbell or 16 and Sluck or 20yards, then another nine yard passto Campbell inside the 10. Baileybusted in another qb sneak D, tomake it a 46-33 game.Stuhr ran or 22 yards, then

Rodgers ripped of a 22 yard Drun, 53-33.ucker Klatt threw a D pass to

Campbell, made it 53-39. Bobcatsrecovered the onside kick.

Hudson rushed or 25 yards, thenhe broke of a 22 yard D run, 53-45, extra point attempt was nogood.Harrison salted the game away

and everyone was happy onhomecoming night in Harrison.Ryan Hubbard played like a beast

on the Harrison deensive line.Harrison Fulco, Dustin Kinzer,

Jon Vaughn and David Duncan

all played like warlords or theBobcats.Jake Walraven amassed 87 yards

rushing on 16 carries and hescored two touchdowns. RyanJohnson ran like a warlord as hetallied 107 yards rushing on ninecarries. Cody Rodgers compiled 65yards rushing and three ds. NateLipovsky led the Hornets deensewith nine bruising tackles.Just a shootout, we had just

enough stops deensively. Weknew Houghton Lake had someplay-makers, theyd played well.Im really proud how much weve

improved the past three weeksespecially.Nate Hudson rushed or 219

yards via 20 carries and he hadtwo ds.HLs QB, Jared Dull played like a

man. Dull was 11-20 or 106 yards

Cody Rodgers amassed 65rugged yards rushing on 12

carries. He caught a frst downpass to set up the initial TD.

Rodgers played tough runsupport in the secondary andhe blanketed Bobcat receivers.Rodgers also made two extra

point kicks.

NATE LIPOVSKY - HARRISON

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Lipovsky

was

thumping

Cats, he had

9 statement

tackles.

HARRISON OUTLASTS

THE CATS, RINGS BELL

Lef, Harrisons gritty and explosive running

back, Ryan Johnson played like a warlord all

night. He talleid 107 yards rushing on just

nine carries. He was destructive on deenseand he broke the Bobcats back with a 40 yard

touchdown gallop late.

Johnson is shown her bursting through a

small crease, blasting over a would be tackler,

spinning loose and bulldozing or a couple

more to carve Houghton Lake up or 11 more

yards o real-estate.

Randy made an

incredible 38

yard catch on 4th

and 18. Then he

broke open and

went down to

catch a 12 yard

TD pass just

before the half.

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passing. Dull also tackled witherocity rom his saety spot ondeense.Dalton Bailey came in short

yardage situations and he earnedthree touchdowns. Bailey was adog beast on deense as well.yler Sluck ran or 35 yards on 10

carries and he caught our passesor 46 yards via the aerial assault.HLs Matt Campbell is emerging

into one o the best wide receiversand deensive backs in the JPC. Heeatures great hands and he playsvery physical with tremendousinstincts.yler Kopischka was wrecking

Hornets as he led HL with 11tackles. Our oense is starting toclick, we just need the deense totighten up. I was very impressedwith Harrison collectively andespecially Jake Walraven on bothsides o the ball, said HLs CoachJohn Fuller.

Nate Hudson was a manpossessed Friday. He blitzed

through the frst layer and wascutting in the 2nd level beore

Harrison knew what washappening. Hudson talleid 219

yards rushing on 20 carries andhe had a couple touchdowns.

JR. PIONEERS BAG BUCKS

Clares Coach Dan Haggartunloaded his band o grid-ironwarlords and mauled the Bucks ina convincing 49-0 victory.Haggart mixed up the running

attack by deploying our dierent

backs to rock-n-sock the rontlines and pound ve touchdownson the ground.Once again, we got out to a

ast start and put Roscommonon their heels. Our deenseand special teams really did anoutstanding job o giving us goodield position all night., saidCoach Haggart. Oensively, wecontrolled the line o scrimmageand opened up holes or ourbacks to run through. It wasanother great team eort.Will Boberg paced the Pioneers

in yardage, compiling 84 yards ononly 6 carries and punching ina touchdown. Zack Betzer alsognashed up eld or 58 yards anda score on a 7 attempts. Fleet ooot, the Pioneers undamentallysound quarterback Ryan Seiterashed or a pair o touchdownswhile rolling in 28 yards on theground.yler Dysinger alsoscored or the Pioneers.Joe Huston was particularly

electric or the Clare regime,returning a pair o punt returnsor touchdowns (60 and 45 yards).We put a lot o work into our

special teams and that paid otonight with 2 punt returns ortouchdowns. Tey are what reallybroke the game open or us, saidHaggart on Hustons outburst.Seiter slung a pair o passes or

50 yards, connecting once to Coleor 30 yards and another Zinseror 20. 2 or 5 50 ydsTe Pioneers deense was stingy

yet again, despite not having theirbig, nasty interior lineman ylerGillespie putting the smash on.Chuck Zinser led the deense

with 7 tackles and a sack. BrendenHensley was his usual dominantsel, tallying 7 take downs and

applying pressure in the backeld. Ben Bates had 5 tackles.

JUNIOR G-MEN CRAM-

YOKE ON EAGLES

he ta l e nt l a de n G l a dw i nJV ootball team beat Farwellhursday 40-6, exploiting theiroverwhelming depth at theirskilled positions. O u r k i d s p l a y e d s o l i d

through out the game, saidGladwins Eric Morgan.

he Gs oensive assault wasanchored by the speedy andintuitive Charlie Allen.O n t h e g r o u n d C h a r l i e

Al len had 8 carries or 113yards to help keep the Eaglesd e e n s e i n d i s a r r a y . W i t hso many options to run, thegame opened up or super-sophomore to pick his lanesand keep the Farwell nativesguessing.Richie Mathis had 7 carries

or 113 yards and 2 Ds togo along with Kyle Bigelow

who had 6 carries or 47 yards.Oensive Coach im Foora l l o w e d e v e r y b o d y o n t h edance loor to bust a move.

Jake Shell had 7 carries or23 yards and 2 Ds and JacobClayton had 3 carries or 15yards. Richie Mathis was 2o 8 passing or 68 yards anda D, Kyle Bigelow was 2 o 2passing or 48 yards a D anda 2pt. conversion to Jake Shell.Oshay Lewis had 3 catches or114 yards and 2 Ds. RichieMathis made good on 2 extra

points.Gladwins deensive leaders

were ristan Mitchel l with13 tackles, Jake Shell had 10tackles, Richie Mathis had 9tackles, Brad Gallagher, DylanBrooks and Blake Roggow allhad 7 tackles each. OshayL e w i s , S h a w n G r e e r a n dK a s e y C a m e r o n a l l h a d 5tackles. Also playing well ondeense were Jared Beecherand Nate Craig with 4 tackleseach. he JVs are now 5-1-1 on the season and 4-0-1 in

the conerence. Gladwin JVshost Harrison which wi l lessentially determine the JPC

champs at the JV level.GLADWIN FRESHMAN

DEFEAT THE OSCODA OWLS JV

Known as one o the areaspremier post players in thesurrounding mens basketballleagues, Coach Kent Allen hasbeen applying his same ruggedand blue collar work ethic into hisreshman team.his young Gladwin crew o

reshman week in and week out

have to lock up horns with thesurrounding areas JV teams.Rather than cowering to theirolder counterparts, this reshmanteam has been punching theopposing schools JV programsright in the bread basket.Te Gladwin reshman ootball

team took the long bus ride toOscoda and came away with animpressive 41-0 victory over theOscoda JV team.errance rice got the Gs on

the scoreboard irst with a 19yard touchdown reception rom

Andrew Redman. Drew Cantrellkicked his rst o 3 extra points.Cantrell then went 88 yardson a nice run around the endand converted the kick to giveGladwin an early 14-0 lead.

Ater a nice deensive stop,errance rice scored rom 7yards out and the extra point kickrom Cantrell made it 21-0. JohnMantei scored beore halfime ona 55 yard D run to give Gladwina 27-0 lead into the hal. In the2nd hal, rice scored on a 56 yardD and Redman scored on a 16

yard D run. Afer the two pointconversion pass rom Cantrell toLeRoy Bouck to give Gladwin a41-0 lead, the running clock wasin eect or the majority o the4th quarter.Leading rushers or Gladwin

were Drew Cantrell with 9 carriesor 175 yards, John Mantei with8 or 74, errance rice with 3or 68, Redman with 7 or 31 andZack McCully with 2 carries or7 yards.Leading acklers were Cantrell

with 13, Mantei with 10, yler

Jones with 8 tackles and LoganReed, Owen Ritchie and MattBrust with 7 tackles each.

Gladwin takes on ChippewaHills on Tursday at 4:30. Comeout and cheer on the team.BEAVERS EEK OUT WIN OVER

THE MUSTANGS

B e a ve r ton s C oa c h Aa ronWentworth led his young Beaversto a knock-down, drag-outbrawl victory over the MeridianMustangs 8-6.In a deensive battle, it was

Meridian that took advantage

rst in the stalemate. Te Beaverscoughed up the moneyball andthe Mustangs pounded the ball injust beore the hal to take the 6-0lead at the break.Beavertons oensive surges were

more times than not negated bypenalties.But their deense set the tone o

the game, as the Beavers pincheddown on the Sanord griddersin their own end-zone to recordthe saety and make it a 6-2 gamewith 8:36 lef in the 3rd.Beavertons Russell Haney gave

the Beavers the lead mid-waythrough the third when he ounda little wiggle room, squeezedthrough a hole and knied upeld 38 yards to light up the scoreboard and give the Ross Lakeboys the 8-6 lead.Beavertons deense continued to

squeeze down on the Mustangsand rode out the game. D e e n s i v e l y w e p l a y e d

extremely well again. We ew tothe ball. Oensively we movedthe ball well but had over 100yards in penalties, said Coach

Wentworth. We are ortunate topull this game out. Give the kidscredit they stepped up when theyneeded to and got the job done.B e a v e r t o n s S e t h G e r o w

was as undamental as usual,orchestrating the passing attackgoing 8-15 or 40 yards. Hisprimary target Yiannis Sabonisslopped up 4 catches or 18 yards.Te double-headed dog-beast o

Russell Haney and Joey Couturepaced the movement on theground. Haney mashed or 10carries compiling 106 yards and a

touchdown. His partner in crime,Joey Couture added 11 carries or67 yards.

Te Beavers deense was led byClay Werth and Ray Brubakerwith 7 tackles, while Ryan Duvallhad an interception.

GLADWIN 8TH GRADERS

CONTINUE TO IMPRESS

Gladwins 8th grade group havethus ar maintained their statureas the alpha-dogs in the leaguewith their 28-0 victory over theReed City Coyotes.Te usual suspects contributed

in the mauling. Ethan Goodwinrumbled or 30 yards to help theGs maintain control o the tempoo the game.Javan Medema had a 6 yard

scoring burst. Drake Muma hada pair o touchdowns, one passingand one on the ground. Mumaconnected on a 35 yard pass tohis speedy partner in crime DylanMcDonald on a 35 yard strike andMuma dialed up his own numberon a 3 yard touchdown splash.Zach Schilling was lights out

on deense, recording 15 tackles

on the night, blocking a puntand then picking it up to takethe payload to the bank and thescore. Dan Stepaniak also added8 tackles or the Gs deense.

JUNIOR VARSITY

Harrisons Cody Rodgers and Jacob Stuhr were helping run support and locking down Cat receivers all nig ht, both are two-way studs.

JACOB STUHR - HARRISON

Stuhr ran

for 76 timely

yards and he

threw for 56

yards, 1 td, 1,

2 point conv.

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Mathis went wild again or theFlying Gs, slashing around the

feld like a cat on fre, compiling113 yards and 2 touchdowns onthe ground. Mathis was also abuzzsaw on the deensive end,

recording 9 tackles to help keepthe Gs atop the JPC JV standings.

Wow, what agame. Just a wild

shootout, lots of big

plays. Both teams fought

hard. We knew they

had some play-makers.

Theyre improving and

theyre better than their

record. At Beaverton,

against Clare and now

tonight weve played

much better, a little bet-

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By Cody ORourkeTe Harrison Hornets deployed

a seemingly endless arsenal orunningbacks on the ield, eachone going churning and crashingup the meat o the Bobcatsinterior or speed-blitzing aroundthe ringes to roll the Bobcats47-8 Tursday night in HoughtonLake.Te Hornets impressively started

o the game marching down eldat will with Justice Walraven,Josh Wilson, and Zach Nowlandall going or big gashes. henthe wheels came o. homasNunnally scampered and then

scampered some more andeventually was tackled or a hugeloss and ound themselves in aseemingly hopeless 3rd and 41situation. Strangely enough, theHornets actually had a 3rd and41 play specically designed ordire circumstances, and Nunnallyexecuted to perection rolling outo the pocket and sending a seedto a streaking Gavin Rhodes andthe Leota boys struck rst bloodto take the 6-0 lead at the 8:35mark in the rst quarter.he Bobcats went on the

oensive, using their big, thickand imposing runningback CodyRodreguez to pound the ballin the interior and sprinkled insome o-tackle plays or the shiyand gritty Payton Dull. Dull andRodreguez worked in tandem tokeep the Hornets on their heals,but eventually the Harrison rontline bit down, loaded up thebox and halted the Prudenvilleoensive attack.Te Hornets red right back, this

time instead o rumbling downthe eld in 7 and 8 yard chunks at

a time, Nowland switched on theturbo-booster, blasted through a

tackle, juked through collapsinggauntlet o would be tacklers andlashed 80 yards to the land omilk and honey to give Hamilton

ownship boys the 12-0 lead.Rhodes made good on the twopoint conversion to make it a 14-0ball game.Kurt Knoll improvised or the

Bobcats, throwing a couple ocrisp spirals to his receivers, butwith Justice Walraven and ZachNowland boomeranging in thesecondary and dropping bombson the Bobcats receiving core,Houghton Lake was orced topunt again early in the secondquarter.he Hornets wasted no time

going straight or the jugular.Nunnally dropped back to pass,

the Bobcats interior piercedthrough pocket and sent a massivewave o deensivemen in hotpursuit. Nunnally cut back across

the grain, looked deep downield or an open receiver butwith nothing showing, Nunnallyollowed a blocker, shook right,danced let, wiggled out o atackle and lurried 50 yards topay-dirt and then re-dailed uphis own number on the 2-pointconversion to put the Harrisonregime up 22-0.Again, the Bobcats took to the

air, Knoll either was unable to ndopen receivers or was orced tomuscle up and through ront lineso the Harrison deense or short

gains and the Bobcats were orcedto punt.

Nunnally received the kickoto put the Hornets in goodield position, but the BobcatsRodreguez and Logan Dunsmore

dropped the sledge hammer andnegated the Hornets momentum.Just beore the hal was about

to expire, the Hornets reclaimedpossession o the pig-skin andKenny Haskell and DominicLarman went on a couple onice runs to set up a 22 yardstrike rom Nunnally to rentonSearight to make it a 28-0 nothinggame in avor o Harrison at thebreak.he Bobcats started out in

electric ashion in the secondhal, as the ultra-athletic Kurt

Knoll trotted back the kicko 90yards to put the Bobcats on the

board then Knoll slung a dart toAnthony Burtis on a quick-outto convert on the point aer andmake it a 28-8 ball game.

But that is as ar as the Bobcatscould go and the Harrisonbattalion continued to pumppoints on the board in the 47-8lop-sided victory.Harrisons was paced by Zack

Nowland ran the ball only 4times or 214 yards and threetouchdowns. homas Nunnallyhad 101 yards on 7 carries. KennyHaskell had 67 yards on ourcarries. 11 hornets carried theball racking up 474 ground yards.Nunnally also passed or 76 yardsand two touchdowns. A 54 yarder

to Gavin Rhodes and a 22 yarderto renton Searight.

Not since the days when Cainand Able were playing smash-

mouth football in Mesopotamiahas a man totaled 214 yardson 4 carries while scoring 3

touchdowns. Nowlands ability tocarve through defenses has givenevery man, women, and child in

Dodge City something to cheer for.

COMETS SEARCHING FOR

MOJO

he Comets are a young teamtrying to ind their swagger ater

taking a loss to Vestaburg whichnow puts them at 4-3, battling ortheir playo lives.Vestaburg toppled the Comets

26-14, taking a 20-0 lead out othe gates. he Coments oensivecouldnt capitalize in key situations.he Comet amassed a load o

yards as im Anderson tacked on111 yards on 19 carries and AdamStreamlow passed or 172 yardsincluding a touchdown pass toChris Lovejoy in the third quarter.Lovejoy was a key target in thegame or the Comets, accumulating

nine receptions or 140 yards.Reno Fike had 11 tackles .

im Anderson had the othertouchdown or the Comets.

BEAVERTONS COMEBACK

SACKED BY GARNER

he Mustangs held the leadand control the game, but oundthemselves holding their breath latein the 4th quarter as the Beaverswere looking to tie the game up at24 a piece. But Meridians grade-Alinebacker Joe Garner pancakedBeavertons S cotty Longstreth in

the back ield on a 4th and goalsituation to preserve the 24-16victory or the Mustangs.

he Mustangs snatched theinitial lead with Christian Petrescampering 5 yards to pay-dirt.Beaverton responded in kind,

then Dan Burns o Meridiansloshed a 32 yard eld goal to putthe Mustangs up 10-8 heading intohal-time.he game remained scoreless

into the 4th quarter when theMustangs put themselves up 24to 8 o another Petree run a Josh

Gillette interception return or atouchdodwn.But Beaverton kept their hopes

alive when Aiden ORourkereturned the kick-o 95 yards topay dirt. Beaverton kicked the on-

side kick and blasted the ball downeld to put themselves in a positionto tie the game up.But Meridians deense held

strong, Garner made his bigman moves and pentrated intoBeavertons backeld on 4th downto end the game.

It was a wild game thats or sure,said Meridians Keith Schulte. Wewere up 24-8 and next thing weknew, were making a goal-linestand to win it.Christ ian Petre paced the

Mustangs attack with 86 yards and13 carries and passed the ball 94yards on 8 o 17 passing.Kevin Scheibert led the Mustangs

in receiving with 3 catches or 23yards.Mitch Kucharek led the Mustangs

in tackles with 14 and tallied 2 sacs.Beavertons Scotty Longstreth

went 11~22 or175 yds and onetouchdown and was 2 or 2 on2-point conversions.Brad McDonald had 3 rec or

63 yards. Aidan orourke 1 recor 23 yds. Austin Schneider led

Beaverton with 10 tackles and asack.FENNELL AND HIT MOB CRUSH

FARWELL

Gladwin soared over to Surreyownship to collide with the Eagleso Farwell in what had the makingso a decent ball-game. Te FlyingGs fexed on FHS with relative easeand recorded the 34-7 triumph.Gladwins stalwart quarterback,

Landon Grove again acilitatedthe ebb and low or the G-men.Grove tallied 72 rushing yards on14 carries. He was 6-14 passing or114 yards.Meachy rice had our carries or

98 yards rushing. Stephen Esilinetallied 67 yards rushing via ninecarries. Lucas Schwager caughtthree passes or 79 yards.Butch Fennell mashed or 12

tackles. Josh Dimond, Lewi Janigaand Josh Wilcox all had seventackles.Te Eagles speed slasher, Keegan

Rohdy amassed 172 yards rushingon 19 carries. Ryan Simmons ledFarwell with 14 tackles.

JR HARRISON HORNETS RUN WILD ON

THE SHORES OF HOUGHTON LAKE

Pictured top le, Harrisons Zach Nowland blasting o another long run. Above le, Harrisons Dominic Larman with a sack. Above,

the Bobcats Kurt Knoll handing o to Payton Dull. Dull looks to splash up feld riding the block o big Cody Rodreguez.

Harrisons signal caller, former college

football player, Mike Petrongelli has

probably got his Hornets to improve more

than any other team from the initial game

until now. He never stopped coaching.

Brandon Wackerle readKris Lamarands eyes and

intercepted the Eagles pass playto jolt the Flying Gs. Wackerlessignifcance goes much deeper.Hes a leader on the feld, in thelocker-room and everyday inpractice or Coach Shattuck.


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rushing the ball, Carmoneysaid hed just try and makesure he got blocked. Puncheswas a senior leader in thePioneer backeld in the allo 1988. Craig said hed rathertackle anyone, other thanPunches in the league. Graigwas a terric teammate, heddo anything or the team.Carmoney was very ast andhe had antastic hands. I

remember getting o the busat Sanord or the Meridiangame, Craig had orgot hiship pads and one o the guyswho didnt play very much,gladly gave his pads to Craigso he had all the proper pads.I remember Craig puttingsome solid hits on me inpractice, he was tough,commented Carmoneysteammate, Je Punches.Craig couldnt pinpoint just

how many interceptions hehad his junior year, but he

was among the top o theleaderboard or interceptionsin the JPC. Carmoneywas very satisied with histwo picks against a skilledRoscommon team as helocked up the best receiverin the area, Mark Church.Carmoney elt that MarkChurch was the best overallathlete in the league at thetime and they were iercethree-sport athlete rivals,who had great mutual respector each other.

Carmoney rant and ravedon how tough o a linebackerMatt Bel l was and hementioned Jim Haupt beingsuperb.In a paddling o Harrison,

Carmoney caught a 14yard touchdown pass romVanBuskirk to draw irstblood o the second hal andvanquished any thought o aHornet rally. Later Carmoneyslashed or an 11 yardrun to cement the victory.Clare inished with a solid6-3 record in the all o 88.Tey deeated everybody ontheir slate except Shepherd,Farwell and Houghton Lake.Carmoney reiderated over

and over the signicance ohow strongly Coach KellyLuplow believed in mentalpreparation. Craig said thateach day in practice, theteam was taught and told tovisualize their assignment oneach play, then review in theirmind the counter options i adeense reacted in a certainmanner to put a wrench intheir plans. Luplow wouldremind his ballers that thegame happened too astnot to mentally prepareprior. Carmoney said thatCHS would show up to theootball ield beore theiropponents and have a mentalpreparation segment.Carmoney said that Clare

lost a tough opener , 23-8, to Shepherd. Craig hadhyperextended his kneetoward the end o the game,it was sore but didnt seem to

be severely injured.he next morning he

couldnt move his leg,early that morning, CoachLuplow was knocking on theCarmoneys ront door, hewas very concerned with hisstar receivers leg. Craig wenton to discuss how CoachLuplow sincerely cares or hisplayers well-being.Craig had to miss a couple

practices the next week, thenhe inally elt good enough

Clares quarterback, RobVanBuskirk, rode out theake to elite running back,Kenny Garigilio, rolled outafer play action and slung adart to a streaking Carmoneywho snared the pivotaltouchdown pass to lit thePioneers to the 13-6 victoryover the Marauders.Carmoney then re-called

a somber memory o a

Beaverton deensive linemanwho ripped the ball awayrom a Pioneer, the ollowingweek and ran it back to paydirt to grant the Beavers awin over Clare, 22-15.Craig antc ipated and

snatched three interceptions

in a 16-8 triumph overHoughton Lake, he nishedwith ive picks in hisswan song. Clare crushedHarrison 34-6 and whippedMeridian, 40-6, in theollowing two weeks. Versus

the Mustangs, Craig caughteight receptions or 118yards and two Ds.hen Clare collided with

their neighbors to the east,the Comets o Coleman.Carmoney had a abulousgame compil ing sevenreceptions or 129 yards andtwo touchdowns. Late in thegame, Co

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