weekly choice - section b - february 23, 2012

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SBy Mike Dunn

GAYLORD A dozen area wrestlers successfully madethe big jump from theregional tournament to thestate meet on Saturday. Twoof the 12 earned regionaltitles: junior BrandonHandrich of Grayling in theDiv. 3 tourney at Farwell andsenior Trey Leach of Onawayat the Div. 4 tourney at

Manton.Grayling and Onaway each

sent three grapplers to state.Mancelona and Mio eachhad two advance whileGaylord and Cheboygan willhave one representative atthe state meet set forThursday through Saturday,March 1-3 at The Palace of

Auburn Hills.The top four finishers in

each weight class advancedto state.

DIVISION 2Gaylord and Petoskey each

had grapplers competing atthe D-2 tourney at Mount

Pleasant.Gaylord senior Eric Masonadvanced with a third-placefinish in the 189-pound class.Concrete Eric posted a 3-1log on the day. He edgedRuben Thomas of NorthBranch 2-0 in a grueling firstmatch before losing to even-tual runner-up Matt Picklerof Corunna. In the bloodmatch, Mason poured onthe power in the third period,pinning Ian Johnson ofOwosso to assure himself of aberth at state. In the consola-tion finals, Mason handilydecisioned Robert Wait ofCroswell-Lexington 7-1.

Mason, who owns a 40-11

record, goes to Auburn Hillsas a No. 3 seed. His firstmatch is with No. 2 seed

Andrew Hissom of SpringLake, a senior with a 48-8record.

Gaylord senior Chadd Hallwent into regionals as a No. 1

seed at 130 pounds but didnot advance. He lost a 1-0heartbreaker to DominicCiaramella of Marysville inthe opening match beforedefeating ChristianSchoenherr of Bay City

Western by major decision inthe consolation bracket. Inthe eliminator match,though, he lost a close deci-sion to Dan Graham ofSparta, whom he defeated in

the finals the week before.Sophomore Seth Lashuay

also went in as a No. 1 seedfor the Blue Devils at 112pounds and came within avictory of advancing, losing anarrow decision to CodyChase of Owosso in the bloodmatch. Also competing forGaylord was freshman JeffHeinz, who gained valuableregional experience at 119pounds.

Cody Hallworth (112), NickStrobel (140) and DylanBechaz (285) each earned thehonor of representingPetoskey in the regional tour-nament.

DIVISION 3Grayling and Cheboygan

had grapplers competedSaturday at Farwell.

For the Vikings, Handrichswept through the 152-pound class like a hurricane,forging his way to victory inthree straight matches,including a third-period fallover Brandon Buck of BigRapids in the finals.

Hurricane Handrich, a junior, takes a solid 41-3record into the state meet at

Auburn Hills. He takes on No.4 seed Brandon McCann ofMidland Bullock, a senior

with a 43-13 log.

Senior Ryan WreckerRandall (215) and sopho-more Jeff Myers (189) alsoadvanced as No. 4 seeds forthe Vikings. The relentlessRandall won a grueling,thrilling blood match withCole Thielen of Chippewa

Hills, taking him down in thesecond overtime to earn atough 6-4 decision andassure himself of a berth atstate. Myers, who has abright future on the mats,pushed his personal log to26-24 as he advanced in dra-matic fashion, earning arazor-thin 11-10 decisionover Joe Foco of Standish-Sterling in the 189-poundeliminator match.

Randall, a senior with an18-7 record, draws a ruggedfirst-round foe in unbeatenNo. 1 seed Josh Capen ofIthaca. Myers takes on No. 1seed Kendall Betteridge ofCaro, who is 48-5.

For Cheboygan, strong-armed junior Josh McDilldelivered a third-period pinover Tom Bailey ofGladstone, halting matters

with just 16 seconds remain-ing to earn his berth at state.McDill (20-12) goes in as aNo. 4 seed and will face TomRay of Almont, a senior witha 38-3 record, in the openinground.

DIVISION 4Onaway, Mancelona and

Mio all had grapplersadvance from the regionaltourney at Manton onSaturday.

For Onaway, senior TreyLeach was a lion at 160pounds, gaining threestraight decisions en route tothe regional title. Trey, who

went in as a No. 2 seed, bat-tled to a tough 4-2 decisionover Logan Burns ofMontebello in the openinground and followed that withdecisions over Tristin Rostedof Manton in the semifinalsand Jonathan Coates of

Norway in the finals.Leach, a senior with a 47-6

record, takes on No. 4 seedJarrett Wolford of Reading, a

junior with a 33-5 mark, inthe opening round.

Also for Onaway, seniors Alex Fullerton (140) and

Bryer McGinn (171)advanced as No. 4 seeds.

Fullerton became the firstwrestler from Onaway to be astate qualifier all four years ofhis prep career. He had to

earn it. After losing a closedecision to eventual runner-up Trevor Dezwaan of Shelbyin the semifinals, Fullertonfaced a blood match withrugged Jim Ritzenheim ofIron Mountain. Fullertonprevailed with a second-peri-od pin to earn his fourthberth at state.

The senior, who owns asolid 48-8 record, faces No. 1seed Tyler Hicks of Jonesville,a fellow senior with a 44-2record, in the opening round.

McGinn needed a win overGilberto Valasquez of Hart inthe eliminator match and gotit impressively, taking a 7-3

decision. McGinn (42-9), asenior, takes on No. 1 seedJames Snider of East Jackson,a senior with a 32-6 record.

Mancelona sends seniorTyler Aldrich (152) and soph-omore Keegan Richardson(285) to state as No. 4 seeds.

Aldrich edged Blaise Ryanof Rogers City 4-2 in the elim-inator match to punch histicket to Auburn Hills. Thehard-nosed Ironmen senioris 22-10 for the year and willtake on No. 1 seed Joel Varneyof Hudson, a senior with a40-2 mark, in the openinground.

The rawhide-toughRichardson took the long

way around on his way to hisfirst state meet. After losingto unbeaten Brett Martin ofHesperia in the first round,Keegan had to battle backfrom the elimination bracketand win twice in a row toearn a berth at state.

Keegan brought his KOpunch with him, taking outDavid Lancour of Ishpeming

Westwood in 27 seconds inthe first match and thenpowering to a 58-second pinof Kiel Atanasoff of West Iron

County in the blood match.Keegan eventually lost toChen Martinez of Montaguein the consolation finals.

Keegan, a sophomore witha 33-13 log, faces No. 1 seedZach Rieger of Hudson, a

junior with a 39-4 mark, inthe opening round at Auburn

Hills.For Mio, junior Zach Mach

(125) and senior D.J. Burden(130) both advanced as No. 3seeds.

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By Mike Dunn

TRAVERSE CITY The

game before the Gaylord girls

of coach Frank Hamilla

defeated Alpena on a last-

second shot from Sarah

Polena. On Thursday, Feb. 16,

in Traverse City, it was

Gaylords turn to suffer a

heartbreaking loss when T.C.

West freshman Katie Placek

nailed a turnaround jumper

with 2.1 seconds remaining

to give the Titans a stunning

44-43 victory.

The win was a big one for

West, clinching the Big North

title outright. The Titans

improved to 14-5 overall and

10-1 in the league while the

Blue Devils fell to 9-9 and 5-

6.

We came out in the third

quarter and made a great run

to put us up by 11 points

midway through the third

quarter, and we went into the

fourth quarter with a four-

point lead, Hamilla report-

ed. I thought we executed

our offense very well, we got

the shots we wanted and for

the most part we made them.

We shot well from the outsidewe made eight 3-pointers.

It was a defensive struggle

in the fourth quarter with

West outscoring us 7-2, he

added. With our last two

games we could make a com-

mercial for the old show ABC

Wide World of Sports. Against

Alpena it was the thrill of vic-

tory and against West it wasthe agony of defeat.

Junior lefty Mackenzie

Edwards led the way offen-

sively once again, making the

net dance to the tune of 19

points in the tense road bat-

tle and she also pulled down

a team-high eight rebounds.

Polena plugged the iron for

10 points and junior forward Alex Simmons struck for

eight.

Polena plied her team-

mates with sweet deliveries,

notching four assists, and

hard-nosed sophomore

scrapper Maddie Hamilla

recorded four steals.

Gaylord played home

against Cheboygan on

Tuesday, Feb. 21, after this

issue went to press. The Blue

Devils close out the regular

season this Friday at

Cadillac.

Gaylord has an opening-

round bye and will face

either Petoskey or West in

Gaylord on Wednesday, Feb.

29, at 7 p.m. If Gaylord wins,

it will advance to the district

finals on the road against T.C.

Central, Alpena or

Marquette.

Final-second shot propels host T.C. West over battling Blue Devils

Gaylord girls lose heartbreaker

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Basketball

Blue Devils battle hard in defeat

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD The Gaylord

boys of coach Tim ORourke

battled hard on the home

court in a pair of defeats at

the hands of talented oppo-

nents last week. On Tuesday,

Feb. 14, the Blue Devils lost

71-49 to Sault Ste. Marie in a

non-league clash and on

Friday, Feb. 17, Gaylord lost a

tight one to surging Traverse

City West, 62-55.

It was the third straight vic-tory for West, which

improved to 12-6 overall and

8-3 in the Big North. The Blue

Devils gave the visitors a run

but slipped to 5-11 overall

and 3-9 in the league.

Senior forward Troy Gahm,

who has been a rock of stabil-

ity for Gaylord and coach

O'Rourke this season, rocked

the iron for a game-high 26

points and hit on 14-of-20

free throws to help keep the

Blue Devils in the hunt to the

final buzzer.

Donny Cizek sizzled from

the floor for the visitors, can-

ning 18 points, and Graeme

Placek put 17 on the board

with six rebounds. Trevor

Commissaris scored 12.

Gaylords game big men

Michael Skerratt and Zach

Lundell engaged in some

spirited battles under the

boards with West man moun-

tain Commissaris during the

course of the contest.

ON TUESDAY, Feb. 14,

Gaylord played host to the

Blue Devils from above the

bridge and gave the visitors

from Sault a good run before

dropping a 71-49 decision.Gaylord trailed just 29-21

at the half but the Soo

opened things up with a 30-

point third quarter. Steven

Angeli, one of the more dan-

gerous perimeter poppers in

the region, scored 16 of his 22

points in the quarter. And

Angeli's brother Riley rocked

the iron for 18 points.

Gahm tickled the twine for

a team-high 17 points and

guard Tyler Cherry brought

some juice to the offense as

well, plucking the iron for 12

points. Big man Zach Lundell

landed six points on the

board.

Skerratt and Lundell

brought their

usual grit-and-

grind game to

the paint and

Craig Richardson ratcheted

up the defensive intensity off

the bench.

Gaylord won a thrilling JV

game in two overtimes, 64-

61. Leland Huey was lights

out for the young

Blue Devils, drilling the

nets for 19 points and fresh-

man Cotton Neff added to

the tapestry of success with

his durable, tenacious play at

both ends of the court.

Cotton's shots were a nice fit

over the rim as he rang up 13points, and Zach Pasternak

plugged the twine for 12

points, including a perfect

10-for-10 from the free throw

stripe.

Gaylord (5-11, 3-9) played

at Cheboygan on Tuesday,

Feb. 21. The Blue Devils play

their final home game this

Thursday, Feb. 23, against Big

North foe Cadillac before

ending the regular season

with a pair of games on the

road against Mount Pleasant

(Tuesday, Feb. 28) and

Traverse City St. Francis

(Thursday, March 1).

Gaylord plays host to

Petoskey on Monday, March

5, in the opening round of

the Class A district tourna-

ment.

Durable Gahm leads Gaylord scoringcharts in home losses to Sault, T.C. West

Above: Gaylord

post Zach Lundell

(50) goes high to

defend in the

paint in the Big

North clash with

West.

Left: Steve Fitzek

fastens his hands

to the ball as he

comes down with

a rebound in the

JV double-over-

time win.

Gaylord junior guard Cam Taylor

(23) goes high to retrieve a rebound

in the clash with the Soo.

Craig Richardson (20) makes his move to

the basket during the battle with the Soo.

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Basketball

Grayling boys split LMC games

By Mike Dunn

GRAYLING The Grayling

boys of coach Rich Moffit

faced the upper tier of the

Lake Michigan Conference

last week, winning one and

losing one.

On Tuesday, Feb. 14, the

Vikings defeated league

front-runner Traverse City St.

Francis 79-69 and on Friday,

Feb. 17, Grayling lost a closeone at Boyne City, 62-55.

After the two games, Grayling

owned a 13-4 record and 9-3

in the conference.

The victory over St. Francis

was a huge one for the

Vikings, reversing an earlier

62-53 loss at the court of the

Gladiators.

Grayling closed out strong

to secure the victory in the

packed-out gym, outscoring

St. Francis 26-16 in the fourth

quarter in a highly charged

playoff-type atmosphere.

Spirited senior Riley Zigila

led the way in the final stan-

za, ringing up 10 of his 15

points as the Vikes handed

the high-powered visiting

Gladiators (13-2, 10-1) their

first league loss of the season.

This was a great high

school game to watch for our

Viking fans, Moffit said Our

kids did a great job of defend-

ing and applying defensive

pressure throughout the

game. We battled on theboards and played very phys-

ical in this game.

We had great scoring bal-

ance and we played smart

against their defensive pres-

sure, her added. Our team

showed great character in

this game.

Lethal lefty Zane Tobin

tamed the twine for a team-

high 21 points in the victory,

including two connections

from beyond the arc. Senior

wing Steven Enos struck for

19 points, going 5-for-5 from

the stripe, while Zigila put

the zap into the fourth-quar-

ter finish and Tom The

Beast Burrell busted the

nets for 12. Sophomore guard

Tyler McClanahan added six

and found ways to handle the

sizzling heat of Gladiator

defensive onslaught.

The 6-foot-4 Enos nailed

down 10 boards for a double-

double and he also generated

a team-high five assists and

had three steals in a typicallyeffective two-way perform-

ance. Burrell also brought

down 10 boards for a double-

double and long-armed sen-

ior center Griffin Dean the

Vikings Dean of Down

Under delivered six

rebounds with a big-time

block. Tobin took down six

boards as well to go with his

floor generalship and net

pumping from the perimeter.

Zigila added five rebounds

and four steals to his late-

game heroics and steady

sophomore Jake Swander

secured three assists.

Sean Sheldon sank 21 to

pace St. Francis. Byron

Bullough added 11 and Kody

Kleinrichert 10 for the visi-

tors.

Grayling also won the JV

game 55-41.

ON FRIDAY in the loss to

Boyne City, Enos (15), Tobin

(14) and Burrell (11) all

reached double digits and

Zigila zoned in for eight,

including 4-for-4 from the

line. Zigila also delivered six

assists, five boards and five

steals to his stat line for the

hard-fought game. Enos

brought down nine rebounds

and Burrell brought down

seven.

Jay Redman rocked the

iron for 23 points to pace the

Ramblers, who improved to

11-5 overall and 7-5 in the

conference. Sophomore

guard Bradley Fouchia found

the bottom of the net for 11.

Obviously, were disap-

pointed in the outcome of

this game, Moffit said. We

did not play with the same

intensity that we had in our

previous game against St.

Francis. We lost our compo-

sure during the third quarter

when Boyne made their run.

Hopefully, we learn from this

one.

Grayling (13-4, 9-3) played

at Charlevoix on Tuesday,

Feb. 21, and is on the road

Friday, Feb. 24, against East

Jordan.

Balanced scoring, smart play fuel intensehome victory over league-leader St.Francis

Grayling senior Steven Enos (32) barrels through a bunch of defenders on his

way to delivering a deuce.

Photo by bob gingerich


Photo by

bob gingerich

Left: Effort

is etched

in the

features of

Grayling

senior

Zane

Tobin as

he takes

this one to

the hole

against St.

Francis.

Michael Branch busts

loose for a breakaway

bucket for the Viking JV

squad during the battle

with St. Francis.

Grayling senior Griffin Dean puts the jump in

jump shot as he launches one from the lane.

By Mike Dunn

BOYNE CITY TheGrayling girls put up a goodfight without leading scorerand team leader Jo Hamlinbut host Boyne City was ableto pull one out Friday in LakeMichigan Conference action.

The Ramblers closed outstrong to post a 51-40 victory.Boyne City outscored the

visiting Vikings 15-6 in thefourth quarter to pull away.The Ramblers improved to 5-13 overall and 2-10 in theconference while Grayling

slipped to 7-11 and 3-9.Hamlin, who was averag-

ing more than 16 points pergame, sustained a kneeinjury in the loss to St.Francis earlier in the week.

We are a very young teamand with losing our leadingscorer for the season like we

did, we have to adjust andmodify our game, reportedGrayling coach Joe Powers.We will hit the practicecourt and our girls are tough.They will continue to workhard and we want to improveeach day.

Facing Boyne City on theroad presented a challengeand, though the Vikingsplayed hard, they werentable to score enough pointsto secure the win.

Being on the road again, we played a close game theentire way, said Powers.

Boyne City led almost theentire game and we struggled with our turnovers. Ournumber of turnovers reallydetermined the outcome ofthe game. We struggled toscore and we struggled to getinto a rhythm. Our defensive

rebounding was very strong.Hannah Haven stepped

up, hitting the hole for 10points to pace the Vikingsand Caitlin Prosser had astrong on the boards, pullingdown nine rebounds to go

with her seven points. Hailey Whitaker, Maddie Benardo,

Cierra Prosser and AlyssaMorley each scored five.Senior Tanner McCune

trimmed the twine for 28points to lead Boyne City andKylie Hicks had a double-double with 11 points and 11boards.

ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15,the Vikings suffered a 67-24loss to St. Francis in additionto the loss of Hamlin. Thegame was close in the secondquarter before Hamlin wentdown.

After the injury, St. Francisreally put it to us, outscoring

us 19-2 to end the half,Powers said. We were notable to jump back in thegame as St. Francis contin-ued to full-court press usthrough the end of the thirdquarter. It was a difficultgame on the road for us in

many facets.

Caitlin Prosser had a solid

game on the boards once

again, collecting six

rebounds against an

extremely athletic team. She

also was perfect from the

line, going 4-for-4. Hamlin

scored six before being side-

lined.

Cassie Williams and

Lauren Buckel each scored

14 to pace the Gladiators (15-

2, 11-0).

Basketball

Grayling girls battle league foesVikings fall on road to Boyne City, bow to league power St. Francis in pair of LMC defeats

by Mike Dunn

GAYLORD The Gaylordfreshmen boys of coach IronMike Neff won one and lostone last week, sinking theSault Ste. Marie Blue Devils56-23 on Tuesday, Feb. 14,and losing a tough one, 46-40, to Big North rival TraverseCity West on Friday, Feb. 17.

The Blue Devils pushed

their record to 14-2 with theimpressive win against theSoo.

We came out with a lot ofenergy and really moved theball well up the court, Neffreported. We did a nice jobof hitting the open player

without turning the ballover.

It was Bazooka Blayne

Blaker blasting the nets for ateam-high 21 points to leadthe way with the cool hand ofCole Butler serving up 14 andrelentless Marcus ORourkedrilling the iron for 13.

In the game against T.C. West, Neffs roster wasdepleted as four starters werepromoted to the JV. The Blue

Devils still scrapped, clawed

and battled in the loss,though.I felt everyone really

stpped up to competeagainst a really good T.C.team, Neff said.

Blaker was in blast modeagain, launching 22 points topace Gaylord. LandonDeForge delivered seven

points to help the cause and

reliable point guard SamRinke did a nice job takingcare of the ball and assuringthat the Blue Devils ran theiroffense.

Gaylord (14-3, 8-3) is homeThursday, Feb. 23, againstCadillac at 6 p.m. in the finalBig North game of the sea-son. The Blue Devils are on

the road for a 4 p.m. tip-off at

Mount Pleasant on Tuesday,

Feb. 28, then close out the

season at T.C. St. Francis on

Thursday, March 1, in a 4:15

p.m. tip-off.

Basketball

Gaylord frosh boys split gamesBazooka Blaker leads assault on iron in romp of Sault; Blue Devils battle West to the wire



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Basketball

St. Mary girls clinch SVC title

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD The No. 1

ranked St. Mary girls closed

out the Ski Valley portion of

the schedule with a pair of

imposing wins last week and,

in the process, finished as

undefeated league champs in

2012.

The Snowbirds outscored a

game Inland Lakes squad 62-

40 on the home floor on

Thursday, Feb. 16, and

defeated host Forest Area 65-

35 on Tuesday, Feb. 14. The

top-ranked Snowbirds

pushed their record to 19-0

and 14-0 in the league with

the two wins and close out

the regular season at home

on Thursday, Feb. 23, with a

much-anticipated non-

league clash with No. 2

ranked Mount Pleasant

Sacred Heart.

Four-year senior starterKarli Jacob, coming to the

end of her outstanding prep

career, canned 27 points to

pace the Snowbirds and

sophomore sharpshooter

Kari Borowiak blistered the

nets for 24 points and record-

ed five steals.

Sarah Long latched onto

six offensive rebounds in a

physical battle under the

boards with the rangy

Bulldogs. Chrissy Smith

served up sweet deliveries all

game long like it was still

Valentines Day, generating

nine tasty assists.

St. Mary coach Kevin

Foster also noted the defen-

sive pressure applied by

Michelle Samalik, Long and

Smith.

For I-Lakes, sweet-shoot-ing senior Sandy Bischoff

struck for 13 points and 6-

foot-1 center Morgan Hanel

gave a game, gritty effort

inside to help the visiting

Bulldogs to keep the game

competitive through the first

half. At intermission, St.

Mary led just 29-23, which is

a feather in the cap of the

Bulldogs, who slipped to 10-8

overall and 9-6 in the Ski

Valley.

St. Mary won a dramatic JV

game as well as freshman

Natalie Burzynski came

through in the clutch, beat-

ing the buzzer with a beauti-

ful 3-pointer to give the

Snowbirds a come-from-

behind 33-32 triumph.

ON TUESDAY in the 65-35

win at Fife Lake, the back-court tandem of Borowiak

and Smith were virtually

unstoppable. Borowiak

attacked the iron was her

usual fervor, accumulating

17 points, and Smith set the

table with her usual finesse,

notching a dozen assists.

Smith also scored nine

points. The determined pair

also plagued the quick Forest

Area guards, covering them

like shadows.

Jacob had another on-

court Jam Session, filling the

rim with 25 points worth of

production, and Jada Bebble

helped the cause as well,

busting the nets for eight

points.

Foster said his team is real-

ly excited about the show-

down with the Irish of Sacred

Heart.

I think the Sacred Heart

game will be a good test for

us, Foster said. They are a

very good team with quick

guards and a strong postplayer. This game will chal-

lenge us defensively, espe-

cially with our size. We must

work hard as a team to help

each other out and rebound

the ball. Offensively, we must

take care of the ball and work

for a good open shot.

Victories over I-Lakes, Forest Area lead to showdown with third-rankedSacred Heart in regular-season finale



Basketball

Pellston boys take down Eagles

by Mike Dunn

PELLSTON -- This was thegame the Pellston boys werelooking forward to and theycertainly played like it.Inspired Pellston, the third-ranked team in Class D,defeated unbeaten and No. 1ranked Bellaire 60-51 beforea packed out, animatedhome crowd on Wednesday,Feb. 15, to reverse a foul-plagued 75-58 loss at thecourt of the Eagles earlier inthe season.

Pellston improved to 15-1overall and 13-1 in the Ski

Valley with the huge victorywhile Bellaire slipped to 15-1and 12-1. If both teams closeout the regular season with-out another league loss, asexpected, they will fittinglyshare the 2012 Ski Valleychampionship.

Hornet 6-foot-4 seniorguard Chris Hass showed upbig in the biggest game of theseason to date, targeting thetwine for a game-high 30points in spite of drawingspecial attention from Eagledefenders throughout thecontest. Hass not only made

the net dance to the tune of30 points, he also pulleddown 14 boards and record-ed four assists.

Sturdy senior forwards Andy Hamlin and MaxKetterer provided much-needed inside muscleagainst the Eagles. Hamlinhauled in eight rebounds andtallied nine and Ketterer col-lected 10 rebounds and eight

points. Rawhide-tough guardJake Friedenstab scored fiveand was a fury on defense.

Hamlin, a 1,000-pointscorer who was less than 100percent because of an ankleinjury, hit one of Pellston'smost timely buckets of thenight when he drained a trey

with just under three min-utes left to push his teamfrom a one-point lead to afour-point lead, 53-49.

Hass and gritty guard JakeFriedenstab coolly connect-ed on clutch free throwsdown the stretch afterBellaire was forced to foul.

Coach Hass called thegreat victory a total teameffort, crediting the big-timebite of "bulldog guards" ZakKruskie, Ronnie Schlosserand Friedenstab as a criticalcontribution along with thedefensive rebounding ofHass, Hamlin and Ketterer.

"Kudos to our bulldogguards for keeping theBellaire guards from having abig night and to Chris, Andyand Max inside for minimiz-ing their second shots withtheir rebounding," Hassreported.

Pellston, which hit 11-of-14 free throws, took a 40-37lead into the fourth quarter.

Mitch Teetzel tallied 14 topace the visitors while KaseyPoel and Reece Koepke eachscored 10 and Tyler Thorntonthrew in nine.

Bellaire is a great team,very talented and well-coached," Hass said. "This issuch a huge win for us. I'm

really happy for the kids."Bellaire won the JV game

48-30. Connor Kintz collaredthe iron for 10 points for the

young Hornets and Tanner"Tank" Keller generated adouble-double with 10points and 14 rebounds.

ON FRIDAY, Feb. 17,Pellston outscored visitingOnaway 85-27 in a game that

was close until the tip-off.The Hornets led the game-but-outmanned Cardinals32-14 after one quarter and

58-24 at the half. In the sec-ond half, Onaway scoredthree points.

"It was another greatdefensive effort," Hassreported. "The kids werefocused and we didn't have aletdown after the Bellairegame."

Hass was hotter than jalapeno stew from theperimeter once again, mas-tering the iron for 33 pointsto go with 14 rebounds,seven assists and three steals.

Hamlin, Dale Stark andJarrett Anderson each deliv-ered nine points and Ketterercracked the nets for eight

with seven boards. Andrew Perry pulled thetrigger on eight points to leadOnaway and Joe O'Bradovichbusted the nets for six points.

Pellston (16-1, 14-1) playedits final league game atJohannesburg-Lewiston on

Wednesday of this week. TheHornets go north to take onSt. Ignace in a non-leagueclash on Tuesday, Feb. 28.

Hass hammers nets for 30 points as host Hornetsreverse previous loss to top-ranked Bellaire

There was jubilation on the floor after Pellston upend-

ed No. 1 ranked Bellaire in a playoff-like atmosphere.

Pellston coach Cliff Hass throws his hands in the air after his Hornets whipped

previously unbeaten Bellaire last week.



Max Ketterer puts max effort into this move to the

bucket to produce points for Pellston last

Wednesday.


Senior Christopher Hass (14) kisses one of the glass

for two points in the huge league victory over

Bellaire.



5/10

Hockey

Northmen win one, lose oneBy Mike Dunn

PETOSKEY Petoskey

rocket launcher Kyle Ruggles

had another red-glare night

for the Northmen hockey

team on Friday, igniting theoffense with a hat trick in an

impressive 5-0 victory over

the host Northwest Warriors

of Traverse City. On Saturday,

the Northmen started slowly

and could not recover in a 5-

3 loss to the Bay City

Thunder.

In the victory Friday over

the host Warriors, Ruggles

wasn't the only blue-garbed

Northmen who had a banner

night. Junior goalkeeper

Breanna Merriam was simply

perfect in the nets, stoppingevery puck directed her way

as she recorded her first

career shutout.

Ruggles rang up three

goals with an assist and jun-

ior Kenny Forton also fueled

the fireworks with a pair of

goals and a pair of assists.

The "Sky Pilot," Skye

Pieffer, produced two assists

and Patrick Gitre and

"Sudden" Zach Gadowski

each had one.

Merriam was masterful,

turning back 15 shots enroute to the shutout.

ON SATURDAY, Petoskey

tried to rally from a 3-1 first-

period deficit but had too

much of a hole to climb out

of.

Gitre pulled the trigger and

gunned one home in a short-

handed situation to trim the

Thunder lead to 4-2 late in

the second period but that

was as close as the Northmen

would get.

The Thunder scored again

when Nick Rafaill lit the lampthe second time in the ame to

make it 5-2.

In the final period, the

Northmen put the pressure

on but could produce just

one more goal against talent-

ed Thunder goalie Connor

Spence.

Hunter Stinger, who had

scored the first Petoskey goal

in the opening period, also

closed the scoring for the

Northmen. Ruggles, who

makes a habit of being in the

right place at the right time,assisted in all three goals, giv-

ing him 7 points in the two

weekend games.

Freshman Michael

Whittaker started in the nets

and Merriam finished.

Whittaker turned away 12

shots and Merriam had 11

stops. Spence stopped 30 of

33 shots for the visiting

Thunder.

Adam Beuthin, Reid

Alexander and Aaron Martin

also tallied for the Thunder.

Petoskey (11-11-1) closes

out the regular season at

home Friday against

Cheboygan and opens tour-

nament play Monday, Feb.

27, against Gaylord at storied

Pullar Stadium in Sault Ste.

Marie.



By Mike Dunn

PETOSKEY The Petoskey

boys of coach Dennis Starkey

did the expected on the

home floor Friday, outscor-

ing a game-but-outmanned

Ogemaw Heights squad 66-

37 to clinch their third

straight Big North

Conference title.

The ninth-ranked

Northmen improved to 10-1

in the league and 16-1 overall

and also pushed their home

winning streak to a whop-

ping 39 in a row.

Senior Zak Lewis was

zoned in, taming the twine

for 21 points to pace the

Northmen, including five

connections from beyond

the arc. Jake Mullins also

reached double digits, scor-

ing 10, and Hunter Pulaksi

provided a needed spark off

the bench in the second

quarter after Petoskey got off

to a sluggish start at the

offensive end.

Jordan Moore hit for 12 to

lead Ogemaw, which slipped

to 4-13 and 2-9.

Petoskey earned a 60-56

victory in the seesaw JV con-

test. Shea Whitmore waxed

the nets for 25 points to lead

the Northmen. Greg Tonge

helped put the Gong in the

offense as well for the young

Northmen, scoring 10, while

Joe LeBlanc tallied nine and

Hunter Viles pulled the trig-

ger on eight.Petoskey played a much-

anticipated non-league con-

test at the court of Sault Ste.

Marie on Tuesday of this

week. The Soo took a 17-1

record into that one.

The Northmen close out

league play at home against

Alpena on Friday, Feb. 24,

and close out the regular sea-

son at home on Tuesday, Feb.

28, against another tough

non-league opponent, Boyne

City.

Atlanta 51Johannesburg-Lewiston36

ATLANTA The host

Huskies created some sepa-

ration on the scoreboard

after a close first quarter and

surged to a 51-36 victory over

familiar foe Johannesburg-

Lewiston in a non-leagueclash Monday.

Junior Garrett Badgero

blistered the nets for 15

points to pace the Huskies

and Josh Eising gathered 14

points.

Inland Lakes 56Oscoda 46

OSCODA Inland Lakes

employed stiff defense and

earned a non-league victory

on the road Friday, outscor-

ing host Oscoda 56-46. The

Bulldogs improved to 6-10

while the struggling Owls fell

to 1-15.Hard-nosed forward

Dustin Cochran canned a

game-high 19 points to lead

I-Lakes. Teammates Josh

OConnor and Dakota

Davedowski helped put the

bite in the Bulldog offense as

well, scoring 13 and 11

points, respectively.

The Bulldogs used a big

third quarter to pull away

from the home team.

Kyle Wheatley and Kyle

Griffin scored eight apiece to

pace the Owls.

Todd Athey totaled 17

points for the I-Lakes JV

squad in a 45-32 loss.

Alba 53Ellsworth 48

ELLSWORTH Visiting

Alba pulled to within one

game of .500 on the season

and to a winning record inthe Northern Lakes

Conference with a hard-

fought 53-48 triumph at the

court of Ellsworth on Friday.

Joe Dixon dusted the nets

for 17 points and Gary

Pawson pushed 10 points

through the iron as Alba ral-

lied from a halftime deficit to

improve to 6-7 overall and 5-

4 in the league.

Ellsworth, which led 30-27

at the half, had 19 points

from Matt Barraw and 16

from Jake Seaney in the

defeat.

Mancelona 71Forest Area 60

MANCELONA

Mancelona rallied from a 10-

point first-quarter deficit to

overtake Ski Valley foe Forest

Area on Friday and post a 71-

60 victory. The win, comingon the heels of Mancelonas

61-53 triumph over Gaylord

St. Mary earlier in the week,

pushed the young, surging

Ironmen to a 9-7 mark over-

all and 7-5 in the Ski Valley.

Once again, it was fresh-

man Brandon Dingman

igniting the fires of the

offense for Mancelona.

Dingman, who scored a

team-high 15 points in the

win over St. Mary, delivered

big time against Forest Area,

drilling the iron for 27 points

to go with six rebounds.

Sophomore Brandon Scott

showered the nets for 13points and junior Kyle

Schepperley struck for 12 to

help the Ironmen cause.

Schepperley also secured

seven rebounds. Sophomore

Justin Spires spanked the

twine for eight points and

also produced eight boards

for a Mancelona team that is

closing strong in 2012 and

appears poised to be a Ski

Valley power next year.

Jermaine Nix nailed 17

points to lead the Warriors.

Bellaire 67St. Mary 32

BELLAIRE St. Mary had

the unenviable task of facing

league power Bellaire in the

game after the Eagles lost at

Pellston. The Snowbirds of

coach Ken Blust showed up

at Bellaire and battled hard,

like they always do.

The high-powered Eagles

simply had too much fire-

power on this night, winning

handily 67-32. Bellaire

pushed the Pellston loss

behind it and improved to

16-1 overall and 13-1 in the

league while the Snowbirds,

coming off a tough loss at

home to Mancelona the

game before, slipped to 7-9

overall and 6-6 in the league.

Sweet-shooting sopho-

more Charles Strehl struck

for six points to lead the

Snowbirds along with seniors

Luke Wisniewski and Gabe

Nowicki, who also scored six

apiece.

Kasey Poel poured in 17

points to lead the Eagles and

Mitch Teetzel was on target

for 17 points as well.

The Snowbirds played

Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Forest

Area.

Central Lake 70Johannesburg-Lewiston53

JOHANNESBURG The

Cardinals battled hard on the

home floor Friday in a 70-53

loss to Ski Valley foe Central

Lake but could not overcomea slow start.

The visiting Trojans

grabbed an 18-8 first-quarter

lead and the Cardinals, play-

ing before a large home

crowd on Winter

Homecoming Night, were

forced to play from behind

the rest of the way.

Strong-armed senior cen-

ter Sean Aisthorpe throttled

the iron for 13 points to lead

J-L.

Trevor Papineau and

Corbin Cassio each hit 14 for

Central Lake (10-8).

ON TUESDAY, Feb. 14, the

Cardinals prevailed on the

road against SVC foe Inland

Lakes, 44-35.

J-L outscored the host

Bulldogs 16-2 in the second

quarter to pull away.

Senior Gunnar Owens

pulled the trigger on 11

points and secured 10 boards

for a double-double.

Aisthorpe cast a long shadow

inside, grabbing six boards

and blocking five shots and

generating 10 points.

J-L coach Charlie Lovelace

also noted the contributions

of hardworking Cole Nagy at

the defensive end.

J-L (4-12, 3-8) played host

to powerful Pellston on

Wednesday, Feb. 22. The

Cardinals are home against

SVC foe Mancelona this

Friday, Feb. 24, before closing

out the regular season with

road dates against Fairview

on Wednesday, Feb. 22, and

Mancelona on Thursday,March 1.

Boys Hoops

Petoskey clinches BNC titleState-ranked Northmen repeat as champ for third time; Mancelona whips Warriors

Merriam posts shutout against Warriors; Northmen stand at .500 after weekend split

By Mike Dunn

PETOSKEY The Petoskeygirls pushed their recordback to the .500 mark onFriday with a workmanlike51-29 victory over visiting BigNorth foe Ogemaw Heights.The Northmen, who have

won eight of nine since start-ing the season with a 1-8 log,improved to a solid 9-9 over-all and 6-5 in the league withthe win.

Senior Olivia Pizii addedsome pepperoni as a toppingto the nice win, showingsome pop from the perimeteras she generated a career-best 12 points. Junior for-

ward Kelsey Ance also con-nected for 12 points.

Megan Tompkins stood tallin the paint, securing fiverebounds and intimidatingFalcon shooters with her longreach. Alyssa VanWerden and

Ance also hauled in fiveboards each.

Shelby Killinger connectedfor eight points to lead theFalcons (5-14, 0-12), whoremained winless in leagueplay.

JohannesburgLewiston 68Mancelona 18

JOHANNESBURG The

host Cardinals gave the home

fans lots to cheer about in thefinal home game of the sea-son, surging to a 41-10 half-time lead en route to a 68-18victory over game-but-out-manned Ski Valley foeMancelona.

The Cardinals improved to17-2 overall and 14-2 in theconference, securing therunner-up spot behind St.Mary in the final standings.

Senior guard MirandaHouse was afire from thefloor in the early going, sink-ing the first five points of thecontest.

Junior Abby Schlicher wasall over the place, as usual.

Acetylene Abby torched thenets for a game-high 18points and she covered thefloor like wall-to-wall carpet-ing on defense, generating a

whopping 12 steals for a dou-ble-double. She also dishedup seven assists and pulleddown five boards and at half-time she performed a solilo-quy for the large Senior Nightcrowd (just kidding about thesoliloquy).

Hannah Huff, BrittanyCherwinski and House eachchurned out nine points ofoffense and Katelyn Weaver

waxed the nets for eightpoints to go with seven steals

and six boards. Huff andTiffany Nickert each took

down eight rebounds.

J-L (17-2) closes out theregular season on Thursdayat Boyne Falls before openingClass C district play onMonday, Feb. 27, at InlandLakes.

Onaway 51Bellaire 39

ONAWAY The hostCardinals pushed theirrecord to 12-7 with a 51-39victory over Bellaire in theirlast Ski Valley game of theseason.

Sweet-shooting SammieFreel found the bottom of thenet for 13 points to lead the

way for coach Marty MixsOnaway girls and KallieShimel shook the nets for 11points as the Cardinals ral-lied from an early 12-2 deficitto assure themselves of thirdplace in the final leaguestandings behind St. Maryand Johannesburg-Lewiston.

Madalyn Balon andChelsye Bartsch led the wayfor Bellaire (10-8, 8-7) with 13and 10 points, respectively.

Forest Area 34Pellston 29

PELLSTON Tori Kirsch

collected nine points forPellston in a narrow 34-29

loss to Ski Valley foe Forest

Area on Thursday, Feb. 16.Marissa Ingersoll struck for

11 points with six boards topace the Warriors and EmilyGonyer scored four.

Pellston closes out the reg-ular season at homeThursday, Feb. 23, against

Alanson.

Mackinaw City 75Boyne Falls 46

MACKINAW CITY JuniorCourtney Wallis had a whaleof a night for host MackinawCity on Thursday, Feb. 16,generating a triple-double

while leading the Comets to a75-46 victory over BoyneFalls and a share of the 2012Northern Lakes Conferencechampionship.

Courtney was as crisp as afreshly minted bill from thefloor, connecting for 23points to go with 11rebounds and 11 assists asthe Comets finished 10-2 inthe league and 12-6 overalland reversed a previous lossto the Loggers.

Mack City, which last wona league title in 1999, sharesthe conference champi-onship with Ellsworth.

Hailee Paquet and Claudia

Alexander also put some seri-ous pop in the arsenal, each

scoring 20 to complement

the 23 from Wallis. KiaraZynewicz zapped the nets foreight points with 12 boards.

Alexander latched onto 15rebounds for a double-dou-ble and Paquet played therole of floor bandit, recordingsix steals.

Kristen Matelski hit for 14and Emily Matelski for 10 tolead the Loggers (10-7, 8-4).

Mack City also won the JVgame 56-35 to stay unbeaten.Chelsey Closs churned thetwine for 20 points to leadthe young Comets.

Mackinaw City hosts aClass D district tournamentstarting Monday, Feb. 27,

after closing out the regularseason with non-leaguegames against DeTour andCedarville.

Ellsworth 51Alba 38

ALBA Visiting Ellsworthrallied from an 11-pointthird-quarter deficit torecord a 51-38 triumph at

Alba on Thursday, Feb. 16,and clinch a share of theNorthern Lakes Conferencecrown. Ellsworth improvedto 13-5 overall and 10-2 in theconference.

Kari Steenwyk struck for 14points and grabbed 10

boards for a double-double

to lead the Lancers. DanaNeumann made 12 points, allin the second half, and TaraEssenberg tossed in 10.

Tianna Windish waxed thenets for 14 points to pacescrappy Alba, which fell to 2-11 overall and 2-10 in theleague.

Wolverine 31Harbor Light 28

WOLVERINE HostWolverine closed out play inthe Northern LakesConference on Thursday,Feb. 16, with a hard-fought

31-28 victory over HarborLight Christian. The Wildcatsfinished league play with a 4-8 mark and improved to 7-10overall while the LadySwordsmen slipped to 2-16and 2-10.

Becky Papi busted the netsfor a game-high seven pointsto pace the Wildcats and hitkey free throws down thestretch. Gabby Ogden,Bobbee Papi and Brandi

Whittaker each dialed in forsix points.

Hayley Huffman honed infor 10 points and grabbed 13rebounds and ShelbyDonovan delivered eight

points and 16 boards forHarbor Light.

Pizii shines as Northmen win big against Ogemaw; J-L clinches runner-up spot in SVC standings

Girls Hoops

Petoskey returns to W column


6/10

by Doug Derrer

KALKASKA -- Playing before

a large, boisterous crowd at

the Klaiseum in Kalkaska on

Wednesday, February 15, the

Bay Reps and Cheboygan

Chiefs took to the ice with the

Chiefs looking to lock up the

Northern Michigan Hockey

League title with a win.

The Reps entered the game

trailing the Chiefs by one

game in the league standings.

With 4:00 left in the first peri-

od the Chiefs Michael

Castagne would quiet the

crowd with a shot that eluded

Rep netminder John Posler

and gave Cheboygan a 1-0

lead.

John Grantner assisted on

the Castasgne goal. Kevin

Bazooka Banducci ignited

the Reps artillery, scoring an

unassisted goal 2 minutes and

22 seconds into the middle

period and then he added a

power-play goal with assis-

tance from P.J. Heger and Nick

Sicinski with 2:20 left in the

period to give the Reps a 2-1

lead.

With 10:39 remaining in the

contest Banducci recorded his

natural hat trick goal with

Andrew Dzierwa and Sicinski

drawing assist. A Heger power

play goal with 5:18 left in the

game would give the Reps a 4-

1 victory and leave them tied

with the Chiefs atop theleague standings. Quinn

Lyman and Zach Hill assisted

on the Heger goal.

Posler stopped 28 of 29

shots to record the win in goal

for the Reps.

On Friday, February 17, the

Chiefs beat Mid-Michigan 5-3

to finish conference play with

a 5-1 record. The Reps travel

to Manistee on Friday,

February 24, and need a win

to tie the Chiefs for the confer-

ence crown.

On February 17 the Reps

hosted Big Rapids in their

final home game of the year

and Banducci continued his

reign on opposing goalies,

scoring 35 seconds into the

contest with an assist from

Sicinski.

The Cardinals responded by

scoring twice in the second

period and once early in the

third period to take a 3-1 lead.

But Banduccis second goal of

the day on the power playbrought the Reps within a goal

with 4:39 left to play and a

Zach Hill goal tied the score at

3-3 with 1:39 remaining in

regulation. Lyman and

Sicinski assisted on both the

Banducci and Hill goals.

The teams went scoreless

during the 8 minutes of over-

time so the score remained

tied at 3-3. Claire Huhta

stopped 22 of the 25 shots she

faced in net for the Reps.




3rd& 4th Grade Girls

February 18Mandy Hopp..................18Caroline Korte ...............14Holly Kussrow................13Mackenzie Wright .........13Elizabeth Cook ..............12Alex Steffes.....................12Lauren Allen ..................11Kendall King ..................11Jazlyn Hagenbuch.........10Tara Madej .....................10Sydney Townsend..........10Morgan Monchilov..........9Gracie Blust .....................8Shalyn Mania...................8

Lily Schrader....................8Arielle Vermilya ...............7Emylee Grish ...................6Rebecka Grish..................6Zoey Pomarzynski...........6Amanda Korff ..................5Lily Deisig ........................4Angela Drummond.........4Cienna Woodcox .............4Christina Harbin .............3Mariah Krone ..................3

Brei Baker.........................2Claire Gilling....................2McKenna Hogle ...............2Avery Jarski ......................2Sydney Kaiser ..................2Lizzy McClure..................2Nicole Morehouse...........2Mckenzie Vanderveer......2Alyce Vermilya .................2Abby Zimmerman...........2

3rd & 4th GradeBoys

February 18Cordell LaRose...............20Andrew Koenig ..............18Conrad Korte .................16Brennan Isler .................12

Logan Murrell ................12Jacob Book .....................10Brady Hunter .................10Sheldon Huff....................9Logan Finnerty ................8Jack Holscher...................8Rico Brown ......................6Collin Hartz .....................6Alex Powers......................6Chase Winowiecki...........6Griffin Lompra.................5

Joseph Boswood ..............4Cameron Cosby ...............4Jordan Crane....................4David Pulaski...................4Gavin Curtiss ...................3Baylee Benaway...............2Rory Curran .....................2Luke Dipzinski.................2Carson Gahm...................2Vincet Hummel ...............2Nate Pingatore.................2Robby Priestap ................2Nolan Roehrig..................2Jacob Thorold ..................2Austin Vanderveer...........2Jacob Needham ...............1

5th & 6th GradeGirlsFebruary 19

Ryleigh White.................10Savanna Gapinski............8Holly Grief........................8Alicia Korff .......................8Alyssa Marsack ................8Emily Panosso .................6Allison Pensyl ..................6Brenna Finnerty ..............4

Hannah Blunt ..................2Tara Madej .......................2Madalyn Makowiak.........2Maia Rinke.......................2Rowan Johnson ...............1

5th & 6th GradeBoys

February 19Justin Grish ....................22Cade Coonrod ...............18Brennan Isler .................14Kaiden Isler....................12Brandon Kowalsky ........12Bradley Kowalsky..........10Tyler Madej ....................10Tanner Trenary ..............10Andrew Chiles .................8

Logan Hamilton ..............8Omar Prado .....................8Eamon Curran.................6Zach Lauster ....................6Nate Byrne .......................4Max Chalmers .................4Davis Eyth........................4Ethan Piehl ......................4Colin Goff.........................3Coleman Cerveniak ........2Jacob Day.........................2

Kevin Gehringer ..............2Josiah Hudson .................2Joseph Kowatch...............2Billy Mills .........................2Jacob Neville ....................2Sam Desloover.................1Cordell LaRose.................1

7th & 8th GradeBoys

February 15Jack Korte.......................27Nathan Fox ....................18Jacob King......................14Jakovan Pryor-McCovey.14Lane Jeakle.....................13Brandt Kierczynski........12Derek Rakis....................10

Nick torsky .......................8Nate Beauchesne.............7Colby Culhane .................6Travis Hough ...................6Brad Ames........................4Jacob Harwood ................2Logan Mahn ....................2Elijah Needham...............2Cameron Pearson............2Brady Wright....................2Nathan Willett .................1

Bear Basketball

Top Scorers

Hockey

Blue Devils lose close one

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD The Gaylordhockey team had sevenpower-play opportunities onthe home ice Saturday butcould not cash in on any ofthem, suffering a narrow 2-1loss to Big North rivalTraverse City West.

The loss dropped Gaylordsrecord to 8-12-2 heading intoa home-and-home seriesagainst Alpena this Thursdayand Friday. The Blue Devilsare at Alpena on Thursdayand home against the

Wildcats on Friday, Feb. 24.Gaylord takes on Petoskey

on Monday, Feb. 27, in theopening round of districtplay at Sault Ste. Marie.

Gaylord goalie PeterLawon played well enough inthe nets for the Blue Devils to

win but West deserves creditfor its outstanding penaltykilling during the contest.Seven times Gaylord had theman advantage and couldnot get one past Titan goalieMichael Tilford.

Senior sparkplug Spencer

Bajko generated Gaylordslone goal of the game. His

whistling wrister in the firstperiod but the Blue Devils on

top 1-0. It was the team-lead-

ing 18th goal of the campaignfor the fiery Bajko and free-

wheeling Willie Gelowrecorded his 10th assist.

Alex Grizzel scored to tie itat 1 just seconds after Bajkos

goal in the first period and

Trent McDougall tallied thegame-winner for the Titans

at the 14:48 mark of the sec-

ond period on a power play.Gaylord directed 27 shots

at the net during the contest

but could get just one past

Thilford. Lawton stopped 16of 18 Titan shots directed his

way, including eight in thethird period.

Bajko has a team-high 14

assists to go with his 18 goals,giving him 32 points, by far

the top total on the BlueDevils. Derek Axford is next

with 12 goals and 8 assists f or20 points, followed by Gelow

(6 goals, 10 assists) and Nick

Shear (7 goals, 7 assists).

By Tom Eustice

CHEBOYGAN -- Comingoff a though conference lossto the Bay Area Reps on

Wednesday, Feb. 15, theChiefs hoped to sneak intoGladwin Friday and calm theStorm.

It took a battle as the Stormkicked up in defiance, but theChiefs eventually did just

that, earning a 5-3 decisionto establish a school record

with 18 wins in a season!The Chiefs looked strong

in the first period as they jumped out to a 1-0 leadthree minutes into the game

with a goal from Jake Elmoreand an assist from fellowProduction Line memberEryn Eustice.

About 90 seconds later,Doc Eustice delivered a

goal of his own after receiv-ing help from a pair of fresh-men. A sweet pass from ChrisDemeuse led to the Eusticegoal and Demeuse received apass from fellow freshmanJosh Stempky, who had justrebounded his own shot.

The Chiefs were putting alot of pressure on the Stormthroughout the opening peri-od. Storm goalie Zack Woods

turned away 11 shots to keepthe score close as the Chiefsout-shot the Storm 13-3 forthe period and went into thefirst intermission seemingly

with nothing but clear skiesahead.

Well, sometime during thefirst intermission the Stormchanged the Chiefs weatherforecast in a big way as theycame out like a Gulf Coasthurricane and blew up and

down the ice as though theChiefs were not there.

At 12:37 of the second peri-od Storm captain Alec Garycut the Chiefs lead to 2-1

with a goal, assisted by BradEhlers and Manny Sheets.The Storm controlled playmuch of the period and with5:51 to play in the periodDaniel Rathburn tied thegame on a two-on-one rush

with an assist from DevinGriffus.

With 4:01 left in the periodDevin Griffus put the Stormahead 3-2 with an unassistedgoal and the Chiefs were try-ing to find shelter from theStorm at that point.

Chiefs goalie Nick Watsonput up a Wall to keep it closeafter that, somehow stoppingfour other two-on-one rush-es to keep Cheboygan just a

goal back. With 1:31 to play in the

second period Doc Eusticedid some of his surgery workin front of the opposing net,putting in a rebound off ashot from the third memberof the Production Line, fellowsenior Jordan Yost, to tie thegame at 3. That finallybrought some calmness tothe hurricane.

The second period ended3-3. The Chiefs came out inthe third period and playedas though the weather condi-tions improved in their favor.Like the first period theChiefs seemed to controlplay in the third periodthough the Storm was notabout to quit.

It was a well-played periodby both teams and with 10:35to play in the game smooth-

striding Stan Swiderek stole apass in the Chiefs offensiveend and drilled what turnedout to be a game-winning

wrist shot, unassisted to putthe Chiefs up 4-3.

Watson did his Wallimpersonatio again, turningaway several Storm shotsdown the stretch to keep the

Chiefs on top. With just 36seconds to play in the game,the opportunistic Elmore hitan empty net goal with anassist from Eustice to make ita 5-3 final.

Cheboygan (18-4-1) playsat Petoskey on Friday, Feb.24, to close out the regularseason.

T.C. West takes 2-1 victory

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Chiefs set single-season win mark

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22 seconds in the eliminatormatch to assure himself of areturn berth at state, andthen forged a 7-2 decisionover David Guerra of Shelbyin the consolation finals.

Mach, a junior with a 39-6mark, will take on No. 2 seedChad Decker of Grass Lake, asophomore with a 43-7 log,in the opening round at

Auburn Hills.Burden was a man on a

mission Saturday after losinga close decision to EvanLamb of Rogers City in thesemifinal round. Burdenknew he had to win againstJason Brown of St. Ignace tokeep his season alive and he

wrestled with a desperate

edge, picking Brown up offthe mat and slamming himdown in the first period enroute to a 15-0 tech fall.Burden went on to beatTravess Smith of Hesperia 10-

8 in a spirited, seesaw matchthat went to the wire.Burden, a senior, returns to

Auburn Hills with a 25-6record. He will face No. 2seed Ty DeFay of Addison, asenior with a 38-13 log, in theopening round at state.

More photos fromSaturdays regional competi-tion at Manton can be foundin the B section of this issue.

Here is a full list of the 2012state qualifiers from the

Weekly Choice coverage area:

DIVISION 2Senior Eric Mason (189, 40-11) of Gaylord, No. 3 seed

DIVISION 3Junior Brandon Handrich, (152, 41-3) of Grayling, No. 1 seedSophomore Jeff Myers (189, 26-24) of Grayling, No. 4 seedSenior Ryan Randall (215, 18-7) of Grayling, No. 4 seedJunior Josh McDill (285, 20-12) of Cheboygan, No. 4 seed

DIVISION 4SeniorAlex Fullerton (140, 48-8) of Onaway, No. 4 seedSenior Trey Leach (160, 47-6) of Onaway, No. 1 seedSenior Bryer McGinn (171, 42-9) of Onaway, No. 4 seedSenior Tyler Aldrich (152, 22-10) of Mancelona, No. 4 seedSophomore Keegan Richardson (285, 33-13) of Mancelona,No. 4 seedJunior Zach Mach (125, 39-6) of Mio, No. 3 seedSenior D.J. Burden (130, 25-6) of Mio, No. 3 seed

Seth Muzyl of Gaylord (10) takes the heat in front

of the net as he screens the West goalie.


Gaylord goalie Peter Lawton does the splits as he

makes a sensational save in the battle with the Titans.


Wrestling Continued...


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MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RANKINGS 2/20/12

REGIONAL

WRESTLING

Class A1. Grand Haven (5) (17-1) 75

2. Detroit-Martin Luther King (17-2) 69

3. Lansing-Waverly (17-1) 60

4. St. Johns (17-1) 59

5. Detroit-Pershing (17-2) 566. Midland (17-2) 53

7. Waterford Kettering (16-1) 45

8. Clarkston (16-2) 36

9. East Kentwood (15-3) 33

10. Inkster (14-5) 29

Others receiving votes: Westland-John Glenn

24, Grosse Pointe South 19, East Lansing 13,

Flushing 9, Dearborn-Edsel Ford 8, Romeo 4,

Auburn Hills-Avondale 2, Port Huron Northern

2, Mattawan 1, Warren-Cousino 1, Lathrup

Village-Southfield-Lathrup 1, DeWitt 1.

Class B1. Goodrich (5) (18-0) 75

2. Portland (18-0) 65

3. Beverly Hills-Detroit Country Day (16-1) 62

4. St. Joseph (19-0) 60

5. Dearborn-Divine Child (16-2) 51

6. East Grand Rapids (18-0) 48

7. Grand Rapids-Catholic Central (16-2) 46

8. Hudsonville-Unity Christian (17-1) 39

9. Chelsea (17-1) 31

10. Paw Paw (17-2) 28

Others receiving votes: Kingsley Area 23,

Eaton Rapids 16, Ludington 15, Kingsford 11,

Gladstone 11, Freeland 7, Grand Rapids-South

Christian 5, Muskegon-Oakridge 4, Midland-

Bullock Creek 2, Marysville 1.

Class C1. Morley Stanwood (4) (18-0) 74

2. Concord (18-0) 69

3. St. Ignace-La Salle (18-0) 64

4. Niles-Brandywine (18-1) 57

5. Kent City (18-0) 526. Flint-Hamady (18-1) 46

7. Reese (18-0) 42

8. Grosse Pointe Woods-University Liggett (1)

(15-3) 38

T9. Saginaw-Valley Lutheran (17-1) 34

T9. McBain-Mc Bain (18-1) 34

Others receiving votes: Houghton 28, Adrian-

Madison 15, Traverse City-St. Francis 10,

Manchester 9, Grass Lake 7, Lawton 6, River

Rouge 4, Mendon 3, Johannesburg-

Lewiston 3, Gobles 2, Clare 2, New Lothrop

1.

Class D1. Gaylord-St. Mary Cathedral (5) (19-0) 752. Climax-Scotts (17-1) 69

3. Bark River-Harris (17-1) 63

4. Mt. Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy (16-2)

53

5. Waterford-Our Lady of The Lakes (14-3) 52

6. Posen (17-2) 50

7. Eben Junction-Superior Central (16-2) 46

8. Marine City-Cardinal Mooney Catholic

(13-4) 379. Deckerville Community (17-2) 34

10. Lansing Christian (16-2) 29

Others receiving votes: Bear Lake 19, Bri mley

Area 13, Custer-Mason County Eastern 11,

Hillsdale Academy 11, Wyoming-West

Michigan Lutheran 9, Kingston 8, Crystal

Falls-Forest Park 8, Athens 7, Rapid River 2,

Watersmeet 2, Engadine 1, Big Rapids-

Crossroads Charter Academy 1.

BOYS GIRLS



The faces tell the tales in these gripping photosfrom Saturdays Div. 4 regional wrestling tournament

at Manton. Grapplers from Onaway, Mancelona andMio are featured. The action was intense as these

young men battled fiercely to keep their season alive andhopefully earn a berth in the 2012 state finals at

The Palace of Auburn Hills.(photo by Mike Dunn)

Class A1. Lansing Eastern 15-2 (No. 3 in previous

week's rankings)

2. Detroit Pershing 18-1 (No. 1)

3. Saginaw 15-2 (No. 2)

4. Romulus 15-3 (No. 4)

5. Warren De La Salle 15-2 (No. 5)

6. Detroit King 14-5 (No. 11)

7. East Lansing 12-4 (No. 6)

8. Clarkston 14-2 (No. 7)

9. Saginaw Arthur Hill 14-5 (No. 8)

10. Kalamazoo Central 14-5 (No. 9)

11. Ypsilanti 12-3 (No. 10)

12. Niles 14-2 (No. 12)

13. Greenville 18-0 (No. 13)

14. Petoskey 16-1 (No. 14)

15. Detroit U-D Jesuit 12-4 (No. 15)

16. Rochester 16-1 (No. 16)

17. Zeeland East 16-1 (No. 17)

18. Bay City Western 12-5 (No. 18)

19. Rockford 13-4 (No. 19)

20. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 14-4 (No. 20)

21. Detroit Southeastern 9-7 (No. 23)

22. Fenton 17-1 (No. 24)

23. East Kentwood 14-3 (No. 25)

24. Utica 15-2 (NR)

25. Westland John Glenn 13-3 (NR)

Class B1. Lansing Sexton 15-1 (No. 1 in previous

week's rankings)2. Lansing Catholic Central 16-0 (No. 2)

3. Detroit Crockett 15-3 (No. 3)

4. Birmingham Country Day 13-4 (No. 4)

5. Wyoming Godwin Heights 17-0 (No. 5)

6. Stevensville-Lakeshore 16-2 (No. 6)

7. Dearborn Heights Robichaud 11-2 (No. 7)

8. Otsego 15-1 (No. 8)

9. Grand Rapids Christian 13-4 (No. 13)

10. Sturgis 14-3 (No. 14)

11. Bridgeport 17-1 (No. 15)

12. Muskegon Heights 16-6 (No. 10)

13. Cadillac 13-3 (No. 11)

14. Harper Woods Chandler Park 13-5 (No. 12)

15. Ferndale 12-5 (No. 9)16. Sault Ste. Marie 17-1 (No. 22)

17. Dearborn Divine Child 13-4 (No. 17)

18. Detroit Community 9-6 (No. 18)

19. Detroit Douglass 12-7 (No. 19)

20. Sparta 13-4 (No. 16)

21. Clawson 16-2 (No. 24)

22. Benton Harbor 11-8 (NR)

23. Ferndale University 12-5 (No. 23)

25. Dowagiac 12-5 (No. 20)

25. Grayling 13-4 (No. 25)

Class C1. Detroit Consortium 11-5 (No. 1 in previous

week's rankings)

2. Flint Beecher 17-0 (No. 2)

3. Pewamo-Westphalia 16-0 (No. 4)

4. Madison Heights Madison 15-1 (No. 6)

5. Shelby 15-1 (No. 3)

6. Detroit Loyola 14-3 (No. 7)

7. Traverse City St. Francis 14-2 (No. 5)8. Clare 17-1 (No. 8)

9. River Rouge 12-5 (No. 9)

10. Madison Heights Bishop Foley 13-3 (No. 10)

11. McBain 15-2 (No. 11)

12. Laingsburg 11-3 (No. 12)

13. Ecorse 8-7 (NR)

14. Melvindale ABT 10-7 (No. 13)

15. Detroit PEC 14-2 (No. 15)

16. New Haven 13-3 (No. 16)

17. Mt. Clemens 14-4 (No. 17)

18. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 12-4

(No. 18)

19. Negaunee 15-2 (No. 20)

20. Elk Rapids 12-4 (No. 22)

21. Schoolcraft 13-4 (No. 23)

22. Flint Hamady 17-1 (No. 24)

23. Delton Kellogg

24. Harbor Beach 14-2 (No. 25)25. Ubly 13-3 (NR)

Class D1. Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian 16-1 (No. 1 in

previous week's ranking)

2. Southfield Christian 15-2 (No. 2)

3. Pellston 16-1 (No. 6)

4. Bellaire 16-1 (No. 3)

5. Boyne Falls 15-1 (No. 4)

6. Fulton 13-3 (No. 5)

7. Kalamazoo Phoenix 7-4 (No. 7)

8. Climax-Scotts 16-1 (No. 8)

9. Carsonville-Port Sanilac 16-1 (No. 9)

10. Munising 16-1 (No. 10)

11. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart 12-5 (No. 20)

12. Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 12-6 (No. 19)

13. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 12-

4 (No. 12)

14. North Adams-Jerome 16-1 (No. 13)

15. Posen 17-1 (No. 14)

16. Cedarville 14-2 (No. 11)

17. Carney-Nadeau 14-2 (No. 15)

18. Powers North Central 14-2 (No. 16)

19. Ewen-Trout Creek 15-1 (No. 17)

20. McBain Northern Michigan Christian 12-4

(No. 18)

21. Adrian Lenawee Christian 11-5 (NR)

22. Bear Lake 16-2 (No. 22)

23. Clarkston Everest 13-3 (No. 21)

24. St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran 14-3 (No. 23)

25. Holland Calvary 13-3 (No. 24)

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