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By Mike Dunn

CENTRAL LAKE The

Mancelona Ironmen did it

again.

For the fifth year in a row

the Ironmen have earned a

district championship and

advanced to the regional

tournament.

It didnt come easily for theyoung Ironmen this year,

even though this is their first

year in Division 4. The previ-

ous four district titles and

two regional titles were won

in Division 3.

To reach the regional tour-

nament this year, the

Ironmen had to get past a

pair of stubborn Ski Valley

rivals. They came from

behind to edge host Central

Lake 8-5 on Monday and on

Tuesday afternoon they held

off a late rally to edge Bellaire

6-4 in the title game.

All-everything senior Kyle

Schepperley toed the rubberfor Mancy and went the full

seven innings against

Bellaire. The savvy

Schepperley struck out five

with a workmanlike perform-

ance and allowed eight hits

and four earned runs.

Schepperleys teammates

at the plate staked him to an

early lead and he made it

stick, though not without

some chilling moments.

Mancelona led 2-0 after

one inning and 5-1 after

three innings. The Eagles ral-

lied to trim the lead to 5-4

through in the sixth but theIronmen added a key insur-

ance run in the bottom of the

sixth and then Schepperley

pitched out of a jam in the

seventh to secure the hard-

fought win.

The final out of the game

came with Bellaire runners

on first and third when junior

shortstop Logan Borst

scooped a grounder and

threw to rangy brother

Griffin Borst at first. Griffin

stretched like Gumbee and

somehow made the play.That was followed by a spon-

taneous celebration for the

Ironmen players, coaches,

parents and fans.

Griffin Borst, who is one of

several sturdy sophomores

on the young Mancy roster,

played a key role at the plate

in both district games. After

driving in four runs in the 8-5

win over Central Lake the day

before, Griffin came up in

another clutch situation and

drove in two more runs with

timely two-out single.

Logan was also lights out

in this one, going 2-for-4 with

three stolen bases and twoRBIs. J.R. Cook, Chase Wilcox

and Cody Derrer also deliv-

ered hits for the Ironmen and

sophomore catcher Cole

VanWagoner walked twice,

stole twice and scored twice.

It was a typical kind of

game for us, said veteran

Mancelona coach Jim

VanWagoner. We stole seven

bases, we bunted for base

hits, we hustled and ran the

ball out and tried to be

aggressive and put the pres-

sure on the other team.

Its a formula thats worked

quite well for the Ironmen todate and VanWagoner is hop-

ing will continue to work on

Saturday in the regional tour-

nament at Glen Lake. The

Ironmen (17-5) are sched-

uled to face the host Lakers at

noon. In the other semifinal,

Marion takes on Frankfort.

We have to keep doing

what weve been doing,

VanWagoner said. We have

to settle down and manufac-

ture some runs, put the pres-

sure on them. Were not going

to overpower teams this yearso we have to play to the

strengths we do have.

ON MONDAY in the semi-

finals, Mancy rallied from a

quick 3-0 deficit to finally

overtake Central Lake in the

sixth inning and win 8-5.

We played ugly, said vet-

eran Mancelona coach Jim

VanWagoner. Give Central

Lake credit. They tried to play

our game with us and they

kept it close all the way. We

left a lot of runners on base in

critical situations.

Rightfielder Griffin Borst

swung a big stick for the

Ironmen, knocking in four ofthe eight runs and also deliv-

ering a sacrifice fly.

Borst blistered a two-run

single in the fourth inning

and another two-run single

in the sixth inning in the

midst of a game-changing

four-run uprising.

Griffins two-out single in

the fourth inning chased

home Cody Derrer and Nick

Balhorn, who had walked

and been hit by a pitch, and

gave the Ironmen a 4-3 lead

at that point.

Central Lake took advan-

tage of some Ironmen field-ing miscues to score two runs

in the bottom of the fifth

inning and take a 5-4 lead.

The Ironmen came back in

the top of the sixth to score

four runs and take an 8-5

advantage on the score-

board. Borst again provided

the key hit. Slugging senior

second baseman Kyle

Schepperley, who was 2-for-

4, also connected for a key hit

in the frame.

VanWagoner commended

Schepperleys defensive play

in the game as well.

Kody Pinney started and

went the distanc e for the

Ironmen, turning in a strong

performance.

Kodys been pitching well

and we decided to go with

him against Central Lake,

VanWagoner said. He strug-

gled a little in the first inning

getting on top of his curve

ball but he settled down after

that and pitched a good

game. We were down 3-0

from the get-go but we even-

tually came back and Kody

held them off at the end.

After allowing three runs in

the first inning, Pinney

retired 11 straight batters

before the Trojans scored two

unearned runs in the fifth to

take a 5-4 lead.

After the Ironmen went on

top 8-5 in the top of the sixth,

Pinney did his job, keeping

the Trojans off the score-

board the rest of the way.

Mancy scored in the third

inning when sophomore

catcher Cole VanWagoner

laid down a perfect bunt for a

base hit. He then stole sec-

ond base and moved to third

on a long fly ball off the bat of

Borst. The throw to third

went askew and Cole alertly

got up and sprinted home,

just beating the throw to

make the score 3-2 at that

point.

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The high-flyingNorthmen seniorsecured his second-straight D-2 state titlein the high jump onSaturday at Forest HillsEastern, clearing thebar at the gravity-defy-ing hieght of 6 feet, 7 inches.

By Mike Dunn

CHEBOYGAN The

Cheboygan baseball team

turned in a sterling perform-

ance on the home field

Saturday in the Div. 2 district

title game. The Chiefs defeat-

ed familiar rival Petoskey by a

4-2 count to capture the dis-

trict championship and

advance to the regional tour-

nament this coming

Saturday, June 8, at Cadillac.

It was the first-ever district

title for the Chiefs, who also

defeated Sault Ste. Marie 4-0

in the semifinals while

improving their record to 23-

6-1. They take on Gladwin at

noon in one regional semifi-

nal. In the other, host

Cadillac plays Whitehall. The

championship game is slated

for 2 p.m.

Seniors Stan Swiderek and

Damon Proctor teamed up to

turn in a terrific pitching per-

formance for the Chiefs in

the title game. Swiderek

notched three Ks and

allowed one run on three hits

in 4 1-3 innings. Proctor

came on in relief and kept

the door shut on the

Northmen, striking out five

and allowing just one hit and

one run in 2 2-3 innings of

work.

The sweet-swinging

Swiderek also helped the

cause with his bat, swatting a

leadoff double and then scor-

ing the first run of the game

when Proctor tagged a single.

Nate Stempky also singled

and scored for the Chiefs,

giving them a quick 2-0

advantage on the score-

board.

The Northmen closed to

within 2-1 in the top of the

fifth when Kenny Gray came

through with a clutch two-

out RBI single to knock in

Aaron Broman.

Cheboygan answered right

back, though, with two key

runs in the bottom of the

frame, sparked by a booming

double off the bat of the pro-

ductive Proctor. Zach Schley

slammed an RBI single and

Jake Juillet jacked a long sac-

rifice fly.

Petoskey pulled one run

closer in the sixth when

Jordan Swiss smacked a dou-

ble and scored but that was

as close as it would get as

Proctor retired the side in

order in the seventh, putting

an exclamation mark on the

win with three straight strike-

outs.

Aiden Holliday pitched

well in defeat for the

Northmen. He struck out

three in six innings of work

and gave up seven hits.

Cole Paul and Nate

McGann muscled out hits for

the Northmen in addition to

the Swiss double and Grays

RBI single.

Petoskey, which made it to

the finals with a tense 2-0 win

over Escanaba, finished with

a 14-10-1 record.

Senior Dave Waterson

poured it on from the hill for

the Northmen in the shutout

of Escanaba, striking out six

and scattering six hits with-

out allowing a walk.

Swiss stroked three hits to

lead the Petoskey attack,

including an RBI single.

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By Mike Dunn

HUDSONVILLE Five

area track athlete earned a

top-eight finish in the Div. 4

state meet held Saturday at

Hudsonville and achieved

All-State honors.

Two Johannesburg-

Lewiston girls earned a top-

eight finish at state along

with Inland Lakes outstand-

ing senior Sandy Bischoff.

For J-L, it was versatileShannon Kievit, the only

athlete from the local area to

qualify at state in three indi-

vidual events, taking fifth

place overall in the 400 dash

in a whiplash time of

1:01.88. Teammate Ashley

Courterier secured a sev-

enth-place tie in the high

jump when she cleared the

bar at the dizzying height of

5 feet, 1 inch.

Kievit competed in the

200 dash and the long jump

for J-L along with the 400

dash. Senior Abby Schlicher

was also a multiple qualifier,

competing for the Cardinalsin the high jump and pole

vault. Other Cardinal quali-

fiers included Abbie May in

the discus and the 800 relay.

For I-Lakes, it was

Bischoff capping her bril-

liant four-year prep track

career with an All-State per-

formance in the long jump.

Her gravity-defying leap of

16 feet, 2 inches was good

for eighth place.

Bischoff also earned a

berth at state in the 1600 run

and was part of the 3200

relay that qualified for state.

The Bulldogs 400 relay also

qualified.Tori Reicheldefer repre-

sented Mancelona in the 100

hurdles in Saturdays state

meet and Ainsley MacLean

competed for Pellston in the

300 hurdles.

For Onaway, strong-

armed senior Sam Brassuer

and sizzling senior Emmy

Etep both qualified,

Brassuer in the shot put and

Emmy in the 100 dash.

FOR THE BOYS from the

coverage area of the Weekly

Choice, it was Bryce

DeGrammont of Mio and

Kenny Burnette of

Mancelona making thegrade, DeGrammont in the

800 run and Burnette in the

pole vault.

The hardworking, hard-

striding DeGrammont

trimmed nearly 4 seconds

from his time in the regional

meet, closing strong to claim

sixth place overall in a solid

time of 2:01.44.

DeGrammonts qualifying

time was 2:05.2.

The versatile Burnette

earned his All-State recogni-

tion by clearing 11 feet, 10

inches in the pole vault,

good for an eighth-place tie

in that event. Burnette also

earned a berth at state in the

100 dash. Others for the

Ironmen to compete at state

included Keegan Richardson

in the discus, Justin Spires in

the 100 hurdles, Dalton Sulz

in the shot put and Shayne

Dingman in the 1600 run.

Others from the area to vie

in the boys meet included

Ryan Howery of Inland

Lakes in the discus and

Duane Vizina for the

Bulldogs in the 400 dash. In

addition, the 3200, 800 and

400 relays for the Bulldogsall earned a berth at state.

Junior Joe OBradovich

represented the Cardinals of

Onaway in the high jump.

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By Mike Dunn

GRAND RAPIDS Gaylord

seniors Nate Fischer and Trea

Hill turned up the heat in

their signature events the

biggest track meet of the sea-

son and earned All-State

honors in the process.

Gaylord competed in the

Div. 2 state meet held

Saturday at Forest Hills

Eastern. The top prep ath-

letes from the around the

state participate each year

and the top eight finishers in

each event achieve All-State.

Fischer and Hill did it for

the Gaylord boys of coach

Matt Warren. Both young

men capped outstanding

prep careers for the Blue

Devils.

Nate earned All-State in

the 800 run for the second

year in a row and he did it

with another record-break-

ing performance. Nate came

in sixth place overall as he

churned out a time of

1:56.69, beating out his qual-ifying time in regionals of

1:58.1 and breaking his own

school record. It was an

excellent showing for Fischer

in the high-stake atmos-

phere.

Hill, legs pumping like pis-

tons, earned fifth place in the

zooming 400 dash, surging

down the stretch in break-

neck speed to cross the finish

line in a 50.21 seconds and

take fifth place overall.

Hill also qualified for state

in the 200 dash and his time

of 22.63 seconds earned him

a berth in the semifinals but

not the finals.

The Blue Devils fleet 1600

relay of Fischer, Jacob

Henley, Ian Rudel and Hill

broke their own school

record again in the state

meet, combining for a time

of 3:28.38, good for 11th

place overall. They were just

.07 seconds from earning All-

State!

ON THE girls side for

Gaylord, the flying 400 relay

foursome of Alanna

Johnston, Katelynn Dreyer,

Grace Sanders and Lylan Dao

delivered a season-best time

of 52.2 seconds in the statemeet, moving the girls up to

the fifth fastest relay time in

school history.

Alanna and Katelynn also

teamed with Mai Dao and

Erin Borgeson to complete

the 1600 relay in a time of

4:12.3, good for a respectable

17th place overall at state and

also good for the second-

fastest time in school history,

just 1.2 seconds away from

the school record.

Alanna capped her bril-

liant prep career with a 13th-

place finish in the high jump,

clearing the bar at 5 feet. For

the third straight year, she

just missed All-State. She had

two very good jumps at 5-2

and ALMOST cleared the bar.

Alanna leaves Gaylord as

one of our highest point scor-

ers in school history, the third

best jumper in school history

and a mile relay record hold-

er, noted Gaylord coach Jeff

Kalember.

Strong-armed senior

Allison Fischer also capped

her notable prep career with

a solid effort in the discus,

reaching a distance of 103feet, 6 inches, good for 23rd

place overall in that event

and good for fifth best in the

discus in school history.

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Five make All-State in D-4 finals

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Burnette, DeGrammont make grade

for boys; Kievit, Courterier andBischoff are All-State for girls

By Mike Dunn

GRAND RAPIDS Petoskey

senior Leaping Louis

Lamberti didnt allow the

pressure to perform in the

high-stakes atmosphere of

the Div. 2 state meet get to

him on Saturday. The limber,

high-flying Lamberti won the

state title a year ago in the

high jump and was undefeat-

ed this year in the event,

including the D-2 regional

title a few weeks ago when he

cleared the bar at the gravity-

defying height of 6 feet, 8

inches.

On Saturday in the state

meet, he came through one

last time in the final event of

his brilliant prep career for

the Northmen, fighting

through the pressure and the

expectations of being the No.

1 ranked jumper in the state

to earn his second straight

state title.

It didnt come easily. Louis

cleared the bar at 6 feet, 7

inches in his first try. But

Three Rivers senior John

Mrosewske, who can defy

gravity with the best of them,

was right on Lamberti s

heels.

Mrosewske also cleared

the bar at 6-7, but not on his

first try. And that was the

razor-thin difference as the

long-legged Lamberti edged

out the worthy challenger to

recapture the D-2 state

championship. Senior

Demarcus Leak of Paw Paw

was third overall with a

height of 6-5.

Lamberti wasnt the only

Petoskey athlete to shine on

Saturday, however.

Freshman phenom

Tommy Roush, participating

in his first state meet, also

refused to bow to pressure.

Tommy went into the state

meet ranked among the elite

in both throwing events and

he achieved All-State in both

events, an amazing perform-

ance for a ninth-grader.

Tommy reached the

Herculean distance of 168

feet, 4 inches to take third

place overall in the discus,

easily beating his distance of

165 feet in the regional meet.

In the shot put, the power-

ful freshman took sixth place

in the entire state, reaching a

distance of 52 feet, 1.25 inch-

es.

Hardworking Mark Smith

was also a state qualifier for

the Northmen in the 3200

run and he finished in a time

of 10:44.62, good for 30th

place overall in the state.

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Prow strikes out 14 in complete-game triumph over I-Lakes infinals; Cards come from behind to edge RC in semis

By Mike Dunn

ROGERS CITY Saturday

was certainly a thrilling day

for the Onaway baseball

team.

First, the Cardinals rallied

to edge perennial rival

Rogers City 7-6 in the Div. 4

district semifinals hosted by

the Hurons. Then, the

Cardinals powered past

Inland Lakes in the champi-

onship game 15-3 to capture

their first district title in 13

years.

Junior lefty Andrew Prow

put an exclamation point onthe district title, throwing

seeds at the Bulldogs while

striking out a school-record

14 in a complete-game per-

formance. Prow finished with

a six-hitter and earned his

eighth win of the season.

The Cardinals, who

improved to 19-6, advanced

to a D-4 regional semifinal

against high-flying Atlanta

this coming Saturday, June 8,

at Sault Ste. Marie. The

Huskies edged

Johannesburg-Lewiston in a

thriller to win their first-ever

district title at Hillman.

In the win over I-Lakes, the

Cardinal offense benefited

from a big jolt of vitamin C as

Chris Cleaver connected for

three hits and knocked in

three runs. Matt Tollini

tagged two hits and knocked

in a run and Prow helped his

own cause big time, produc-ing three hits, stealing four

bases and scoring twice.

It looked like the playoffs

would end before they were

starting for the Cardinals as

they trailed talented Rogers

City 6-2 going into their final

at-bat before coming back to

win in the semifinals.

The Cardinals sliced the

deficit to 6-3 when Tommy

Auger generated an RBI sin-

gle in the seventh to chase

home Andrew Perry. Then

Prow knocked in Auger with a

fielders choice grounder to

make it 6-4 but there were

two outs at that point and the

Cardinals were still down

two.

Prow moved to second

when Justin Gedda walked

and both runners advanced

on a wild pitch. Both runners

advanced again on a passed

ball, with Prow scoring tomake it a 6-5 game and

Gedda going to third. Chae

Whitsitt then stood at the

plate, out outcome of his at-

bat determining whether the

Cardinals would be eliminat-

ed or possibly come back to

win.

Chae came through big

time in the clutch, whacking

a timely single to knock in

Gedda with the tying run.

Chae eventually scored the

winning run when brother

Cody Whitsitt also came

through in the clutch, deliv-

ering a perfect bunt for the

RBI.

Tollini started and went

the first five innings for the

Cardinals, permitting just

two hits. The lefty Prow

pitched the sixth and seventh

innings and earned the win,

just as he would go on to do

in the finals against I-Lakes.

Chae finished with two hits

and two RBIs to go with a

steal and Auger went 2-for-4

with two stolen bases and his

timely RBI single in the sev-

enth to open the floodgates.

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By Bob DeLong

HILLMAN The St. Mary

baseball season came to an

end with a 12-3 loss in the

district semifinals at Hillman

on Saturday. Errors were the

common theme of the day

and the determining factor

all day Saturday throughout

the tournament.

In game one Atlanta upset

state-ranked Hillman 9-3 as

the Huskies benefited from

many bobbles from the host

team in the first semifinal.In game two

Johannesburg-Lewiston out-

hit the Snowbirds 7 to 5, but

11 unearned runs on 7 errors

was the downfall of St Mary.

In the final Atlanta used a

handful of Cardinal errors to

build a 5-0 lead after 4

innings and then held on to

take the championship 5-4,

(the Cardinals rallied for 2

runs in the fifth and had the

winning and tying runs on

second and third when the

game ended).

The Snowbirds have

counted on their strong hit-

ting up and down the lineup

this year and good pitching

as their keys to victory, but

their main strength has been

their defense. Saturday, was

not their best display of

defense. But that is baseball.The Cardinals scored two

in the first and two more in

the second keyed by one-out

errors each inning to take a

4-0 lead. In the third two

more errors lead to four more

runs. In the fourth the wheels

fell off as three more bobbles

lead to four more unearned

runs and the Cardinals led

12-0. Give Johannesburg-

Lewiston credit, they put the

ball in play.

St. Mary scored a run the

bottom of the fourth on an

RBI single in the bottom of

the fourth off the bat of Jack

Lochinski and Nick

Lochinski belted a two-run

double in the fifth to avoid

the mercy rule. Nick had a

triple earlier in the game and

the Nowicki brothers Adam

and Brendon added the othertwo Snowbird safeties.

Anthony Zielinski and

Matt Spyhalski chipped in on

the pitching duties to keep

the Cardinals off the board

the last three innings. Pat

OConnor also played a great

game defensively at third

base.

St. Mary seniors Spyhalski,

Nick Lochinski and

OConnor will be missed next

year. All three played well

Saturday and they have

helped to build a strong

foundation for the future of

Snowbird baseball.

Alex Payne had a triple and

double and Brad Kussrow

had two hits to lead the

Johannesburg attack.

Atlanta will play in the

regional at Sault St. Marie

this Saturday.

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U.P. squad employs powerful pitching en routeto victory over host Cheboygan

By Mike Dunn

CHEBOYGAN A very

good season ended on a

tough note Friday. The

Cheboygan softball team saw

its 2013 campaign come to a

close on the home field

against rugged U.P. foe

Escanaba in a Div. 2 pre-dis-

trict clash. Cheboygan fell by

a 10-3 score.

The Eskymos went on to

beat Kingsford and Petoskey

and capture the district

crown. They advanced to the

regional tournament this

Saturday in Cadillac.

Esky senior Codi Jenshak

was a powerful force in

Fridays game, lashing out

three hits, including a solo

home run blast and an RBI

double. Sophomore Michelle

LaFave also muscled out

three hits for the victors with

a two-run double.

Cheboygan stayed close

early in the game as slugging

junior Connie Bongard camethrough in the clutch with a

screaming RBI single in the

bottom of the first inning to

chase home senior Caitlin

McNiel, who had walked.

That made the score 1-1.

The Eskymos regained the

lead in the second and held it

the rest of the way. By the

fourth inning when Jenshak

connected for her home run,

the score was 6-1.

The Chiefs battled to the

end, though. They trailed 10-

1 going into the bottom of

the seventh inning when

sweet-swinging junior Aspen

Williams, who had doubled

earlier in the game, got hold

of an Esky delivery and

launched a missile that

scraped the stratosphere and

was headed in the general

direction of Petoskey the last

anyone saw of it. It was a

two-run blast for Aspen.

Sophomore Jaymie

Frappier went the distance

for Esky, striking out four and

doing a good job of keeping

the potent Chief batters off-

stride, especially with run-

ners on base. She scattered

six hits and walked one.

Sophomore Macey

Charboneau and Bongard

shared the pitching duties for

Cheboygan, with Macy going

the first 2- 2-3 and Bongard

finishing up.

Aspen pounded out a

home run and double in the

game and senior Elise Verleye

laced two hits. Bongard blis-

tered an RBI single. Caitlin

McNeil, Bridget Blaskowski

and Charboneau also had

singles.

Cheboygan fell to 20-8

with the loss to Esky, which is

still a very good record. The

Chiefs played a Straits Area

doubleheader on Tuesday,

June 11, at Pickford to close

out the league portion of the

schedule.

Chiefs fall to Esky in

pre-district

Socce!

Gaylord advances with tight wins over

Petoskey, Cadillac before falling to tough

Mount Pleasant in D-2 title matchBy Mike Dunn

MOUNT PLEASANT

The Gaylord girls soccer

team of coach Sean Byram

fought through two very

tough overtime matches

with perennial league rivalsPetoskey and Cadillac to

earn a berth in the Div. 2 dis-

trict finals on Saturday at

Mount Pleasant.

The Blue Devils continued

to play well but fell to the

rugged, seixth-ranked Oilers

by a 2-0 score. Mount

Pleasant (18-1-2) advanced

to the regional tournament.

Gaylord saw a notable sea-

son close with a 10-7-3

record.

Emma Kahn scored both

goals for Mount Pleasant.

Alex Simmons was super

in the nets for the BlueDevils once again, as she has

been all season, and kept

her team in the hunt right to

the end.

ON TUESDAY, May 28,

Gaylord edged Petoskey 2-1

in overtime and on

Thursday, May 30, the Blue

Devils went to Cadillac and

secured a 3-1 decision. Both

matches were tied 1-1 at the

end of regulation before

Gaylord closed out strong to

earn the hard-fought victo-

ries.

In the win over Petoskey, itwas junior striker Maddie

Hamilla coming through

again in the clutch when she

buried a penalty kick mid-

way through the first 10-

minute overtime session.

Taylor Keiser scored the

goal in regulation for the

Blue Devils, a booming blast

from outside the goalie box.

Taylors missile was helped

by the screening of rawhide-

tough teammate Lexi Mang

in front of Petoskey goalie

Kelsey Ance.

Jill Antonishen scored

Petoskeys lone goal of thematch just before halftime.

The next goal that was

scored came in the overtime

from Hamilla and that

proved to be the game win-

ner.

Byram credited defensive

stopper Brooke Stier with

another incredible showing,

especially when Petoskey

turned up the heat in the

second half. Byram also

noted the hustling, two-way

play of senior midfielder

Kaylor Mikolowski.

On Thursday in the 3-1overtime win at Cadillac, the

Blue Devils rallied from an

early 1-0 deficit.

It was Kaiser coming

through again big time with

another booming blast, this

one coming in the final five

minutes of regulation to

force overtime.

In the extra time, it was

freshman Brandi Wagner

whacki ng one to put the

Blue Devils on top for good

and the opportunistic

Hamilla providing some

insurance a few minutes

later.Gaylord loses six solid

seniors to graduation:

Ashley Bartow, Chelsea Fox,

Megan Lamb, Kaylor

Mikolowski, perpetual

motion forward Sarah

Polena and sterling netmin-

der Alex Simmons.

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BIG RAPIDS The Gaylord

golf team of coach TomJohnson saved its finest

overall performance for

when it counted the most on

Thursday, May 30, in the Div.

2 district tournament at the

Katke Course in Big Rapids.

The Blue Devils captured

the district title with an out-

standing team score of 327.

Petoskey finished as runner-

up and also advanced with a

very good team score of 336.

Other regional qualifiers

were Ogemaw Heights (337),

Mount Pleasant (338),

Cadillac (345) and Big

Rapids (348).

Gaylord and Petoskeyboth had three golfers in the

top 10.

For Gaylord, senior Kyle

Bazzani had a stellar day,

earning co-medalist honors

with a strong round of 77. He

tied for the top spot out of

the 50 golfers with junior

Dylan Krim of Fremont.

The Blue Devils showed

super team efficiency as the

top five were just 10 strokes

apart. Super sophomore

Cam Laug scored 81, good

for fourth place, and Mike

Misiak scored 84, good for

10th place. Nick Fennell was

just a stroke behind at 85

and Josh Costello was also

close behind with 87.

For Petoskey, senior Cam

Ludlow and sophomore

Colin Green both had super

rounds, scoring 83 to tie for

eighth place. Silas Lee

scored 84 to tie for 10th

place with Misiak of Gaylord.

Senior Tyler Spiegl fired an

86 for the Northmen and

sophomore Adam McCainshot 91 to round out the

Northmens top five.

Gaylord and Petoskey vie

in the regional tournament

this Thursday, June 6, at

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Thunderbolts hoisted the Div.

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phy at Lincoln-Alcona on

Saturday. The Thunderbolts

dominated play, shutting out

host Lincoln Alcona 9-0 in the

semifinals before whipping

Aren ac East ern 6-0 in the

finals.

Mio advances to the region-

al tournament at Bay City All-

Saints. The Thunderbolts take

on Merrill at 10 a.m. The other

semifinal features Brown City

& Ubly.

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HILLMAN The St. Mary

softball team of coach Abe

Cruz put itself into position

to play for a Div. 4 district

title on Saturday at Hillman.

Unfortunately for the

Snowbirds, they ran into a

very talented, very powerful

Posen squad and suffered a

16-3 defeat.

Posen pitcher Ashley

Meyers did to St. Mary what

shes been doing to opposing

teams all season. Meyers lim-

ited the hard-hitting

Snowbirds to just three hits

and struck out 12.

St. Marys season ends witha very good 17-5 mark while

Posen (24-5) advances to a

loaded regional tournament

at Sault Ste. Marie. Rapid

River and Rogers City are also

in that region along with

Rudyard.

Caylee Lawnichak, Jada

Bebble and Kari Borowiakgot the three St. Mary hits in

the contest with Posen.

Meyers did more than just

befuddle the Snowbird bat-

ters in the title game; she also

generated some big-time

offense with a booming

three-run home run in the

second inning.

Sophomore Savannah

Sullivan and Borowiak

shared the pitching duties for

the Snowbirds. Sullivan and

Borowiak both pitched effi-

ciently and effectively for the

Snowbirds this year and will

only be better next year.

It was the final game for St.Mary senior captains Chrissy

Smith and Bebble, who

served admirably and were

leaders on and off the field

for the Snowbirds and coach

Cruz.

St. Mary outscored

Johannesburg-Lewiston 13-4

in the semifinals.J-L sophomore hurler Allie

Ellis, another young hurler

with a very bright future, set-

tled down after a tough start

in the loss to the Snowbirds

and pitched well in the final

game of the season.

The Cardinals and coach

Mark Peppin say goodbye to

a solid group of seniors,

including all-everything

shortstop and four-year var-

sity starter Abby Schlicher,

Hannah Huff, Katie

Kierczynski and Hailey

Reasner.

Hailey remained a part ofthe team this year even

though she couldnt play

because of a previous knee

injury and contributed in

many other ways. That says a

great deal about the charac-

ter of the young lady.

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straight win, berth in regional tourneyBy Mike Dunn

ELK RAPIDS The

Cheboygan soccer team

staged a second-half rally on

Friday to win the biggest

game the girls have played to

date and to claim some well-

deserved hardware for the

schools display case.

The Chiefs of coach Mark

Stormzand trailed host Elk

Rapids 1-0 at halftime of the

Div. 3 district championship

game but stormed back to

score three unanswered

goals in the second half to

secure their 15th straight

win. The Chiefs, who

improved to 17-4, advanced

to the regional semifinals

against Muskegon Oakridge

played on Tuesday, June 4, at

Big Rapids. It was

Cheboygans third straight

district title.

It was the booming leg of

sophomore Kaylyn Brown

that brought about a tie score

with the Elks early in the sec-

ond half. Browns blast into

the twine opened the door

for the Chiefs, who followed

with goals from junior Sierra

Kolatski and senior Kelsa

Dykehouse.

Sierras goal proved to be

the game winner and Kelsas

goal added some insurance.

Kelsa converted another

penalty kick in the final min-

utes of regulation.

At the other end of the

field, savvy senior goalkeeper

Jessica Smith was turning

away everything directed her

way. Smith showed up big,

turning back seven Elks shot

altogether.

ON THURSDAY in the 8-0

win over Kalkaska in the

semifinals, it was McKenzie

Carroll and Kolatski combin-

ing for five of the eight goals.

The Mac Attack of

McKenzie generated a hat

trick and the dangerous

Kolatski collected two. Kelsa

Dykehouse scored another

penalty kick in the match.

Chiefs trim Elks, take title

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By Mike Dunn

HILLMAN It was one of

the craziest plays

Johannesburg-L ewiston

baseball coach Rick Guild

has seen in his Hall of Fame

career spanning 30-plus

years. And it may have cost

his team a district champi-

onship.

The Cardinals of coach

Guild came to bat in the bot-

tom of the seventh inning of

the Div. 4 district title game

with Atlanta trailing by a 5-2

margin.

A line drive single off the

bat of freshman phenom

Logan Huff knocked in tworuns and trimmed the deficit

to 5-4 with nobody out.

Logan was on second and

Alex Payne was on first with

one out a little while later

when junior catcher Brad

Kussrow came up and

whacked a whistli ng

grounder that appeared to be

headed between third and

shortstop for a game-tying

single.

Then something strange

happened.

The ball hit a pebble or

something in the infield dirt

at Hillman and bounced at a

weird angle, striking Huff in

the back of the shoulder as

he was running to third base.

Instead of a tie game, Huff

was automatically out when

the ball struck him.

The Cardinals still man-

aged to load the bases after

that but hard-throwing

Atlanta senior hurler Garrett

Badgero, who had pitched

brilliantly but was tiring

down the stretch, got the

final out of the game to

secure the hard-fought victo-

ry and the district champi-

onship for the Huskies.

Guild didnt take anythingaway from Atlanta, which is a

very good team, or Badgero,

whom Guild said is the best

pitcher hes seen this year.

But he was left wondering,

same as everybody else who

watched the game, what

might have happened if the

ball Kussrow hit didnt

bounce up the way it did and

hit Huff in the back.

It was just crazy, Guild

said. Kussrow hit the ball

hard between third and short

and Logan definitely would

have scored the tying run

and Alex probably would

have ended up on third base.

Instead, the ball bounced up

and hit the runner and we

lost the game.

What made it even crazier,

from Guilds perspective, was

that the ball wasnt even that

close to Huff.

All of a sudden it spun and

went on a 360 degree angle

and hit him in the back, saidGuild, who has guided the

Cardinals to nearly 750 wins

in his career. Ive never seen

anything like it and Ive been

around baseball for a while.

Guild did commend

Atlanta for playing well,

especially defensively, and

for winning the title, even at

the expense of the Cardinals.

Theyre an excellent team

this year and Badgeros an

outstanding pitcher, Guild

said. They played tough and

so did we. It was a game that

neither team deserved to

lose. They won and I think

they have a chance to do

pretty good next week in

regionals (at Sault Ste.

Marie).

The Cardinals were 18-8

after the loss with one more

game to complete against

Onaway. The game, which

was suspended in the fourth

inning because of darkness

with J-L ahead 4-3, has impli-

cations in the Ski Valley

standings. If J-L goes on to

beat Onaway and Mancelona

loses its suspended game

with Bellaire, in which the

Ironmen trail 6-4 in the fifth

inning, then it would be athree-way league champi-

onship for J-L, Onaway and

Mancy, each team with three

losses.

Logan Huff ended up

knocking in all four J-L runs

in the loss to Atlanta. Logan,

who batted an even .500 in

league games this season and

.469 in all the games with 26

RBIs and 28 stolen bases,

drilled a two-run single in the

fifth inning to trim the deficit

to 5-2 before his two-run sin-

gle in the seventh.

In the seventh inning, sen-

ior first baseman Garrett

Koronka walked to start

things off before freshman

pinch-hitter Brandon Huff

hammered a double off the

fence to put runners at sec-

ond and third. Then Logan,

who has been lights out all

season with runners on base,

lined his second two-run sin-

gle of the game to make it 5-

4.Coalton Huff followed with

a fielders choice grounder,

sending Logan to second.

Then senior slugger Alex

Payne walked to put runners

on first and second with one

out.

That brought Brad

Kussrow to the plate. His

scorched grounder appeared

destined to chase Logan

home with the tying run

before the crazy bounce that

caused the ball to carom and

hit Logan in the back of the

shoulder.

Senior Jake Newell started

and went the first five

innings for the Cardinals. He

also tossed the first three

innings of the semifinal

game with Gaylord St. Mary,

a 12-3 victory.

Newell pitched well, allow-

ing just one unearned run

through the first four

innings, but he tired in the

fifth and Atlanta took advan-

tage, slamming a couple of

doubles. Newell also hit two

batters in the inning.

Coalton Huff came on in

relief and held the Huskies

scoreless the rest of the way.

Coalton, a junior, was on thehill for five innings of relief in

the two district games and

didnt allow a run.

In the semifinal victory

over perennial cross-county

rival St. Mary, Newell started

and allowed one hit in the

first three innings. Senior

Cole Nagy pitched the fourth

and fifth innings, allowing

three runs, two of them

earned, before Coalton

pitched a scoreless sixth and

seventh.

The Cardinals brought

their active aluminum with

them. They had 14 hits in the

semifinal win, with Coalton

going 4-for-5 and knocking

in two runs. The junior short-

stop was the Cards leading

hitter this season with a .519

average.

Payne, who has pounded

the sawdust out of the ball

throughout his notable

career with the Cardinals,

went 2-for-4 in the win overSt. Mary with two RBIs. He

busted a triple and double in

the game, including a first-

inning triple that rattled off

the fence and led to an early

lead. Payne produced a .479

average this year with 31

RBIs.

Brad Kussrow crushed

three hits and did a great job

behind the plate, Guild

reported, and Nagy, who bat-

ted .494 this season with a

team-leading 35 RBIs, went

3-for-5 with two runs

knocked in. Freshman DH

Joel Kussrow cracked two hits

with an RBI and Koronkaconnected for an RBI single.

Guild loses five seniors to

graduation: Alex Payne,

Garrett Koronka, Jake Newell,

Dylan Helms and Cole Nagy.

All five received a $500 schol-

arship from the Val Kapture

Memorial Scholarship Fund.

Vals widow was on hand at

the annual team banquet on

Sunday evening to personally

congratulate the seniors and

hand out the scholarships.

Guild is pleased with the

way his young team came

together this season.

For graduating three first-

team All-Staters and losing as

much talent as we did to

graduation, this turned out

to be a very good year, Guildsaid. We werent supposed

to be very good this year but

everybody stepped up and

did their part.

Guild has a number of tal-

ented underclassmen com-

ing up through the ranks,

including freshman Logan

Huff, Brandon Huff and Joel

Kussrow, who all played var-

sity this season. Brandon

Huff, who is already 6-foot-1

and throws seeds, was a

dominant pitcher on the JV

this year and Guild believes

he could be a dominant

pitcher on the varsity in a few

years.We have a tremendous

group of freshmen and

eighth-graders coming up,

Guild said. The future looks

promising.

ON WEDNESDAY, May 29,

the Cardinals split a pair of

games with non-league foe

East Jordan, losing the open-

er 9-5 before ringing up a 15-

2 win in the nightcap.

Brandon Huff, a freshman

starting his first varsity game,

allowed five runs early before

settling down and doing well

in the opener. He struck out

eight.

Coalton Huff, Payne and

slugging sophomore Dan

Nieman each collected two

hits and Nagy nailed an RBIsingle.

Logan Huff laced two hits

with an RBI in game two, as

did Coalton and Payne.

Hunter VanDeKerchove

drilled two hits with two RBIs

and Koronka put the G-Ko

Crush on three deliveries and

knocked in three runs. Brad

Kussrow went 2-for-3 and

Joel Kussrow went 1-for-3

with an RBI.

It was pitching by commit-

tee in the nightcap, with

Nieman, Coalton Huff,

Brandon Huff and Nagy shar-

ing the duties and Nagy get-

ting the win.

By Mike Dunn

ROGERS CITY Two of the

top Division 4 softball teams

in the state went head-to-

head on Saturday in the dis-

trict semifinals at Rogers

City. Onaway, which suffered

a one-run loss in extra

innings to the Hurons in the

district finals a year ago,

hoped to avenge that defeat

this time around.

The Hurons were up to the

challenge, however. They

improved to a sparkling 28-6

with a 6-5 come-fro m-

behind triumph over the

Cardinals. The Hurons then

went on to beat Inland Lakes

10-0 in the district finals to

advance to the regional tour-

nament at Sault Ste. Marie,

one of the toughest in the

state.

Rogers City takes on pow-

erful Posen in one semifinal

and Rapid River, a perennial

presence in the region and

the regional champion in

three of the past four sea-sons, takes on Rudyard in the

other semifinal.

Onaway ends another

notable season with a 17-7

record and another Ski Valley

championship. Four of

Onaways losses this season

have to come courtesy of

Rogers City and every game

was a close one.

Nikki Radke pitched the

first five innings for the

Hurons and she permitted

five runs on four hits.

Brooklyn Idalski tossed the

final three innings and got

the win, allowing two hits

and striking out two.

Cassie Brege got the game-

winning hit, a single in the

bottom of the eighth to drive

in Alexa Quaine.

Onaway had the chance to

pull ahead in the seventh

inning but couldnt get any

runs across after loading the

bases.

Senior Emily Estep started

in the circle for the final time

in her stellar prep career.

Emmy Sizzle helped to lead

Onaway to the regional title

as a freshman and a berth in

the Div. 4 state champi-

onship game and she has

been a catalyst for the teamscontinued success each sea-

son since then.

Emmy graduates as one of

the top players to come

through the outstanding

Onaway program. She and

her Megan, who is also an

outstanding athlete and

player for the Cardinals, will

be taking their softball skills

to Lake Superior State next

year.

ON WEDNESDAY, May 29,

the Cardinals of coach Jodi

Brewbaker clinched their

eighth straight Ski Valley title

with a doubleheader sweep

of Pellston on the home field.

The Cards celebrated Senior

Day by treating the home

crowd to a 6-0, 11-1 sweep of

the Hornets.

The Onaway senior class

leaves with a combined 62-2

record in league play.

Emmy served up the

smoke from the circle, as

shes been doing for four

years. Emmy Sizzle sliced

up the Hornet hitters like a

honed carving knife, hitting

the corners with uncanny

accuracy. She struck out 10

and allowed three hits in the

opener and struck out four

and gave up one hit in thenightcap.

Lexi Szymoniak was in line

drive mode at the plate in the

opener, lacing a pair of hits,

and she wasnt alone.

Slugging senior catcher Sam

Brasseur blasted a double

and triple and Erika Price

was right with the bat in her

hands as well, pounding out

a double among her three

hits.

Temara Lupu put the T-Lu

Tag on a Hornet delivery

and ripped an RBI double

and Emmy also smacked two

hits. Morganne Badgero blis-tered another hit and senior

Megan Estep muscled out an

RBI single.

In game two, Price was

right again, propelling one

off the fence for a majestic

two-run double. Jade Galer

was pretty p oison with run-

ners on base, jacking a three-

run triple and a two-run dou-

ble in the contest.

Devin Bristley busted two

hits with two RBIs, as did

Megan Estep and Lupu.

Lindsay LaLonde lined a sin-

gle and Badgero generated

another RBI hit. Brasseur

belted a single and Emmy

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BENZONIA Sometimes,

you just have to give an

opponent his due.

That was the case after the

Grayling boys varsity base-

ball teams 7-6 loss to Lake

Michigan Conference rivalKalkaska in the Division III

district championship game

on Saturday, June 1, at Benzie

Central.

After a single and a hit bat-

ter, Kalkaskas Nick Mitchell

drove in the game-winning

run on a single in the seventh

inning and ended the

Vikings season.

We came up just short,

said Grayling head coach Bill

Krabill. Give credit to

Kalkaska. They didn't strike-

out, their pitchers limited

walks and their defense

played great.

We had a good game but

just never caught a break, he

added.

Junior hurler JusticeJunttila took the loss on the

mound, but at the plate had a

RBI triple. Senior Levi Korneli

continued his hot hitting and

gave Grayling the lead going

into the sixth inning.

A couple of errors late in

the game were the difference.

Our youth started to show,

we were close and we tensed

up. (But) this team has noth-

ing to hang their head

about, said Krabill, whose

team finished the 2013 cam-

paign with a 15-7-1 overall

record. That is a pretty good

mark.

When you consider every-

thing this team faced this

year, it is very good. Everyone

I have is a great kid, theywork hard and want to do

well, he added. I hope they

remember how it felt to be

this close and fuel them for

next year.

Grayling 6,

Benzie Central 5The Vikings started

Saturday with a 6-5 victory

over host Benzie Central,

behind a solid start by junior

pitcher Kevin Harris.

Harris was supported

offensively by Korneli, who

drove in 2 runs, and Justice

Junttila, who had a double

and RBI bunt. Junttila also

brought home the winning

run on a hit-by-pitch in the

bottom of the last inning.

We played a great game,

Krabill said. Early, we were

able to push four runs across.

We had some beautiful bunts

by (Junttila) and Matt Burrell,

and were doing well.

We started to falter later

on, but found a way to limit

mistakes and take home the

game.

Vikes sweep

doubleheaderThe Grayling sluggers

added to their win total last

week, sweepin g a double-

header versus Glen Lake in apair of one-run contests, 7-6

and 6-5, respectively.

Korneli (4-1) picked up the

win in the first game, while

Junttila (6-3) picked up the

win in the second.

But, the star of the day

might have been junior

Michael Branch, who had a

great game, according to his

coach. And, that might have

been an understatement, as

Branch was sizzling at the

plate against Glen Lake, hit-

ting two 2-run homeruns

and tallying 7 RBIs on the

day.

Junttila and Harris added

RBI doubles.

Overall, we played great

defense and threw strikes,

Krabill said. We battled at

the plate and were able to

manufacture some runs. We

had quality pitching and ran

the bases well.

This is a very good team

that we beat and it was nice

to take two. Right now, we are

clicking on all cylinders.

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Blaers block Vikings path in district title clash

GRAYLING The postsea-

son run for the Grayling girls

varsity soccer team was a

short one. Very short.

The Vikings, playing on

their home field, fell to theCheboygan Chiefs, 3-1, in

first-round Division III tour-

nament play on Tuesday,

May 28.

Cheboygan drew first

blood and led, 1-0, before

senior Hannah Haven

responded with Graylings

only goal off an assist by

classmate Alyssa Morley.

But, with about 5 minutes

left in the first half, a penal-

ty kick was called on the

Vikes and Cheboygan went

into the second half with a

2-1 lead.

The second half was

filled with scoring opportu-

nities for both teams.

Cheboygan capitalized on

their opportunities and got

one more goal, said

Grayling head coach Craig

Cobb. (But) I am very

proud of the girls. They gave

everything they had.

Cobb credited the efforts

of multiple players on the

defense, while praising

senior Sarah Goodyear and

sophomore Rachel Money

for playing great games.

Sophomore goalie Laura

Simpson also ended the

season with a solid perform-

ance last Tuesday, tallying

17 saves against the Chiefs.With the tournament loss,

Grayling ended its 2013 sea-

son at 12-8 overall.

I am very proud of the

girls and all the effort they

put into this season, Cobb

said. As a coach, it has been

wonderful seeing the strides

this program has made. We

continue to grow and devel-

op.

According to Cobb, 2013

was a record season f or the

varsity soccer squad.

In this season, we have

had more goals (49),

shutouts (10), and assists

(36) in the history of the

program, Cobb said. We

had more wins than in any

other season.

Individually, Haven

ended her high school

career by setting a new

record for career goals with

104 tallies. The senior also

set the record for most goals

scored in a single season

(29), as well as the school

record in career assists (30).


Lady Vikesfall in dis-

trict openerBENZONIA The Grayling

girls varsity softball team

might have wanted to save a

few runs from its first game

of the day for the Division III

district championship

matchup with Traverse City

St. Francis on Saturday, June

1, at Benzie Central.

But, after shutting out rival

Kalkaska to start the day, the

Lady Vikes (15-11 overall) fellto the Gladiators, 6-1.

We started out the cham-

pionship game strong, with

two stolen bases and a run

scored in the first inning, but

then gave up four runs in the

second inning, said Grayling

head coach Sarah Allen. We

have come back from worse

but just couldn't this time.

Meagan Malm took to the

mound for Graying in the

title game and took the loss,

striking out a pair of St.

Francis sluggers. And, at the

plate, the junior was 1-for-3

with a RBI double.

Senior Caitlin Prosser

scored the Vikings only run,

while going 1-for-3, with a

single and 2 stolen bases.

Other contributors for

Grayling included juniors

Marilyn Jankowski and Cierra

Prosser and sophomore

Hannah Golnick, all of whom

went 1-for-3 with a single.

I am very proud of my

girls this season and how wellthey did, Allen said. We had

our ups and our downs

throughout the season but

ended in a good place.

I am very sad to see this

season come to a close and

look forward to next year.

Graying 10

Kalkaska 0The district tournament

started out well enough for

the Lady Vikes, as Grayling

blanked Lake Michigan

Conference rival Kalkaska,

10-0, in a semi-final round

clash that lasted just five

innings. Malm earned the

win, fanning 3.

Offensively, Caitlin Prosser

led the charge with a 3-for-4

performance that included 3

singles, 2 RBIs and 2 runs

scored.

The elder Prosser had

some help, as Madi Junttila

was 2-for-4 with a pair sin-

gles, and also had 2 RBIs and2 runs scored. Jankowski

drove two runs on a single

and also scored a run, while

helping shut down the

Kalkaska offense by helping

turn a double play.

They girls were deter-

mined Saturday morning,

Allen said. I have four girls

that earned All-District

because of how great they did

this season.

Grayling 8

Kingsley 3The Lady Vikes warmed up

for district play with an 8-3

pre-district win at home over

Kingsley on Tuesday, May 28.

The girls really wanted a

district title and they really

stepped up in our pre-district

game against Kingsley on

Tuesday, Allen said.

While 13 might sound

unlucky to many, it was a

nice number for Malm, whostarted on the mound and

fanned a bakers dozen to

earn the victory.

Offensively, contributors

for Grayling included:

Junttila, 2-for-5, a single and

a triple, 2 runs scored; Malm,

2-for-4, 2 singles. 1 RBI and 1

run scored; Jankowski, 2-for-

4, 2 singles, 1 RBI and 1 run

scored; and Golnick, 2-for-4,

2 singles, 1 RBI and 1 run

scored.


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CENTRAL LAKE The

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true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely,

whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of

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your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, 24 knowing that from the

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brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. 4 I

have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. 5 Beloved,

you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren, and especially

when they are strangers; 6 and they have testified to your love before the church.

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of our might so that God gets all the glory (Colossians 3:17, 23). In other words, we

are to do everything with excellence and with a motive to see God glorified. So,

with that in mind, should Christian business owners promote their faith in market-

ing their business? Only if two things are true:

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please dont tack on the name of Jesus to your business. All that will do is to give

Christians a spiritual black-eye in our community. One of my spiritual heroes

and mentors would always say, If it is Christian, it ought to be better! I believe

that! Whatever your work is, if you are a follower of Jesus Christ, never settle for

mediocrity. Shoot for excellence in everything you do!

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pure? In other words, why are you promoting your faith in marketing your busi-

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God and to have a platform, coupled with your excellence in what you do, to share

the love and good news of Jesus to your customers, than good for you.

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Christ than do it with all your heart do it with excellence. And do it so that at the

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Take one last walk

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