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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD It was aneventful week for the Gaylordgirls of coach Frank Hamilla.League victories at home onTuesday and on the roadFriday followed by a game onthe road against tough, tal-ented non-league foe Clareon Saturday.
On Tuesday, Feb. 5, the
Blue Devils entertained thehome crowd with an impres-sive 58-50 triumph over BigNorth rival Traverse CityCentral, but that wasnt thebiggest news of the night.
Senior captain MackenzieEdwards, the Blue Devilslethal lefty, passed the 1,000-point scoring milestone withher very first basket of thenight. The game was stoppedbriefly as Mackenzie receivedthe game ball from coachHamilla and her worthyaccomplishment was recog-nized by the large, throatycrowd of Gaylord supporters,many of them there specifi-
cally to watch Mac make his-tory [see separate story onMackenzies milestone in thisissue].
What a great accomplish-ment for Mackenzie to get1,000 points, Hamilla said.Im really proud of her andso is the whole team. She
worked really hard for this.Mackenzie, who is taking
her talents to Lake SuperiorState after she graduates inthe spring, became the thirdplayer in the history of theGaylord girls program toreach the coveted 1,000-point plateau. Shanna Pratt
and Kelli (Krajniak) Parkerachieved the feat before her.
Ironically, Kelli was Macscoach when Mac wasbrought onto the varsity as afreshman and Kelli, a highschool physical educationinstructor, remains Macsmentor. Assistant coach MikeDeerfield also played a keyrole in Macs progress as aplayer over the years.
Mackenzie put points1,000 and 1,001 on the board
with a signatu re 10-footjumper in the first quarterand she padded her totalsafter that, finally finishing
with a game-high 22 points.In spite of missing several
weeks with an injured wrist
sustained early on and notcoming back until January,Mac is still the among theleading scorers in the ruggedBig North this season. She
was also the leading leaguescorer last year and was run-ner-up the year before that.
Mac also hauled in sixboards against the Trojansand put seven of her pointson the board in the first quar-ter as Gaylord assumed a 15-11 advantage.
Junior Maddie Hamillahammered the nets for 10points, including a rare four-point play in the first quarterto help fuel the Blue Devils
early drive out of the gates.Maddie also made sixrebounds.
Senior forward AlexSimmons struck for 10 pointsas well and showed up bigunder the glass, securing ateam-high seven rebounds
with a typical blue-col lareffort. Fellow senior forwardsChelsea Fox and StephanieButtrick each generatedseven points and exchangesbruises with the Central biggirls down low. Chelseagrabbed six boards and
Stephanie was solid defen-sively, as usual.
Senior point guard SarahPolena was perpetual motiononce again, covering thefloor like a fresh coat of wax.Polena penetrated with pur-pose, finding open team-mates time and time againfor quality shots at the buck-et. When it was over, Sarahaccumulated a whoppingnine assists.
Hamilla also creditedLauren Hintz with a solideffort off the bench, bringinga jolt of high-octane energyto the floor.
Jessie Heemstra hit for 19to pace the Trojans and TylerRawlings rang up 14.
All in all it was a goodteam victory, Hamilla said.When we get this type ofbalance were hard to beat.Mackenzie sealed the victory,making 5 out of 6 free throwsin the final minutes.
The Gaylord JV girls alsoturned in a solid showing,beating the Trojans 47-41.Sweet-shooting SydneyKassuba connected for 13points and cornered 10boards for a double-doubleand she also recorded foursteals. Freshman Brandi
Wagner waxed the twine for12 points and covered thefloor defensively like green
on a grass blade, making anamazing eight steals. Brandialso made five assists.Lindsey Zaremba addedsome zip to the attack also,zooming in for 12 points, andJulia Chwatum churned outthree.
ON FRIDAY in the annualpink fundraiser for cancerresearch at Alpena, the BlueDevils, wearing pink shorts,prevailed 49-34 to push theirrecord to 4-4 in the Big Northand 7-7 overall.
Gaylord trailed by four at
the half but came out strongdefensively in the third quar-ter and shut the Wildcatsdown. Alex Simmons sank ahuge trey to help spark theBlue Devils in the third quar-ter. Alex finished the night
with 13 points.
Mac led the way again, thistime making the twine danceto the tune of 21 points andshe also pulled down 10boards for a double-double.Mac also recorded fourassists and three steals. Foxcorralled seven rebounds
and Hamilla hauled in five.Polena produced five assists.
Christina Kollien connect-ed for eight to lead the
Wildcats.
The Gaylord JV prevailedagain, 42-32.
ON SATURDAY, the BlueDevils made the long trip toClare for a quick turnaroundgame and suffered an 80-54loss to a very talented oppo-nent.
Mac made 19 on the nightand Simmons struck for 14
with three steals. Polenapummeled the iron for nineand dished off four assists.The feisty Fox put the find onseven rebounds while Macmuscled in four boards and
Maddie and Polena each hadthree.
I think Clare was one ofthe better teams we facedthis year, Hamilla reported.
They were very balanced
with three girls in double fig-
ures and two others with
nine points. We were only
down seven at halftime but
they came out and scored the
first 7 points of the 3rd quar-
ter and took off from there.
I think playing in Alpena
less then 24 hours before the
Clare game took a toll on us,
but don't take anything away
from Clare, he added. They
were a very talented and
well-coached team.
Gaylord (7-8, 4-4) is homeagainst T.C. West this Friday,
Feb. 15. On Tuesday, Feb. 19,
the Blue Devils play at
Cheboygan.
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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD The Gaylord
boys were hoping to make it
two wins in a row when Big
North foe Alpena came to
town Friday. The Blue Devils,
coming off a tense overtime
victory at Traverse City
Central on Tuesday, Feb. 5,
were looking to keep a good
thing going and gain their
first home victory of the sea-
son at the same time. And itwould have been especially
nice if it could come on
Senior Night.
It didnt happen, though.
The Blue Devils of coach Tim
ORourke battled aggressive-
ly and hard once again but
fell short against the talented
Wildcats, dropping a 60-44
decision. Alpena, which
enjoyed a notable height
advantage, improved to 8-4
overall and 5-4 in the Big
North while Gaylord fell to 2-
13 and 1-7.
Senior guard Tyler Frisch
turned in another fine per-formance in front of the large
home crowd, firing home 19
points to pace the Blue
Devils. He dialed in four
times from 3-point land in
the contest.
Fellow seniors Zach
Lundell and Cam Taylor each
tallied six points and hard-
working James Dunn and
Bryan Rabine each rang up
four. Senior Tyler Cherry
poured in a triple in the sec-
ond quarter and helped
spark a defensive uprising
that enabled the Blue Devils
to outscore Alpena in the
frame. Chris Stout and Ryan
Chrencik also brought fresh
legs and a fiery intensity to
the floor in the quarter.
The Blue Devils battled,
like always, but didnt have
an answer for Alpenas Luke
Cordes, who cracked the iron
for 24 points to lead the visi-
tors. Andrew Marwede
wound up with 14 points.
The Gaylord JV lost a
heartbreaker, 52-51.
ON TUESDAY, the Blue
Devils traveled to Central
and came away with a sweet
41-38 overtime win. The vic-
tory was especially nice
because Central rallied in the
final seconds to edge Gaylord
in the season opener on the
Blue Devils court.
It was Gaylords second
win of the season and first
league victory.
Frisch found the bottom of
the bucket for 11 points to
lead a balanced Gaylord
scoring chart. Zach
Pasternak added some zap of
his own, zeroing in for 10
points to join Frisch in dou-
ble digits on a night when
points didnt come in bunch-
es. Stout stoked the nets for
eight points and turned in his
typically tough, blue-collar
performance.
Stout was sturdy on
defense, too, and Chrencik,
Cherry and Dunn provided
some suffocating defense as
well.
Ethan Pularski put 11
points on the board for
Central with seven boards
and Colin Lesoski came
down with seven boards.
The Trojans, coming off an
upset of Petoskey the week
before, fell to 3-11 overall and
3-5 in the league.
The Gaylord JV also
secured victory, posting a 57-
45 decision as Blayne Baker,
Marcus ORourke, Steven
Fitzek and Collin Watters all
poured in points and Cotton
Neff contributed durable
two-way play.
Gaylord (2-13, 1-7) plays at
T.C. West on Thursday, Feb.
14. On Friday, Feb. 22, the
Blue Devils are on the road
against Cadillac.
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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD A great
achievement for a terrific
young lady.
Gaylord senior Mackenzie
Edwards, a scoring machine
for the Blue Devils during her
four years as a varsity starter,
did something on Tuesday,Feb. 5, that only two other
Gaylord players before her
ever did. She surpassed 1,000
points for her career.
The only other Gaylord
players to achieve that out-
standing milestone were
Shanna Pratt, who accumu-
lated 1,286 points during her
stellar career, and Kelli
(Krajniak) Parker, who lit it
up for 1,038 points in her
career.
Ironically, it was Kelli
Parker who was coaching the
Gaylord varsity when
Mackenzie came through as
a freshman and decided that
Mac was ready to play on the
varsity right away. Kelli, who
went on to earn All-American
honors at Oakland University
and score 1,000 points in col-
lege, also happens to be
Macs gym teacher and men-
tor.
Mackenzies milestonemoment came in the Big
North game against Traverse
City Central in front of the
frenzied home crowd. The
lethal lefty did what she had
done hundreds of times in
the past, leaping high to
knock down a 10-foot jumper
on her very first attempt of
the game.
Mac not only surpassed
1,000 points for her career,
she also drained 22 points
altogether for the game and
helped the Blue Devils post
an impressive 58-50 triumph.
Mac made seven of her
points in the first quarter as
Gaylord surged to an early
lead. Then she hit 5-of-6 crit-
ical free throws down the
stretch to help her team sus-
tain the lead in the fourth
quarter. A typically effective
night for the senior.
On Friday at Alpena, Mac
made the twine dance for 21
more points, leading all scor-
ers as Gaylord won again, 49-
34. She also hauled in 10
rebounds for a double-dou-
ble.
On Saturday, in the loss at
Clare, Mac led all scorers
again with 19 points.
Going into the Big North
game that was played on
Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Traverse
City Central, Mackenzie had
1,061 career points, making
her second all time in the his-
tory of Gaylord girls hoops.
Mac hits milestone with early jumperat home vs. T.C. Central; she is thirdplayer for Gaylord girls to reach1,000-point plateau
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Visiting Chiefs fall to Rudyard
By Mike Dunn
RUDYARD In a high-scoring battle that saw eachteam make effective assaultson the iron, it was hostRudyard finally prevailingover Cheboygan 70-64 onFriday in an entertaining,seesaw Straits AreaConference clash.
Leah Jarvie launched 35points for the victoriousBulldogs and the Chiefs did-nt have quite enough fire-power in return. Jarvie
jammed 25 points throughthe iron in the first half asRudyard raced to a 41-38advantage.
The game went back-and-forth through the third quar-ter and much of the fourthbefore Rudyard began to pullaway in the final minutes.
The Chiefs of coach JasonPurcell slipped to 9-7 overalland 3-5 in the rugged confer-ence.
Strong-armed senior for-ward Sammie Buhr bustedthe nets for a team-high 16points for Cheboygan andshe also brought down sixrebounds with her bruisingeffort under the boards.
Sophomore guard BrookeHancock also fueled theoffensive fires for the Chiefs,pulling the trigger on 16points of her own and shecovered the floor like snowon an evergreen defensively,recording five steals.
Junior forward HollySocolovitch put some Soco-Motion into her deliveries,
securing eight points and shealso showed up big inside,bringing down eightrebounds. Fellow sophomoreBridget Blaskowski blastedthe iron for eight points to go
with three steals and threeassists and rangy MaceyCharboneau rattled the ironfor six points and shookdown 10 rebounds. She alsoimposed her angular frameand long arms on opposingshooters, making threeblocks.
The Cheboygan JVsqueezed out a tense 65-21victory in a real nail-biter.Kaitlin Dobrowolski drained12 points to lead the Chiefsand Brooke Beaubien addedsome serious Vitamin B tothe attack, scoring nine.Brigid Kane raised eightpoints through the iron andHannah Hudak hit for seven.
Cheboygan (9-7) played atAlpena on Tuesday, Feb. 12.
St. Mary 50Bellaire 24
GAYLORD The St. Marygirls of coach Dan Smith didthe expected on the home
floor on Thursday, Feb. 7,earning a workmanlike 50-24victory over Ski Valley foeBellaire. The 10th-rankedSnowbirds improved to 15-2overall and 12-1 in the league
with the win.The cool hand of junior
sharpshooter Kari Borowiakaccounted for a game-high17 points. Kari also handledthe ball efficiently along with
backcourt mate ChrissySmith.
Strong-armed senior for-ward Mary Spyhalski spilled adozen points through thetwine and long-armed fresh-man Bekah Myler made ninepoints and cleaned the glasslike Windex under the boardsin the second half.
Katie Thornton scoredseven to lead Bellaire.
The Snowbirds (15-2, 12-1)played host to Forest Area onTuesday, Feb. 12, after thisissue went to press. OnThursday, Feb. 14, the girlstravel to Inland Lakes.
Onaway 63Pellston 28
PELLSTON The Onawaygirls of coach Marty Mix useda balanced scoring attack tooutscore game-but-out-manned Pellston 63-28 in Ski
Valley play on Thursday, Feb.7. The Cardinals improved to13-4 overall and 10-4 in theSki Valley. The Hornets ofcoach Barb Ingraham slippedto 4-12 and 3-10.
Junior forward MariahEhrke generated a double-
double for the visitingCardinals, rocking the ironfor 10 points and musclingdown 14 rebounds. Seniorguard Kallie Shimel made thenets shake for a game-high17 points on the night.
Mix was pleased with thetotal team effort he is get-ting from his girls, who areunselfish and not afraid tomove the ball around to get
the open shot.The girls are really buying
into the team concept, Mixsaid. Were playing a totalteam game right now.
Abbie Welch waxed thetwine for 12 points to pacePellston and Tequara Kileyconnected for seven. BreahCarter brought her hard-nosed approach to defense,recording six steals.
Onaway (13-4, 10-4)played host to Rogers City onTuesday, Feb. 12.
Pellston (4-12, 3-10) trav-eled to Johannesburg onTuesday, Feb. 12. TheHornets are home onThursday, Feb. 14, againstForest Area and home onTuesday, Feb. 19, againstPickford.
Mackinaw City 63Ellsworth 33
MACKINAW CITY Thehost Comets of coach AdamStefanski did what they hadto do on Thursday, Feb. 7,taking care of businessagainst game-but-out-manned Ellsworth, 63-33.
The win pushed the
Comets to 13-3 overall and 9-0 in the Northern LakesConference as they preparedfor the much-anticipatedrematch with Boyne Falls,
which took place on Tuesday,Feb. 12, after this issue wentto press. The Loggers onlyleague loss going into thatgame had been their earliermeeting with Mack City.
Freshman phenom
Chelsey Closs cracked theiron for 20 points with eight
boards to pace the Comets inthe win over Ellsworth.Senior All-State guardCourtney Wallis worked on aquadruple-double but
wound up falling just a bitshort in two of the four cate-gories as she generated 14points and 10 assists to go
with eight rebounds andseven steals.
Versatile Claudi aAlexander was equally effec-tive, also hitting for 14 with10 boards, and Lauren Bellrang up a dozen points.
Tara Essenberg and KendraWarner each tallied nine forthe Lancers (7-7, 5-3).
Harbor Light 49Alanson 34
ALANSON The hostVikings jumped out of thebox quickly on the homecourt Thursday, Feb. 7,against visiting NorthernLakes Conference foe HarborLight Christian but it was theLady Swordsmen who fin-ished strong, posting a 49-34decision.
Destiny Wiertalla drilled 13points for Alanson, which
was seeking its second win ofthe season. The Vikings start-ed out well and led 11-5 a fter
one quarter and 19-18 at thehalf.
Annie Fila fueled a second-half comeback for the visi-tors, however, ringing up 32points for the game asHarbor Light improved to 5-9and 4-5. Shelby Donovanadded 11 points and EmilyLechowicz latched onto 10boards.
Boyne Falls 45
Wolverine 32
WOLVERINE The under-
dog Wildcats lost to Northern
Lakes Conference front-run-
ner Boyne Falls, as expected,
but put up a good scrap
against the talented Loggers
on Thursday, Feb. 7.
Boyne Falls eventually won
45-32 but had to work for it.
The Loggers led just 8-6 after
the first quarter and could
never quite pull completely
away from Wolverine in the
second half.
Brooke Bailey blistered the
nets for eight points and
Courtney Whittaker waxed
the twine for eight points to
pace the inspired Wildcats on
their home floor. Wolverine
fell to 4-10 overall and 3-7 in
the league.
Emily Matelski made 15
points to lead the Loggers
(12-2, 8-1).
Onaway 54
Forest Area 19
ONAWAY Senior guard
Kallie Shimel canned a dozen
points as host Onaway
outscored visiting SVC foe
Forest Area 54-19 on Tuesday,
Feb. 5, in a game that wasvery tight right up to the tip-
off.
Mariah Ehrke smoked the
twine for nine points for the
Cardinals and did a Windex
number inside, bringing
down a whopping 16
rebounds. Megan Estep
showed up strong inside as
well, making 12 rebounds.
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Ironmen now 10-1 in Ski Valley
By Mike Dunn
MANCELONA TheMancelona Ironmen ofcoach Rick Duerksen playedfour games in a six-daystretch and won all of themto push their record to 12-3overall and 10-1 in the Ski
Valley.Included in that stretch
was a razor-thin 62-61 win atOnaway on Wednesday, Feb.6, a 67-42 decision overCentral Lake on Friday, Feb.8, a win over non-league foeEllsworth on Saturday and a57-39 win over Pellston onMonday.
Super-sharp sophomore
guard Brandon Dingmanserved up big numbers in allthree league wins. (We didnthave any info on theEllsworth game at press timeand so dont have any statsfrom that one.)
In the narrow, tense win atOnaway, the dangerousDingman drilled 22 points tohelp the Ironmen forge a latecomeback. He also generated10 rebounds and sevenassists.
Junior Austin Holton ham-mered home 14 points and
junior guard Logan Borstbusted the nets for 10 to joinB-Ding and Holton in double
digits.In the win over visiting
Central Lake, Dingman rangup 28 points to go with nineboards, four steals and threeassists in front of a hugeSnowcoming Game homecrowd. The players wore theirultra-cool retro uniforms toset the atmosphere for thebig night.
Senior Wyatt Derrer, whohad signed his letter of intentto play football for SienaHeights University a few daysbefore, racked up 15 pointsto help the cause and strong-armed forward BrandonScott scattered the nets for
11. Griffin Borst was a beastinside, grabbing 10rebounds.
Will Brockman, who ishaving a whale of a seasonfor the struggling Trojans,canned 15 points for the visi-tors.
ON MONDAY in the winover Pellston, B-Ding drainedthe twine for 20 points andpulled down eight reboundsand he also delivered fourassists. Griffin Borst blisteredthe nets for nine points withfour boards and dependablepoint guard Logan Borstserved up sweet dishes like aFood Network chef all game
long, notching eight assists.Reliable senior guard JakeFriedenstab, who was instru-mental in Pellstons victoriesover league foes Central Lakeand Gaylord St. Mary in theHornets previous twogames, led the way for theHornets once again, scoring11. Tall Tanner Keller con-
tributed eight points and 10boards with a blue-collareffort inside.
We kept BrandonDingman in check until thetip-off, said classy Pellstoncoach Cliff Hass. Hes just agreat all-around player andthe Mancelona players undertheir role. Theyre well-coached.
We minimized ourturnovers but our shots andGPS coordinates were on adifferent page, he added.
Pellston (3-12, 3-10) playedat unbeaten Bellaire on
Wednesday, Feb. 13, and is atOnaway on Friday, Feb. 15.
Mancelona (12-3, 10-1)
plays at Forest Area onFriday, Feb. 15, and on
Wednesday, Feb. 20, theIronmen are home againstunbeaten league leaderBellaire in a game with bigSVC implications for bothteams. Bellaire is the onlyteam to beat Mancelona inleague play thus far.
Pellston 53Gaylord St. Mary 47
PELLSTON After winningjust one game in their first 12this season, the youngPellston Hornets of coach
Cliff Hass earned back-to-back Ski Valley victories overCentral Lake on Wednesday,Feb. 6, and over visitingGaylord St. Mary on Friday,Feb. 8.
In the 53-47 victory overthe Snowbirds, Pellstonthrilled the home crowd witha fourth-quarter rally. TheHornets trailed by a point,35-34, after three quartersbut outscored the Snowbirds19-12 over the last eight min-utes of play.
The game went back andforth and then forth andback, reported Pellstoncoach Cliff Hass. We didnt
panic this time. We playedwith poise and composure inthe fourth quarter and we
were fortunate to beat a goodbasketball team.
Senior guard JakeFriedenstab paced the bal-anced Pellston attack with 16points and he also broughtdown six rebounds andadded to the Hornets defen-sive intensity, recording threesteals.
Pellston also received posi-tive production from big menTanner Keller and Dale Stark.Keller connected for 10points with eight boards andthe long-armed Stark struck
for eight points with nineboards. Austin Wright waxedthe nets for 10 points to joinFriedenstab and Stark indouble figures and pointguard Austin Hamlin helpedgenerate the offense with hispassing, recording six assists.
For St. Mary, strong-armedjunior forward Charles Strehl
strummed the nets for 16points with three boards andsmooth-striding junior NickHarrington hammered 12points with four assists andthree steals. Rugged seniorforward Nick Lochinskilaunched eight points andsenior guard Matt Spyhalskisprung for seven with fourassists and four steals.
"We had too manyturnovers on the night, saidSt. Mary coach Ken Blust.One bright spot was ourassists on 13 of our 17 fieldgoals. We allowed a team tostay with us throughout thegame, and never truly pulledaway like we had in our first
meeting."
Inland Lakes 56Onaway 55
INLAND LAKES Ever-dangerous Inland Lakesguard Dakotah Davedowskidialed in from long distance
with the game on the lineFriday and drained a clutch3-pointer to lift the hostBulldogs over hard-luckOnaway by a single point, 56-55.
It was the second game in arow that Onaway lost inheartbreaking fashion. In
their previous outing againstMancelona on Wednesday,the visiting Ironmen used alate charge to edge theCardinals by a single point,62-61.
Dakotahs downtown con-nection with just seconds leftto play lifted I-Lakes to 4-8overall and 4-5 in the Ski
Valley and set off a loud,spontaneous celebration infront of the large SnocomingNight crowd. The Bulldogsare on a tear, having won fourof their last five games goinginto action this week.
Onaway, which has beenhaving a fine season in spite
of the close defeats, slippedto 8-6 overall and 6-6 in thevery tough Ski Valley.
I-Lakes led 15-4 after thefirst quarter before Onawaystormed back behind thestrong play of juniors JoeOBradovich and CarlosBautista to outscore thehome team 18-5 in the sec-ond quarter take a 22-20 leadat the half of the wild, seesawgame.
In the third quarter, it wasI-Lakes asserting itself again,outscoring the Cardinals 21-9 to take a 41-31 lead into thefinal eight minutes of play.
The Cardinals, true to
form, closed out strong toregain the lead in the finalminute of regulation. But thegame is seemingly never outof reach for I-Lakes ifDakotah has the ball in hishands.
Dakotah launched onefrom 3-point land and didntgo south with it, filling the
rim with the directed missileas the appreciative home
crowd exploded with an ear-splitting cheer.
Davedowski wasnt the
only Bulldog showing plentyof bite on this special night,though. Nick Howery, whohas also been having a very
solid season for the Bulldogs,hit for a personal-best 20points to help lead the way
and he cleaned the glass bet-ter than Windex, pullingdown 15 rebounds against a
tough, physical aggressiveOnaway squad.
Davedowski drilled 16points, including the game-
winning trey, and RichardArmbrust er brought downeight rebounds and covered
Onaways bruising battlerBautista like a second coat ofskin.
OBradovich and Bautista
each made the twine turn for13 points to lead theCardinals.
I-Lakes also won the JVgame, 66-41.
Pickford 59Gaylord St. Mary 37
PICKFORD The St. Mary
boys of coach Ken Blust faceda tough, talented Pickford
squad on Wednesday, Feb. 6,and suffered a 59-37 defeat atthe hands of the Panthers.
Junior forward Charles
Strehl, who has been puttingtogether a solid season forthe Snowbirds, strung 13points through the twine and
showed up big under theglass, grabbing 14 boards fora double-double.
Senior guard MattSpyhalski sprung for ninepoints with four reboundsand he was a force defensive-
ly, notching three steals. PatOConnor connected forseven points with four
boards and three assists and
Cameron Juneac tallied fivewith three boards. Fluid jun-
ior Nick Harrington hit fortwo points and was toughinside, pulling down fiverebounds.
Pickford came to play,Blust reported. They werevery aggressive in all facets of
their game.
Mancelona 62Onaway 61
ONAWAY The hostCardinals of coach Eddy
Szmoniak led nearly all theway against tough, talentedMancelona but the Ironmen
were able to forge a latecomeback and win a realthriller, 62-61.
Fleet freshman guard Joe
Sigsby was very nearly a herofor the Cardinals but his shotin the final seconds rolled off
the rim, enabling Mancelonato leave town with the tense
win in hand.Andrew Prow, the Cardinal
missile launcher, canned 13points to lead a balancedscoring ledger. Joe
OBradovich buzzed thetwine for 11 points and bruis-ing blue-collar battler CarlosBautista brought nine pointsthrough the iron and broughtdown 13 boards with a typi-cally tough effort under theboards.
Onaway led 14-8, 36-28and 48-47 at the quarterbreaks. In the end, though,the Ironmen were able tocome back and gain a hard-fought victory.
High-scoring sophomoresharpshooter BrandonDingman led Mancelona
with 22 points.
Bellaire 65Johannesburg-Lewiston 51
JOHANNESBURG Thevisiting Bellaire Eaglesproved once again on
Wednesday, Feb. 6, whytheyre the front-runner inthe Ski Valley this season. TheEagles traveled to the court ofJohannesburg-Lewiston andposted a 65-51 decision overthe scrappy Cardinals.
Unbeaten, seventh-rankedBellaire improved to 13-0 and10-0 in the league while J-Lslipped to 5-9 and 4-8.
The Cardinals playedinspired ball on the homefloor, giving Bellaire atougher battle than any otherleague team theyve faced interms of how close the finalscore was. No other team thisseason had been within 15points of the potent Eagles.
J-L stayed with the Eaglesstride for stride and bucketfor bucket through the first12 minutes of the gamebefore the visitors started topull away. J-L coach Troy Huff
was rightfully proud of theeffort his troops put forthagainst the formidableEagles.
Jake Newell jammed theiron with 12 points and dis-
played excellent floor vision,notching four assists.Freshman phenom LightsOut Logan Huff hammeredhome 11 points and turnedon the juice defensively,making four steals.
Coach Huff also noted thehigh-octane contributions ofTyler Tarbutton, Hunter
VanDeKerchove andBrandon Huff off the bench.
he Cardinals (5-9, 4-8 SkiValley), who host AtlantaMonday.
Boyne Falls 41Mackinaw City 39
MACKINAW CITY Thehost Comets battledNorthern Lakes Conferencefront-runner Boyne Falls tothe wire on Wednesday, Feb.6, but the Loggers were ableto leave town with a tight 41-39 decision in hand.
Boyne Falls improved to
12-1 overall and 8-0 in theconference while the Comets
slipped to 7-5 and 5-3.Noah Morse nailed 13
points to pace Mack City and
Matt Rivera rang up 12.Marcus Matelski made the
twine spin for 17 points with10 boards for a double-dou-
ble to lead the Loggers andBrendan Matelski brought 11through the iron.
Pellston 47Central Lake 44
CENTRAL LAKE ThePellston boys held off a latecharge by host Central Lake
to post a tense 47-44 victory.The hungry Hornets used a
stifling defensive effort tobuild a strong 39-25 lead over
the first three quarters onlyto have the Trojans comestorming back in the fourth
quarter to cut the lead to asingle point, 43-42, with 25
seconds left to play.Austin Hamlin and Will
Seldon made some critical
free throws down the stretch,however, to secure the hard-
fought Hornet win.Hardworking senior guard
Jake Friedenstab, a two-wayforce all season for theHornets, fired in 10 points to
lead another balanced scor-ing ledger f and he also gen-
erated four assists and foursteals.
Tall man Tanner Kellercontributed under the glassonce again, cracking the iron
for nine points with eightboards while Hamlin hit for
10 and Seldon slapped ninethrough the twine.
Will Brockman tallied 20
for Central Lake (2-10, 1-9)
Wolverine 46Alanson 32
WOLVERINE MikeyMcNeil was a machine for the
host Wildcats in theirNorthern Lakes Conference
clash with Alanson onWednesday, Feb. 6.
McNeil made the netdance to the tune of 22points and he was a powerful
force in the paint as well,securing 14 boards for a
strong double-double asWolverine earned a 46-32decision. He very nearly had
a triple-double as he coveredthe floor like snow on an
evergreen defensively,recording nine steals.
Kyle Frost was hot as ahearty bowl of piping chow-der, firing in 12 points for
Wolverine to go with fiveassists, and Taylor Shann was
in double figures as well,scoring 10 as the Wildcats
improved to 6-7 overall and5-4 in the league.
Kody Wicker connected for
22 points to lead the battlingVikings and Max Oom put
some oomph into theViking attack as well, taking
down 10 boards and makingfive steals.
Mancy earns league wins over Onaway, CL and Pellston;Hornets edge visiting St. Mary; Davedowskis trey lifts Bulldogs
Derrer says yes to
Siena HeightsBy Mike Dunn
MANCELONA
Mancelona senior running
back Wyatt Derrer is taking
his talents to the next level.
On Wednesday, Feb. 6, Wyatt
signed his letter of intent to
play football for Siena
Heights University, a blos-
soming NAIA gridiron pro-
gram entering its third year
of competition.
Wyatt capped a brillian t
two-year varsity career with
the Ironmen in the 2012 sea-
son, earning first-team All-
State honors after amassing
more than 1,500 yards rush-
ing with 22 touchdowns.
Wyatt, known for explosive
runs from scrimmage that
often resulted in long sprints
to the end zone, incredibly
averaged more than 10 yards
per carry for the second year
in a row.
In his two-year varsity
career, Wyatt rang up more
than 3,200 rushing yards for
the Ironmen, a school record,
and scored 45 touchdowns
while averaging a whopping
10.5 yards every time he
touched the ball.
Wyatt will likely play in the
backfield for Siena Heights
but Mancelona head coach
Dan Boo Derrer said the 6-
foot-1, 185-pound speed
burner with the great field
vision and excellent football
instincts may end up playing
in the secondary, as former
Mancelona star running back
Taylor Borst is doing at Taylor
University.
Hell do whatever they ask
him, whether its running
back or defensive back, said
Boo, who is also Wyatts
uncle. Wyatts going to work
hard and hes going to put inhis time in the weight room.
Hes got a lot to offer. Hes
very coachable and a great
athlete. I think this is a good
choice for him and I think
hell do well there.
Ironically, Siena Heights isin the same conference as
Taylor University so the for-
mer Mancelona gridiron
stars Derrer and Borst, who
both earned first-team All-
State recognition with the
Ironmen, will face each otherin college. Borst, who gradu-
ated in 2011, is entering his
third season with Taylor.
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Tense victory over Gaylord, three-goalwin over Saginaw Nouvel give Northmen
school-record 15 wins this season
Petoske" sets schoolrecord for !ins
By Mike Dunn
PETOSKEY The Petoskey
hockey team established aschool record with the 14th
and 15th wins of the season
last week. On Wednesday,
Feb. 6, the Northmen edged
Big North foe Gaylord 2-1 in
a physical, intense battle
that was also the annual
Pink-in-the-Rink fundraiser
for cancer research. On
Friday, the Northmen trav-
eled to Saginaw and loaded
up the heavy guns in a 5-2
decision over Nouvel.
Petoskey pushed its
record to 15-8. Its previous
record for wins came in
2003-04 when the Northmenposted a 13-12-1 record.
Senior Brandon
Pomranke helped put the
Pom-Pow into the offense
at Saginaw with a goal and
two assists for the
Northmen. Aaron Cook
added to the recipe for suc-
cess with his sweet deliver-
ies, notching three assists.
The Skye Pilot, Skye
Pieffer, powered home anunassisted goal and
Bryndon Worden, Cam
Ludlow and Kevin Hansen
each hammered home a
solo goal. Ludlow also
recorded an assist, as did
Nick Trombley.
Junior Michael Whittaker
earned the big W with his
solid play between the
pipes.
ON FEB. 6 in the thrilling
Pink-in-the-Rink game
against the battling Blue
Devils, it was senior Tanner
Davis putting the puck in
flight with a sizzling slam-mer in the third period to
give the Northmen the tense
2-1 triumph.
Gaylord goalie Peter
Lawton kept the game tight
throughout, standing on his
head at different times to
keep the Northmen out of
the nets. Lawton was virtual-
ly impenetrable for most the
game, turning away 34 of 36
shots directed at him.Tom Crampton put the
Northmen on top early with
a crackling cannon of a
blast, with help from the
D.S. Express, Derek Smith.\
The Blue Devils tied
things up in the second peri-
od when opportunistic
Anthony Tomaski torched
one with assists from Cam
Laug and Seth Muzyl.
The score remained knot-
ted at 1 until Davis delivered
his dynamite in the clutch.
Petoskeys Pink-in-the-
Rink game raised more than
$2,000 for the McLaren
Northern Michigan
Foundation and the
Kathleen Jontz Breast Health
Fund.
Petoskey (15-8) entertains
Big North foe Alpena on
Friday, Feb. 15.
Blue Devils get best of Ogemaw Heights, Petoskey in D-2 team district tourney
By Mike Dunn
PETOSKEY The Gaylord
wrestling team did it again
on Wednesday, Feb. 6.
The Blue Devil grapplers of
coach Jerry LaJoie won a Div.
2 team district title for the
fifth straight time with a
sweep at Petoskey. Gaylord
defeated Ogemaw Heights
59-19 in the opening roundand then decisioned host
Petoskey 50-25 in the title
match.
Gaylord had already beat-
en the Falcons and
Northmen during the regular
in Big North action.
The Blue Devils earned a
berth in the team regional
tournament that took place
on Wednesday, Feb. 13, atMount Pleasant.
Hard-nosed junior Seth
Lights Out Lashuay not
only helped Gaylord earn the
title with his sweep at 112
pounds but he also earned
the 100th win of his notable
prep career to join the presti-
gious Blue Devil Century
Club. Lashuays milestone
win came with a tech fall over
Cory Dubke of Ogemaw.
Lashuay also had a pin
against the Northmen.
Tough Tristan Gregory
(189) powered his way to two
points on the night forGaylord, as did Jeff Heinz
(135). Shane Foster (171),
Trent Hunt (152) and Matt
Kempfer (125) swept their
two matches along with
Lashuay.
Jonah Foote split his
matches at 103 pounds, win-
ning by void against Ogemaw
before losing a narrow deci-
sion to Petoskeys Trevor
Giallombardo in a spirited
battle. Hunter Worden split
his two bouts at 160 pounds.
Will Volmer (285), Brandon
Ervin (130), Matt Jenkins
(145), Roger Gordon (135)
and Jake Panosso (140) also
won a match for the beastly
Blue Devils.
James Gazarato, Jordan
Haggerty, Mike Kibbe and
Nick Strobel won matches for
Petoskey.
ON SATURDAY, Feb. 2, in
the individual Big North
Championships at Alpena,
Gaylord grapplers Lashuay,
Kempfer, Heinz, Hunt, Foster
and Gregory each won league
titles in their respective
weights.
Senior strong man Danny
Raw Meat Miller earned
runner-up in the league at
heavyweight, quite an
accomplishment considering
he was typically outweighed
by at least 20 pounds.
Warden and Panosso also
earned silver medals for the
Blue Devils in their weights
while the fearsome Foote and
hard-nosed Jenkins each
took third.
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KALKASKA Senior guard-
forward Scott Parkinson had
what his coach called maybe
his best game of his high
school career, as his team-high 26 points helped carry
the Grayling boys varsity bas-
ketball team to a critical 76-
56 win over the host Kalkaska
Blue Blazers in a Lake
Michigan Conference
matchup Friday, Feb. 8.
The road win has the
Vikings (11-3 overall) tied for
second in the LMC standings
with Charlevoix (10-2 overall,
as both teams sport 8-1 con-
ference records. Both trail
Traverse City St. Francis,
which remains undefeated at
15-0 overall and 10-0 in con-
ference play.We have a huge game on
Tuesday (Feb. 12) versus St.
Francis, said Grayling head
coach Rich Moffit.
But, to keep pace, the
Vikings needed to beat a
struggling Kalkaska (2-11
overall, 0-10 LMC) squad that
still plays tough, especially at
home.
And, on Friday, thats
exactly what the host Blazers
did for three quarters.
Grayling opened up a five-
point lead, 16-11, in the first
quarter, but Kalkaska worked
to keep the game close athalf, 35-29. The third quarter
proved again to be a see-saw
battle, with the Vikings
unable to pull away and
heading into the final stanza
with a 51-43 advantage.That all changed in the
fourth quarter, with Grayling
outgunning Kalkaska, 25-12,
to secure the victory.
"Give the Kalkaska players
and coaching staff credit.
Moffit said. They were miss-
ing their key player, but they
still came out and played
with a ton of energy and
enthusiasm.
Moffit was equally enthusi-
astic about his own teams
play.
I was very pleased with
the way that we shared the
ball in the game, he said. T-Mac (junior guard Tyler
McClanahan) did a great job
of distributing the ball. He
made it a point to get our
players involved and it made
a difference in the game.
Scott Parkinson had per-
haps his best game as a
Viking, Moffit added. He
played solid at both ends of
the court.
Besides his scoring,
Parkinson led the Vikings in
rebounding with 10 boards,
tallied 5 steals and handed
out 3 assists.
Two other Vikings alsomake their presence felt with
double-digit performances.
Junior forward-center Justice
Junttila chipped in 14 points,
4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1
steal, while McClanahanposted solid numbers in
nearly every facet of the
game with 11 points, 3
rebounds, team-best 8 assists
and 4 steals.
Other contributors for
Grayling included: Jake
Swander with 8 points, 3
boards, 6 steals and 1 assist;
Wes Dean with 8 points, 2
rebounds and 1 steal;
Michael Branch with 5
points, 2 boards and 4 steals;
Carson Burmeister with 2
points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals
and 1 assist; Tyler Summers
with 2 points and 1 board;Matt Burrell with 2 rebounds,
1 steal and 1 assist; and
Richie Sanford with 1
rebound.
Grayling 49
Elk Rapids 39It might have not been the
prettiest game, but in the end
it was another win for
Grayling, as the host Vikings
topped LMC foe Elk Rapids,
49-39, on Tuesday, Feb. 5.
In what was a defensive
battle, both teams combined
for only 13 points in the third
quarter."This was a very physical
and competitive game from
the start, Moffit said. Both
teams grinded out each pos-
session and were active
defensively.Grayling seemed in control
early, working its way to a 15-
8 lead after the opening stan-
za. But, the visiting Elks
looked to chip away at the
Viking advantage, outscoring
Grayling, 12-11, in the sec-
ond quarter and narrowing
the gap to 26-20 at intermis-
sion.
The Vikings gained some
more breathing room after
the half, more than doubling
the Elks offensive output, of
their way to building an 11-
point lead, 35-24. Though,
that wasnt saying much,with Grayling cagers manag-
ing just 9 points in the peri-
od.
We played very well
defensively in the third quar-
ter, holding Elk to just four
points, Moffit said.
Both teams got back to
scoring in double figures in
the final stanza, as Elk Rapids
outscoring the host Vikings,
15-14. That wasnt enough,
however, to change the out-
come.
Despite the game being a
defensive struggle, Swander
had a strong offensive out-ing, scoring nearly half of
Graylings points. The junior
swingman led the Vikings
with 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2
steals and 1 assist.
Other contributors for the
Vikings included: Parkinson
9 points, 2 boards, 3 steals
and 2 assists; McClanahan 7
points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists
and 1 steal; Branch with 6points, 7 rebounds and 1
steal; Peyton Zigila with 2
points, 3 rebounds, 3 steals
and 1 assist; Burrell with 2
points; Junttila with 1 point
and 7 rebounds; Dean with 3
rebounds and 2 steals; and
Tyler Powers with 3
rebounds, 2 steals and 2
assists.
Report by Buckland
Media.
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GRAYLING The host
Grayling girls varsity basket-ball team struggled to make
shots in its Lake MichiganConference matchup Friday,Feb. 8, against Kalkaska. And,
it showed on the scoreboard,with the visiting Blue Blazers
leaving Grayling with a 62-38win.
The loss dropped the Lady
Vikings to 7-8 overall and just3-7 in conference play. Onthe flip side, Kalkaska
improved to 11-3 on the sea-son and is 8-1 in the LMC,
just a game behind league-leading Traverse City St.
Francis.Kalkaska is a very good
team but we played them
tough throughout the game,Vikings head coach Joe
Powers said. However, westruggled to make shots.
Grayling scored just fivepoints in the first frame and
11 in the second quarter.That allowed the visiting
Blazers to open up a 26-16
lead at intermission.
And, Kalkaska started to
run away in the second halfby outscoring Grayling, 21-8,
in the third quarter.I was happy with our
effort as we played one of the
league leaders on their homecourt, Powers said. Being
within 10 in the first half gaveus a shot.
We really needed to con-
vert on some of our greatopportunities, as we weredown, 11-5, in the first quar-
ter. But, we outshot them, 23-10.
And, Grayling got shots,including good lucks at the
basket, according to Powers.We were able to have high
quality shots but did not
shoot for a good percentage,he added. We were happy
that we were able to outshootKalkaska with our 70 shots,
but we were only able toscore 38 points.
The Lady Vikes also wonthe battle on the glass, outre-
bounding the Blazers, 42-32.
Senior forward Maddie
Benardo led that fight, ripped
down a team-high 9rebounds, as well as tallying 7
points, 4 steals and 1 blockedshot in the loss.
Senior guard Alyssa Morley
had a team-best 8 points, 4boards, 2 assists and 1
blocked shot for the LadyVikes, while sophomore
Samantha Denno chipped in
6 points, 4 rebounds, 3blocked shots and 1 steal.
Other contributors for
Grayling in Fridays lossincluded: Caitlin Prosser
with 5 points, 5 rebounds, 2assists and 1 steal; Haley
Whittaker with 3 points, 4rebounds, 2 steals, 2 assistsand 1 blocked shot; Rachel
Money with 3 points and 3rebounds; Makayla Cragg
with 2 points and 6rebounds; Hannah Haven
with 2 points, 4 boards, 1steal and 1 assist; Erica
Umlor with 2 points, 3rebounds, 2 assists and 1
steal; and Hailey Petty with 1
steal
Elk Rapids 52Grayling 41
In the end, the Lady Vikes
just couldnt overcome the
size advantage of the visiting
Elk Rapids Elks in a LMC
clash on Monday, Feb. 4.
The taller Lady Elks wore
down Grayling for a 52-41
victory.
It was a close game
throughout, Powers said.
Elk Rapids huge size advan-
tage eventually won out as
their four six-foot or more
girls controlled the boards.
However, we did a decent
job on the boards even
though six of their players
were taller than our tallest
player.
The two conference rivals
were tied, 13-13, after the
first quarter and the Lady
Vikes trailed by just two
points, 23-21, going into the
locker rooms at halftime.
But, the Elks pulled away
ever so slightly in the second
half, outscoring Grayling, 29-
20, after intermission.
We had our opportunitiesbecause the girls worked
extremely hard and scrappedall the way, Powers said. Itsvery tough having to play
people that can just simplyreach over the top of you but
our girls had no quit in them.They fought and worked the
whole game.
Despite taking the loss, theGrayling hoopsters foughtthe good fight.
We ended the game evenwith rebounds, but part of
that was because we outre-bounded them on the offen-
sive end, 16-6, Powersadded. This led to us getting25 more shots than Elk
Rapids, outshooting them,64-39, for the game.
We were surprised that wewere not able to get to the
free-throw line more, sincewe shot only eight free
throws, while Elk was fortu-nate enough to go to the line
31 times, he said. We
played them evenly, but the
difference ended up being
the free-throw opportuni-
ties.
Whittake r and Caitlin
Prosser each scored 11 points
to help lead the Vikings.
Whittake r also had 4
rebounds, 3 steals, 1 assist
and 1 block against Elk
Rapids, while Prosser tallied
6 rebounds, 3 steals and 1
assist on the night.
Other contributors for
Grayling included: Morley
with 7 points, 4 rebounds
and 1 steal; Denno with 5
points, 5 boards and 2
blocked shots; Haven with 4
points, 1 board and 1 steal;
Umlor with 3 points, 1
rebound, 1 steal and 1 assist;
Cragg with 7 rebounds and 1
assist; Benardo with 2
rebounds and 2 steals; and
Petty with 1 steal.
Report by Buckland
Media.
Grayling falls below .500 with loss to Lady Blazers
By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD The MHSAAindividual district tourna-ments were held Saturday at
various locations throughoutthe state. The top four grap-
plers from each weight classkept their seasons alive by
advancing to the regionaltournament slated for thisSaturday, Feb. 15.
There were 26 wrestlersfrom the coverage area of the
Weekly Choice who made the
grade this year. Gaylord andGrayling each had seven
advance to the regionalround. Petoskey had two goand both are district champi-
ons. Cheboygan had oneadvance. Onaway had five
earn regional berths and Miohad four.
There were six districtchampions in all. ForPetoskey in Div. 2, Jordan
Haggerty won at heavy-weight and Scott Kibbe at 103pounds. For Grayling in Div.
3, Jon Martin (103) and
Brandon Handrich (152) are
champs at their respectiveweights. For Onaway in Div.
4, freshman Isaac Nave won
at 103 pounds and for Mio in
Div. 4, Zach Mack trucked
through the competition at125 pounds.
The champions go into the
regional tournament as No. 1seeds. Those who finished as
runner-up are No. 2 seeds
while the third-place finish-
ers are No. 3 seeds and thefourth-place finishers are No.
4 seeds.
Gaylord and Petoskey
competed Saturday in the
Div. 2 district at Escanaba.The nine wrestlers moving
on from there representing
the Blue Devils and
Northmen compete in the D-2 regional at Bay City
Western.
Grayling and Cheboygan
participated in the Div. 3 dis-trict at Negaunee. The eight
grapplers representing the
Vikings and Chiefs compete
this Saturday at Kingsley.Onaway competed at
Ishpeming Westwood on
Saturday and Mio competed
at Manton. The Cardinal and
Thunderbolt grapplers will
be battling it out thisSaturday in the D-4 regional
at Rogers City.
Here is the list of the
wrestlers who have earned a
berth in the regional tourna-ment:
DIVISION 2GAYLORD (7)
160 Shane Foster (43-8),
No. 4 seed
189 Tristan Gregory (43-8), No. 3 seed
103 Jonah Foote (35-17),
No. 2 seed
112 Seth Lashuay (44-6),
No. 2 seed130 Jeff Heinz (42-10),
No. 4 seed
140 Matt Jenkins (28-22),
No. 4 seed152 Trent Hunt (49-3),
No. 2 seed
PETOSKEY (2) 215 Jordan Haggerty (42-
4), No. 1 seed*
103 Scott Kibbe (32-15),
No. 1 seed*
DIVISION 3
GRAYLING (7)
189 Jeff Meyers (30-17),
No. 2 seed
103 Jon Martin (42-5), No.
1 seed*
125 Kyle Schmidt (25-10),
No. 3 seed
130 Zack Cheney (39-10),
No. 2 seed
135 Ghayge Toomey (28-
9), No. 4 seed
140 Michael Phipps (26-
19), No. 3 seed
152 Brandon Handrich(44-1), No. 1 seed*
CHEBOYGAN (1)
285 Josh McDill (25-10),
No. 3 seed
DIVISION 4
ONAWAY (5)
160 Justin Ahnert (24-19),No. 4 seed
189 Casey Watson (22-11), No. 2 seed
103 Isaac Nave (30-10),No. 1 seed*
112 Joe Traynham (30-4),No. 2 seed
140 Morgan Robins (23-9), No. 2 seed
MIO (4)
103 Patrick Stephens (33-13), No. 3 seed125 Zach Mack (38-1),
No. 1 seed*140 Harley Foust (34-12),
No. 3 seed152 Scott Blamer (26-22),
No. 4 seed* District Champ
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By Mike Dunn
CHELSEA The Gaylord
hockey team continued thestrong play it exhibited in the
previous outing at Petoskey a
few days before, taking down
St. Clair 5-3 in the opening
round of the Michigan Public
School Hockey Showcase in
Chelsea on Friday.
The scrappy, hustling,
hardworking Blue Devils,
who had come close different
times before with nothing
but a tie to show for it, f inally
got the first win of the tough
2012-13 season and it was
well-deserved.
The Blue Devils, who had
struggled to generate quality
scoring opportunities inrecent games, blew out of the
blocks in explosive fashion
on Friday, scoring four times
to take a commanding 4-1
advantage on the score-board. After a scoreless sec-
ond period, Harrison Quaal
hammered home Gaylords
fifth goal in the first 39 sec-
onds of the third period to
make it 5-1. St. Clair scored
twice after that but the Blue
Devils finished on top.
It was shifty sophomore
Mitchell Lawton putting
Gaylord ahead very early in
the contest. Missile Mitch
launched a laser just 1:04
into the game, with help
from opportunistic sopho-
more Garrett Richardson and
fellow sophomore Josh
Delaney. Then it wasRichardson ringing up his
first goal of the season three
minutes later to make it 2-0
with help from hustlin g
sophomore Jackson Deans.After St. Clair scored to
trim the lead to 2-1, senior
Seth Muzyl slammed one
home to make it 3-1 and then
Anthony Tomaski tagged one
to make it 4-1. Trevor Adams
and Cam Laug earned assists
on Muzyls power-play pop
and Tom Lindbert and Muzyl
helped set up Tomaskis
power play poison.
Sturdy defenseman Robb
Hansen helped Harrison
Quaal with a perfect feed to
earn an assist when Quaal lit
the scoring lamp.
Peter Lawtons peerless
play between the pipes wasalso a huge factor in
Gaylords first win.
ON SATURDAY, Gaylord
took on powerful Utica in the
title game of the ChelseaShowcase and dropped a 7-1
decision. This time it was
Utica gaining a big early lead
and turning the tables on the
Blue Devils.
Alec George had three
goals and two assists for
Utica, including a short-
handed goal in the first peri-
od, and Trevor George had
two assists.
Mitchell Lawton launched
a missile to account for
Gaylords lone goal in the
game, with help from reliable
Garrett Richardson.
Gaylord was just 3-for-6 in
penalty killing in the contestand Utica was 6-for-6.
ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6,
in the tough 2-1 loss at
Petoskey in what was the
annual Pink-in-the-Rinkfundraiser for cancer
research, Anthony Tomaski
torched one with assists from
Cam Laug and the ubiqui-
tous Seth Muzyl for Gaylords
lone goal.
Gaylord goalie Peter
Lawton kept the game tight
throughout, standing on his
head at different times to
keep the Northmen out of
the nets. Lawton was virtual-
ly impenetrable for most the
game, turning away 34 of 36
shots directed at him.
Tanner Davis drilled the
eventual game-winner for
the Northmen in the thirdperiod.
Petoskeys Pink-in-the-
Rink game raised more than
$2,000 for the McLaren
Northern MichiganFoundation and the Kathleen
Jontz Breast Health Fund.
Gaylord (1-16-1) plays host
to the Mid-Michigan Storm
of Gladwin this Friday, Feb.
15, and to the Traverse Bay
Reps on Saturday, Feb. 16.
Both games start at 7 p.m.
The Blue Devils close out
the regular season with a
weekend home-and -home
series against Big North foe
Alpena. On Friday, Feb. 21,
Gaylord plays at Alpena and
on Saturday, Feb. 22, the
Wildcats come to theSportsplex.
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Blue Devils get best of St. Clair!
Overpowering first period helps propel Gaylord to first win of year; Devils bounce back from
narrow loss at Petoskey
DNR is conducting survey inLower Peninsula from Feb. 11
through March 8 to detectpresence of gray wolves
DNR seeks help with wolf surve
GAYLORD The
Department of NaturalResources will conduct a
wolf track survey Feb. 11through March 8 to detectthe presence of gray wolves
in the northern Lower
Peninsula.
Given the low probabilityof observing an actual wolf
or its tracks in the Lower
Peninsula, said DNRwildlif e biologis t Jennifer
Kleitch, its helpful to have
as many eyes looking as pos-
sible and thats why publicreports are so important.
Wolves began natural ly
returning to MichigansUpper Peninsula via Canada
and Wisconsin in the early
1990s. Since that time popu-
lations have increased andcontinue to expand their
range. Evidence of range
expansion into the LowerPeninsula came when a gray
wolf was accidentally killed
in Presque Isle County in
2004.
Wolf sighti ngs or tracks
believed to have been from awolf, between Feb. 11 and
March 8 can be reported tothe Gaylord OperationsService Center at 989-732-
3541, ext. 5901. Reports of
observations can also be
submitted online atwww.dnr.state.mi.us/wildlif
e/pubs/wolf_obsreport.asp.
Survey teams will respondto areas where there have
been one or more observa-
tions. Priority will be placed
on recent reports and thosesubmitted during the survey
period.
Its important that obser-vations are reported
promptly so we can work
with fresh evidence. If the
public finds what theybelieve are wolf tracks, they
should preserve the track,
disturbing it as little as pos-sible, or take a photo of the
tracks with a ruler, said
Kleitch. If someone has a
photo of a wolf in the Lower
Peninsula, wed certainly beinterested in that as well.
The DNR is partnering in
this survey effort with USDA
Wildlife Servic es, Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Little
River Band of Ottawa
Indians and Little TraverseBay Bands of OdawaIndians.
Information on wolves inMichigan and links to other
wolf-related Web pages canbe found at www.michi-gan.gov/wolves.
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FRIDAY: Psalm 2:11 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 11 Worship the Lord with rever-
ence And rejoice with trembling.
SATURDAY: Psalm 95:6-11 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 6 Come, let us worship and
bow down, Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. 7 For He is our God, And we are
the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you would hear His
voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the
wilderness, 9 When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, though they had seen My
work. 10 For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who
err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. 11 Therefore I swore in My anger,
Truly they shall not enter into My rest.
SUNDAY: Luke 24:48-53 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 48 You are witnesses of these
things. 49 And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but
you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.50 And He
led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. 51 While
He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. 52 And
they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, 53 and were contin-
ually in the temple praising God.
MONDAY: John 4:22-24 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 22 You worship what you do not
know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. 23 But an hour is
coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and
truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. 24 God is spirit, and
those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
TUESDAY: Hebrews 13:7-9 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 7 Remember those who led
you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct,
imitate their faith. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9 Do
not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be
strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those
who were so occupied were not benefited.
WEDNESDAY: Psalm 84:9-12 New American Standard Bible
(NASB) 9 Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the
face of Your anointed. 10 For a day in Your courts is bet-
ter than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the
threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents
of wickedness. 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord gives grace and glory; No good thing does He
withhold from those who walk uprightly. 12 O Lord of
hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You!
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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is celebrating their 25th anniversary all year long.
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PERSPECTIVEWilliamHughes
As a child I was brought up in a traditional Catholic family, attending church every Sunday. I
did not attend church because I wanted to, but because it was a requirement of my faith. Once
the church service started the clock watching countdown started. Many thoughts ran through my
mind as the priest delivered the message, none of which were focused on what he was trying to
get across to the congregation. My thoughts were more along the line of; will he use the short ver-
sion of the readings? Who is that cute girl sitting on the other side of the church? Where will we go
for breakfast when the service is finally over? I wonder if I can get my brother in trouble if I poke
him in the ribs and get him to make a fuss? All the while wondering how one hour can drag on so
long.
When I turned eighteen my parents still insisted that I attend church even though attendancewas just a formality I went through to please my mom and dad. It was just a routine that was pret-
ty much the same week after week. One way I had to prove to my parents that I did attend church
was to bring home a current church bulletin each Sunday. I even went so far as to sneak into the
back of the church and take a bulletin without staying for the service. I just did not understand
the importance of what attending church really meant.
Now with the passage of time and a change of location I attend an Evangelical church. I now
attend church every Sunday not because I have to but because I want to. The service is never
repetitive and always exciting. I found that I have an overwhelming desire to become a member
and do all I can do to participate to the greatest extent possible. I love using my Bible to follow
along with the pastors message. At times it seems as though the service has just gotten started
only to find out that an hour and a half has gone by, and yet I find that I want it to last longer. To
be fair I need to explain that the real difference between then and now was accepting Jesus Christ
as my Lord and Savior. The old ways are past and I now live to serve the Lord in all ways available
to me. If you have not yet taken the step to accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior I would encour-
age you to do so now. The peace of knowing that you will spend eternity in heaven will allow you
to get the most out of the fellowship waiting for you at a full Gospel, Bible believing church. See
you Sunday...
Yours in Christ,
Pastor Bill.
Thoughts on...Describe the worship experience in the churchwhere you grew up. Is it different or the same in the
church you attend now? How?
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