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SBy Mike Dunn

GAYLORD – It was a split-decision week for theGaylord girls against Big North foes Ogemaw Heightsand Traverse City Central.The battling Blue Devils of

coach Frank Hamillaoutscored visiting Ogemaw 58-31 on Tuesday, Jan. 31,and fell at the court of Central 52-33 on Thursday,Feb. 2.

At the end of the week,Gaylord’s record stood at 8-8and 4-5 in the league.

The impressive win againstOgemaw snapped a four-game losing streak and “wasa nice confidence builder,”Hamilla reported.

“We trusted ourselvesoffensively and it made a dif-ference,” Hamilla added. “Wemoved the ball and createdsome great shots.”

With point producer

Mackenzie Edwards side-lined by early foul trouble,Gaylord struggled offensively in the early going but ralliedfrom the slow start to gradu-ally overtake the visitors from

West Branch.Gaylord outscored the

Falcons 23-10 in the secondquarter to assume a 29-20lead on the scoreboard atintermission. Junior forward

Alex Simmons drained a trey to help ignite the offense andMackenzie came off thebench to make the twinedance. The lethal lefty hit for11 of her game-high 20points in the quarter.

The Blue Devils continuedtheir assault on the iron inthe third quarter as long-range connections frompoint guard Sarah Polenaand sophomore backcourtmate Maddie Hamilla com-bined with a suffocating defensive effort helped topush Gaylord’s lead to 41-22.

The Gaylord reserves keptthe intensity meter ratchetedup in the fourth quarter andquality contributions camefrom hardworking forwards

Allie Gooding, Jada Johnsonand Terri Cavender, among others. It was a milestone

night for Cavender, a reserveforward who doesn’t alwaysget a lot of floor time but whois one of those players coach-es love to have because shealways battles hard in prac-tice and makes the team bet-ter with her unselfish invest-ment of labor behind thescenes and her positive atti-tude.

Everyone on the Blue Devilbench as well as everyone onthe Gaylord side of thebleachers was excited whenthe hardworking Cavenderbattled inside and kissed oneoff the glass for two points

just before the final buzzersounded.

Mackenzie grabbed six rebounds to go with her 20points. Polena put some pol-ish on the finished productas well with her usual two-

way production, recording nine points with four stealsand four assists. LaurenMead muscled her way toseven points and Chelsea Fox fought her way to possessionof five rebounds.

Ashley Bartow andStephanie Buttrick alsohelped the cause before both

were sidelined by anklesprains in the game.

Hamilla commended thereserves for their hard work

and also commended thegirls on the bench for contin-ually supporting whoever

was on the floor.“That’s what teamwork is

all about,” he said.Gaylord won the JV game

41-20 behind the lights-outshooting of Lindsey Zaremba, who zeroed in for

16 points. Aubrey Curtis andJoslyn Rider also providedsome of the offensive punchfor the Blue Devils, hitting forsix and five points, respec-tively, and coach Shelly Curtis credited Shelby Coonand Sydney Gooding with

solid minutes as well.“The girls are really playing well together as a team andplaying with more intensity,”Shelly reported.

The Gaylord freshmen fellto Ogemaw 31-29 in a tensebattle. Tenacious Tanner

Arkfeld turned up the heatdefensively for the BlueDevils, recording four stealsto go with her eight points.

Abigail Haskill, Cierra Woodsand Julia “Swat ’Em”Chwatun all cast a long shad-ow under the boards. Abigailhad seven rebounds to go

with seven points and Cierrahad 11 boards with six pointsand four assists while Julia

hauled in 10 boards.ON THURSDAY in the 52-

33 loss at Central, the BlueDevils fell behind by 20points in the third quarterand a spirited fourth-quarterrally was not enough to offsetthe deficit.

Gaylord went on a 14-0 runto start the quarter and trimthe Trojan lead to just six points but that was as closeas the Blue Devils would get.

“One thing I am proud of,these girls have no quit inthem,” Hamilla said. “We lettheir press bother us morethen it should have in thegame. We weren’t attacking it

and we weren’t going to theball. We will correct our mis-takes and prepare for

Alpena.”Mac continued to lead

Gaylord offensively, making the twine twitch to the tuneof 17 points. She was the only Blue Devil in double figures.Sophomore Maddie Hamillaput six on the board andPolena hit for four.

Mac also pulled down ateam-high six rebounds andMead muscled down five.Mac also had three steals and

three assists and Polenapicked up three assists.Katie Knudsen, the

Trojans’ 1,000-point scorer,connected for 18 points

while Ali Walker wound up with 16 and Madi Bankey made 12.

The Gaylord JV girls of coach Curtis lost a real heart-breaker, 33-32.

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Gaylord junior forward Lauren Mead (23) maneuvers to receive a pass during

the win over Ogemaw Heights.

Gaylord junior forward Jada Johnson (34) vigor-

ously battles for position against Ogemaw Heights.

Gaylord’s lethal lefty Mackenzie Edwards knifes

her way toward the bucket to score a deuce

against the Falcons.

Left: Gaylord

junior Terri

Cavender (55)

brought every-one to their feet

with her buzzer-

beating basket.

(photo by Tom

Buttrick)

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Surround Sound’

defense for

Gaylord are

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and SydneyKassuba.

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by Mike Dunn

GAYLORD -- The Gaylord

freshmen boys of coach Iron

Mike Neff won their 13th

game of the season on Friday

and it may have been their

sweetest.

The 47-34 victory over vis-

iting Big North foe Traverse

City not only pushed the

booming Blue Devils' record

to 13-1 overall and 7-1 in the

league, but it also reversed

their only loss.The win didn't come easily

as Neff's troops had to rally from a 25-22 halftime deficit.

"I told the team at halftimethat if their players coming off the bench are going tocontinue to out-hustle usthat we have no chance of

winning," Neff reported.The Blue Devil boys got

their coach's message. Big time. In the second half, they

employed the stifling "IronCurtain" defense of coachNeff to outscore the frustrat-ed Trojans 28-9.

"We finally started to exe-cute our offense and play solid defense," Neff said.

Marcus O'Rourke madethe nets spin for 13 pointsand played defense with thedisposition of an agitated pit

bull. "Bazooka" BlayneBlaker busted the nets for

nine points and Collin Watters sprayed the glassclean under the boads, wherehe had a huge game, and healso played smart defense,absorbing two charges.

ON TUESDAY, Jan. 31, inthe 61-22 victory at Ogemaw Heights, it was Steven Fitzek firing up the offense, torch-ing the nets for a game-high

17 points while "Bazooka"Blayne launched 11 and Sam

Rinke rocked the iron for

eight.

Mercury-quick DeMarco

McColvery covered the floor

like snow on an evergreen,

recording a whopping nine

steals!

On Friday, Feb. 10, the Blue

Devils play at Alpena and on

Friday, Feb. 17, they arehome against T.C. West.

Neff's Blue Devils reverse only loss of season Friday with big win over T.C. Central

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Basketball

Snowbirds post wins over SVC rivals Joburg and Onaway;Spyhalski spanks nets as chief scorer in each game

St. Mary boys win

league games

Six straight for Petoskey girls

by Mike Dunn

GAYLORD -- The St. Mary

boys of coach Ken Blust

pushed their record above

the .500 mark with an

impressive pair of Ski Valley

League road victories last

week, outscoring cross-

county rival Johannesburg-

Lewiston 47-29 on

Wednesday, Feb. 1, andOnaway 54-49 on Friday.

With the two wins, St. Mary

jumped to 6-5 overall and 5-3

in the league. On Monday,

the Snowbirds traveled

across the bridge and suf-

fered a 63-57 loss to Pickford,

dropping their record to 6-6

overall.

In the game at

Johannesburg, St. Mary led

14-4, 20-10 and 32-15 at the

quarter breaks.

Junior guard Matt

Spyhalski made the nets spin

from the perimeter and from

his penetrating drives to the

bucket, accumulating a

game-high 16 points along

the way. Senior forward Luke

Wisniewski landed 12 points

through the iron to go with

five boards and he was aforce defensively as well,

recording four steals.

Sophomore Charles Strehl

was a strong-arm presence in

the paint, pulling down nine

rebounds.

Junior Jake Newell jammed

the nets for eight points, all

in the first half, to lead J-L,

which slipped to 3-7 overall

and 2-6 in the league. Senior

Gunnar Owens fueled a late

Cardinal charge, scoring all

seven of his points in the

final quarter.

J-L coach Charlie Lovelace

also noted the spark provid-

ed off the bench by hard-

nosed senior Seth Koronka.

J-L played Wednesday, Feb.

8, at Bellaire.

ON FRIDAY, the Snowbirds

traveled to Onaway andcame away with a hard-

earned 54-49 decision.

Once again, it was the

slashing Spyhalski leading

the way offensively, putting

13 on the boards. Smooth-

striding senior Pat Switalski

struck for 11 to join Spyhalski

in double figures and

Wisniewski was a freight

train inside, connecting for

eight points and pulling

down 13 boards.

Strehl was a Snowbird

steamroller under the boards

again, scoring eight and

hauling in seven rebounds.

Senior Gabe Nowicki

grabbed six boards and

served up fine fare to open

teammates, recording five

assists.

Joe O’Bradovich tallied 10

to lead Onaway, which

slipped to 1-10 overall and 0-

9 in the Ski Valley.

St. Mary (6-6, 5-3), which

moved into third place in the

SVC standings behind No. 2

ranked Bellaire and eighth-

ranked Pell

By Mike Dunn

PETOSKEY – Make it six in

a row for the Petoskey girls of

coach Adam Dobrowolski.

The surging Northmen post-

ed impressive back-to-back

victories over Traverse City

Central and Charlevoix last

week to push their record to

7-8 overall and 5-4 in the Big North. The Trojans fell to 7-7

and 5-3.

Petoskey is 6-0 since start-

ing the season with just one

win in nine games. Defensive

intensity was the catalyst

once again as the battling

Northmen out-dueled

Central 39-35 in a very physi-

cal, hard-fought 32-minute

war on Tuesday, Jan. 31, and

outscored non-league foe

Charlevoix 45-27 the very

next night.

In the win over stubborn

Central, the host Northmen

took a 28-24 lead into the

fourth quarter and hit a

number of timely shots to

maintain a slim lead over the

final eight minutes. Different

players stepped up at key

junctures, especially in the

final two minutes.

Junior center Megan

Tompkins banked one homefollowing an offensive

rebound, gritty junior for-

ward Kelsey Ance drained a

pair of free throws and scrap-

py sophomore Kati Lewis

landed one out of a scrum in

the lane in the final two min-

utes to help the Northmen

stay on top and Liz Fraser

found the bottom of the net

with a free throw to give the

home team a critical four-

point lead, 39-35, with less

than 30 seconds to go.

Dobrowolski also noted

the outstanding defensive

effort of super hustlers Alyssa

VanWerden and Katelyn

Crittenden, who surrounded

Central’s ever-dangerous

1,000-point scorer Katie

Knudsen like a shadow

throughout the game.

Ance, who was a beast

under the boards, generated

a double-double to pacePetoskey, accumulating 14

points and 11 boards.

Crittenden not only turned

in a superlative defensive

effort but also tallied 11 to

join Ance in double digits.

The long-armed Tompkins

tallied six and was big into

Windex, cleaning the glass

for a team-high 12 rebounds.

The victory over Central

reversed an earlier 52-35 loss

in Traverse City.

Knudsen finished the night

with 15 points to lead Central

and she surpassed the 1,000-point plateau in her notableprep career during the con-test. Ali Walker scored sevenfor the visitors.

Petoskey won the thrilling JV game in overtime, 42-41.Natalie Weaver spun 17points through the iron tolead the way while AmandaStinger struck for seven

points and Abby Blanchardbrought down six rebounds.

ON WEDNESDAY in the win over Charlevoix, theangular Tompkins cast a long shadow. The junior centertopped the Petoskey scoring ledger with 14 points and wasbig into rejection as well,blocking four Rayder shots togo with four rebounds.

VanWerden and Ance eachcollected 10 points to helpkeep Petoskey pull away aftera tight first quarter and keepthe win streak going.

Dobrowolski creditedJenna Proctor and Fraser

with providing a surge of energy off the bench.

Megan Peters paced theRayders with seven points.

St. Mary junior Matt Spyhalski topped the scoring

ledger in wins over Joburg and Onaway.


Ance, Tompkins take control of paint asNorthmen edge Central, outscoreCharlevoix on home floor

Photo by tom buttrick

The smiling Petoskey girls of coach Adam Dobrowolski, shown here prior to

their win at Gaylord last week, are on a roll.

Number 1On Tuesday, Gaylord St Mary CathedralGirls Basketball team was named Numberone in Class D by the Associated Press.

After beating Mancelona’s Lady IronmenTuesday night, the Lady Snowbirds boast16 wins and no losses on the season. With

just 4 games remaining in the regular sea-son the Snowbirds are hoping to head into

tournament play with a perfect season. Intheir final four games they face Bellaire,Forest Area, Inland Lakes and face MountPleasant Sacred Heart in the final game of the regular season on February 23 athome. Sacred Heart is ranked Numberthree in the AP poll in Class D. St. Mary Senior sharp shooter, Karli Jacob hits a 3-

pointer in Tuesday night’s win against Mancelona.



By Mike Dunn

PETOSKEY – The annual

“Throwback Night” on the

Petoskey floor between the

host Northmen and perenni-al hardwood rival Cheboygan

proved to be a spirited battle.

Petoskey, sixth-ranked in

Class A by the Associated

Press, prevailed 68-51 to

remain unbeaten, but the

scrappy Chiefs came from

the neighboring county to

play and made a game of it.

Petoskey improved to 15-0

with the triumph while the

gritty Chiefs slipped to 5-8.

Senior forwards Joe

Robbins and Zak Lewis lit it

up for the victors, combining

for 36 points on a night when

the Throwback attire and

atmosphere contributed to

the fun but there was defi-

nitely some hard-nosed play

on the court.

Robbins – wearing vintage

black-rimmed goggles that

lent him a rugged Kurt

Rambis type persona -- fin-

ished another productive

night with 20 points and the

hardworking Lewis landed 16

on the board as Petoskey

won its 38th straight home

game. “Rambis” Robbins also

pulled down eight rebounds.

Sam Baumgartner struck

for 11 from the backcourt to

help the Northmen cause

and he also grabbed six

rebounds.Sophomore Ben Pearson

propelled 15 through the rim

top pace the Chiefs, who

scrapped and clawed for 32

minutes. Brady Litzner

brought it hard, too, scoring

14 for the visitors.

Petoskey, which is 9-0 in

the Big North, can clinch the

title outright on Friday a win

at Traverse City West. The

Northmen, who have

clinched at least a share of

their third straight BNCcrown, have won 29 straight

league contests.

Inland Lakes 51Johannesburg-Lewiston43

JOHANNESBURG – Josh

O’Connor rang up 21 points

to lead visiting Inland Lakes

to a hard-fought 51-43 victo-

ry over game Ski Valley foe

Johannesburg-Lewiston on

Monday.

The Bulldogs played host

to Forest Area on Wednesday,

Feb. 8, and travel to Onaway on Friday, Feb. 10.

The Cardinals (3-9, 2-7)

played at Bellaire on

Wednesday, Feb. 8, and are

on the road again

Wednesday, Feb. 15, in a

rematch with I-Lakes.

Alba 51Mackinaw City 48

ALBA – Alba earned a hard-

fought 61-58 victory over

Mackinaw City on Monday in

a Northern Lakes Conference

battle. Gary Pawson helped

propel the Wildcats to victo-

ry, taming the twine for atotal of 21 points in the win.

The Wildcats improved to

4-7 overall and 3-4 in the

league.

ON WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1,

Alba traveled to the court of

state-ranked Boyne Falls and

dropped a 75-37 decision to

the powerful Loggers. The

Loggers improved to 11-1

overall and 7-0 in the league

with their 10th straight win.

Josh Puroll put 23 on the

board to lead Boyne Falls while Brendon Matelski

struck for 17 and Marcus

Matelski for 16 and point

guard Logan Jenkins scored

nine and dished off 14

assists.

Pawson, who is quietly

have a whale of a seaon for

Alba, scored 25.

Mio 47, Hillman 39

MIO -- Micah Thomey

tamed the twine for a game-

high 24 points to help lead

host Mio past stubborn

Hillman 47-39 on Friday in a

North Star League clash.Tyler Banks cashed in for

18 points to pace the Tigers

and Ed Tucker tallied 10 and

pulled down 12 boards.

Mancelona 43Ellsworth 37

MANCELONA – Freshman

Brandon Dingman,

Mancelona’s free-flowing fire

igniter from the backcourt,

torched the nets for a game-

high 17 points Friday and hit

some clutch free throws

down the stretch as the

Ironmen held on for a hard-

fought 43-37 victory over vis-iting Ellsworth in non-league

play.

Dingman delivered four

consecutive free throws in

the final seconds of the

fourth quarter after Ellsworth

pulled within two points, and

he also pulled down a team-

high nine boards to help the

Ironmen push their record to

5-7. Ellsworth fell to 4-8.

Dependable junior guard

Kyle Schepperley also helped

the cause, connecting foreight points and grabbing

eight rebounds.

Matt Barraw scored 16 to

lead Ellsworth and versatile

Jake Seaney also had a good

showing, recording 11 points,

11 rebounds and six assists.

Harbor Light 46Mackinaw City 34

HARBOR SPRINGS —

Visiting Mackinaw City led by

a point, 18-17, at the half but

Harbor Light Christian

claimed the lead early in the

third quarter and then pulled

away to post a 46-34 victory Friday in Northern Lakes

Conference play.

Noah Morse made 11 to

pace the Comets, who

slipped to 5-7 overall and 3-4

in the league.

Daniel Klevorn and Jake

Ellis each hit for 10 to lead

the Swordsmen (3-11, 3-5),

who won their second

straight. Ellis grabbed 14

boards and Klevorn 10 as

both had a double-double.

Wolverine 57Alanson 29

ALANSON — Winless Alanson battled hard but

could not match the firepow-

er of visiting Wolverine on

Wednesday, Feb. 1, in

Northern Lakes Conference

action.

Tristan Long tallied 11 and

Kyle Frost found the bottom

of the net for eight as the

Wildcats pushed their record

to 6-6 overall and 6-3 in the

league.

Brandon Kuchnicki nailed

a double-double for the

Vikings, scoring 10 with 10

boards, and Bobby Sproule

showed up big in the paint as

well, grabbing 11 rebounds.

Daniel Sierra struck for six

points.

Wolverine played host to

Boyne Falls on Wednesday,

Feb. 8.

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Basketball

Grayling gals lose heartbreaker

By Mike Dunn

GRAYLING – The Grayling

girls lost a real heartbreaker

on the home floor Friday to

hardworking Lake Michigan

Conference rival Harbor

Springs. The Vikings had the

chance to tie the score and

force overtime at the end but

their final shot just rimmed

out at the buzzer and

Grayling lost the hotly con-tested contest by a 53-50

margin.

Grayling fell to 6-8 overall

and 2-6 in the league after

the tight loss while the Rams

improved to 8-6 and 3-5.

“The game was very close

and was filled with spurts,”

reported Grayling coach Joe

Powers. “It was an extremely

entertaining game as both

squads fought tough and

fought to the end.”

Grayling shot the lights out

in the first half and carried a

30-23 lead into the locker

room at intermission. In the

third quarter, though, the

Vikings went colder than an

ocean flounder from the

floor, scoring just two points

as the Rams regained the

lead.

The fourth quarter was

tense all the way. The visiting

Rams ultimately prevailed

because of their free-throw

shooting as they hit 8-of-11

attempts in the final stanza.

For the game, they were 19-

of-29 from the stripe.

“Harbor Springs got to the

line a lot more than we did in

the fourth and outscored us

from the line by eight,”

Powers said. “They were up

by three with 20 seconds to

go. We came down and had a

excellent shot but it didn't

fall.”

There was a scramble for

the loose ball after the miss

and with 3.1 seconds left the

ball went off Harbor Springs.

Grayling would get one more

opportunity to tie the score

and force overtime.

“After a timeout by both

teams, we ran a special play,

got a great look at the basket,

had a great shot that rimmed

off,” Powers said.

A healthy chug of Jo-Go

Juice fueled the Grayling

offense as junior sharpshoot-

er Jo Hamlin, who is averag-

ing 19 points per game this

season, paced the Vikings

with 15 in this one. She also

recorded four rebounds,

three assists and two steals.

Caitlin Prosser pushed and

powered her way to 11 points

to join Hamlin in double dig-

its and she also grabbed five

rebounds and dished off five

assists. Cierra Prosser put six

on the board and Hannah

Haven and Alyssa Morley

each scored four. Scrappy

senior forward Josie Swander

swung her weight aroundinside, securing a team-high

six rebounds and feisty fresh-

man Hailey Whitaker had five

boards.

Elena Ongaro garnered a

game-high 20 points for the

Rams to go with six

rebounds, six assists and six

steals and Maggie Walker had

a double-double with 14

points and 12 rebounds.

Grayling faced league foe

Elk Rapids on Tuesday, Feb.

7, after this issue went to

press and faces another LMC

rival, Kalkaska, this Friday.

Harbor Springs rallies in final minutesto edge Vikings 53-50 in LMC clash

Caitlin Prosser (22) of Grayling goes high to defend a Harbor Springs’ shot

from the lane on Friday.

Grayling senior Josie Swander (4) and junior Jo Hamlin

(23) vie for a rebound against Harbor Springs.

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Jordan Fontaine of Cheboygan (23) is guarded closely

as he attempts to find an open teammate Monday at

Petoskey.

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Basketball

Grayling boys take

down Ramsby Mike Dunn

GRAYLING – The host Vikings pushed their recordto 10-3 overall and 6-2 in theLake Michigan Conference

with a workmanlike 57-45victory over game-but-out-manned Harbor Springs on

Friday, Feb. 3.Earlier in the week, the

Vikings rolled past non-league foe Roscommon by a66-24 margin.

Senior forward Tom “TheBeast” Burrell played like abeast under the boards in the

win over Harbor Springs, sav-aging the nets for a double-

double. Burrell busted thenets 16 points and bulled his

way to 12 rebounds to helpfuel the Vikings’ successfuleffort.

Grayling trailed 17-16 afterthe first quarter butoutscored the visitors 36-20in the second and third quar-ters to take control of things.

“This game was a grinddefensively,” reportedGrayling coach Rich Moffit. “Ithought we did a nice job of defending in the middlequarters of the game. TomBurrell was outstanding inthe game. I was also pleased

with the balanced scoring

that we had in this contest.”Senior lefty Zane Tobin

also put some serious zip inthe Viking offense, scoring 13, and fellow seniors StevenEnos and Riley Zigila rockedthe rim for 12 and 11 points,

respectively.The 6-foot-4

Enos, as usual,filled the statline with excel-lent figuresacross theboard. Hehauled in 12rebounds for a

double-double,dished off ateam-high fourassists and healso generatedfour steals.

Senior centerGriffin Dean, the

Vikings’ deter-mined Dean of Down Under,delivered eightrebounds to go

with his threepoints. Tobintook down six boards andZigila was in“zap mode”d e f e n s i v e l y ,recording fivesteals to go with three assists.Sophomore guard TylerMcClanahan also dished off three assists.

Spencer Kloss connected

for 15 to pace the Rams (4-9,2-6) and Scott Morse added13.

IN THE decisive victory over Roscommon, it was the

cool hand of Tobin leading the way o with 13 points andbeing joined in double digitsby Enos and junior net-tamerScott Parkinson, each with 11points. Sophomore guardJake Swander and Burrelleach scored six and Zigila hit

for five.Enos pulled down 11

boards and Burrell broughtdown 10. Enos and Swandereach had four assists andMcClanahan issued three.Zigila and Enos spearheaded

the suffocating Viking defense, recording four stealseach and Devon Dawson andTobin each had three on anight when Grayling amassed 25 steals.

“I was very pleased withour defensive play through-

out the game,” Moffit said.“We did a nice job of defend-ing in the half court set andrunning our transition break.

We did an outstanding job of sharing the basketball.”

‘Beast’ Burrell is simply a savage inside as hesecures team-high 16 points and 11 boards




By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD – Gaylordtrailed by 10 points, 38-28, atthe half Friday but camestorming back to post a stun-ning 63-60 victory over Big North foe Traverse City Central before a large, loudhome crowd.

The Blue Devils, whorebounded from a tough losson the road to Ogemaw Heights earlier in the week,pushed to 5-8 overall and 3-6in league play.

Once again, senior forwardTroy Gahm was the catalyst

of the Blue Devil charge tovictory. Gahm was in his typ-

ical undertaker mode, bury-ing just about everything heput to the basket. He finished

with a game-high 28 points.Junior guard Tyler Frisch

helped the cause as well,connecting for 10 points.Tyler Cherry picked the netsfor nine points and strong man Zach Lundell packedthe nets for nine and provid-ed some punch inside.

The Blue Devils won thegame at the free throw line.They hit on 15-of-18 for thegame and 10-of-12 in the

fourth quarter. The visiting Trojans made just 10-of-25

from the stripe.Ryan Verschuren topped

the Trojan scoring charts with 25 points and EthanPilarski scored 10.

Central won the JV contest64-51. Zach Pasternak pumped 20 points throughthe iron for the Blue Devilsand Felix Iseler fired in 10.

Adam Stepan scored 14 tolead the Trojans.

ON TUESDAY, Jan. 31, theBlue Devils stumbled on theroad, losing 49-39 to hostOgemaw.

Gaylord coach TimO’Rourke said it “was a real

lean night” for his team andhe was accurate. Gahm didgarner 21 points to pace theBlue Devils but on the wholeit was a game marked by foultrouble and poor execution.

O’Rourke commended theaggressive defense employedby Frisch in the contest.

Jordan Moore nailed 11 tolead the Falcons, whoimproved to 3-9 overall and2-6 in the Big North, andCameron Zettel connectedfor 10.

Ogemaw also won the JV

contest, edging Gaylord 52-

50 on a shot at the final

buzzer. Pasternak put the

powder in the pistol once

again for the offense, pulling

the trigger on a team-high 16

points. Leland Huey (11) and

Felix Iseler (10) were also in

double figures.

Gaylord plays at Alpena

this Friday, Feb. 10, in a Big

North clash and returns

home on Friday, Feb. 17,

against Traverse City West.

By Mike Dunn

CHEBOYGAN – The

Petoskey hockey team came

calling Friday at the Ralph G.

Cantile Arena and

Cheboygan was prepared for

a barnburner. The Chiefs

finally prevailed 3-1, securing

the hard-fought victory with

an empty-netter from

smooth-striding Stan

Swiderek in the final seconds.

Cheboygan improved to

15-2-1 while the Northmen,

who have made long leaps of

progress since the start of the

season, fell to 9-10-1.

Shifty sophomore Zack

Schley, who struck for the

game-winner in the previous

game at Gaylord, got the

Chiefs on the board first with

a laser blast in the first period

and determined Dylan

Wilkinson whacked one

home in the second period to

put the Chiefs on top 2-0 and

score what proved to be the

game-winning goal in the

tight, tense battle.Petoskey junior Tanner

Davis finally solved

Cheboygan’s stingy goal-

tender Nick Watson, scoring

on a rebound in front to trim

the deficit to 2-1. Kevin

Hansen and Aaron Cook

earned assists on Davis’s

timely tally.

Petoskey had chances to

tie the score in the third peri-

od but the Chief penalty

killers were up to the task.

Three times the Northmen

had a man advantage but

were not able to cash in.

It was the silky-smooth

Swiderek who finally sealed

the deal for the Chiefs with

his empty-netter with 7 sec-

onds remaining.

Both goalkeepers, Watson

for Cheboygan and Breanna

Merriam for Petoskey, turned

in a solid performance.

Watson stood on his head afew times but allowed just

one goal to the high-powered

visitors, stopping 31 of 32

shots directed his way.

Merriam was also clutch,

making several outstanding

stops to keep her team in the

hunt to the end. Merriam

turned aside 26 of 28 shots.

Friday’s game was also the

“Skate for the Cure” fundrais-

er that Cheboygan hosts each

year to raise funds for the

Oncology Department of the

Cheboygan Area Hospital.

On Saturday, Cheboygan

played host to the Mid-

Michigan Storm for Senior

Tribute Night and earned an

8-3 decision.

The Chiefs (16-2-1) played

host to Alpena on

Wednesday, Feb. 8, and are

on the road for what should

be a tough one at Cadillac

this Friday, Feb. 10.

Petoskey travels to Alpena

for a Big North Conference

clash with the Wildcats on

Friday, Feb. 10, at Northern

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Hockey

Gaylord rallies to edge Trojans

Chiefs edge visiting Petoskey

Gahm shoots lights out as Blue Devils capture Big North victory

Wilkinson hits game-winner, Swiderek’s empty-netter finally clinches hard-fought victory over neighboring rival

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against the Rams.

Grayling senior Steven Enos (32)takes it to the hole Friday during theVikings’ victory over Harbor Springs.

Grayling junior ScottParkinson puts some air under it as he drives tothe basket against the

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Pellston boys push to 12-1 markby Mike Dunn

PELLSTON -- Last week

brought another pair of

impressive victories for the

Pellston boys of coach Cliff

Hass. The high-powered,

state-ranked Hornets

assaulted the iron and

pushed their record to 12-1

overall and 10-1 in the Ski

Valley with a 69-46 win over

Mancelona on Wednesday,

Feb. 1, and a 73-34 win over

Inland Lakes on Fri., Feb. 3.

In the win over host Inland

Lakes, it was H&H Point

Manufacturers, Inc. leading

the way offensively once

again as prolific senior scor-

ers Christopher Hass and

Andy Hamlin both earned a

double-double.

The 6-foot-4 Hass made

the twine twitch to the tune

of 28 points to go with 14

rebounds, five assists and

five blocked shots and the 6-

foot-5 Hamlin hammered the

nets for 15 points and

pounded the boards for 11

rebounds. Dependable Dale

Stark struck for 10 points and

grabbed six boards to help

the Hornet cause as well and

cerebral point guard Zak

Kruskie collected eight

points and eight rebounds

and covered the floor like

carpeting on defense, record-

ing six steals.

Coach Hass noted the

effective inside play of Hass

and Hamlin, who were

"men" on the glass, and the

defensive charge fueled by

the frenetic fury of Ronnie

Schlosser and Kruskie.

“Inland Lakes did a good

job of keeping Chris Hass in

check in the second half but

the team picked it up offen-

sively, which is one of our

strengths this year,” Hass

reported.

Josh O’Connor scored 10

points to pace Inland Lakes,

which slipped to 2-8 overall

and 2-7 in the Ski Valley.

Pellston captured the JV

game 44-35 Tanner Keller

tickled the twine for 16

points and hauled in 12

rebounds for a double-dou-

ble and the cool hand of

sweet-shooting Connor Kintz

accounted for 14 points.

ON WEDNESDAY, Pellston

outscored scrappy

Mancelona 69-46 in a Ski

Valley clash to improve to 11-

1 overall and 9-1 in the

league.

Senior sharpshooter and

2,000-point scorer

Christopher Hass hammered

the nets for 24 points to go

with five steals, six rebounds

and four assists. Fellow sen-

ior Andy Hamlin, who sur-

passed the 1,000-point

plateau last week, added 20

points and pulled down 14

rebounds for a strong dou-

ble-double. Reliable Zak

Kruskie and Max Ketterer

each connected for eight

points and Coach Cliff Hass

also noted the strangling

defense of guards Jake

Friedenstab and the crafty

Kruskie.

Hass also credited

Mancelona with a gritty

defensive effort that kept the

Hornets “bogged down” at

times.

Freshman fireman

Brandon Dingman torched

the nets for a game-high 26

points to lead the Ironmen.

Hass, Hamlin hammer the nets as Hornets post victories over Mancelona, I-Lakes

Girls Hoops

Snowbird gals win two more

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD – The St. Mary

girls, ranked second in the

state in Class D, earned a

tight victory against tough

non-league foe Harbor

Springs on Tuesday, Jan. 31,in the game that turned out

to be their biggest test to

date. The Snowbirds hit 21-

of-23 free throws, including

13-of-14 in the fourth quar-

ter, in the hard-fought 56-52

road victory over the Class C

school to remain unbeaten.

St. Mary also outscored Ski

Valley foe Pellston by a 63-24

margin on Thursday, Feb. 2.

At the end of the week, the

Snowbirds were 15-0 overall

and 12-0 in the Ski Valley.

St. Mary coach Kevin

Foster called the Harbor

Springs game “a good test”for his team.

“They’re a very good

defensive team,” he said. “I

know the girls gained some

confidence from the win. The

game also showed them the

importance of free throws

and it also shows us things

we need to continue to

improve on.”

Sturdy senior wing Karli

Jacob, steady as the sunrise,

hit for 18 to lead the

Snowbirds and she served up

tasty vittles for her team-

mates as well, recording six

assists. When she wasn’t

scoring or passing to team-

mates to score, Karli was

playing bark-tight defense

and recording five steals.

The Snowbirds’ super

tough backcourt tandem of

junior Chrissy Smith and

sophomore Kari Borowiak

also showed up big against

the rugged Rams. Smith and

Borowiak each tallied 14

while handling the ball with

their usual cool efficiency.

Kari also recorded four steals.

Elena Ongaro garnered 20

points to pace Harbor

Springs (7-6) and Jenna

Lechowicz added 14.

In the 63-24 victory over

visiting Pellston, Jacob

jammed the iron for a team-

high 17 points and hauled in

nine rebounds while

Borowiak busted the nets for

13 and Mary Spyhalski

brought some juice with her

off the bench, hitting for 10.

Smith struck for eight and

Jada Bebble also scored eight

to go with six rebounds and

five assists. Foster also credit-

ed Sarah Long with providing quality minutes off the

bench.

Shelby Hughey scored 12

to lead Pellston (2-12, 2-10).

Emma Dunham pulled down

six rebounds and Tori Kirsch

grabbed five.

After the game, Pellston

coach Barbara Ingraham

called the top-flight

Snowbirds “a very, very good

team” that plays like a well-

oiled machine.

St. Mary played host to

Mancelona on Tuesday, Feb.

7, after this issue went to

press.

Johannesburg

Lewiston 45

Bellaire 41, OT

BELLAIRE – It was still

another close victory for bat-

tle-tested Johannesburg-

Lewiston on Tuesday, Jan. 31,

at the court of Ski Valley foe

Bellaire. The Cardinals, who

have come out on top in sev-

eral photo finishes this sea-

son, edged the home team45-41 to push their record to

13-2 overall and 10-2 in the

league. The Eagles slipped to

7-6 and 5-5.

It was the usual cast lead-

ing the way for the Cardinals,

led by versatile junior Abby

Schlicher and senior guard

Miranda House. “Acetylene

Abby” not only torched the

nets for a team-high 11

points but she also grabbed

11 boards for a double-dou-

ble and she blocked four

shots.

House was afire from the

charity stripe, stepping up when it counted the most for

her team. Miranda hit 9-of-

10 free throws in the fourth

quarter and overtime. She

finished with 10 points to go

with five boards and she also

covered the floor like carpet-

ing on defense, recording six

steals.

Junior Tiffany Nickert tick-

led the twine for eight points

with five rebounds and

scrappy sophomore Brittany

Cherwinski busted the nets

for six points and brought

down six rebounds. Juniors

Hannah Huff and Katelyn

Weaver were warriors in the

paint, grabbing seven and six

rebounds, respectively.

Katie Thornton tallied 16

to lead the Eagles and she

also grabbed eight boards

and Olivia Herring, who

scored in the final second of

regulation to tie the score at

31 and force the extra ses-

sion, finished with nine

points and 11 boards.

The Cardinals played at

Inland Lakes on Tuesday,

Feb. 7, and are at homeThursday, Feb. 9, against

Central Lake. On Tuesday,

Feb. 14, the Cardinals go

north to Pellston.

Sault Ste. Marie 63

Cheboygan 47

SAULT STE. MARIE –

Visiting Cheboygan fell to 6-6

for the season and 3-3 in the

Straits Area Conference with

a 63-47 loss to high-powered

Sault Ste. Marie (10-3, 6-1) on

Friday.

Kali Hancock and Katie

Litzner connected for 12

points apiece for the scrappy

Chiefs in the loss and Taylor

Lopiccolo tallied 10.

Jessica Palmer paced the

Blue Devils with 18 points,

including four 3-pointers.

Mio 63

Whittemore-Prescott 31

MIO – Nona Rhoads has

been rocking the iron for the

Mio girls this season and on

Monday she hit a career-best

26 points to lead the

Thunderbolts to a 63-31 vic-

tory over Whittemore-

Prescott in a non-league tilt.

Rhoads, penetrating to the

basket like a honed blade

through freshly baked bread,

also rattled the rim for a

game-high 21 points on

Thursday, Feb. 2, in a 49-36

loss at the court of North Star

League foe Hillman.

Hillman prevailed 49-36 as

Alissa Clink connected for 17

points and Jensen

Tchorzynski tallied 16.

Alba 35

Wolverine 28

WOLVERINE — Alba

staged a rally to edge past

host Wolverine 35-28 on

Friday in Northern Lakes

Conference action.

Wolverine outscored the visi-

tors 16-2 in the first quarter

only to have Alba come

storming back to outscore

the host Wildcats 15-2 in the

second quarter of the wild

seesaw battle.

Becky Papi put nine on the

board to lead Wolverine.

The visiting Wildcats

improved to 2-8 and 2-7 in

the league while Wolverine

fell to 5-8 overall and 3-6.

Central Lake 48

Mancelona 28

CENTRAL LAKE — The

host Trojans evened their

record in the Ski Valley at 6-6

and pushed to 7-8 overall

with a 48-28 victory over

Mancelona on Thursday, Feb.

2.

Lauren Rogers posted a

double-double, generating

14 points and 10 steals in the

win and Jennifer Corbett also

had a double-double for the

victors, notching 10 points

and 15 boards.

For Mancelona, McKenzie

Wilson made nine points and

Vanessa Batchelor battled

hard inside, scoring eight

and grabbing 10 rebounds.

Inland Lakes 49

Onaway 31

INDIAN RIVER – Sandy

Bischoff blistered the nets for

20 points to lead surging

Inland Lakes to an impres-

sive 49-31 victory over tough

Onaway on Thursday, Feb. 2.

The hardworking Cardinals

slipped to 9-6 and 6-6.

On Tuesday, Jan. 31, it was

Katelynn Brendly doing the

damage for the Bulldogs

offensively, making the twine

spin to the tune of 24 points

in an equally impressive 48-

35 victory over Ski Valley foe

Forest Area.

Emily Gonyer tallied 13 to

pace the Warriors (4-8) and

Marissa Ingersoll hit for nine.

Onaway 58

Mancelona 10

ONAWAY – Host Onaway

featured a balanced scoring

sheet on Tuesday, Jan. 31, in a

58-10 victory over Ski Valley

foe Mancelona.

Molly Cleaver made 14 to

pace the Cardinals, whoimproved to 9-5 overall and

6-5 in the league. Kallie

Shimel collected a dozen

points and piston-pumping

point guard Megan Estep hit

for 10.

No. 2-ranked St. Mary moves to 15-0; Joburg edges Eagles in OT;Rhoads of Mio rattles the iron for 26 points in win

Hockey

Blue Devils bow to tough Algoma

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD – The high-pow-

ered Central Algoma Huskies

hockey team came to

Gaylord Saturday and exhib-

ited a diverse arsenal of

weapons in a thoroughly

impressive 8-4 victory over

the host Blue Devils at the

Sportsplex. The Blue Devils

fell to 7-10-2 with the loss.

Algoma of Ontario led 4-0

after the first period and 8-0 a

little past the midway point

of the second period.

Gaylord, to its credit, did not

fold the tents at that point.Resilient young Blue Devil

goaltender Tony Apa did not

crumble beneath the barrage

of enemy shots, standing tall

to hold the visitors scoreless

over the final 25 minutes of

game action with a gritty per-

formance and the Gaylord

offense began to percolate,scoring four times to trim the

deficit in half before the final

buzzer sounded.

It was Willie Gelow who

ignited the wild finish for

Gaylord, making the net rip-

ple in the back of the Huskie

goal late in the second period

to put the Blue Devils on the

board for the first time and

then lighting the scoring

lamp again in the third peri-

od on a power-play goal. It

was the fourth and fifth goals

for the hard-skating Gelow.

Two Gaylord players who

hadn’t scored previously,Josh Delaney and Garrett

Richardson, connected for

their first goals of the season

in the exciting third period.

The determined Delaney

delivered the goods at the

4:36 mark of the period with

help from Mitchell Lawton

and Richardson rang up thefinal goal of the contest with

help from scrappy Seth

Muzyl. It was the fourth assist

of the season for both grind-

line members Lawton and

Muzyl.

Scrap-iron tough senior

sparkplug Spencer Bajko

recorded his 13th and 14th

assists of the season on

Gelow’s two goals.

Apa turned in a better

showing than what the final

score might indicate. The

sophomore faced a whop-

ping 39 shots in the game

and turned back 31 of them

and he stoned the visitors on

4 power-play opportunities.

A bright spot for the Blue

Devils in the defeat was the

effort of the penalty killers,

who worked hard in front of

Apa to deny the Huskies good

angles at the net.

Gaylord (7-10-2) is on the

home ice Friday against non-

league foe Mount Pleasant

and home again on Saturday,

Feb. 18, against Big North

rival Traverse City West.

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MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RANKINGSClass A

1. Grand Haven (4) (14-1) 742. Lansing Waverly (1) (14-0) 703. Detroit Pershing (13-1) 63T4. Detroit Martin Luther King (11-2) 54T4. Inkster (13-2) 54

T4. St. Johns (12-1) 547. Clarkston (14-1) 478. Flushing (10-1) 359. Midland (12-2) 3310. Waterford Kettering (12-1) 27

Others receiving votes: East Kentwood 26, DearbornEdsel Ford 20, Grosse Pointe South 15, EastLansing 12, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 4,Kalamazoo Central 4, Mattawan 3, Caledonia 3,Royal Oak 1, DeWitt 1.

Class B1. Goodrich (5) (14-0) 752. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (14-1) 633. Portland (15-0) 614. St. Joseph (15-0) 585. Beverly Hills Detroit Country Day (11-1) 566. Ludington (14-0) 487. East Grand Rapids (13-0) 468. Dearborn Divine Child (12-2) 409. Chelsea (14-0) 3610. Paw Paw (14-2) 22

Others receiving votes: Hudsonville-Unity Christian21, Grand Rapids-South Christian 13, Kingsley Area11, Onsted 9, Three Rivers 9, Freeland 7, Gladstone7, Muskegon-Oakridge 4, Frankenmuth 4, Olivet 4,Spring Lake 2, Eaton Rapids 2, Hamilton 1, HarperWoods-Chandler Park Academy 1.

Class C1. Morley Stanwood (3) (13-0) 732. Concord (1) (15-0) 693. St. Ignace-La Salle (14-0) 624. Niles-Brandywine (14-1) 585. Kent City (14-0) 56

6. Flint-Hamady (14-1) 457. Grosse Pointe Woods-University Liggett (1) (11-3) 388. Reese (15-0) 369. Saginaw-Valley Lutheran (13-1) 3110. McBain-Mc Bain (12-1) 22

Others receiving votes: Grass Lake 18, New Lothrop18, Lincoln-Alcona Community 12, Lawton 9, Clare9, Houghton 9, Saginaw-Nouvel Catholic Central 8,Traverse City-St. Francis 7,River Rouge 6,Manton 5, Delton Kellogg 3, Mendon 3, Gobles 2,Muskegon-Western Michigan Christian 1.

Class D1. Gaylord-St. Mary Cathedral (4) (15-0) 732. Waterford-Our Lady Of The Lakes (1) (12-1) 703. Mt. Pleasant-Sacred Heart Academy (13-1) 654. Climax-Scotts (14-1) 595. Marine City-Cardinal Mooney Catholic (10-3) 546. Bark River-Harris (13-1) 517. Eben Junction-Superior Central (15-1) 468. Posen (13-2) 329. Bear Lake (14-1) 2810. Deckerville Community (13-2) 27

Others receiving votes: Brimley Area 20, LansingChristian 19, Engadine 16, Custer-Mason County

Eastern 13, Athens 9, Crystal Falls-Forest Park 8,Kingston 4, Carsonville-Port Sanilac 3, HillsdaleAcademy 2, Ontonagon Area 1.

Class ASchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Detroit Pershing 14-0 (No. 1 in previous week'srankings)2. Romulus 12-2 (No. 2)3. Lansing Eastern 1 1-2 (No. 3)4. Saginaw 12 -1 (No. 4)5. Clarkston 12-1 (No. 5)6. Petoskey 14-0 (No. 7)7. East Lansing 10-2 (No. 8)8. Warren De La Salle 11-2 (No. 9)9. Saginaw Arthur Hill 11-5 (No. 6)10. Detroit U-D Jesuit 9-3 (No. 24)11. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 10-3 (No. 11)12. Kalamazoo Central 10-4 (No. 12)13. Ypsilanti 9-3 (No. 13)14. Detroit King 11- 4 (No. 10)15. Detroit Renaissance 12 -3 (No. 14)16. Niles 12 -1 (No. 15)17. Greenville 14-0 (No. 16)18. Rockford 11- 3 (No. 17)19. Hudsonville 10-4 (No. 18)20. Rochester 13 -1 (No. 19)21. Zeeland East 13- 1 (No. 20)22. Bay City Western 9 -4 (No. 21)23. Okemos 8- 5 (No. 22)24. Fenton 13-1 (NR)25. Gull Lake 11-2 (No. 25)

Class B1. Lansing Sexton 11-1 (No. 1 in previous week'srankings)2. Lansing Catholic Central 12-0 (No. 2)3. Detroit Crockett 13-2 (No. 3)4. Birmingham Country Day 10- 4 (No. 4)5. Wyoming Godwin Heights 13-0 (No. 6)6. Stevensville-Lakeshor e 13-1 (No. 7)7. Muskegon Heights 9 -4 (No. 5)8. Dearborn Heights Robichaud 10-2 (No. 9)9. Otsego 1 1-1 (No. 11)10. Ferndale 10 -3 (No. 12)11. Cadillac 9 -3 (No. 8)12. Harper Woods Chandler Park 11-4 (No. 13)13. Grand Rapids Christian 1 0-3 (No. 14)14. Dearborn Divine Child 11-2 (No. 15)15. Bridgeport 13-1 (No. 20)16. Detroit Community 9-5 (No. 10)17. Detroit Douglass 10-6 (No. 18)18. Fremont 10-1 (No. 22)19. Detroit Chavez 10-3 (No. 16)20. Sturgis 10-3 (No. 17)21. Sparta 10-3 (No. 19)22. Buchanan 11-2 (NR)23. Clawson 13-1 (No. 24)24. Sault Ste. Marie 13-1 (No. 24)25. Dowagiac 10- 3 (No. 21)

Class C1. Detroit Consortium 8-4 (No. 1 in previousweek's rankings)2. Flint Beecher 14-0 (No. 2)3. Shelby 12-0 (No. 3)4. Pewamo-Westphalia 11-0 (No. 4)5. Traverse City St. Francis 9-1 (No. 5)6. Madison Heights Madison 12-1 (No. 6)7. Madison Heights Bishop Foley 11-1 (No. 7)8. Clare 14-1 (No. 8)9. River Rouge 10-5 (No. 15)10. Detroit Loyola 10-3 (No. 12)11. McBain 12-2 (No. 13)12. Harbor Beach 13- 1 (No. 11)13. New Haven 11-2 (No. 20)14. Laingsburg 9-3 (No. 21)15. Melvindale ABT 10-5 (No. 17)16. Detroit Midtown 7-1 (No. 9)17. Detroit PEC 10-2 (NR)18. Schoolcraft 10-3 (No. 14)19. Mt. Clemens 10-4 (No. 23)20. Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 9-3 (NR)21. Saginaw Buena Vista 8-5 (NR)22. Detroit Allen 11-4 (No. 16)23. Elk Rapids 8-3 (No. 18)24. Negaunee 12- 1 (No. 24)25. Flint Hamady 13 -1 (No. 22)

Class D1. Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian 13-0 (No. 1 in pre-vious week's ranking)2. Southfield Christian 12-2 (No. 2)3. Bellaire 12-0 (No. 4)4. Boyne Falls 11-1 (No. 5)5. Fulton 1 1-2 (No. 3)6. Pellston 12-1 (No. 7)7. Carsonville-Port Sanilac 12-0 (No. 8)8. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 10-3 (No. 6)9. Kalamazoo Phoenix 5-4 (No. 20)10. Climax-Scotts 13-1 (No. 9)11. Munising 12-1 (No. 10)12. Cedarville 11-1 (No. 11)13. North Adams-Jerome 13-1 (No. 12)14. Posen 1 4-1 (No. 13)15. Carney-Nadeau 11-2 (No. 19)16. Powers North Central 10-2 (No. 16)17. McBain Northern Michigan Christian 10-3 (No. 14)18. Bear Lake 13-1 (No. 15)19. Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 9-3 (No. 18)20. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart 9-4 (No. 17)21. Clarkston Everest 11-2 (No. 21)22. Ewen-Trout Creek 10-1 (No. 22)23. St. Joseph Michigan Luthern 10-2 (No. 23)24. Marcellus Howardsville Christian 11-1 (NR)25. Battle Creek St. Philip 10-3 (No. 25)Kingston 4, Carsonville-Port Sanilac 3, HillsdaleAcademy 2, Ontonagon Area 1.

GIRLS BOYS

3rd &4th Grade GirlsFebruary 4

Caroline Korte ................21

Elizabeth Cook ...............16

Kinzie Jeffers...................15

Mandy Hopp ..................14

Alyce Vermilya ................14

Arielle Vermilya ..............12

Lauren Allen ...................11

McKenna Hogle ..............10

Eliza Handley ...................8

Angela Drummond..........6Mariah Krone ...................6

Tara Madej........................6

Sydney Townsend............6

Cienna Woodcox ..............6

Raychel Fennell ................4

Kadie Frost........................4

Claire Gilling.....................4

Jazlyn Hagenbuch............4

Kendall King .....................4

Zoey Pomarzynski............4

Mackenzie Wright............4

Gracie Blust ......................2

Lily Deisig .........................2

Emylee Grish ....................2

Rebecka Grish ..................2

Christina Harbin ..............2

Hannah Lochinski............2

Madison Marsack.............2

Lizzy McClure...................2

Kaysie McCormick...........2

A lex Steffes........................2

Mckenzie Vanderveer ......2

Korrin Bosman .................1

Morgan McVannel............1

5th & 6th Grade GirlsFebruary 5

Ryleigh White..................12

Olivia Jeffers .....................8

Avery Bebble.....................7

Savanna Gapinski............7

Emma Cherry ...................4

Ajaina Day ........................4

Alicia Korff .......................4

Maia Rinke........................4 Alyssa Marsack ................3

Hannah Blunt ...................2

Holly Grief ........................2

Rowan Johnson ................2

Chanelle Beach ................1

3rd & 4th Grade BoysFebruary 4

Andrew Koenig ...............20

Carson Gahm .................18

Jacob Book......................14

Brady Hunter..................14

Brennan Isler ..................14

Griffin Lompra ...............14

Rico Brown .....................10

Logan Finnerty ...............10

Justin Breckow .................8

Jack Holscher....................8

Conrad Korte ....................8

Alex Powers.......................8

Jacob Thorold ..................6

Regan Distel......................4

Cordell LaRose .................4

Aaron Latuszek.................4

Jacob Needham................4

Elijah Fisher......................3

Joseph Boswood ...............2

Boden Cabble...................2

Cameron Cosby................2

Corey Deer........................2

Luke Dipzinski..................2

Collin Hartz ......................2

Tyler Hartz .......................2

Kaden Hewitt....................2

Harrison Kalember..........2

Logan Keen.......................2Logan Murrell ..................2

Erik Oldenburg.................2

Jake Pietrzak .....................2

David Pulaski ...................2

Stefan Sarchet ..................2

Vincent Hummel..............1

5th & 6th Grade BoysFebruary 5

Cade Coonrod ...............23

Justin Grish.....................20

Omar Prado ....................13

Andrew Chiles ................12

Mason Monchilov..........12

Brennan Isler ..................10

Riley Gapinski ..................7

Brandon Kowalsky...........7

Alex Cherry .......................6

Adam Sobeck....................6

Ethan Piehl .......................5

Tanner Trenary ................5

Ethan LaRose....................4

Trent Lompra ...................4

Tyler Madej.......................4

James Brazelton ...............2

Max Chalmers ..................2

Blake Charbonneau.........2

Cole Clark .........................2

Isaac Day...........................2

Jacob Day..........................2

Kevin Gehringer ...............2

Nicholas Green.................2

Logan Hamilton.............. 2

Kaiden Isler.......................2

Bradley Kowalsky .............2Ethan Mahn......................2

Noah Wohlfeil...................2

7th & 8th Grade BoysFebruary 6

Jack Korte........................39

Nathan Fox .....................24

Josh DeGrow...................12

Jacob King.......................12

Spencer White ................10

Nathan Willett ...............10

Derek Rakis.......................7

Logan Mahn .....................6

Brandt Kierczynski...........5

Nate Beauchesne .............4

Lucas DeForge .................4

Jacob Harwood ................4

Lane Jeakle........................3

Elijah Needham ...............3

Travis Hough ....................2

Steve Jones........................2

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231-238-7837

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VINTAGE CHINA BUFFET, 2 Vintage

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Used tire sale. All 16 and 17 inch

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BOYNE CITY, CHARLEVOIX. We are

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caring, compassionate person with

excellent people skills. Duties

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clients/families about services to

maintain a self-reliant lifestyle, pro-

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submit applications by February

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RESORT & VACATION

PROPERTY

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weeks of February, 2012. Condo

sleeps up to 4. 1 week, $600. Both

weeks, $1,000. 989-731-2000

SERVICES

CLEANING: Will do Residential and

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all formal attire, all bridal attire &

accessories. Furniture upholster-

ing, draperies, costumes. Also

offering knitting & sewing classes.

Call now, 231-818-5917.

Cheboygan

STORAGE

APS Mini-Warehouse of Gaylord

has 5x10 units available for just

$30 a month. No long term con-

tract necessary. In town, safe stor-

age. Larger units also available.

Call 989-732-8160.

BUCK PATH Mini Warehouses start-

ing at $15 month. 989-732-2721

or 989-370-6058

Heated or Cold storage available

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989-732-0724

TRUCKS

For Sale: 2007 GMC Canyon Crew

Cab. 4 Wheel Drive. 69,800 Miles.

Well maintained. $ 16,500. Call

989-732-8099

VANS

For Sale: 2003 GMC Cargo Van. _

Ton. 186,000 Miles. Well main-

tained. $ 2,500. Call 989-732-

8099

For Sale: 2004 GMC Cargo Van. _

Ton. 147,000 Miles. Well main-

tained. $ 3,200 Call 989-732-

8099

WANTED

SAVAGE and STEVENS RIFLES.

Possibly others. 989-390-1529

WANTED TO BUY: WOOD BURNING

COOK STOVE. 989-619-0652

Wanted: Baseball, Football,

Basketball and Hockey cards.

Before 1972. 231-373-0842

Wanted: BUYING STANDING TIM-

BER. Top prices paid, free esti-

mates. 989-335-0755

Wanted: OUTBOARD MOTORS, any

size, running or not. Call 231-546-

6000

Wanted: Used Cooking Oil. We will

recycle those large containers of

used cooking oil from your deep

fryer. Maxx Garage. 989-732-4789

Wanted: Used motor oil.

Transmission oil and hydraulic oil.

Maxx Garage. 989-732-4789

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