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AUBURN HILLS - Thefocus for all high schoolwrestlers switches to individ-ual trophies at the state meetat the Palace of Auburn HillMarch 1-3. Even though somegrapplers have a betterchance at coming home vic-torious than others, theatmosphere of the big stage,nerves and the opponent fac-ing each state qualifier has agreat deal to do with howwell they will do. We polledour area coaches on just whothey predict can bring homestate titles.

ALMONTTom Ray won a regional

title at 285 lbs. for theRaiders and enters the statefinals with a record of 38-3. Inhis first round bout, Raydrew Josh McDill fromCheboygan, who has a 20-12record.

“He (Tom) is rated numberthree in the state,” saidAlmont coach Bill Turnmire.“He is wrestling really wellright now as he pinned thenumber-five ranked guy atregionals in 47 seconds. He isfocused and determined so I

am looking for him to dovery well.”

At 119, Grant Turnmiretakes a 40-10 record into hisfirst round bout againstParchment’s Andy Caffrey,who sports a record of 51-2.

“Grant is a tough freshmanand he is getting better witheach match,” Turnmire said.“He, along with Tom arepeaking right now whichshould allow them to win alot of matches.

Each of them have settheir goals high and they aredetermined. I look forward tothe state meet this weekend.” — E.H.

CAPACBecause Dan Cornish was

able to post 50 wins this sea-son over the course of 53matches at 171 lbs., the factthat he brought home aregional title for the Chiefswas no surprise. What wouldbe unexpected, though,would be if Cornish fell toGladwin’s Duane Miller, 29-9.

“All three of these guysare extremely hard workingathletes. Not only during ourseason but throughout theyear,” said coach Jason Klink.“That hard work has definite-

ly transitioned into successfor each of them.”

Mykle Dedenbach, 40-6,was also a regional titlist forCapac at 125 lbs. At the tour-nament, Dedenbach kicksthings off against Ida’s TylerFish, 41-11.

“I really truly believe theyall have the potential to beall state. It will just dependon whether or not they wres-tle the way they are capableof and if they are confident intheir ability,” said Klink.

Even though the Chiefs

only took three wrestlers toregionals, the third and finalwrestler the team is sendingto compete for a statechaampionship at 103 isDustin Hunsucker, 44-4, who

BY ERIK HOHENTHANER810-452-2641 • ehohenthaner@mihomepaper.com

DAN NILSEN810-452-2655 •dnilsen@mihomepaper.com

FLINT — The LakeVille hockeyteam ventured into enemy territoryon Monday for pre-regional 26 atPerani Arena hosted by Davison. Theco-op team got bumped up to Div. 2because of the combined enrollmentof the three schools.

The Falcons took on Davison andfell behind early en route to an 8-0loss. The Cardinals scored four firstperiod goals, three second periodgoals and one in the third.

Davison out-shot LakeVille, 31-8,including 13-3 in the second period.Both teams committed three penal-ties on the night.

Goalie Dylan Bates stopped 23-of-31 shots on the night to pickup theloss.

Last Friday, the Falcons took onthe Northwest Warriors and mounteda furious comeback to earn a 5-5 tie.

The Warriors led early, 2-1 afterone period, and outscored LakeVille,2-0, in the second period. The

Falcons outscored Northwest, 4-1, inthe third period to earn the tie as nei-ther team could come through in theovertime session.

Evan Paupert scored at 13:27 ofthe first from Austin Hendrickson.Eric Dhooghe scored at 13:02 of thethird from Bates, Josh Wilmers lit thelamp at 8:32 from Hendrickson andTravis Hill, Dhooghe found the backof the net at 5:51 from Justin Careyand Hendrickson tied the game at2:13 from Dhooghe.

LakeVille was out-shot on thenight, 50-19, and committed sevenpenalties. Bates picked up the tiewith 45 saves.

The Falcons end their season witha 5-19-1 record overall.

LAPEERLapeer High Schools finished the

regular portion of its hockey seasonwith a 3-0 loss to Fraser last Saturdayat the Polar Palace. Lapeer outshotFraser, 22-21, but was shut out foronly the second time this year.

After a scoreless first period,Fraser broke the standoff with a goalwith 4:15 left in the second and

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9-A, KearsleyLapeer East, 2-18 over-

all, faces a daunting taskahead in the district atKearsley, 12-4 Metro, 13-5overall, as it faces FlintNorthwestern, 10-9 over-all, on March 5 at 5 p.m.The winner moves on toface Lapeer West, onMarch 7 at 7 p.m.

Aaron Hirsch, KyleRachwal, Colin Owen,Ben Muir and J.T. Pillarsare the key to the causefor the Eagles.

Lapeer West, 8-8, 11-9,brings its triple-threatscoring weapon of CullenTurczyn, Zeshawn Jones-Parker and David Price.That’s backed up bysolid scoring from KyleSwailes, Nick Weber andLuke Knickerbocker. Alsolooking to help give thePanthers the edge areHunter Sharrard, CraigFrazee and Mark Cox.

The other side of thebracket features the hostHornets versus Davison,4-2 Big Nine, 10-8 overall,and the winner movingon to face Clio, 3-13Metro, 5-15 overall. Thechampionship game isMarch 9 at 7 p.m.

Northwestern andDavison should be con-sidered the favorites inthis district, but do notcount out the Hornets.— E.H./L.P.

45-B, Imlay CityThe Almont basketball

team has had a great sea-son thus far and sits at10-2 in the Blue WaterArea Conference, and 12-6 overall, which is goodenough to tie for firstplace in the league stan-dings with Imlay City.

When the districtplayoffs begin, Almontwill be granted a first-round bye. The Raiders

will await the winner ofCapac and Imlay City’sfirst round match up.

Capac has had arough year to date. Withonly a few games remain-ing on the regular-seasonschedule, the Chiefs arecurrently in last place inthe BWAC at 0-11 inleague play, and 1-16overall. Capac will takeon Imlay City in roundone, and should theyadvance past the heavi-ly-favored Spartans, theChiefs will take onAlmont.

The host Spartanscurrently sit at 12-6 over-all, 10-2 in the BWAC.Imlay City should getpast Capac and face offwith Almont. TheSpartans will be thefavorites, though theRaiders beat Imlay Citylast week.

The other side of thebracket features Pontiac

Notre Dame Prep, 5-5, 8-9, facing off withMacomb Lutheran North,2-7-1, 6-11-1, and thewinner moving on to faceArmada,4-8, 5-13. NotreDame Prep should beconsidered the favoritein this district. — B.P./E.H.

56-B, Birch RunLakeVille has come on

strong the last threeweeks, winning four ofits last five games goinginto Tuesday night’s non-league contest at NorthBranch. The Falcons are8-10 overall and will takea 4-7 Genesee AreaConference-Red recordinto Thursday’s seasonfinale at Montrose.

LakeVille has a first-round bye in the districtand will play in theMarch 7 semifinals at

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The title questcontinues for areagirls’ basketballteams. See whomakes the finalsin Sunday’s edi-tion.

Photo by Chris Dungey

Imlay City’s Ben Roddack (35) contends with Almont’sCody Gelinski during a regular-season match-up.

Playoffs on the horizonfor boys’ basketball

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IMLAY CITY — Eric Hensel hasbeen named varsity football coachat Imlay City High.

Hensel previously was the offen-sive coordinator/associate headcoach at Lapeer West and has been

a position coach at North Branchand Croswell-Lexington. He playedat North Branch High and TrineUniversity.

For a more in-depth look at theSpartans’ new coach, see Sunday’sCounty Press. — D.N.

Imlay City names grid coach

Falcons end season inpre-regional opener

Photo by Michael Selecky

LakeVille’s Riley Upthergrove (#17), a freshman forward, battles for possession ofthe puck during the second period last Monday against Davison at Perani Arena.

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Coaches weigh in on success at state meet

File Photo

Lapeer East’s freshman Dillon Ellsworth qualified for his first-ever state meet.

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LAPEER — Rick Owen ofFriendly Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge hashoned his half-court shooting skills,picking up $600 in one month’stime. Owen made his shot duringtwo separate halftime shoot out

competitions, most recently atLapeer West last Friday during thevarsity hafltime featuring LapeerWest vs Lapeer East. Owen won$300 for each basket, giving him agrand total of $600. — L.P.

Sharp shooter wins $600

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FLINT — Fresh off of win-ning the schools’ first-ever girls’ basketballMetro League title out-right last Friday, LapeerWest easily advanced inthe first round of theClass district at FlintNorthwestern on Monday,dispatching Flint Kearsley,58-26.

West jumped out to a20-0 first-quarter lead andincreased that to 39-14 bythe half. An even 6-6 thirdquarter kept the momen-tum in West’s favor and a13-6 final stanza sealedthe win.

Marisa Liburdi ledWest with 15 points,Shelby Wagner had 11,Lindsay Reynolds 10 andShannon Brown andChanda June eachchipped in with six.

“We shot very well, butI was just very happy withour overall intensity andfocus,” said West coachBill Kinzer. “We did every-thing right defensivelyand that led to offensiveexecution.”

West now facesDavison in the semifinalstoday at Flint Northwes-tern after East takes onFlint Northwestern. — L.P.

ALMONTThe Lady Raiders, 1-18

overall, had the good for-tune to draw a bye for thefirst round of action inCapac district No. 45-Band will begin its postsea-son journey today againstPontiac Notre Dame Prep,which took out MacombLutheran North, 54-39, on

Monday. — M.S.

CAPACThe Lady Chiefs

entered district play onMonday against BlueWater Area Conferencefoe Armada. Capac dis-patched the Tigers, 44-33.

Nichole Parks led theway with 12 points andeight rebounds for Capac.Sarah Mousseau added 12points in the victory.

Capac, 16-5 overall,faces Imlay City today athome in semifinal action.— E.H.

DRYDENHaving drawn a first-

round matchup inMarlette district No. 81-Cwith Greater ThumbConference-East heavy-weight Brown City, 13-6overall, 5-3 league, afterwinning just two gamesduring the regular season,Dryden was well aware ofthe challenges it was fac-ing on Monday. That did-n't stop the Lady GreenDevils from assertingthemselves early andoften, though, leavingDryden down, 15-4,and,18-11, at the end ofthe first and second quar-ters en route to a 46-26win.

Despite the fact theLady Cardinals’ season isnow over, the team stillhad several players thatwere able to shine. Thisincludes Ashley Lowneyand Brianna Marsh withsix points each, KaylaWorley and LaurenSavarino scored fiveapiece and Rachel

Johnson and BretSchenkel both had two-point performances.Worley and Schenkel alsocombined to pull down 18rebounds.

For Brown City, SamGierman led all scorerswith 17 points.

Dryden ends the sea-son with a record of 3-18overall, 1-17 Genesee AreaConference-Blue.

Brown City will takethe court today in the dis-trict semifinals againstMarlette, which beatVassar, 39-24, in round

one. — M.S.

IMLAY CITYThe Lady Spartans’

winning streak continuedon Saturday againstAlgonac, 43-33, after thegame was moved fromFriday to Saturday due toinclement weather. ImlayCity jumped out to a 8-4lead early on before hit-ting the after burners totake the lead into thelocker room, 30-16. Eachteam added 11 points inthe third quarter, and 10

in the fourth, but thedamage done in the firsthalf was too much forAlgonac to overcome.

Jacklyn Van Dyk playedsolid all-around basket-ball, as she tossed in 10points to go along withfour assists and fourrebounds. Mariyah Evansalso recorded 10 points,while Liz Richardsonscored six points, snaredthree rebounds andpicked up three steals.Morgan Lee put up eightpoints, as well as sixassists.

With the win, ImlayCity bolsters its record to9-11 overall and 6-8 in theBlue Water AreaConference.

“That was our fourthwin in a row,” said coachJaden Clobes. “We’re on alittle bit of a roll. I thinkwe could do something indistricts.”

The Spartans open theplayoffs tonight againstCapac. — B.P.

LAKEVILLEThe Lady Falcons trav-

eled to Goodrich onMonday to face Birch Runin their district openerand fell, 58-40. ThePanthers led, 11-9, afterthe first quarter andextended their lead with a20-11 edge in the secondquarter to lead, 31-20, atthe break.

The second half wasno better for LakeVille asit was outscored, 12-8, inthe third and, 15-12, in thefourth.

Katlyn Burley led the

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CAPACThe Chiefs dropped

to 1-17 overall and 0-12in the Blue Water AreaConference on Saturdaywith a loss to Croswell-Lexington, 54-44. Thegame was originallyscheduled for Friday,but was moved toSaturday because of thewicked Friday nightweather.

As he usually does,Sean O’Brien led allChiefs on the scoresheet, tossing in agame-high 18 points, 10of which coming in thefourth quarter. ThePioneers were spear-headed by Kevin Quinn,who scored 12 pointson the night. — B.P.

IMLAY CITYThe Spartans moved

back into a tie for first

place in the Blue WaterArea Conference withAlmont after a 67-54 vic-tory over Algonac onSaturday after Friday’sgame was moved due toinclement weather.

Imlay City did notwaste any time, as itjumped out to an 18-10lead after the first quar-ter and never lookedback. Its lead was cut to29-24 at halftime.

The third quartersaw the Spartansoutscore the Muskrats,18-11, and extendedtheir lead to 47-35.Imlay City outscoredAlgonac, 20-19, in thefourth.

Ben Rodak led theway with 20 points and11 rebounds, AnthonyHoward came throughwith 13 points and fourboards and Robert Belladded 11 points.

The Spartans were atArmada yesterday afterour deadline and finish

the regular seasontomorrow at Capac. — E.H.

NORTH BRANCHIn a reschedule game

from last Fridaybecause of weather,North Branch took onleague rival Essexvile-Garber Monday, falling,68-49.

Garber held a com-fortable 21-7 lead afterthe first quarter andwas still ahead, 38-20 atteh half. After threequarters, Garber led,47-30, and tacked on 21points in the final stan-za to seal the win.North Branch scored 19points in the final quar-ter.

Ethan Huffaker ledNorth Branch with 12points, Garrett Bradleyhad nine, TrevorMarceau eight andCorey Franks chipped inwith four. — L.P.

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DAN NILSENSPORTS WRITER

TossupThe symptoms started

around Thanksgiving.George Gleason was sit-ting in the Dryden Highgym, watching his daugh-ter play volleyball, whenthe 39-year-old fatherand boys’ basketballcoach was gripped by allthe warning signs of aheart attack — the painrunning from the arm tothe shoulder, the feelingof an elephant standingon his chest.

Typical of the lifelongathlete that he is,Gleason popped anaspirin and tried toshake it off. For twoweeks.

Finally, at the insis-tence of his daughter,Gleason visited a doctor,who took his blood pres-sure and promptly senthim to an emergencyroom. Gleason spent twodays in the hospital,where tests ruled out aheart attack but found noother cause.

Thus began GeorgeGleason’s season on thebrink as a high schoolbasketball coach.Doctors still haven’t pin-pointed the ailment,although they’re talkingmore about COPD nowthan a heart condition.He’s lived through theuncertainty for threemonths and 19 games,while beta blockers keephis pulse down and othermeds keep the vascularsystem pumping.

“The frustrating thingis, even after they tell methere’s nothing wrongwith my heart, my doctorsays if you have thosesame symptoms, youhave to go to the ER,”Gleason said.

Gleason tries to take iteasier. He doesn’t run upand down the sidelinesor jump up and downlike he used to, and heprides himself on the facthe hasn’t gotten a techni-cal foul all season.

Ironically, his successin improving the Drydenprogram has createdmore stressful moments.A team that won just onegame last year has beenin nearly every contestthis season. TheCardinals have won fivegames, two in overtime,and lost five others byfour points or less.

He gets help from hisfather and former LapeerEast coach Dave Gleason,who serves as an assis-tant and will tug on apant leg if George startsgetting too excited.Former East player DavidAllison also helps out.

But the biggest assistcame from 13-year-oldSierra Gleason, who haslived with her fathersince a divorce andmissed him too manynights when he was offcoaching. It was Sierrawho chastised dad onthe way home from thevolleyball game for notseeking medical atten-tion. Two weeks later,when George couldn’twalk far enough to let thedog out of the house,Sierra insisted.

“She got really upset,”George said. “She toldme, ‘I didn’t get to seeyou then. I’m not goingto have you be gonenow.’ I took that toheart.”

Gleason would justlike to nail down theproblem, and a solution.He’ll be moving into theless-stressful season oftrack this spring, butanother year of basket-ball looms down theroad.

“I’m hoping they findan answer for me, andsoon,” he said.

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Weather delay puts leaguecontests on slight hold

Photo by Brandon Pope

Chanda June of Lapeer West dribbles the ball past thedefense during a recent Flint Metro League game.

BY BRANDON POPE810-452-2651 •bpope@mihomepaper.com

IMLAY CITY— Hewas one of the fewbright spots in a strug-gling football program.In fact, the Spartanssnapped a three-yearlosing skid in his finalgame in uniform. TheSpartans’ star runningback, AJ Caldwell,recently announced hisintentions to play colle-giate football at SienaHeights next season.Caldwell made it officialon Monday when hesigned his letter ofintent.

Ken Day steppeddown from his two-yearinterim poistion at theend of last season andthe lack of a coachingstaff made it difficult forCaldwell to find a placeto play at the next level.That is, until he got alittle help from a nearbycompetitor. PaulStawecki, an Imlay Cityalum and current mem-

ber of the North Branchfootball team’s coachingstaff, decided to giveCaldwell a bit of aboost.

“Coach Stawecki from

North Branch set up alittle meeting with theircoaches,” said Caldwell.“I talked to them and Iliked them.”

Other schools were

also interested inCaldwell, as he was inthem, but financial con-straints can sometimeschange decisions. “I did(consider other

schools), but moneywas an issue,” addedCaldwell.

Along with being afootball star at ImlayCity, Caldwell is also afour-year member of theSpartans’ track and fieldteam, so multi-tasking isquite familiar to him,even though it willintensify at the colle-giate level. “My biggestchallenge will probablybe balancing sports,school and friends,”continued Caldwell.

Caldwell’s passion forsports burns deep, andis apparent by hisintended field of study,sports management. Notto mention the fact thathe is most excitedabout ‘just trying toplay football’ as heheads off to the nextchapter in his life.

“I just wanted to saythank you (to coachStawecki) for makingthis a great opportunityfor me to move on tothe next level.”

Imlay City’s Caldwell inks with Siena Heights

Photo by Brandon Pope

Imlay City running back AJ Caldwell (center) signs his letter of intent accompa-nied by (l-r) Imlay City Athletic Director Don Gauthier, father Andrew Caldwell,mother Melanie Kampman, stepfather Glen Kampman, and assistant principal PatBrown.

Photo by Brandon Pope

Imlay City’s Anthony Howard inbounds the ball.

Lapeer West moves on in district play

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AREAWIDE — The field hasbeen pared down for the areahigh school bowling statemeet with regionals completedlast Thursday and Friday. Thetop 10 individuals and topthree teams move on to thestate meet that takes placeMarch 2-3.

Div. 2, Region 10 at Bay City

As a team, the Eagles wereunable to qualify for states inthe boys’ and girls’ divisions.At Monitor Lanes in Bay City,the boys finished in fourthplace out of 14 teams, which isjust below the qualification toadvance to states. The LadyEagles finished in eighth placeout of 15 teams with a total of3,134 points, while the boysfinished with 3,686.

Each team, however, didsend one person to the indi-vidual state meet. For theboys, it was Tyler Graham,who accumulated 1,143 points,which is good enough for the10th and final qualifying spot.On the girls end, it was starbowler Justice Schihl, who, asmany may have predicted,took first place individuallywith 1,209 points.

The Panthers' season cameto an end at this past week-end's bowling regionals fromboth an individual and teamstand point. As a team, theboys finished in sixth place ofthe 14 teams with 3,676points, falling three spotsshort of the minimumrequired to qualify for states.As for the Lady Panthers, theyfinished in ninth out of 15teams with 3,069 points.

Individually, it was a similarstruggle for the Panthers. Thehighest finishing boy for Westwas junior Tyler Skene, whofinished with 1,111 points,which good enough for 18thplace, but fell eight spotsshort of qualifying. On thegirls' end, the highest scoringbowler for West was seniorRebecca Francis, who came in25th with 991 points. — B.P.

Div. 3, Region 16 atClarkston

Richmond won the regionalwith 3,936 pins, Corunna wassecond with 3,897 and Durandwas third with 3,817. Capacwas fourth, Almont was fifth,Imlay City was 10th andLakeVille 13th.

Imlay City’s Forrest Rankinplaced sixth at the Div. 3regional and moves on to thestate meet March 2-3 inJackson. Rankin bowledrounds of 214, 195, 170, 177,207 and 198 for 1,161 pins. Forthe girls, Danielle Gill justmissed qualifying, placing 11thwith 1,046 pins.

The Almont Raiders went

into the event with a line up ofJesse Crawford, Seth Malburg,Brandon Marklin, KellieMarkwardt, Jason McKelvey,Ryan Pakledinaz, Joel Smithand Alec Ward.

"In the team tournament, allteams bowled six BAKERgames, followed by three regu-lar games with the top threeteams advancing to the statetournament at Airport Lanesin Jackson," said coach MattMcKelvey. "With one game togo in qualifying, Almont was infourth place, making a run atthe third place spot.Unfortunately, they did notpull it off, but finished a veryrespectable fifth place overallin the team event with a totalscore of 3,738."

"On Saturday morning, sixmembers of the Almont teambowled in the singles six-gamequalifying tournament withthe top 10 bowlers advancingto the state tournament," con-tinued McKelvey.

Jason McKelvey finished inthe top individual spot to rollhis momentum into the statefinals, as he accumulated1,253 points. Also qualifyingfor the Raiders was Ward, whofinished in eighth with 1,153points.

Capac had a very niceshowing at regionals, finishingin fourth place with 3,752points, one spot short of quali-fying for states as a team onthe boys’ bracket. For thegirls, the Lady Chiefs accumu-lated 3,190 points, puttingthem in sixth place.

Individually, the boys wereable to qualify two of theirbowlers. Senior Miles Stanistook second place behindAlmont's Jason McKelvey, asStanis recorded 1,200 points.Also advancing was freshmanEthan Moran, as he rolled hisway to 1,175 points. The girlsteam wasn't as fortunate, astheir highest scoring bowlerwas Olivia Thacker, a sopho-more who finished 36th with

856 points.LakeVille’s Joe Kennedy

missed an individual qualify-ing berth by three spots and18 pins. The senior totaled1,128, including games of 224and 233, to finish 13th. LanceTeeter shot 945, Kevin Hollis935, Conrad Morey 934,Nikolai Buckel 914 and JakeWeeks 898.

Sasha Buckel led the LadyFalcons with a 790 total. SaraHollis bowled 685, MeaganPeto 678, Hannah McCoy 665,Kaitlyn Johnson 609 andJordin Freeman 556. —L.P./B.P./D.N.

Div. 3, Region 17 atHemlock

Swan Valley won the girls’regional at Hemlock with 3,287pins followed by Alma with3,277 and Cros-Lex with 3,268.North Branch came in ninthwith 2,664. The girls’ team hada high BAKER game of 145 andhigh game of 721.

During the individualregional, Candace Sutter ledthe Lady Broncos with a 31st-place finish with 827 pins.Cayla Raymond was 39th with737 and Jilliann Dufort was40th with 727.

Birch Run won the boys’title at Hemlock with 3,621pins followed by Bridegportwith 3,608 and Freeland with3,556. The Broncos took 10thwith 3,184.

Individually, Mike Berlin fin-ished 16th with 1,022 pins,missing qualifying for the statemeet by just 43 pins. TravisFike was 43rd with 907 andTravis Olson was 57th with838. — E.H.

Div. 4, Region 23 at NewLothrop

Highlighting the day’sefforts for the Dryden boysteam was senior Zack Powellafter starting off by throwing a118, only to come back with

scores of 213, 185, 150, 191and 179 to take home a 1,036series and qualify for the statemeet with an eighth-place fin-ish. As for the five other ath-letes the Cardinals had com-peting on the day, Zach Smithwas solid with games of 126,162, 173, 153, 167 and 158 for a939 series, Mike Cox totaledout at 904 after clockingscores of 164, 159, 152, 142,142 and 145 and RobertAndreski had an 873 showingby rolling in at 164, 122, 158,147, 158 and 124. MattSchurhke was also in actionfor Dryden with an 806 seriesand Adam Patton had a six-game total of 752.

As a team the Dryden boyswere just as successful, takingthe third spot and also qualify-ing for the next round ofaction with a score of 3,300 onBAKER games of 147-135-147-174-146 and 196 and teamgames of 759-749 and 877.

Despite the fact theMichigan High School AthleticAssociation lists Dryden ascompeting in a boys onlycapacity, the Lady Cardinalsdid take to the lanes for thepostseason and were led byfirst-year bowler Lauren Pica,who qualified for the statemeet by coming in seventhwith 911 pins knocked downon scores of 133, 166, 145, 138,170 and 159.

Kerstyn Ketelhut was alsorepresenting Dryden androlled games of 107, 136, 118,116, 113 and 154 to total out at743 and Megan Wilcox wasn’tfar behind at 123, 131, 130,124, 125 and 100 to finish theevent at 733. In team competi-ton the Lady Cardinals weresixth with a score of 2,569 onBAKER games of 100-150-113-136-131 and 119 and regulargames of 572-639 and 609.

The Div. 4 finals will takeplace on Saturday starting at8:30 a.m. in Sterling Heights atSunnybrook Lanes . — M.S.

Local bowlers compete in regional tourney

Photo by Lisa Paine

Lapeer East’s Justice Schihlplaced first in the girls’ Div. 2regional.

BY LISA PAINE810-452-2626 •lpaine@mihomepaper.com

LAPEER — When theDetroit Lions—past andpresent—came to LapeerEast last Friday as partof a fundraiser forProject Graduation, thecrowd and the spectacleput on by Rob Rubickand the Lions exceededeveryone’s expectations.

“To have all theschools together underone roof, I’ve never seenanything like that,” saidProject Graduation coor-dinator Jan Peabody.“The crowd exceededmy expectations and wasa lot more than we seethan ever at the LapeerEast vs Lapeer Westgames. It was fantastic.”

Rubick, a teacher atLapeer West and ownerof R & D Rubick Ltd.—Detroit Lion FundraisingBasketball games—hasbeen bringing the funand Globetrotter-likeevent to schools formore than 25 years. Inthe end Project Grad-uation raised a projected$24,000 for the all-nightsenior party held everyyear as a non-alcoholsend-off for the graduat-ing senior class. Totals

were still being added aswe went to press.

The Globetrotterscould pick up a few tipsfrom the Lions’ squadand its referees, who puton quite the spectacle.Local Jack Miles of NorthBranch was part of theofficiating crew and atone point, he was given

“an attitude adjustment”break in the locker roomafter Rubick didn’t likethe call he made.

Miles had thrown theyellow flag more com-monly seen on the foot-ball field and was detail-ing to the scorer’s tablethe flagrant roughing theshooter call he had

made, along with travel-ing, over-and-back. Thecrowd loved it.

Also on tap was animpromptu youthwrestling bout at centercourt that pitted CorySchlesinger against 10-year-old Eli Chaffin ofSchickler Elementary.Chaffin pinned

Schlesinger, much to thedelight of the fans.Another youngster wasleft hanging from the rimwhile the Lions dis-cussed his dunking abili-ties and several otherswere put on the line,making most of theirshots.

The entire administra-

tion from LapeerCommunity Schools wasrepresented on theLapeer East team, includ-ing Supt. Matt Wandrie,Michelle Bradley ofLynch, Scott Roper ofEast, Tim Zeeman andMary Haslinger of West,Paul Dombrowski of

Lions raise funds for Project Graduation

Photos by Lisa Paine

West principal Tim Zeeman (45) looks for the shot option with Stephen Peterman(65), Jason Hanson (3), Rob Rubick (80) and Herman Moore (85) on the defense.

Eli Chaffin, 10, of Schickler went toe-to-toe withDetroit Lion Cory Schlesinger at center court in awrestling bout during a short timeout.

Lapeer Community Schools Supt. Matt Wandrie (21) dribbles up court as ScottRoper (4) backs him up.

Rob Rubick talked with Caden Henderson, 8, of Chatfield as he autographs aphoto for the youngster and his dad.

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7:30 p.m. against the winner ofMonday’s game between FlintSouthwestern, 6-13, andGoodrich, 14-6. Flint PowersCatholic, 7-11, and Birch Run, 6-12, play in Monday’s othergame, with the winner taking onMt. Morris, 8-10, at 6 p.m.March 7. The final is at 7 p.m.March 9, with the district cham-pion advancing to the Mt.Morris regional March 12against the winner of theFrankenmuth district. — D.N.

No. 57-B, MillingtonNorth Branch, 2-8 Tri-Valley

Conf.-East, 2-15 overall, andCros-Lex, 9-3 Blue Water Area-Conf., 11-7 overall, drew around-one bye and will face off

on Wednesday, March 7 at 7:30p.m. Caro, 3-7 TVC-East, 6-12,overall, awaits the winner ofMillington, 5-6 TVC-East, 8-10overall, vs Yale, 6-6 BWAC, 9-9overall, which plays Monday,March 5 at 6 p.m. Caro tips offwith the winner Wednesday,March 6 at 6 p.m. Finals areFriday, March 9 at 7 p.m.

“Cros-Lex is playing wellright now winning six games ina row,” said North Branchcoach Jim Marshall. “They havegood depth and play very phys-ical. We play three games thisweek and our goal for the lastfew weeks to be playing ourbest basketball going into thetournament.”

The going won’t be easy forthe Broncos against the moresuccessful teams, but leaderson the season for North Branchinclude seniors Stuart Fielder,Ethan Huffaker, Trevor Marceau,Steven Dudley and junior

Garrett Bradley. — L.P.

81-C, New HavenMayville, 2-16 overall, 0-6

GTC-East, will start the playoffsagainst a familiar face in GreaterThumb Conference crossoverrival Vassar, 7-11 overall, 5-5GTC-West, on March 5. And,while these two teams have yetto meet this season, theWildcats don’t seem to be hit-ting on all cylinders right now.That’s because the squad isfresh off of an embarrasinghome loss to league rival BrownCity last Friday, a taste thesquad hopes to cleanse from itspallet when it hosts Ubly today.

“In 728 varsity games, I havenever been involved in one likethis before,” said coach LeonWestover. “Brown City beatMayville 57-5 on the score-board, but completely dominat-ed them in every phase of the

game. The statistics say it all.”While Mayville hit just 10

percent of its shots from thefloor that game and 17 percentfrom the line, another factorworking against them is the bro-ken foot suffered by leadingscorer Nick Vassalo on Feb. 13at Owendale-Gagetown that willmore than likely keep him side-lined for the remainder of thecurrent campaign. That couldput a whole lot of pressure toperform on players like CodyPyle, but unless the squad canalso cut down on the 28turnovers they committedagainst the Green Devils, thepostseason could be a less-than-lasting experience for theWildcats.

The victor of this game takeson whichever team wins theMarlette, 6-9 overall, 3-4 GTC-East/Brown City, 12-4 overall, 4-2 GTC-East, contest in the semi-finals on March 7. — M.S.

BY LISA PAINE810-452-2626 • lpaine@mihomepaper.com

FENTON — The Lapeer co-op swim and dive team put apositive stamp on the seasonwith a solid fourth-place fin-ish at the loaded Flint MetroLeague meet that was splitinto two days with the finalsdelayed because of lastFriday’s inclement weather.The finals took place Mondayat Fenton.

Fenton won the overalltitle with 620 points, Brandonwas second with 448 andSwartz Creek was third with243. Lapeer was fourth with242, Holly fifth with 240 andKearsley-Clio was sixth with99. The overall season resultsput Fenton in first, Brandon

was second, Holly andLapeer tied for third, SwartzCreek was fifth and Kearsleywas sixth.

At the league meet, Lapeerwas third in the 200 medleyrelay with John Turner, NeilDenver, Ryan Tuckfield andAustin Corriveau touchingthe wall in 1:58.93. Denver,Paul Nestor, Dan Gildner andRyan Tuckfield were third inthe 200 free relay in 1:43.35.The same team just missedthe podium placing fourth inthe 400 free relay in 3:51.276.Tuckfield was second in the100 butterfly in 1:00.25.

“We did very well in thefinals,” said Lapeer coach PatThomas. “I am so pleasedwith the ending of this sea-son.”

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BY LISA PAINE810-452-2626 • lpaine@mihomepaper.com

LAPEER — The Lapeer East base-ball program is putting the word outto help refill its coffers after theannual softball on ice tournamenthad to be canceled because of unsafeice conditions.

“It is going to be hard to make upthe money,” said East varsity coachLarry Grumley. “We have got to getcreative. We are always looking toadd more signs on the outfield fence.The deal is $500 for the life of thesign. Anybody interested can get intouch with Grumley or the LapeerEast athletic depatment school aboutpurchasing a sign. Any help would begreatly appreciated in these times oftight budgets. The schools do whatthey can, but nothing from nothingstills leaves nothing.”

The tournament on LakeNepessing typically brings in any-where from $4,000-5,000 and that

leaves a pretty big deficit to make up.The East players and coaches serveas officials, umpires and tournamentcoordinators throughout the week-end-long event. It will return nextyear, barring weather complications.To help the team make up the short-fall, contact Larry Grumley throughthe Lapeer East athletics at 810-667-2418.

Also canceled this year was thefifth annual Golf on Ice tournament,which was scheduled for lastSaturday on Lake Nepessing in frontof the Castaways restaurant. Theevent benefited the Lake NepesssingFireworks last year, to the tune ofabout $2,500, according to organizerLarry Allen.

“We’ll try to find other ways tomake that up,” he said.

Allen expressed his gratitude toCastaways owner Sharon Johnsonand her staff and hoped the tourna-ment could resume next year.

Tourney loss equals fundraising deficit

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The annual ice softball tournament that benefits the Lapeer East baseball programhas been put on ice because there was no ice to play on this past weekend. Theevent will return next year, weather permitting.

Area Briefs

State wrestling individual finals to be streamed live

AUBURN HILLS — TheMichigan High SchoolAthletic Association will havea camera on every mat at thestate individual wrestlingfinals at the Palace of AuburnHills and will begin streamingthe first-round matches live

today at www.mhsaa.tv andwww.foxsportsdetroit.com at2:15 p.m. The second roundcommences tomorrow at 8:30a.m. and coverage is slatedto run through the semifinalsthat start at 7 p.m. Roundssix and seven will then takeplace on Saturday at 8:30a.m., followed by the conso-lation matches at 11:30 a.m.and the championships at

4:30 p.m.The MHSAA will also offer

the competitive cheer finalsfrom the Delta Plex in GrandRapids starting with Div 1 onFriday at 6 p.m. The Div. 2finals will then take place onSaturday at 10 a.m., Div. 3closes the show at 6 p.m. andthe Div. 4 title will be decid-ed at 4 p.m. Details:www.mhsaa.com. — M.S.

Scrapooking fundraiserIMLAY CITY — The Imlay

City boys basketball programwill be hosting its SecondAnnual ScrapbookingFundraiser on March 10 from10 a.m.-9 p.m. The fundraiserwill be held at Imlay City HighSchool Auditeria. A fee of $30per person will cover tablespace, lunch, dinner, snacks,beverages, as well as doorprizes, raffles and goodiebags. There will be on-sitevendors throughout the dayas well product offerings.

Details: Leigh Gauthier at810-214-1034 or leighgauthi-er@yahoo.com. Registrationsare due no later than March 7.All proceeds will benefit theImlay City boys basketballprogram. — E.H.

Memorial race coming to Lapeer

LAPEER -- Derek Stone,Lapeer East grad and founder

of Milestone Racing Inc., willbring a new race to the areain June. Dubbed the Beatty-Daley challenge in honor ofhis best friend, Thomas Daley,and cousin Michael Beatty,whose lives were cut short,Stone has set a tentative datefor June 2 at 9 a.m. His permitis still pending, but expectedto be approved. The race willhave three parts, the Daley 5kand the Beatty mile (inviteonly) and a Beatty-Daley 5kwalk. Online registration isavailable at www.racemile-stone.com. Stone hopes tobring a large portion of thecommunity together for thememorial races. — L.P.

Local team looking forhelp

LAPEER — The FAITHHomeschool varsity boys’ bas-ketball team is undefeated onthe season and looking for helpfrom local businesses for dona-tions to help send the team tothe National Tournament inSpringfield, Mo. from March 19-24. Details: Deanna Ervin at 810-625-2109 or deanna@faithhome-school.net. — E.H.

Spring registration beginsLAPEER — Registration has

begun at the Lapeer CommunityCenter for the following springprograms: co-ed 5th-8th volley-

ball by March 12; indoor soccerclinic for boys and girls grades1st-6th by March 5; youth soc-cer leagues grades 1st-8th byApril 9; Little Kickers soccerprogram ages 4-6 by April 12;youth baseball and softball ages5-14 by April 2 and T-ball byApril 16 and softball clinic ages8-14 by March 28. — E.H.

Sports memorabilia showLAPEER — On March 18, the

American Legion Post No. 16will be holding a sports memo-rabilia show from 9:30 a.m.-3p.m. Admission is free, but anydonations will be given to St.Judes Children Hospital andneedy families in the area.Eight-foot tables are $25 each.Details: Doug King at 810-654-0417.— E.H.

Tee it up to support hockey association

METAMORA — The LapeerCounty Hockey Associationwill host its 11th Annual GolfOuting on Saturday, May 19 atMetamora Golf & CountryClub. The four-person scram-ble will start at 1 p.m. andcost is $85 per player. All pro-ceeds go toward the develop-ment of Lapeer County YouthHockey. Details: Bill Gibbonsat 810-845-1914.— L.P.

ALMONT — The AlmnotYouth Baseball Association(AYBA) will be holding reg-istration at Hideaway Laneson March 6 and 8 from 6-8:30 p.m. Hideaway Lanesgiving away two games ofbowling and shoes for $6 onregistration nights. Details:www.almont-baseball.com.— E.H.

DRYDEN — Registrationfor Dryden HometownBaseball will be held onMarch 5 and 8 from 6-8 p.m.in the Dryden ElementaryLibrary. Details: Deanna at810-614-7789. — E.H.

ELBA — The ElbaBaseball and SoftballAssociation is holding regis-tration for the 2012 season.Registration will take placeon March 3 at MC Sports inLapeer from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Details:www.eteamz.com/ebsa —E.H.

HADLEY — The HadleyYouth Baseball registrationwill be held on March 4from 1-4 p.m., March 8 from4-7 p.m., March 10 from 11a.m.-2 p.m. and March 13from 5-8 p.m. at the OldHadley Town Hall. Details:797-4941 or 441-5232 orhadleybb@gmail.com. —E.H.

NORTH BRANCH —Registration for NorthBranch Summer Recreationwill take place on March 2and 9 from 4-7 p.m. andMarch 3 and 10 from 10a.m.-2 p.m. at North BranchElementary. Registeringafter March 10 will include a$25 late fee. Details: 989-467-0190. — E.H.

Youth baseball/softball registration

Lapeer fourth at Metro League swim meet

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Ryan Tuckfield was second in the 100 butterfly at the Metro League meet on Monday.

scored another 51 sec-onds before the periodended. The Ramblerstacked on their finalgoal with 27 seconds leftin the game.

Lapeer goalie CamGiddings turned away14-of-16 shots in the firsttwo periods, and JustinAbdelhak stopped fourof five shots in the third.

Lapeer, 8-15-1, openedthe Div. 1 state tourna-ment last night with apre-regional gameagainst Lake Orion atthe Detroit Skating Club.The winner moved toface host Clarkston at7:30 p.m. Thursday.

placed third at regionalsand is getting ready for around-one contest at thestate meet against JacksonLumen Christi’s AnthonyDeLarosa, 37-8. — M.S.

IMLAY CITYThe Spartans’ hopes of

making some waves at theMHSAA Div. 3 champi-onships at the Palace ofAuburn Hills March 1-3 areas good as anyones. Onebig reason for that is NinoMosher, 34-9, who finishedfourth at regionals andopens the postseason bytaking on Allendale’sCollin Beebe. 33-3.

With a record of 48-4 at145, Sam Lyscas will getthings going for theSpartans with a round-onematchup againstChippewa Hills’ LatearDukes, 41-18.

Last year at the statetourney Lyscas finishedseventh at 140 by takingout Newaygo’s LarryBulson in an exciting 6-5overtime match, only tolose another extra-periodbout in the quarterfinalsto Midland Bullock Creek’sScott Flowers 9-5. Lyscasthen bounced back in theconsolation round to beatHopkin’s Jimmy Renberg5-0 before getting eliminat-ed by Whitehall’s DrewLewis 5-2.

The final Spartan com-peting at the Palace is RayMurawski, 43-12, at 130.He will begin the playoffswith an opening-roundbattle against Shepherd’sMike Cline, 40-5. — M.S.

LAPEER EASTThe Eagles qualified

Joe Perry at 215 lbs. andDillon Ellsworth at 140 lbs.Perry takes a 35-4 recordup against Eaton Rapids’Trenton Hurd, who is 33-8on the season.

Ellsworth is 41-12 onthe season and goes upagainst Travis Dragomerof Stevensville Lakeshore,who is 42-5 on the season.

“Joe and Dillon arewresting really well rightnow, but this long breakbetween regionals andstates get monotonous attimes,” said coach ErikHohenthaner. “We justkeep plugging away atpractice and have traveleda bit to get these guyssome good training part-ners.

Joe can do very well ifhe wrestles this weekendand doesn’t rely onstrength alone but heknows that. Dillon is afreshman, but has wres-tled in big events beforeso he won’t be rattled. Hecan become the first fresh-man at Lapeer East toplace at states so I knowhe’s excited.”— L.P.

LAPEER WESTThe Panthers may not

have made it to the statefinals as a team, however,they will be sending fourto compete at the individ-ual state finals beginningon Thursday at the Palaceof Auburn Hills. In the 112weight class, DeanSomers, who compiled aseason record of 47-3, willtake on Matt Morris ofGrand Rapids Northview,who currently sits at 41-11.

Wrestling at 119, with aseason record of 41-7,Dakota Carie will go head-to-head with Holly’s TylerGibson, who has a 45-6mark on the year. AdamNichols qualified at 130with a 43-6 record, as hewill do battle with CollinTomkins of Byron Center.At 171, CJ Melton hasaccumulated a record of42-5 this season, and hewill be matched up withByron Center’s ZackGnass, who has gone 44-4on the year.

“Qualifying four for theindividual state finals putsus in the top 15 in ourdivision based on thenumber of qualifiers,” saidcoach Matt Nowak. “Ithink all of our wrestlershave a great shot at plac-ing in the top eight and Iknow that they will beready to wrestle.” — B.P.

MAYVILLEThe Wildcats put forth

a superb effort at theregionals, but were onlyable to secure one spot inthe individual state tour-nament. Wrestling at 135,Aaron Moody solidifiedhis berth to the big danceby placing second at theindividual regionals.Moody has compiled anoverall record of 43-4 thisseason, and he will openthe tournament againstElk Rapids’ KaidBrookshire, who is 44-10on the year. — B.P.

NORTH BRANCHRyan Garza is the

Broncos’ lone state qualifi-er. At 119 lbs. he boasts a37-9 record and drew AliAyache of DearbornHeights Crestwood in hisinitial bout. Ayache sportsa 53-5 mark on the season.

“Ryan has a decentchance against theDearborn Hts. Crestwoodkid,” said coach DanRanger. “If he wins thatone, he has a good chanceof placing. If not, he proba-bly gets the Spring Lakekid, who he can beat butwould probably lose in thenext round. So, realistical-ly he can place! Thatbeing said, this is his firsttrip to the Palace and hecould get overwhelmedwith the atmosphere.” — L.P.

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Maple Grove, HeatherVance of Mayfield, KarenAllmen of Murphy,Jennifer Taylor ofRolland Warner, TraciChouinard, Matt Mooreof Seaton, Ken Janczarekof Schickler, ScottWarren of Turrill, JoeShoopman and MattOlson of Zemmer, MattYoung and Bill Krayly ofChatfield and JustinJennings of GrandRapids. The East team

was coached by Eastgirls’ varsity coach PhilWidzinski, also Dean ofStudents at Zemmer.

Lions’ fans weredelighted with the Lions’squad that Rubick puttogether. He substitutedWest varsity playerZeshawn Jones-Parker infor himself at times, andchampioned that funalong with Jason Hanson,Herman Moore, StephenPeterman, Dave Raynerand Cory Schlesinger. Alltook a longer half-timebreak to accommodateautograph requests inthe cafeteria.

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MORTGAGE SALETHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTORATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILLBE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE ATTHE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE INACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may berescinded by the foreclosing mort-gagee. In that event, your damages, ifany, shall be limited solely to thereturn of the bid amount tendered atsale, plus interest.Default has been made in the condi-tions of a mortgage made by MarijaQuni and Tony Quni, Wife andHusband, original mortgagor(s), toMortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., Mortgagee, datedDecember 11, 2006, and recordedon December 22, 2006 in Liber 2226on Page 251, and modified byAffidavit or Order recorded on June 3,2009 in Liber 2390 on Page 803, andassigned by said Mortgagee to TheBank Of New York Mellon Fka TheBank Of New York As Trustee For TheCertificateholder Of Cwalt, Inc.,Alternative Loan Trust 2007-J1,Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,Series 2007-J1 as assignee as docu-mented by an assignment, in Lapeercounty records, Michigan, on whichmortgage there is claimed to be dueat the date hereof the sum of FiveHundred Twenty Thousand NineHundred Sixty-Two and 72/100Dollars ($520,962.72), includinginterest at 6.625% per annum.Under the power of sale contained insaid mortgage and the statute in suchcase made and provided, notice ishereby given that said mortgage willbe foreclosed by a sale of the mort-gaged premises, or some part ofthem, at public vendue, at the place ofholding the circuit court within LapeerCounty, at 9:30 AM, on March 7,2012.Said premises are situated inTownship of Dryden, Lapeer County,Michigan, and are described as: Partof the Southwest 1/4 of theSoutheast 1/4 of Section 23, Town 6North, Range 11 East, Described asfollows: Beginning at a point on theSouth line of said Section 23 and thecenterline of General Squire RoadSouth 89 degrees 32 minutes 07 sec-onds East 533.0 feet from the South1/4 corner of said section, Thencecontinuing along said South Sectionline South 89 degrees 32 minutes 07seconds East 333.0 feet, ThenceNorth 0 degrees 04 minutes West1326.66 feet, Thence South 89degrees 53 minutes 45 secondsWest 332.99 feet, Thence South 0degrees 04 minutes West 1323.35feet to the point of beginningThe redemption period shall be 6months from the date of such sale,unless determined abandoned inaccordance with MCLA 600.3241a, inwhich case the redemption periodshall be 30 days from the date ofsuch sale.If the property is sold at foreclosuresale under Chapter 32 of the RevisedJudicature Act of 1961, pursuant toMCL 600.3278 the borrower will beheld responsible to the person whobuys the property at the mortgageforeclosure sale or to the mortgageholder for damaging the property dur-ing the redemption period.Dated: February 8, 2012For more information, please call:FC X (248) 593-1302Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #256459F03(02-08)(02-29)12-1,14-1,16-1,18-1

MORTGAGE SALETHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTORATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILLBE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE ATTHE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE INACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale maybe rescinded by the foreclosing mort-gagee. In that event, your damages,if any, shall be limited solely to thereturn of the bid amount tendered atsale, plus interest.Default has been made in the condi-tions of a mortgage made byAnthony E. Newby and Wendy J.Newby, husband and wife, originalmortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo HomeMortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, datedOctober 1, 2003, and recorded onOctober 22, 2003 in Liber 1815 onPage 579, in Lapeer county records,Michigan, on which mortgage thereis claimed to be due at the date here-of the sum of One Hundred Twenty-Four Thousand Three Hundred Fourand 24/100 Dollars ($124,304.24),including interest at 6.375% perannum.Under the power of sale contained insaid mortgage and the statute insuch case made and provided,notice is hereby given that said mort-gage will be foreclosed by a sale ofthe mortgaged premises, or somepart of them, at public vendue, at theplace of holding the circuit court with-in Lapeer County, at 9:30 AM, onMarch 14, 2012.Said premises are situated inTownship of Burnside, LapeerCounty, Michigan, and are describedas: Commencing at the Northeastcorner of Section 34, Town 9 North,Range 12 East, Burnside Township,Lapeer County, Michigan; thenceNorth 89 degrees 15 minutes 35seconds West 1309.15 feet alongthe North line of said Section 34;thence South 00 degrees 24 min-utes 40 seconds West 963.72 feetalong the centerline of Dean Road tothe point of beginning. Runningthence South 89 degrees 19 min-utes 46 seconds East 628.22 feet;thence South 01 degrees 30 min-utes 53 seconds West 360.35 feet;thence North 89 degrees 19 min-utes 46 seconds West 106.14 feetalong the North one-eighth line ofsaid Section 34; thence North 00degrees 24 minutes 40 secondsEast 32.65 feet; thence South 89degrees 35 minutes 20 secondsWest 515.51 feet; thence North 00degrees 24 minutes 40 secondsEast 330.00 feet along the center-line of Dean Road to the point ofbeginning.The redemption period shall be 6months from the date of such sale,unless determined abandoned inaccordance with MCLA 600.3241a,in which case the redemption periodshall be 30 days from the date ofsuch sale.If the property is sold at foreclosuresale under Chapter 32 of theRevised Judicature Act of 1961, pur-suant to MCL 600.3278 the borrow-er will be held responsible to the per-son who buys the property at themortgage foreclosure sale or to themortgage holder for damaging theproperty during the redemption peri-od.Dated: February 15, 2012For more information, please call:FC D (248) 593-1309Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334-2525File #232644F03(02-15)(03-07)14-1,16-1,18-1,20-1

MORTGAGE SALETHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTORATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILLBE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE ATTHE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU AREIN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale maybe rescinded by the foreclosingmortgagee. In that event, your dam-ages, if any, shall be limited solelyto the return of the bid amount ten-dered at sale, plus interest.Default has been made in the con-ditions of a mortgage made byDawn Nedrow, a single woman, orig-inal mortgagor(s), to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems,Inc., Mortgagee, dated May 14,2003, and recorded on May 19,2003 in Liber 1713 on Page 414,and modified by Affidavit or Orderrecorded on April 18, 2011 in Liber2497 on Page 536, and assignedby said Mortgagee to BAC HomeLoans Servicing, L.P. fkaCountrywide Home LoansServicing, L.P. as assignee as docu-mented by an assignment, andmodified by Affidavit or Orderrecorded on April 18, 2011 in Liber2497 on Page 552, in Lapeer coun-ty records, Michigan, on which mort-gage there is claimed to be due atthe date hereof the sum of Ninety-One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Five and 63/100 Dollars($91,985.63), including interest at5.75% per annum.Under the power of sale containedin said mortgage and the statute insuch case made and provided,notice is hereby given that saidmortgage will be foreclosed by asale of the mortgaged premises, orsome part of them, at public ven-due, at the place of holding the cir-cuit court within Lapeer County, at9:30 AM, on March 14, 2012.Said premises are situated in City ofImlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan,and are described as: Lot 9,Railroad Block, Hunt’s Addition tothe Village of Imlay City (now City ofImlay City), as recorded in Liber 1 ofPlats, Page 11, Lapeer CountyRecords.Also: Commencing 34 rods West ofthe East line of the North 1/2 of theSouthwest 1/4 of Section 17,Township 7 North, Range 12 East,lying South side of line of GrandTrunk Railroad, running parallel withsame; thence South 8 rods, thenceWest 3 rods, thence North 8 rodsthence East to the place of begin-ning. (Known as East 3/4 of Lot 10,Railroad Block, Hunts Addition tothe Village of Imlay City (now City ofImlay). Lapeer County, Michigan, asrecorded in Liber 1 of Plats, Page11, of Lapeer County Records.The redemption period shall be 6months from the date of such sale,unless determined abandoned inaccordance with MCLA 600.3241a,in which case the redemption periodshall be 30 days from the date ofsuch sale.If the property is sold at foreclosuresale under Chapter 32 of theRevised Judicature Act of 1961, pur-suant to MCL 600.3278 the borrow-er will be held responsible to theperson who buys the property at themortgage foreclosure sale or to themortgage holder for damaging theproperty during the redemption peri-od.Dated: February 15, 2012For more information, please call:FC X (248) 593-1302Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Hwy, Ste 200Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334File #394034F01(02-15)(03-07)14-1,16-1,18-1,20-1

MORTGAGE SALETHIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTORATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAINWILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR-POSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUROFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOWIF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARYDUTY.ATTN PURCHASERS: This salemay be rescinded by the foreclos-ing mortgagee. In that event, yourdamages, if any, shall be limitedsolely to the return of the bidamount tendered at sale, plusinterest.Default has been made in the con-ditions of a mortgage made byWayne W. Wilson II and Janelle M.Wilson, Husband and Wife asJoint Tenants with right ofSurvivorship, originalmortgagor(s), to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems,Inc., Mortgagee, dated January 7,2005, and recorded on January27, 2005 in Liber 2003 on Page470, and assigned by saidMortgagee to CitiMortgage, Inc.as assignee as documented by anassignment, in Lapeer countyrecords, Michigan, on which mort-gage there is claimed to be due atthe date hereof the sum of TwoHundred Forty-Seven ThousandSixty and 40/100 Dollars($247,060.40), including interestat 5.625% per annum.Under the power of sale containedin said mortgage and the statutein such case made and provided,notice is hereby given that saidmortgage will be foreclosed by asale of the mortgaged premises,or some part of them, at publicvendue, at the place of holdingthe circuit court within LapeerCounty, at 9:30 AM, on March 28,2012.Said premises are situated inTownship of Hadley, LapeerCounty, Michigan, and aredescribed as: Parcel D - Part ofthe East 1/2 of the Northwest1/4 of Section 21, Town 6 North,Range 9 East, described as begin-ning at a point on the North-South1/4 Line that is North 0 Degrees18 Minutes 39 Seconds East556.20 feet from the Interior 1/4Corner of said Section; thencecontinuing North 0 Degrees 18Minutes 39 Seconds East 335.0Feet along the North-South 1/4Line; thence West 1325.62 Feet;thence South 0 Degrees 11Minutes 10 Seconds West 335.0Feet; thence East 1324.89 Feetto the point of the beginning.The redemption period shall be 6months from the date of suchsale, unless determined aban-doned in accordance with MCLA600.3241a, in which case theredemption period shall be 30days from the date of such sale.If the property is sold at foreclo-sure sale under Chapter 32 of theRevised Judicature Act of 1961,pursuant to MCL 600.3278 theborrower will be held responsibleto the person who buys the prop-erty at the mortgage foreclosuresale or to the mortgage holder fordamaging the property during theredemption period.Dated: February 29, 2012For more information, please call:FC C (248) 593-1301Trott & Trott, P.C.Attorneys For Servicer31440 Northwestern Highway,Suite 200Farmington Hills, Michigan48334-2525File #367043F02(02-29)(03-21)18-1,20-1,22-1,24-1

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COURTESY MI DNR

TUSCOLA COUNTY —Members of the Robert J.Lytle Chapter of theRuffed Grouse Society,based in Lapeer, met lastSaturday at the DefordState Game Area inTuscola County to helpin the creation of singinggrounds for Americanwoodcock. Becausewoodcock have verysimilar habitat require-ments as ruffed grouse,both popular gamebirdspecies in Michigan,habitat management forone often benefits theother.

The Dept. of NaturalResources, working withthe group, noted thatwoodcock require a com-bination of young forestsand open fields in orderto meet their breeding,feeding and brood-rear-ing needs. The forestopenings, called singinggrounds, are used bymales as launch pads forelaborate flight displaysto attract females in thebreeding season.

As part of a plan toestablish three forestopenings in associationwith young forest standsdominated by aspen, theDNR has received a$3,052 grant from theparent Ruffed Grouse

Society to clear brushand saplings that areencroaching formerfields on the SGA. Thegrant money will beapplied to clearing thesmaller-diameter brushthrough the use of askidder-mountedHydroAxe. Then, RuffedGrouse Society volun-teers from the Robert J.Lytle Chapter will assistin hand-felling the larger-diameter brush, and increating brush pilesaround the field margins.In 2010, the Chapter alsovolunteered at theLapeer State Game Areaestablishing more habi-tat lands.

The first opening isbeing completed thiswinter, with the othertwo following in consec-utive years so that allopenings are completedby 2014. Once estab-lished, maintenance ofthese openings will beconducted on a rotation-al basis every threeyears through mowingand herbicide treatment.

If the project is suc-cessful with the pres-ence of woodcock onsurvey routes that willbe set up to evaluatehabitat management,similar projects will beimplemented in addition-al areas on the Deford

and other state gameareas within the sur-rounding counties.

Anglers reminded ofbait restrictions

The Dept. of NaturalResources remindsanglers that the use ofsalmon eggs or minnowsfor bait is restricted insome waters as part of acontinuing strategy toslow the spread of viralhemorrhagic septicemia(VHS).

Anglers who purchaseminnows for bait shouldmake sure they are certi-fied as VHS-free.Certified disease-freebait is widely availableand may be used any-where for 14 days afterpurchase. Anglers arereminded to keep theirbait receipts with themwhile they are using pur-chased bait.

The use of uncertifiedbait is restricted onwhere it can be used andcan only be used forthree days after pur-chase or collection.Uncertified bait from theVHSv Free ManagementAreas can be used any-where in the state.Uncertified bait fromVHSv Surveillance Areascan be only used inVHSv Surveillance or

Positive Areas.Uncertified bait fromVHSv Positive Areas canonly be used in VHSvPositive Areas and arethose waters where VHShas been detected andconfirmed. All bait col-lected by anglers is con-sidered uncertified bait.Information on whatwaters are in whichVHSv Management Areasis in the fishing guideand online at www.michi-gan.gov/vhs.

VHS is a viral diseasethat causes fish to diefrom internal bleedingand has caused mortali-ties among a number ofspecies of fish inMichigan waters. Thedisease has been foundin the Michigan waters oflakes Erie, Huron andSuperior and has beendetected in LakeMichigan, though not inMichigan waters. It hasbeen found in at leasttwo inland lakes - BuddLake in Clare County andBaseline Lake inWashtenaw County.

"There is no knowntreatment for VHS," saidDNR Fish ProductionManager Gary Whelan,who monitors fish dis-eases for the depart-ment. "Our best defenseagainst it is trying to pre-vent its spread."

Local chapter working toincrease grouse habitat

Lady Falcons with 13points, Ashley Pardeeadded 10 and MaddieSkias chipped in seven.

LakeVille finished theseason with a 10-11 over-all record. — E.H.

MAYVILLEThe Lady Wildcats

opened district play onMonday against NewHaven at Mayville but fell,55-27.

The Rockets led, 15-9,after the first quarter and

extended their lead to 33-15 at halftime. New Havenput the game away in thethird quarter with a 16-5advantage. Mayvilleoutscored the Rockets inthe fourth, 7-6.

Alex Diller led the LadyWildcats with sevenpoints and nine rebounds,Tori Bakewell added sixpoints and eight boardsand Ruth Squires chippedin with five points, sevenrebounds and six steals.Jessy Cook had five stealsfor Mayville.

The Rockets were ledby DeAsia Clarke with 24points and Destiny Raschehad 20. — E.H.

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