weekly choice - section b - january 19, 2012

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by Mike Dunn

PELLSTON -- The winskeep coming for the PellstonHornets and the points keepcoming for 6-foot-4 seniorguard Christopher Hass.

It was a milestone week forHass in his incredible four-

year varsity career as theHornets defeated Ski Valley

foes Central Lake andOnaway to push their recordto 8-0 overall and 6-0 in theleague.

Hass, a first-team All-Statepick in Class D last year whohas already committed toDiv. I Bucknell University,drained the nets for 40 p oints

on Tuesday, Jan. 10, in theHornets' 83-54 triumph overCentral Lake and he scored31 in the 80-32 win overOnaway on Thursday, Jan. 12.Hass finished the week with2,031 points for his career

with at least 13 games leftand possibly several more ifthe Hornets are able to makea playoff run.

At the time of this writing,Hass was hotter than Texaschili from the floor. He hasscored at least 31 points inhis last five games and is on apace that could land him aspot among the top 10 or 15scorers in Michigan prep his-tory before its all said and

done.Hass is already one of just

34 prep players to reach the2,000-point plateau and, bar-ring injury, hell just add tohis growing totals in thegames to come. Jay Smith ofMio, who played from 1976-79, is the all-time scoringleader with an amazing 2,841points followed by Mark

Brown of Hastings (1982-85)with 2,789.

Ironically, one person whoChris may never catch is hisolder sister Stephanie, whoscored a whopping 2,732points in a four-year prepcareer when she played forHarbor Light Christian from

1998-2001. Stephanie, whoactually scored 3,054 pointscounting her eighth-grade

year on varsity, graduated asthe states all-time leadingfemale scorer, though thathonor passed last year toCentral Lake grad JasmineHines.

Scoring points admittedlyseems to be imbedded in the

Hass family genes but any-one who watches Chris playknows he does much morethan just score points. Thelithe, smooth-flowing seniorguard can also handle theball, pass efficiently, battleunder the boards and playsuffocating defense.

In addition to his 40 pointsagainst Central Lake, Hassgrabbed nine boards with sixblocked shots, four steals andthree assists. It was a fairlytypical stat line for him.

And he wasn't alone, ofcourse. One reason whyPellston is undefeated this

year is because of the talentthat surrounds Hass on the

Hornet court.Dependable Dale Stark

delivered a double-doubleagainst the Trojans with 15points and 11 rebounds andsenior forward Andy Hamlin,a 1,000-point scorer in hisown right, tamed the twinefor 13 points with seven

boards. Coach Cliff Hass alsonoted the intense defensivepressure applied by freneticJake Friedenstab and rugged

By Mike Dunn

ONAWAY Two words

aptly describe Onaway girls

basketball coach Marty Mix:

energetic and optimistic. You

could throw in the word

motivational, too, and intelli-

gent.

Mix, a former All-State

Onaway basketball star him-

self in the late 1990s whose

college career was cut shortby a knee injury, has infused

the Onaway girls program

with a heavy dose of his high-

octane personality and the

results have been outstand-

ing. Mix, in his eighth season

at the varsity helm, has over-

seen a remarkable resur-

gence in the Cardinals hard-

wood fortunes, leading the

girls to a Ski Valley champi-

onship and district champi-

onship in 2006 and a place

among the top tier of the

highly competitive confer-

ence year after year.

On Monday, Jan. 9, Mix

won his 100th game as the

varsity coach when the

Cards famed softball slugger

Molly Cleaver connected big

time in the clutch from the

baseline to give Onaway an

improbable come-from-

behind buzzer-beating victo-

ry over Ski Valley rival Forest

Area. At the time of this writ-ing, Onaway owned a 6-3

overall record and 3-3 in the

league.

Mix was naturally thrilled

with the win and with pass-

ing the first major milestone

of his burgeoning hardwood

coaching career. The fact that

victory No. 100 came in such

dramatic fashion and came

in the home gym made it

even more special for Mix.

What a night! Mix said

recently in his typically

upbeat manner. I was so

happy for the girls to come

from behind and get the win

and I was really happy that it

came on the home floor.

Thats where my first win

came, too. I have to admit, it

was pretty special.

Mix said he had been rem-

iniscing with his wife Kara

about everything that hadtaken place while he was

accumulating those 100 wins

and he admitted to getting

emotional.

Im in my eighth year now

and theres a lot thats hap-

pened, he said. The girls

Ive been able to coach have

been so awesome and

theyve made it such a joy for

me. Weve shared so many

great memories and a lot of

great moments together. It

does get pretty emotional

thinking about it.

And I think, too, of all the

people Ive been able to meet

and network with and the

friendships Ive gained.

Without basketball, there

would be a huge void in my

life.

In addition to being the

girls coach, Mix is also the

Onaway athletic director and

he is an assistant principal.

He also coaches cross coun-try in the fall and track in the

spring for both boys and

girls. When hes not teaching

and coaching, Marty and his

lovely bride and soul-mate

Kara are also raising three

energetic young boys: 8-year-

old Jager, 6-year-old Jadin

and 2-year-old Jerzi.

Mix is often effusive in the

praise of his players and he

handles defeat with consum-

mate grace, often compli-

menting the opposing team

and coach. He is genuinely

humble when talking about

himself, however. When

asked about his own accom-

plishments, he typically

mentions the work ethic of

his players and how theyve

supported him and bought

into his program.

Mix will talk about lucky

and blessed hes been to be atOnaway at the right time and

place. Hell talk about how

supportive his wife Kara has

been of his passion for the

hardwood and how her sup-

port has enabled him to give

the attention that has been

necessary to the girls hoops

program.

Rarely will he say anything

at all about himself.

Mix also has high praise for

assistant coach and lifelong

friend John George.

John is an amazing JV

coach and assistant, Mix

said. Hes been with me

every step of the way. Ivenever experienced a win

without him at my side.

Mix and George were

teammates at Onaway and

they were also college room-

mates. They stood up for

each other at their weddings

and John is also godfather of

Marty and Karas three boys.

John, like Marty, is blessed

with a wife who is supportive

of his basketball endeavors

in spite of the long hours

away from home during the

season.

A lot of credit belongs to

John, Mix said. Hes been an

instrumental part of our suc-

cess year in and year out. Heruns an outstanding JV pro-

gram and hes a great mentor

to the girls. Ive been very,

very fortunate to have him

with me. Needless to say,

were both very blessed to

have wives who are so under-

standing and supp ortive.

The major highlight of

Mixs hardwood coaching

career thus far has been win-

ning the conference and dis-

trict titles in 2006. Another

highlight is his niece, Allie Jo

Nave, surpassing 1,000

points in her notable four-

year varsity career as well as

being the schools all-time

leader in assists. He also

counts it a highlight and an

honor to go against out-

standing conference coaches

such as Kevin Foster at St.Mary, Al Becker at Central

Lake and Heather Huff at

Johannesburg-Lewiston year

after year.

Two of the things Mix is

most proud of that have hap-

pened during his tenure as

coach is Onaway earning

academic all-state honors

seven years in a row and

some of his players going on

to compete successfully at

the college level.

Megan Murphy, who

played an integral role in the

2006 Cardinal success, is a

four-year letterman at

Madonna University.

Sharpshooter Hayley

OMeara, a prolific scorer for

the Cards, is now playing for

Aquinas College after two

productive years at AlpenaCommunity College. Long-

armed Payton Lupu is in her

second year at ACC and two

other players, Danielle

Chapman and Ashlee Bishop,

also played two years at ACC.

Mix has enjoyed success by

every measurable standard,

including the won-lost log,

during his years as coach. He

still regards success in devel-

oping character as of primary

importance, though.

Ive always told our kids

success isnt measured by

how many wins you have, but

by what you can take away

from what weve accom-

plished, he said. Are you a

better person from what

youve learned here? Will

what you gained here help

you to make good decisionsand set positive goals as you

go through life? Those are the

things that really matter.

I just hope the impact that

John and I have been able to

have through coaching

matches somehow the

impact the girls have had on

us. Its been very rewarding.

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win over Gaylord.

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Prolific Pellston senior surpasses 2,000 points in his storied career as Hornets beatCentral Lake and Onaway

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Chris Hass joined elite

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2/8

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD Give the

Bellaire Eagles their due.

Coach Stan Sextans battle-

tested squad gave a fine exhi-

bition of two-way basketball

at the court of Gaylord St.

Mary on Thursday, Jan. 14,

outscoring the scrappy

Snowbirds by a 58-33 margin.

The Eagles pushed their

record to 8-0 overall and 5-0

in the Ski Valley and set up a

HUGE league showdown

with unbeaten Pellston that

took pace on Tuesday of this

week after this issue went to

press. That game was played

in Bellaire with another one

scheduled down the road in

Pellston.

The effort was certainly

there for St. Mary as blue-col-

lar seniors Pat Switalski,

Gabe Nowicki and Luke

Wisniewski and company

hustled continually and

made the Eagles work for

their points throughout the

game. But at the other end,

St. Mary struggled against

the taller, deeper Bellaire

defense and had to battle to

get open looks at the iron.

Switalski paced the

Snowbirds with 10 points.

Gus Meriwether, one of the

more dangerous backcourt

shooters in the league this

season, paced the Eagles

with 20 points and Reese

Koepke, fresh off reaching

1,000 points in his previous

outing against Central Lake,

added 13. Mitch Teetzel tal-

lied eight for the visitors.

The Snowbirds of coach

Ken Blust played at

Mancelona on Tuesday of

this week and are on the road

again on Thursday, Jan. 19,

against Ski Valley foe Inland

Lakes. The boys return home

on Wednesday, Jan. 25,

against Central Lake and are

home again on Friday, Jan.

27, against Forest Area.

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By Mike Dunn

TRAVERSE CITY Host

Traverse City West jumped

to an early lead and main-

tained it the rest of the way,

defeating Gaylord 62-46 on

Thursday, Jan. 12, in a Big

North clash.

Graeme Placek scored 17

of his 23 points in the open-

ing stanza as the Titans

jumped to a commanding

21-6 lead on the scoreboard.

The Titans improved to 6-3

overall and 3-2 in the league

while Gaylord slipped to 4-5

and 2-3.

Big man Trevor

Commissaris was a force

inside for West, especially at

the offensive end, hitting for

a game-high 27 points. He

also had 13 rebounds and

two blocked shots.

Reliable senior forward

Troy Gahm paced Gaylord,

draining the nets for 17

points.

ON TUESDAY, Jan. 10, the

Blue Devils won big on the

road, outscoring St. Ignace

84-43 to push their record to

4-4.

We finally shot the ball

the way that were capable

of," said Gaylord coach Tim

O'Rourke.

Senior forward Troy Gahm

staked Gaylord to an early

lead, scoring 13 of his game-

high 25 points in the first

quarter. Tyler Frisch also

helped the Blue Devils in the

early going, coming off the

bench to bury a pair of 3-

pointers.

Big men Zach Lundell and

Michael Skerratt controlled

play under the boards, each

hitting for 14 points, and

O'Rourke also noted the

fruitful, smart play of cere-

bral point guard Tyler

Cherry and the excellent

floor game of senior Austin

Pearson.

Gaylord won the JV game

61-39 behind the cracker-

jack shooting of Zach Perry,

who cracked the nets for 15

points, and cat-quick Felix

Iseler, who put 12 on the

board. Ryan Chrencik tallied

eight, dominated the boards

and provided much need

leadership.

Gaylord (4-5, 2-3) played

at home against the Sault on

Tuesday, Jan. 17, and plays

on the road this Friday, Jan.

20, against Big North foe

Cadillac.

Basketball

Gaylord boys fall to TitansBlue Devils fall to Big North foe after win at St. Ignace; Gahm strikes for 17 in loss

Scrap-iron tough St. Mary senior Luke Wisniewski

(20) vies for a rebound during the Bellaire game

Thursday.

St. Mary senior Gabe Nowicki looks up as he pre-

pares to battle for a rebound following a free

throw.

St. Mary sophomore Nick Harrington defies gravity

as he goes high to launch one for the Snowbird JV

squad.

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St. Mary boys fall to

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By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD The PetoskeyNorthmen came to theSportsplex ice on Friday rid-ing a wave of momentum

and it showed in their Big

North hockey clash with hostGaylord.

Petoskey rallied from a 3-1second-period deficit to postan impressive 7-3 triumph.The rally, coming on the

heels of a dramatic overtime

victory against Cadillac twodays before, pushedPetoskeys winning streak tofour games and gave theNorthmen a 3-3 mark in theleague and a 6-6-1 record

overall.Petoskey increased the win

streak one more time onSaturday afternoon withanother overtime victory, thisone against non-league foeFenton, to go over .500 with a7-6-1 log. With the loss toPetoskey, Gaylord fell to 7-6-1 and 1-2-1 in the Big North.It was the second loss of theseason to the Northmen,

who seemed to haveGaylords number this year.

Gaylord led 2-1 after thefirst period and 3-1 at the4:30 mark of the second peri-od after Nick Shear slammedone home for his fifth goal of

the season. After that, though, it was

all Petoskey as the visitorsimprobably scored six unan-swered goals against the nor-mally unflappable BlueDevils.

Senior slap-shot specialistKyle Ruggles, who possesseda piping hot scoring hand in

Petoskeys three wins last week, recorded Petoskeysfirst goal and had two for thegame. Ken Forton and SkyePieffer also tallied twice forthe visiting Northmen and

sophomore BenSchartzfisher found the backof the net as well. Pieffer andHunter Stinger helped putthe sting in the Northmenattack with two assistsapiece. Nick Tromley, TannerDavis, Aaron Cook, DerekSmith and Patrick Gitre hadlone assists.

Junior goaltender BreannaMerriam was quite busy butnotched the W forPetoskey, rejecting 27 of 30Gaylord shots.

Those finding the net forthe Blue Devils in addition toShear were dangerous Derek

Axford, who lit the lamp for

the 11th time this season,and spitfire senior SpencerBajko, who connected for histeam-high 14th goal. WillieGelow picked up two assistsand Mitchell Lawton andCole Muzyl each had oneassist.

Gaylord sought to regroupfrom the Petoskey defeat in a

hurry. The Blue Devils playedat Cadillac on Wednesday ofthis week after this issue

went to press, and theyreturn home Friday foranother Big North duel with

talented Traverse CityCentral.

ON SATURDAY, Petoskeyplayed at home againstFenton and won again inovertime by a 5-4 margin. It

was Ruggles the rocketlauncher doing the damagein the extra session for thesecond time in three days.Ruggles scored the game-

winning goal in OT againstCadillac and he accom-plished the feat again, thistime just halfway through thefirst minute of extra play.

Ruggles tallied twice in thegame, building his season

total to a whopping 19 goalsin 13 games. The senior cen-ter is not shy about seekinghelp on the ice either. He alsohas 11 assists, averagingnearly one assist per game inconjunction with his torridscoring pace.

Petoskey held a 4-2 lead atone point but Fenton showed

lots of scrap, coming frombehind to tie the score in reg-

ulation.Cook was cooking with gas

from his forward post, scor-

ing in the first and third peri-ods to stake the Northmen of

coach Brent Ward to a 2-1lead. Ruggles and Forton alsoscored in the third period for

the Northmen but that wasnot enough to put away thestubborn visitors.

Kyle Lexie scored his sec-ond goal of the game withless than two minutes left in

regulation to tie the score at4.

It didnt last that way forlong, though, as the relent-less Ruggles ended the affair

abruptly with his OT goal, with an key assist fromStinger.

Forton had two assists inaddition to his goal and Gitrealso had an assist.

Petoskey played on thehome ice Wednesday against

state-ranked Traverse CityCentral. The Div. II-rankedTrojans came into that clash

unbeaten in the league at 6-0and with a 10-3-1 log overall.

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TRAVERSE CITY The

Gaylord freshmen boys of

coach Iron Mike Neff

played hard all four quar-

ters and never let up on

Thursday, Jan. 12, in an

impressive 67-38 victory.

The Blue Devils improved to

8-1 with the nice win.

Blayne Baker was in

bazooka mode for Gaylord,

blasting his way to a game-

high 24 points. Steven

Fitzek fired in a dozen

points and Collin Watters

splashed the nets for 11

points.We did a nice job of

pushing the ball up in the

first half and played solid

defense in the second

half, Neff reported.

On Tuesday, Jan. 10, the

Blue Devils sank visiting

Harbor Springs in a real

nail-biter, edging the Rams

71-11.

Blaker blistered the nets

for 17 points and was joined

in double digits by Fitzek

(15) and hustling Marcus

ORourke (14). Defensively,

Collin Watters was as relent-

less as the sea waves under

the boards. Coach Neff also

noted the unselfish play of

Sam Rinke, who did a nice

job dishing out the ball.

We moved the ball up the

court really well and every-

one was able to contribute

to the win, Neff said.

The young Blue Devils

played at home against Sault

Ste. Marie on Tuesday, Jan.

17, and are on the road this

Friday, Jan. 20, against Big

North foe Cadillac at 6 p.m.

Devils of coach Neff push to 8-1 markwith overpowering victory at court of

T.C. West

Basketball

Gaylord frosh boyswin again

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By Doug Derrer

TRAVERSE CITY -- Victories over NorthernMichigan Hockey League

foes Mid-Michigan andManistee last week evenedthe Reps overall record at 7

wins and 7 losses, and left

them at 2-1 in league play,one game behind talentedCheboygan.

On Wednesday, Jan. 11, theReps traveled to Gladwin totake on the Mid-Michigan

Storm and skated to a 5-2win.

Zack Bargys even-strengthgoal with 4:54 left in the

opening period gave the Repsa 1-0 advantage heading intothe first intermission. Nick

Fisher and Andrew Dzierwaassisted on the Bargy goal.Mid-Michigan tied the con-

test four-and-a-half minutesinto the second period, but apower play goal by the RepsQuinn Lightning Lyman

two minutes later with assistsfrom Zach Hill and Josh Hill

restored the Reps one goaladvantage.

Bargys second goal with

8:12 left in the middle periodgave the Reps a two-goal lead

with help from Nate Wilson. A Storm goal with 1:44

remaining brought Mid-Michigan within a goal.

Third-period goals by P.J.

Heger and Zach Hill gave theReps a 5-2 win. KevinBazooka Banducci and

Wilson assisted on the Hegergoal while Gavin Uitvlugt and

Nick Sicinski assisted on theHill goal.

John Posler earned the winin net for the Reps by stop-ping 15 of the 17 shots he

faced.On Friday, Jan. 13, the Reps

battled Manistee at Center

Ice Arena, their first homegame since December 17,and they came away with a 3-0 victory.

Junior Claire Huhta

improved to 4-0 in net for the

Reps and the shutout low-

ered her goals-against-aver-

age to 1.55 per game.

Zach Hill gave the Reps an

early advantage. The sweet

scoring touch of Cracker

Zach accounted for two

first-period goals for the Reps

with Heger drawing assists

on both goals, and Sicinski

also getting an assist on the

second Hill goal.

Hill set up Bargy for a goal

in the second period and the

Reps defense controlled theChippewas offense through-

out the game, limiting

Manistee to just seven shots

on goal.

The Reps face a couple of

tough opponents this week-

end when they travel to

Grand Rapids Forest Hills

Northern on Friday and

Muskegon Mona Shores on

Saturday.

Hockey

Reps win twice toeven record

Wins over NMHL goes Mid-Michigan andManistee leave Reps one game behind

Cheboygan

Basketball

Grayling boys fall to GladiatorsBy Mike Dunn

TRAVERSE CITY TheGrayling boys forced 33turnovers against high-cal-iber Lake MichiganConference opponentTraverse City St. Francis onTuesday, Jan. 10, but couldnot generate enough outputat the offense end to outscorethe host Gladiators.

The Vikings slipped to 6-2overall and 3-1 in the league

with the tough, hard-fought

62-53 defeat. St. Francisimproved to 6-1 with the winand 4-0 in the league.

Grayling trailed by just apoint, 43-42, entering thefourth quarter but theGladiators, who did a mas-terful job of keeping the

Vikings prolific Steven Enosunder wraps, had a 19-11advantage on the scoreboardover the final eight minutesof the game. Senior centerSean Sheldon, who will beplaying at William & Mary

after graduating, scored 11 ofhis 24 points in the fourthquarter for the Glads.

Our team battled in thisgame throughout the entirecontest, noted Graylingcoach Rich Moffit. I waspleased with the fact that weforced St. Francis into 33turnovers and held them to62 points in a game whichhad a high number of posses-sions. Our team also kept itscomposure throughout thecontest, despite not getting

many breaks in the game.We struggled from the

floor and the free throw line,he added. We also struggledto take care of the basketball.Many of our turnovers weredue to poor spacing with ourpress breaker and our transi-tion game. We will learn fromthis game and improve.

The 6-foot-4 Enos drewspecial attention from theGladiators and was limited inhis ability to create openlooks. He finished with five

points, well below his seasonaverage, though he did pulldown nine rebounds to go

with two blocked shots, fivesteals and three assists.

Senior guard Zane Tobinzoned for a team-high 10points while junior wingScott Parkinson and seniorforward Devon Dawson eachput eight on the board. Long-armed senior center GriffinDean tallied seven withseven boards. Senior forwardTom The Beast Burrell

buried six points and versa-tile senior guard Riley Zigilasank five.

Burrell bulled his way toseven rebounds and Zigilahauled in six to go with threesteals. Dawson andParkinson patrolled the floor

with purpose on defense,recording four and threesteals, respectively.

The Vikings play host toBoyne City this Friday, Jan.20, in another huge leagueclash with a talented foe.

Vikings force 33 turnovers in loss but could not match points with St. Francis

Ronnie Schlosser in thegame.

Pellston held just a 33-25halftime lead against theTrojans but pulled away inthe third quarter.

Hass contributed sixassists, four blocks and foursteals along with his 31points in the win overOnaway. Hamlin hit for nine

with 15 boards and four

assists and crafty point guardZak Kruskie set the table like

a Food Network chef, notch-ing six assists to go with hiseight points.

Friedenstab found the bot-tom of the net for 10 points

with eight boards, includingseven offensive rebounds.Max Ketterer collected sevenpoints with 10 boards andDale Stark struck for 10

points."It was a good team effort,"

Coach Hass reported. "Lotsof people rebounded well."

The Pellston JV improvedto 7-1 with a 60-49 victoryover the Cardinals. Cougar-quick Connor Kintz connect-ed for 24 points to pace theHornets and Wild Will Seldonrocked the iron for 12 points.

Pellston had a HUGE Ski

Valley game at Bellaire onTuesday of this week after

this issue went to press. TheEagles of coach Stan Sextan

were also 8-0 and 5-0 in theleague going into that con-test. The Ski Valley powersmeet again in Pellston onFeb. 15.

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By Mike Dunn

WEST BRANCH The

Petoskey girls won their sec-

ond game of the season

Friday and their first Big

North contest, outscoring

host Ogemaw Heights 58-27.

Junior forward Kelsey Ance

turned in a solid perform-

ance, tickling the nets for a

game-high 22 points and she

also stood tall under the

boards, generating 14

rebounds as the Northmen

improved to 2-8 overall and

1-4 in the league. Ogemaw

slipped to 3-7 and 0-6.

Katelyn Crittenden con-tributed to the cause as well,

putting 12 on the board and

tall junior center Megan

Tompkins cast a long pres-ence in the paint, scoring

eight and keeping the

Ogemaw girls from getting

comfortable under the

boards. Tompkins finished

with four blocks.

Ance was fast and furious

at the defensive end, collect-

ing three steals, and she

notched three assists as well.

Crittenden showed good

floor vision, setting the table

like a southern hostess while

recording six assists and she

had five rebounds and four

steals also. Kati Lewis helped

the cause, too, cleaning theglass with elbow grease and

grabbing five boards.

Petoskey lost the JV game

38-30 in spite of nine points

from Asia Abram-Craig and

seven from Abby Blanchard

to go with eight rebounds.

Petoskey also fell in the

freshmen game 29-19,

though Sarah Yankoviak

yanked the ball through the

hole for six points and Mari

Hibbler hammered the nets

for five.

Petoskey played host to

Charlevoix in a non-league

game on Tuesday, after this

issue went to press.

Northmen snap five-game skid, win firstBig North game; Ance notches

double-double

Basketball

Petoskey girls winon road

3rd & 4th Grade GirlsJanuary 14

Megan Grusczynski.. ............24Lauren Allen.... .................... ..18Mariah Krone.. .................... ..18Caroline Korte....... ................16Mackenzie Wright........ .........14Elizabeth Cook...... ..................8Emylee Grish...........................8Kendall King....... .................... .8

Angela Drummond.................6

Jazlyn Hagenbuch...................6Mandy Hopp .................... .......6Tara Madej...............................6

Alyce Vermilya.........................6Arielle Vermilya ................... ....6Abby Zimmerman...................6McKenna Hogle...................... .5Gracie Blust .................. ...........4Raychel Fennell.......................4Rebecka Grish .................. .......4Chloe House............................4Kinzie Jeffers............................4Madison Marsack................... .4Morgan Monchilov .................4Lily Schrader .................... .......4

Alex Steffes...............................4Sydney Townsend .................. .4Brei Baker .................. ..............2Callie Brand.............................2

Alexis Day. .................... ...........2Christina Harbin............. ........2Sydney Kaiser........ ..................2

Amanda Korff........ ..................2Holly Kussrow..........................2Lizzy McClure..........................2

Mckenzie Vanderveer .............2Eliza Handley... ..................... ..1

3rd & 4th Grade BoysJanuary 14

Brady Hunter.........................26Jacob Book.............................16Gavin Weaver..................... ....15Brennan Isler.........................12

Andrew Koenig......................11Cordell LaRose. ..................... 10

Aaron Latuszek......................10Jacob Thorold........................10Conrad Korte...........................9Jacob Needham.......................8Logan Finnerty........................7

Alex Powers..............................7David Pulaski...........................6Griffin Lompra. ..................... ..5Joseph Boswood......................4Rico Brown.... .................... ......4Matt Davidson.........................4Tyler Hartz...............................4Logan Murrell..........................4Nolan Roehrig.. ..................... ..4Jack Holscher...........................3

Austin Vanderveer................. ..3Rowen Anderson.....................2Regan Distel ................... .........2

Vincent Hummel .................. ..2Cameron Cosby.......................1Jeffrey Dickson........... .............1Elijah Fisher.............................1Harrison Kalember.... .............1

Trevor Moore...........................1Erik Oldenburg........................1

5th & 6th Grade GirlsJanuary 15

Avery Bebble..........................10Hannah Blunt..........................6Emma Cherry..........................6Olivia Jeffers ..................... .......6

Alicia Korff.............. .................6 Ajaina Day .................... ...........4 Allison Pensyl..... .................... .4Kamryn Curtiss.. .................... .2Savanna Gapinski..... ..............2Emma Gapinski.......................2

Alyssa Marsack........................2Emily Panosso.........................1

5th & 6th Grade BoysJanuary 15

Cade Coonrod........... ............21Ethan Piehl ................... .........13Trent Lompra ................... .....10Blake Wright.... .................... ..10Davis Eyth................................8Zach Lauster............................8Tyler Madej..............................6

Adam Sobeck...........................6Coleman Cerveniak..... ...........5Nate Byrne...............................4Colin Goff .................. ..............4Jacob Neville............................4Omar Prado........ .................... .4Noah Wohlfeil..........................4

Andrew Chiles.... .................... .2Cole Clark. .................... ...........2Justin Grish..............................2

Mason Monchilov...................2Stephen White.........................2James Brazelton.... ..................2

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Basketball

Petoskey boys ring up road win

By Mike Dunn

WEST BRANCH At oneend of the f loor, the Petoskeyboys unveiled the long guns;at the other end, they put athick, suffocating veil overthe Ogemaw Heights offense.The result was an impressive75-24 victory Friday at thecourt of the Falcons.

Petoskey moved to 10-0overall and 5-0 in the BigNorth with the expected tri-umph.

The Northmen had thelong-range radar rolling bigtime, making the twinedance from downtown 12times in the game.

Senior Zak Lewis waszoned in like a laser frombeyond the arc, connectingsix times, and deadly JakeMullin made frequent visitsto 3-point land as well, hook-ing up four times. Lewispaced the Northmen with 21points and Mullins landed 19on the board.

Senior forward JoeRobbins rocked the iron for10 points to go with ninerebounds before joining allthe starters on the bench in

the third quarters.Erik Davenport sparked a

high-octane effort from thereserves, hitting for 10points. Logan Ackerman andTyler Budreau filled the air-

ways with 3-point traffic andthey each tickled the twinefrom downtown.

Senior point guard QuinnAmeel earned five assists andLewis generated a double-double with his 11 rebounds.

At the defensive end, theNorthmen gave up pointsabout as willingly as Scroogegave up legal tender. TheNorthmen led 33-12 by half-time.

Jordan Moore scored sixpoints to pace the Falcons,

who slipped to 2-6 and 1-4.Petoskey also won the

much more competitive JVgame, 56-44. Shea Whitmoreshagged the nets for a game-high 23 points to helpPetoskey improve to 6-4. JoeLeBlanc busted the iron for15 points and Hunter Viles

was on target for 14 pointsand he also pulled the triggeron eight assists.

The Northmen are on theroad Thursday against BigNorth foe Alpena.

Cheboygan 69

Rogers City 53

CHEBOYGAN Sweet-shooting Isaiah Woodard hada big night for host

Cheboygan, draining the netsfor a game-high 32 points,including 17 in the openingstanza, as the Chiefsoutscored Rogers City 69-53on Monday.

The Chiefs took an earlylead, then held off a lateRogers City rally to secure the

hard-fought victory.Josh Vogelheim paced the

Hurons with 19 points.

Forest Area 58Mancelona 57

FIFE LAKE TheMancelona boys of coachRick Duerksen very nearlycame away with a league vic-tory on the road Thursday,Jan. 12, but Forest Area wasable to hit a late shot andoutscore the Ironmen by the

narrowest of margins, 58-57.Freshman phenom

Brandon Dingman delivereda big-time shot in the clutchfor the Ironmen, swishing a15-foot jumper to giveMancelona a 57-56 lead withtime running out. The

Warriors were able to comedown and score with 7.5 sec-onds to go, however, whenBob Steile stuck in a drivinglayup. That proved to be thedifference in the outcome asMancelona lost anotherheartbreaker.

Steile struck for 26 pointsto lead his team andJermaine Nix scored nine.

The unflappable Dingman, who appears to have anotable varsity career aheadof him, topped the scoringcharts for the Ironmen, con-necting for 24 points.

On Tuesday, Jan. 10, theIronmen outscored Onaway48-35 as Dingman stuffed the

stat line with 10 points, nineboards and four steals.Senior strong man AustinSpires sank seven points andpulled down seven boards inthe win.

The Ironmen (3-5, 2-3)entertain Ski Valley foeJohannesburg-Lewiston onThursday, Jan. 19.

Central Lake 63Johannesburg-Lewiston47

CENTRAL LAKE Johannesburg-Lewiston bat-tled hard but fell on the roadto Ski Valley foe Central Lakeon Thursday, Jan. 12. Withthe 63-47 loss, J-L slipped to2-5 overall and 1-4 in theleague while the Trojansimproved to 4-4.

Wyatt Kemnitzer connect-ed for 26 points, includingfour 3-pointers, to paceCentral Lake and PatSutherland hit for 11.

Chris Nagy nailed down 11points to lead the Cardinals.

J-L played home againstInland Lakes on Tuesday ofthis week and goes on the

road Thursday, Jan. 19, toface Mancelona.

Mackinaw City 53

Alanson 36

ALANSON MackinawCity rallied from a halftime

deficit Thursday, Jan. 12, tooutscore host Alanson in thesecond half and post a 53-36victory in Northern LakesConference action. MackCity improved to 4-3 overalland 3-2 in the league while

Alanson slipped to 0-7 & 0-4.Noah Morse and Jonah

Johnson led the way for theComets. Noah made thetwine dance to the tune of 22points and Jonah also had a

whale of a game, hitting for10 points.

Eric Temple turned in asolid game for the Vikings indefeat, scoring 19 and pullingdown 11 boards. BobbySproule and Cody Wickereach tallied six and BrandonKuchnicki grabbed 14rebounds.

Boyne City 69Inland Lakes 15

BOYNE CITY InlandLakes struggled to get any-thing going offensivelyagainst the tough, talentedBoyne City boys on Thursday,Jan. 12. The Bulldogs scored

just six points in the first half

and ultimately lost by a 69-15margin. The Ramblersimproved to 5-2 while I-Lakes slipped to 2-4.

Storm Maybank hit for fiveof the Bulldogs' 15 pointsand Josh O'Connor scoredfour.

Jay Redman rang up 18 for

Boyne while Keegan

LaBlance struck for 15, Corey

Redman for 13 and Ryan

Carson for 12.

On Tuesday, I-Lakes took

on Forest Area in a highly

competitive clash and fell in

a close one, 60-52.

Senior Josh OConnor col-

lected 21 points for the

Bulldogs in the defeat.

Bob Steile struck for 17 and

Justin Burke for 14 to lead the

Warriors.

Burt Lake NMCA 81Maplewood Baptist 48

BURT LAKE Northern

Michigan Christian Academy

gave the home fans another

dizzying display of offensive

might on Thursday, Jan. 12,

assaulting the iron in an

impressive 81-48 triumph

over Maplewood Baptist of

Kinross.

David Thompson pulled

the trigger for 23 points to

lead unbeaten NMCA and

Paul Chatfield tamed the

twine for 19 points to go with

10 boards and 10 assists for atriple double. Aaron

Chatfield nearly had a triple

double as well, generating 17

points, 12 assists and eight

steals, and Will Lovitt lit it up

for 11 points.

NMCA pushed to a 5-0 log

with the win.

Northmen post impressive 75-24 victory at Ogemaw;Isaiah leads the way for Cheboygan; Mancy loses heartbreaker



By Tom Eustice

TRAVERSE CITY TheCheboygan hockey teamearned an impressive 8-0 tri-umph over the Northwest

Warriors at Traverse CityCentreIce on Thursday, Jan.12.

Chiefs sophomore goalieKaleb Wood was impreg-nable. Wood shut out the

Warriors for his second winof the season.

The Production Line ofGordie Howe, Sid Abel and

Ted Lindsay -- aka Chief sen-iors Jake Elmore, ErynEustice and Jordan Yost --

burned holes in the scoresheet, recording 15 points ina mercy rule-shortened two-period game.

Defenseman John Garststarted off the Chiefs scoringin the first period after takinga pass from Sam Charboneauand skating in from the pointto hit a wrist shot and put theChiefs up 1-0.

A few minutes later HunterFilice launched a slap shotfrom the point and Jordan

Yost, camped out at the topof the crease and enjoying

the scenery, deflected theshot in for the Chiefs 2ndgoal.

The Warriors skated hardin the first period and madethe Chiefs work for theirscoring chances, and theperiod ended 2-0 Chiefs.

The Chiefs outshot the Warriors 18-2 in the period.The second period proved tobe much different, however,as the short-handed

Warriors, playing with only10 skaters, began to weardown.

With the Chiefs in a short-handed situation, it was DocEustice getting loose on a

breakaway after a nice passfrom linemate Elmore. Erynlaunched a sizzling wrist shot

that propelled against the

inside of the post and went in

to put the Chiefs up 3-0. A

few minutes later it was

Undertaker Elmore splitting

both defensemen and bury-

ing a shot to go up 4-0.

Eustice and Yost assisted on

the play.

With 10:04 to play in the

second period, the

Undertaker buried another

one. To no ones surprise,

Elmore had assists from line-

mates Eustice and Yost to put

the Chiefs up 5-0.

At the 7:38 of the period

John Grantner got on the

board for the Chiefs with an

assist from opportunistic

Josh Stempky. That put the

Chiefs up 6-0.

One minute and 20 sec-

onds later Eustice popped in

a rebound to go up 7-0 withassists from -- guess who? --Jake Elmore and Jordan Yost!The Chiefs Production Line

was fast becoming the MassProduction Line.

With 3:26 to play in thesecond period Yost slammedin his second goal of thegame with an assist fromElmore to put the Chiefs up8-0.

The eight-goal mercy ruleallowed the clock to run fromthat point until the end of theperiod, when the game was

officially over. The Chiefsoutshot the Warriors 38-6.Cheboygan (11-1-1) plays

Friday, Jan. 20, againstBenzie Central in the open-ing round of the Alpena tour-nament. The Chiefs will alsobe playing in either the con-solation game or the tourneyfinals on Saturday.

Hockey

Chiefs shut down Northwest Warriors

By Mike Dunn

WEST BRANCH ThePetoskey girls won their sec-

ond game of the seasonFriday and their first BigNorth contest, outscoringhost Ogemaw Heights 58-27.

Junior forward Kelsey Anceturned in a solid perform-

ance, tickling the nets for agame-high 22 points and shealso stood tall under theboards, generating 14

rebounds as the Northmenimproved to 2-8 overall and1-4 in the league. Ogemawslipped to 3-7 and 0-6.

Katelyn Crittenden con-tributed to the cause as well,

putting 12 on the board andtall junior center MeganTompkins cast a long pres-ence in the paint, scoring

eight and keeping theOgemaw girls from gettingcomfortable under theboards. Tompkins finished

with four blocks. Ance was fast and furious

at the defensive end, collect-ing three steals, and shenotched three assists as well.Crittenden showed good

floor vision, setting the tablelike a southern hostess whilerecording six assists and shehad five rebounds and four

steals also. Kati Lewis helpedthe cause, too, cleaning the

glass with elbow grease andgrabbing five boards.

Petoskey lost the JV game38-30 in spite of nine points

from Asia Abram-Craig andseven from Abby Blanchardto go with eight rebounds.

Petoskey also fell in the

freshmen game 29-19,though Sarah Yankoviak

yanked the ball through the

hole for six points and Mari

Hibbler hammered the nets

for five.

Petoskey played host to

Charlevoix in a non-league

game on Tuesday, after this

issue went to press.

Northmen snap five-game skid, win first Big North game; Ance notches double-double

Basketball

Petoskey girls win on road

Wood is golden in the nets; Production Line of Elmore, Eustice and Yost burns holes in stat sheet

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Girls Hoops

Snowbird girls

just keep winning

by Mike Dunn

GAYLORD The third-

ranked St. Mary girls of

coach Kevin Foster just keep

winning, and winning

impressively.

The Snowbirds pushed

their record to 9-0 overall

and 7-0 in the Ski Valley with

a pair of lopsided wins last

week, defeating host

Mancelona 68-28 on

Wednesday, Jan. 11, and

outscoring Inland Lakes 65-

28 on Friday.

Spitfire sophomore guard

Kari Borowiak has been a

beast with the ball in her

hands, either blistering the

nets for scores or finding

open teammates for assists.

Borowiak tamed the twine

for a team-high 24 points in

the win over I-Lakes and shewasnt the only one assault-

ing the iron for the high-

powered Snowbirds.

Backcourt mate Chrissy

Smith canned 15 and senior

wing Karli Jacob, reliable as

the times tables, connected

for 11 points.

In the win over

Mancelona, it was the

relentless Borowiak blister-

ing the nets once again, this

time for a game-high 22

points to pace St. Mary and

she was Miss Blackbeard on

defense as well, recording six

steals. Jacob, in the fourth

year of an outstanding varsi-

ty career, scored 14 with five

assists and five steals.

Smith sank a dozen points

and earned a double-double

with a whopping 13 assists

and strong-armed senior

Michelle Samalik locked

down on 13 rebounds.

Kallie Derrer delivered 10

points to pace Mancelona,

which fell to 1-7 overall and

0-6 in the Ski Valley.

St. Mary played defending

league champ Central Lake

on Wednesday after this

issue went to press. The

Snowbirds go on the road onTuesday, Jan. 24, for the huge

rematch with perennial

cross-county rival

Johannesburg-Lewiston.

Johannesburg-

Lewiston 77

Mancelona 38

MANCELONA The

Johannesburg-Lewiston girls

of coach Heather Huff

pushed their record to 9-1

overall and 6-1 in the Ski

Valley with a workmanlike

77-38 triumph at the court of

Mancelona on Friday.

The hard-charging

Cardinals led just 14-10 after

the first quarter but broke

things open in the second

quarter, outscoring the

scrappy Lady Ironmen 18-6.

Brittany Cherwinski bust-

ed the nets for a game-high

21 points and she also pulled

down 11 rebounds for a dou-

ble-double. She notched five

assists as well.

Silky-smooth junior two-

way warrior Abby Schlicher

struck for a triple-double

that was very nearly a

q u a d r u p l e - d o u b l e .

Acetylene Abby torchedthe twine to the tune of 14

points to go with 10

rebounds and 10 assists and

she also helped fuel the

famed fiery defensive pres-

sure of the Cardinals, record-

ing seven steals.

Junior Miranda House was

afire from the field also,

rocking the iron for 17 points

while Hannah Huff and

Gabby Coppersmith each

connected for six.

Vanessa Batchelor put 12

on the board to lead

Mancelona, which slipped to

1-8 and 0-7.

J-L won the JV game 65-15

as Hurricane Hailey

Weaver wreaked havoc,

recording 15 points and 14

boards. Julia Nieman nailed

14 points and she and

smooth Sydney McKenney

each had five steals. Abbie

May and McKenney each

scored eight.

ON WEDNESDAY, the

Cardinals held off I-Lakes for

a thrilling 44-41 triumph at

home. Schlicher calm as a

windless sea strode to the

charity stripe and sank a pair

of key free throws with 8 sec-

onds left to help put J-L overthe top.

Abby finished another fre-

netic night with 15 points,

nine steals and five assists.

Tiffany Nickert turned in a

tough performance, tallying

eight with six boards.

Cherwinski hit for eight with

four boards and four steals

and the long-armed Huff hit

for four points with a team-

high seven rebounds. House

hammered the nets for six

points.

Onaway played at Onaway

in a big league clash on

Wednesday, Jan. 18. The

Cardinals are home again on

Friday, Jan. 20, against

Pellston and home on

Tuesday, Jan. 24, in the big

rematch with St. Mary.

Mio 65

Fairview 27

MIO The Mio girls

turned up the heat on the

home floor Monday, using

their press to keep Fairview

under wraps in a 65-27 victo-

ry.

The Thunderbolts used

their defensive pressure to

ignite their transition

offense. Shelby Satkowiak

and Nona Rhoads each sank

14 points and Jalen DeFlorio

found the iron for 12.

Tiffany Roop tallied eight

for Fairview.

Mackinaw City 48

Alanson 29

MACKINAW CITY The

host Comets rebounded

strongly from the loss to

Boyne Falls two days before,

pushing their record to 7-3

overall and 6-1 in the

Northern Lakes Conference

with a solid 48-29 triumph

over Alanson on Thursday,

Jan. 12.

Courtney Wallis loaded

the cannon and helped put

the boom in the Comet

offense, connecting for a

game-high 21 points.

Claudia Alexander was a reg-

ular cave woman inside,

clubbing her way to a dou-

ble-double with 13 points

and 10 boards. Point guard

Hailee Paquet put the V in

versatile, recording eight

rebounds and seven assists

and covering the floor like a

fresh coat of Comet wax ondefense, generating nine

steals.

The Comets led 23-11 at

the half and 34-19 after three

quarters.

Becca Lynn showed up

strong for Alanson in defeat,

ringing up 16 points and

racking up 17 rebounds for

the Vikings, who slipped to

3-6 and 3-5.

Mack City won the JV

game 42-24 as Cyclone

Chelsey Closs swept her way

to a triple-double, sinking 17

points with 11 rebounds and

10 steals.

T.C. St. Francis 72

Grayling 26

TRAVERSE CITY Host

Traverse City St. Francis had

too much firepower for

g a m e - b u t - o u t m a n n e d

Grayling in a Lake Michigan

Conference tilt on

Wednesday, Jan. 11.

Alyssa Morley made eight

points for the Vikings, who

slipped to 4-6 and 0-3.

Liza Erickson led St.

Francis (6-1, 3-0) with 14

points and Cassie Williams

hit for 13.

Bellaire 41

Pellston 20

BELLAIRE Pellston

played hard but could not

produce enough points on

Tuesday, Jan. 10, in a 41-20

loss to host Bellaire.

Tori Kirsch tagged the

twine for seven points and

pulled down seven rebounds

to lead the Hornets and sen-

ior Shelby Hughey struck for

five points with five boards.

Chelsye Bartsch paced the

Eagles with 12 points.

Pellston fell to 1-7 and 1-5

in the Ski Valley and Bellaire

improved to 3-4 and 2-4.

Ellsworth 62

Alba 44

ELLSWORTH Tianna

Windish of Alba was tuned

in from 3-point land, hitting

four times from beyond the

arc and scoring 18 points but

it wasn't enough to offset the

balanced scoring of

Ellsworth on Wednesday,

Jan. 11, in Northern LakesConference action.

Emily Veenstra scored 18

points to lead Ellsworth to a

62-44 victory while Tara

Essenberg buried 15 points

and Kari Steenwyk hit for 12.

Ellsworth went to 5-4

overall and 5-2 in the league

while the Wildcats (0-5, 0-5)

were still searching for their

first win.

Third-ranked St. Mary stays unbeaten with leaguewins; Joburg pushes to 9-1 log; Mio turns up defensive

heat; Mack City improves to 6-1 in league



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MICHIGAN HIGH SCHOOL

BASKETBALL RANKINGS

BOYSGIRLSClass A team rankings1. Detroit Pershing 9-0 (No. 1 in previous week's

rankings)

2. Romulus 6- 2 (No. 2)

3. Lansing Eastern 8-1 (No. 3)

4. Detroit King 9-1 (No. 4)

5. Clarkston 8-0 (No. 5)

6. Saginaw Arthur Hill 9-2 (No. 6)

7. Warren De La Salle 7-1 (No. 7)

8. Saginaw 7 -1 (No. 9)

9. East Lansing 5-1 (No. 10)

10. Taylor Truman 7-0 (No. 11)

11. Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills 7-3 (No. 8)

12. Petoskey 10-0 (No. 12)13. Kalamazoo Central 4-3 (No. 13)

14. Kalamazoo Loy-Norrix 6- 1 (No. 16)

15. Niles 7 -0 (No. 17)

16. Zeeland East 9-0 (No. 21)

17. Ypsilanti 5-3 (No. 23)

18. Bay City Western 5 -3 (No. 24)

19. Greenville 9-0 (No. 25)

20. Detroit Renaissance 7- 3 (No. 15)

21. Rockford 6-2 (NR)

22. Jackson 5-4 (NR)

23. Okemos 5- 3 (No. 19)

24. Troy Athens 8-1 (NR)

25. Southfield-Lathrup 8-1 (NR)

Class B team rankings1. Lansing Sexton 7-1 (No. 1 in previous week's

rankings)

2. Lansing Catholic Central 7-0 (No. 2)

3. Stevensville-Lakeshore 8-0 (No. 3)

4. Muskegon Heights 5- 2 (No. 5)

5. Wyoming Godwin Heights 9-0 (No. 6)

6. Detroit Community 6-3 (No. 4)

7. Birmingham Country Day 5-3 (No. 7)

8. Cadillac 6-1 (No. 8)9. Otsego 7- 0 (No. 9)

10. Detroit Crockett 6-2 (No. 11)

11. Harper Woods Chandler Park 5-4 (No. 10)

12. Grand Rapids Christian 5- 3 (No. 12)

13. Benton Harbor 6-4 (No. 13)

14. Bridgeport 8-0 (No. 14)

15. Detroit Chavez 7 -1 (No. 15)

16. Sturgis 7-1 (No. 17)

17. Dearborn Heights Robichaud 6-2 (No. 20)

18. Sparta 6-2 (NR)

19. Detroit Douglass 6-5 (No. 16)

20. Dearborn Divine Child 7-1 (No. 18)

21. St. Joseph 5-2 (NR)

22. Dowagiac 5-2 (No. 19)

24. Shepherd 7-1 (No. 23)

25. Marshall 4-2 (NR)

Class C team rankings1. Detroit Consortium 6-1 (No. 1 in previous

week's rankings)

2. Flint Beecher 10- 0 (No. 3)

3. McBain 7-1 (No. 3)

4. Schoolcraft 5-1 (No. 4)

5. Shelby 7- 0 (No. 7)

6. Pewamo-Westphalia 8-0 (No. 8)

7. Detroit Loyola 8-1 (No. 5)

8. Traverse City St. Francis 6-1 (No. 6)9. Madison Heights Madison 6-1 (No. 10)

10. Madison Heights Bishop Foley 7-0 (No. 11)

11. Southfield Bradford 6- 2 (No. 9)

12. Detroit Midtown 5-0 (No. 13)

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

14. Detroit Allen 7 -3 (No. 14)

15. Melvindale ABT 6- 3 (No. 20)

16. Saginaw Buena Vista 5-4 (NR)

17. Clare 7- 1 (No. 19)

18. Beal City 7-1 (No. 18)

19. Elk Rapids 5-2 (NR)20. Delton-Kellogg 7 -0 (NR)

21. Flint Hamady 8-0 (No. 22)

23. Mt. Clemens 6-2 (NR)

24. Rudyard 8-1 (No. 24)

25. Negaunee 7-1 (No. 25)

Class D team rankings1. Wyoming Tri-Unity Christian 9-0 (No. 1 in

previous week's ranking)

2. Southfield Christian 6 -0 (No. 4)

3. Fulton 6-1 (No. 2)

4. Bellaire 8-0 (No. 3)

5. Pellston 8-0 (No. 5)

6. Boyne Falls 6-1 (No. 6)7. Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 6-1 (No. 7)

8. Carsonville-Port Sanilac 6-0 (No. 8)

9. Climax-Scotts 8-0 (No. 9)10. Munising 8-0 (No. 10)

11. Cedarville 7-0 (No. 11)

12. North Adams-Jerome 8-1 (No. 13)

13. Posen 6- 1 (No. 14)

14. McBain Northern Michigan Christian 6-2 (No. 15)

15. Powers North Central 6-0 (No. 18)

16. Battle Creek St. Philip 7-0 (NR)

17. Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 6-1 (NR)

18. Eben Junction Superior Central 5- 1 (No. 12)

19. Baldwin 6-0 (No. 16)

20. Muskegon Catholic Central 7-2 (No. 20)

21. Ewen-Trout Creek 6-1 (No. 21)

22. Marcellus Howardsville Christian 8-0 (No. 22)

23. Portland St. Patrick 7-1 (No. 23)

24. Carney-Nadeau 6-2 (NR)

25. Bear Lake 8-1 (No. 24)

Class A team rankingsSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Detroit Pershing (5) (9-0) 75

2. Detroit Martin Luther King (8-1) 68

3. Lansing Waverly (9-0) 62

4. Grand Haven (8-1) 59

5. East Kentwood (9-1) 55

6. Clarkston (10-0) 48

7. Flushing (7-0) 45

8. Inkster (9-2) 37

9. St. Johns (8-1) 34

10. Midland (8-2) 26

Others receiving votes: Romeo 20, Dearborn Edsel

Ford 13, East Lansing 11, St. Clair Shores Lake

Shore 7, Grand Rapids Northview 6, Macomb

Dakota 6, Farmington Hills Mercy 5, Caledonia 4,

Royal Oak 3, Grand Ledge 3, Cedar Springs 3,

Richland Gull Lake 3, Pontiac 2, Rockford 2,Kalamazoo Central 1, Saginaw Arthur Hill 1, DeWitt

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Class B team rankingsSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Goodrich (5) (9-0) 75

2. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (10-0) 69

3. Portland (10-0) 58

4. St. Joseph (9-0) 55

5. Detroit Country Day (Beverly Hills) (8-1) 53

6. Ludington (9-0) 44

7. East Grand Rapids (9-0) 42

8. Dearborn Divine Child (8-2) 41

9. Hudsonville Unity Christian (8-0) 28

10. Jackson Lumen Christi (9-1) 24

Others receiving votes: Paw Paw 22, Freeland 21,

Chelsea 10, Kingsley Area 8, Midland Bullock

Creek 7, Holland Christian 7, Spring Lake 5, Eaton

Rapids 4, Frankenmuth 4, Gladstone 4, Olivet 3,

Onsted 3, Haslett 3, Grand Rapids South Christian

3, Hamilton 2, Three Rivers 2, Grand Rapids-West

Catholic 2, Carrollton 1.

Class C team rankingsSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Niles Brandywine (4) (10-0) 74

2. Morley Stanwood (1) (8-0) 65

3. St. Ignace La Salle (9-0) 62

4. Kent City (9-0) 60

5. Concord (10-0) 57

6. Flint Hamady (9-1) 42

7. Grass Lake (9-1) 37

8. Saginaw Valley Lutheran (8-0) 33

9. Clare (7-0) 3110. Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett (5-2)

22

Others receiving votes: Reese 19, New Lothrop 15,

Lincoln Alcona 14, McBain 12, Houghton 10,

Traverse City-St. Francis 9, Muskegon-

Western Michigan Christian 9, Lawton 5, River

Rouge 5, Mendon 4, Johannesburg-

Lewiston 4, Marlette 3, Manton 3, Negaunee

2, Riverview Gabriel Richard 2, Pewamo-Westphalia

1.

Class D team rankingsSchool (First-place votes) (Record) Points

1. Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart Academy (3) (10-0) 73

2. Gaylord St. Mary Cathedral (8-0) 66

3. Waterford Our Lady Of The Lakes (7-1) 65

4. Eben Junction Superior Central (2) (10-0) 63

5. Marine City Cardinal Mooney Catholic (6-2) 39

6. Climax Scotts (9-1) 38

7. Deckerville Community (9-1) 36

T8. Bark River Harris (8-1) 30

T8. Mason County Eastern (8-1) 30

10. Posen (8-2) 29

Others receiving votes: Athens 24, Crystal Falls

Forest Park 21, Waldron 15, Engadine 14, Hillsdale

Academy 13, Lansing Christian 11, Watersmeet 10,

Brimley Area 8, Bear Lake 7, Ewen-Trout Creek 7,

Carsonville-Port Sanilac 1.


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SUNDAY: Jeremiah 1:4-5 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 4 Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, 5

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WEDNESDAY: Romans 8:15-17 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery

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