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8/13/2019 Weekly Choice - Section B - January 09, 2014
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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD It was a low-
scoring, physically intense
battle between two of the top
Class D teams in the state. In
the end, perennial Class D
state power Mount Pleasant
Sacred Heart pulled away to
post a hard-fought 36-24
decision. The visiting Irish
led just 22-20 after three
quarters.
The St. Mary girls of coach
Dan Smith slipped to 5-1
while the Lady Irish
improved to 5-2. In the
Detroit Free Press first Class
D girls poll of the young sea-
son, Sacred Heart is ranked
fifth and St. Mary is ranked
ninth. Both teams advanced
to the quarterfinals last year
before losing, the Snowbirds
to Climax-Scotts and Sacred
Heart to Waterford Our Lady
of the Lake.
Coach Smith likes to see
his girls facing the stiff chal-
lenge of a team like Sacred
Heart during the regular sea-
son because he knows, win
or lose, its a game that makes
his girls tougher and more
playoff-ready down the
stretch.
The game also featured
two of the top Class D guards
in the state this year: Sarah
Hansen of Sacred Heart and
sweet-shooting senior Kari
Borowiak for the Snowbirds.
Sacred Heart did a better
job of imposing its style of
play on St. Mary than the
other way around and that
was a factor in the outcome.
The Snowbirds usually fly up
and down the court and put a
lot of pressure on the oppos-
ing teams defense. Sacred
Heart was speedy enough to
get back, however, and force
St. Mary into a half-court
game.
The Irish like to slow the
game tempo down when
they have the ball and that
also kept the Snowbirds from
getting into any kind of com-
fortable offensive rhythm.
The game was close until
the final minutes of the
fourth quarter when Hansen,
who lived up to her billing as
a premier guard, began find-
ing the net at critical junc-
tures. She scored 10 of her
game-high 20 points in the
final period.
At the other end of the
floor, the Irish did an out-
standing job of keeping the
ever-dangerous Borowiak
from taking charge. Much
like the quarterfinal game
against Climax-Scotts last
March, Borowiak drew
enemy jerseys like magnets
every time she got within a
stones throw of the paint.
St. Mary battled back from
a 19-13 halftime deficit to
trim the lead to just two
points, 22-20, heading into
the fourth quarter but the
Irish limited the home team
to just two points over the
last eight minutes of the con-
test.
Borowiak, a scrappy battler
under any circumstance, still
finished as St. Marys leading
scorer with seven points and
she gathered in a team-high
eight boards. Long-armed
sophomore forward Bekah
Myler, who had her own hel-
lacious battles going on
down low against Sacred
Hearts bruising center Averi
Gamble, finished with six
points.
It is the second year in a
row that Sacred Heart has
been able to pull away in the
fourth quarter to secure a
victory over the Snowbirds.
Last year in Mount Pleasant,
the host Irish had a big
advantage in scoring in the
final stanza en route to a 40-
34 victory.
In the last two games the
teams have played, Sacred
Heart has outscored St. Mary
31-2 in the fourth quarter.
St. Marys game with Ski
Valley foe Central Lake
scheduled for Monday was
postponed by the severe
cold. The Snowbirds face
another big league clash this
Friday, Jan. 10, at home
against Bellaire. Bellaire is
ranked seventh in the state in
the Free Press poll.
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Snowbirds battle hard in defeatFor second year in row, St. Mary losesclose one to perennial Class D statepower Sacred Heart
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By Mike Dunn
INDIAN RIVER The
Inland Lakes boys of coach
Joe Mahoney staged a furi-ous fourth-quarter rally to
make things close but in the
end it was the visitors fromRogers City holding on to
take a tense 53-50 decision
in a non-league clash played
on Friday, Jan. 3. The battling
Bulldogs (0-4) were seekingtheir first win of the young
season.
Rogers City led 12-9 afterthe first quarter and 24-22 at
halftime but built a nine-
point lead in the third quar-ter, 41-32.
Todd Athey and Mike
OConnor each turned the
twine for 14 points to pace I-
Lakes.Coach Mahoney liked the
effort and energy he got out
of the younger players onthe squad but wants to see
his team commit fewer
turnovers and do a better jobon the free-throw line in
future games. The Bulldogs
hit on just 6-of-15 from the
charity stripe in the contest.
Alex Hincka and ChrisLopez both scored 19 points
to pace the Hurons, who
improved to 1-3.Inland Lakes was slated to
play host to Ski Valley rival
Bellaire on Tuesday, Jan. 3.
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PETOSKEY Young team
still on the learning curve.But the bumps in the road
are made an awful lot
smoother with wins acting as
shock absorbers.
The Petoskey High School
boys basketball team
returned from the Christmas
break by overcoming a slow
start then holding off Sault
Ste. Marie, 61-57, last week in
a non-conference game.
The win, Petoskeys fourth
consecutive, upped the
Northmen to 4-1.They were scheduled to
play host to Traverse City
West in a Big North
Conference game on
Tuesday, Jan. 7, then enter-
tain West Branch Ogemaw
Heights in another league
contest on Friday, Jan. 10.
The West game kicked off a
string of six consecutive Big
North games for the
Northmen, who entered the
week 1-0 in conference play.
They are scheduled to faceCadillac the only other
remaining unbeaten league
team twice during that
stretch.
Fridays battle with
Ogemaw Heights is a girls-
boys varsity doubleheader.
The girls game tips off at 6
p.m., followed by the boys.
Senior Joe LeBlanc scored
12 of his 19 points in the sec-
ond half to lead the
Northmen past Sault Ste.
Marie, 1-3.LeBlanc also had 10
rebounds, while junior
Parker Monley came off the
bench to hit three 3-pointers
en route to 11 points.
Also for the Northmen,
Jason Bur added nine points
and Evan Whitmore finished
with eight points and seven
boards. Both are sopho-
mores.
Sophomore guard Jordan
Houghton scored 18 points
and made six steals to leadthe Blue Devils, while
Raynell Anderson added 10
points and six rebounds.
The Northmen trailed, 17-
5, in the first quarter, but by
halftime, they had seized a
27-25 advantage thanks to an
11-3 half-closing run.
Petoskeys lead grew to 10,
54-44, midway through the
fourth quarter, but the
Northmen could never put
away the Blue Devils until the
waning moments.Anderson scored all 10 of
his points in the final four
minutes, and Sault Ste. Marie
clawed back to within five,
57-52, with just under a
minute to play.
Whitmore scored on a
drive and LeBlanc hit two
free throws down the stretch
to ice it.
Petoskey begins six-game Big North Conference stretch
Northmen hold off Sault in return from break
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By Andy Sneddon
LEWISBURG, Pa. Christopher Hass was well-
known as a scoring threat
during his high school days
at Pellston.
Now, he is establishing
himself in the same fashion
on the college level. And in a
most-impressive fashion.
Hass, a 6-foot-5 sopho-
more guard at Bucknell,
scored a career-high 26
points Sunday in leading the
Bison to a 68-57 Patriot
League win over Colgate.
That performance came
two nights after Hass scored
18 points in a 67-57 loss to
American. The Colgate game
marked Hass ninth consecu-
tive start, and he is averaging
12.6 points per game during
the stretch, a spurt that has
lifted his season average to
9.8 per game, second-best on
the team.
Fellow guard Cameron
Ayers, the son of former Ohio
State coach and current New
Orleans Pelicans assistant
Randy Ayers, is Bucknells top
scorer at 14.2 per game.
Hass played sparingly a
year ago as a freshman on a
Bison team that won the
Patriot League, went to theNCAA Tournament, and fin-
ished 28-6.
As one might expect, there
was a relatively steep learn-
ing curve in going from
Pellston, where he was a
scoring machine and is third
on the states all-time high
school scoring list with 2,522
points, to NCAA Division I
basketball.
It has been a combination
of factors that has opened
the door for Hass, assertive-
ness and confidence topping
that list.
Coach (Dave Paulsen) is
always telling me to stay
aggressive, Hass said. Me
and Cameron Ayers, we both
need to stay aggressive. The
way we play, we need to put
points on the board. Just
really attacking it and getting
to the basket more than Ihave in the past.
Before I wasnt really sure
I could get to the basket, I
guess. I really didnt do it
enough, but now Im feeling
more confident.
With those ingredie nts,
Hass has put his instincts as a
natural scorer on full display.
He has made 46 of his 99 field
goal attempts (46.5 percent),
including a 19-for-47 (40.4
percent) performance from
3-point land. He has also hit
16 of his 19 free throw
attempts for 84.2 percent,
second-best on the team
behind Ayers 85.4.
Against Colgate, Hass
made 10 of his 15 field goal
attempts overall, and was 4-
of-8 from 3-point range.
Hass got his first start just
before Thanksgiving in a 77-
64 win at Albany, a game in
which he scored six points in
16 minutes.
He followed that with a 10-
point effort against Mount St.
Marys, and has not scored
fewer than eight points in
any of his nine starts.
He scored a team-high 15
points on Nov. 30 in a 66-53
loss to Princeton. Four nightslater, he led the Bison with
nine rebounds in a 66-59 win
at Kent State.
There was never any ques-
tion that Hass could score,
but its a big step from high
school ball to college. It was
perhaps an even bigger leap
for Hass who, while continu-
ally honing his game against
the states best on the AAU
circuit, was going from
Northern Michigan where
he was a huge fish in a rela-
tively small pond to the
ocean that is Division I col-
lege ball.
(It has) a lot to do with the
strength and the physicality,
but (also) the speed, he said.
You really need to learn how
to create or shot, or how to
get it off quick.
The trick, Hass said, is
being able to slow my minddown, but still playing fast
physically.
Hass recent success has
also raised his profile in and
around the Bucknell campus.
Hes receiving a lot more text
messages after games these
days, and post-game inter-
view requests are on the rise.
If I go somewhere, people
are like Hey Chris, good
game, said Hass, who
retains the innate humility
he continually displayed
even as he emerged as one of
the states top high school
players at Pellston. People I
havent met before. Which I
think is really great.
And while taking it up a
notch confidence-wise with
the basketball has been criti-
cal to Hass ascension at
Bucknell, his improved
defense is a major factor in
increased playing time.
Chris is a really talented
offensive player, Paulsen
told Bucknellbison.com after
the win over Colgate. But
what I will remember is that
this is the best he had played
defensively this season.
The Bison, who were
scheduled to play atLafayette on Wednesday and
are home with Holy Cross on
Saturday, are 6-7 overall, 1-1
in the Patriot League.
Among the teams that
have beaten Bucknell this
year are Stanford, St. Johns
and Princeton. The losses to
Stanford and St. Johns were
both by four points.
Weve had some brutal
losses -- games that we
shouldnt have lost, Hass
said. I feel like they arent
good for our record, but at
the same, they were good for
us. We look back and go,
Wow, we cant play like this
anymore.
Its definitely coming
together now. Our coach is a
great coach and hes going to
definitely get us back on
track no matter how were
playing. Against Colgate, we
played really well, and the
more we do that, its going tobecome a habit.
-- Petoskey graduate Kerby
Tamm had 16 points and six
rebounds in helping the
Central Michigan womens
basketball team to an 84-71
Mid-American Conference
victory over Toledo.
Tamm, a junior guard,
made all four of her 3-point
attempts in the game and has
made 24 of her 54 triple tries
(44.4 percent) this season.
Tamm became just the
second player in CMU
womens basketball history
to notch a perfect night from
behind the 3-point arc (mini-
mum four attempts), and her
16 points marked the fifth
time this season and the 10th
time in her career that she
has scored in double figures.
She also had three assists and
three steals.
Tamm scored eight points
and dished out four assists ina 102-89 loss to Dayton last
week. CMU is 5-8 overall, 1-0
in the MAC.
The Chippewas are sched-
uled to play at Akron on
Thursday, Jan. 9, and at
Buffalo on Sunday, Jan. 12.
Both are MAC games.
-- Petoskey graduate Zak
Lewis scored a career-best 11
points and grabbed a team-
high seven rebounds in help-
ing Madonna University to a
93-83 Wolverine-Hoosier
Athletic Conferenc e mens
basketball victory over Siena
Heights.
Lewis, a sophomore guard,
made three of his five 3-point
attempts.
Madonna is 10-6 overall, 6-
2 league. The Crusaders were
scheduled to play Michigan-
Dearborn on Wednesday and
at Aquinas on Saturday.
Petoskey grad Joe Keedy
had five points and ninerebounds in helping
Swarthmore (Pa) to a 76-50
non-league mens basketball
victory over Galludet
(Wash.).
Swarthmore is 5-6.
-- Petoskey grad Grant
Tracy had three points and
two rebounds for St.
Lawrence (N.Y.) in an 81-70
victory over State University
of New York-Canton. St.
Lawrence is 3-5.
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By Doug Derrer
TRAVERSE CITY In their
return to the ice for the New
Year, the Bay Reps hockey
team hosted Cadillac on
Friday, Jan. 3, and once
again the Reps lack of
offense contributed to their
3-0 loss.
Both teams were scoreless
until the Vikings scored with
4:42 and again with 2:52 left
in the opening period. Aftera scoreless second period
Cadillac scored again with
2:50 left in the game to give
the Vikings the 3-0 victory.
Bay Area hosted
Grandville on Senior Day
and the Bulldogs jumped
out to a 2-0 lead after one
period. R.J. Deneweth
drilled one past the Bulldog
goalie on a power play goal
54 seconds into the second
period to make it a 2-1 game
but Grandville scored four
more goals before the periodended to give Bulldogs a 6-1
lead.
Goals by Trevor Apsey and
Chase Joppich in the third
period sparked the Reps
offense but Grandvillle
scored two goals also to give
the Bulldogs an 8-3 win.
The Reps have a busy
week ahead. The Reps
played at Alpena on
Wednesday, Jan. 8, and play
at Petoskey on Friday and at
Tri Valley on Saturday.
Reps fall toCadillac, GrandvilleReps looking for more offensive punch after
back-to-back losses to quality opponents
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By Mike Dunn
MACKINAW CITY
Chelsey Closs, the multi-tal-
ented sophomore star player
for the Mackinaw City girls
basketball team, is out for
the rest of the season.
Closs, who was averaging
more than 21 points and 11
rebounds per game and was
a key element in the Comets
rocket-like 6-0 start this sea-
son under the guidance ofcoach Adam Stefanski,
injured her knee while grab-
bing a rebound late in the
Comets hard-fought victory
over U.P. foe DeTour on Dec.
20. She suffered an anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL)
injury that requires surgery.
Its a major shame and
really sad for Chelsey
because shes so dedicated
and such a team leader,
Stefanski said. Fortunately
shes only a sophomore and I
know shell come back that
much stronger next year.
She has a great support sys-
tem with her family and
friends and shes a tough-
minded kid. If theres some-
one wholl be able to come
back from this, its Chelsey.
The task at hand now isfor Stefanskis troops to
rebound from the devastat-
ing loss and look to capture
the Northern Lakes
Conference title for the third
year in a row.
Its a great challenge for
the girls and its something
that can help them all devel-
op as players in the long
run, Stefanski said. Were
not lowering our expecta-
tions; were looking to maxi-
mize our teams potential.
Everybody has to step up
now and the girls know that.
Before Chelsey got hurt we
were focusing as a team on
accountability and team-
work and staying positiv e
and being enthusiastic and
now those things take on
even greater importance.
The Comets game with
Pickford that was scheduled
for Monday of this week was
postponed. The Comets
were slated to play at the
court of league foe Boyne
Falls on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Sophomore star player injured knee latein Dec. 20 victory over DeTour
Basketball
Mack Citys Clossout for season!
GAYLORD The Otsego
County Sportsplex is hosting
an open house on Thursday,
Jan. 16. There will be free
swimming in the pool from 5
to 7 p.m. and opportunities
to learn what the Sportsplex
has to offer, such as water
fitness classes, lifeguard
training, scuba training,
kayak club and the
American Red Cross learn-
to-swim program in addi-
tion to the Gaylord Gators
swim team and the Gaylord
High School swim team.
The event is open to the
public. Call Tim ODonnell
at 731-3546 for more infor-
mation.
Open house at Sportsplex pool
January 16
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Petoskey struggles to find scoring touchin loss to non-league rival
By Andy Sneddon
SAULT STE. MARIE A
slow start, a poor shooting
night, and a good opponent.
Add it all up, and it was a
tough night for the Petoskey
High School girls basketball
team.
Hayley Morley scored 13
points, Brenna James added
11 and Bree Swan had nine
as Sault Ste. Marie handed
the Northmen a 55-29 non-
conference loss last week.
Kati Lewis scored 12
points and Amanda Stinger
added six for the Northmen,
1-4, who made just nine of
their 43 field goal attempts
(21 percent).
Abby Blanchard had eight
rebounds to lead Petoskey,
and Katrina Daniel added
four.
The Northmen were
scheduled to play at
Traverse City West in a Big
North Conference game on
Monday, but the game was
postponed because of
weather.
They will play host to West
Branch Ogemaw Heights 6
p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, as part
of a girls-boys doublehead-
er. The boys game will follow
the girls game.
Petoskey is 1-0 in the Big
North Conference. Ogemaw
Heights entered the week 1-
4 overall, 1-3 league.
Northmen gals fall toSault
Basketball
MANCELONA Originally,
the Mancelona boys basket-
ball team wasnt to play non-
conference rival Ellsworth till
early February.
But, in order to avoid play-
ing three games in one week,
the game was rescheduled to
Friday, Jan. 3. Mancelona
made sure to take advantage
of the schedule change,
crushing Ellsworth, 59-31.
The host Ironmen were in
complete control, already
leading 16-6 at the end of the
first quarter and still holding
a 28-15 advantage at the half.
We really came out in the
third quarter, said
Mancelona head coach Rick
Duerksen. We didnt have to
press at all. We just played
some really solid defense.
And, we shot the ball really
well.
The Ironmen dominated
after the intermission, out-
gunning Ellsworth by a 22-
to-4 margin in the third quar-
ter. The final stanza was the
only period of play in which
the visiting club outscored
Mancelona, 13-9.
Duerksen wasnt kidding
about his teams shooting
prowess in the win. The
Ironmen hit 26-of-47 (55 per-
cent) from the floor, as well
as going a perfect 4-for-4
from the free-throw line.
Junior Brandon Dingman
led the way for the Ironmen
with 28 points, 4 assists and 2
steals. Senior Logan Borst
also hit for double figures
with 10 points, 5 assists and 4
steals.
Other contributors for
Mancelona included: Justin
Spires with 8 points and 3
rebounds; Derek Conway
with 5 points and a team-
high 6 boards; Jacob Allen
with 4 points; and Jake
Winstead with 2 points, 4
assists, 2 rebounds and 1
steal.
Duerksen said players, like
Conway, are key to the teams
continued success this sea-
son.
He came off the bench to
lead us in rebounding,
Duerksen said. There are a
couple of guys who I have
coming off the bench and
their charged to do just that
rebound.
Mancelona improves to 3-1 overall with Fridays victory
and Duerksen said he
believes are in a good posi-
tion to make a strong run
now that the holidays are
over.
I think so, he said. Im
pleased with where were at.
But, next week, we have
two games on the road at
Onaway (Jan. 14) and Forest
Area ( Jan. 16). That will give
us a real good idea of how
good we really are.
Report by Buckland News
Service.
Mancelona dominates Ellsworthin rescheduled hoops clash
Nice surprise
ANTRIM COUNTY
Michigan Department of
Natural Resources conserva-
tion officers are investigating
a snowmobile-related fatality
that took place sometime in
the evening of Monday, Jan.
6, in Antrim County.
A 50 year-old man from
East Jordan was found dead
from a snowmobile accident
in a parking lot on private
property in Echo Township.
Witnesses found the man
pinned under his snowmo-
bile and covered by snow just
after 12 noon on Tuesday. His
name is being withheld at the
time of this writing until fam-
ily notifications have been
made.
It was unclear if alcohol or
drugs were a factor. An
autopsy has been ordered in
the case, and the DNR con-
tinues to investigate the inci-
dent.
Persons with information
about the incident can con-
tact Conservation Officer
Andrea Albert at the Gaylord
DNR Office at 989-732-3541,
or may call the DNRs Report
All Poaching Line, which is a
24-hour law enforcement
dispatch system, at 800-292-
7800. Information may be left
anonymously.
Officers are seeking information about deathof 50-year-old East Jordan man in apparentsnowmobile accident on Monday evening
DNR investigatessnowmobile-related
death
GRAND LEDGE Four
Gaylord High School
wrestlers turned in perfect
performances Saturday, lead-
ing the Blue Devils to the
championship in the Grand
Ledge Invitational at Grand
Ledge High School.
The Blue Devils finished 5-
0 in the team-format tourna-
ment, beating the host
Vikings, 40-24, in the title
match.
Gaylord, which is ranked
fifth in Division II by
Michigan Grappler, opened
the tournament with a 51-21
win over Flint Kearsley; then
downed Holland West
Ottawa, 54-15; Mason, 41-33;
and Lansing Everett, 69-1.
The Blue Devils improved
to 18-1 in duals this season.
Their lone loss came to
fourth-ranked Bay City
Western.
Gaylords Dominic LaJoie,
103 pounds; Seth Lashuay,
125; Tristan Gregory, 189;
Shane Foster, 215; each fin-
ished 5-0 at Grand Ledge.
LaJoie, a freshman who is
ranked fifth in his weight
class in Division II, improved
to 25-0 on the season. All of
his matches have ended in a
pin or a technical fall.
Gregory is ranked third
and Foster fourth at 189.
Gaylord junior Jeff Heinz,
140-145, picked up the 100th
victory of his career in finish-
ing 4-1 on the day. He hit the
century mark with a third-
period pin against his oppo-
nent from Everett, then won
his match against Grand
Ledge for his 101st career vic-
tory.
Gaylords Trent Lashuay,
112, and Tristan Lanzy, 140-
145, also finished 4-1 in the
tournament. Teammate Jon
Martin, 119, finished 3-2.
Both of Martins losses came
to state-ranked wrestlers.
The Blue Devils were
scheduled to partake in a Big
North Conference quad on
Wednesday, Jan. 8, at West
Branch Ogemaw Heights.
Traverse City Central and T.C.
West were also slated to par-
ticipate.
On Saturday, Jan. 11, the
Blue Devils are scheduled to
wrestle in the 20-team Bay
City Duals at Bay City
Western High School. The
field includes several ranked
teams, including the likes of
Allegan, Bay City Western,
New Lothrop and Richmond.
The five wins at Grand
Ledge gave Gaylord coach
Jerry LaJoie 506 career dual-
meet victories, a total that
ranks 13th all-time in
Michigan High School
Athletic Association history.
He notched his 500th during
a team tournament on Dec.
28 at Rogers City. The Blue
Devils went 5-0 to capture
that event.
Seth Lashuay went 5-0
with three pins at 130 to earn
the most valuable wrestler of
the tournament award.
Dominic LaJoie, Trent
Lashuay, Jacob Panosso, 140;
and Gregory also each fin-
ished 5-0, while Mike
Shyrock, 189, finished 4-1, as
did Matt Kempfer and Heinz.
Northmen second
HASTINGS Nine
Petoskey High School
wrestlers earned medals
Saturday as the Northmen
placed second at the LH
Lamb Invitational at
Hastings High School.
Petoskey finished with 143
points, 20 behind first-
place Rockford. Lake Odessa
Lakewood, 140 , was third,
and Hastings, 122, was fourth
in the 10-team field.
Petoskeys Trevor
Giallombardo went 3-0 on
the day to place first 103
pounds and improve to 19-2
on the season. Giallombardo
is ranked sixth in his weight
class in Division II by
Michigan Grappler.
Giallombardo topped Cam
Malich of Ionia, 8-4, in the
title match.
Giallombardo was one of
five Northmen to reach the
championship match in his
respective weight class, but
the only Petoskey wrestler to
win.
We could have wrestled
better, especially in the
finals, Petoskey coach Nate
Gross said. We went 2-2 in
third-place matches and I
thought we should have been
4-0.
Overtaking Rockford,
which won four weight class-
es and had seven wrestlers
make it to championship
matches, would have been a
tall order, Gross said.
Rockford is traditionally a
really strong program, he
said. Lakewood and
Hastings have strong teams
and we finished ahead of
both of them. We got (the
runner-up) trophy. It was a
good day.
Placing second for the
Northmen were Scott Kibbe,
119, who finished 2-1 on the
day; Austin Linn, 135, 2-1;
Nick Strobel, 140, 2-1; and
Trevor Denoyer, 189, 1-1.
Petoskeys Cam Plath, 152,
went 2-1 and placed third,
while Mike Kibbe, 125, and
Dakota Vieau, 171, both fin-
ished 2-2 and placed fourth.
The Northmen are sched-
uled to go to Alpena on
Wednesday, Jan. 8, for a Big
North Conference dual.
Petoskey will host a junior
varsity tournament on
Saturday, Jan. 11, at Petoskey
High School beginning at
9:30 a.m. The team will hold
a euchre fundraiser on
Saturday at the Petoskey
Snowmobile Club. Cost is
$25, payable at the door.
Food will be served at 6:30
p.m. Euchre will begin at 8
p.m.
Northmen earn nine medals, place second at Hastings
Fifth-ranked Blue Devils capture Grand Ledgetournament
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By Mike Dunn
MACKINAW CITY It
was a long, tough battle but
the Mackinaw City boys of
coach Austin Krieg finally
pulled it out.
The Comets played host
to perennial non-league
rival Brimley and finally pre-
vailed 77-75 in triple over-
time. The Comets improved
to 3-1 overall with the tense
victory.Sweet-shooting senior
guard Noah Morse wasnt on
the floor at the end of the
game after finally fouling
out in the second OT period
but he played a key role in
the Comet victory. After a
slow start, Noah had the arc
of his shot flowing like radar.
The 6-foot-1 guard tamed
the twine for a team-high 24
points and was hotter than a
jalapeno in the second half,
scoring 20 of his points.
Morse, who is averaging
nearly 26 points per game
thus far, also covered the
floor like wall-to-wall car-
peting on defense, recording
eight steals to go with seven
boards and six assists. Morse
has been big into piracy this
season, averaging a whop-
ping six steals per game. In
the victory over Pellston,
Morse recorded 12 steals,
the third highest single-game total in state history.
Morse wasnt alone,
though. Teammate Jonah
Robbins also showed up big
along with Matt Rivera and
Carson Hartman, who all
joined Morse in double-digit
scoring.
Jonah had a whale of a
game, stroking the nets for
21 points to help the Comet
cause. Rivera rocked the iron
for 14 points and Hartman
hit for 10.
Our boys played well but
give a lot of credit to
Brimley, Coach Krieg
reported. I thought we had
them out of gas in the fourth
quarter, but they definitely
got their second wind in the
overtimes. Fortunately we
were able to make a few
plays down the stretch to
come out on top.
Weve worked really hard
on our execution late ingames and were starting to
do much better. I was very
happy with how we closed
strong to get this victory.
Shane Beaune scored a
game-high 28 points to lead
Brimley.
Mackinaw City, which is 1-
0 in league play, was slated
to play host to Boyne Falls in
a key Northern Lakes
Conference clash on
Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Mack City boys tameBrimley in OT
Morse and Robbins rock the iron as Cometsof coach Krieg push record to 3-1
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Northeast Lower
PeninsulaAu Sable River: Has a good
number of steelhead. As of
this report, the ramps at Rea
and Whirlpool were usable
but those launching are
encouraged to have 4-wheeldrive and some rock salt or
gravel just in case. The river
near Oscoda is forming ice,
so floating may be limited to
the upper river below Foote
Dam.
Grand Lake: Should have
good ice but use caution.
Long Lake: Should have
good ice but use caution.
Fletchers Pond: Has fair to
good ice and providing some
good opportunities for
anglers. Those using spikes
and minnows have caught
bluegill and perch. A few
pike were taken on tip-ups.
Hubbard Lake: Takes
longer to freeze because it is
much deeper. Anglers
should wait a bit longer
before they start to venture
out.
Higgins Lake: Had some
ice out to the drop-off but
there is snow on the ice so
anglers should stay off. The
ice is not ready yet.
Houghton Lake: Ice con-
tinues to build thanks to
artic temperatures in the
region. The lake is snow cov-
ered so anglers need to use
caution and watch for pres-
sure cracks. Some are start-
ing to take ice shanties out.
Most are catching pike and a
few walleye however
bluegills should also be
available.
Upper PeninsulaIce anglers are fishing the
inland lakes for bluegill,
crappie, perch, walleye and
pike.
Munising: The bay has ice
and some are taking their
shanties out. Anglers are
reminded to use extreme
caution.
Steelhead strong
in Au Sable RiverInland lakes are yielding bluegill,crappie and perch for ice anglers
in northern Lower Peninsula and U.P.
DNR Fishing Report
MACKINAC COUNTY
Graymont, Inc. has submit-
ted a proposal to the
Department of Natural
Resources to acquire more
than 10,000 acres of state-
managed forest in northern
Mackinac County near thetown of Rexton for the pur-
pose of developing a lime-
stone mine.
The DNR is currently pro-
cessing the application and
reviewing it following stan-
dard policy and procedure.
The procedure entails the
review of the proposal by
staff at multiple levels in each
of the resource-managing
divisions within the DNR
including Forest Resources,
Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks
and Recreation.
A review of the app licationwill also be conducted by the
DNR's Minerals
Management. As a result of
this review, staff will make a
recommendation to DNR
Director Keith Creagh, who
has the authority to make a
final decision on the propos-
al. Creagh will make his deci-
sion at a future Natural
Resources Commission
meeting.
The DNR is currently
accepting public comments
regarding the GraymontProposal. Input will be
accepted until the DNR
Director reaches a final deci-
sion. Provide comments to:
D N R - G r a y m o n t
ProposalComments@michi-
gan.gov
Proposal to DNR is for purchase ofstate-managed forest in Mackinac County
to develop limestone mine
Feedback sought onGraymont proposal
LANSING Thirty-one
potential new conservation
officers will report on Jan. 12
in Lansing to attend the
Department of Natural
Resources (DNR) conserva-
tion officer training academy.
This is the first conservation
officer training academy
since 2007, and it will be led
by the DNRs Law
Enforcement Division train-
ing section.
The academy is funded in
the DNR budget through a
General Fund appropriation
approved by the Legislature
and Governor Rick Snyder.
The 31 recruits will com-
plete a 22-week training
academy that includes 14
weeks of basic police training
and eight weeks of more spe-
cialized conservation officer
training. Six of the recruits
are military veterans, nine
are previous law enforce-
ment officers, and two were
conservation officers in other
states.
DNR conservation officers
serve a distinct role in
Michigans law enforcement
community. They are certi-
fied police officers with the
authority to enforce
Michigans criminal laws. As
conservation officers, they
also have unique training in a
wide variety of other areas
related to the protection of
Michigans citizens and natu-
ral resources.
Increased funding for
more conservation officers
was a priority f or the DNR in
2014. Currently, there are
numerous areas in the state
that do not have an adequate
number of officers, said Gary
Hagler, chief of the DNRs
Law Enforcement Division.
Increasing the number of
conservation officers means
we can make more contact in
the field with our customers,
providing public education
opportunities and creating a
safer environment for resi-
dents and visitors enjoying
Michigans great outdoors,
said Hagler. It also means we
can provide an increased law
enforcement and protection
presence across the state,
including rural areas that
sometimes have limited law
enforcement resources.
Recruitment for the next
class of conservation officers
is ongoing, said Lt. Creig
Grey, training supervisor for
the DNRs Law Enforcement
Division. The DNR plans to
start the next academy in
October 2014.
Men and women interest-
ed in a career as a conserva-
tion officer and who want to
be eligible for the next class
should get to work now tak-
ing the Michigan Civil
Service exam and completing
the online job application,
Grey said. To be eligible for
the next academy, candi-
dates should have their exam
and application completed
by late spring.
Grey said two areas of the
state the northern Lower
Peninsula and the eastern
Upper Peninsula did not
produce many candidates for
the current recruit class, and
DNR officials would like to
see more candidates from
those regions in future acad-
emies.
For more information on
conservation officers, go to
www.mich igan .gov/c onser -
vationofficers.
DNR conservation officer academy starts Jan. 12 in Lansing with 31 recruits
DNR begins training new recruits
By Andy Sneddon
HOUGHTON Craig Coxe
got right to the point with an
elementary but effective
explanation for his
Cheboygan High School
hockey teams recent slide.
To be completely honest,
were having a tough time
putting more pucks in the
net than keeping out of our
own, he said. Its as simple
as that.
The Chiefs losing streak
reached six games with 8-0
and 5-4 losses to Escanaba
and Painsdale-Jeffers,
respectively, last weekend at
the New Years Tournament atMichigan Tech in Houghton.
The Chiefs entered the
week 5-9, and were to play
host to Petoskey, 0-8-3, in a
non-league game on
Wednesday. Cheboygan then
takes a 10-day break and
returns to home ice on
Saturday, Jan. 18, against Big
Rapids.
In the game we got beat 8-
0, the shots were 19-19,
Coxe said. In the game that
we lost to Painsdale-Jeffers,
we outshot them 41-20 and
lost the game 5-4. Its a prob-
lem that were not putting
enough pucks in and notkeeping enough out. The
team who puts more in wins
every single time.
Escanaba scored six sec-
ond-period goals to take
command against the Chiefs,
while Jeffers overcame a 3-1
deficit to beat the Chiefs,
scoring the game-winner late
in the third period.
Michael Castagne, John
Grantner, Austin Christie and
Adam Jeanotte scored the
goals for the Chiefs. Zack
Schley, Nate Stempky,
Hunter Filice, Castagne,
Granter and Jeanotte each
had an assist.The game with Petoskey
begins a four-game homes-
tand. The Chiefs dont go
back on the road until Feb. 5,
when they travel to Sault Ste.
Marie.
To be perfectly honest
with you, my kids are playing
very good hockey, Coxe said.
Im not disappointed with
them one bit. A team like
Escanaba is ranked in the top
15, top 20 in the entire state
and we went two periods
with them. That shows you
right there that my kids are
playing well. Even when we
werd down 8-0, my kids werestill working really hard.
Weve lost six games in a
row, but to be completely
honest, four of them we
should have won.
Northmen fallMANISTEE Close, oh so
close.
Manistee scored with a
minute remaining in over-
time Saturday, topping
Petoskey, 3-2, in a Northern
Michigan Hockey League
game.
The loss dropped the
Northmen to 0-8-3. They
were schedu led to play atCheboygan on Wednesday,
Jan. 8, and will entertain the
Bay Area Reps at Griffin
Arena 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10.
Mike Forton and Ben
Schwartzfisher scored for the
Northmen in their loss to
Manistee. Cam Wilder and
Bryndon Worden each had
an assist. Michael Whittaker
was in goal for Petoskey.
Petoskeys game with
Cheboygan is a rematch of
the season opener. The
Chiefs won that game, 5-3, at
Griffin Arena in Petoskey.
Cheboygan, Petoskey look for a turnaround
UP trips nets two losses for Chiefs
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CHEBOYGAN Mother
Nature didnt hold exclusive
rights to ice-cold over the
past week.
The Cheboygan High
School girls basketball team
took a turn at it, too.
The Chiefs briefly led
Kingsley, 12-11, in the sec-
ond quarter a week ago,
then couldnt buy a bucketthe rest of the way, dropping
a 47-21 non-leaguer to the
Stags.
Autumn Goggin scored 24
points as Kingsley improved
to 5-2, while Cheboygan
slipped to 2-4.
The Chiefs trailed 25-15 at
halftime, and then were lim-
ited to just six points in the
second half.
Bridget Blaskowski scored
nine points to lead
Cheboygan, while Carolyn
Clark added four. Autumn
Hudak grabbed 10 rebounds
and Macey Charboneauadded five.
The Chiefs were sched-
uled to play at Pellston in a
non-league game on
Monday, Jan. 6, but the
game was postponed
because of weather.
Cheboygans next game is
slated for Friday, Jan. 17, at
home against St. Ignace. It is
a Straits Area Conference
game.
The Chiefs are 0-2 in the
league, while St. Ignace
entered the week 7-2 overall
and 1-0 in the league.
The Saints, who last yearwon the Class D state cham-
pionship, are ranked fourth
in Class C by the Detroit Free
Press.
Kingsley tops ice-cold
ChiefsTough night from floor for Cheboygan gals,who score 6 points in second half
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With the early arrival of
arctic temperatures this win-
ter, ice has already formed on
many of Michigans inland
lakes and rivers. The
Department of Natural
Resources reminds ice fisher-
men and snowmobilers of its
mantra: No ice is safe ice.
Just because a lake or
stream looks frozen doesnt
mean the ice is safe, said Lt.
Andrew Turner, marine safe-
ty and education supervisor
for the DNR Law
Enforcement Division. By
following some guidelines on
how ice looks and feels, you
can avoid your day of icefishing ending in a life-
threatening incident.
According to Turner, you
cant always tell the strength
of ice simply by its look, its
thickness, the temperature or
whether or not it is covered
with snow. New ice, he said,
generally is much stronger
than old ice; a couple of inch-
es of new, clear ice may be
strong enough to support
you, though a foot of old, air-
bubbled ice may not.
Clear ice that has a bluish
tint is the strongest, Turner
said. Ice formed by melted
and refrozen snow appearsmilky, and is often very
porous and weak.
Ice covered by snow always
should be presumed unsafe.
Snow acts like an insulating
blanket and slows the freez-
ing process. Ice under the
snow will be thinner and
weaker. A snowfall also can
warm up and melt existing
ice.
If there is slush on the ice,
stay off. Slush ice is only
about half as strong as clear
ice and indicates the ice is no
longer freezing from the bot-
tom.Turner said anglers should
be especially cautious in
areas where air temperatures
have fluctuated. Any newly
formed ice that is created
after a cold front moves
through should be regarded
with cautio n. A cold snap
with very cold temperatures
quickly weakens ice and can
cause large cracks within half
a day. A warm spell may take
several days to weaken the
ice. When temperatures vary
widely, causin g the ice to
thaw during the day and
refreeze at night, the result is
a weak, spongy or honey-
combed ice that is unsafe, he
said.
Anglers also should bear in
mind that ice weakens with
age, and late in the season,
when it turns dark and gets
honeycombed, its time to
quit for the season. A cold
snap sometimes halts the
deterioration, but honey-
combed ice never will
refreeze to its original
strength.
The DNR does not recom-
mend the standard inch-thickness guide used by
many anglers and snowmo-
bilers to determine ice safety
because ice seldom forms at
a uniform rate.
Three or 4 inches of ice on
a shallow farm pond with no
inlets or outlets, for example,
cannot be compared to the
same amount of ice formed
over a river with strong cur-
rent, or to ice covering the
bays of the Great Lakes,
where ice cover always will
be more fragile, Turner said.
Deep inland lakes take
longer to freeze than shallow
lakes. Ice cover on lakes withstrong currents or chain-of-
lakes systems also is more
unpredictable.
Always presume that ice is
unsafe, Turner said. Do not
venture out onto the ice
unless you test the thickness
and quality with a spud or
needle bar or an auger. Ice
that is 6 or 7 inches thick in
one spot can be only 2 inches
thick close by.
On the big lakes, ice cover
in some spots may be thick
enough to safely hold a car
while other areas of ice are
little more than an inch thick.Conditions can change with-
in just a few feet because of
currents under the ice. Be
especially careful around
pressure cracks. When the
currents are stronger, the ice
gives way to open water.
Ice near shore tends to be
much weaker because of
shifting, expansion and heat
from sunlight reflecting off
the bottom. If theres ice on
the lake but water around the
shoreline, proceed with cau-
tion.
Avoid areas with protrud-
ing logs, brush, plants and
docks. These structures can
absorb heat from the sun,
thus weakening the sur-
rounding ice. Also avoid aer-
ation devices, such as bub-
blers used near marinas.
I personally would never
recommend that you take a
car or truck onto the ice,
Turner said. But those are
personal decisions. I would
urge that anyone wear a life
jacket, wear bright colors and
take a cell phone when walk-
ing onto a frozen lake or
river. Also, bring along a setof ice picks or ice claws,
which you can find in most
sporting goods shops.
If you do break through,
Turner offered the following
tips:
Try to remain calm.
Don't remove your winter
clothing. Heavy clothes
won't drag you down, but
instead can trap air to pro-
vide warmth and flotation.
This is especially true with a
snowmobile suit.
Turn in the water toward
the direction you came from
- that is probably the
strongest ice. If you have them, dig the
points of the picks into the
ice and while vigorously kick-
ing your feet, pull yourself
onto the surface by sliding
forward on the ice.
Roll away from the area of
weak ice. Rolling on the ice
will distribute your weight to
help avoid breaking through
again.
Get to shelter, heat, warm
dry clothing and warm, non-
alcoholic, and non-caffeinat-
ed drinks.
Call 911 and seek medical
attention if you feel disori-ented, have uncontrollable
shivering or have any other ill
effects that may be symp-
toms of hypothermia (the
life-threatening drop in the
body's core temperature).
To learn more about stay-
ing safe while on the water or
in the woods, visit the DNR
website www.michigan.gov/recre-
ationalsafety.
DNR reminds ice fishermen and snowmobilers that no ice is safe ice
Practice safety when going on ice
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Greater Otsego Sports Hall of
Fame banquet will be held on
Saturday, Feb. 15, at the
Eagles Hall on Wisconsin Ave.
The Class of 2014 features
three-time state-champion
skier Anna (Estelle) Jarvis and
dominating wrestler Bob
Powell from Gaylord High
School; premier pitching star
and Detroit Tigers draftee
Steve Nowak and All-State
basketball and softball star
Amanda (Squires ) Murray
from St. Mary; scoring
machine Jim Loshaw from
the Vanderbilt High School
basketball team; and the out-
standing Johannesburg
Central High School girls
basketball teams which went
unbeaten from 1957 to 1960.
In addition, longtime J-L
football public address
announcer Tom Zick and
clock manager John Righi
will receive the Distinguished
Service Award.
Tickets are $35 per person
and include a prime rib din-
ner. For information or to
purchase tickets, call Tom
Johnson at 989-614-1298, Jeff
Shoff of Design One at 732-
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989-370-2323.
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named Mark Vick to coach
both the mens and womens
basketball teams for the
remainder of the Firebirds
2013-14 season. Vick is origi-
nally from Saint Helen,
attended Houghton Lake
High School and currently
lives in West Branch, Mich.
I have long been interest-
ed in coaching at Kirtland,
says Vick. Being from the
local area, along with my
career experiences and love
for the game of basketball,
makes it a dream job. I am
truly blessed to now be a part
of the Kirtland Firebird
Program.
Following the resignation
of former basketball coach Ty
McGregor, Kirtland Athletic
Director Don Haskin began
an immediate coaching
search and Vick accepted the
assignment on Dec. 16.
Vicks hiring enables current
student athletes to compete
in conference season play,
which begins for Kirtland on
Jan. 4 at the McGregor
Athletic Complex (MAC) in
Mio. The Lady Birds will take
the floor at 1:00 p.m. and the
mens team competes at 3:00
p.m.
It [was] a quick learning
curve for me to get to know
the players, for them to get to
know me, and for us to get
organized for our first game,
said Vick about the quick
transition from interviewing
to coaching. My biggest
hope is to provide some sta-
bility to our Student-Athletes
for the duration of the sea-
son.
My goals are to assist our
student-athletes in achieving
their goals. It has been tough
for these young men and
women. I want them to have
a positive experience and
assist them in continuing
their basketball and educa-
tional careers after this sea-
son is completed.
Vick brings a considerable
amount of basketball knowl-
edge to the Firebirds, includ-
ing experience at: Hale High
School/Hale, MI (Head Girls
Basketball Coach 2012-13);
Rice University/Houston, TX
(Men's Basketball, Video
Coordinator 2008-2012);
O a k l a n d
University/Rochester, MI
(Men's Basketball Video
Coordinator 2004-2008);
Smoky Mountain High
School/Sylva, NC (Boys
Basketball, Varsity Assistant,
JV Head Coach, 2003-04);
Cherokee High
School/Cherokee, NC (Boys
Basketball, Varsity Assistant,
2002-03); and Central
Michigan University/Mt.
Pleasant, MI (Student
Assista nt Manager 1997-
1998).
Annually, more than 3,000
students attend a variety of
occupational, skilled trades,
two-year and transfer degree
programs at Kirtlands loca-
tions near Roscommon,
Kirtland-Gaylord, Kirtland-
West Branch and in Tawas.
Kirtland also offers a wide
range of online courses and
degrees, all of which can be
completed from home.
For more information,
please contact Sarah
Madonna, Director of Public
Information, at 989-275-
5000, ext. 242 or
Kirtland Hires Vick to Lead
Firebirds Basketball
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