Weekly Choice - Section B - December 15, 2011

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By Mike Dunn

PETOSKEY The Gaylordgirls of coach Frank Hamilla

won their second straightgame and the Petoskey girlsof first-year coach AdamDobrowolski saw their hopesfor the first win of the seasondashed on Thursday in oneof those down-to-the-wiregames thats a thriller for the

winners and a heartbreakerfor the ones who come outon the short end.

Gaylord won 51-50,improving to 2-2 on the sea-son and 1-0 in the Big North.Petoskey, a much better teamthan its early record shows,slipped to 0-3 and 0-1.

Gaylord sparkplug pointguard Sarah Polena drained apair of free throws with 25seconds left to put the BlueDevils on top 51-46.

The Northmen nearlycame all the way back in thefinal seconds, courtesy of

junior Kelsey Ance, a second- year varsity starter whoknows how to perform in theclutch. Ance scored from thelane to make the score 51-48,then grabbed her ownrebound after a missed freethrow and banked the ballhome to make the score 51-50.

Petoskey fouled on

Gaylords ensuring posses-sion and when the BlueDevils were not able to con-nect on either free throw,

Ance drove the length of thecourt and took a final buzzer-beating shot and very nearly

went in to give Petoskey thewin.

This is a great win andconfidence builder, saidHamilla, in his second year asthe Gaylord varsity coachafter a distinguished run asthe Boyne Falls boys basket-ball coach. Our girls stayed

with the game plan, stayedfocused and did a nice job

defensively.

One big key for Gaylord,Hamilla reported, was dou-ble-teaming the dangerous

Ance to try to keep her underwraps.

We talked about alwayskeeping two girls on Kelseyand I thought we did a verygood job of that, he said.She was able to find theopen girl sometimes but we

werent going to let her goone-on-one. She had to sit

with foul trouble but she stillalmost gave them the gamein the fourth quarter. Shes agreat competitor.

Dobrowolski was naturallydisappointed with the lossbut he credited Gaylord with

a solid effort, especially inthe second half.

Gaylord moved aggressive-ly to the hole and drew foulsand that proved to be a factorin the outcome. TheNorthmen were without theservices of star players Anceand long-armed centerMegan Tompkins for longstretches because of foultrouble.

Were moving to the bas-ket more and drawing foulsand because of that we gotPetoskey into foul trouble,Hamilla said.

Gaylord hit 19-of-32 fromthe line and Petoskey made

3-of-12.Gaylord junior wingMackenzie Edwards, a three-

year varsity starter, contin-ued her strong play this sea-son. Mac was sharper than ahoned knife from the floor,making the twine dance tothe tune of a game-high 17points, including 6-of-9 fromthe charity stripe.

Point guard Polena, whoprovided a power point pres-entation in Gaylords back-to-back wins over Petoskeyand Cheboygan during the

week, was 6-of-10 from theline, including the timely free

throws that turned out to be

the game-winning points atthe end. Polena was also indouble figures with 11 pointsto go with five assists.

Junior forward AlexSimmons sank nine andLauren Mead scored four.Center Allie Gooding pulleddown five boards for the BlueDevils while sophomoreshooting guard MaddieHamilla hit for three withfour rebounds and was oneof the girls responsible forguarding Ance. Chelsea Foxscored four, including alayup just before halftime toput Gaylord ahead 29-28.

Were moving in the rightdirection, Hamilla said.

The girls were very excitedafter the game. Its nice to

win against a school with agreat program like Petoskey,especially at their place.

Tompkins, who is develop-ing into a powerful forcedown low for the Northmen,led in scoring with 15 pointsto go with six boards and twoblocks. Ance still hit for 11 inspite of the foul trouble andshe also grabbed fourrebounds.

Katelyn Crittenden talliedeight and Alyssa VanWerden

was active in the backcourt,scoring six and dishing offfour assists. Liz Fraser found

the net for five points.Gaylord won the JV game39-17, riding the hot shoot-ing of Joslyn Rider andLindsey Zaremba, whoscored 14 and 11 points,respectively. Abby Blanchardscored five to pace theNorthmen while Asia Abram-Craig and Jayme Larsenpulled down 10 and ninerebounds.

In the freshmen game,Brianna Marshall made eightpoints as Petoskey edged theBlue Devils 28-27.

ON MONDAY, Dec. 11,Petoskey earned its first winof the season, outscoring vis-

iting Cheboygan 47-36.Ance showed up big in the

first win, scoring a game-high 18 points to go with sixboards and she hit a pair ofkey baskets down the stretchto help the Northmen protecttheir lead after a late chargefrom the determined Chiefs.

Tompkins was a tower ofstrength down low, generat-ing 12 points and going 4-for-5 from the stripe. KatelynCrittenden stuffed the ironfor seven points with a 3-pointer and sophomore KatiLewis landed six points witha solid effort off the bench.

Kali Hancock hit for 10with a pair of downtown con-nections to lead the Chiefs(3-2) of coach Jason Purcell.Taylor Lopiccollo scored nineand Katie Litzner hit foreight, also hitting twice frombeyond the arc.

ON TUESDAY, Dec. 6,Gaylord outscored

Cheboygan 56-37 as Edwardsattacked the iron for a game-high 20 points to go with f ourrebounds and Polena pound-ed the nets for 14 points withfive assists, five reboundsand four steals. MaddieHamilla, getting more com-

fortable on the floor witheach game, hit for eightpoints, including a pair of key3-pointers early in the game,

with three steals and threerebounds. Alex Simmonshauled in fire rebounds.

We shot well from the

outside and in turn thatopened up the lanes to driveto the basket, Hamillareported.

The coach also notedstrong play off the benchfrom Chelsea Fox and JadaJohnson.

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Junior Liz Fraser of Petoskey, left, is guarded closely by Mackenzie Edwards

of Gaylord during Thursdays game.

Petoskey center Megan Tompkins uses her long arms to block this shot from

Gaylord point guard Sarah Polena.

Smooth Shelby Coon dribbles down the floor for

the Gaylord JV as Aly Will of Petoskey defends.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2011

Blue Devils win in a thriller

Photo by tom buttrick



Gaylord 51, Petoskey 50

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By Doug Derrer

TRAVERSE CITY -- The Bay

Area Reps finished as runner

up in their own tournament

over the weekend, powering

past the Northwest Warriors

in their opener on Friday,

then losing to highly skilled

Escanaba 5-2 in the champi-

onship game on Saturday at

Centre Ice.

Rep forwards Zach Hill,

Kevin Banducci and Nick

Fisher generated lots of fire-

power against Northwest,

scoring two goals each in

their Friday matinee with the

Warriors to lead the Reps to a

9-2 victory.

Luke Sowash gave the

Warriors a 1-0 lead 5 minutes

and 12 second into the open-

ing period, but Reps goals by

Hill and Adam Armour in the

last two minutes gave the

Reps a 2-1 advantage head-

ing into the first intermis-

sion.

The opportunistic

Banducci scored the only

goal of the second period

with assist from Nick Sicinski

and Armour and the Reps

had a 3-1 lead after two peri-

ods.

Corey Stanke scored 25

seconds into the final period

to get the Warriors within a

goal, but the Reps then

erupted for six straight goals

and skated away with a 9-2

win. Hill, P.J. Heger, Sicinski ,

and Banducci all recorded

third period goals with Fisher

tallying two. Quinn Lymann,

Zack Bargy and Travis Kirk

each recorded two assist in

the final period.

Escanaba scored 2:26 into

the opening period to take an

early 1-0 lead in the champi-

onship game. The Eskymos

advanced to the finals by

beating St. Johns/Dewitt on

Friday.

Heger scored a goal for the

Reps with 8:18 remaing in the

first period with Bargy earn-

ing an assist and the period

ended even at 1-1. Lymann

struck with a laser blast on

the power play for the Reps

with 8:17 to go in the middle

period with assistance from

Armour, but that would be

the Reps only lead of the day

as the Eskymos scored twice

in the second and twice in

the third period for a 5-2championship game victory.

The Reps record is now 2-3

for the year with games

Wednesday, Dec. 14, at

Traverse City West and

Saturday at Centre Ice with

Mattawan next on the sched-

ule.

Reps power past Northwest Warriors insemifinals, lose to talented Esky in finals

Hockey

Reps runner-upin own tourney

By Mike Dunn

MAPLE CITY The

Grayling boys rattled the ironand put up the points Friday

in a non-league road contest with Glen Lake.

Unfortunately for the

Vikings, they went cold fromthe free throw line in the

fourth quarter, allowing the

Lakers to rally and outscorethem 21-12 in the final stanza

and claim a narrow 75-74 vic-tory.

We played very well in themiddle of the third quarter

when we opened up a 15-

point lead, said veteranGrayling coach Rich Moffit.

However, we stopped doing

the things that made us suc-cessful, like sharing the bas-

ketball and playing hard-nosed defense.

Our free throw shooting was terrible in the fourth

quarter [2-for-9] and thats an

area where we need toimprove.

Grayling had five players indouble-digit scoring, led bysenior small forward StevenEnos with 15, including threeconnections from beyondthe arc. Senior sharpshooterScott Parkinson and long-armed senior center Griffin

Dean both pounded the netsfor 13 points while shifty sen-ior guard Zane Tobin hit for11 and rugged Riley Zigilaput 10 on the board to go

with eight assists. Powerfulforward Tom The BeastBurrell busted the nets forseven points and JakeSwander sank five.

Enos and Dean eachpulled down eight boardsand Burrell was also a bull

under the boards, grabbingsix. Enos, Burrell and Zigilaeach made three steals andEnos dished five assists.

Glen Lakes top scorersMike OBrien and Carter Leecombined for 45 points in thecome-from-behind win, with

OBrien hitting for 25 and Leefor 20.Grayling, which opened

the season with a 76-43 winat Roscommon on Tuesday,Dec. 6, plays at HarborSprings on Friday in the LakeMichigan Conference openerbefore making its homeopener on Tuesday, Dec. 20,against league rival ElkRapids.

Moffit expects to see a dif-

ferent Grayling team against

Harbor Springs.

We had better make this

loss a learning lesson and get

back to what has made us

successful in the past, play-

ing as a team, playing tough

defense and sharing the bas-

ketball, he said.

In the workmanlike win

over Roscommon, Enos (16),

Zigila (14) and Tobin (11) led

in scoring. Dean and Burrell

each brought down seven

boards and the ubiquitous

Enos had five steals and three

assists to go with five boards.

Tobin set the table like a chef,

notching six assists.

Lakers stage fourth-rally to edge Vikings by a point; 5 Vikings reach double figures

Basketball

Grayling boys fall to Glen Lake

Northmen outscore BigNorth rivals

Petoskey 73, Gaylord 50

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD Senior guard

Jake Mullin provided the

long-range artillery while

senior captains Joe Robbins

and Zak Lewis put up the

points and pulled down the

rebounds from closer range

as Petoskey posted an

impressive 73-50 victory at

Gaylord on Friday in the BigNorth Conference opener for

both teams.

Petoskey, beginning the

defense of its Big North title

under longtime coach

Dennis Starkey, improved to

2-0 and 1-0 in the league

while Gaylord slipped to 1-1

and 0-1.

Mullin had his inner range

finder working to perfection

in the early going, landing

one 3-pointer after another

to stake the visiting

Northmen, who are three-

time defending league

champs, to a lead they would

not relinquish.

Mullin had five downtown

connections in all in the con-

test and accounted for a

game-high 23 points.

The 6-foot-4 Robbins and

the 6-3 Lewis did the job

from the lane. Robbins

recorded a double-double,

notching 15 points and 10

rebounds and the lethalLewis, a scoring threat from

the inside and the outside,

very nearly had a double-

double, hitting for 13 points

with eight boards.

Hunter Pulakski also

helped the cause, hitting

twice from beyond the arc for

six points, and Quinn Ameel

made the twine twitch to the

tune of eight points, includ-

ing a trey.

Petoskey led 20-6 after one

quarter and still held a com-

manding lead at halftime but

the scrappy Blue Devils,

fueled by the strong play of

senior forward Troy Gahm,

rallied in the third quarter to

trim the lead to 13 points, 34-

21. That was as close as the

home team would get, how-

ever.

Gahm finished with a

team-high 17 points with two

3-pointers to his credit and 3-

of-5 shooting from the stripe.

Zach Lundell and AustinPearson both battled hard

under the boards and gener-

ated eight points apiece and

junior guard Tyler Frisch hit

for seven. Hustling senior

Craig Richardson brought

some energy off the bench,

hitting for six points and

playing hard at both ends of

the floor.

Gaylord coach Tim

ORourke commended the

scrappy play of Richardson

and speedy Chris Crenshaw

after the game.

Petoskey won the JV game

50-33 as Alec Shaw sank 13

and Shae Whitmore hit for

nine. Leland Huey landed 13

for the Blue Devils.

Petoskey opened at home

on Tuesday, Dec. 13, against

Cheboygan after this issue

went to press.

Gaylord is home on

Tuesday, Dec. 20, against Big

North foe Ogemaw Heights.

ON TUESDAY, Dec. 6, both

Gaylord and Petoskey

opened the season with vic-

tories. Gaylord, behind 16

points from senior captain

Gahm, outscored visiting

Cheboygan 63-53 and

Petoskey won on the road

against Charlevoix 78-49.

Lewis landed five 3-point

connections while scoring 29

to lead the Northmen in the

season opener and Robbins

was virtually unstoppable

inside, scoring 20 with a

dozen boards.

Mullin, Robbins and Lewis rock the iron for Petoskey; hostGaylord unable to climb out of early hole

Hunter Pulaski of Petoskey prepares to fire in a

pass to teammate Jake Mullin during the Big North

game at Gaylord.

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Mancy boys scrap and battleBasketball

By Mike Dunn

LAKE CITY There was amarked difference in heightbetween host Lake City andvisiting Mancelona onThursday, Dec. 8, in non-league boys hoops action butthat did not prevent thescrappy Ironmen from takingthe game to the wire.

Mancelona eventually lost59-56 but had the ball in thefinal seconds with thechance to tie. It wasnt quite a

winning effort on the road forthe young Ironmen of coachRick Duerksen but it was cer-tainly a game and notableeffort.

Im pleased with what wegot from the kids tonight,Duerksen said after thegame. The kids did a good

job of executing the 2-3 zonein the second half and pre-venting them from penetrat-ing to the basket. We played

well enough to stay close and we had a chance to tie it atthe end and you cant ask formore than that against ateam as big, athletic andphysical as Lake City.

Junior guard KyleSchepperley had an awe-some game, canning a team-high 19 points and hittingbuckets at key junctures,especially in the second half.

Schepperleys trey with1:37 to play put Mancelonaahead for the first time in thegame, 56-55. Unfortunatelyfor the Ironmen, Lake Citycame right back to score a bigthree of their own when sen-ior guard Caleb Davenportconnected from the wing.

Mancelona had the balltrailing 59-56 with 6.6 sec-onds left when Duerksencalled a timeout to set up aplay for Schepperley fromthe corner. Schepperley gotthe ball but Davenport wasdraped all over him and theTrojan defender managed toget a piece of the ball asSchepperley launched ittoward the hole. The gameended with Mancelona andLake City players sprawlingon the floor for the loose ball.

Schepperley was not ableto connect on the potentialgame-tying trey but he had abig night from the floor and

he handled the ball well. Thesmooth-flowing junior alsonotched five steals in thegame.

Freshman guard BrandonDingman also put up somenice numbers, collecting 13points to join Schepperley indouble digits and generatingfive rebounds and threeassists.

Senior strong man AustinSpires was Mancelonasphysical presence in thepaint and he banged bodies

and exchanged bruises withevery Lake City big man thatentered the game, includingthe Trojans 6-foot-4, 240-pound center Adam

Williams. Spires scored sevenand grabbed five rebounds

and played a huge role inkeeping the game from get-ting out of hand with hisphysically intense play underthe bucket.

Sophomore guard JustinSpires also hit for seven whilefellow sophomore guardLogan Borst connected forfive points with five assistsand junior guard WyattDerrer drilled the nets for five

points as well.Mancelona kept the game

close in spite of losing therebound battle, 21-14, andmaking 25 turnovers. The

Ironmen did it with aggres-sive, scrappy play at bothends of the floor and by gen-erating a lot of turnoversthemselves.

Give Mancelona credit,said Lake City coach John

McGiness. They played hardand made it tough on us inthe second half with theirzone. They were very scrappyand theyre obviously a well-

coached team.The kids are coming on,

Duerksen said. Were youngand itll take a while but Impleased with what theyregiving me. We played with alot of heart tonight and that

was nice to see after we gotsmoked on Tuesday (in theseason opener).

Seniors Nolan Davenportand Williams each scored 14

to lead Lake City.

Lake City won the JV game

56-34. Griffin Borst produced

eight points to lead the

young Ironmen.

Mancelona (0-2) opened

Ski Valley play on Tuesday of

this week after this issue

went to press.

Height mismatch ultimately too much toovercome against host Lake City

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Mancelona coach Rick Duerksen gives the troops direction between the third

and fourth quarter of the game at Lake City.

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Mancelona forward Justin Spires jumps straight

and high in a fight for a rebound with Lake Citys

Nolan Davenport.

Mancelona freshman guard Brandon Dingman

drives toward the bucket in the second half of the

Dec. 8 game

Sparkplug sophomore point guard Logan Borst

prepares to pass to an open teammate during the

Dec. 8 game.

Pellston off to strong start

Boys Hoops

Basketball

By Mike Dunn

PELLSTON So far, sogood for the Pellston boysbasketball team. The Hornetsof coach Cliff Hass kicked offthe 2011-12 campaign last

week with a pair of non-league victories, defeatingHarbor Springs on the road71-61 on Tuesday, Dec. 6, andopening at home on Friday

with a lopsided 68-25 winover game-but-outmannedMackinaw City.

Four-year varsity starterChris Hass began the final

year of his prep career withtypically strong numbers. Inthe win over Harbor Springs,

the 6-foot-4 Hass led a bal-anced scoring ledger with 19points while generating 15rebounds, eight assists andfive steals. In the win overMack City, Hass hammeredthe nets for 23 points duringhis time on the floor to go

with nine boards and fiveassists.

What makes Pellston reallytough this year is that Hass a rare blend of height, quick-ness, pure shooting ability,floor smarts and toughness --is surrounded by talent andall the players on the rosterare beneficiaries of excellentcoaching from veteran CliffHass.

In the win over HarborSprings, crafty senior pointguard Zak Kruskie came up

with five steals to go with 12points while Max Kettererscored 12 with sevenrebounds and Dale Stark alsohit for 12. Jake Friedenstabstruck for eight points fromthe backcourt and hard-nosed senior forward AndyHamlin tallied six and pulleddown eight rebounds tocomplement the grunt workof Hass and Ketterer inside.

Pete Lauer scored 15 tolead the Rams, who put up agood fight in the game, bat-tling hard under the boardsthroughout the contest.

They came out hungrierthan us, coach Hass report-ed. We played better in thesecond half and controlledthe fourth quarter.

Pellston led just 52-49going into the final stanzabefore pulling away.

In the win over Mack City,the Hornets rolled to a 17-2first-quarter lead and neverlooked back.

Hamlin and Stark eachstruck for 10 points and eachpulled down eight reboundsand Ketterer was a Windex

wonder also, cleaning theglass for six boards during histime on the floor.

Coach Hass was able to

give everyone minutes and

was pleased with the contri-

butions he received from the

reserves.

Freshman Noah Morse tal-

lied 13 to lead the young

Comets.

The Pellston JV outscored

the Sault Ste. Marie freshman

in a competitive contest, 62-

56, as Jarrett Anderson

rocked the iron for 16 to lead

the way with Will Seldon

striking for 15 and cool

Connor Kintz collecting 14.

GAYLORD The Gaylord

boys freshmen team earnedan exciting 75-63 victory over

Big North foe Petoskey this

week.

Cole Butler served up 21

points to pace the aggressive

Blue Devils. Collin Watters

also fueled the offensive out-

put, pouring in 19 points

while Steven Fitzek fired and

found the net for 16 p oints.Marcus ORourke and

Cotton Neff each had a

strong defensive game for

Gaylord coach Mike Neff.

Defensively we were

good, but we still have some

areas that we need to

improve on, Neff reported.

Hornets pick up where they left off last year; Hass kicks off senior campaign with solid numbers

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Visiting Ramblers display firepowerBoyne City 49, St. Mary 19

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD The St. Mary

players and coaches knew

this would be a tough one

and it was. Boyne City, one of

the top teams in the Lake

Michigan Conference this

year, came to the Snowbird

gym in Gaylord on Thursday,

Dec. 8, and gradually pulled

away on the scoreboard, ulti-

mately posting a very

impressive 49-19 triumph.

The Snowbirds of coachKen Blust battled hard from

start to finish and managed

to stay with the talented visi-

tors in the early going. Over

the course of 32 minutes,

though, the high-pressure

tactics of Boyne exacted a

toll.

Boyne City, which was

playing its first game, led 11-

6 after one quarter and

pushed it to 34-10 by the half.

Senior captain Luke

Wisniewski paced the

Snowbirds with six points.

Gabe Nowicki, Charles Strehl

and Matt Spyhalski gave a

gritty effort in defeat. The

Snowbird players enjoyed a

mini-victory just limiting the

high-powered Ramblers to

less than 50 points.

Smooth-shooting Jay

Redman and Keegan

LeBlance each scored 17 to

pace the Ramblers. Redman

hit 9-of-10 from the line.

ON TUESDAY, St. Mary

opened the season with a

convincing 62-20 win athome over non-league foe

Alanson.

Wisniewski put some of

the wallop into the Snowbird

offense, contributing 16

points and producing a dou-

ble-double with 10 boards.

Strehl struck for 16 points as

well and point guard

Spyhalski dished five assists

and recorded five steals.

St. Mary opened Ski Valley

play on Tuesday at Central

Lake after this issue went to

press.

St. Mary stayed with talented visitors in early going buthigh-pressure defense took toll as game wore on

St. Mary senior captain Luke Wisniewski goes high

to hit for two of his six points against Boyne City.

St. Mary point guard Matt Spyhalski, left, is

guarded closely as he brings the ball up the floor

against Boyne City.

Photo by vic ruggles

Photo by vic ruggles

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD Senior spark-

plug Spencer Bajko did hispart to make sure Gaylord

would not lose a game in the

annual Division 3 HockeyChallenge at the Sportsplex

over the weekend, scoring anunassisted goal on Saturday

night against Chelsea with

4:54 showing on the clock toforge a 3-3 tie.

The Blue Devils, the hostteam in the popular annual

challenge pitting Div. 3 teamsfrom the southern part of the

state against teams from the

north, defeated GibraltarCarson 7-0 on Friday before

the tie with Chelsea.Going into Wednesdays

Big North clash on the road

against Petoskey, Gaylord

owned a 4-2-1 record. (Thatgame on Toys for Tots night at

Griffin Arena in Petoskey willbe reported in the next

issue.)

Gaylord led Chelsea 2-1going into the third period of

the Saturday game butChelsea scored back-to-back

goals in a 10-second span to

suddenly pull ahead 3-2 andgrab all the momentum. The

scrappy, rawhide-toughBajko, a major thorn in the

side of opponents through-out his career, struck less

than a minute later, making a

steal and going end-to-endto score what turned out to

be the final goal of the spirit-ed, seesaw contest. It was

Bajkos second goal of the

game and eighth goal of the

young season. He also assist-ed on Gaylords other goal.

It was the Axe Man, dan-gerous Derek Axford, who lit

the scoring lamp first for

Gaylord in the contest, regis-tering his seventh goal with a

whistling wrister to tie thescore 1-1 in the second peri-

od with help from Bajko and

Nick Shear. Bajko followedwith a goal late in the period

off a pretty feed from ColeMuzyl to make it 2-1.

Austin Sullens scored twicefor Chelsea and Taylor

Atchley had the other goal.

Peter Lawton stopped 19 of22 shots directed his way and

held off a late charge byChelsea to secure the tie.

Lawton stuffed five Chelsea

power plays.

Chelsea goalie Chris Boydstopped 25 of 28 shots and

kept Gaylord off the boardduring six power plays.

On Friday, it was the peppy

Bajko doing damage onceagain, ringing up a pair of

goals in the 7-0 victory while Anthony Tomaski, Jay

Lindgren, Trevor Raymond,

Harrison Quaal and NickShear each had single goals.

Tomaski, who covered the icelike a human zamboni, also

had two assists. Lindgren,Shear, Axford, Josh Delaney,

Mitchell Lawton and

Sudden Sam Black eachhad an assist. Gaylord con-

verted 3-of-4 power playchances.

Tona Apa posted his first

career shutout, turning away

all 21 shots he faced.

Petoskey rolls atManistee

MANISTEE The

Northmen earned their first

victory of the young season

in impressive fashion Friday,

going on the road to outscore

Manistee 7-1. It was also the

first win for coach Brent

Ward.

Petoskey (1-4) played host

to Big North foe Gaylord on

Wednesday of this week in

the annual Toys-for-Tots

game and hosts its own invi-

tational tourney this week-

end.

Pat Gitre and Ken Forton

each found the back of the

net twice in the road victory

with Derek Smith, Kyle

Ruggles and Tanner Davis

also lighting the scoring

lamp. Hunter Stinger fed the

artillery efficiently, notching

a pair of goals along with

Kevin Hansen.

Forton had an assist in

addition to his two goals.

Chay Worden and Mike

Forton had lone assists along

with the Sky Pilot, Skye

Pieffer.

Breanna Merriam turned

in a solid performance in the

nets, stopping everything

directed at the goal until the

final minute of the third peri-

od.

By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD The St. Marygirls of coach Kevin Fosterpushed their record to 4-0overall and 2-0 in the Ski

Valley with a thoroughlyimpressive 58-17 win atOnaway on Friday.

The Snowbirds stayed

unbeaten and set up a hugeearly-season Ski Valley show-down with perennial cross-county rival Johannesburg-Lewiston on Wednesday ofthis week. The game betweenthe league frontrunners wasplayed after this went topress but well have a reportnext week.

In the win over Onaway,the Snowbirds broke open aclose game in the secondquarter, putting 22 points onthe board to take a 33-10 leadinto the locker room.

Scrappy sophomore guardKari Borowiak busted thenets for 14 points. She andbackcourt mate ChrissySmith set the table like TVchefs, dishing an amazingseven assists apiece. Smithalso secured six steals andshe and senior Karli Jacobeach struck for 12 points.

Senior Michelle Samalik was strong in the paint,pulling down 14 reboundsand junior Sarah Long lit itup for nine points.

The win came on the heelsof a 59-42 victory at the courtof defending league champCentral Lake on Wednesday,Dec. 7.

Balanced scoring andbark-tight defense helpedfuel the win on a night whenthe Snowbirds hit nearly 50percent from the field.

Mary Spyhalski made her

presence felt in a big way,

busting the nets for a team-high 17 points, including 13in the first half as St. Marysurge to a 31-19 advantage.

Borowiak battled theCentral Lake guards toothand nail on defense and alsoearned a double-double

from the point on offense

with 15 points and a whop-ping 11 assists.

Jacob also delivered a dou-ble-double with a typicallyefficient performance,notching 10 points and 11

rebounds and she also didsome nice dishing of herown, collecting seven assistson the night. Smith also fin-

ished in double figures forthe Snowbirds, putting 10points on the board.

Johannesburg-Lewiston 62Wolverine 16

JOHANNESBURG TheJohannesburg-Lewiston girlsof coach Heather Huffpushed their record to 5-0

overall with a lopsided 62-16victory over non-league foe

Wolverine on the home floorMonday.

The Cardinals, noted fortheir frenetic assault on the

iron and their high-pressuredefense, limited the Wildcatsto single digits in each quar-ter.

Junior Abby Schlicher (15),Brittany Cherwinski (14) andHannah Huff (13) all reacheddouble figures on a night

when the starters saw limitedduty. Natalie Hamilton,

Tiffany Nickert, MirandaHouse and GabbyCoopersmith each scoredfour.

The versatile Schlicher wasall over the floor like a freshcoat of wax, recording ninesteals and nine rebounds togo with her 15 points.Cherwinski, a sophomore inher second year on the varsi-ty, also pulled down nineboards and Nickert and Huffeach had eight.

In the JV game, JulieNieman and SydneyMcKenney each collectedeight points for the victoriousCardinals and Maddie Ewing

made seven.On Friday, the Cardinalsimproved to 2-0 in the Ski

Valley with a workmanlike60-30 victory over Forest

Area.Schlicher, who would defi-

nitely have the lead role ifPirates of Johannesburg

was ever produced on stage,

showed up big again, notch-ing a triple-double with 16points, 13 boards and 11more steals.

Cherwinski churned out 14points with seven boards andKatelyn Weaver turned in asolid performance, grabbingnine rebounds to go witheven points. Junior Natalie

Hamilton hammered thenets for six points.In J-Ls JV triumph, twine

tamer Julie Nieman led theway once again, this time hit-ting for 10 points. Hailey

Weaver hit for nine andMaddie Ewing for eight.

Grayling 62Houghton Lake 54

GRAYLING Jo Hamlincontinues to put up big-timenumbers for the Graylinggirls this season. On Friday,Hamlin hammered the netsfor 29 points and pulleddown 13 rebounds as

Grayling outscoredHoughton Lake 62-54 in non-league action.

Mio 61Hale 27

HALE Visiting Mio turnedon the afterburners in the

second half, pulling away to

an impressive 61-27 victory

over North Star League rival

Hale on Friday.

Nona Rhodes rocked the

iron for 12 points to lead a

balanced Thunderbolt scor-

ing ledger. Kalen DeFlorio

and Jordan Smith each struck

for 10 points and ConnorSmith stood tall under the

boards, pulling down a team-

high 10 rebounds.

Inland Lakes 62

Pellston 24

INDIAN RIVER Senior

Sandy Bischoff struck for 19

points and teammates

Katelyn Brendly and Morgan

Hanel hammered the nets for

15 and 10 points, respective-

ly, as h ost Inland Lakes took a

62-24 decision over visiting

Pellston in a Ski Valley game.

Emmah Dunham pacedthe Hornets with seven

points. Tori Kirsch and Dana

Zulski made five points each.

Pellston won the tense JV

game 34-32 as Logan Spray

canned 11 points along with

Kelly Lewis. Alexi Provo pro-

duced 13 points for I-Lakes.

Hockey Report

Girls Hoops

Gaylord wins, tie in D-3 Challenge

St. Mary, J-L starting out strong

Host Blue Devils post shutout in challenge opener; Petoskey posts impressive first win at Manistee

Ski Valley frontrunners both look formidable in early going; Hamlin shines for Grayling; Mio tamesHale; Bischoff leads I-Lakes to victory

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Images from the

HARDWOODHere are somephotos detailing some of

the sweat, effort andintensity of competitionon the hardwood from

the first week of the boys

prep basketball seasonand the second week ofthe girls basketball sea-

son. Photos are from RobDeForge, Tom Buttrick,

Mike Dunn and VicRuggles.




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Academy race training

sessions start Wednesday,

January 4th at Boyne

Mountain and Thursday,

January 5th at Boyne

Highlands. Training ses-

sions take place from 6:30

to 8:30 PM on Wednesdays

at Boyne Mountain and

Thursdays at Boyne

Highlands. A meeting for

parents will take place at

both locations during the

first sessions.This year the Northern

Michigan Ski Academy

(NMSA) is celebrating its

33rd anniversary. The

NMSA is a non-profit

organization that is run by

a Volunteer Board of

Directors and Coaches.

The program is designed

to teach area youth the

fundamentals of ski rac-

ing.

Training sessions are

held for nine weeks begin-

ning in January. During

the Wednesday and

Thursday night sessions,

skiers ski in small groups

with a NMSA coach.

Skiers practice the funda-

mentals of ski racing with

racers of their own ageand capability. Friday

nights are open gate

nights only at Boyne

Mountain and Boyne

Highlands with courses

set that the skiers can run

as they desire. Coaches

are available at the top

and bottom of the courses

to provide feedback to the

skiers.

Each Sunday, from 2:00

4:30 PM club races take

place. On the first Sunday,

the race will be held at

Boyne Highlands and

offer timed gate racing in

which skiers ski against

the clock and themselves.

All of the Sunday club

races bring together the

Highlands andMountain skiers for

combined racing.

Throughout the season,

club races are scheduled

at Boyne Highlands and

Boyne Mountain. Two all

day races will be held at

Boyne Highlands this

year. Racers are ranked for

participation in the NMSA

Racing Team that partici-

pates in the Northern

Michigan Junior Racers

Cup which brings togeth-

er skiers from across

Northern Michigan. The

Championship Race will

be held on Sunday, March

4th at Boyne Highlands.

For registration forms,

pricing and additional

information on the

Northern Michigan Ski

Academy please refer to

the website, www.nmsa-

zone.org.

The 2011 snowmobile

season marks the next

stage of a new fee struc-

ture for snowmobile per-

mit fees. This season the

price for a permit is $45,

an increase of $10 over

last years price. The fee

will remain $45 through

the 2015 snowmobile sea-

son. A state law signed in

2008 provided for the

incremental increase in

snowmobile trail fees,

which support mainte-

nance and grooming of

the states snowmobile

trail network.

Michigans snowmobile

trail network is successful

because of the unique

relationship that exists

between the Department

of Natural Resources

(DNR) and partners. The

DNR provides grants to

local snowmobile trail

partners, who in turn are

responsible for the

grooming and mainte-

nance of the trails.

We have strong rela-

tionships with our part-

ners in the snowmobile

community, said Jim

Radabaugh, section man-

ager for the DNRs

Recreation and Trails

Program in the Forest

Management Division. It

is because of our partner-

ship with 68 snowmobile

trail sponsors that

Michigan is able to offer

over 6,400 miles of desig-

nated, groomed and

signed trails.

The fee increase is nec-

essary to offset the

increasing snowmobile

grant sponsor costs --

such as fuel, engineering

services and insurance --

to maintain the designat-

ed and groomed trail net-

work, and to fund long-

term trail infrastructure

needs, such as bridges

and culverts.

When it comes to

keeping Michigans trails

safe and groomed, a little

goes a long way, added

Lynne Boyd, chief of the

Forest Management

Division at the DNR. This

fee increase is a way for

every snowmobiler to do

his or her part toward pro-

viding season-long access

to miles and miles of mag-

ical Michigan trails.

GAYLORD Distinguished players and an unde-

feated team highlight the Greater Otsego Sports Hall

of Fames Class of 2012.

This years group includes Fred Davis and Marcus

Ewing from Johannesburg-Lewiston, Al Hagland and

Gary Scott from Gaylord High School and Charlie

Lovelace from St. Mary. The undefeated Gaylord High

1985 football team also will be inducted, and Bob

McNamara Sr. will take the Distinguished Service

Award.

This years banquet will take place at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Gaylord Eagles Hall. Tickets are$35 per person.

For more information or to purchase tickets, con-

tact Dan Smith at 732-1771 or Kim Samkowiak at 786-

2309.

Northern Michigan Ski Academy

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Snowmobile Trail

Permit Fee IncreaseIncreased Fee comes with Support from MichiganSnowmobile Association and DNR



HARBOR SPRINGS Seth

Purgiel stood tall in the paint

for Wolverine on Friday in a

Northern Lakes Conference

showdown at Harbor Light

Christian, knocking down 12

points and pulling down 13

boards as the Wildcats (1-1,

1-0) prevailed 56-36.

Tyler McCauley also

helped the cause, generating

14 points with pinpoint

shooting while leading a bal-

anced Wildcat scoring ledger.

Daniel Klevorn tallied 16

and Jake Ellis 10 for the

Swordsmen (0-3).

Alba 73Skeels Christian 30

ALBA Gary Pawson and

Joe Dixon combined for

more than 50 points as Alba

prevailed over Skeels

Christian 73-30 in non-

league action Monday.

Pawson drained the nets

for 29 points and Dixon hit

for 22 as the Wildcats (1-1)

rebounded big time from a

defeat to powerful Burt Lake

Northern Michigan Christian

Academy on Friday.

Pawson scored 17 in the

82-48 loss to the Eagles.

NMCA 69Engadine 36

BURT LAKE Northern

Michigan Christian Academy

of Burt Lake had too much

firepower Monday for

Engadine, powering to a lop-

sided 69-36 victory.

Sharpshooter David

Thompson tamed the nets

for a team-high 25 points to

pace NMCA and Paul

Chatfield totally controlled

play in the paint, pulling

down 21 boards while scor-

ing 18 points as the Eagles

improved to 3-0. Stephen

Thompson added 14 points.

In the 82-48 win over Alba

on Friday, Stephen

Thompson led NMCAs

assault on the iron with 25

points and Aaron Chatfield

generated 15 points, 11

assists and 10 steals for a rare

triple-double. Paul Chatfield

scored 13 and David

Thompson added 12.

Boys Hoops

Wolverine wins big in NLC opener

Otsego Hall

of Fame2012 class

Purgiel shines for Wildcats; Pawson, Dixon drill nets in Alba victory; NMCA remains unbeaten

Gaylord High School 9th Grade Girls Basketball team was ringing the bell forthe Salvation Army last week in front of Wal-Mart Super Center. Each year,

Coach Terri Woods has the team involved in community projects.


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DJ/KARAOKE SERVICE available for

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Featured HomeOn the Market

Should youSell, or TurnYour Home

into aRental

Property?Compliments ofEd Wohlfiel

Real estate owners have

many reasons to move.

Some of the time it's out of

necessity, other times it's

simply to move into a moredesirable home. In the cur-

rent economy, and with

mortgage interest rates as

low as they are, the best long

term financial decision is

probably to rent a house out

rather than sell it at a steep

discount.

With today's mortgage

interest rates as low as they

are, rental rates generally

exceed mortgage payments,

especially if you've owned

your home for a little while

and have some equity. By

renting out your hard to sell

house, not only can youcontinue to build equity as

your house gets paid down,

but you might also be able

to generate extra cash flow

when rents exceed pay-

ments.

Plus, as the years pass by,

your property value, and

your rental income will

increase with inflation. Your

fixed mortgage will stay the

same, and eventually, it will

be paid off. By owning rental

real estate the renter pays

the expenses for a long term

asset.

Home loans for primary

residences are better than

rates for properties pur-

chased specifically for

investment. By living in a

home, and then converting

it into a rental property,

mortgage terms are more

favorable.

One obstacle many

potential landlords face is

that they can't qualify for

two mortgages. Even

though the rental revenue

exceeds the mortgage pay-

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for rental property. They

also require that income

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Another roadblock many

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the phone calls in the mid-

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4823 Tournament Drive, GaylordContact; Wendie Forman, Smith Realty Group, Gaylord, (989) 732-2477

Real Estate

By Jim Akans

Situated in beautiful Loon Lake Estates just a few miles

south of Gaylord, this spectacular custom designed and built

home offers rear frontage on the championship caliber Loon

Lake golf course...truly a dream location for the golf enthusi-

ast. Backyard views offer a panoramic vista encompassing

the 15th green and 16th tee which can be enjoyed from the

two rear decks outdoors, and from the open great room, din-

ing and kitchen areas and master suite indoors.

The home features over 5,400 square feet of extraordinary

quality designed and constructed living space, with approxi-

mately 3,210 square feet on the main two levels, and the

remainder in the professionally finished lower level. That

includes four large bedrooms and three full baths, so when

friends and family come to visit for golfing weekend outing,

there will be plenty of room for first class accommodations

right at home.

As may be expected in a home of this caliber, the ameni-

ties are elegant to the tee. Those include gorgeous hardwood

and tile flooring, vaulted ceilings, central air conditioning, a

luxurious master bedroom suite with corner fireplace, hugewalk-in closet areas with built-in shelving, jetted tub and

separate shower, and even a private outdoor deck.

The gourmet kitchen is spacious and elegant, with top

grade appliances and beautiful white cabinetry contrasted

with black countertops. The adjoining dining and great

room areas feature dramatic golf course views, and a magnif-

icent stone fireplace flanked by arched topped window

serves as the focal point in the great room.

Additional highlights of this stunning Loon Country Club home include a a finished three-

car attached garage, outdoor hot tub, exquisitely landscaped grounds, and more.

This is an extraordinary home in a exceptional location. Listed at $299,000 - Call Wendie

Forman at Smith Realty Group today for a private showing at (989) 732-2477 or email

[email protected]

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