Weekly Choice - Section B - November 03, 2011

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By Mike Dunn

PETOSKEY The Petoskeyfootball team passed its firstbig test of the postseasonFriday, defeating perennial

gridiron power Bay City JohnGlenn 31-14 in the Div. 3playoff opener. The victorybefore a large, vocal, appre-ciative home crowd pushedPetoskeys record to 9-1 andgave the Northmen a berth inthe district finals for the firsttime in three years. Glennfinished with a 6-4 log.

Next up for coach Kerry VanOrmans potent

Northmen is an ever biggertest when they travel tounbeaten and No. 1 rankedMount Pleasant for aSaturday 1 p.m. kickoff. TheOilers (10-0) defeated

Cadillac 45-10 in their open-er. Petoskey will be vying forits first-ever district champi-onship.

In the win over Glenn,Petoskey senior tailback JoeRobbins added to the All-State caliber achievements ofhis stellar senior season.Rocket Robbins explodedfor 215 yards rushing histhird game this season of

200-plus yards and helpedturn the tide of the game inPetoskeys favor with an elec-trifying 79-yard TD sprint inthe third quarter. At the timeof Robbins long, weavingrun to the house, Petoskeyled just 14-7.

The visiting Bobcats pulledto within 10 points, 14-14,

with five minutes left in thefourth quarter with a fumblereturn for a TD, but oppor-tunistic junior Tony

DeAgostino alertly scoopedup the ensuing onside kickand raced 41 yards the other

way to put Petoskeys finalpoints on the board and sealthe deal.

Junior quarterback QuinnAmeel tallied on a 4-yard runon Petoskeys first drive of thegame to give Petoskey a 7-0advantage on the score-board. Ameel had kept thedrive going with a key fourth-down hook-up with glue-fin-gered Zak Lewis.

The score remained 7-0

until senior speed burnerCody Fryczynski, healthyagain, burned the Bobcatdefense for a 29-yard TDstrike early in the third quar-ter. Louie Lamberti boomedhis second extra point to givethe Northmen a 14-0 lead.

Glenn responded with itslone scoring drive of thegame, cutting Petoskeys leadto 14-7 when Jack Frederickfound a seam and went 5

yards off-tackle with 2:08 left

in the third quarter.The Bobcats momentum

was short-lived, however, asthe 6-foot-3, 205-poundRobbins turned in the latestdisplay of his gridiron mas-tery, converting a conven-tional sweep into a sweet 79-

yard TD sprint that had theNorthmen faithful up ontheir feet and cheering loud-ly.

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by Mike Dunn

CENTRAL LAKE -- TheJohannesburg-Lewistongirls captured the Div. 4regional meet at CentralLake on Friday and seniorMeridith DeLuca led the

way, winning the regionaltitle. The long-stridingDeLuca crossed the finish

line in 19:09, beating outrunner-up Isabella Tremontiof Mancelona, who finishedin 19:33 and qualified indi-vidually.

The Cardinals had an ous-tanding team performance,scoring just 31 points to eas-ily outdistance the rest of

the field. All five J-L runnersfinished in the top 11.

Nicki Bush was the No. 2runner for J-L, taking fourthoverall in 20:09 with NadinePeterson (21:17) in sixth,Katie Kierczynski (22:13) inninth and Chloe Johnston(22:21) in 11th.

Those who qualified indi-vidually in the girls race

included Isabella Tremontiand Olivia Tremonti (22:05,14th) of Mancelona,Christina Smith (21:59, 12th)of Gaylord St. Mary, HannahPassino (21:56, 11th) ofInland Lakes and HaileePacquet (21:16, seventh) ofMackinaw City.

IN THE boys' race, juniorShayne Dingman ofMancelona was the medal-ist, crossing the finish line ofthe hilly Central Lake coursein 17:17. Teammate and fel-low junior R.J. Homan(18:16, 10th) also qualifiedfor the Ironmen.

Sophomore AndrewMorehouse of

Johannesburg-Lewistonpunched his ticket toBrooklyn with his sixth placetime of 17:50.

Other individual quali-fiers included freshmanMike McNiel of Wolverine(18:09, ninth); senior KyleMoreau of Onaway (18:18,

11th) and senior Luke

Wisniewski of Gaylord St.

Mary (18:29, 14th).

The Mackinaw City boys

team came in third place

and advanced.

Heath Welch paced the

Comets with his excellent

third-place time of 17:35

and Conner Kintz was close

behind in fifth place in17:58. Hunter Kilpatrick

(19:10) finished 24th for the

Comets followed by Dale

Stark (19:23, 32nd), Garrett

Robinson (19:53, 44th),

Chandler Lawson (20:22,

52nd) and Zach Prell (22:27,

68th).

Joburg girls

capture title

D-4 Regional Meet

DeLuca of J-L is female medalist, Dingman ofMancelona is male medalist in Central Lake D-4 meet

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By Mike Dunn

GAYLORD Three of thefive playoff football teams inthe coverage area of the

Weekly Choice haveadvanced to the secondround.

Petoskey in Division 3,

Grayling in Division 5 andMancelona in Division 7 allwon their pre-district gamesover the weekend and earneda berth in the district finals.In Division 8, Mio lost atFrankfort 34-24 andJohannesburg-Lewiston lostat home to perennial gridironpower Beal City, 43-20.

Petoskey, Grayling andMancelona all have verytough opponents in theirrespective districts. Petoskeydefeated Bay City John Glenn31-14 and faces unbeatenand top-ranked MountPleasant (10-0) on Saturdayat 1 p.m. Grayling outscoredBenzie Central 41-28 and

travels north and west toMenominee for its districttitle game. Mancelona edged

Whittemore-Prescott 16-14to earn a playoff rematch

with Traverse City St. Francisthis Friday, Nov. 4, at ThirlbyField.

Johannesburg-Lewistonconcludes an excellent sea-son under head coach JohnBush with an 8-2 record. TheCardinals may be the onlyteam in MHSAA history toearn a playoff berth with sixstraight road victories. Theironly regular-season loss was

to defending Ski ValleyConference champMancelona.

Mio concludes anotherstrong season under coachJim Gendernalik with a 7-3log. Senior quarterbackGrant Price was one of thetop impact players in all ofnorthern Michigan, accumu-lating more than 1,000 yardspassing and more than 1,000

yards rushing and being atop defensive player for theThunderbolts as well.

Div. 3, Region 1District 1

Petoskey (9-1) atMount Pleasant (10-0)Saturday, 1 p.m.

Petoskey has the tall task oftraveling Saturday to take on

the top-ranked Div. 3 team inthe state. The high-poweredOilers defeated Cadillac 45-10 in their pre-district clash.

The Northmen, who havenever faced Mount Pleasantbefore, are seeking their first-ever district title. Theyadvanced to the district title

game once before in 2008 when they ironically lost toJohn Glenn.

Petoskey will continue torely on the sweet feet andblinding bursts of senior tail-back Joe Rocket Robbins,

who is in the midst of arecord-setting All-State sea-son. The hard-charging,high-stepping Robbinsshowed up big against Glenn,amassing 215 yards and scor-ing on a 79-yard sprint.Petoskeys ability to breakRobbins loose is one key fac-tor in its ability to be compet-itive with the Oilers and havethe chance to win in the end.

Another key factor for the

Northmen is keeping thepotent Oilers from executingbig plays. The hard MountPleasant has to work toscores its points, the better itbodes for the visitingNorthmen.

Div. 5, Region 1,District 1Grayling (9-1) atMenominee (8-2)Saturday, 2 p.m.

Grayling (9-1) has earned aberth in the district finals forthe second year in a row andfor the fourth time in schoolhistory. The Vikings of coachTim Sanchez are in search oftheir second district champi-onship, the first coming in2005 with a 35-18 victory athome over Kingsford.

This is the second year in arow that Grayling will vie forthe Div. 5 district title atMenominee. Last year, the

Vikings lost by a lopsided 60-16 margin but they expect tobe much more competitivethis time around while look-ing to reverse the outcome.Menominee (8-2) has suf-fered two close defeats, 43-42to Riverside of Milwaukee in

week two and 10-7 toMarquette in week eight. TheMaroons, who reached thesemifinals last year and wonthe state title in 2007, defeat-

ed Kingsley 56-6 in the pre-district opener.

The Vikings set a schoolrecord for wins with their 42-28 slugfest triumph on thehome field over BenzieCentral. Lefty QB Zane Tobinhit for 15-of-24 aerials for 224

yards before being forced to

the sidelines with a concus-sion. Versatile senior RileyZigila took over as the signalcaller, hitting on 4-of-8 for 53

yards and a TD.

Div. 7, Region 1,District 2Mancelona (10-0) at

T.C. St. Francis (9-1)Friday, 7 p.m.

Undefeated Mancelonaearned a berth in the districtfinals for the second year in arow and the third time since2007 with its hard-fought 16-14 victory at home over

Whittemore-Prescott. Lastyear, the Ironmen went northand lost to state finalistIshpeming in the district titlegame. This year, coach DanDerrers troops go west to

take on perennial gridironpower Traverse City St.Francis (9-1) at Thirlby Field.

This is the second time theIronmen face the dauntingtask of taking on St. Francis

with the district title on theline. In 2007, they went toThirlby Field and lost 52-0.

That year the unbeatenGladiators had one of thebest teams in their schoolhistory, advancing all the wayto the state finals.

This year, the Gladiatorsare good but nearly as domi-nant. They advanced to thedistrict finals with a work-manlike 21-6 victory at homeover a fast, physical Lake Citysquad.

Mancelona will seek tounleash explosive playmak-ers Austin Spires and WyattDerrer on the fast turf atThirlby but must find a wayto neutralize the blitzing andhot pressure of the St. Francisdefense.

Petoskey, Grayling and Mancelona all win pre-district playoffs, move on to districtchampionship game; Mio, J-L fall in openers

The Mancelona football team celebrates at home Friday after winning its pre-district playoff opener for the second straight year.

Photo by Vic RuGGleS

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Three teams advance in playoffs

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time on a 23-yard field goal to extend the lead to 24-7.Just when it looked like this one was in the books, Glenn

responded with a defensive touchdown. Petoskey was drivingtoward another potential score when linebacker Glenn

Wardenski picked up a fumble and motored 76 yards to givethe Bobcats a sudden spark of life with five minutes left toplay.

Glenn needed a successful onside kick to have a shot at acomeback. DeAgostino, another member of Petoskeys out-standing junior class, had other ideas, however, making anathletic play as he picked up the live ball and outraced every-one to the end zone. Lambertis final boot of the night made it31-14 and thats how it remained until the final buzzer.

It was another HUGE night for Robbins, who added somemore school records to his growing total. The senior not onlybecame Petoskeys all-time leader in career and single-seasonrushing yards and career and single-season touchdowns, healso established a new school record in interceptions ondefense!

Running efficiently behind the Battering Blue Wall ofHunter Stinger, Ben Loomis, Shane Severn and company,Robbins zigged, zipped and zoomed to 213 yards on the nighton 18 carries and continued his policy of showing up big inthe biggest games. Its no coincidence that Robbins other two200-plus games this season came against rugged Big Northfoes Traverse City Central and Traverse City West in must win

contests.Fryczynski also had a big night in his return to action. TheFry Guy burned up the turf with his slashing, slamming runsfor 91 yards on 13 attempts and had the 29-yard TD gallop onhis stat line. It was like a family reunion in the Petoskey back-field on Friday as power-driving senior fullback Eian Delphreturned to the lineup as well.

Robbins interception was one of three the Northmen hadin the game against beleaguered Bobcat quarterback RyanLietermann.

Northmen Continued...


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Thunderbolts bow in D-8 openerFrankfort 34, Mio 24


Tobin, Zigila combine for 277 passingyards, Double D makes eight receptionsin playoff opener

By Mike Dunn

GRAYLING The win

Friday night didnt come eas-

ily or without some cost, but

the Grayling Vikings repeated

last years feat and secured

their Div. 5 playoff opener on

the home field. Graylingoutscored Benzie Central 42-

28 to advance to the D-5 dis-

trict finals at Menominee for

the second year in a row.

The Vikings (9-1) of coach

Tim Sanchez will vie for the

district title for the fourth

time since 2003. In 2005,

Grayling won its lone district

title with a victory at home

over Kingsford. Last year, the

Vikings advanced to the title

game at Menominee but lost

by a lopsided margin to the

powerful Maroons.

This year, the Vikings hope

to find a way to reverse the

outcome when they face host

Menominee on Saturday at 2

p.m. Itll be tough but the

Vikings of coach Sanchez are

noted for their mental and

physical toughness. And

theyre certainly not a team

to shrink from tough chal-

lenges.

Senior QB Zane Tobin, the

Vikes lethal lefty, led

Grayling to a 28-14 halftime

advantage before being shak-

en up and forced to the side-lines. Tobin was performing

surgery on the Benzie sec-

ondary before his departure,

dissecting the Huskie

defenders while connecting

on 15-of-24 aerials for 224

yards and two TDs.

Versatile senior Riley Zigila

was called upon by Sanchez

to take Tobins place as signal

caller in the second half and

Zigila, who is normally a big-

play flanker who runs and

receives the ball with stat-

popping frequency, filled in

nicely, hitting on 4-of-8 air

strikes for 53 yards with a TD.

Zigila zoomed and blasted to

another 75 yards of real

estate on 15 attempts and he

scored one of the Vikes six

TDs in the game.

The kids were clicking

from the get-go, Sanchez

told reporters after the game.

The atmosphere (on the

home field) was great. Even

after we lost our quarterback

in the first half, the kids ral-

lied.

Double D DevonDawson displayed his soft

hands, sweet feet and hard

head as he placed his burn-

ing brand on the Grayling

victory. Dawson, a senior

who made a sensational

leaping catch in the end zone

the week before against St.

Francis, continued to be an

impact player among the

receivers, pulling down eight

aerials for 158 yards, includ-

ing a pair of TDs.

Rugged rawhide-tough

junior linebacker Joey

Schwartz was in Slam Mode

throughout the game, as

usual, making 11 tackles to

lead OConnells Carnivores

defensively. All-State senior

defensive end Griffin Dean,

the Growl of the

Carnivores, contributed 10

tackles with a typically strong

performance and Zigila

Warfare was also a big part of

the defensive effort. Zigila

not only made eight take-

downs but he also recorded

an interception.

When Grayling and

Menominee faced off last

year, the Maroons prevailed

60-16 on their way to the D-5

semifinals. Menominee, the

No. 1 seed in the district, is 8-

2 this season. The Maroons

beat No. 4 seed Kingsley 56-6

in their playoff opener.

The past few weeks have

been costly for the Vikings,

who lost fiery senior Ryan

The Wrecker Randall, a

three-year starter at O-line

and linebacker, to injury dur-

ing the St. Francis regular-

season finale, and lost start-

ing QB Tobin during the

Benzie game on Friday.

By Mike Dunn

FRANKFORT Mio put up

a heck of a fight Friday at

Frankfort. A 20-point first-

half deficit proved too much

to overcome, however, as the

Thunderbolts fell 34-24 in

the Div. 8 pre-district playoff.

Mio ends another notable

season with a 7-3 mark and

the North Star League cham-

pionship trophy. Frankfort

(8-2) will host Beal City (7-3)

on Saturday at 1 p.m. for the

district title.

The Thunderbolts trailed

28-8 at the half but rallied in

the third and fourth quarters

to outscore the host Panthers

16-6 and make a game of it.

Mio senior quarterback

Grant Price, who capped a

brilliant prep career with

another gritty, hard-edged

performance as a runner and

passer, brought his team

within 12 points, 28-16, late

in the third quarter with a 2-

yard TD toss to leaping tight

end Byron Devers in the end

zone.

Frankfort responded with

its lone scoring drive of the

second half, going 57 yards

after recovering the

Thunderbolts onside kick

attempt. QB Talon Bigley

bulled over from the 1 to

increase the Panther lead to

34-16.

Mio did not go down with-

out a fight. The Thunderbolts

clawed to within 10 points

when Price connected with

the streaking figure of Tod

Rondo. Prices conversion

run trimmed Frankforts lead

to 34-24 but that was as close

as the Thunderbolts would

get on this night.

Price surpassed the centu-

ry mark in rushing and pass-

ing once again. The deter-

mined senior signal caller

collected 126 hard-earned

yards of rushing real estate

and hooked up on 15-of-35

aerials for another 200 yards

on a night when Mio had to

go to the air more frequentlythan it wanted to because of

the early deficit.

Price and Rondo connect-

ed twice for scoring strikes in

the game.

For the season, Price

amassed 1,236 yards passing

on 81 completions with 16

TDs through the air. The

shifty 6-foot-1, 200-pound

quarterback also accumulat-

ed an eye-popping 1,335

yards rushing in 10 games,

averaging 135.5 yards while

scoring 20 times and helping

Mio to the league title and

another playoff berth.

The reliable Rondo, whohad six receptions for 130

yards and the two touch-

downs in the contest, fin-

ished the productive 2011

season with 27 grabs for 533

yards and 11 touchdowns.

Vikings return to

D-5 district finals

Grayling 42, Benzie Central 28

The Grayling Vikings run onto the field prior to the start of Fridays Div. 5 playoffgame with Benzie Central

There were lots of king-sized collisions in the trench-

es when Grayling and Benzie Central faced off Friday

No one is going to catch Mio senior Tod Rondo (20) as he motors toward the goalline Friday at Frankford.

Photo by Keith KinG of the RecoRD-eaGle

Photo by Keith KinG of the RecoRD-eaGle

Second-half rally not

enough to put Mio overthe top; Bolts end seasonwith 7-3 mark

Photo by bob GinGeRich

Photo by bob GinGeRich

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Boos Boys make history,push record to 10-0 whileearning return berth inD-7 district finals

By Mike Dunn

MANCELONA The 2011Mancelona football teamtook another huge step for-

ward on the home fieldFriday and made school his-tory once again. TheIronmen of coach Dan BooDerrer staged two critical

defensive stands in the sec-ond half Friday to preserve ahard-fought 16-14 victoryover Whittemore-Prescott inthe Division 7 playoff opener,keeping the season alive andpushing their unbeaten markto 10-0.

Mancelona took a 16-7lead into the half and hadtwo interceptions inside the5-yard line in the second halfto assure the lead stuck. Inthe third quarter, junior cor-nerback Justin Spires inter-cepted a pass at the 2. In thefourth quarter, free safetyKyle Schepperley made aleaping interception at the

goal line after the visitingCardinals had a first down atthe 10-yard line with thechance to pull ahead in thefinal minutes.

The old saying is Defense wins championships and itwas the defense that won forus tonight, said Derrer, whohas guided the Ironmen intothe postseason for the fifthtime in his six years at thehelm of the program and hasbrought them to the districtchampionship game for thethird time. We struggled alittle bit offensively but thedefense came through for us.Ive been preaching to thekids all year that, with the

competition you see in theplayoffs youre not going toscore 40 or 50 points. Youhave to rely on your defenseto keep you in the game andthats what happenedtonight.

The victory assured theIronmen of a berth in the dis-trict finals against TraverseCity St. Francis. The Ironmentravel to Thirlby Field to facethe playoff-tested Gladiatorsthis Friday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m.

Itll be a tough challengebut Derrer is happy his teamis in the hunt.

This years group has worked hard to get here,

Derrer said. They put in a lotof time in the weight room inthe off-season and they

worked hard all year. Now wehave a shot at a districtchampionship and thats

what we wanted.This years team is the first

ever for Mancelona to win 10games in a season. Last year,Mancelona won nine gamesin a season for the first timein school history and hostedand won a playoff game forthe first time ever.

This year, Boos Boys havemaintained a very high level

of play, winning a home play-off game for the secondstraight year and advancingto the district title game. Lastseason, the Ironmen wontheir home playoff gameagainst Norway on aSaturday afternoon. This

year, the men in black wontheir home playoff game

under the Friday night lights,so that was another first forthe school and the team.

In the post-game huddle,though, Derrer admonishedthe troops to stay hungry.

I hope youre not satisfiedbecause we havent doneanything yet, Derrer told hisplayers. A district champi-onship is what we set oursights on. When we win next

week, then you have some-thing to celebrate.

Derrer acknowledged toreporters that St. Francis is atough team to face, a storiedprogram with a long historyof postseason success. The

Ironmen arent going toThirlby Field planning tolose, however.

Theyre always one of thetop teams in Division 7,Derrer said of St. Francis. Wehave to go over there andplay a complete game. Wehave to figure out a way todeal with their blitzing when

we have the ball and we haveto keep their run game incheck when they have theball. As long as we go overthere and play defense, wellbe in the game.

The first order of businessfor Mancelona was gettingpast Whittemore-Prescott,another playoff-tested pro-

gram with lots of postseasonexperience.

The Cardinals got off to aquick start when AnthonyBell returned the openingkickoff to the Mancelona 32-

yard line, setting up a five-play scoring drive that con-cluded with Bells 21-yardrun off-tackle just 90 secondsinto the contest. Tyler Janishspoint after gave Whittemorea 7-0 advantage.

Mancelona respondedwith a pair of second-quartertouchdowns to take a 16-7lead into the locker room atintermission.

The first score came after a

typical Ground-and-Pounddrive of 13 plays covering 69 yards. The Ironmen rackedup four first downs in themarch, including a key 16-

yard pass from junior KyleSchepperley to tight end EricTracey on fourth-and-4 fromthe Cardinal 41. The Sheriff,dazzling junior halfback

Wyatt Derrer, capped thedrive with a 4-yard powersweep to the left behind theblocking of pulling guardsDalton Sulz and NickHoogerhyde and tackle J.R.Cook.

Schepperley then passedto Tracey for two points andan 8-7 lead at the 11:01 markof the second quarter.

The next scoring march forthe Ironmen covered just oneplay and came after a muffedpunt attempt from theCardinals. On fourth-and-10from their own 35, theCardinals prepared to puntbut the ball sailed over thehead of Clay Loomis. The

punter managed to grab theball and somehow get it off,but it only traveled 3 yardsbefore going out of thebounds.

On the first play from theWhittemore 38, Schepperleyhanded to fullback AustinSpires on Mancelonas bread-and-butter trap play up thegut. The hard-driving Spires,legs churning like pistons,powered his way past the lineof scrimmage and then out-raced everyone to the endzone for a sudden six points.Schepperley then went to theair again for a conversionthat would ultimately pro-vide the margin of victory.

This time he tossed to Derrer,who made a nice catch in theend zone, cradling the ball ashe went down to secure thetwo points and a 16-7 edgeon the scoreboard.

On its initial drive of thesecond half, Whittemoremoved into Ironmen territo-ry behind the running of full-back Cody Foreman. On first-and-10 from the 28, quarter-back Tyler Janish lofted apass in the direction ofLoomis but Justin Spires wasstride for stride with the

receiver and intercepted theball at the 2 to thwart thedrive.

The Cardinals did get onthe scoreboard early in thefourth quarter, though, mov-ing 48 yards on seven playsafter linebacker Tyler Verrettemade a fumble recovery.Janish found Bell open on acurl route and Bell eludedone tackle before completinga 30-yard scoring play on

fourth-and-4. Janish addedthe PAT to make the score 16-14 with 10:16 left to play.

On the ensuing drive, theIronmen moved into

Whittemore territory afterDerrer broke free around endfor 22 yards but the driveended abruptly when theIronmen lost another fumblein the slippery conditions.

Whittemore took over at itsown 40 with 9:17 remainingand moved the ball quickly toa first-and-10 situation justoutside the 10-yard line. TheMancelona defense came upbig at that point, however.

After Janish was halted for a1-yard loss by Dakota Ormanand Tyler Aldrich on firstdown, Janish threw to Bell inthe flats on second down andlinemen Jon Truck Tysonand Brandon Scott buriedhim for a 6-yard loss.

The Cardinals ultimatelyfaced fourth-and-20 from the20-yard line when Janishtried to hit the long-armedLoomis over the middle forthe go-ahead score. KyleSchepperley was in the rightposition, however. His inter-ception and subsequent 17-

yard return saved the day.The Ironmen then pound-

ed the ball, earning a firstdown when Derrer went right

and pushed behind Sulz andTyler Crider for a 4-yard gainon third-and-3 from the 24.By the time the Ironmen

were forced to punt, therewas minimal time remainingon the clock and theCardinals were not able to doanything with their final pos-session.

Truck Tyson, a senior, was sporting a huge smilewhen the final buzzer sound-ed.

This feels amazing!Tyson said to a nearbyreporter. I love this team andI love games like this.

The dashing Derrer deked

and darted his way to 103hard-earned yards on 20 car-ries. It was the first playoffappearance for Sheriff

Wyatt and he showed up when called upon in theclutch. Playoff veteran AustinSpires amassed 58 yards onseven carries to go with his38-yard TD burst, and he also

did his tractor imitation while leading the playsthrough the line and knock-ing enemy linebackers some-

where into the adjoining

cornfield. Hard-drivingTrevor Ackler accumulated30 tough yards on 10 carries.Schepperley was 2-for-3through the air for 23 yards

with the key 16-yard comple-tion to Tracey on the firstscoring drive.

On the defensive side, theDark Diesel Dalton Sulzhad five smashdowns fromhis tackle spot. Scott, Orman

and Kyle Schepperley eachhad four takedowns. Acklerhad a fumble recovery.Schepperley and JustinSpires had interceptions.

In the last issue, we report-ed that 2011 marked the firsttime Mancelona ever wentundefeated in the regularseason. That was not correct,however. Though this was thefirst year Mancelona ever

went 9-0 in the regular sea-son, but it was actually thefourth time Mancelona hasfinished without a loss.

Ironmen win home playoff gameMancelona 16, Whittemore-Prescott 14

Wyatt Derrer dashes to some of his hard-earned 103 yards on 20 carries in Fridays playoff victory.

Junior Trevor Ackler puts his head down and bulls his way forward for positiveyardage in the fourth quarter.

Photo by miKe Dunn

Photo by miKe Dunn

Photo by miKe Dunn

Photo by miKe Dunn

Mancelona safety Kyle Schepperley, right, is in goodposition to tackle Whittemores Anthony Bell in the

second quarter.

These faces on the Mancelona sideline duringFridays game reveal the intensity of playoff football.

Pre-District Playoffs:* Div. 3, Region 1, District 1:Petoskey 31, Bay City John Glenn 14

* Div. 5, Region 1, District 1Grayling 42, Benzie Central 28

* Div. 7, Region 1, District 2Mancelona 16, Whittemore-Prescott 14

* Div. 8, Region 2, District 1Frankfort 34, Mio 24

* Div. 8, Region 2, District 1Beal City 43,Johannesburg-Lewiston 20

District Finals:* Div. 3, Region 1, District 1:Petoskey (9-1) atMount Pleasant (10-0),Saturday 1 p.m.

* Div. 5, Region 1, District 1:Grayling (9-1) atMenominee (8-2), Saturday 2 p.m.

* Div. 7, Region 1, District 2:Mancelona (10-0) atT.C. St. Francis (9-1), Friday 7 p.m.


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IRONMEN COUNTRY!

It was an electrified atmosphere atMancelona for the first Friday-night

home football playoff game inschool history. The band and theflag corps entertained at halftimewith Mancelona leading on the

scoreboard 16-7. The fans were bun-dled up against the cold but they

were loud and enthusiastic in theirsupport, yelling encouragement to

the team along with the Ironmanmascot. Mancelona players likerawhide-tough senior two-way

trench warrior Nick Hoogerhydegave everything they had to help the

Ironmen prevail over Whittemore-Prescott 16-14.

Photos by Mike Dunn


6/8


by Mike Dunn

BEAR LAKE -- Gaylord,

Petoskey and Cheboygan

competed Saturday in the

Div. 2 regional cross country

meet hosted by Benzie

Central at Bear Lake.

The Gaylord boys came in

third overall in the regional

meet that is perenially one of

the toughest in the state. The

Blue Devils, fueled by the All-Region performance of jun-

iors Nate Fischer and

Charlend Howard and the

top-20 finish of No. 3 runner

Jake Pasternak, had 113

points to advance as a team.

Senior Freddy Liederbach

of Petoskey came in 14th

place overall in 16:25 to qual-

ify for state as an individual.

Senior Seth Duncan (16:47)

was the No. 1 runner forCheboygan.

Fischer took seventh place

at region with an excellent

time of 16:08 with Howard

close behind in 11th, finish-

ing in 16:19. Pasternak just

missed All-Region honors

but still posted an oustand-ing time of 16:37, followed by

Ian Callison (17:08) in 32nd,

Sean Hope (17:22) in 45th,Collin Monusko (17:37) in

58th and Josh Green (17:38)

in 60th. The top five split for

Gaylord was a mere 1:14.

"The boys ran an amazing-

ly fast time in a stackedregional with two top-10

ranked teams," said Gaylord

coach Jeff Kalember. "The

boys all had personal-best

times."

Fischer's time was the

fastest by a Gaylord harrier in

six years, Kalember reported.

This is the second year in a

row that Fischer and Howard

have both earned All-Regionrecognition.

Petoskey finished in fourth

place in the final team stand-

ings with 137 points. Logan

Hensley (16:57) came in 26th

to finish as No. 2 runner

behind Liederbach, followed

by Jack Touran (17:02, 29th),

Spencer Nemecek (17:03,

30th) and Mark Smith (17:11,

38th).

IN THE girls' race, two

Petoskey runners and one

from Cheboygan qualified

individually.

Freshmen Sarah Goble

(18:44) and Sydney Hopp

(19:01) finished seventh and

ninth, respectively, forPetoskey and freshman phe-

nom Mandy Paull of

Cheboygan (18:34) capturedsixth.

Kathy Rajewski (20:17)

came in 30th for the

Northmen with Sam

Rajewski (20:56, 45th) andMorgan Jons (21:39, 64th)

rounding out the top five.

The Gaylord girls didn'thave any top-20 finishers but

the top three Blue Devil run-

ners were in the top 30.

Megan Borgeson (19:55)came in 21st with Katelynn

Dreyer (20:00) in 22nd fol-

lowed by Maria Warren(20:15, 29th), Paige Hypio

(20:27, 34th), Ellen Seidell(21:05, 53rd), Noelle Warren

(21:08, 54th) and Geena Duff

(21:30, 59th)."The girls would have

qualified in nearly any other

regional in Michigan,"

Kalember said. "Severalranked teams were in front of

us but the girls ran great. Six

of our seven girls had person-al best times."

Gaylord boys advance to stateD-2 Regional Meet

Fischer, Howard earn All-Region for Blue Devils;Liederbach of Petoskey qualifies for boys, Goble andHopp for girls; Paull of Cheboygan advances

Visiting Aggies surge toearly lead, force J-L intocomeback mode

By Mike Dunn

JOHANNESBURG Battle-

tested Beal City, a team thattypically makes long playoff

runs year after year, came to

Johannesburg on Friday

night and proved its mettle

against a physical, aggressive

Johannesburg-L ewiston

defense. The Aggies pushed

to an early lead and,although the Cardinals

scored three times in the sec-

ond quarter to make it close,

the early deficit proved too

much to overcome as Beal

City prevailed 43-20.

J-L closes a notable 2011

campaign with an 8-2 mark

while the Aggies (7-3)

advanced to the district finals

against Frankfort, which

defeated Mio 34-24.

Its been a great season,

said J-L head coach John

Bush, who is classy in victory

and gracious in defeat. Beal

City jumped ahead and we

couldnt answer. They have a

very good team with a history

of success and they played

really well.

The Cardinals faced an

early 27-0 deficit but refused

to wilt, rallying behind the

passing and on-field maneu-

vers of junior QB Alex Payne

and the quick strikes of full-back Mitch Howitzer Hardy

and halfbacks Dylan Kibby

and Brian VanCoillie to score

three times in the second

quarter and trim the deficit

to 27-20. The O-line of center

Sean Aisthorpe, guards Blake

Huff and Pancake King

Dakota Finnerty and tackles

Garrett Koronka and LoganMiller along with tight ends

Gunnar Owens and Nick

Michael created seams as J-L

pounded the ball and moved

the chains.

The visiting Aggies did all

the scoring in the second

half, however, reaching theend zone twice and keeping

the Cardinals from putting

any more points on the

board.

Though disappointed with

the outcome, Bush was

happy with his teams gritty

effort. He expressed his grati-

tude to the seniors for the

leadership they exhibited

this season.

You dont get a senior

class like this one to come

along that often, Bush said.

Theyre a great group.

Theyre talented but they

were also leaders on and off

the field and did whatever

you asked them to do. Theyll

be missed.

The seniors on the J-L ros-

ter included Brett Kortman,

Gunnar Owens, Nick

Michael, Sean Aisthorpe and

Blake Huff in addition to

VanCoillie.Payne is among the under-

classmen who will be return-

ing for Bush and his staff next

year. He closed out the sea-

son with a solid performance

behind center, hitting on 10-

of-16 aerials for 121 yards

and a TD strike to tight end

Michael.

The 6-0, 216-pound Huff, a

two-way trench warrior who

had an All-State caliber sea-son, covered the field like fer-

tilizer from his inside line-

backer post, making a whop-

ping 17 tackles against the

Aggies. The 6-foot-7, 270-

pound Aisthorpe also

showed up big at nose guard

for the Cardinals.

Cardinals fall in playoff openerBeal City 43, Johannesburg-Lewiston 20

J-L QB Alex Payne (3) prepares to hand the ball off to fullback Mitch Hardy as Dylan Kibby (34) and

Dakota Finnerty (56) pave the way.

Above: J-L defenders

Nick Michael (44) and

Blake Huff (55) con-

verge on a Beal City

runner during Fridays

playoff game.

Left: The linebackers of

the aggressive Cardinal

defense line up in

predatory pose prior to

a snap during Fridays

playoff game.

Photo by Rob DefoRGe of RDSPoRtSPhoto.com



Gaylord harriers Charlend Howard, left, and Nate

Fischer earned All-Region for the second year in a row.

The

Gaylord

girls did

not

advance to

the state

meet but

ran well as

six of the

seven Blue

Devils

estab-

lished

personal

best times.

The Gaylord boys finished in third place to

advance as a team to the D-2 state meet at

Brooklyn this Saturday.

Photo by Jeff KalembeR

Photo by

Jeff KalembeR

Photo by Jeff KalembeR



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Featured HomeOn the Market

AddingInsulation

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Insulation keeps your

home warm in the winter

and cool in the summer.

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fiberglass (in both batt

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lose, rigid foam board,

and spray foam.

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Incredible Deer Lake customhome is also a fantastic value

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Set upon five wooded acres that offers over 600 feet of frontage

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lifestyle both inside and out.

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(including a very elegant master suite), lots of family living areas

including separate living and family rooms, formal dining, game

room, study, exercise room, guest quarters, and private workshop

area. The attached three-car garage is heated, keeping vehicles

cozy and ready to drive even on cold winter mornings.

Features in this outstanding home go on and on. Highlights

include custom stained Oak flooring, trim and cabinetry, gorgeous

granite and marble finishes throughout, jetted tub, sauna, wet bar

and more. The kitchen is a gourmet chefs dream, with Viking

brand gas range and refrigerator, Fischer Paychel dishwashers,

and Butler Pantry with Thermador brand warming drawer. Even

the mechanical systems in this home are top of the line and veryenergy efficient.

This is an exceptional custom resi-

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stunningly beautiful vistas, and all the

recreational opportunities of Deer

Lake.

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at just $495,000 - Call Wendie Forman

at Smith Realty Group today for a pri-

vate showing at (989) 732-2477 or

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HOME FOR SALE BY OWNER

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