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PETOSKEY -- There were alot of ifs coming into theseason for the Petoskey HighSchool football team.

The only if now is whetherthe Northmen can match theperformance they producedFriday against Hastings. If they can, they will certainly be a team that can contendfor the Big North Conferencechampionship and make

plans for a trip to the play-offs.

The Northmen were domi-nant from start to finish inposting a 41-14 victory overthe Saxons, improving to 2-0 with their league opener upnext at Cadillac on Friday,Sept. 13.

Cadillac is 2-0 after a 43-25 win over Lansing Easternin its season-opener and adramatic 21-20 win over Bay City John Glenn last week.The Vikings rallied from a17-0 deficit to beat theBobcats.

Petoskey opened the sea-

son with an efficient albeitfar-from-perfect -- 23-7 winover Sault Ste. Marie.

Its a confidence builder,Petoskey coach Kerry VanOrman said. The firsttwo games of the year canreally make your season orbreak it. The confidencething is big in winning thosefirst couple of games.

I think they sure grew upfrom the (first) week. Taking nothing away from the SaultSte. Marie because theyre agood football team, but Ithink we played way betteron both sides of the ball(against Hastings).

The Northmen put togeth-er a vintage performanceagainst the Saxons (0-2),using their trademark ball-

control double-wing offenseto the tune of 348 total yards 311 of which came on theground and rolling up 18first downs.

And their defense wasequally as impressive in allbut silencing a potentHastings ground game thatproduced more than 400 yards in the Saxons 38-34season-opening loss to WestBranch Ogemaw Heights.

Petoskey held Hastings to139 yards in total offense, allof which came on theground, and six first downs.More than 50 yards and

three of those first downscame during a fourth-quar-ter drive long after the out-come had been decided.

Just one Hastings play went for more than nine yards, and that was a 23-yardscamper by fullback StephenShaffer.

I thought our defense didan outstanding job of shut-

ting down their run game, VanOrman said. Besides theone breakaway run theirfullback had, our kids did just an outstanding job of defending them.

Coach (Gavin) Fralick and all of our assistants,Mike Loper and Shawn Wonnacott and Mark Ameeland Jamie Buchanan, they deserve a lot of credit for

really putting together agood defensive package.

Thats where it started,and then our kids being ableto run the football like we wanted to was nice. Its agrowing process for ourteam, especially up front. Ithink they grew up a lot onFriday. I was happy withtheir play for sure.

Chase Ledingham ledPetoskeys ground game with164 yards and four touch-downs on 24 carries, whileKurt Boucher added 70 yardson 18 attempts. Ledinghamscored on two 7-yard runs

and a pair of 3-yard bursts.Sophomore quarterback Evan Whitmore hit on two of his three pass attempts for37 yards and a touchdown, a25-yarder to his brother,Shea, that accounted for thegames first points.

The Northmen scored onfour of their five first-half possessions for a 27-7 half-

time lead.Not to be outdone,

Petoskeys special teamstook a turn in the spotlightas well as its kickoff coverageteam twice covered shortsquib kickoffs, one by Steven

Snider, the other by JoeCrittenden. Both of thoseplays came in the first half,giving the Northmen posses-sion in Hastings territory,and both times Petoskey cashed in by scoring onthose drives.

The Northmen opened thethird quarter with a 16-play,62-yard scoring drive, andfollowed with 12-play, 71- yard march that resulted in aNick Mesnard 3-yard TDrun. Nathaniel Reeds extrapoint kick, his fifth of thenight, made it 41-6 with justover eight minutes to play.

The two second-half TDdrives totaled 30 plays anddrained more than 15 min-utes of game time which isexactly what Petoskeys

offense is designed to do and sandwiched a three-play Hastings drive that ended with a Nick Strobel intercep-tion on the Saxons lone passattempt on the night.

In Cadillac, the Northmen

are bound to see a muchmore balanced attack led by perhaps the Big NorthConferences best athlete,quarterback Jalen Brooks, athree-year starter.

Youre going to have areally good athlete back there who can run, VanOrman said. Hes going to get his yards, but ourbiggest thing is making sure you limit his big plays. Wevegot to be able to defendhim.

A year ago, Brooks torchedthe Northmen for 292 rush-ing yards and six touch-

downs in a 44-14 win overthe Northmen. He ranbehind a massive offensiveline led by two of the Northsbest lineman, Jack Ford and

Riley Norman. Both havegraduated, but the Vikingsstill pose plenty of problemsup front.

Theyre big again upfront, theyre really big, VanOrman said. Its going to

be a challenge for sure. At 2-0, the Northmen are

riding a nice wave of momentum and confidenceheading into Cadillac, a con-test that begins a ruggedthree-game stretch all onthe road for the Northmen.Next week, they go toTraverse City West for a Big North game, then its a visitto longtime rival Cheboyganfor a non-leaguer.

Three real physical gamesand then we come home to(T.C.) Central, VanOrmansaid. We cant look at thosegames down the road. Weve

just got to stay focused onone game at a time. When you start looking down theroad, youre in trouble.

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Petoskey fullback Connor Reed (6) runs to daylight as Zach McMahon of Hastings gives chase Friday in the Northmen's 41-14 victory.

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Petoskey senior running back Chase Ledingham (4) eludes Logan Bleam of Hastings Friday during the Northmen's 41-14 win at Curtis Field. Ledinghamrushed for 164 yards and four touchdowns as Petoskey improved to 2-0.

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Petoskey quarterback Evan Whitmore (11) blocks for junior running back KurtBoucher Friday during a 41-14 victory over Hastings at Curtis Field.

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Week 2:Marquette 35, Cheboygan 3

T.C. St. Francis 21, Gaylord 7Gaylord St. Mary 33, Pellston 21Grayling 49, Houghton Lake 14

Johannesburg-Lewiston 44, Inland Lakes 30St. Ignace 26, Mancelona 20, OT

Mio 34, Tawas Area 19*Rogers City 22, Onaway 7Petoskey 41, Hastings 14

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Week 3:Escanaba (0-2) at Cheboygan (1-1)

Standish-Sterling (2-0) at Gaylord (0-2)Central Lake (1-1) at Gaylord St. Mary (1-1)*

Charlevoix (1-1) at Grayling (2-0)*Inland Lakes (1-1) at Pickford (2-0)*

Mancelona (0-2) at Johannesburg-Lewiston (1-1)*Mio (1-1, 1-0) at Atlanta (0-2, 0-1)*Onaway (0-2) at Forest Area (1-1)*

Pellston (1-1) byePetoskey (2-0) at Cadillac (2-0)*

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2/12

By Mike Dunn

PELLSTON There wascelebrating Friday among theSt. Mary football faithful likethere hadnt been in morethan two years. TheSnowbirds of first-year coachKevin OConnell rallied froman early 14-0 deficit to over-take rugged host Pellston andfinally win 33-21.

Senior quarterback Nick Harrington, the HumanHurricane, continued hisassault on the enemy endzone. A week after rushing for363 yards and scoring four

times in a heartbreaking lossat Hillman, Harringtonscored all five touchdownsfor the Snowbirds in theirfirst victory since Aug. 26,2011.

Harrington tallied on runsof 12, 5, 4 and 1 yard and healso had a pick six from hissafety post on defense,returning the purloinedpigskin 25 yards. The shifty senior surged, stomped andstampeded to 112 yards in 15carries in all against theaggressive, physical Hornetdefense.

Harrington had plenty of

help from his backfieldmates in this one. Eventhough it was the senior whohappened to be scoring thetouchdowns, it was the hard-driving runs of fullback CamJuneac and the speedy burstsof halfback Anders Marquardthat helped set upHarringtons forays to pay-dirt.

Juneac jolted and boltedhis way to 108 yards in 17attempts, powering between

the tackles and forging aheadfor positive real estate ontraps between the tackles.Marquard amassed 91 yardsin 11 tries, spreading theHornet defense with hisspeed around the edge.

In all, St. Mary produced312 rushing yards in 44 car-ries. When Harrington wentto the air, he hit on 2-of-6aerials for 36 yards, including a missile to rangy 6-foot-4senior Charles Strehl for 35 yards to set up a TD.

We were far more bal-anced in this game, said the jubilant OConnell, who hadserved as defensive coordi-nator for both Grayling andGaylord in the previous nine years before accepting thehead job at St. Mary. Weblocked really well up frontand we ran hard. Nick got his yards but he had lots of help.It was the running of Camand Anders that made it real-ly hard for the defense to key on any one player.

OConnell again com-mended the strong play of the front line featuring Geoff Wind, Cole Loffer, BrendanNowicki, Willie Canfield and

Kyle Koski. OConnell wasalso pleased with the down-

field stalk blocking of Strehlonce again.

The biggest improvementin St. Mary from the openerto week two was in thedefense. After the Hornetsscored twice in the first quar-ter, they scored only onemore time and didnt reachthe end zone in the secondhalf.

We played good defenseand offensively we movedthe ball in the first half, said

Pellston coach Ben Schley. Ithought we played solid,moved the ball well, andmade some plays. Then wehad some injuries in the sec-ond half. We had four startersout and we just couldntmove the ball. St. Mary had agood scheme and it wastough for us to move theball.

Pellston led 21-13 at half-time. Senior wingback KurtisSpencer, who motored to ateam-high 81 yards rushing for the Hornets, scored to capthe Hornets first two posses-sions of the game and givethem the 14-point advan-tage. After St. Mary trimmedthe lead to 14-13, senior QB Austin Wright found reliableTim Somers for a TD in thesecond quarter.

In the third and fourthquarters, St. Mary scored 20unanswered points to pullaway for the win.

It feels great but we stillhave a long way to go,OConnell said. Its nice toget the first win but now weopen league play at homeagainst Central Lake andtheyre a very good team. The

goal now is to win back-to-back games.

Pellston is idle this week,then goes to Rudyard onFriday, Sept. 20, for its Ski Valley Conference NorthDivision opener.

Honestly, early on, I waskind of hoping wed have a week three game, but itsprobably good for us, Schley said. We need to polishsome things up on offense.Three of the starters will beback next week, and thefourth is questionable.

The week off lets youreflect and you see somethings you need to do differ-ently, and having two weeksto adjust, thats kind of nice.

Justin Woolover generated32 yards rushing for theHornets. Wright hit on 5-of-16 aerials for 52 yards.

Defensively for theHornets, linebacker ConnorKilpatrick recorded 10 tack-les and the Zack Attack of Zack Keller accounted foreight takedowns. The hungry Hornet defense generated

three turnovers as ThomasReadmond, Randall Abney,Somers and JeremiahCrawford recovered fumbles.

For St. Mary defensively,Harrington had a team-highnine stops with his pick six.Senior defensive end OrionBeningo disrupted theHornet backfield rhythmtime after time with hispower bursts, making six

stops with two sacks.Marquard, Juneac and Loffereach had seven tackles andJuneac also had a fumblerecovery.

Adam Nowicki made sevenstops and blocked a Hornetpunt. Brendan Nowicki and Willie Canfield each had six tackles and the fearlessMinute Missile AlphonseBuclay brought it big timefrom his cornerback post,

making five stops.The big challenge for St.

Mary at home this Friday isfinding a way to containexplosive Central Lake half-backs Will Brockman andGeorge Thayer.

Central Lake runs a very disciplined wing-T,OConnell reported. They fake very well, block very welland have a solid group of running backs as well as theirQB (Sam Potter). Defensively we have to be very disci-plined in our keys. We cantafford to be caught out of position.

When St. Mary has the ball,OConnell expects theTrojans to play safe on thepass and look to stop therun.

We need to continue toblock well and pick upblitzes, carry out fakes, runthe ball hard, OConnellsaid.

Harrington scores all five TDs as St. Mary wins forfirst time in more than two years

Connor Kilpatrick, left, is congratulated by a team-mate after making another good play Friday against

St. Mary.

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Snowbirds rally to overtake Pellston

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St. Mary senior QB Nick Harrington weaves and windshis way to some of rushing yardage against Pellston.

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3/12

By Mike Dunn

ST. IGNACE This wasan old-fashioned, hard-hitting defensive battlebetween two quality JV squads.

Each team scored oncebut St. Ignace was able tomake the two-point con-version and that turnedout to be the difference asthe young Saints prevailedover Mancelona 8-6 onThursday, Sept. 5, in St.Ignace.

Mancelonas lone TDcame in the third quarterafter a blocked punt by the Gavinator, linebackerGavin Gilmet, gave theIronmen the ball at theSaints 6-yard line.

Signal caller DylanDerrer delivered a strike to

Chris Nielson for a 5-yardTD but the extra-point try failed and Mancelona led6-0 at the 3:53 mark.

St. Ignace marched 80 yards in the final minutesof the fourth quarter toscore its TD. Luke Winstead very nearly thwarted the drive with aninterception. The Saintshad a big run to bring theball to the Ironmen 25- yard line and finally scored on an 8-yard run with 3:01 to play. The con-version was good, giving the Saints an 8-6 advan-tage.

The flying feet of NeonNielson carried the ballback to midfield on thekickoff return and a cou-ple of completionsbrought the ball down to

the Saints 35-yard linebefore time finally ran outon the great Mancelonaeffort.

The rugged Saints did agreat job of not allowing the explosive backfield of the Ironmen to break loose for long touch-downs. C.J. Short showedup big from his fullback slot, banging and busting his way to 70 yards on 15carries. Tyler Ty-Fu Fultsforged his way to 55 yardson 14 tries and NeonNielson powered andpushed to 45 yards in 11tries.

Derrer hit on 3-of-6aerials for 15 yards,including the TD strike toNielson.

On the other side, it wasFults flying to the ball to

lead the Iron Curtaindefense with six tackles.Nielson had five take-

downs with an intercep-tion. Short and Shane Young each had five stops

and relentless TristanRichardson made fourtackles.

By Mike Dunn

MANCELONA There were a number of positivesthat longtime Mancelonahead coach Dan Boo Derrercould take from Fridaysstunning 26-20 overtime lossto St. Ignace. But mistakes atcrucial times haunted thecoach of the Ironmen afterhis team slipped to 0-2 withthe loss in front of the homecrowd.

It was frustrating becauseI really thought we shouldhave won, Derrer said. Wegave up a kickoff return for atouchdown and we gave uptwo pass plays on third-and-long because of communica-tion breakdowns in the sec-ondary.

The most frustrating aspect to the loss, though, was the 6-yard touchdownrun by junior QB Chase Wilcox on a bootleg aroundend on the final play of regu-lation that appeared to giveMancelona the win. Thetouchdown was nullified,however, by a holding penal-ty. That penalty turned out tobe a killer.

We started from our own3-yard line with five or six minutes left and took it allthe way down to the 6 (of St.Ignace), Derrer said. With 4seconds left, Chase ran a

bootleg and scored and wethought the game was over.But they called holding.

In the overtime, St. Ignacehad the ball first and on thefirst play ran down to the 1- yard line. On two consecutiveplays, the Iron Curtaindefense held strong, fueledby the fury of tackle KeeganRichardson and others, limit-ing the Saints to zero yardage. On fourth downfrom the 1, however, theSaints were able to fightacross the goal line and takea 26-20 lead.

Mancelona was unable toscore in its possession andthe Saints left town with theovertime victory in hand.

Were 0-and-2 now and we cant afford to lose atJoburg this week, Boo said.Its a must win game for us.Theyre coming off a huge win (at Inland Lakes) andtheyre always physical and well-coached. We have to bemore physical than them andfind a way to win.

On the plus side of theledger for Mancelona in the week-two loss to the Saints was the ability to reach theend zone three times and tomove the ball consistently onthe ground. Strong-striding senior halfback Justin Spiressprung loose for 118 yards in19 carries and scored one of

the three Mancelona touch-downs. Wilcox, alternating between quarterback andhalfback, also surpassed thecentury mark, amassing 105 yards on 16 tries. Elusive Eric Wheeler rolled to 67 yards on12 carries and scored twice.

Senior Jake Winstead hit 1-of-2 passes for 13 yards and Wilcox hit 1-of-3 passes for 3 yards.

We got better (in week two) but we still have to con-tinue to get better, Derrersaid. We rushed the ball a lotbetter (gaining 344 yards

with three TDs) and we werebetter defensively but wemade mistakes that cost usand thats what we have toeliminate. We still have a long way to go.

Defensively for theIronmen, senior linebackerLuke Smash MouthSmigielski put the stop onSaints ball carriers nine timesand played really well.Linebacker Logan Borst wasalso in stuff mode, making six tackles. Jake Allen and Spireseach made five stops fromthe secondary.

Against Johannesburg-Lewiston on Friday, theIronmen must find a way tokeep the explosive backs of the Cardinals from finding daylight and busting out big runs. Its a tall task.

We have to play really tough and do our jobs,Derrer said. Everyone has tomaintain their gap and dotheir job. They run the ballhard and their guards trapreally well. We have to beready.

The Cardinals (1-1) arecoming off a huge 44-30 vic-

tory at Inland Lakes. ThisFridays game atJohannesburg is the Ski Valley South opener for bothsquads. The Ironmen take a21-game league winning streak into the contest. They are three-time defending league champions.

The last time the Ironmenlost a league game was Oct. 9,2009 at home against I-Lakes.The last time the Ironmenstarted a season with twostraight losses was 2005, theseason before Derrer becamehead coach.

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Mistakes cost Boos Boysin tough loss to visiting St. Ignace; TD on finalplay of regulation iscalled back

Saints score in final minutes to pull aheadin old-fashioned gridiron slugfest

Mancelona defenders Garrett Derrer, top, and Logan Borst make an Iron Sandwich out of this St.Ignace ball carrier on Friday.

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Mancelona halfback Eric Wheeler propels forward behind the front line of blockers to gain some of his 67 yards rushing.


Mancelona senior Justin Spires powers his way to more positive yardageduring Fridays home game with the Saints.



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4/12



TRAVERSE CITY It was a whale of a battle and Gaylorddidnt let up from start to fin-ish. In the end, though,Traverse City St. Francis hada little too much depth andskill and was able to pullaway in the fourth quarter torecord a 21-7 victory over thehardworking Blue Devils of coach Will Cleaver.

Gaylord lost its secondgame of the young seasonbut may have suffered an

even bigger loss. JuniorCotton Neff, the shifty, explo-sive tailback and one of thecenterpieces of the BlueDevils wide open offensiveschemes, was sidelined withan injury early in the game. At the time of this writing onTuesday morning, it wasunclear how serious the leg injury was or if Neff would beable to return.

Neffs presence was defi-nitely missed on Friday at a

packed Thirlby Field. TheBlue Devils were limited to just 51 net rushing yards on18 carries. Junior QB StevenFitzek was the chief groundgainer, generating 31 yards infour tries. Shane Fosterforged ahead for 20 yards insix carries. Neff, who waskeyed by the Gladiatordefense, was held to minus 3 yards in six carries beforeleaving the game.

The lack of the running

game put more pressure onFitzek and the junior handledit well, standing poised in thepocket in spite of intensepressure from the Gladiatorsand firing for 177 yards worthof real estate through the air,hitting of 19-of-33 attempts.

The Latch Man, LanceChapman, had a big night forthe Blue Devils, latching ontoeight Fitzek aerials for 66 yards, including a 17-yarderthat helped set up Gaylords

lone TD in the third quarter.Tight end Zach Pasternak

pulled in three for 59 yards,including a 34-yarder in thesecond quarter that he nearly broke all the way down thesidelines. Collin Watterspulled in three for 21 yardsand Foster three for eight yards. Neff had two catchesfor 23 yards before being sidelined.

The swarming, aggressiveGaylord defense plugged the

gaps and kept the Gladiatorsrun-oriented attack under wraps through much of thefirst half. The Gladiatorsstruggled to move the ballconsistently against the BlueDevils but a turnover forcedby the St. Francis defense latein the second quarter set up ashort TD plunge by MichiganState-bound senior ByronBullough and the home teamtook a 7-0 lead into the lock-er room.

In the third quarter, St.Francis used the ground-and-pound offense that hasbeen so effective through the years to add to the lead,going 75 yards on 17 plays tomake it 13-0. Joe Trucco took it in from 4 yards to cap thelong, methodical drive.

Gaylord came back with itslone scoring drive of the

night, a drive set up whenMatt Jenkins alertly pouncedon a bobbled punt by theGladiators. Fitzek, showing the tough-minded leader-ship of the signal caller,capped the scoring march,going the final 5 yards, break-ing a tackle behind the line of scrimmage before bursting forward on a scramble.

After Gaylord pulled to within a touchdown , St.Francis responded with

another long, time-munch-ing, yard-chewing drive toput the game way. The 15-play drive was capped by Bullough, who went the final10 yards with 4:05 remaining.

Gaylord did not allow any of the St. Francis backs tosurpass the century mark.Daniel Gallagher was theleading rusher, netting 71 yards in 14 tries. Bullough was limited to 53 yards in 12carries with his TD runs of 4and 10 yards and Truccogained 42 yards in eight car-ries.

The Gladiators had 247rushing yards in 57 attempts.QB Parker Guss hit on 1-of-5passes for 40 yards.

The Gaylord defenseforced two turnovers, includ-ing a fumble recovery by Spiderman Nick Parker

deep in Blue Devil territory tothwart a potential threat by the Gladiators in the secondquarter in addition toJenkins recovery of the bob-bled punt.

Cleaver also noted thestrong play of outside line-backer Tristan Gregory throughout the gridiron war.Cleaver was also pleased with the effort of defensivelineman Michael Shryock.

On the offensive side,

Cleaver was happy withChapman, who has steppedup as a clutch receiver and aneffective downfield blocker.He also liked the way Fosterpounded the ball and pro-pelled himself like he wasshot out of a cannon.

Cleaver also mentionedthe play of reserve linemenon both sides of the ball who were pressed into duty whensome of the starters weresidelined.

Next up for Gaylord isStandish-Sterling (2-0) athome this Friday. ThePanthers, who are independ-ent and perennial playoff contenders, have dominatedtheir first two Class B oppo-nents, Carrollton andGladwin. The Panthers fin-ished 7-4 a year ago, making it to the district finals before

losing to Clare.

Cleaver said the Blue

Devils have to be aware of

playmaker Clay Waterzak

(No. 44) on both sides of the

ball. Waterzak plays tight end

on offense but frequently

gets split out and is danger-

ous both as a blocker and a

receiver. He also plays defen-

sive end.

Waterzak is the real deal,

Cleaver said. Hes an impactplayer on both sides of the

ball and we have to be aware

of him on every snap.

When Gaylord has the ball,

the Panthers are likely to

have eight defenders near

the line of scrimmage.

Theyre gonna put pres-

sure on us and we have to be

prepared for it, Cleaver said.

Theres gonna be defenders

to pick up for pass protec-

tion. Our tight end (Zach

Pasternak) has to have a good

game blocking for us and we

have to do a better job of

using the play-action pass.

Gaylord is seeking its first

win in nearly two years, since

shutting out Alpena 18-0 on

Sept. 23, 2011.

Gladiators use long fourth-quarter drive to seal hard-fought victory afterGaylord pulled within a touchdown

Blue Devils battle hard in lossT.C. St. Francis 21, Gaylord 7

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HOUGHTON LAKE TheGrayling varsity footballteam might want to considermoving from the LakeMichigan Conference to theJack Pine Conference, afterthe visiting Vikings dominat-ed yet another JPC team forthe second consecutive week.

The Vikings improved to 2-0 overall on the 2013 season with an impressive 49-12non-conference win over vis-iting neighboring rivalHoughton Lake (0-2 overall)on Friday, Sept. 6.

And, it didnt take Grayling long to show those watching

which was the better team.The Vikings put up 21 pointsin both the first and secondquarters, racing out to acommanding 42-0 advantageat halftime.

Houghton Lake couldntfind the end zone till the finalstanza, scoring all of its 14points in the fourth quarter.

Senior quarterback JakeSwander again helped power what looks to be a potent Vikings offense, as Grayling has totaled 80 points in top-pling both Roscommon onSept. 4 and the Bobcats last

Friday.Swander completed 16-of-

21 passing attempts for 273 yards and 5 touchdowns,including scoring throws toTyler McClanahan (4 catches,54 yards and 3 TDs), BrandonLatusek (3 catches, 43 yardsand 1 TD) and Kevin Harris (2catches, 14 yards and 1 TD).

Our offense executedreally well tonight, saidGrayling head coach TimSanchez. Jake threw the ball well, our receivers ran goodroutes and caught the ball,and our offensive line wastough again.

Other Vikings on the

receiving end from Swanderincluded: Scout Tobin (3catches, 81 yards), PeytonZigila (2 catches, 29 yards),Nick Swiercz (2 catches, 13 yards), Michael Branch (1catch, 29 yards) and Danny Schultz (1 catch, 9 yards).

And, with all the aerialhighlights, some might havemissed Graylings effective-ness running the ball.

Justin Conforti led the Vikings ground game with 51 yards on 7 carries, including a TD run. Branch addedanother scoring run, while

gaining 14 yards against theBobcats on 3 attempts. Alsocarrying the rock for Grayling were Nick Petrie (3 carries, 25 yards) and (1 carry, 3 yards).

Harris had a solid night on

the other side of the ball, as well, tying Dylan Wyman forthe team lead in tackles with8 hits. And, Harris was a per-fect 7-for-7 on PATs.

We still need to be more

disciplined on defense withour reads, but our effort isthere, Sanchez said of histeams defensive play.

After starting the season with back-to-back non-con-

ference wins, the Vikings hostLMC foe Charlevoix (1-1overall) on Friday, Sept. 13.Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

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Vikings senior running back Michael Branch (No. 1) tries to break from a pair of Houghton Lake defendersduring Graylings 49-14 non-conference win over the host Bobcats on Friday, Sept. 6. Branch had a nice

night offensively for Grayling, recording 1 catch for 29 yards and then posting 3 carries for 14 yards.

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Grayling senior receiver Peyton Zigila (No. 20) tries to fake out a Bobcatdefender, after catching a pass by senior quarterback Jake Swander in theVikings victory at Houghton Lake. Zigila gained 21 yards on the play, while

tallying 2 receptions for 29 yards in the win.


The Vikings defensive tandem of Nick Petrie (No. 5) and KeJuan Conley (No.51) combine to hit and sack Houghton Lake quarterback Jared Dull (No. 9) in lastFridays non-conference clash. Grayling held the host Bobcats scoreless through

three quarters and held a 41-0 advantage going into the final quarter of play.


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ONAWAY Penalties andmistakes plagued theCardinals as they dropped to0-2 with a non-league loss tothe Hurons on Friday.

The penalties killed us,said Onaway coach JimCleaver, whose team also lostthree fumbles and failed tohandle an onside kick. Wehad 15 penalties for 180 yards. We had more yards inpenalties almost than we hadin rushing and receiving.

Several of those penalties were of the 15-yard personal-foul variety, Cleaver said, andthats something theCardinals absolutely mustavoid, beginning with theirSki Valley Conference SouthDivision opener at homeagainst Fife Lake Forest Areaon Friday, Sept. 13.

Theyve got to take con-trol of their attitudes,Cleaver said of his players.Youre going to get a holding penalty here and there, butseven personal fouls, thatstoo much.

I dont want to take any-

thing away from Rogers City,they played a good game, butI think we beat ourselves.Thats the biggest thing, theself discipline. Weve got tocontrol ourselves in games.

Forest Area (1-1) openedthe season with a 28-20 lossto Pellston, then reboundedlast week with a 25-16 victory over Manton. Rogers City is2-0 after topping theCardinals.

Theyre (Forest Area) 1-1and weve got to get thatmonkey off our back,Cleaver said. Weve got to goin there disciplined andready to play ball. This is abig week right here for us. Weve got a lot of talent onthis team, but weve got tocome together and get theattitude together.

Onaway quarterback MattTollini completed 12-of-19pass attempts for 122 yardsand a touchdown against theHurons. He also ran 10 timesfor 117 yards.

Tollinis TD pass went foreight yards to Tommy Auger,

who finished with six catchesfor 39 yards. He added 51 yards on the ground on ninecarries.

Noah Bacon finished with32 yards on nine touchescombined rushing and

receiving for the Cardinals, while Cody Morell and CarlosBautista each added a pair of receptions. Morell finished with 36 yards through the air,Bautista with 27.

Chris Cleaver led Onaways

defense with 16 tackles, whileTollini had 14, and Bautistaadded 13. D.J. Fenstermakeradded eight stops, Auger hadseven, Bacon added six, andRay Self made an intercep-tion.

Coach Cleaver also laudedthe play of Cody Whitsitt, who came off the bench andturned in a solid fourth-quarter performance at noseguard.

Football

Mistakes hurt Onaway in lossPenalties hinder Cardinals in22-7 defeat at Rogers City;team looks to rebound inleague opener vs. Forest Area

MARQUETTE Perhaps alittle nostalgia will helpCheboygan wipe away thesting of the recent past.

Cheboygan will entertainEscanaba on Friday, Sept. 13,in a non-league high schoolfootball game at Western Avenue Field. It isCheboygans home opener,and it marks the f irst meeting since 1994 between two of Northern Michigans moststoried programs.

And those programs havequite a history between

them, most notably a 1981showdown in which theEskymos ended the Chiefs win streak at 43 games, astreak that remains fourth onthe states all-time list forconsecutive victories and,ironically, slipped to fourthlast week when Ithaca wonits 44th consecutive game.

Weve had some greatgames against them,Cheboygan coach Jack Coonsaid. Sometimes we cameup short. In 94 we lost on thelast play of the game. Im suretheyre talking about thegreat games weve had with

them. All those stories aregoing to be told.The story of the 2013 sea-

son is unfolding, and Friday will mark its one-third point.History aside, both teamscome in needing a win.Escanaba (0-2) dropped itsseason-opener to Alpena, 15-7; and last week fell toTraverse City Central, 28-7.

The Chiefs are 1-1, having dropped a 35-3 decision last week at Marquette. Thatcame on the heels of a 19-13season-opening win overGaylord during whichCheboygan moved the ball

effectively and came up withtimely game-changing plays

in all three facets of thegame, offense, defense andspecial teams.

It was a tough test for uson the second date (of theseason), Coon said of play-ing Marquette, a programthat appears to be on theupswing having made theplayoffs in two of the pastthree seasons after back-to-back 0-9 campaigns in 2008-09. Marquette is vastly improved.

The Chiefs are still in theevolution stage of their new

offense, the pistol wing-T,and were held to 180 yards intotal offense by the Redmen.Cheboygans lone pointscame courtesy of an AustinGinop field goal, and theChiefs committed three cost-ly turnovers.

And while Cheboygan didan admirable job of holding in check Marquettes groundgame, the Redmen finished with 200-plus yards in pass-ing and quarterback BrettPlace threw five TD passes.

I thought we played very good run defense, saidCoon, whose team trailed the

Redmen, 28-3, at halftime. Ithought we did some positivethings on offense. We hadsome things that were posi-tive that were going to buildon. We see progress.

But the Chiefs mustabsolutely shore up theirpass defense, Coon said.

Being a defense back, youre out there on anisland, he said. You getbeat, youve got to get rightback. Its just one of thosethings, its the game, its how it happens. Things just domi-no on you and thats kind of what happened to us.

The Chiefs have little timeto lick their wounds.

Escanaba desperately needsa win, and the Eskymos willsurely bring their best effort.

Thats not a time to brow-beat kids after a game likethat, Coon said. Its a realsimple thing: Dont let thehighs be too high, and dontlet the lows be too low.

For us, its heres whereEsky is coming from, and weve got to meet that withevery ounce of fight in oursoul. Were going to practiceharder and were just going togo after Escanaba with every-

thing weve got. Perspectiveis very important.Coon, who is in his 26th

year as the Chiefs headcoach, knows that one game win or lose does not a sea-son make. At the same time,he is also keenly aware thathow his team responds onFriday will be telling abouthow the 2013 season may eventually play out for a pro-gram that realistically sets itssights on the playoffs, year inand year out.

We know this, throughoutthe season theres going to beadversity and this is exactly

what weve been preaching,said Coon, whose team goesto Ludington on Friday, Sept.20, then returns home to facePetoskey the following week.Both the Orioles andNorthmen are 2-0.

The adversitys here andnow lets stop talking abouthow were going to handle it,and lets act, Coon said. Wehave to act on it now. Andthat action starts at Mondayspractice.

Theres a lot of football tobe played and that was men-tioned right after the gameon Friday night, and not by

coaches, by the kids. They said, Lets go, lets go win em

all.Were our hearts heavy

after the game on Friday night? Yes. I would not want it

any other way. I like it whenthey feel the disappoint-

ment, but I also like it whenthey respond. Thats the

exciting part in practice this week, watching our boys

respond.- Reported by Buckland Media

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Chiefs renew an old acquaintance in Escanab

Cheboygan kicker Austin Ginop (9) boots a 29-yard field goal Friday out of Luke Harrington's hold. Ginop's field goal was all the points the Chiefs could

muster in a 35-3 loss to Marquette.

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Cheboygan senior Ben Pearson (24) leaps in an attempt to tackleMarquette's Shane Duquette Friday during the Chiefs' 35-3 loss.

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By Ben Murphy

Mio quickly bounced back from an ugly week one lossFriday night, topping visiting Tawas Area 34-19 in non-conference football. TheThunderbolts, fresh off a 66-12 loss at the hands of Whittemore-Prescott wentthrough the air early andoften to help them get the win.

For us the biggest change was having some successright away, Mio head coachJim Gendernalik said. Fromthe first play the kids hadsome confidence and kepttheir heads in the game

instead of hanging theirheads and taking a spank-ing.

Mio opened the scoring with a 10-play scoring drivein the first quarter, getting itstouchdown on a one-yardplunge by quarterback Bradley Rhoads.

The Thunderbolts paddedtheir lead early in the secondquarter, getting a 58-yardinterception return for atouchdown by linebackerKyle Willobee. Mio failed onboth of its two-pointattempts however, to keep itslead at 12-0.

Tawas had its next drivestalled by another intercep-tion this time by Iron Galer,but midway through the sec-ond the Braves put together aquick three-play 68 yarddrive that ended on a 17 yardtouchdown run by Erik Thatcher that made it 12-6after a failed extra point.

Mio put its lead back totwo scores on its next drive,converting on a fourth-and-16 at the Tawas 30 yard line with a 30-yard touchdownpass from Rhoads to SethThomey. Rhoads connectedon the extra point to make it19-6.

We knew Mio was betterthan their week one result,Tawas head coach Tim Webbsaid. Give them all the cred-it for improving, especially inthe passing game. Theirquarterback played really well. We put pressure on himall night and he found theopen guy. He was a com-pletely different kid than he was against W-P.

The Braves fought back with a late scoring drive thatended with just 20 secondsleft in the half on a 16-yardrun by Brad Huebel, withDan Howell adding an extra

point to make it 19-13.Tawas had the ball to open

the half but punted away

after an injury to quarterback Justin Kirinovic derailed

what looked to be a promis-ing drive, and Mio respondedby scoring on another long fourth down play, this timeon a fourth-and-16 from 36 yards out on a pass by Rhoads to Bryson Devers.Devers caught the short passon the left side of the field,made several Tawas playersmiss and dove over a Bravetackler at the goal line for thetouchdown. Rhoads fired toThomey on the two-pointer,making the score 27-13 with8:16 to play in the third.

The defense played wellagainst the run and played

decent against he pass attimes, Webb said. We hadthem in fourth and very long three different times andthey converted all three playsfor touchdowns. We alsothrew them a pick-six in thesecond quarter. (Those are)28 points that could havebeen prevented easily. I needto do a better job coaching soour kids are prepared forthose situations in the future. We'll try to fix it in practicethis week.

Back up quarterback Jonathan Lewis helped movethe Braves down the field ontheir next drive, but Lewisfired a deep pass that wasintercepted by Iron Galer atthe Thunderbolt 17 yard line.

Mio put together a 13-play scoring drive, that was twiceextended by a defensive passinterference calls (two-of-six such penalties on the Braveson the night) and ended on afourth-and-18 touchdownpass from Rhoads, this timefinding Colton McGregor.Rhoads added the extra pointto make it 34-13 with 2:09 leftin the third.

They kept attacking andkept making things happeninstead of waiting around,Gendernalik said. Rhoadsthrew the ball real well. Wedidn't run a whole lotbecause we're not very goodat run blocking and that paidoff. The kids held on to theball did a great job.

Lewis helped spark a scor-ing drive for the Braves ontheir next possession, how-ever it took 15 plays andabout nine minutes off theclock before Thatcher ran infrom one yard out with 5:45left in the game. A failed two-pointer left the score 34-19.

The other thing was ourdefense, Gendernalik said.

We actually made tacklesand did some fundamentalthings better than we did the

week before and that gave usa shot.

The Braves attempted anonside kick, but it was recov-ered by Mio's Scott Blameron the Tawas 47 yard line.Mio's attempt to run out theclock appeared to stall out asa Rhoads pass fell incom-plete, but another pass inter-ference penalty was called,thus allowing theThunderbolts to run out theclock.

This loss hurts becauseit's a game I feel we shouldhave won but we didn't, Webb said. That means Ineed to do a much better jobcoaching this week and the

team needs to be better pre-pared for situations thatarise. We'll work hard and try to be ready Saturday.

Also of concern for theBraves were the loss of seniorquarterback Kirinovic andJames Morgan, who bothmissed most of the secondhalf with injuries.

We have some things tosort out offensively, Webbsaid. Losing them certainly didn't help. Anytime two of your captains get knockedout of the game it's going tobe tougher to win. But, that'sthe nature of this game and we need to try to overcomethose things.

Huebel finished with 90 yards rushing and one touch-down on 12 carries, Lewisfinished with 78 yards on 10carries, Austin Brown raneight times for 55 yards andThatcher had eight carriesfor 46 yards and two scores.

Kirinovic was four-of-13passing for 50 yards and twointerceptions, with Lewis'only pass getting intercepted.Howell had one catch for 30 yards to lead Tawas receivers.

Huebel led the Tawasdefense with 13 tackles,Howell had nine, MitchelLewis had seven, Thatcherhad five and Brown had four.

Rhoads finished 19-of-28passing for 250 yards andthree touchdowns, and alsoadded a one yard rushing touchdown.

Devers led the rushing attack with 16 yards on sevencarries but added five recep-tions for 90 yards and onetouchdown. McGregor hadsix catches for 84 yards andone touchdown, Thomey hadsix receptions for 60 yardsand one touchdown and JoshFox had two catches for 16 yards.

Devers led the defense with 14 tackles, Scott Blamerbrought down 13, Thomey

had eight with Fox, Brian Watson, Ryan Ellul and IronGaler all bringing down six.

The win) feels good,Gendernalik said. Tawas is amuch bigger school than usand we've never beat thembefore so it was a big deal. We just have to keep it in per-spective.

Mio (1-1) plays at Atlanta

(0-2) on Friday in the team'sfirst North Star League Old-Division meeting. Atlanta

topped Mio 46-16 (a gamethat was later forfeited) but iscoming off two blowout loss-es this year, including last week's 30-12 setback toCentral Lake.

I think Atlanta had a num-ber of kids graduate so I'mnot sure they have the sameskill kids that hey had last year but (Atlanta head coach)

Troy (Cheedie) does a good job getting them ready,Gendernalik said. They

appear to still run the spreadand with that you have to rely on kids on the outside being able to make plays to keepthem from running all overthe place, which was the caselast year. They did it by run-ning the ball really well out of their spread and they run thesame thing so we need to beprepared and deal with

those.

Mio's Bryson Devers dives over Tawas Area's Kyler Lehr for a touchdownduring the Thunderbolts win Friday night.

Mio quarterback Bradley Rhoads looks for room to run.

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GRAYLING TheDepartment of NaturalResources will host an open

house on Oct. 8 in Grayling toprovide information andreceive public comment on

proposed forest manage-ment treatments for 2015 inthe Grayling managementunit, which includes Alcona,Crawford, Iosco and Oscodacounties. The open house isset for:

* Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1-6 p.m.Grayling Field Office,1955

Hartwick Pines Road,Grayling

Each year, DNR personnelevaluate one-tenth of thestate forest. The inventory provides key decision-mak-ing information for forestersand wildlife, fisheries andother resource managers.The age, health, quality andquantity of trees and othervegetation are assessed toenable DNR staff to makeinformed decisions. Timbermanagement, wildlife and

fisheries habitat, minerals,archaeological sites, recre-ational use, wildfire potentialand social concerns are justsome of the topics taken intoconsideration during thisreview.

Because the forest is inven-toried approximately two

years in advance, a year of entry is assigned to indicate when treatments will be pre-pared. Information currently under review has a 2015 yearof entry. This means thattreatment activities on landsbeing reviewed this year willactually begin in 2015.

Proposed treatments, which may include timberharvesting, replanting andother management activities,are designed to ensure thesustainability of all forestresources.

Bill ONeill, chief of theDNRs Forest ResourcesDivision, said these openhouses are a good way forinterested residents, neigh-bors and stakeholders tolearn well in advance about the DNRs proposed

treatment plans and to shareinput toward final decisionson those treatments.

"This is an excellentopportunity for the public to weigh in on what the DNR isdoing to sustainably manageMichigans state forest land,"said ONeill, who also serves

as state forester. "Interestedfolks can take a look at pro-posed management plansand talk face-to-face withforesters and biologistsabout their questions andconcerns. Having active part-ners in the management of our state forests is crucial tomeeting the recreation, eco-nomic and conservationneeds of current and futuregenerations."

To more easily and effi-ciently oversee the forestresources, the DNR divideseach management unit intosmaller units or compart-ments. This year, the com-partments under review arein Greenbush and Mikadotownships (Alcona County);Beaver Creek, Frederic,Grayling, Lovells and South

Branch townships (CrawfordCounty); Oscoda Township(Iosco County); and Clintonand Comins townships(Oscoda County).

Maps and informationregarding proposed treat-ments will be available at theopen house.

The information can alsobe found at www.m ich iga n.g ov/ for est -plan. Compartment review packets for the 2015 year of entry can be found by select-ing the shown map and click-ing on the Grayling button.Records of decisions, record-ed timber harvests and othertreatments for past years areavailable on this page.

On Nov. 6, the DNR willcomplete its formal compart-ment review to decide onfinal treatment plans forthese areas. That review willtake place:

* Wednesday, Nov. 6, 9 a.m.Grayling Field Office, 1955

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Grayling Persons with disabilities

who need accommodationsfor either meeting shouldcontact Susan Thiel, 989-348-6371, ext. 7440, a minimumof five business days beforeeach meeting.

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INDIAN RIVER Johannesburg-Lewis tonmade the short trip north toInland Lakes on Friday to try and take the bite out of the

host Bulldogs of coach StanSchramm. The Cardinals, who had lost their opener 35-14 at Tawas Area, surged to a36-8 halftime advantage andheld on for an impressive 44-30 triumph.

The Cardinals (1-1) openthe Ski Valley South portionof the schedule at home thisFriday, Sept. 13, when three-time defending league cham-pion Mancelona comes call-ing. The Bulldogs (1-1), whohad opened the season witha hard-fought 14-7 victory athome over Onaway, kick off Ski Valley North play with avisit to U.P. foe Pickford (2-0).

The win at I-Lakes is thefirst as head coach for JoeSmokevitch, who took overthe program this season forJohn Bush after serving as anassistant coach for 14 yearsin many different capacities,including offensive coordi-nator.

The young Cardinals of Smokevitch won at I-Lakesthe way Cardinal teams typi-cally do, using traps, powersweeps and bull-like rushesto spring loose and claimpatches of enemy real estate.

I-Lakes, hoping to start theseason 2-0 for the first timesince 1995, moved the ballagainst the Cardinals butkept shooting themselves inthe foot, especially in the firsthalf. Schramm was disap-pointed with the first twoquarters of play.

As a unit, it didnt look like we were ready to play,Schramm said. We had fourfumbled snaps in the firsthalf, and you cant keepdrives going like that. Youcant do that against a good

football team.Elusive Ethan May, one

half of the May Day Attackfeaturing Ethan and Nick May, kicked off the scoring for J-L with a 31-yard burstoff-tackle midway throughthe first quarter.

Sophomore QB BrandonHuff, making his second var-sity start, tallied on a 1-yardplunge later in the quarterand then fired a 10-yard TDstrike to streaking tight endCoalton Huff on a slant-inpass at the 8:51 mark of thesecond quarter. Huffs con-version toss to Cam Nickertout of the backfield gave thevisitors a 22-0 advantage onthe scoreboard.

I-Lakes showed its gritafter that, responding with ascoring drive of its owncapped by QB Todd Athey taking it himself and motor-ing in from 3 yards. The ath-letic Athey also ran in thetwo-point conversion, trim-ming the J-L lead to 22-8 with6:00 still remaining in thefirst half.

The Cardinals pulled away after that, however, scoring twice before halftime. First,

sophomore Logan Huff launched through a hole andcrossed the goal line for a 7- yard tally and then ever-dan-gerous Nightmare Nick May maneuvered andmotored in from 8 yards.Mays TD gallop with 29 sec-onds remaining before inter-

mission gave J-L a com-manding 36-8 lead.

The Bulldogs, to their cred-it, battled back and playedmuch better in the secondhalf.

Speed-burner Daniel

Flowers didnt wilt as thegame went along, slashing and dashing his way to 131 yards rushing on 12 carries,including a 34-yard sprintoff-tackle in the third quar-ter. Christian Wallace foundthe end zone for two pointsafter Flowers TD to trim thelead to 36-16.

The Bulldogs scored againon their next possession of the quarter when the versa-tile Athey broke loose on abootleg from 8 yards to makeit 36-22.

The Cardinals added aninsurance touchdown ontheir next drive to seal thedeal, though. A long,methodical march wascapped by Brandon Huffssecond QB plunge from a yard out at the 6:32 mark of the fourth quarter. Brandonthen added the two-pointrun to make it 44-22.

The Bulldogs, fighting tothe end, scored the finalpoints of the game when Athey locked in like a laserand found Wallace for a 15- yard tally. Flowers caught theconversion toss from Athey to make the final score 44-30.

Athey hit on 7-of-14 aerialsfor 134 yards, including threeconnections to SpencerHutchison for 55 yards.

Smokevitch was pleased with the way the Cardinal O-line got off the ball and creat-ed gaps for the Cardinal run-ners to burst through.

The entire offensive line was great, often going against10 in the box, Smokevitchsaid of linemen BradKussrow, Nathan Fox, TrevorPickelmann, Logan Hipsher,Kalin Leonard and ends

Coalton Huff and CamNickert.

Smokevitch also com-mended Nick May, who wasthe workhorse in theCardinal backfield.Nightmare Nick ran theball 18 times for 141 yards with a TD run and a conver-sion run on his stat sheet.Senior halfback DillonCushman was also reliable asthe sunrise, toting the ball 15times for 90 yards.

Logan Huff recorded 87 yards on 14 carries and EthanMay made 48 yards in seventries.

Defensively for theCardinals, Smokevitch laud-

ed the tough, physical play of nose guard Nathan Fox, who was in the thick of the actionon every snap. Fox madethree tackles behind the lineof scrimmage. Coalton Huff had a big night defensively,

taking part in 11 tackles, andDan Nieman, penetrating like he was shot from a can-non, made two stops for loss.

Flowers, a linebacker, ledthe Inland Lakes defense with 23 tackles, whileHutchison and Pablo DelosSantos added 13 apiece.Delos Santos recorded a sack.

Schramm also lauded theplay of Trevor Mallory, whomoved from offensive tackleto fullback at halftime, andturned in an outstanding performance at linebacker,finishing with nine stops.

Inland Lakes faces a sterntest against Pickford. ThePanthers defeated Bark

River-Harris, 30-20, last week after downing Central Lake,28-14, in their season-open-er.

Youve got to be mentally ready to play, Schrammsaid. Weve got some things

were going to do that will getthem motivated to play fromthe opening whistle. I wasvery happy with the secondhalf against Joburg.

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Cards grind out win at I-LakesRushing attack is difference as J-L rebounds from week 1 loss at Tawas

By Mike Dunn

CLARE The Gaylordcross country team openedthe 2013 season in the ClareInvitational on Thursday,Sept. 5, and longtime coachJeff Kalember was pleased

with the results.In the distinctive Clare

meet, each of the four classesrace among themselves andno team scores are kept, agood format for teams early in the season.

One of the chief highlights

of the day for Gaylord camein the girls sophomore race. Alexis Smith surged to first ina time of 21:22 followed by teammate Courtney Busch(22:07) in second and twinsister Katelyn Smith (22:08)in third, giving Gaylord astrong 1-2-3 finish far aheadof the rest of the field.

In the girls senior race, it was Mai Dao deliveri ng adynamite third-place time of 22:59.

In the girls freshmen race,it was Carlie Martella (23:16,fourth) and AdrienneEdwards (23:26, fifth) eachearning a top-five finish forthe Blue Devils.

Kalember was impressed with the showing of the girls,especially the Smith twins who moved here during thesummer.

On the girls side the Smithtwins have been either 1-2-3runners for the last two weeks and have made animmediate impact, along with sophomore Courtney Busch who stepped uphuge, Kalember reported.All three have the ability tobe All-Region if thingsprogress the way they should.

Kalember also commenedMai Dao, who was not on thevarsity last season but loggedsome good summer milesafter an outstanding track season and has improvedmarkedly.

Freshman Carlie Martella was the No. 5 runner forGaylord at Clare andKalember believes she canalso make a huge impact this

season.Newcomers Lauren Pallas

(12th) and Adrienne Edwards(ninth) rounded out the var-sity scorers.

These seven are ALL new runners on our varsity thisseason; I've never had thathappen! Kalember said. Ibelieve sophomore Mallory Marshall (asthma) and GracePorta (returning letter win-ner) can also make a niceimpact for us when both areup to speed. Jazlyn Wilde andSavannah Krone (both fresh-men) also ran very goodraces and are within striking distance of varsity.

ON THE BOYS side, it wasfreshman Jack Hervela turn-ing in a stellar performanceand providing another BlueDevil first-place time.

The hard-striding Hervelabusted it down the stretch toout-pace Andrew Ashbaughof Chippewa Hills in athrilling finish not often seenin cross country meets. Jack crossed the finish line in19:11.

Zack Goddard (19:51, fifth)and Justin Desloover (20:37,sixth) also finished in the top10 for Gaylord.

In the boys sophomorerace, Gaylord placed three inthe top 10: Jake Kuziel (20:35)claimed sixth with Brendan Westenbar finishi ng eighth(20:44) and Sam Sarchetninth (20:53).

In the junior race, it wasreliable Collin Monuskomaking third in a time of 19:34 and Matt Sullivan(20:41) surging to eighth.

In the senior race,

Gaylords Josh Green gainedanother first-place finish,crossing the finish line in17:40, the second-best over-all time in the meet and anoutstanding time for thisearly in the season.Teammate Sterling McPherson motored to thirdplace in an solid time of 17:54.

The boys squad appearsto be a little more wideopen, Kalember reported.Josh Green and Sterling areobviously our top runnersright now. Both are in goodshape, had a good summer,and started in the 17s atClare.

Collin Monusko should beour No. 3 man by end of theseason. It seems as thoughJack Hervela and Zak Goddard (only 40 secondsback of Jack) will round outour top 5 for now. This is asolid team that is nowherenear where we'll be at the

end of the season.Rounding out the top

seven at Clare were JustinDesloover (freshman) andJake Kuziel (soph). Threeother boys are within 30 sec-onds of the varsity pack:Sullivan, Westenbarger, andSarchet.

Kalember expects T.C.Central to be the team to beat

again in the Big North thisseason.Central is unbeatable on

the girls and boys side,Kalember said. TC West boysalso tough, but I think thegirls can finish second andboys third in the conference.

We dont focus on ourconference, however. Werelooking ahead to regionals. Ibelieve both teams can finishin the top three and qualify for state finals. A win for bothteams is not out of the ques-tion, but again, we have a lotof work to do to get there.

Two tough freshmen, Zak Goddard and JackHervela, push forward in the Clare Invitational.

Hervela captured first place.

Gaylords strong-striding Mai Dao maneuvers throughthe woods to a third-place finish in her race.

Cross Country

Blue Devils open season at Clare

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Volleyball

DNR Fishing Tip

Grant, Wright lead attack as Pellston sweepsto improve to 9-5 overall, 1-0 in league

By Mike Dunn

INDIAN RIVER ThePellston volleyball team of coach Brooke Groff broughtout the heavy artillery onThursday, Sept. 5, and sweptpast a hardworking InlandLakes squad 25-5, 25-16, 25-

18.Groffs girls loaded theguns and launched missiles while improving to 9-5 over-all and 1-0 in the Ski Valley.

Outside hitters OliviaGrant and Michelle Wrighthad the right stuff up front,combining for 17 kills. Olivialaunched nine kills andMichelle struck for eight. Abbie Welch also helped thecause, whacking four killsand Shaylee Smith smashed

three.Smith was super from thestripe as well, securing ninesizzling aces in the match. Welch had four and Wright

rang up three.Hanah Carter served up

more sweet dishes than abakery, amassing 23 assists in

the match and she alsorecorded six digs. BreahCarter covered the floor like

syrup, recording eight digs,

and Kelly Lewis had four digs.The Hornets hosted

Mancelona on Tuesday, Sept.

10.

PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY This summer the footbridge over the CanadaCreek on the High Country Pathway in Presque IsleCounty was rebuilt with agrant from the federalRecreational Trails Program.The Department of NaturalResources announced this week that the new structure a great improvement for

trail users and the trailsegment are now reopenedand ready for use.

The new bridge is an inte-gral part of the HighCountry Pathway, an 80-mile-long loop trail. Thetrail puts hikers and bikersright in the middle of

Michigan's beautiful wilder-ness. Volunteer groups fromthe Michigan MountainBiking Association (MMBA)and DNR staff and internshave contributed many hours of labor to clear andmark this rugged trail in the"elk country" of Michigan'sLower Peninsula.

Directly adjacent to the west side of the new bridge

at Canada Creek is a creek-side shelter, providing agreat place for trail users totake a rest. After enjoying hikes themselves, the mem-bers of local Boy ScoutTroop 18 have been helping with maintenance at theshelter.

The DNR encourages res-idents and visitors in thearea to stop by the new Canada Creek Bridge andexplore its many connec-tions.

For more information,call Clear Lake State Park at989-785-4388. For astatewide map showing thelocation of available trails,

including the High Country Pathway, visit www.michi-gan.gov/dnrtrails and thenclick on the county you want to explore. Each coun-ty shows locations for stateparks, state forest camp-grounds, forest pathwaysand nearby cities and towns.

Did you know there aretypically two populations of bass in a water body? Onethat lingers near the shoreto feed and one that hangsin deeper water and movesthrough structure to feed?

Both populations providegreat opportunities for fish-ing, but many anglers over-

look the bass in deeper water.

The next time you head to your favorite bass lake, con-sider fishing deeper water,particularly around larger weedbeds. Fish will oftenhang out in the weedbedsand move up through thedepths to feed.

For more information on

fishing for bass in Michigan,

visit the DNR's Michigan

Fish and How to Catch

Them website.

This tip was adapted from

Michigan Outdoor News.

Hornet netters winSVC opener

Presque Isle foot

bridge is open

JV Volleyball

Hornets go 2-1 in pool play, fall toMidland in bracket play

Bridge over Canada Creek was rebuilt withgrant from Recreational Trails Program

Many anglers overlook the bass that hang in deeper water, particularly around larger weedbeds

MIDLAND The PellstonJV volleyball squad compet-ed in a tournament atMidland on Saturday and went 2-1 in pool play beforelosing to the host Midland JV in bracket play.

In pool play, the young Hornets of coach HeidiBurkhart defeated Kingsley and Northport and lost toCadillac.

Freshman setter Kaylee

Krussell was crackling goodat setting the table, recording 27 assists with 94 percentefficiency.

Susie Brilley was a bruising hitter at the net, acquiring 11kills along the way, and mid-dle hitter Hailey Keber pro-duced seven kills with fourblocks. It was Krunch Timefor outside hitter StephanieKruskie as she generatedseven kills. Elyssa Prell

cleaned the plate with fivekills and a block.

Brilley was also a beast atthe stripe, blasting six aces with 14 points. Keber collect-ed 15 points with five whistling aces and served 95percent and Kruskie secured15 points with three aces.

Kruskie, Brilley and Alex Brisson were the top passerson the day.

Young Pellston nettersvie at Midland Consider deeper water

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Above: Mancelona sophomore Rhiannon Hayes uses fine form to keepa volley alive Saturday in the Manton Invitational as teammate LindseyFriday looks on.

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