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Page 2-B • Choice Publications ... The Best Choice! December 22, 2011
2011 TOP CHOICE
QB -- Grant PriceMio
QB – Zane TobinGrayling
RB – Joe RobbinsPetoskey
RB – Wyatt DerrerMancelona
SECOND TEAM, OffenseQB -- Garrett Badgero, Atlanta
QB – Damon Proctor, Cheboygan
QB – Alex Payne, Johannesburg-
Lewiston
RB – Eryn Eustice, Cheboygan
RB – Brian Jurek, Pellston
RB – Pat Switalski, Gaylord St. Mary
FB – Mitch Hardy, Johannesburg-
Lewiston
REC – Justin Klein, Atlanta
REC – Chris Crenshaw, Gaylord
REC – Devon Dawson, Grayling
REC – Scott Parkinson, Grayling
L – Tom Burrell, Grayling
L -- Christian Norum, Mio
L -- Travis Matthews, Pellston
L – Sean Boughner, Inland Lakes
DefenseL – Brandon Scott, Mancelona
L – Dustin Cochran, Inland Lakes
L – Jon Tyson, Mancelona
L – Trey Leach, Onaway
L – Travis Ellis, Mio
L – Clarence Smith, Mio
L -- Kegan Schoenith, Petoskey
LB – Pat Antonides, Petoskey
LB – Justin Gedda, Onaway
LB – Caleb Tomes, Gaylord
LB -- Aaron Fox, Mio
DB -- Kevin Schepperley,Mancelona
DB – Matt Spyhalski, Gaylord
St. Mary
DB – Seth Thomey, Mio
DB – Quinn Ameel, Petoskey
HONORABLE MENTIONAtlanta – Josh Cumper,
Seth Teets
Cheboygan – Jake Elmore
Gaylord -- Trevor Adams,Spencer LaRose, Trent Hunt
Gaylord St. Mary – Gabe Nowicki
Grayling – Steven Enos,
Ty Jensen
Inland Lakes -- Shane Bacon,Austin Jensen
Johannesburg-Lewiston –
Brian VanCoillie,
Nick Michael, Gunnar Owens
Mancelona – Tyler Crider,
Dakota Orman
Mio – Micah Thomey,
Bryson Devers, Nick Mangutz
Onaway – Christian Tollini,
Bryer McGinnPellston – Mike Schaefer,
Josh VanTilberg
Petoskey – Cody Fryczynski,Keegan Reynolds
OTHER AWARDSPLAY OF THE YEAR -Junior safety Kyle Schepperleymade a critical leaping interceptionat the goal line late in the fourthquarter of Mancelona’s tense 16-14
home playoff victory over Whittemore-Prescott, preventing theCardinals from scoring the go-aheadtouchdown and securing for theIronmen a berth in the Div. 7 districtfinals for the second year in a row as
well as a second-straight home play-off victory, and keeping the Ironmenunbeaten.
LANGLEY AWARD -This award is given to those whomay not be the biggest, fastest or tallest players on the field, but who
possess a double-barrel toughnessthat enables them to be impact play-ers. It is named for Inland Lakes2007 graduate Jeff Langley, whoepitomized the award. Jeff walked onat Trine University in the fall of 2007
and not only made the team, butstarted all four years and was theteam’s leading rusher two seasons ina row! The 2012 honorees are:
1. Kegan Schoenith, Petoskey
2. Mitch Hardy, Johannesburg-
Lewiston
3. Shane Bacon, Inland Lakes
SUPER SOPHOMORE -Seth Thomey, Mio
IRONMAN AWARD -Nick Hoogerhyde, Mancelona
VERSATILITY AWARD -Riley Zigila, Grayling
SOFT HANDS AWARD -Trenton Janiga, Atlanta
HARD HAT AWARD I -Eli Koslakiewicz, Mio
HARD HAT AWARD II -Dalton Sulz, Mancelona
HARD HAT AWARD III -Shane Severn, Petoskey
COACHING STAFF -Kerry VanOrman, Petoskey
Dan Derrer, Mancelona
John Bush, Johannesburg-Lewiston
Earl Flynn, Onaway
FB -- Austin SpiresMancelona
TE – Zak LewisPetoskey
REC – Riley ZigilaGrayling
REC – Trenton JanigaAtlanta
L – Griffin DeanGrayling
L – Dalton SulzMancelona
L – Sean AisthorpeJohannesburg-Lewiston
L -- Nick HoogerhydeMancelona
L – Jordon SmithPetoskey
K – Louie LambertiPetoskey
ALL-AREA FOOTBALL
FIRST
TEAMOffense
L – Eli KoslakiewiczMio
L – Shane SevernPetoskey
L – Blake HuffJohannesburg-Lewiston
L – Chaz MooreGaylord
LB – Bobby LupuOnaway
LB – Ryan RandallGrayling
LB – Brock BaumAtlanta
LB – Hunter StingerPetoskey
LB – Jordan YostCheboygan
LB – Drake SkowronskiJohannesburg-Lewiston
DB – Tod RondoMio
DB – Kyle SchepperleyMancelona
DB – Jason SigsbyOnaway
DB – Cody BonillaInland Lakes
FIRST
TEAMDefense
PLAYER OF THE YEAR:
LINEMAN OF THE YEAR: DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LANGLEY AWARD WINNER:
JoeRobbins
Petoskey
KerryVanOrman
Petoskey
GriffinDeanGrayling
COACH OF THE YEAR:
BlakeHuff
Johannesburg-
Lewiston
KeganSchoenith
Petoskey
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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD – After starting
the season with road losses
to high-qualify foes St.
Ignace and Mount Pleasant,
the Gaylord girls of coach
Frank Hamilla earned four
straight victories, including a
pair of impressive non-
league wins last week.
On Tuesday, Dec. 13, theBlue Devils banged out the
points in a 67-37 win over
Charlevoix and on Thursday,
the girls banged bodies and
played bark-tight defense in
a hard-fought 42-30 victory
at home over East Jordan.
Gaylord (4-2, 1-0) had a Big
North game on the road
against Ogemaw Heights on
Tuesday, Dec. 20, after this
issue went to press.
In the game with hustling
East Jordan, it seemed like
there were more bruises and
bloody noses than baskets
for either team through
much of the first three quar-
ters. Gaylord’s gritty junior
forward Alex Simmons sus-
tained a bloody nose while
scoring a layup midway through the third quarter,
then shook it off to drain the
free throw and ignite a 9-2
run that created some much-
needed separation on the
scoreboard.
Lethal lefty Mackenzie
Edwards, who led the way
with a game-high 20 points,
also fueled the run, nailing
one of her three downtownconnections in the contest.The Blue Devils led just 16-14at the half but took a 27-18lead into the f inal quarter.
Mac added 12 reboundsfor a double-double and
recorded four steals.Simmons struck for sevenpoints and sophomore guardMaddie Hamilla hit for fourpoints. Lauren Mead madeeight rebounds and juniorpoint guard Sarah Polenapiled up four assists in thelow-scoring, defensive battle.
Grace Howes paced thevisitors with 10 points whilePaige Roberts hit for six andBrooklynn Richards and ValPeters each scored five.
The Gaylord JV camethrough big time, posting a56-17 victory as freshmenLindsey Zaremba and Sydney Kassuba shined, scoring 19
and 15, respectively. Kassubaalso collected eight steals asthe young Blue Devilsimproved to 5-1.
In the 67-37 win atCharlevoix, Mac tamed the
twine for 22 points and Alex exacted nine points from thenets while Maddie madeseven to go with three assists.Chelsea Fox pulled downfour rebounds and stole theball three times and Mac led
the way under the boards with six rebounds.
“We got off to a good startin the first quarter,” Hamillasaid of the win over theRayders. “We weren’t moving our feet on defense in thesecond quarter and put themon the line too much. Weswitched our defense in thesecond half and shut themdown offensively. I was very happy how we attacked theirpress in the second half.”
The Blue Devils won the JV game 69-17, riding the hothand of Joslyn Rider (16points) and Lindsey Zaremba(15). Kassuba crashed the
boards and cashed in downlow, notching 10 points and11 rebounds, and LaurenHintz and Aubrey Curtishelped the cause also, eachconnecting for nine points.
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Gaylord point guard Sarah Polena launches one
Shimel shines in fourth quarter
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Photo by tom buttrick
Gaylord super sophomore Maddie Hamilla goes
high in the lane to take down this rebound against
Charlevoix.
Sydney Kassuba (22) unleashes some freshman
firepower for the Gaylord JV in their victory over
East Jordan.
Viking gals fall in overtimeBasketball
Gaylord 42, East Jordan 30
Onaway 45, Inland Lakes 44
By Mike Dunn
HARBOR SPRINGS –
Grayling scrapped andclawed and battled to a 46-46tie in regulation against LakeMichigan Conference foeHarbor Springs on the roadFriday. In the overtime,though it was the Rams whodid most of the scoring,eventually posting a 60-48victory.
Grayling trailed by six inthe final minute before com-ing back to force the over-time. Caitlin Prosser made a
clutch steal with 15 secondsleft and Cierra Prosser con-verted the turnover into the
tying basket, nailing a pres-sure-packed shot with 8 ticksleft on the game clock.
“In overtime, we had acouple of bad bounces buthad quality shots that did notdrop,” said Grayling coachJoe Powers. “Caitlin Prosserfouled out and then CierraProsser also fouled out in theovertime. I'm extremely proud of the girls for showing the grit and determination tosend the game into overtime.
One more point, and we would of escaped with a hugeroad victory.
“The girls just keep playing with a tremendous amountof effort,” he added. “Since
we are so inexperienced,each game we'll continue toget better.”
Junior sharpshooter andteam co-captain Jo Hamlin,
who is having a super seasonfor the Vikings (2-2) in hersecond year as a varsity starter, tamed the twine for20 points to go with 10rebounds and three steals.
Fellow juniors AlyssaMorley racked up nine pointsand co-captain Caitlin
Prosser hit for seven. Caitlinand Josie Swander eachpulled down five boards.
Elena Ongaro had a dou-ble-double for the Rams,scoring 19 with 10 boards,and Mackenzie Sylvain andKatie Barkley each scored 10.
In the narrow win atHoughton Lake on Tuesday,Dec. 13, the Vikings trailed by four with five minutesremaining but outscored thehost Bobcats 14-2 the rest of
the way.Hamlin rocked the iron for
29 points to go with 13
boards and three steals andCierra Prosser joined her indouble-digit scoring andrebounding with 13 pointsand 11 rebounds. Swandersank seven and also helpedthe cause with her play inside, grabbing 10 rebounds
with a typically determinedeffort. Caitlin Prosser cannedfour points to go with twosteals and four rebounds andfreshman Hailey Whitakerrecorded three steals.
“It was a total team effort
as we played a solid game,”
Powers reported.
“Rebounding continues to be
a challenge for us and that is
why we try to play a full-
court game. Jo Hamlin had a
monster game and Cierra
Prosser had a very nice game.
However, our entire team
played well as each girl, did
her job. It was a nice win.”
By Mike Dunn
ONAWAY – Junior Kallie
Shimel led a fourth-quarter
comeback Friday as the
Onaway girls of coach Marty
Mix narrowly defeated Ski
Valley foe Inland Lakes 45-44.
The win pushed Onaway,
which has faced a stiff early-
season schedule to 3-3 over-
all and 1-3 in the league.
Inland Lakes, the surprise
team in the Ski Valley so far
this season, lost for the first
time, slipping to 5-1 and 2-1.
Shimel scored nine of her
game-high 17 points to pace
the Cardinals and Sammie
Freel found the net for 13
points as Onaway ended a
three-game losing streak.
“The win against I-Lakes
was huge for us,” Mix said.
“We did a great job executing
the game plan. The kids
played hard from the open-
ing tip throughout the game.
We are getting better each
week, and are getting back to
full strength.
“I was very proud of the
fact that even though we
were down, we continued to
push through. We had a cou-
ple key rebounds and a big
put backs to get to the line
that really gave us an edge.”
Katelynn Brendly, who is
having a monster year for the
Bulldogs and coach Sarah
Howard, paced the visitors
with 14 points.
ON MONDAY, I-Lakes
bounced back big time with a
tense non-league win over
visiting Boyne City, 59-58.
Brendly played a huge role
once again as I-Lakes pushed
to a 6-1 record, scoring eight
of her game-high 21 points in
the final stanza. She also set
the table like a French chef,
notching seven assists.
Morgan Hanel scored 19and dished off six assists tohelp the cause and she wasalso a Windex Wonder underthe boards for the Bulldogs,cleaning the glass for 14rebounds. Sandy Bischoff struck for eight points.
Tanner McCune andRachel Butler scored 18points apiece to lead theRamblers (2-4).
I-Lakes is in action againon Wednesday, Jan. 4, in aleague contest at Forest Area.
Cierra Prosser’s clutch bucket forces extra session vs. host Harbor Springs; Hamlin has double-double in loss
Cardinal gals close strong to edge surprising I-Lakes in Ski Valley clash; Bulldogs bounce back with tense win over Boyne City
Mac, Alex lead way as third-quarter push breaks openclose game; Gaylordimproves to 4-2
Hot Devils win fourth in row
Photo by tom buttrick
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Gaylord boys look to reboundBasketball
By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD – The Gaylord
boys were looking to
rebound in a big way on
Tuesday, Dec. 20, when they
traveled to the court of Big
North foe Ogemaw Heights
in a game that was played
after this issue went to press.
The scrappy Blue Devils of
coach Tim O’Rourke were
looking to bury the memory
of the heartbreaking, buzzer-
beating loss at home to
Charlevoix on Tuesday, Dec.
13. Both teams were 1-1
going into the contest.
Andrew Potter of
Charlevoix put a stake
through the heart of the Blue
Devils players, coaches, par-
ents and fans when he
drained a 3-pointer with time
running out to give the visit-
ing Rayders a narrow 73-72
victory.
It appeared the Gaylord
defense would hold on to a
two-point lead as time
wound down but
Charlevoix’s Will Jeakle, fac-
ing a double-team in the cor-
ner managed to release a
pass to Potter at the top of
the circle and Potter’s shot
just beat the buzzer.
The tough loss overshad-
owed what had been a fine
effort by O’Rourke’s Blue
Devils, who had rallied from
a 44-37 halftime deficit to
outscore the visitors by 10 in
the third quarter and take a
59-56 lead into the final stan-
za, courtesy of a Craig
Richardson 3-pointer just
before the quarter ended.
The Blue Devils held a 70-63
lead with less than two min-
utes to go but Charlevoix, to
its credit, found a way to
come back.
Junior guard Tyler Frisch
had a big night as well, espe-cially in the second half, as
he drained the nets for a
team-high 18 points and
helped fuel Gaylord’s third-
quarter comeback. Tyler
Cherry also had a fruitful
night from the field, making
the twine dance to the tune
of 17 points.
On a night when early foul
trouble limited Troy Gahm’s
time on the floor, Big Zach
Lundell showed up strong,
casting a long shadow in the
lane. Lundell banged shoul-ders and exchanged bruises
under the boards as he accu-
mulated 16 points without
missing a single shot he took.
Speedy junior Chris Stout
was a solid contributor at the
defensive end of the court.
Andrew Plude tallied 23 to
lead all scorers and he also
acquired seven assists and
Potter hit for 20, including
the clutch trey at the end.
Plude and Potter combined
for 12 fourth-quarter points.
Tanner Catt was a thorn inGaylord’s side defensively,
causing turnovers at times
with his intense pressure.
Incredibly, Gaylord was
also on the barrel end of a
buzzer-beater in the JV game
as Charlevoix’s Justin Pearl
drained one to give the
Rayders a 41-40 win.
Gaylord did win the fresh-
men game 67-17 as Steven
Fitzek found the net for a
game-high 16 points, Collin
Watters soaked the iron for
15 points and Cotton Neff
picked his way to a dozen
points.
Blue Devils were looking for league win atOgemaw after suffering heartbreaking home loss to Charlevoix
As coach Tim O’Rourke looks on, Gaylord junior guard Tyler Frisch dribbles
toward the net against Charlevoix.
Chris Stout of Gaylord fires a pass to an open
teammate during the home game against the
Rayders.
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Photo by a&m PhotograPhy
By Doug Derrer
TRAVERSE CITY -- The Bay
Area Reps split a pair of one
goal games last week, losing
to Traverse City West 3-2 in
overtime and defeating
Mattawan 2-1.
The Reps battled the Titans
on Wednesday, Dec. 14, at
Howe Arena and Traverse
City West dominated play in
the first period outshooting
the Reps 9-3 on their way to a
2-0 advantage after one peri-
od.
In the second period the
Reps took advantage of three
West penalties to outshootthe Titans 16-4 and close the
gap to 2-1 when Kevin
“Bazooka” Banducci deliv-
ered a power play goal with
2:53 remaining in the middle
period, with Quinn Lyman
earning an assist.
Bay Area carried its second
period momentum into the
third period and P.J. Heger
tied the score at two when he
scored an unassisted goal
with 9:30 left in regulation.
West freshman Jake Saxton
put an end to the Reps’
comeback, though, when he
scored just 24 seconds into
overtime to touch off a wildcelebration by West and send
the disappointed Reps back
to their locker room with a
tough 3-2 loss.
In a Saturday afternoon
affair, the Reps hosted the
Mattawan Wildcats at Center
Ice and scored single goals in
the first and second periods
while limiting the Wildcats to
one third period goal in their
2-1 win.
Elk Rapids sophomore
Claire Huhta saw her first
action of the year in net andearned the win with a fineeffort, stopping 15 of the 16
shots she faced in goal whilesecuring the narrow victory.
Nick Sicinski opened thescoring for the Reps 6 min-utes and 16 seconds into thegame. Adam Armour assist-ed on Sicinski’s power play goal.
Armour gave the Reps a 2-0lead 5:07 into the middleperiod, this time with anassist from Banducci. But it
would be a bittersweet goalfor Armour as he would leavethe game shortly after hisgoal with an injury.
Huhta was strong in netand surrendered Mattawan’sonly goal on a power play
1:29 into the final period. Sheturned back every Mattawanscoring chance after that.
The Reps’ record is now 3-4and they are off until
Wednesday, Dec. 28, whenthey play Traverse City Central in the opening roundof the Traverse City Holiday tournament.
Hockey
Bay Reps split one-goal gamesReps play well but fall to T.C. West in OT, edge Mattawan 2-1
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PETOSKEY – Petoskey played host to Gaylord on
Wednesday, Dec. 14, in a Big
North hockey clash and theNorthmen came away with asurprisingly lopsided 9-1 vic-tory. It was Petoskey’s firstleague win and second over-all win of the season and gavethe Northmen some nicemomentum going into thePetoskey Hockey Invitationalheld over the weekend.
Petoskey (2-5-1) narrowly lost 6-5 to eventual tourney champ Walled Lake Northernon Friday before skating to a1-1 tie against the Capital
Area Patriots on Saturday.Gaylord, to its credit,
rebounded from the big lossat Petoskey to play pretty wellover the weekend, defeating visiting Mattawan 5-3 onFriday and giving talentedleague foe Sault Ste. Marie astiff battle before falling 5-3.
In Petoskey’s mercy-rulevictory over visiting Gaylord,
senior forward Kyle Ruggles was a rocket launcher, find-ing the back of the net twiceand also notching twoassists. Ken Forton and Mike
Forton created some goodfortune on the ice, each light-ing the scoring lamp once.Kevin Hansen, Aaron Cook,Hunter Stinger, Ian Morrisonand Tanner Davis also talliedfor the victors, who improvedto 1-2-0 in the Big North.
Junior Breanna Merriamearned the win in the nets forthe Northmen.
Nick Shear securedGaylord’s lone goal off a pret-ty feed from senior linemateSpecer Bajko.
IN THE Petoskey tourna-ment, the Northmen ralliedfrom a 6-1 deficit to Northernto very nearly come all the
way back.Ruggles, whose number is
etched in the head of oppos-ing goalies, helped spark thecomeback with a pair of sec-ond-period goals and
Hansen also hammered onehome to trim the Walled Lakelead to 6-3.
In the third period, it was junior Ken Forton, the dan-
gerous defenseman, doing the damage with an unassist-ed goal to make it 6-4 andthen the Sky Pilot, SkyePieffer, guided a whistling
wrister past the sprawling Walled Lake netminder to cutthe lead to just one goal, 6-5.Unfortunately, the Northmen
were not able to put anotherone into the net.
The ubiquitous Rugglesracked up two assists in addi-tion to his two goals andPieffer, Davis, Ruggles andHansen each had one assist.
Merriam started in the netsand Michael Whittaker fin-ished out, each recording 10saves.
Justin Fishbeck had a hattrick for the victors and
Austin Sansom had a pair of goals.
In the somewhat frustrat-ing 1-1 tie with Capital Area,
Petoskey generated a lotmore shots on goal. TheNorthmen put 38 on netagainst Capital Area backupgoalie Shannon Frere but he
found a way to turn every one aside and secure thehard-earned tie.
For the game, Petoskey hada 46-16 advantage in shotstaken. Senior forward PatGitre was the only Northmento light the lamp, though.Ruggles – who else? – andCook earned assists on Gitre’sgoal.
Merriam and Whittakershared the netminding duties again and each cameup with some key stops.Merriam had eight saves and
Whittaker had seven.Ruggles and “Pilot” Pieffer
both made the All-Tournament team.
Petoskey is in action againon Jan. 4 at league foe T.C.Central.
GAYLORD PUT the memo-ry of the Petoskey game in
the past quickly with the weekend split againstMattawan and the Soo.
The Blue Devils trailedMattawan 1-0 after the first
period of Friday’s game at theSportsplex but the ever-dan-gerous Bajko brought thedormant offense to life in thesecond period, scoring threetimes to give his team a 3-2lead.
Bajko the blast makerscored goals No. 9, 10 and 11for the season, getting helptwice from Cole Muzyl andonce from Derek Axford.
In the third period, it was Axford helping to put thegame away, gaining hiseighth goal of the campaignon a power play opportunity
with an assist from the man with the plan, Mr. Bajko.
Anthony Tomaski sealedthe deal for Gaylord in thefinal minutes, scoring short-handed to make it 5-2 afteraccepting a pretty pass fromgrinding Garrett Richardson.
Tony Apa started in the
nets for Gaylord and stopped
eight of nine shots in the first
period. Peter Lawton played
the final two periods, turning
away 18 of 19 puckslaunched his way.
On Saturday, Gaylord ral-
lied from a 5-0 deficit after
two periods to score three
times in the third period and
make a game of it.
Bajko, Shear and Axford
each had a goal and an assist
in the final period as the Blue
Devils scrapped and clawed
their way back into con-
tention. Willie Gelow also
had an assist.
Lawton started in the nets
and Apa finished out the
game. Lawton stopped 12 of
17 shots and Apa stopped all
nine shots he faced.
Gaylord (6-4-1) is home
against Big North foe
Cadillac on Wed., Jan. 4.
Hockey Report
Petoskey, Gaylord skaters competeNorthmen handily win Big North clash on Dec. 14; Petoskey loses, ties in weekend tourney; Gaylord splits over weekend
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By Mike Dunn
CADILLAC – Junior centerMegan Tompkins drained apair of free throws late in thefourth quarter to bring Petoskey within four pointsbut that was as close as theNorthmen gals would comeFriday in a tough 38-32 lossat the court of Big North rivalCadillac.
Tompkins earned a team-high 14 points with a solidall-around effort and she alsogenerated nine reboundsand seven blocked shots.Senior Katelyn Crittendentallied six and Alyssa
VanWerden hit for five. JuniorKelsey Ance, double-teamedby the Vikings much of thetime, was held to two pointsbut grabbed six rebounds.
Mary Emington scored 10
and senior Nicole Bruggema
nine for the Vikings.Petoskey played at
Traverse City Central on
Tuesday, Dec. 20, after this
issue went to press.
Lake City 63
Mancelona 49LAKE CITY – Kallie Derrer
had another big game, rack-ing up 24 points with 14
rebounds and six steals, and
Jenna Davis added 12 points
but it wasn’t quite enough onthe road Monday against
non-league foe Lake City. The
Trojans, relying the strength
of 6-foot-4 junior centerBuffy Buttis under the
boards, outscored the Lady
Ironmen 63-49.Mikayla Garchow made six
points and recorded three
steals for Mancelona (1-5).
Wolverine 39
Kinross Maplewood
Baptist 20 WOLVERINE — The sur-
prising Wildcats of coachGary Matelski improved to 4-3 with a 39-20 non-leaguevictory over KinrossMaplewood Baptist onMonday, handing the Black
Bears (6-1) their first loss of the season.
Wolverine led 13-8 at half-time of the physical, hard-fought defensive struggleand outscored the visitors26-12 in the second half.
Bobbee Papi pushed 10points through the rim tolead the Wildcats and twinsister Becky Papi hit forseven. Brandi Whittaker and
Gabbie Ogden each wound
up with six points as Wolverine rebounded from a
loss to league rival Mackinaw
City.
Hannah May andHarmony Bailey had six
points apiece for Maplewood
Baptist.
Mackinaw City 59
Wolverine 35MACKINAW CITY – Host
Mackinaw City improved to
3-0 in the Northern LakesConference with a well-
played 59-35 victory over
Wolverine on Thursday, Dec.
15.Courtney Wallis and Hailee
Paquet each rocked the rim
for 15 points to pace theComets, who improved to 4-0
overall. Wallis also turned in
10 rebounds with seven
assists to help the cause.
Claudia Alexander was a
force inside, scoring nine
with 13 rebounds, and Nicole
LaHaie tallied 11 with seven
boards.
Gabbie Ogden hit for 10 to
lead the Wildcats.
Pellston 49
Mancelona 39MANCELONA — Pellston
pushes its record to 1-2 over-
all and 1-1 in the Ski Valley
with a 49-39 victory at
Mancelona on Wednesday,
Dec. 14.
Emma Dunham and Tori
Kirsch each delivered a dou-
ble-double for the Hornets,
with Emma earning 10 points
and 11 rebounds and Kirsch
collecting 10 points and a
whopping 16 rebounds.
Senior guard Shelby Hughey
sank eight points and dished
off five assists to go with five
steals.
Kallie Derrer nailed a
game-high 26 points for the
Lady Ironmen in the loss.
Girls Hoops
Petoskey rally falls just shortTompkins’ free throws pull Northmen close in loss at Cadillac; Mancy loses on road to Lake City; Wolverine rebounds with win
By Mike Dunn
PETOSKEY – Round one toPetoskey. The Northmenhosted Cadillac on Friday inan important early-seasonBig North Conference con-test and prevailed in a tight,
well-played contest, 54-47.The Northmen pushed
their record to 4-0 overalland 2-0 in the league whileCadillac, which is also a con-
tender for Big North honorsthis season, slipped to 2-1and 0-1.
John Simons, the 6-foot-8senior bound for CentralMichigan next year, had amonster game for the visi-tors, nailing 31 points, butPetoskey’s balanced scoring and excellent free-throw shooting offset Simons’ pro-lific scoring.
Petoskey held a slim 46-44lead late in the game whenCadillac was forced to startfouling. Jake Mullin and Zak Lewis – both calm as a wind-less sea -- combined to go 8-for-8, gradually creating sep-aration on the scoreboard
with the game clock winding down.
Lewis landed a team-high15 points, including a pair of triples and going 4-for-4 atthe stripe down the stretch,
while Mullin and fellow sen-ior forward Joe Robbins eachtallied 11 and Erik Davenportscored eight. Davenport alsodelivered some punch in thepaint, collecting a team-highfive rebounds.
Simons had three down-town connections whileaccumulating his 31 pointsand he also pulled down 12rebounds. Isaac Baker scoredeight for the Vikings.
Grayling 64Harbor Springs 49
HARBOR SPRINGS –Grayling used a balancedscoring assault and itspatented defensive pressureto secure a 64-49 victory atthe court of Lake Michigan
Conference foe HarborSprings on Friday.
The Vikings (2-1, 1-0) ledby 24 at one point but had tohold off a late charge by thehost Rams.
Senior Riley Zigila rockedthe rim for a team-high 15points to lead the balancedattack and fellow seniorSteven Enos added 13, going 7-of-9 from the line, whileTom Burrell and Zane Tobineach delivered nine points.Tobin, who did not startbecause of a nagging shoul-der, provided a nice offensivespark in the second quarter
when the Vikings turned thegame in their favor.
Coach Rich Moffit alsonoted the spark and energy that “Double D” DevonDawson brought off thebench and he liked the way guards Jake Swander andTyler McClanahan managedthe game. Moffit was alsopleased the Vikings hit 14-of-18 free throws.
“We played very well attimes in this game,” Moffitsaid. “I’m very pleased with
our defensive pressure in thesecond and third quarters. Ithought our kids did a great
job of getting a win on theroad.”
Burrell was a beast underthe boards, as usual, generat-ing six rebounds, some atcritical times. Angular seniorcenter Griffin Dean put hispowerful legs and long armsto good use as well, hauling in a team-high seven boards.
Dawson was big into pira-cy during his time on thefloor, recording six steals.Zigila and McClanahan eachhad four assists.
Neal Zoerhof scored andhad nine boards to lead theRams.
Grayling played at Elk Rapids on Tuesday of this
week and travels to Gaylordfor a non-league clash onThursday, Dec. 22.
Central Lake 60Atlanta 53
CENTRAL LAKE – TrentonJaniga tickled the twine toscore a team-high 16 pointsfor Atlanta on Monday in a60-53 loss to non-league foeCentral Lake.
The Huskies slipped to 0-4 while Central Lake improvedto 2-2. Trevor Papineau andCorbin Cassio hit for 16 and15 points, respectively, tolead the Trojans.
Boyne Falls 60Gaylord St. Mary 38BOYNE FALLS – Gabe
Nowicki hit for nine pointsand Charles Strehl eight forGaylord St. Mary on Friday ina 60-38 loss at the court of non-league foe Boyne Falls.
Logan Jenkins launched 22points from the backcourt togo with five assists to leadthe Ramblers and Josh Purollshowed up big inside,recording 19 points and 13rebounds as the Loggerspushed to 2-1 and St. Mary slipped to 3-2.
Wolverine 46
Mackinaw City 44 WOLVERINE – Seth Purgielpounded the nets for 15points and pounded theboards for 12 rebounds tohelp host Wolverine edgeMackinaw City 46-44 in anexciting Northern LakesConference clash Thursday.
Mike McNiel and TylerMcCauley each hit for six points for the Wildcats (2-1,2-0), who remained unbeat-en in the league. Kyle Frost
was cool under the glass, col-lecting a team-high 10rebounds and McCauley grabbed nine.
Noah Morse had a nicegame for the Comets (0-2),
collecting 20 points.
Inland Lakes 49Mancelona 48
MANCELONA – DakotahDavedowski delivered thegoods when it counted themost, scoring 10 of his team-high 14 points in the fourth
quarter as Inland Lakes held
on to earn a tense 49-48 vic-tory over visiting Ski Valley
rival Mancelona.
Josh O’Connor also helpedthe Bulldog cause, canning
11 points. Storm Maybank poured in nine points and
Austin Jensen did the same,helping the Bulldogs to rally
from a 39-30 third-quarterdeficit.
Davedowski was destruc-
tive from downtown in thefourth quarter, hitting a pairof critical 3-pointers, and
Riley Southwell also drainedone from beyond the arc on a
night when it turned out thatevery point was important.
Junior guard KyleSchepperley collected 15
points to lead the hard-luck Ironmen, who have played
well on the road the past few games but have little to show
for it. Junior ShayneDingman struck for 10
points.I-Lakes also won the JV
game by a single point, 46-
45.
Forest Area 77Johannesburg-Lewiston 59
FIFE LAKE – Jake Newell
jacked the twine for a team-high 13 points and angular
Sean Aisthorpe powered his way to 10 points to lead
Johannesburg-Lewiston onThursday at Forest Area, but
it was not enough to propelthe visiting Cardinals to vic-
tory against their Ski Valley foes.
Forest Area prevailed 77-59 as J-L slipped to 1-2 and 1-
1.The Cardinals did earn a
win on Tuesday, Dec. 13, atOnaway. Senior Gunnar
Owens pulled the trigger ona game-high 23 points with
four boards as J-L won 62-39.
Aisthorpe, a three-yearvarsity starter at center, also
hit for double figures with 12points to go with six
rebounds.
Boys Hoops
Northmen edge BNC foe
CadillacPetoskey pushes to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in league; Grayling holds off Ram rally
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By Mike Dunn
GAYLORD -- It was atough, physical, hard-foughtgirls’ hardwood contest atthe court of Gaylord St. Mary on Wednesday, Dec. 14, whenSki Valley powers St. Mary and Johannesburg-Lewiston
went head to head in the firstof their two annual regular-season games.
The Snowbirds, playing asuffocating second-half defense, won by 38-20 to
push their record to 5-0 over-
all and 3-0 in the Ski Valley. A 60-14 triumph over Pellstonon Friday made it 6-0 & 4-0.
The Cardinals of coachHeather Huff lost their firstgame, slipping to 4-1 and 2-1.The two teams will engage ina rematch at Johannesburg on Jan. 24, probably with the2012 Ski Valley title on theline.
The first half featured thekind of low-scoring, defen-sive battle that often occurs
when two well-coached,
highly motivated teams faceeach other.
J-L led 8-6 after one quar-ter and St. Mary took a slim15-14 lead into the lockerroom at halftime.
In the second half, though,the Snowbirds managed tokeep the hard-pressing visi-tors from getting into any kind of offensive rhythm,limiting them to six points.
Senior forward Karli Jacob,a four-year varsity starter
accustomed to playing in
high-stakes games, hit alayup to put St. Mary aheadfor good just before halftimeand ended up with a team-high 10 points.
Hardworking guard KariBorowiak, noted for herdefensive pressure, turnedtwo steals into breakaways inthe third quarter as St. Mary built its lead to 26-18. TheSnowbirds had key defensivecontributions from Chrissy Smith, Sarah Long, Mary
Spyhalski, Borowiak and
everyone on the floor in thethird and fourth quarters.
Junior Abby Schlicherscored half of her team’spoint and turned in an out-standing effort in defeat, fin-ishing with 10 points, 10rebounds and five steals.Miranda House generatedfour points and three stealsfrom the backcourt andBrittany Cherwinski pulleddown six rebounds.
ON FRIDAY in the 60-14
win over Pellston, Jacob
scorched the nets for 30
points while Borowiak tallied
12 and Spyhalski accumulat-
ed five steals and five assists
as the Snowbirds surged to a
29-2 first-quarter lead and
never looked back.
Emma Dunham scored six
points and grabbed seven
rebounds for Pellston.
St. Mary 38, Johannesburg-Lewiston 20
Snowbird gals win SVC clash!Second-half defense paves way for unbeaten St. Mary; Jacob scores 10 to pace victors
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FIFE LAKE – Pellston puts its dominance on display onTuesday, Dec. 13, in an early-season showdown at the courtof defending Ski Valley Conference champion Forest Area,assaulting the iron and ringing up the points in a thoroughly impressive 92-65 victory. The Hornets improved to 3-0 a nd 1-0 in the league.
Pellston lost twice in close contests to the Warriors a yearago and finished as runner-up in the final league standings.
Senior sharpshooter Christopher Hass continues to show why he is one of the most highly regarded players in all thenorth country. Hass hammered the nets for 41 points in the
big win at Fife Lake and when he wasn’t lighting up the score-board, he was passing to open teammates so they could putup some points. Hass finished with eight assists and he alsogenerated five steals.
Coach Cliff Hass also noted the outstanding defense of senior forward Andy Hamlin, who patrolled the paint withpower and purpose, pulling down a whopping 18 reboundsto go with 22 points. Dale Stark also helped the cause, deliv-ering 17 points and eight rebounds.
Pellston led 42-30 at the half and 50-35 after three quarters.Bob Steile hit for 20 to pace the Warriors (1-1, 0-1) and
Jermaine Nix talliled 12.Pellston also won the tightly contested JV game 74-65 as
Tanner Keller skinned the nets for a game-high 26 points togo with 17 boards while Jarrett Anderson rocked the iron for22 points and Wild Will Seldon sank 15.
Hornetshammer
defending SVCchamps
Red-hot Hass hits for 41 asPellston boys reverse last-season
outcomes against Warriors
Pellston 92, Forest Area 65
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horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. 12 His eyes are a
flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself.
13 He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which are in
heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. 15 From His mouth comes a sharp
sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine
press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. 16 And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, “KING OF
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FRIDAY:1 Timothy 1:15-17 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 15 It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that
Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all. 16 Yet for this reason I found mercy, so
that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe
in Him for eternal life. 17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever.
Amen.
SATURDAY: Revelation 17:14 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 14 These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb
will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosenand faithful.”
SUNDAY: Luke 2:11-14 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 11 for today in the city of David there has been born for you a
Savior, who is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a
manger.” 13 And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, 14
“Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased.”
MONDAY:John 14:6 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 6 Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no
one comes to the Father but through Me.
TUESDAY: Philippians 2:8-11 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 8 Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself
by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and
bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those
who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.
WEDNESDAY: Romans 10:9 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 9 that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and
believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
I would like to propose that how one sees Jesus is in direct proportion to their
relationship with Him. In Jesus’ day King Herod found Him to be a threat and
went about murdering little boys in the hope of getting rid of Him. As Jesus grew
up the teachers of His day found Him to be an amazing young man. When He was
an adult the religious leaders wanted to get rid of Him. To the common people He
was hope for a better future and freedom from oppression.
In the world we live in today, there are people who find time for Him two times
a year. Then there are people who go to church twice on Sunday and once on
Wednesday whether they need to or not. There are people who desperately needthe forgiveness that only Jesus can give but won’t relinquish their lives for a num-
ber of reasons. These reasons can be pride, stubbornness, self reliance but most-
ly fear. It is easier to keep Jesus as a baby in a manger for them because no one
needs to fear a baby.
There are some people who have spent time investigating the claims of Jesus
and have a bit more faith, these folks are in the something in-between range.
In October I spent a week with a group of men who were willing and able to
spend uninterrupted time seeking God, following Jesus and listening to Holy
Spirit. These men found forgiveness, passion, and true freedom in their search .
To these men and many more like them, Jesus is definitely a conquering King. He
is more than that however, He is intentional. Jesus gave a clear commandment to
His followers then and now. He said in Matthew 28 “Go therefore and make dis-
ciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and
the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you;” He wants
us to proclaim freedom to prisoners and liberty to captives. He wants us to bring
good news to others. We can celebrate His birthday this week and remember that
He came as a baby but we can’t leave Him in the manager. We must recognize all
that He did for us and that He is coming back a conquering King and we have to
take the same glad tidings that the angel delivered to the shepherds.
“Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be
for all the people; 11 for today in the city of David there has been born for you a
Savior, who is Christ the Lord.”
I think of Him as that and that and
everything in between.
Renee Jurek, Pellston
I always thought of Him as a young
man.
Steve Yoder, Levering
Because it's Christmas season I think
of Him as an infant.Otherwise I think
of Him as an adult.
Jeanne Waterson, Petoskey
A shepherd.
Greg O'Brien, Petoskey
Thoughts on...How do you see Jesus, Baby,conquering King or something in between??
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Featured HomeOn the Market
Top 6 Reasons
Mortgage Applications are Rejected Compliments of Ed Wohlfiel
Part 1 of 2
Half of refinance applica-tions are abandoned orrejected, as are 30 percent of purchase mortgage applica-tions, according to theMortgage Bankers Association. All told, theFederal Financial InstitutionsExamination Council (FFIEC)says that well over 2 millionmortgage applications wererejected last year.
Want to avoid falling intothat number? It’s tough —especially in light of the factthat mortgage lenders havebecome increasingly restric-tive in terms of their lending guidelines since the housing market crash.
Here, as a cautionary taleand primer on what to expect,are the top three reasonsmortgage lenders reject appli-cations.
1. Income issues. Mostfailed applications falling into
this category have income toolow for the mortgage amountthey are seeking; often, aspouse’s credit issues can cre-ate this problem, too, as theincome the spouse plans toactually chip in toward themortgage cannot be consid-ered by a lender.
But increasingly, the recentvagaries of the job market arealso causing this issue, aspeople who have changedtheir line of work or havechanged from salariedemployee to freelancer overthe last couple of years canalso have their home loanapplications rejected basedon income.
2. Muddled money matters.If the mortgage for which you’re applying plus yourmonthly payments on creditcard, car and student loandebts will comprise morethan 45 percent of your totalincome, you could have prob-lems qualifying for a homeloan. You might also run intoproblems if you rely too heav-ily on bonuses, overtime, cash wages or rental income — allof these can be difficult orimpossible to get a mortgagebank to consider, and if they do, they might not take all of itinto account.
3. Credit issues. Today, themortgage-qualifying FICOscore cutoff falls somewhere
between 620 and 660,depending on which lenderand which loan type you seek.More than one-third of Americans, by some num-bers, have credit scores toolow to qualify for a homeloan. Even if your credit scoreis high enough to qualify, if you have any late mortgagepayments, a short sale, a fore-closure or a bankruptcy in thelast two years, loan qualifying could be difficult to impossi-ble.
Part 2 next week
5421 Redwing Court, GaylordContact; Ellie McGovern Real Estate One, Gaylord (989) 705-8284
Real Estate
By Jim Akans
Situated on four private lots on a peaceful cul-de-sac with
lots of frontage on a small lake, this custom built log sided
home is a nature lover’s delight. Located in the Lake
Arrowhead neighborhood southwest of Gaylord, the new
homeowners of this wonderful retreat can also enjoy the
Lake Arrowhead community’s amenities, such as a beach
and swimming pool.
The home offers over 1,100 square feet of beautifully fin-
ished living space, which includes two nicely sized bed-
rooms, bath, and an open living, dining and kitchen area
that provides a spacious setting for entertaining or relaxing
with the family. The living and dining areas feature maple
hardwood flooring and tongue and groove wood walls, and
the kitchen is highlighted by tile flooring, gorgeous wood
cabinetry, and a convenient peninsula snack bar.
But that’s not all. There is also a detached three-car garage
with fieldstone accents on the property with a large attached
finished area with tile flooring that could be utilized for
guest accommodations, a recreation room, a f irst-class “man
cave,” or whatever the new homeowner’s imagination or
needs require.
As mentioned, the stunningly beautiful property features359 feet of frontage on a small lake, blending perfectly into a
setting filled with pines and hardwood trees…creating an
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ing home and property is listed at $129,900. Call Ellie
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COUNTY ON M ARKET SOLD UNITS SOLD UNITS A VAILABLE
Alcona 0 $0 0 0 Alpena 213 $638,000 2 327 Antrim 147 $97,600 2 55Cheboygan 0 $0 0 454Crawford 52 $25,000 1 215Mackinac 0 $0 0 72Montmorency 156 $19,500 1 193Oscoda 208 $28,000 1 138Otsego 180 $551,300 6 381Presque Isle 168 $70,000 1 263
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