Clares Jeff Staten and Gladwins Tyler Boylen lock-up horns on the tundra.

The Gs upend the Pioneers

By Clint Kern

Clares captain Mitch Greenacre glares over at Coach Haggart and collects the formation. CHSs defense battered.

CLARES NIVISON AND HARPER SHINE AT JAMBOREE

CLARE The initial Jack Pine Conference Jamboree was hosted by Clare at MMCC. The Pioneers left no question as to who the leagues juggernaut program is for men and women. Its nice to see Houghton Lake has reactivated their cross country program. Clares Hunter Nivison scalded his way to the triumph with his time of 17:05. His Pioneer teammate, Lucas Combs sliced through the trails to record a 17:19,
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Pioneers punish Eagles

CLARE The Pioneers defense really exercised their power as they flew to the ball and tackled downhill. The gang tackling Pioneers were led by the usual names such as juggernauts: Taylor Meixner, Mitch Greenacre and Patrick Hughes. But tonight Colton Punches, Logan Emery, Joe McGuire, Spencer Harrell, Anthony Whitehead and Nick Monitin all stepped their games up greatly. Clare dominated this Tobacco River Rivalry game, winning convincingly 37-6. On the opening drive, Farwells Jacob Turner slung a bullet
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TANNER TOUCHTONE
Farwells Tanner Touchtone, Keegan Rohdy and Noah Wilson all ran hard.

CL ARE Its not an inter-county war, but the Gladwin versus C lare saga across the board in all sports may be as big a rivalry as there is in the JPC region. Theres still something fiercely unique about the inter-county battles, (Houghton L a ke v s R o s c om m on , Fa r w e l l v s Ha r r i s o n , Gladwin vs B eaverton for example because of shear proximity), along with Beaverton vs Meridian and Clare vs Meridian, the Gladwin vs Clare quarrels have been as physically fiery and intense as a Zinser family rodeo. The Flying Gs most for middable foe from top to bottom concerning all sports is Clare, this has produced some high adrenaline, wildly intense, extreme a c t i on g a l ore af f ai r s .
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garnering the runner-up spot. Former Clare standout, current Farwell leader, Brandon Frank stumbled across the finish line just inches ahead of the bull-rushing Kyler Phillips from Clare who finished with a flurry. Franks finishing time was 17:24.10 and Phillips time was 17:24.20. Farwells four year stalwart, Luke Schultz snatched the fifth spot with his time of 17:38. Clares Kevin Spicer-Torres tallied a 17:48, only a sophomore to obtain the sixth place spot. Roscommons Matt Brotherton ran a 17:54 to collect the seventh place to round out the first team All-JPC list. Beavertons Zeke Dassay compiled a strong time of 17:59. The ninth place finisher was Joe Bowen of Farwell who tallied a time of 18:29. His Eagle mate, Trevor Staley was just a hair

CHSs Hunter Nivison had the fastest time, 17:05.

behind him to garner the 10th place spot with his time of 18:31. Gladwins Nick Voise churned his legs through the woods to earn the 11th place spot via his recorded time of 18:34. Harrisons Brendan Taylor ran an 18:40 to garner the 12th place position. Jason Graham of Houghton Lake collected the 13th place spot with his time of 18:46. Dalton MacDormott of Harrison ran his way to the 14th position which gave him the last spot on the second team All-JPC list. MacDormott ran to a finishing time of 19:05.

Clares Chase Field ran a 19:20 to earn the 15th place. Zach Babcock from Beaverton ran a 19:25 to collect the 16th spot. Brock Demo of Clare fluidly galloped to a time of 19:31 to garner the 17th place spot. Beavertons Travis Sleight and Erik Maxwell ran times of 19:37 and 19:40 respectively to earn the 18th and 19th places. Kurt Meister of Farwell ran a 19:41 right on Maxwells heels to gather the 20th place. Sanfords Dan Burns ran a 19:48 to garner the 21st place. Farwells Glenn McDaniels earned the 22nd place. Sanfords Josh Gingery finished in 23rd place. Sean Pickard from Gladwin earned the 24th spot. Cameron Disbrow of Farwell ran his way to 25th place. Dallas Gibson of Gladwin earned the 26th spot. Gladwins Roger Willford ran his way to the 27th place. Phillip Hale of Harrison earned the 28th spot. Casey Owens and Nick Warner, both of Meridian placed 29th and 30th respectively. Clares Victoria Harper was the victorious lady as she had the lowest time out of all the females, running a 19:49. Fellow Lady Pioneer, Lindsay Winter ran a 20:12 to earn the runner-up spot. Brooke Colville of Harrison ran a 21:13 to garner the third place bronze. Clares Robyn Stanley, Sadie Phillips and Melissa Benchley were all bunched up collecting the fourth, fifth and sixth places with finishing times of 21:45, 21:49 and 21:53. Meridians Breanna Koon ran a 21:54 to get the seventh spot. Contessa Hammond of Farwell recorded a 22:15 for eighth place. Madison McPhee of Clare ran a 22:22. Paige Gould of Clare ran a 22:37 for 10th place. Emma Orvosh of Meridian earned the 11th place spot with her time of 22:48. Gladwins Shania Paisley rumbled for a finishing time of 23:14 to collect the 12th place spot. Rae Bundoff of Harrison ran to the 13th place with her time of 23:20. Kaitlyn Grove of Gladwin ran a 23:20 as well to gather a tie for 13th. Raylene Ramirez of Harrison ran a 23:22 to earn the 15th place spot. Roscos Erica Frye was close behind with her time of 23:24. Meridians Hannah Stockford tallied a time of 23:27 to earn the 17th spot. Harrisons Kayla McKenna ran a time of 23:44 to collect the 18th spot. Molly Blanchard of

Above, Farwells Cameron Disbrow, Gladwins Brett Walker and Meridians Nick Warner gallop through the MMCC trails, wrangling for position. Middle, Clares Lindsay Winter has been one of the elite runners in the area. She scored the quickest time down at Holly. Winter finished runner-up at the JPC Jamboree. Far right, Harrisons Brooke Colville turned in a good race, she finished 3rd in the league.

Rosco ran a 24:06 to obtain the 19th place. Kaylee Bremer of Sanford attained the 20th spot by tallying a time of 24:12. Roscos Sara Rowan earned the 21st spot. Clares Brooke Beatty galloped her way to the 22nd place. Casey Bishop of Gladwin earned the 23rd place. Roscos Kara Savage obtained the 24th spot. Clares Olivia Walworth hustled in to attain the 25th place. Houghton Lakes Brianna McGregor ran a 24:57 to collect the 26th spot. Julie Swinehart of Farwell grinded the trails to gather the 27th spot. Clares Amanda Yates trail blazed her way to the 28th place. Kayli

Kozumplik of Rosco and Roccio SpicerTorres of Clare finished in 29th and 30th place respectively. The Clare boys harrier squad, Coach by Coach Adam Burhans took 2nd place at the heralded Holly Invitational. Hunter Nivison tallied a time of 16:59 to finish 3rd overall. The Clare girls cross country squadron conducted by Coach Kyle McKown was very proud of his Lady Pioneer harriers as they finished in 4th out of 20 teams at the prestigious Holly Invite. They were spearhead by Lindsay Winter and her time of 20:17.

PIONEERS SLASH-DANCE IN JPC CROSS-COUNTRY SHOWDOWN

The Clare Girls cross-country team finished 4th out of 20 teams at the Holly Invitational on Saturday. The meet featured many of the top ranked teams in the state and the pioneers were able to run right with the top teams. Hanover Horton won the meet with 107 points, followed by Caro in 2nd with 110, Flint Powers in 3rd with 114, and the pioneers of Clare in 4th with 127 points. The Pioneers were led up front by Lindsay Winters 10th place finish (20:17) and Victoria Harper in 12th (20:22). Robyn Stanley finished 33rd with a time of 21:33. All three girls earned medalist honors on the day. Melissa Benchley dropped 52 seconds off of her seasons best time en route to a time of 21:55 and a 40th place finish. Sadie Phillips rounded out the top 5 for the pioneers with a time of 21:57 and a 42nd place finish. Madison McPhee finished 59th with a seasons best time of 22:40 and Paige Gould rounded out the Varsity squad with a 74th place finish and a time of 23:27. In the junior varsity race, Clare was led by Olivia Walworths time of 24:27, who was followed closely by Brooke Beattys time of 24:42. Rocio SpicerTorres had another time drop on the season, finishing with a time of 25:47, Megan Sheredy finished with a time of 26:34, and Samantha Warner finished with a seasons best time of 27:01. The Clare boys cross country team landed second-place honors at the prestigious Holly Invitational on Saturday, September 15. The Pioneers tallied 101 points on the day, and were bested by DII Croswell Lexington, who won with 60. This is a tough course with tough competition, said coach Adam Burhans. To take a trophy here is always an honor. The kids ran some decent times. Leading the way for Clare was Hunter Nivison, who nabbed third in time of 16:59. Lucas Combs followed in 17:37, Kyler Phillips in 17:50, Kevin Spicer-Torres in 17:54, and Riley Crawford in 19:15. Additionally, Nick Wertheimer set a season PR with 22:09. The Pioneers host the first conference Jamboree on Wednesday, September 19.

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Coach Steve Evans: Fun at Work, and dedication to his team and community. A Q&A session with Beavertons Volleyball coach.
By: Eric Dion Coaches are inspirational, discipline-oriented people, that instill a strategy and work hard every year to get the most out of their handpicked squad. However, it does not say anywhere in the coaches handbook that you cannot have fun along the way. Beavertons Varsity Volleyball coach is finding success in the conference, and having some laughs along the way Jack Pine Tribune: Did you play sports as a kid? What types? Coach Evans: When I was a kid, I played every sport. In high school, I played golf, basketball and ran track. Basketball was my favorite sport, but I just wasnt quite good enough to play much. I soon realized that golf was my best sport and started to focus more on that. I was fortunate to receive an athletic scholarship for golf in college. J P T: W h a t g o t y o u i n t o coaching? CE:I love mentoring, teaching and coaching. Each and every day our kids are shaped by their culture. Unfortunately, much of their culture shapes them in a negative way. Media is a good example of that. I feel if we have an opportunity to contribute to the culture of our kids in a positive way that will help them in life then we should jump at the opportunity. I also love sports. I jumped at every chance I had at playing competitive sports. After college, I really missed that. I know a lot about golf and just love coaching and teaching volleyball. Soon after college, I realized coaching was a good opportunity to do something I love and contribute to kids lives in a positive way. JPT: How many years have you coached? What sports have you coached? CE: I have been the Assistant Golf Coach at Clare for 16 years. I have really enjoyed coaching with Chris Fedewa for all those years. I volleyball strategy, the more I wanted to coach. I volunteered at Skeels Christian for 3 seasons before taking on the freshman girls at Clare for 2 seasons. This is my fourth season at Beaverton. JPT: What hobbies do you have outside of coaching? CE: Coaching is my hobby. I used to be in bowling and golf leagues, but I removed some things that take up time away from my wife Jessica and 2-yearold Sarah. Nothing in my life is more enjoyable than spending time with my family. JPT: Do you do any type of community service or volunteer activities that you do? What are they? Why did you decide to do them? C E : I have assiste d Bonnie Rae Walter for 16 years in the Clare FCA (Fellowship of Christian Coach Steve Evans and his lovely family. This displays that hes not only a terrific youth pastor and a Athletes). When I moved coach, but hes also a caring husband and nice dad. here, Bonnie said, I am your friend and you have met some great young men should help me with this. I said in Clare over that time. yes. I really love working with Golf was natural for me. My Bonnie and the young men and dad and I have golfed together women in the Clare FCA. since I was able to swing a club JPT: Who are some of your most and not hurt someone. Volleyball memorable athletes you have was something I did for fun. I coached? Why? had a good friend in college that CE: Every player I have coached was coaching at the high school is memorable to me. I tell my level in Indiana. We had many teams that, whether you like it discussions about volleyball and or not, once you are on our team coaching. The more I learned you become part of our family. about the intricate workings of We care about you more than as a player on our team and we will always care about you. That doesnt stop when you graduate. I wont name them, but in golf we have had club simulating helicopter blades, a golf bag full of live turtles, 66 on a tiny moped with a golf bag, loops that would make Butch Harmon quit, golf cart kamikaze, cowboy hat + Pistons Jersey + basketball shorts + golf shoes = golf uniform?, after golfing with us, shes probably going to need therapy, and my favorite. . . Coach asked, Why do you swing so hard? Player, Coach, chicks digs the long ball. (he wasnt joking) In volleyball we have had bulldozer setters, arms extended runners, faces made of volleyball magnets, did that spike hit the back wall, did that serve go 6 or 7 feet, team pet crab, Fruit Loop strategist, hanging off the net holder, and help! but I will run you over anyway. JPT: What do you feel is the most important thing a coach needs to teach their studentathletes? CE: Be an all-star teammate. Honor the responsibility that is expected of you as a student athlete. Represent your school on and off the court. Treat opponents with respect and show good sportsmanship at all times. Own it when you make mistakes on or off the court. Never let yourself settle for effort short of your potential.

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Rachel Dupre: Willing to Assist

By: Eric Dion Rachel Dupre is a junior at Gladwin High School, and can be currently seen guarding the front lines of the volleyball court, awaiting a chance to use her height to block, or her arm to lay down a high-speed volleyball kill. She is also a force on the courts come basketball season, and she shows her skill of in the spring by losing balls over the fence in softball too. On top of that, she finds time to sling the marble down the alleys in bowling. Having coached for years, I have had the privilege of working with Rachel, and she struck me as an overall nice person, as well as a great team player and a great asset to any team she is on. She once again impressed me with her responses to the questions I had asked her. Jack Pine Tribune: Who were your favorite coaches? R achel Dupre: C oach and C o a c h e tt e S h e are r are my favorite coaches. They know how to put a winning team together, and know the correct drills to discipline and better their team. JPT: Who are some of your favorite teammates? RD: Dani Balzer is one of my favorite. She is an all-around amazing athlete. I watch her on the courts and tr y to be like her, she is my role model for volleyball and basketball. Another favorite would have to be Mallory Cote. When the team is down, Mallory is the one to pump the team up, which changes the way that we play. I love the fact that she does that and I respect it tremendously. JPT: What groups or organizations do you belong to? RD: Other than sports, I am a member of the National Honor Society. It is truly an honor to be a part of that, knowing I was able to play four sports and still maintain solid academic skills. JPT: What kind of community service have you done? RD: Helping out at Thunder on the Strip is the biggest chunk of

community service I have done. I also help with the younger kids during sports camp as well. There is a penny carnival coming up through church that I will be helping in. JPT: What has sports taught you about being a productive member of society and giving back to the community? RD: Before sports, I did not think much about community service. Now that I have done it and experienced the feeling, I am very thankful I got involved. It made me very happy knowing that I helped someone out, and

the smiles of appreciation were great knowing that I helped someone with something they needed. JPT: What kind of community project would you like to do in Gladwin in the near future? RD: Raising donations of food, toys, or supplies for the less fortunate families in need would be great. No one deserves to live in poverty, and many would agree that there could be more done to help needy families in the area.

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Clares Brock Demo was dribbling around Gs all night, attempting to set his Pioneer mates with clean shooting lanes, but they failed to convert. Gladwins Curtis Roggow had a lot to do with that as he was everywhere.
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Gladwin hammered Clares offensive and kept them at bay virtually the entire game. Clares defense was rugged and swift, but Gladwin dictated the ebb and flow, especially early in the second stanza when the Gs flexed and took over. The score didnt really indicate the Gladwin control of possession of the ball. The Gs collected a 2-1 victory. I was pleased with our effort for the game. My young team played a good techical game with sharp passing and trapping. Doug, the Clare coach, had his team ready to play, replied Gladwins Coach Jerome Smalley. Gladwins crafty and talent laden freshman forwards, Jacob Garafalo and Keagan Hover were shaking defenders off of them and creating blitzkrieg surges by the Gladwin team. Clares Chris

Cooper was displaying agile athleticism and Jeff Staten was pouncing on loose balls to give Clare some of fensive momentum. Clares Jordan Hales was probably the most fierce and greatest anticipating defender on the field, he showed a penchant to properly read a pass and was able to bust them up before the Flying G forwards and mid fielders could really trap, control and forward accurate passes. Collectively, Clare was very alert and worked together on a string to pinch and shield their net. Clares Kyle Sweet was ultra impressive at anticipating action and blowing up passes to swipe the ball away from the Flying Gs. For the majority of the first half, Gladwin held possession of the ball and was displaying better passing and spacing offensively. Clares skillfully

Gladwins Keagan Hover was on full out assault as he ambushed Clare with a ferocity not often seen. Hover is another stalwart freshman for the Gmen. Look for Hover to assist and net some crucial goals for Gladwin before the season is over. Photos By Cody ORourke

drenched junior mid fielder, Brock Demo passed open a streaking Chris Cooper, who passed across to Bryce Carter who weakly squandered a prime scoring opportunity and Gladwins goalkeeper, Andrew Anderson gobbled up the slow rolling ball and punted toward midfield. The respective goalkeepers, Clares Eric Litke and Gladwins Andrew Anderson both benefited from ferocious team defens e, which usually halted and swiped away onward offensive charges. Although, both goalies were making wise decisions and giving just enough timely aggression to do their part at shutting out the opposing squadron. Freshman, Camden Dice entered the game and much like Vinnie Johnson nicknamed the microwave for his instant heated intensity and hot shooting, quickly gave Clares offense tremendous energy and excitement. Dice won the vast majority of the 50/50 balls that he was presented with. Clares Travis Walton came into the game and his energy made an immediate impact as well. Walton busted loose from a pack, chased down a loose ball and blasted a shot which sailed over the head of Anderson and boomed off the corner of the post and the crossbar and rolled out of play, allowing the Gladwin faithful to sigh in relief. Hayden Scott whos so smooth and soaked with skills, burst and shredded through the stingy Clare defenders, just before he locked, loaded and was about to fire a shot, Hales nose-dived and stole the ball from his control. At the recess, the game remained scoreless. Scott came out of the intermission with a ferocity that was not to be denied, he was juking and dribble driving past defenders and weaving his way deep into Clare territory, setting up his mates with shots. Garafalo was the recipient of a nice cross pass and he speared a header goal into the back of the Clare net to break the seal on the scoreboard, Gs led 1-0. It was evident that Gladwins Tyler Boylen and Gabe Teffner had came out on a mission and their energy was heightened, full of determined force. Boylen was swiping balls away winning 50/50 battles and sending dime passes. Teffner was smothering anybody in his zone and stealing the ball away instantly and igniting Gladwin offensives. Boylen received a sharp pass from Scott, he trapped, dribbled aggressively forward and launched Jordan Jacobs open with a beautiful pass. Jacobs smoothly controlled and used his off foot, his left to boom in a precise goal to the right corner of the net, giving his

Teffner swarmed Clare with a feverish intensity that was everlasting. Gabe is a warlord.

GABE TEFFNER
Hales is like a guard dog on the front porch. He attacks, disrupts and demolishes oncoming invaders.

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Flying Gs a 2-0 lead. Gladwins Taylor Cobb was pesky and relentless, giving his Gs a lift. Clares Aaron Stutzmen and Keagen Owens never wavered as they continued giving their all. Clares Brock Demo drilled a 45 foot free kick that precisely sailed over

Clares Jordan Hales fearlessly pounced on Gladwin.

Anderson head to give Clare a goal, 2-1 is where the final score remained. The focus has changed from wins and losses to limiting scoring chances against them and creating quality chances to score for themselves. The match Tuesday against the visiting Gladwin Flying Gs showed evidence that things are continuing to get better, said Clares Doug Helmling. GK, Eric Litke had 7 saves on 9 shots.

the line. He won his one on ones all game. HL ended with 4 shots on goal with 8 saves by Aaron Frey.
ROSCOMMON SECCUMBED TO A STRONG BELLAIRE SQUAD, 6-1

While I thougt we out played them most of the game, unfortunately that does not translate into a win. Our defense did not allow a score till 7 minutes l e f t a n d t h at w a s o n a s m a l l defensive error on pressuring and a keeper positioning. We were missing our starting keeper due to injury but the backup Aaron Frey filled in pretty well, said Our forwards Matt Murihead and Jimmy Garrett had a couple of good looks on their keeper even a few breakaways but failed to convert into a goal all during the game and with little help from the midfield. Big Rapids scored again under the same events as the first goal but overall the boys in the back played well. Ricky Press marked up their fast forward all game and limited him to no shots on goal. He was helped by freshman Jerry Welker. This player had 3 goals on us last game. Also, I thought fellow defenseman Chad MacAr thur played great bouncing between Def MId and

HOUGHTON LAKE FALLS TO BIG RAPIDS CROSSROADS, 2-0

The Bucks of Rosco were bombarded by a disciplined, well spaced, sharp passing B ellaire squad. Roscos Coach Tim McClure s a i d t h at t h e 6 - 1 f i n a l s c o r e didnt reflect how tough his team collectively played. He said it was tough with the wet conditions, but it definitely wasnt one of their goalkeepers best days, Karl Hahn struggled and made some miscues. Bellaire is a very good team each one of their guys can make plays. Former Roscommon star soccer player, Justin Severance is helping me, which is a tremendous boost, said Roscos Coach McClure. By Eric Dion Clare has been struggling to find a bright spot in their season thus far, losing most of their starters to graduation this year, and a majority more of them due to injury. Coach Helmling has worked hard to keep his team moving forward with their heads high, despite facing a winless record. T h e Pi on e e r s wou l d h ave t o deal with another loss last week, however, as Pine River stole victory from them with a 2-1 score. Hunter Seering got the goal for Clare in the first half with some brilliant
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ball play by his team, allowing him the chance to get open and put the Pioneers ahead. The first half would end with Clare on top and their spirits high. Clare was tight on defense during the second half, with Jordan Hales, Keagen Owens, Kyle Sweet, Justin Duffett, and Collin Duffett shutting down the Pine River attack, and setting up Clare for some quality offensive bursts. Unfortunately, Pine River found space to put shots on goaltender Eric Litke, with one of them going off his fingers and finding a crossbar, rolling over the line for the tie. Pine River put the game away with a corner kick that they converted to a goal, putting Clare down 2-1. The Pioneers would not be able to mount a counter-offensive, and would once again leave the pitch looking at a loss. The team may be struggling, but they are continually improving. Coach Helmling has been impressed with the tenacity this team has shown; they never quit on themselves or their teammates. Despite being winless this year, Clare has accomplished some great things this year with the players they have. Many teams would have folded at this point, chalking the season up as a l o ss and putt i ng i n a lackadaisical effort during the rest of their matches. What has impressed journalists and other

c o a che s is how t h is te am has banded together to fight for every goal they get, and play hard for their school and each other. This squad has grown immensely as young men, and should be proud of their efforts and accomplishments. HOUGHTON LAKE - HL defeated 1st place and undefeated Mcb ai n 4 - 3 . Pl ayof f i nte ns it y g ame u nd e r t he l i g ht s w it h a 7:00 start and big crowd. HL led 3-2 at the half. They possessed the ball pretty equally but the difference was their mid-fielders playing tight pressure and their defense playing almost mistake free and forcing their forwards to shoot off target or when the Cats tackled the ball around penalty line and sent it down field to their forwards. Brendon Hans switched to forward tonight and exploded with 3 goals, He had two in the first half, the first when he blew the ball between the keepers legs and the second off a beautiful low cross by Matt Muirhead, Kevin Roll added another off a breakaway again assisted by Matt. Mcbains second goal only came from a PK so the defense held up well. 2nd half Brendon came thru again slamming another off assists by Jimmy Garrett and Jared Roll. The defense held Mcbain off till only 55 secs left in the game bringing the score to 4-3 and the end of game.
HOUGHTON LAKE WINS 4-3 OVER MCBAIN

Spark-plug, Brendon Hans was moved up to forward by Coach Scott Bockelman and it paid immediate dividends. Hans booted in three goals against the previously unbeaten, very physical 1st place McBain Eagles.
Garett Stimac was a beast in goal with amazing teeth shattering headers for clears of which he had an astounding 20 plus 2 saves. Freshman Aaron Frey took over for injured Nathan Shavalia and played confident and aggressive having 9 saves.

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BEAVERS RALLY TO BEAT COMETS

COLEMAN Entering the contest, the highly touted, heavily favored Beaverton volleyball brigade was expected to bombard and demoralize Coleman. The Lady Comets have a different moxie this fall, theyre not going to be afraid of anyone, especially not their neighbors to the north. Beavertons star front row warriors, Laura Fassett and Kayla Balzer were suspended for the Coleman game because of discipline issues. Beaverton started out hot and finished with a flurry, but during the extensive majority of the night, Coleman out-played Beaverton and showed more passion and grit. The gnarly Lady Comets took a two sets to one lead, then Beaverton refocused and blitzkreiged Coleman to rally and destroy Coleman in the final two games, winning the match 3-2. Beaverton was awarded no speed limit passes on Bard Road at the conclusion of their border war victory. No offense to either ball-club, but theyd both tell you that the action was rather sloppy and sluggish through the vast majority of the evening. Errant passes, miss-hits and short serves generated the bulk of both squads points at times. Beavertons long, strong junior outside hitter, Janae Wolfe is one of the most complete players in the region. Wolfe can blast wallop a kill-shot that sends tremors of fear along the opposing bench. Wolfe is a very capable server and her defense is very underrated. When a player such as Wolfe has such tremendous height, (61), you just assume that theyre going to be a great front-court player and thats all most really notice. Not only does Wolfe have the ultra coordination to punish the opposition with her maddening spikes, but she also has the skill to bump, dig and pass very effectively. Wolfe buried a kill to give her Beavertonians a 17-9 advantage in the opener. Soon after, Beavertons Nicole Solomon cranked a hit that found a vacant cavity of hardwood canvas, giving Beaverton a 19-9 lead. Solomon spent all summer representing Line Drive Express in renowned softball tournaments all over the Midwest; she looks more athletic and powerful than ever. Solomons contributions will prove to be a key cog for BHS this fall. After both teams had a series of errors, Colemans Riki Gross boomed some service points for her Lady Comets, pulling Coleman to within 10 again, making it a 22-12 ballgame. Beavertons talent laden sophomore, Breanna Frasher drilled a killshot to conclude set number one, 25-15, Beaverton. Frasher sparked Beaverton off to a 3-0 lead in set two with some torpedo serves. Beaver errors and power stroke serving by Colemans Riley Murphy, were more than Beavertons defense could handle for awhile, making the

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Above, left, Beavertons Katie Hedrick giggles after she unleashed a torpedo kill-shot. Hedrick is starting to evolve into the dominant force that we expected to see. Janae Wolfe and Ashton Synder congratulate Hedrick. Wolfe was a menace along the net. Snyder played solid defense and passed well. Far right, Solomon and Frasher had splendid games.

score 7-7, then she increased Colemans lead to 10-7. Frashers hard hits forced errors, Chloe Zukers errors made it a 14-9 Coleman lead. Crafty Coleman freshman, Grace Staleys keen awareness and alert hustle created a couple more CHS scores, giving the Comets a 16-11 advantage. Errant hits and poor defense gave each team points. Solomon precisely dropped over a score to pull Beaverton to within two, 17-15. Haley Forbes committed a couple of errors to grant Coleman points. Then Colemans senior captain and libero, showed why she was selected as the privileged defensive specialist, as she sprawled with lunging digs to ignite the Coleman faithful, erasing potential Beaverton scores. Again Solomon was clutch with a boom smash kill, to lift Beaverton to within five, 22-17, but that was as close as the Beaverettes would get, losing to Coleman 25-17 in set two. Colemans emerging rookie stalwart, frosh phenom, Carley Starnes really began exerting her skills, as she made an extreme impact early in set three with her laser serves for points. Starnes pushed her Lady Comets out to a 6-3 lead. Then each schools libero, Beavertons Jasmyn Parker-Urban and Colemans Amanda MacDonald both dazzled the crowd with diving digs, this all out, no holds barr hustling efforts were contagious and other players on each squad began

sprawling to eliminate kills. This set was very nip and tuck. Fasher popped up a set to Beavertons wicked swinging Katie Hedrick who crushed a kill, to make it a 12-11 game. Frasher then sprung upward and dropped a hammer jack to knot the game up at 12-12. Chloe Zuker really began giving productive effort with her digs, bumps and she was working with great vigor to scurry into proper position to erase Comet scores. Collectively Coleman was more effective and committed less errors, with their lead swelled out to 19-14, BHSs Coach Steve Evans called a timeout to calm down his troops. It didnt matter, Coleman maintained their momentum and Starnes went on another scoring flurry with her monstrous serves. Starnes crunched an ace and Coleman was victorious 25-14, leading two sets to one. It was evident in set four, Beavertons intensity was wildly elevated, they jumped out to a 7-1 lead. Jasmyn Parker-Urbans serving blazed Beaverton out to a 11-0 run, finally Colemans Chelsea Gordon smacked a killshot to halt Beavetons scoring streak, Beavers now led 14-3. Hedrick and Frasher demolished kills, then Solomon flexed with a scoring barrage to give Beaverton a 19-7 lead. Colemans Cameron Blake whos relentless zeal and focused intensity scored a couple points for CHS, but

Solomon rocked nine kills and she was relentlessly bombing the Comets along the nets.

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Blake was ever-present. She tallied eight kills and 17 digs to go with 6-6 serving.

CAMERON BLAKE
it was not nearly enough as Beaverton rolled to the 25-12 convincing triumph. Hedrick ripped a double whammy of spike kills, then JPU dropped an ace to give Btown a 5-2 lead. JPU went on another service flurry to bury Coleman. Sophomore Miranda Coty played rugged along the net all night, she smashed a kill, but Beaverton was unyielding in the final set, winning in a route, 15-4. This gave the Beaverettes a 3-2 victory on the evening. In the 4th and 5th set my girls really made an effort to change the game. We picked up our effort, intensity and emotion, replied Beavertons Coach Steve Evans. Nicole Solomon led Beaverton with nine kills. Janae Wolfe rocked eight kills. Katie Hedrick rose up to boom six kills and four blocks. Jasmyn Parker Urban led Beavertons defense with 18 digs. Colemans Cameron Blake led with 8 kills, 17 digs and was 6/6 serving, Carley Starnes had 4 kills, 10 digs and 5 aces, Grace Staley had 19 assists to go with 11/11 serving and 7 digs. We had a slow start in the first game and then started to get warmed up for the second and third. We had a mental let down for the last 2 games and just really couldnt find our focus again. We have to be able to sustain our focus to be able to finish a match. We are coming together slowly as a team and will continue to improve as the season goes on, said Colemans Coach Anne McClendon.

Left, Haley Forbes gave Beaverton some productive minutes. Top right, Colemans Grace Staley displaying her soft touch, lofting a dime set. Fox and the bench helped CHS.

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Far left, Meridians Coach Goff s cool and calming eternal spirit propelled his Lady Stangs to remain unflappable and focused, allowing them to engulf Rosco in the final three sets. His soothing composure keeps his team confident. Left, Meridians Bri Yaroch is a menace on the nets with her uncanny ability to anticipate for blocks and kills. -Photos by Loren Dassay

ROSCO SUCCUMBS TO MERIDIAN

O n p ap e r, t h e Mu s t a n g s vol l e y b a l l b att a l i on l o ok s young, boasting four seniors but t he y are br i ng i ng a lot more experience to the table than most teams with Blake Garner, Kenzie Hall, a n d A l y s s a Va n N o r t w i c k a l l t a king qua lity minutes during the heat of battle last year. Meridians Zen-Master, Steve Goff wisely brought up those three sophomores and is now enjoying the advantage of h av i ng an e x p e r i e n c e d brigade of hardened warlords on the hardwood to do battle. The Mustangs overwhelming e x p e r i e n c e , t h e i r ove r- a l l athleticism and length were on full display, capitalizing on the mistakes of a young and gritty Roscommon team, three sets to one. But the X-Factor was the play of Meridians junior Lindsay Carmoney. With Morgan Cassiday out on the night, Carmoney worked the f ringes, facilitated the middle and orchestrated nice passes to her buzz-saw sluggers on the front line. The troika of Carmoney, Kenzie Hall and Amanda Decker working the ball to some of the premier high flyers in Sadie Hall, Bri Yaroch, and VanNortwick was huge. C armoney made the difference over the long hall of the game, as they rebounded from dropping the first set on the night. Having been ambushed by the Mustangs last year at the conference tournament, the Bucks ultra-competitive and w i ly C o a ch C ompton w a s looking to reclaim her crown as the queen of the Jack Pine Empire and it looked as if she was going take a clean sweep of the Mustangs as her Bucks took the first set in convincing fashion, 25-21. Meridian actually sprung out in the first set and held the lead with Alyssa VanNortwick curtailing around the corner, assessing the Bucks arrangement and engaging with force on a Kenzie Hall set up to slash in the opening points. In control of the serve, then Kenzie splintered the back line of the St. Helens defensive unit with a one-timer from the back line to make it a 3-0 Meridian game. The young Bucks answered back with their senior sledgehammer at the top of the net, as Morgan Romancky sprung loose, hung in the air, picked her spot and turned a precision Morgan Fluegel lob pass into a momentum changing blow to Meridians mid-section. Feeling the spark of energy, Romancky and Logan Hutek worked a little give and go. Romancky weathered a blow by Meridians Sadie Hall, popped the ball over to Hutek who read Romanckys thoughts and served her up a meatball on a silver platter for the boom-splash to knot the game up at 5-5. The Bucks look unified under their home court and went on an offensive barrage with Reagan Moffit dropping the big left smooth from the inside corner, Romancky carving in an Ace, and Katie Tozer contesting and blocking enough shots to give the Mustangs a point lead. And after Moffit brought down the thunder again from the clouds and Miquela Dault wedging in a one-timer from the serving stripe, the Bucks held a 11-8 lead. Meridians Bri Yaroch halted the onslaught, anticipated a Roscommon attack in her zone, and unfurled from the ground and counter punched back for the block point and the Bucks mishaps of placing easy kill blasts into the netting and not communicating allowed the Sanford ballers to take a 14-12 lead. The Bucks were able to find their mojo again, utilizing more t han just R omancky of fensive juice to reshap e the complexion of the game. When the Roscommon unit is able to capitalize on Tozer, M i c h o n Va n Wo r m e r a n d Mor g a n F lu e g e l , t h e y a re able to tactically attack their opposition at more angles and keep them on their toes. To z e r c r a s h e d t h e n e t , Romancky rejected a Meridian surge-blitz, and VanWormer g a s h e d t h e St a n g s w it h a dizzying shot to take a 18-16 lead. Again it was Yaroch setting up a speed bump on the Bucks romp to 25 with a block up front, but then the Roscommon crew got rolling again as Moffit unloaded the tomahawk rocket then tag-teamed the front lines with a double-stuff with Tozer to make it a 22-19 Roscommon lead. The tripled-headed dragon-beast of Romancky, Hute k an d Mof f it wor ke d the ball around the sidelines, setting up Moffit again at the apex of her jump and the Bucks took the first set in convincing fashion 25-21. But that was as far as the young Roscommon team could go against this grizzled and hardened team from the Shores of Sanford Lake. This core group of girls more or l e ss we re a l l ke y figures of last years volleyball championship team, big time ballers for the basketball squad, and most of them played for the ridged and dogmatically Coach Jamie Smith and her dominating softball squad. T h e s e g r o u p o f Me r i d i a n girls have developed in an environment of winning, so you knew they were going to come out like ragging bulls. And that they did, as they stormed out in the second set and exploded in typical Edenville fashion. With Kenzie Hall setting up shop on the ser ving stripe and slinging darts, the Bucks were pinned into the corners and pushed onto the back of their heels as the Mustangs surged out to a 7-0 lead. The Bucks were able to wake and insert themselves back into the game, riding the unrelinquishing will of

Roscos senior leader, Morgan Romancky exercises her leadership qualities by crash lunging into her bench to bump a ball back into play to erase a Mustang score. Romancky was one of the few Lady Bucks who consistently exhibited hustle all night long. -Photos by Loren Dassay

Kalen Church was a like a Tasmanian devil, spinning into a wildly intense whirling dervish sprawling, diving, and keeping the ball alive for her teammates. Only a sophomore, Church dug up 45 digs to help the younger Buck battalion keep pace with the Jack Pines defending league champions.

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Romancky and Mof f it but t he n Me r i d i ans Bl a ke G a r n e r, B r i Ya r o c h , a n d Alyssa VanNortwick started unloading their own brand of mayhem above the net. Garner flashed left and drove the ball cross-court to slip in along the sidelines, Yaroch walloped in a punishing assault, then Sadie Hall mashed in from the inside corner to make it a 18-12 commanding Meridian lead. The Bucks mounted another small resistance with Kalen Church steaming across the back baseline, sprawling and extending herself completely out for the dramatic lunge save to pop the ball up to Morgan Fluegel. Fluegel s ent up a rainbow pass to a converging Morgan Romancky to give the Bucks a kill-shot and some mojo to go on a four point flurry and cut into Meridians lead, 18-16. Then the Bucks tripped up, bobbled a few balls, and Madi Cassiday drove in an ace, then Yaroch came crashing down on a St. Helen att ack and

MHSs Melissa Reeves sliced in consecutive aces to grant the Stangs the rally win.

Bri Yaroch was a game changing, block haltering, attacking maniac for the Mustangs as they toppled the Bucks on their home turf. Although Yaroch didnt lead the team in kills, her attacks and blocks were timely and decisively changed the complexion of the sets to swing the momentum back in favor the Stangs. Yaroch is a gamer.

ransacked their Schwager to push round two to set point, 24-18. T he Must ang s p ol ishe d them off when Madi Cassiday retrieved a Roscommon spinner, slung the ball over to Kenzie Hall in the middle and force-fed her sister this years force de jure Sadie Hall for the big thrilla thunder stroke and ended the set 25-19. But for the Bucks C oach C ompton, the big disappointment was in the third set when her Roscommonites were up 23-21and the wheels came completely off. This is what happens when you have a young team and are out played and out hustled, said Roscommons Heather Compton. This was a learning experience for our team and we will build on this. If we want to get better, we will. But we are going to need more people step up. Or step in make a save, because after Yaroch once again jolted the Mustangs into position, Melissa Reeves snapped the will of the Bucks with back-toback unchallenged aces to put

the girls in powder blue up 2423 and Yaroch polished them off 25-23 setting the tone for the 25-18 win in the fourth set to clinch the win Wednesday and give them sole ownership of first place in the JPC. The win improves the Mustangs record to 18-6-1 and they are 3-0 in league play. Leading the team on offense was Sadie Hall who picked a great time to show up hitting a blazing 16 kills in 37 attacks. Blake Garner added 4 key kills late in the 4th game to help finish off the match. Kenzie Hall led in ser ving with 28 of 28 and 7 aces and Madi Cassiday was 18 of 18 with 5 aces. Lindsay Carmoney led in setting with 14 assists. Leading passer was Amanda Decker passing 33 of 45 with 10 digs. Roscommon was led by Morgan Romancky and Reagan Moffit with 17 kills a piece. Kalen Church had 45 digs while Morgan Fluegel and Logan Hutek added 17 assists a piece. The Bucks were crippled with 14 serving errors on the night.

Lindsay Carmoney stepped up her game against the Roscommon Bucks and facilitated the offensive flow of the game with masterful precision passes. Carmoneys execution was more statistically significant than her team high 14 assists, because her ability to weather Roscommon flurries and blast back by setting up her front line teammates allowed the Mustangs to reclaim the momentum of the sets. Caromenys continued development will be huge this year for the Stangs.

By Eric Dion The Harrison Hornets have been struggling for an identity all season long. They have a squad packed full of bright, talented youth and a potential to make any opposing team have to work hard for any points they get. When the Hornets play as a team they look unstoppable, but they are lacking a team leader; someone to step up and rally the

LADY Gs WIN IN THREE OVER HORNETS

team when they are down. The Flying G squad is also br imming w it h t a lent. The advantage they have is proven leadership from their seniors Dani Balzer and Mallory Cote. When the Gs play up to their potential, they are scary good; when they do not, they give up way too many points from simple errors. It looked like Harrison may have turned the corner early in the first game, with Erica Heckman leading the charge with her fluid hitting style. Gladwin was able to stave off the Hornets with hitting from Heather Govitz and Dani Balzer, but Harrison had too much power on the outside, and the game seemed to go their way early, with a 14-9 lead off a huge hit by Savanna Duggan that echoed in the gym. Gladwin would tie the game at 17-17 from smart play from Balzer and Rachel Dupre, and Harrison kept it close with kills from Heckman and a serving ace from Olivia Sharp. Gladwin began putting on a hitting clinic late in the game, with kills and solid serving from Rachel Dupre and Dani Balzer. Harrison str uggled to keep up with the scoring blitz, and Hillary Brewer could not find her touch in the hitting department, hitting two key plays out of bounds late in the match. The first game ended up 25-21 in favor of the Gs. Taylor B ondie started with the serve for Harrison in the second game, and put the initial point on the board with a solid service point. Mary Devine put in a couple of service aces as well early to put Harrison up 4-2. Erica Heckman kept hitting hard, and put one past the outstretched block of Rachel Dupre for yet another point. The Gs would not relent however, and after a kill and an ace by Rachel Dupre, Gladwin was back in the game, down 7-5 early on. Harrison put up two more points off a nice block by Taylor Bondie and Hillary Brewer, who stuffed JJ Willford and a nice tip over by Bondie as well. It was then Gladwin took over the match, and began carpetbombing the Hornets with huge hits from Dani Balzer, Mikyla Ritchey, and JJ Willford. Erica Heckman continued to pour on the hits, with Olivia Sharp feeding her the sets to keep

Savannah Duggan is one of the Seniors that could lead this Hornets squad to victory.

things close, and once again, the score ended up tied late at 17-17. Unfortunately, a few net errors by Heckman and more bombs dropped down by Dani Balzer, and the game got away from the Hornets with the score ending up 25-21, in favor of the Gs once more. Hav i ng w atche d pl e nt y of volleyball matches, I felt that Harris on could easily rally together and tear off a win or two, showing the determination and skill that they possess. However, the opposite seemed to happen, and the team that played hard the first two games came out on the court with a beaten look on their faces, as if the game was over before it began. Harrison did show some fight early in the match, with Erica H e c k m a n , Ta y l o r B o n d i e , and Hillar y Brewer showing determination. Dani Balzer and JJ Willford put on a hitting show for the home crowd, and Willford became a wall in the blocking department. Harrison seemed to unravel with every hit out of bounds or defensive error, and looked dejected without some sort of leadership on the court. Gladwin took the third game in

Dani Balzer was a kill machine against Harrison, putting up 19 kills. She also had 5 service aces during the match. Dani has become a leader for the Lady Gs, and is quickly cementing her status as an elite player in the conference.

a convincing 25-13 fashion. Gladwins coaches Marty and Katrina Shearer were pleased with the overall performance, despite coming out of the gate slow. Harrisons Coach Larry Flemming had to watch as his team unraveled in front of his eyes once more, and seemed to be searching for a way to get the Harrison squad to utilize the skill and ability they have at their disposal.

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Far left, Clares Ashley Petre did whatever it took to help her Lady Pioneers persevere and emerge victorious. Top, Farwells Caron White was a beast along the nets for her Eagles. Below, Clares Erica Packard has blossomed into one of the prolific hitters and servers in the JPC. Her enhanced production is leading Clare to wins. Photos by Kim Langlois

GIACOMOZZI LEADS CLARE TO SWEEP

FARWELL The archaic battle for the Tobacco River trade routes along Ludington Drive between the Clare and Farwell volleyball battalions was conquered by the Lady Pioneers. Farwell made stunning, electric comebacks, but Courtney English and Anna Giacomozzi finished each set to present their mates with the sweep, 3-0. Courtney English cranked a power stroke kill smash to give Clare a 6-3 lead. Clares Italian foreign exchange student, Anna Giacomozzi, just happens to be perhaps the leagues most polished volleyball player since Roscommons Laura Walker. Anna cranked a powerfully fluid jump serve ace to deliver a 9-4 lead for her Lady Pioneers. Farwells long-time volleyball standout, Jenna Hamming slammed a spike which was calmly dug up and bumped upward allowing Clares quarterback, Katelynn Smith to scurry underneath, square up and loft a perfect pass to a high rising hitter. CHS then committed a couple of errors to hand over Farwell some points. Then English essentially said thats enough and tomahawked a kill-shot that wasnt going to be returned, Clare led 12-7. Farwell kept hustling and forced Clare into some more errors. Clares stunning Giacomozzi elevated and swung-sliced a kill to make it a 15-9 Pioneer lead. Then Farwells elite made a surge. J-Ham ripped an ace and Caron White drilled a killshot to give the Eagles some momentum, closing the gap to 16-13. Hamming sprawled to erase a Pioneer score with a diving dig. Some Farwell errors halted their momentum, extended Clares lead and CHS had a 20-13. Giacomozzi jump served an ace to push Clares lead to 22-14. Clare just out-worked Farwell to collect the remaining points to record the opening set victory, 25-15. Erica Packard blistered a laser beam ace to give Clare a 4-1 lead. Shortly after, Giacomozzi boomed an ace to grant Clare an 8-2 advantage over FHS in set two. Collectively the Lady Pioneers were much crisper and fundamentally sound with their style of play than their counterparts from due west. Giacomozzi and Ashley Petree ripped killshots. Bailey Reiger smacked an ace and Clare found themselves with a 19-5 advantage. J-Ham rose up and drilled a spike, English reflexed to make an incredible dig, Hamming then, determined to get her Eagles a point, rocked another spike, this one landed for a kill, 19-6, this seemed to swing the inertia into Farwells favor as the Eagles started to claw their way back. Caron White dropped the hammer down for a couple kills. FHSs Kayla Kelly popped over a score to make it a 20-13 game. White walloped an ace after Ringwalt and Saupe had scored to make it a 22-21 ballgame. Then Giacomozzi smashed an ace, forced FHS into an error and Giacomozzi smoked another ace to give Clare the 25-21 victory. Terrific comeback by Farwell, they fell just short. Hamming sparked the Eagles early in the third set with two authoritative kills to give Farwell a 5-2 lead. Giacomozzi again squashed Farwells momentum with a thunderous kill. English then took the game over for a stint, scoring and erasing Farwell points. Ringwalt wouldnt let FHS fold, the game had numerous shifts, finally Giacomozzi, Petree and company made just enough timely plays to defeat Farwell, 25-22. Leading the Pioneers tonight were Anna Giacomozzi with 11 for 14 serving with 5 aces, 9 points served, 14 kills, 1 block, and 10 digs. Ashley Petree was 18 for 19 serving with 1 ace, 14 points served, 1 kill, 1 block, and 17 digs. Courtney English went 6 for 6 serving with 3 points served, 12 kills, and 27 digs. Erica Packard with 14 out of 15 serving with 1 ace, 9 points served, 4 kills, and 10 digs. Katelynn Smith with 12 out of 13 serving with 7 points served, 87 out of 89 setting with 25assists, 2 kills, and 13 digs. Bailey Reger with 8 for 9 serving with 3 aces, 6 points served, and 7 digs. Corinne Wezensky with 1 kill and 3 digs. Cassidy Campbell with 1 kill and 2 digs. Laura Walton with 4 digs. Alyssa Gillis with 2 digs, and Kendell Koch with 1 dig. We played a good match tonight serving very well, good solid defense, and Anna Giacomozzi and Courtney English supplied the offensive punch, said Clares Coach Tom Hurdle. I just wish we could maintain mental focus for an entire game, its disheartening for me because I know we have talent. We started slow and just couldnt get over the hump, replied Farwells Coach Jacob Sullivan. Jenna Hamming was 16-17 serving for 12 service points. She ripped 5 aces, 4 kills and 2 blocks. Caron White rocked 10 kills. Lauren Ringwalt had 12 service points. Emily Rawson tossed 16 assists. whole time, until Sarah Garrett again dropped in some great serves. HLs overall record is 14-12-3 and our conference record is 1 and 2. Maddee Winkler ripped 20 service points, 4 aces, 7 digs, 13 kills, 3 block-kills. Mary Rieger rocked10 service points, 9 digs, 29 assists, 5 kills, 2 block-kills. Sarah Garrett smashed 20 service points, 4 aces, 20 digs. Cassie Kuenzer boomed 23 service points, 4 aces, 13 digs. Hope Cameron smacked 7 kills, 2 block kills. Alee Winkler sliced 14 service points, 1 ace, 5 digs, 13 kills. We ne ver li ke losing , but we me asure our success on w h at w e a r e d o i n g o n t h e court. We walked away from the HL loss feeling good about where we areand where we are going as a team. We were in anew system with newpositions for some players, noted Coach Evans. Janae Wolfe walloped 16 kills and 4 blocks. Katie Hedrick drilled 14 kills and 4 blocks. JPU had 36 digs. Ashton Snyder had 34 assists
Hedrick, drilled 14 kills above the net and she rose up for four blocks to lead Btowns intimidation.

HARRISON JV WINS OVER GS

Lipovsky put up serious points against the Gs, and is an anchor for the Hornets JV squad.

ALLISON LIPOVSKI
By Eric Dion In a battle until the end, The JV Hornets came to play, and pulled out of the parking lot with a two games to one victory. Gladwin took the first game 25-20 over the Hornets. Carley Cote and Chels ea Day connected for most of the Gs points, along with solid serving by Dayna Fennell, Heather Beecher, and Janelle Dion. Allison Lipovsky and Danielle Cullen provided many of the service points for the Hornets, and Lipovsky was able to lay down some nice kills from the middle. The Hornets took the second game 25-19, with three service Aces by Toni Fletcher, compiled with solid serving by Lipovsky helping to bring in the points,

while Gladwin struggled w it h t he i r s e r ve and s e r ve receive. Add to that a lack of communication by the Gs, with them giving up 8 points from errors. The third game was wrought with errors on both sides, with the Hornets relinquishing points for rotation errors and Gladwin struggling in serve receive and passing. Allison Lipovsky put the Gs away with a service ace to win the final game 15-13. Both coaches were concerned a b o ut c om mu n i c at i on a n d simple errors that cause the match to look sloppy at times. Both of these teams can certainly play to a higher level when they follow their coaches guidance and remember the fundamentals of the game.

17-6-1. They downed Farwell 1625 and 16-25 in the first match and then beat Marion 16-26 and 12-25. Blake Garner had 11 kills and Madi Cassiday added 5 kills in 11 attacks with no errors. Bri Yaroch had 3 solo blocks and 2 assists with 5 kills. Morgan Cassiday led in setting with 8 assists on 22 sets and Kenzie Hall had 6 assists on 26 sets and led the team in serving with 13 of 13. Amanda Decker passed 30 of 37 with 10 digs. Melissa Reeves served 6 of 6 with 4 aces and passed 10 of 11 with 3 digs. Results for Meridian varsity vol l e y b a l l at t he B e a l C it y Tournament: Meridian advanced to the Gold Division with pool play wins over Breckenridge and Fowler by the scores of 25-10, 23-25, 15-7 and 25-19, 25-18 respectively. In Gold Division play the Mustangs lost to host Beal City 14-25, 1225 and tournament champions MERIDIAN ROLLS Concord by the scores of 10-25, 2522, 9-15. Decker Leading the Mustangs offensively was 30-37 passing and were Bri Yaroch who hit .394 on 38 she sprawled attacks with 18 kills and 3 errors, all out for 10 Blake Garner who hit .365 on 52 digs to lead attacks with 20 kills and 1 error, Meridian. Alyssa VanNortwick who hit .171 on 35 attacks with 12 kills and 6 AMANDA DECKER errors and Sadie Hall who hit .145 Meridian went 2-0 in Mondays on 76 attacks with 23 kills and 12 non-conference triangular meet at errors. Morgan Cassiday led in Farwell improving their record to setting with 28 assists on 89 sets.

Amanda Decker led in both serving and passing serving 41 of 42 with 6 aces and passing 86 of 119 with 19 digs.
BOBCATS EDGE BEAVERETTES
Kuenzer blasted 23 service points, including four aces, she also lunged for 13 digs.

CASSIE KUENZER
BEAVERTON The Cats beat Beaverton 25-16, lost to BHS 20-25 and 21-25, then they rebounded by winning in dramatic fashion 25-20, 16-14 to win. After game 1, I was really hoping the girls would put together a whole solid night. We quickly proved that wrong by coming out flat in games 2 and 3. We had 5 service errors between the 2 games which is more than weve had in a whole match all season. Luckily, game 4 we came out with some life, explained HLs Coach Angie Dalak. We jumped out to a 10-2 lead with some great serving by Mary Rieger and Sarah Garrett. Beaverton fought their way back into the game, but the girls worked together and got the job done. For the 5th game, we were neck and neck the

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In a game entangled with all kinds of implications for both teams, the G-men anted up and took it to the visting Roscommon Bucks. Gladwins Landon Grove punished the St. Helen boys with his run game, rolling in 194 yards and 2 TDs in the 34-14 Gladwin victory.
The Roscommon regime, looking to build on the years early success in league play with wins over Harrison and Farwell, rolled onto the Brokoff Memorial stadium with the intention of advancing their playoff hopes and avenge last years loss to the G-men. Gladwin, a team who has had their sights set on the playoffs since last seasons disappointment, were hungry to get back on track after losing to the Clare Pioneers last week. With a high stakes game so early in the season, Gladwins front line went to work, punished the Bucks in the trenches, and rang the victory bell to the tune of 34-15. It looked as if it was going to be another close back and forth affair, as it was the Roscommon boys initiating the surge up front, breaking up big holes for Caleb Jernigan and Brett Jobin. After both teams exchanged turnovers, the Bucks started off on the 44 yard line midway through the first when John Miller intercepted a Landon Grove pass intended for Meachy Trice. Miller sprung loose from up under center, read the gaps and sliced through a hole eight yards up field and then Jobin crashed in for a first down. With the Bucks flashing run, the Gs started to muscle up and sophomore Stephen Esiline mashed through the meat of the Bucks line and sacked Miller for a 6 yard loss to force a 3&15 situation. But on the third and long, Miller rolled right and slung a dart to Jobin who was mean-mugging down the east sideline and picked up the big 17 yard first down conversion. The march continued with Jobin and Jernigan gashes a few yards at a time, but the Bucks again found themselves in another long third down situation. This time Miller went the opposite direction and caught Caleb Jernigan in stride for the 16 yard strike and on the very next play, Miller slithered past a defender, tucked the ball up under his pads and blitzed to the corner of the end-zone to make it a 6-0 game and Drake Lewandowski split the up rights to give the Bucks the seven point lead. It looked like a ball gameuntil Gladwin went on to rattle off 34 unanswered points. Gladwins front line started to have their way with the Bucks. Esiline

G-MEN MAUL BUCKS

gashed up field for 23 yards up the guts, then mashed for another 2 yard plunge, allow Trice to turn the fringe on 3rd and short for the touchdown. Hayden Scott split the uprights and the game was knotted up early in the second quarter. The Bucks had a chance to counter-punch midway through the second quarter when Drake Lewandowski pierced through the interior and jarred the ball loose for a fumble recovery. Feeling the mojo pumping, Miller rolled out of the pocket, spun out of a tackle flashed left by darted right for a 12 yard gain. But the Bucks offense stalled as Lewi Janiga jammed Miller in his tracks and then on second down, Landon Grove broke through a blocker, anticipated Millers pass and batted the ball down to force a 3rd and 8 situation. On third and long with 6 mintues left, Millers pass to Alex Gojcaj into double coverage was batted down and the Bucks were forced to punt. The G-men took over on their own 2 yardline and wormed their way loose as the big bruising quarterback Landon Grove dropped the hammer, torpedoed himself through a brigade of marauding Fennell Bucks, and blasted up field monsterfor 12 yards. The Gs were munched on the matriculating up the field Bucks for at will and Trice unloaded 17 tackles. a torrent of speed, wedged between a pair of St. Helen MICHAEL FENNELL - GLADWIN would be tacklers and knifed 800-610-3780 up the tundra for a nice chunk of yardage. broke up field, riding the wave Top, Gladwins Brandon Wackerle and Roscommons Matt Holtcamp locking horns on the tundra. After establishing the run attack, of his meaty linemen, read his tackle. Jobin then again sprang lead. the Gs went to the air, but the Bucks blocks perfectly and bulldozed Kyle Kinnin weaseled his way into over half the Bucks squad for a 75 loose for another 14 yard gain, Out of the half, Gladwins mobthe passing lane and intercepted yard romp to pay dirt. Scotts kick then Jobin picked up another big squad went wild. Billy Rhodes, Groves pass to give the Bucks yet was good and the G-men were up 18 yard rush following a sustained Janiga, and Stephen Donn started Alex Gojcaj block. Set up in the wrecking guys, Roza and Fennell another chance to take the lead. 14-7 with 2:39 left in the half. But then the Bucks turned right The Bucks bounced right back red-zone, the Gs Lucas Schwager bottled up Miller and the Gs took back around and tossed a long and their rugged running back wrestled a touchdown pass out of over on downs. ball. With the ball arching in the Brett Jobin took matters into his the Bucks receivers hands after the With the ball on the 45, Landon air, Gladwins Trice cut across the own hands. Jobin found a little day two guys were on the ground to give Grove was licking his chops and field, lunged out and scooped up light, chugged and pumped his way take away Roscos score and give the starting making big man moves and little boys. Grove rolled over the wounded duck to set up shop through a wall of Gladwinites and Gs the ball on the 20. on their on 25 yard line. With churned up field with nothing in his So what would have been at least Mitch Tyler for a 4 yard gain, all the mass confusion and ego way between him and the promised 14-13 game and Roscommon then dropped the boom on Jamie deflation, Landon Grove quickly landbut Gladwins Josh Wilcox heading into half-time with the Hammond for another 10 yard took advantage of the Bucks and came out of nowhere and made momentum, the Gs had possession gash. Then Coach Shattuck started dialed in his own number. Grove a shoe-string touchdown saving of the ball and a full touchdown CONTINUED ON P.12

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Gladwins Meachy Trice came up big for the G-men defensively by halting another Roscommon drive that was nibbling at the end-zone by cutting across the green and going up and over the receiver to snag the interception.

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feeding the ball to Esiline for multiple poundings up the gut to set up the pass. Grove read the defense perfectly, slung the pigskin to Esiline in the flat. Austin Lagalo pinched down up in the corner, drove his defender out of the area to make the lane for a Esiline to roll unscathed and put the G-men up with 3:35 left in the 3rd. That same physical theme of the game continued for the rest of the night. Santana Molinari had a huge pancake block to open up a gapping hole for Trice blast up field, then the otherside set up a 30 yard screen for Wackerle to put the Gs in the red-zone and eventually the trenchhogs over w helmed the Bucks to give Esiline the 2 yard plunge to make it a 27-7 game with 6:20 left in the 4th. L andon Grove s core d one more time for the Gladwinites with 3:36 left in the 4th to essentially seal the deal. Roscos Caleb Jernigan tied

together a couple of nice long runs in the final minutes to score MITCH TYLER - ROSCO and he pumped in the 800-610-3780 2pt conversion, but it was way too little, too Caleb Jernigan paced the late for the Bucks in the 34-14 Bucks on the ground with trouncing. 128 yards on 18 attempts I have to start off by saying and a touchdown while Brett Josh Shattuck is one heck of Jobin added 77 on 8 attempts. a coach. We had watched his It was a good win for us sets earlier this week on film, tonight against a good team, so we werent surprised. We said Coach Josh Shattuck. tried to line up, but then he We were able to really run adjusted so give that man the ball tonight and gain 4 or a lot credit for readjusting 5 yards at a time and I think to what we did. He had us that made the difference. We confused, said Roscommons are a team that if we can just Coach Holloway. Dont get control the ball, we can make me wrong, Landon Grove is a that explosive play at some fantastic, mobile quarterback point. but we made him look a lot Landon Grove was 5-9 better tonight by missing passing with a TD and an a lot of tackles. And then interception for 46 yards. offensively, the run was Pacing Gladwin on the working for us and I knew ground were Landon Grove that it was and that is what with 149 yards and 2 TDs we should have stuck with on 18 carries, while Esiline so thats my fault. rumbled 82 yards on 16 The Bucks actually averaged carries and 2 TDs. 6.6 yards a carry over the Tr i c e h a d t h e o t h e r course of the game, gaining touchdown for Gladwin. 246 yards on 37 carries.

Roscos Mitch Tyler rocked 11 tackles and recovered a fumble.

(Top) Roscommons nasty and rugged Caleb Jernigan slashing across the field to halt Gladwins Brandon Wackerle in his tracks. (Above left) Gladwins Stephen Donn making a cannonball crunch into a heap of mashing bodies to stop the Bucks offensive drive. (Above right) Roscommons Nathan Thorton bellying up in the gullies, sustaining his block, and allowing the Bucks run game to roll up field. (Right) Gladwins Josh Dimond (#53) Roscommons (#54) Jamie Hammond and (#34) Brett Jobin look mystified as Gladwins Jake Roza and (#10) Michael Fennell double stuff the Bucks John Miller for a loss. Photos by Loren Dassay.

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to Jacob Sutton to move the chains. Then Clare stiffened up and forced Farwell to punt. Spencer Harrell did a superb job of catching the punt and getting some yards up field with Eagles swarming him. A couple plays later, Clares QB, Zack Tyler fired a dart down the sidelines, Hunter Ruby stratched out to make the reception, but he was whistled for offensive pass interference and Clare had to punt. Turner threw an interception to Brandon Ayris and Clare had possession. On the next play from scrimmage, Tyler coughed the ball up, Turner scooped it up and blazed 93 yards for the touchdown. The Eagles couldnt convert the extra point and they held a 6-0 lead. Seth Baginski, Ryan Simmons and

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Scott Jennings were hitting and they forced a three and out for CHS. Keegan Rohgy made a nice 18 yard punt return. Rohdy ran for 10 tough yards, then Turner sneaked for a first down. On the ensuing play, Turner fumbled the snap, Clares Taylor Meixner pounced on it for the turnover. Tyler ran for a first, then he gunned a seed to Ruby for another conversion. Bean Ramos burst up the gut, shook a defender, shed a tackle and rolled into the endzone to knot the affair up at 6-6. This is where the score remained at the conclusion of the opening stanza. Clares Logan Emer y crunch d ropp e d Tu r n e r an d C olton Punches made a nifty 17 yard punt return. Tyler made a nice decision

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on the option and exploded for a 36 yard gain. Ramos then bulled his way across the goalline for a 10 yard TD run, 12-6, Clare failed the extra point. Rohdy did a fabulous job to squeeze through a crease, gracefully keep his balance and fall forward for a 17 yard gain. Then Anothony Whitehead snatched an interception. Farwells Aaron Averill and Noah Wilson made some grown man tackles. Tyler slung a dart to Punches for 17 yards. Ramos gashed FHS for 19 more on the ground. Ramos muscled in for a three yard TD. Rohdy and Harrell had a wicked collision, both rhinos hopped right up. Wilson mashed through for an Eagle first down. On the following play, Turner dropped back and instantly was drilled by Meixner, he fumbled and Clare recovered. A d a m G o t t a n d Tr i s t a n Zienkiewicz were really playing tough, on 4th and 8, Tyler threw a 10 yard out pattern to Ruby for a first. Ramos plowed ahead for eight yards. Ramos moved the pile forward for five more, he went down and unfortunately stayed down. He was taken off on a stretcher. Tyler soonafter, QB sneaked for a TD plunge, granting Clare a 24-8 lead. Baginski did a nice job to break up the pass on the two point attempt. 24-6 was the halftime score. To begin the third quarter, Tyler cut for six yards. Then he slung a bullet to Brock Swan, who caught, shook a defender and amassed 21 yards. On 4th down, Ruby dropped a pass in the endzone. B o t h Mc Gu i r e a n d Ha r r e l l uncorked some nasty hits. Then Mitch Greenacre, the hardest hitter of them all, read Turners eyes, jumped the route and intercepted the hard thrown ball with his hands. On the next play from scrimmage, Tyler rode his fake, read the defensive end and exploded for a 13 yard touchdown. This time Ruby split the uprights and Clare was steam-rolling, ahead 31-6. On the next series on 4th and 9, Emery engulfed Turner. Tyler rolls 38 yards for one more razzle dazzle explosion to increase the score to 37-6 in favor of the mighty Pioneers. This was the score at the end of the third quarter and Clare milked the clock to keep the score the same at the end of the ballgame. The injury bug has bitten us, I feel terrible for Bean, he was having such a great game. Were playing better team defense, sticking with our assignments, reading our keys much better. Zack Tyler is playing hard, hes improving with his decision making, hes seeing the field much better. Whitehead really stepped up along with many others on defense, this was a good team win, exclaimed Clares Kelly Luplow. The captain, middle linebacker, Mitch Greenacre roamed sideline

to sideline to punish Farwell ball carriers. Greenacre led Clare with 13 tackles. Joe McGuire was coming downhill and filling gaps with authority to collect 11 tackles. Spencer Harrell was stuffing the run like a man on a mission, he also gathered 11 tackles. Nick Montini was a menace from his defensive line spot, he also brought down 11 tackles. Logan Emery was making his presence known and he tallied nine powerful tackles. We shot ourselves in the foot, we just hurt ourselves. You cant cough the ball up that many times on our end of the field, especially against a good team like Clare and expect to have a chance, Newcomer, Scott Jennings, was a machine beast defensively for Farwell, disrupting and reeking havoc. Jennings led Farwell with nine tackles. Slam wrecker de jure, Ryan Simmons crushed for nine tackles as well. Farwells brightest element on offense was the slashing of tailback, Keegan Rohdy. Rohdy rushed 19 times for 74 yards. Jacob Turner tallied 10 rushes for just 15 yards.

Above, Clares Brock Swan ran a crisp route, caught a sharp pass, turned up-field, broke a tackle and jolted the Clare faithful with his 20 yard reception.

The hardened and weathered Loomis man-beast was fully prepared to wage war on the Farwellians, as he bent bones and crushed the hearts of the mothers sitting across the eastern bleachers as he drove in 13 tackles and slopped up an interception as the preeminent defensive force in the Jack Pine Empire.

Whitehead is turning into that defensiveback that Coach Luplow is going to need to defend the Jack Pine crown. Whitehead snatched up 2 interception, was a crucial element in taking away the outside and providing run support with his kamikaze style of mass tackling the opposition.

Above, Spence Harrell and Colton Punches destroy another Farwell rush attempt. Right, Joe McGuire is illustrated meetin and blowin gup a lead blocker as he did all night. McGuire is a key cog on Clares destructive defense. Photos by Kim Langlois

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With his playoff life on the line, Coach Shattuck stuck to his plan and pounded the Bucks with his meaty quarterback for the Gladwin win.

COLEMAN SUFFERS HOME LOSS

By Eric Dion Coleman faced a tough Carson City squad for their homecoming game, with high hopes of continuing their two-year streak of home wins, and keeping Coach Klopf s homecoming record clean of losses. The crowd was primed and ready, and the pulled pork sandwiches they were serving were delightful. Carson City took the opening kick off and made an immediate impact in their running game, with Coleman relinquishing only 3 yards with the first two attempts, and Tim Anderson dragging the runner down 3 yards shy of the markers to cause a fourth and three. Coleman would unfortunately give up that first down and another one right after with two runs, followed by a huge run by the Carson City Eagles that would find the end zone. A failed two-point conversion attempt put Carson City up 6-0 Coleman took over after the kickoff, and after Adam Stremlow took a loss on a run attempt, the play shifted to the insanely good Tim Anderson. The running back cut and ground out large chunks of yards to get the Comets down to the 21-yard tied 6-6 with 7:10 left. A three and out by Coleman would force a punt by the Eagles, which Coleman managed to get in front of and tip high in the air, where Mitchell Franklin reached up to snag it, and ran it to Carson Citys 16yard line. Coleman had the opportunity to go ahead early, but two more overthrown passes and a sack with a small gain from Anderson on a toss forced the turnover on downs. Coleman struggled against the run once more, and allowed the Eagles to score with only 1:21 left in the first quarter. Coleman put the stop on the two-point conversion once more to end up down 126. The second quarter did nothing to change the score, with Dakota Fike leading the way defensively to keep Carson City off the scoreboard, with Carson City only able Tim Anderson is a smart, fierce to find some yards rushing, and Stremlow the Eagles, he is one of a kind. runner who has great field vision. He rolled for 114 yards and one touchdown against unable to find his timing with his receivers. Both teams headed to their locker rooms at outside that took him to Carson Citys 28 would find Chris Lovejoy in the end zone halftime looking for an answer to the lack and gave Coleman second and only three to tie the game 12-12. Despite a huge run of scoring from both teams. to go. The Comets went to the air twice by Tim Anderson who cut and tore his way The Comets came out with a renewed after with no success to end up at fourth to the end zone himself wit 5:20 left in the vigor in the second half with a chip on and three. Anderson would try for the first game to go up 18-12, Carson City rumbled their pads. Carson City down on a strong side slam, but ended up up the field to retake the lead in four plays, had a new game plan that a foot short after the chains were brought going 28-18. The game would end 28-26 involved making sure that out, allowing the Eagles to have the ball after another bomb by Stremlow to Chris Tim Anderson had no once more. The third quarter would end up Lovejoy for the score, but the Comets room to move, stopping going by without either team putting points were unable to put any more points on the him on multiple occasions on the board, and Coleman looked to be board. for no gain or losses in rolling into the fourth quarter. A huge pass the opening drive. Luckily, Lars Murray Lovejoy was able to make a and Adam Stremlow nice catch for a were able to connect late TD Bomb. on some short passes He is not easily to keep the chains stopped when he moving. The Comets has the ball in his hands. would once again turn the all over on downs CHRIS LOVEJOY to the Eagles, and once again, the Fike Zackary Frazer runs in the touchdown. He gave a great effort in the game. Reno was boys would force the hitting harder Eagles to punt, putting than Mike line. Stremlow overthrew two passes and the Comets on their own 32-yard Tyson. He had was involved in a fumbled handoff to put line and forced to march the field 10 tackles and a fumble Coleman at Carson Citys 31-yard line, once again. A QB keeper and a false facing a fourth and 21. Coleman went for start penalty put Coleman on their recovery for the Comets. it, Stremlow made up for his prior errors own 29-yard line facing a second RENO FIKE by connecting with Zackary Frazer in and 14. After another incompletion, the middle of the field, and he ran like a Stremlow connected with Jacob hurricane blast into the end zone for the Kipp on a nice pass that he took to the 36- by Stremlow to Jacob Kipp score. The Comets failed to bang in the yard line for a first down. Tim Anderson took the Comets to the two-conversion attempt, and the score was came alive once again with a sweep to the 3-yard line, and Stremlow Coleman was unable to contain runners in the trenches, and were run over. well. Jacob Sturh threw for 73 yards and had a touchdown pass to Randy Johnson, who also took the pass from Sturh for the twopoint conversion. Defensively Bret Coughlin led the Hornets with eight tackles. Nate Lipovsky Had 5 tackles. Ryan Hubbard put up two sacks for his team. Beaverton struggled offensively, with Scotty Longstreth throwing 16 for 28 with three touchdowns and one interc ept i on . Brad McDonald had five receptions for 123 yards and two scores. Roger Miller led Beaverton with seven tackles and one pick. Hunter Walter put up five tackles for the Beavers. Brad McDonald had 5 tackles with one pick that he returned 60 yards. C o ach Aaron S eis er found positives in the loss however saying, We are disappointed with the result but not the effort. We hope to rally together and be ready for next week. The Beavers face the running power of Farwell next, and are hopeful their team can manage to keep the remainder of their squad healthy for the year. Harrison hopes to ride this win to Clare, where they will face the Pioneers defensive onslaught. HOUGHTON LAKE - Early at the 10:30 mark, Meridians work horse, Zach Arthur plunged in from a yard out. Hoghton Lake responded when Brett Rowley busted across the goalline from four yards out. Meridians Josh
MUSTANGS SURVIVE A BOBCATS SCARE

By Eric Dion Harrison had been struggling for a victory this season, and refus ed to give up on their coach and team as they packed up and headed into the heart of Beaver country to face a tough Beaverton squad who has suffered a truckload of severe injuries so far this year. The Hornets would leave with a 41-20 win over their opponents. Jake Walraven had 15 carries for 155 yards and three scores. Kyle Fritzinger put up 70 yards on the ground and two touchdowns as

HARRISON EARNS WIN IN B-TOWN

Gillette sliced through for a long kick return. Then Sanfords Jacob Wenzlick gnashed the Cats for 22 yards, this set up another Arthur touchdown rush, at the end of the opening quarter, Meridian led 136. With 5:25 left in the second quarter Dustin Kinzer plowed in from a yard out to make it 13-12, this is where the score remained at the intermission. With 4:56 left in the third, Arthur burst around the edge and galloped in for a 13 yard TD. With 2:03 left in the third, Christian Petre rifled a bullet to Kevin Scheibert for a 77 yard touchdown pass. Dan Burns blasted the extra point kick up and in to extend Meridians led to 27-12. With 9 seconds left

in the third quarter, Houghton Lakes Jared Dull lasered a 70 yard scoring strike to speedy Nate Hudson to make it a 27-18 game at the end of the third. With 9:45 left in the game Petre scrambled for a 40 yard touchdown. Kopischka hauled in a 15 yard pass from Dull with 1:46 left to make it a 34-24 game. Petre threw 8-14 for 176 yards passing. Arthur amassed 121 yards rushing and two Tds. Jeff Franklin led the Stangs with 14 tackles. Joe Garner made 11 tackles and a fumble recovery. Dull was 18-30 passing for the Bobcats. Hudson had six receptions for 127 yards. Tyler Sluck had six catches for 107 yards. David Duncan led the Cats with 13 tackles and Dalton Bailey tallied 10 tackles.

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JUNIOR VARSITY

By Eric Dion The Harrison Junior Varsity squad defended their home turf, sporting a 4-0 record coming into the game. Beaverton has been marred with injuries in their Varsity and JV levels so far this year. However, their JV team plays hard from whistle to whistle consistently. All eyes have to be on Coach Lipovskys Hornets with the Varsity squad struggling so far this year, and the boys in blue would not disappoint the hoe crowd once more. The game started with a Beaverton possession, and they would find no room to maneuver against a stalwart Harrison defense. Facing a third and long, Harrisons Michael Taylor got past Beavertons offensive line, sacking Seth Gerow for a huge loss, forcing Beaverton to punt the ball away from their own 24-yard line. Thomas Nunnally would take the punt back for the Hornets all the way back to Beavertons 23-yard line. Nunnally would take the snap on the next play, and sling the rock to Cody Forster for the quick TD. Another nice pass from Nunnally to Zach Nowland for the two-point conversion put the Hornets up 8-0 with 9:32 left in the first quarter. The first quarter would end with Harrison on top 8-0, and looking composed. Seth Gerow would even things up early in the second, with a nice pass to Ryan Duvall in the end zone. Joseph Couture would take the handoff for the two-point conversion, and rumble his way in as well, tying the game up 8-8 with 11:53 left in the half. Despite getting the onside kick back, the Beavers were unable to put points on the board before the end of the half, with Josh Wilson earning a nice interception for the Hornets. Josh Wilson would take over with 6:00 left in the half and plow over a slew of Beaverton defenders for the touchdown. Justice Walraven added on the two-point conversion with a quick counter run that fool the Beavers defense to put Harrison up 16-8. The half time score wound up at 24-8, after Thomas Nunnally ran in another touchdown, and followed it up with the two-point conversion. Despite Beaverton playing hard during the second half of the

JV HORNETS CONTINUE TO ROLL

GLADWIN FROSH TOP AU GRES

Harrisons Thomas Nunnally spearheaded Harrison to another win. game, they could not withstand the Hornet onslaught and would end up losing 36-22. Coach Wentworth was pleased with his second half performance I felt that we ran the ball and moved the ball well in the second half. Our kids were getting off the football well in the second half. Coach Lipovsky was happy with his teams performance, but noted that they need to keep their focus to avoid mistakes like fumbles and bad penalties. The Gladwin JV football team beat Roscommon last night 54-14, throwing up some huge offensive numbers in an absolute route. Offensive leaders for Gladwin were Jake Shell with 7 carries for 65 yards rushing a TD and a 2 pt conversion on a pass from Kyle Bigelow, Charlie Allen with 6 carries for 51 yards and a TD, Kyle Bigelow with 4 carries for 69 yards, 2 TDs and a 2 pt conversion, Oshay Lewis had 1 catch for 16 yards and a TD, and Nate Craig had 3 carries for 10 yards and a TD. Richie Mathis rushed for 67 yards on 9 carries a made good on our only extra point and was 2 of 4 passing for 23 yards. Blake Roggow had 4 carries for 24 yards and Leon Corlew had 2 carries for 13 yards. Defensive leaders were Jake Shell with 18 tackles and a forced fumble, Ritchies Mathis with 14 tackles and 2 interceptions, Tristan Mitchell with 13 tackles and an interception, Kyle Bigelow with 8 tackles and an interception, Dylan Brooks with 8 tackles and Leon Corlew with 7 tackles. Also playing well on defense was Nate Craig, Blake Roggow, Jared Beecher, EJ Phillips, Brad Gallagher and Shawn Greer. We play at Meridian next week. SANFORD The Must angs of Meridian and the B obcats of Houghton Lake took turns trading blows, jabbing each other, but usually it was upper-cuts
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Knoll rushed for 24 and 44 yard touchdown runs. He ran for key 1st downs on 3rd and 4th down and he threw sharply.

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and haymakers, which yielded a dynamite, see-saw, 27-26 Houghton Lake JPC JV road triumph. HLHSs quarterback, Kurt Knoll launched a 32 yard that was received by frosh, Payton Dull. Knoll burst through the teeth of the Sanford defense for a 24 yard touchdown, give HL a 6-0 lead. Meridians QB, Monte Petre, responded with a 24 yard run, then a 11 yard scamper, then he capped the drive with a 25 yard TD rush. Matt Hoffman ran in the two point conversion, giving MHS an 8-6 lead. Meridians Tristan Dunlap made a ferocious sack, to force a punt. Petre then scrambled for 21 yards and threw a 12 yard strike to Tanner Kelsey down to the two yardline. Meridian fumbled the next play and HL recovered. Time elapsed in the half with MHS leading HLHS 8-6. Meridian threw a pick to HLs Drew Lindsay who made a long return to MHSs seven. Two plays later from the three, Payton Dull found pay dirt, extra point kick was up and through, Bobcats took a 13-8 lead. Sanfords Trevor Barrett made a nifty 47 yard kick return. Petre burst up the gut for a 19 yard TD, MHS regained the lead, 14-13. On 4th and 2, Hlakes Kurt Knoll churned his legs for three yards to move the chains. A couple plays later Knoll spiraled a 13 yard TD pass to Anthony Burtis to make it 19-13. Petre responded with another long explosion to make it 20-19 at the end of the third stanza. Knoll rumbled 44 yareds to make it 27-19. Petre answered with an 18 yard TD run, but they couldnt convert the two pointer and HL hung on to win 27-26.

Gladwins Coach Kent Allen went for the ground and pound and utilized his ultra-talented freshman running regime to topple Au Gres 32-22. John Mantei started the scoring barrage with a 5 yard touchdown splash and also had an interception return for a touchdown. Weve been playing JV Terrance Trice slashing up field. teams all year long, so that says something about this group of kids, said Coach Kent Allen. Drew Cantrell led the Gs on the ground with 135 yards and 1 TD while Terrance Trice added 61 and a TD as well as an 81 yard touchdown return for a touchdown. Cantrell and Trice were also wrecking balls on defense, as Cantrell recorded 21 tackles and Trice 15.

8TH GRADE G-MEN EDGE B-TOWN

In a tit for tat affair, as Beaverton came out of the gates hard and rode the big, thundering Brandon Heath to the first score of the night to give the Beavers the 8-0 lead. Gladwin held tight with their nasty defense, Beaverton sustained some injuries to key pieces and Drake Muma exerted his will from his running back position to hit pay dirt to cut into the lead for the Gs. Adam Smith gave Gladwin the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter as he darted to the promised land to keep the Gs undefeated so far in league play.
Above right, (#27) Gladwins Adam Smith storming the tundra for Gladwin. Right, Brandon Heath mashing for yards.

PRESS RELEASE
By the Gladwin Athletic Association
The Gladwin Athletic Association (GAA) is proud to announce that they will be dedicating the new Gladwin Flying Gs Memorial Flag Plaza at Brokoff Field (home of the Gladwin Flying Gs Football Team) at 6:40PM, September 28, 2012. This is the Homecoming Game for the Flying Gs who will be playing the Meridian Mustangs. The Memorial Flag Plaza is being dedicated to the memories of Linda (Bricker) Northup and George Weaver, both of whom were long time Flying Gs Supporters. The entire cost of the Memorial Flag Plaza is being paid for by the GAA from memorials given in Linda and Georges memory. Linda died in 1998 of leukemia at the age of 60 and was a 35 year employee of Gladwin Community Schools. She will be represented at the dedication by her surviving husband, Nels Northup (34 years as a teacher and football coach of the Flying Gs) and daughters, Lynnell, Lori and Jenny. George died in 2000 at the age of 79 and was a 30 years employee of Woods Implement and an AFLAC Insurance Agent for 21 years. He will be represented by his surviving wife, Barb (Redman) Weaver and daughters, Jill, Kellie and Wendy and son, Matt. We hope that many friends, relatives and supporters will be able to attend the dedication by the GAA honoring Linda Northup and George Weaver and see the new Gladwin Flying Gs Memorial Flag Plaza.

LIL GRIDDERS
Gladwin #1 vs. Beaverton #1

5th & 6th Grade Team

Terry Brokoff, Treasurer, Gladwin Athletic Association

The Beavers edged out the Gs 28-21 . Top right, As Kyle Schaaf #8 blocks, Ethan Levi #50 carries the ball into the endzone for a Gladwin touchdown.
5th & 6th Grade Team #2

The Gs won 12-0 in a tit-for-tat affair. 12-0 Pictured right, Austin Pahl #18 takes the lead blocking role as he paves the way for Nick Bullard #65. They teamed up to put the first points on the board for Gladwin. Below, Tanner Mielke #19, Jeb Bukowski #9, and the rest of the Flying Gs offensive line, hold the Beaverton defense to allow Gladwins quarterback, Kevin McKeever #31, to get the pass off.

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JR PIONEERS ESTABLISH SUPREMACY ON LUDINGTON ROAD CORRIDOR

FARWELL - Rivalry games always bring out the best in teams and Thursdays night game against their arch nemesis, the Farwell Eagles, Coach Haggarts boys unloaded everything they had from the onslaught starting with Zack Betzer running a long kick return for a touchdown, established a 44-0 point lead by half-time, and mashed danced all over the greens of Surrey Township in the 57-0 victory over the Farwell Eagles. After the Pioneers scored on the kick return, they lynched down on defense with Brenden Hensley and Tyler Gillespie f i l l i ng t he g ap s , mu s cl i ng through blocks, and halting the Eagles in their tracks. Unable to mount a consistent surge, the Farwell boys were forced into a punting situation and the Pioneers were primed to march down the field and create some separation early. We talked all week about starting fast and playing physical and that is exactly what the team did, said Clares methodical and tactically rigid Coach Dan Haggart. The physical play up front and riding the human wave of man meat in the trenches, the Pioneer torrent blitzed up field and rolled into paydirt with a little pitch to Betzer for another score. On the kick off, the Eagles bobbled the ball, got pinned up against their own end-zone, and Clare rugged and gnarled front line hunkered down in

Clares Will Boberg knifes across the field, unloading a flurry burst of speed in the hopes of slipping by a surging Farwellian Deric Szafranski. - Photos by Loren Dassay

quarter, the Eagles looked as if they were going to make a run to the land of milk and honey and unshackled themselves from the pharaohs grasp. Farwells Lucas Buccilli churned up field for a 4 yard gain. But as the Eagles went to the air, Clares Joe Huston broke up a long pass

Farwells Austen Weaver cuts across the fringe and looks to break loose from Clares raging bull, Brenden Hensley. (Below right) Ryan Seiter looks to drop a dime to Joe Huston - Photos by Loren Dassay

the trenches and ambushed the Eagles front line to force a turnover on downs and find themselves on prime real estate. After Clares Will B ob erg softened the fringes with a couple of slashes around the fringes, Clares Ryan Seiter ran the fake up the middle, tucked the ball and scooted around the out stretched arms of the Eagles defense to push the lead up to 22-0. Midway through the second

and the Pioneers were set up looking to go straight for the jugular. Right back on offense, Huston sprung down the sidelines, shook right like he was heading inside and then cut back and lashed out down field to jump up and retrieve the Seiters air package for another score. Ben Bates splashed and churned up field to convert the 2 point conversion and the Pioneers had established a healthy and

comfortable 30-0 lead with 7:53 left in the half. On the kick return, the Eagles again bad luck struck again and the field gave out as their returner slipped and fell, landing on the 1 yard line. Farwells Brenden Smith and Deric Szafranski tried to power through the meat of the Clares defensive line to establish some much needed running, but then on a big third down play Clares Brenden Hensley shredded a blocker and blew-up a would be first down with a missile-launch for an explosive stop. The Eagles punted again and Clare took over back on downs at the 6:34 mark in the 2nd quarter. Will Boberg quickly put his team in position to score, taking a hand off, riding a blocker and while anticipating the defense he spurted through a small crease in the arrangement and slashed up field for 20 yards. On the next play, Boberg again wiggled through the first wave of Farwell defenders, pumped his brakes to evade the onslaught and juked left and rumbled up field for another 10 yard gain. Clare ground-n-pound proved to be effective as Paul Cole powered up field for another 8 yards to set Betzer for another score to make it 38-0. That had effectively set the tone for the rest of the game, Farwell Eagle mishaps seemed to turn into instant points for the Pioneers like when Tyler Gillespie picked up a loose ball and rumbled and tumbled into the end-zone. Seiter was able to make clean strikes up field on weak defense coverage and the Pioneers flurried out the

running clock to a 57-0 victory. Seiter was We scored in all three phases masterful up under center, of the game; offense, defense going 10-11 for 2 and special teams. We even had rushing a safety. It was an outstanding TDs andanother in for team effort, said Coach Haggart. in the win over Rayn Seiter was 10 of 11 for Farwell. 82 yds passing and 2 TD and RYAN SEITER made good on a pair of 2pt conversions Hensley has a Leading the ground attack was human wrecking Will Boberg with 76 yards on 5 ball for the attempts while Alex Dysinger Pioneers as he led the team gnashed for 66 yards and a TD. with 7 tackles Betzer added 2 TDs in the one and crunched a sided affair. saftey for 2pts. Huston, and Walker both had BRENDEN HENSLEY receiving touchdowns. Cameron Foss and Brenden Hensley led the team in tackles Swan was an with 6 a piece. Hensley also a stump in the ground on the tackled the Eagles ball runner in offensive line his own end-zone for a 2 point as the Pioneers safety and Austin Walker had an rolled 57-0 against their interception.
rivals.

MAX SWAN