Jerry Welker played a tough gritty defense when he was on the field for the Bobcats.

Bobcats Pelted by Vikings

By Eric Dion

JPC AND TRIVALLEY HARRIERS INVADE EDENVILLE

By: Clint Kern EDENVILLE Sanford Coaches Andy LaFave and Jeremy Sampson orchestrated their annual Meridian Invitational. 113 Boys and 64 girls from Beaverton, Bullock Creek, Carrolton, Clare, Farwell, Freeland, Gladwin, Harrison, Merrill, Pinconning and Standish all converged on the trails of the Sampson Farm in Hope Township. Pinconnings Ben Hemstreet was the
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Gs Stun Cats
By: Eric Dion A conference matchup is always reason to be excited. The stakes are higher, and the games all have that extra meaning to them. The atmosphere was no different in Gladwin, as the Lady Bobcats visited G-Town for a battle on the wood in a volleyball donnybrook. The first game began with a flurry of scores, as Gladwins Dani Balzer fired the first serve into the net, and Houghton Lake gave up a point on a net foul. After that short exchange, the Bobcats took over command of the scoreboard. With the skillful setting by Mary Rieger,
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The Lady Gs came out sluggish, but ended up celebrating a huge victory in a five game showdown.

ALEE WINKLER
Alee is a vicious hitter and is a key component for the Lady Bobcats.

Houghton Lake hosted the Vikings of Grayling in a back-and forth battle for soccer supremacy. The two teams looked poised for a war on the pitch, and the Bobcats starting keeper, Nathan Shavalia looked prepared to stave off Graylings shots. Once the ball was kicked off, and the clock started, Grayling looked to take early control of possession; with crisp, accurate passing, as well as speed. The Bobcats did show signs of brilliance however. A quick passing demonstration put on by Joel Kubiak to Jimmy Garrett, who did a nice one-touch pass to Jared Roll ended up in a laserlike shot that careened off of the post and out of bounds. Bobcat forward Jimmy
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overall champion, Clares Hunter Nivison was just eight seconds behind with his 17:38 to garner the runner-up spot. Clares Lucas Combs was the fourth place finisher with a time of 17:53. Brandon Frank of Farwell ran an 18:18 to collect the eigth place spot. Pioneer sophomores, Kyler Phillips and Kevin Spicer-Torres finished in 11th and 12th place with their times of 18:54 and 18:55 respectively. Beavertons long-stridding junior, Erik Maxwell wasnt far behind as he compiled a 19:00 to earn 13th place. Farwells Luke Schultz gathered the 17th place with his finishing time of 19:06. Zeke Dassay ended up in the 22nd spot with his time of 19:42. Gladwins Nick Voise finished in 23rd place with his time of 19:49. Harrisons Jordan Taylor ran a 20:03 to collect the 25th place. Clares Chase Field was chasing right behind him to run a 20:06 earning him the 26th spot. Clares soccer standout, Brock Demo compiled a 20:21 to earn the 27th spot. Beavertons Zach Babcock ran a 20:28 to tally the 28th place. Meridians Danny Burns gathered the 32nd spot with his finishing time of 20:46. Farwells Kurt Meister finished in 35th place with his time of 21:06. His fellow Eagle, Glenn McDaniels was on his heels, as he ran his way to the 26th spot,

Beavertons Erik Maxwell always exerts maximum effort.

featuring a time of 21:07. Gladwins Sean Pickard ran a 21:08 was grouoped with Meister and McDaniels. Coming in after them was a pair of Mustangs from Meridian, Josh Gingery and Luis Korpal who ran 21:10 and 21:11 respectively. Gladwins Roger Willford galloped in for a 21:15 to earn the 40th spot. Cameron Disbrow of Farwell finished in 43rd place, running a 21:21. Meridians Joe Shuler ran a 21:22 to come in 44th. Beavertons Travis Sleight ended up in 47th place with his run of 21:38. Clares Riley Crawford tallied a 21:50. As far as my teams results, I am really pleased with how well the girls did. We didnt really have any expectations of bringing home a trophy, but as it turned out we were only 4 points away. I am ecstatic with that result. The girls ran really well in the heat. Kaylee Bremer and Hannah Stockford PRd by over a minute. Emily Maxwell, Brandi Robinson, and Rebecca Gordon also PRd. I was real happy to see Breanna Koon,

Emma Orvosh, and Kaylee medal. Hopefully we can use this as a springboard for the rest of the season, commented Meridians Coach Andy LaFave. As far as the boys, we placed higher than last year at our meet so that was nice. Joe Shuler, Chase Robinson, and Caleb Alexander had a good race. We have so much inexperience that I expect to be up and down early on, but we have some potential. We have to buckle down and get to work, but I have confidence in these guys and I think we are going to keep getting better everyday. Clare won the meet with 50 points in the lowest score wins system, while Bullock Creek was 2nd with 78 points andFreeland was 3rd with 79 points. The meet featured many of the league and regional schools, and allowed for many Clare girls to step up and to improve on the season. We decided to rest Victoria Harper, Lindsay Winter and Robyn Stanley and permitt some of the other team members to step up and they did a marvelous job with their opportunity, said Clares Coach Kyle McKown. Melissa Benchley led the way with a 3rd place finish (23:02), followed by Madison McPhee in 7th (23:29), Sam Gray in 10th (24:14), and Paige Gould in 14th (24:54). All four girls earned medalist honors. Amanda Yats ran a solid race finishing in 20th (25:44), rounding out the top 5 and securing the win for the pioneers. Rocio SpicerTorres (27:01)and Olivia Walworth (27:06)also ran tough races finishing in 33rd and 34th place, while Megan Sheredy (27:35)won the Junior Varsity race. Harrisons Brooke Colville ran a 22:46 to earn 2nd place in the females race. Clares Melissa Benchley ran her way to the 3rd place ribbon as she tallied a 23:02. Farwells Cotessa Hammond compiled a 23:12 to collect the 5h place spot. Madison McPhee earned the 6th place spot with her finishing time of 23:29. Meridians Breanna Koon ran her way to a 7th place finish with a time of 23:44. Sam Gray of Clare earned the 24:28. Kaylee Bremer of Sanford ran a 24:47. Clares Paige Gould tallied a 24:54 to garner 13th place. Raylene Ramirez of Harrison earned 14th place with her time of 25:00. Emma Orvosh of Meridian earned 15th place with a time of 25:03. Hannah Stockford of Meridian ran a 25:17, to earn 16th place. Rae Bundoff of Harrison ran a 25:28 to collect the 17th spot. Clares Amanda Yats compiled a 25:44 to gather in the 19th spot. Kayla McKenna from Harrison collected the 25th place with a finishing time of 26:43. Katelyn Grove of Gladwin ran a 26:49 to collect 27th place. Meridians Taylor Brooks rumbled her way to 31st place with her time of 26:56. Rocio Spicer-Torres ran her way to a 32nd finishing place with a time of 27:01. Olivia Walworth of Clare ran a 27:07 to garner 33rd place. Gladwins Madison Howard blazed out a 27:16 to obtain the 34th place. Megan Sheredy from Clare ran a 27:35. Gladwins Shania Paisley ran a 27:44 to gather the 37th place. Beavertons Val Steele ran a 27:52 to gather a 38th place. Julie Swineheart ran a 28:15 to earn 40th. Harrisons Stephanie Prince tabulated a 28:27 to gather the 41st place. Meridians Emily Maxwell ran a 29:33 to collect the 43rd spot. Rebecca Gordon of Meridian tallied a 30:24. Farwells Megan Williams ran a 31:07 to attain the 49th place. Jocelynn Bressette of Beaverton trotted in to tally a 31:43 to earn the 50th spot. Brandi Robinson of Meridian ran a 31:50 to obtain the 51st place. Gladwins Annika Bandt ran a 31:56. Jazmine Steele of Beaverton, Michelle Eschenbacher and Sierra Bryant also of Beaverton ran a 32:03, 33:03 and 33:19. Meridians Heather McNett ran a 36:32. Beavertons

Both Sanfords Hannah Stockford and Harrisons Raye Bundoff are leaders of their teams early in this cross country season.

Megan Goheen ran a 39:50. The Clare Middle School girls cross-country team finished first at the Sanford Meridian Invitational on Wednesday. Jasmine Harper led the way,finishing first for the ladies with a time of 13:50 for the 2 mile course. Holy Pummell finished 4th in 15:05, Hannah Brown was 5th in 15:27, Mackenzie Harmon was 6th in 15:27, Lauryn Fairchild was 8th (16:13), and Ruth Mooketsi was 9th in 16:17. All six girls earned medalist honors on the day. Alea Thayer ran a solid race, finishing in 12th (16:53), Natalee Kunse 20th (17:13), Ellie Kaechele 22nd (17:21), Emily Auston 23rd (17:26), Ashley Rawson 24th (17:33), Jordyn Bradley 25th 17:38, Sarah Gray was 32nd (18:58), Paige Keeley was 33rd(19:18), Montana Blain 34th (19:43), Olivia Witbeck 38th (19:59), Hannah Showers 39th(20:03), Katie Kronewitter 40th(20:06), Mabel Krause 41st(20:07), Amanda Calkins 42nd(20:13), Kiara Glowniak 44th(20:50), Ashley Boulis 45th(20:58), Makenzie Rahl 46th*21:30), Heather Martin 48th(23:59), Taylor Reno 49th(24:05), and Megan Richardson was 50th.(26:50)

The extremley curvey course presented a daunting challenge for the harriers to tally personal record times.-Photos by Clint Kern

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VAUGHN HAS HELPED REMODEL PARKS, UMPIRE LITTLE LEAGUE GAMES, GIVE WATER TO YOUTH FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND MORE.
It takes all different types of people to make the world go around. Some folks seem to be more active and diverse than others, not afraid to step outside their comfort zone and think outsie of the box. Houghton Lakes Jon Vaughn characterizes what is good with the youth of today. Vaughn personifies school spirit whether it be participating in as many sports as possible, keeping score at an event or engineering a brand new team for his peers, Jon steps up and does it. Vaughn embodies the unselfish volunteerism attitude that helps our society function and refurbish. His ability to adopt to unfilled voids around his community is what makes him glow and emerge above the rest. Ja c k P i n e Tr i b u n e : Ho w many different sports have you participated in? Jon Vaughn: I have participated in f reshman basketball, jv basketball, wrestling, golf, baseball, lacrosse, jv football, and varsity football, which makes 8 throughout my whole high school career. JPT: Whats been your most memorable youth sports game? What was your proudest jv performance? Whats been the most vibrant varsity moment thus far? JV: My most memorable sports game was going head to head against Grayling in 8th grade when i was a running/wing back. JPT: What was your proudest jv performance? JV: My proudest jv performance was my sophomore year when we went to clare with Coach Risener and tied them 12-12 but couldnt play overtime, I still wish I could have that chance in OT against them. JPT: Ive heard that you were a c at a lyst to ig nit ing and developing the Houghton Lake lacrosse team, what were some of struggles and rewards regarding that escapade? JV: Well we had to recruit allot of players and we got some decent numbers and than we had to practice hard starting inside of the back of the busy bee flee market because we had no where else to go, and than we had to all start to build a good team work and towards the end of the season we got some wins. In our first home games we had a good sized crowd but the best overall experience was playing a very large Traverse City Saint Francis team that we hung in the game with but lost too, it was great because we have never faced such a good program before and its a different feeling. JPT: Whats been the most vibrant varsity moment thus far? JV: My most vibrant varsity moment thus far has to be the team ethics that we have, everyone gets along no matter what and we always do team oriented things like tailgating and breakfast. JPT: Have you ever helped refurbish or build anything around your neighborhood, community or school? Do you do any other good deeds around your neighborhood? JV: I have helped build and restore Markey Township Park

Jon is shown here working to create and assemble his HLHSs class of 2013 homecoming float by adding a splash of his clever, colorful artistic touch.

by my house. Ive done some odd jobs for neighbors whove needed help like moving things around, their lawns mowed or dog/cat sitting. At my school I have helped out with things like running the score board with Mary Rieger at basketball games to line judging at volleyball games, but I also help stock the consession booth, and try to get small things in like passing out schedules with Megan Taylor. JPT: Do you volunteer any of your time to school activities or other civic events? JV: The school activities would be the score keeping or taking stats for varsity basketball last year because i decided to wrestle,

and helping at the Houghton Lake youth basketball camp this summer. Im always quick to be involved with school related functions out in the community such as building of the senior float which Im assisting with currently. JPT: Do you help with youth sports or any other events for the youth around Houghton Lake? JV: I umpire with our little leauge baseball association and have waterboyed for Coach Tom Blanchards Houghton Lake Jaguar football team a couple of times. I hope to get out and help out with the Jaguars this year because I always loved seeing older players at the events so I understand the impact it has on the kids.

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Ricky Press has both speed and exquisite ball handling skills. Grayling was forced to contend with him.

Garrett looked good early, using his speed to drive the ball up the side, as well as finding room in the center for shot attempts. Nathan Shavalia was a wall in the net on the defensive end, charging the attackers and making some nice saves. When the ball was in the goaltenders zone, Nathan took charge of the play, always staying positioned well, and sacrificing his body when needed to keep the ball out of the net.

had the ball, they did manage some nice drives and shot attempts. Ricky Press centered one pass to a waiting Brendon Hans, who skillfully headed the ball into the net. Unfortunately, the officials called Brendon offsides, so the goal did not count, leaving the game scoreless. Grayling picked up the tempo after the non-goal, and drove hard toward Houghton Lakes goal, causing Shavalia to once again step up and play masterfully in goal. He had to dive to the left on one shot, fully extending his body to get his hands on a low shot that was destined for the net. Shavalia also tried to command the defense, beckoning them to mark the forwards, and get in the way of the passing and shooting lanes. For the latter part of the first half, Houghton Lake gave up possession quickly, failing to trap and pass, and allowing Grayling the time to set up their passes and shots without pre ssu r i ng t h e m to m a ke mistakes of their own. Grayling was winning the one-on-one battles at midfield, and found room to move deep in the Bobcats defensive zone. Ricky Press was one exception to that rule, swarming to the ball with speed and ferocity, doing whatever was necessary to keep the ball out of his zone. With Grayling screaming up the sideline with the ball, Press came flying across, diving down Jared Roll makes the hard pass up to the forwards for the attack. to a beautiful slide tackle to knock the ball out of bounds, Matt Muirhead looked sharp early as and avoid yet another Grayling shot on well, using speed and ball control to net. Matt Muirhead attempted a last spearhead an attack up the edge that minute shot from the outside that once he attempted to make into a score again forced Graylings goaltender to as he drilled the ball toward the top make a leaping save on, which Grayling left part of the net, forcing Graylings then took the punt from the keeper keeper to make a nice save. Grayling and drove it up the field to pressure the controlled both the pace of the game Bobcats relentlessly until the horn blew as well as the majority of possession. signifying halftime. Grayling seemed to have a better Coach Bockelman talked with his grasp of the passing game than the squad during the half, and attempted Bobcats, and used it to their advantage to get the team refocused and primed to play keep away for the batter part for another tough half of play, as the of the first half. When the Bobcats teams lined up on the field and the time

clock began, signifying the return to battle. Grayling came out just as tough in the second half as they left off in the first, with the Bobcats unable to win the one-on-one battles and Grayling once again pushing toward the goal. Ricky Press came up big once again with a nice slide tackle to break up a drive, as well as sacrifices his body by turning in the way of a hard shot, causing Grayling to have to avoid Press as much as possible. Houghton Lake took possession of the ball, and moved the ball well up the field, with the ball coming to Jimmy Garrett, who drilled the ball low toward the goal, blowing between the outstretched hands of the keeper to put the Bobcats up 1-0 with 31:58 left in the game. Grayling kicked off following the goal, and seemed to turn their game up a notch as they worked the ball around the Bobcats defense, passing well and utilizing their speed to find the open man. Houghton Lakes defense were guilty of watching the play as Grayling managed to put a hard shot past Shavalia to tie the game up at the 29:02 mark. Unfortunately, the Bobcats were not answering the challenge presented to the

the second half, with the small drives by Houghton Lake getting broken up quickly by Graylings fresh defense. The game fell apart for the Bobcats at the 12:30 mark, when a wide open forward left alone in the center crushed the ball past the line for another Viking score, making it 3-1. After struggling to maintain control of the ball, and failing to keep it out of the defensive zone, Shavalia took a shot to the face, which visibly dazed him; leaving the net open for Grayling to earn another goal with 10:18 left, putting the game out of reach for Houghton Lake, who was staring down a 4-1 deficit. Aaron Frey replaced Shavalia in net because of the hard shot, and had to quickly dive and attack the open forwards of Grayling to stave off the attack, and hold out hope that his team could muster some sort of offense. The Vikings would score again with a mere 3:57 left in the match, putting Houghton Lake down 5-1. The Bobcats did try to press the attack at the end of the game to win back some of the momentum and find a positive from the match, but time was against them

Jerry Welker is just a freshman, but plays with skill and experience. he is seen here blocking the shot. Houghton Lake needs their younger members to step up and take control. - Photos By Loren Dassay

well, and struggled to get control of the ball. The Bobcats were not pressuring Graylings offense very effectively, giving Grayling time to look for the open man, or find the shot they wanted to take. Those errors took their toll when, once again, at the 27:14 mark of the game Grayling was given the time and room to put a well-placed shot past Shavalia, allowing them to take the 2-1 lead. The crowd began to be fired up at that point, and the play got choppy, with penalties on both sides of the ball, and the crowd reacting to every one of them. Shavalia did what he could to keep his team in contention, diving for the ball when the opportunity presented itself, and punting the ball as far as he could to spark some sort of offensive attempt by his team. Grayling was pelting the ball at the net, with balls going over the crossbar or just outside, but giving reason to worry for the Bobcats. The Vikings controlled the pace and possession at the end of

and the horn sounded with Grayling taking the 5-1 victory. Coach Bockelman commented on what happened to his team by saying, When you are on defense for three quarters of the game, your defense is going to get wore down, and eventually the other team is going to score. I thought Ricky [Press] did a good job of getting to the ball, but I think we gave them more chances than we should have. We gave them too many chances to convert plays, and we did not do a good enough job making plays. I think Ricky Press did a phenomenal job on defense. He was always on the ball and made some great plays, breaking up some offensive drives. With conference play starting soon, Coach Bockelman will look to turn his team around and prepare for a Clare team that has struggled as well. Houghton Lake has the ability to do well in their conference with a fe w change s and a l itt l e more determination offensively.
Chad MacArthur (Far Left) is seen reaching in to break up Graylings offense. (Top Right) Ricky Press was a defensive powerhouse for Houghton Lake, never giving up. (Bottom Right) Goaltender Nathan Shavalia played hard all game, throwing his body in the way of many of Graylings blazing shots on goal, eventually taking a hard shot to the head which took him out of the game. - Photos By Loren Dassay

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HOUGHTON LAKE ROLLS CLARE

By: Eric Dion In a division matchup, The Bobcats went down the Pioneer trail to face a struggling Clare Soccer team that is young and wrought with injuries. The weather was humid, and the sun beat down on both teams who were primed to do battle. Houghton Lake began the attack, and Clare went with a speed approach trying to keep up with the Bobcats. Houghton Lakes Jimmy Garrett took an early shot from midfield, sailing it into the waiting arms of Clares goal tender Eric Litke. The Bobcats continued their assault in the middle of the field early, as Jared Roll plowed up the center with the ball, only to find Brock Demo waiting for him from Clare, who came in with the hard slide tackle, stealing possession. Houghton Lake continued to press the attack, swarming the field, and forcing players to play hard defense. Clares Keagan Owens put his body Pioneer forwards. A penalty to Clare gave a free kick to Jimmy Garrett about ten yards in from the half line. Garrett kicked a nice high looping shot into Clares defensive box, and watched as the ball deflected off a Clare defender and over the keepers head for a second goal at the 29:50 mark. Clare began to throw caution to the wind defensively, battling for the ball as well as they could, and trying in earnest to clog the shooting lanes of the hungry Bobcats. Jimmy Garrett found the ball at his feet once again, and found Matt Muirhead open in the middle. Muirhead made a couple of nice touches to elude the defender, and made the hard, chest high shot that blew past Clares Eric Litke once again to give the Bobcats the 3-0 lead with 18:32 left to play in the first half. Houghton Lake was in control of the match, and continued to pelt with their passing, and Clare was having problems getting the passes to their teammates. Neither team took over early, with Houghton Lakes Kevin Roll charging up the field with the ball, only to have Clares keeper, Eric Litke come out and charge the ball, breaking up the play with a hard kick up the field in the other direction. The match became a flurry of passing and defensive stands, as both sides struggled to get past midfield as Clare was looking to make it a one goal game, and Houghton Lake was looking to crush the Pioneers hopes by adding on another tally.\ The Bobcats got extended corner kick practice at one point during the game, as they would have to kick three different corners in a row, forcing the Clare defenders to make good plays to keep the Bobcats from taking advantage of them. Clares defense began to wear down however, and Houghton Lake would press the attack once again, spreading the defense out and forcing them to chase the play to keep Houghton Lake out of the defensive zone. Clare began to go all out on offense, trying to turn the momentum in their favor in the middle part of the second half, but Bobcat keeper Nathan Shavalia was quick to attack the loose ball in his zone, and scooped up most of Clares attempts, or caused them to move the ball too quickly. The sustained attack by both teams wore the squads down, and the pace became much slower; Clare was struggling to keep the ball from the Bobcats, and Houghton Lakes passes were short of their mark on many different occasions. Houghton Lakes Matt Muirhead attempted to keep pressure on Clares keeper, but his shots were lacking the speed and strength form earlier in the match, and Clares Eric Litke was quick to scoop up anything that cam e near him. Muirhead found sophomore Michael Ignat in the center, playing center midfield, who took the quick shot and caught the keeper on his heels, as the ball went off of his hands and into the back of the net, giving Ignat his first career goal and his team the 4-1 lead with 10:40 left to play. The wind appeared to leave the sails for the Pioneers, as they struggled to make headway in the rest of the matchup. Houghton Lake began controlling the ball and playing keep away from the Pioneers, offering them little in the way of chances on offense. Clare gave up a penalty with seconds left on the clock, and Houghton Lakes captain Ricky Press would make the Pioneers pay for the mistake by putting the ball past Clares keeper for the 5-1 lead. Houghton Lakes coach, Scott Bockelman was impressed with his teams effort, and noted some of the players he thought stood out to him Kevin Roll had the most hustle down the field I have ever seen out of him. He complimented that with accurate passes and give-and-go shots with fellow midfielder, Brendon Hans. Chad MacArthur also played his usual take-no-prisoners style of defensive soccer, and filled that in with nice long clears at the right time. Clares one goal came from Brock Demo, a junior, and goalkeeper Eric Litke faced 20 shots, saving 15 of them for a seventy-five percent save percentage. With Clare graduating 15 players last year, and the team suffering with injuries, Coach Doug Helmling has the task of picking his team up and using his teams love of the game to build the team up to compete again.
Brock Demo (Pictured far left) was a bright spot in Clares efforts at home. If the Pioneers hope to turn their year around, they will need Demo there to spark the comeback. Michael Ignat (Right) earned his first career goal during the match against Clare, and he is taking the duties at Center Midfield this year for Coach Bockelman Below: Matt Muirhead was a force for the Pioneers all game. - Photos By Loren Dassay

Jimmy Garrett[Above] was a machine for the Bobcats the entire game. He was the fuel for the Bobcats scoring, putting in two goal early, and assisting on the third. His speed and skill has to be accounted for every game.

Brock Demo is one of Clares unrelenting warriors. He scored the lone goal against the Bobcats and is one of the players thathas a bright future in the Pioneers lineup. His ball handling skills and awareness make him a valuable tool.

in the way of a hard shot by Jimmy Garrett early in the first half, with the ball hitting him hard in the side. Keagan continued to play on despite the body blow. With ten minutes gone in the game, Houghton Lake took the ball deep into Clares defensive end, and made the first goal with a centering pass by Matt Muirhead that found Jimmy Garrett ready and waiting for the looping shot that rolled past the fingertips of Clares goalie Eric Litke. With the 1-0 lead early, Houghton Lake began to sense victory early, and Clare would not relent in their attack. Brock Demo of Clare drove the ball up the middle for the Pioneers, kicking a nice shot from the half line that the Bobcats keeper Nathan Shavalia had to run out and attack to keep it away from the advancing

the goaltender with shots, and Clare continued to battle defensively, despite the odds against them. Clares undying devotion to the game finally paid off with 8:03 left in the half, as Brock Demo took a free kick from the Bobcats midfield, and sent it sailing high, over the reach of Nathan Shavalia, which put Clare on the board with a 3-1 deficit. Clare would out work Houghton Lake in the remaining minutes, as the Bobcats looked to wear down in the heat, and the Pioneers seemed to be enjoying the fruits of their teams conditioning program. Houghton Lake would stave off the Pioneers until the half with a 3-1 lead going into the halftime. The second half started out with a renewed vigor by the Pioneers, the Bobcats were getting lackadaisical

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GLADWIN BLANKED BY PINNY

Roggow is a warlord buzzsaw . He can probably play any position , but recently hes been a solid GK

GS OUTLAST PINE RIVER BUCKS 2 OT

Garafalo ambushes goalkeepers with a savvy, yet relentless aggression. H e scored 3 goals.

JACOB GARAFALO
By Clint Kern G L A DW I N T h e F l y i n g Gs of Gladwin and the Pine R ive r Bu c k s c ol l i d e d i n a Northern Michigan S occer L e ague b onanza b att le for tundra supremacy. Just when one might be convinced that Gladwin was superior over PRHS, the Bucks would slide t a ck l e ma ke t h re e or fou r crisp passes and crush a goal

initial half of play, Scott had precisely launched in front of the net two throw ins that should have been converted into s cores, but the Gmen failed to capitalize. C h o p p y t h e P i n e R i v e r goalkeeper lunged to make another stellar save at the 14 minute mark. #9 Jesse Gingrich and #24 Larry Kissinger were two ultra tenacious, aggressive and skilled hustling seniors who seemed to dart all across the field making plays for Pine River. With 12:39 left in the opening half, the Bucks torched the nets to break the seal on the scoreboard, 1-0. Remarkably assertive f reshman for ward, Jacob Garafalo, whos already score a

CURTIS ROGGOW
By: Eric Dion Despite starting strong and fighting to a scoreless first half, the young Flying G soccer squads were unable to contend with the speed and power of Pinconning. T he Gs t r i e d to mou nt an offensive, but could not keep Pinconning at bay, allowing four goals in the second half. Tyler Boylen was once again a staple defensively, forcing the Spartans to avoid him or try to go around. Karson Russell also stepped up defensively, and made some nice plays to keep his team in contention. The Flying Gs could not answer the call offensively however, and had to swallow another loss.
GLADWIN CRUSHED BY TAWAS
Karson intercepts passes , blows up dribble drives and he is a goalkeepers best friend

Blake Teffner and Carson Russell were relentless defenders in GHSs overtime win.

Jacob Garafalo showed great moxie and grit to work for a rebound score, just before the opening half ended. Gladwin held a 3-2 advantage at the break. With 33:12 left in the 2nd half, the Bucks booted in another

Gladwins Curtis Roggow and Jacob Garafalo were th e two most outstanding players on the soccer field, as they led the Gs over the Bucks.

into the back of the net. The Flying Gs knotted the score up at 4-4 and held to send the game into an overtime period. Pine River jumped ahead and then Gladwin scored two unanswered goals in the, the first to send the game into a second overtime stanza and the final go ahead score to grant Gladwin the 6-5, 2OT triumph. T h e F l y i n g Gs w e r e t h e aggressors early in the opening frame. Sophomore buzzsaw, talent drenched leader, Hayden Scott was making plays to put his teammates in positions to score. By the 37:00 left in the

boat load of goals this season, ripped a laser into the back of the net to tie the ballgame up at 1-1 with 10:32 remaining in the opening stanza. Shortly after, Gladwin was on the charge again, this time Hayden Scott blasted a dime to a streaking forward, #6 Taylor Cobb, who knifed in a shot to lift Gladwin to a 2-1 advantage with 8:51 left in the first half. Pine River worked the ball around, both teams destroyed opposing advances, then with 5:30 left in the first half, the Bucks boomed a goal to knot the affair up at 2 goals a piece. The fiery, talent galore frosh,

goal, to make it a 3-3 score. Then Hayden Scott made a tremendous individual effort w he n he ju ke d and sho ok off his first defender. Scott muscled off another Pine River defensemen and rocketed a shot which was tipped, but not deflected well enough by the Bucks defenders and bounced into the net to grant Gladwin a 4-3 lead. Garafalo and the Gs continued to rush and bombard the Pine River goalkeeper, but to no avail. Pine River executed a corner kick and converted a

Anderson had 10 saves versus Pine River while in net, he showed some bravery, knocking down powerful kicks.

fiercly electric header to knot the game up at 4-4. The two defenses cut each other off and blew up offensives, which sent the game into an overtime period, knotted up at 4-4. Pine River scored quickly in t he over t ime st anza, to make it a 5-4 game. Gladwins Hayden Scott scored another goal to send a rippling wave of jubilation along the Gladwin bl e a ch e rs , t y i ng t h e g am e up at 5-5. with 7:27 left in t he over time, immediately answering the Bucks score. The game was stalemated with pressure swarming defense. In the 2nd overtime period with about five minutes left, Keagan Hover, who had played smart, gritty and rock solid a l l nig ht, b o ote d a cor ner kick that allowed his Gs to do something with it. Gladwins young stalwart, Jacob Garafalo m a d e l i ke a r am ab out to mash heads with another male ram big horned sheep as he spearheaded the kick into the net to furnish the go ahead and eventual winning, 2 OT marathon contest against a much older more experienced Pine River squadron, 6-5. Others that must be mentioned are defensemen: C h r i s t i a n G a r y, K a r s o n Russell, Gab Teffner and Jacob Zelt all especially need to be applauded for their defensive tenacity and toughness. Dalton Danielak and Jorden Jacobs were both imposing, physical defensive busters. Curtis Roggow was wildly active, then after Alexander Anderson had failed to properly react in the net too many times, Coach Smalley switched in Roggow as the goalkeeper and this made a substantial improvement. Roggow was terrific in the net. I was really happy and proud of our team. Whenever we were tested, the team responded and it was a hard fought win. I actually felt that neither team deserved to lose this game. Gladwin goal scorers: Jacob Garafalo 3, Hayden Scott 2, Taylor Cobb 1. Assists: Keagen Hov e r 2 , T l y e r B oy l e n 1 , Hayden Scott 1. Keeper saves: Andrew Anderson 10, Curtis Roggow 14. Gladwins overall record 2 & 3, their conference record is 2 & 2.

KARSON RUSSELL
By: Eric Dion Gladwin attempted to defend their home turf against Tawas, but could not stave off the attack of the Braves. Gladwin was guilty of not pressing their forwards at the point of attack, and allowed Tawas the opportunity to have time and space to make the plays and caught Gladwin out of position for five points in the first half. Gladwin was unable to recover from the shellshock and gave up three more goals in the second to end the game in a mercy. Coach Smalley was reflective in his remarks This has been a real learning experience for our young squad. I was happy that these young men have improved ever y game, and they never stopped playing hard regardless of the score.

Hayden Scott was in attack mode all week. He made a defender miss, fought off another defender and lasered a goal against Pine River. Scott scored two goals over the Bucks aand he won most 50/50 balls.

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Houghton Lakes Megan Taylor and Alee Winkler were dropping leather bombs on the Lady Gs, giving the Bobcats a 3-2 lead. Madee Winkler sent two laser serves over the net, catching Gladwins Mallory Cote off guard for two quick Aces, putting the Bobcats up 5-2. After a couple more quick points added on by Gladwin errors, The Gs called a timeout, while Coach Shearer attempted to wake his team up to play, staring down a 7-2 deficit. Coach Dalak had the Lady Bobcats fired up and ready to continue the assault as the whistle blew for the action to commence. Gladwins JJ Willford came up with a nice hit to the middle of the court off a nice set by Alison Taylor to bring the tally to 7-3 in favor of the Bobcats. The Bobcats kept up the offensive flurry, and despite a nice dig by Gladwins Dani Balzer, Alee Winkler, and Hope

Hailee Akin with a torpedo ace smash.

Cameron of Houghton Lake kept crushing the ball, putting the Bobcats up 10-3. Gladwins Dani Balzer also put a nice hit over to bring the Gs to a 10-4 deficit, and after an out of bounds serve by Gladwin, and a crushing shot by Houghton Lakes Sarah Garrett that was called out of bounds, the bobcats still clung to a dominant 11-5 lead in the set. Shortly after that point, Gladwin fell apart with a rotation error, and were unable to block Sarah Garrett or Hope Cameron as they smashed the ball down in Gladwins court and brought their team up to a 16-5 lead. A tip out of bounds by Bobcat setter Mary Rieger and a service ace by Dani Balzer of Gladwin brought the score to 16-7. Another blitz of scoring by Houghton Lake, led by the setting of Mary Rieger, and followed up by another Ace by Rieger took the Bobcats to a commanding 19-8 lead. Gladwin proceeded to give away points late in the match, as they were guilty of

two different rotation errors, and a hit into the net by Mikyla Ritchey. Another service ace by Rieger of Houghton Lake took the score to 23-9, with Mary Rieger giving mercy with a net serve for a 23-9 lead. JJ Willford tried to keep the Gs alive by crushing a ball down to the middle of the court, giving Gladwin a double digit score at 23-10, and another point each way made the score 24-11, with Heather Govitz of Gladwin net serving Gladwin the first loss at 25-12 Houghton Lake looked pumped and ready for the second set of the match, while Gladwin looked slightly dejected and irritated with their performance. The second set started on the right track for the Bobcats, as Cassie Kuenzer laced the opening serve over the net for the Ace and the quick 1-0 lead for her team. On the following serve, Gladwins defense was ready and had a nice bump, set, spike combo set up that Houghton Lake got into the net on during the block, giving the Gs a point. Gladwin got their first lead of the match when Sarah Garrett of Houghton Lake tried a hit from the middle of the court that flew long, giving Gladwin a 2-1 lead. Gladwin would extend their lead from a nice set by Alison Taylor to Rachel Dupre who spanked the ball down for the 3-1 Gladwin score. After Houghton Lakes hitters put two different spikes into the net, Gladwin was looking at a 5-1 lead. The Gs would relinquish one point with an out of bounds spike by Heather Govitz, who made up for her error in the following volley by pelting the ball down the center past the Bobcats defense for the score, bringing the tally to 6-2 in Gladwins favor. After a long volley in which both teams looked to be playing at full speed, with hits coming from every direction, and both teams doing a nice job of digging balls from the court, Rachel Dupre finally had a hard tip down that found the floor for a 7-2 score. Houghton Lake would not relent of their offense, and Hope Cameron would take a nice set by Mary Rieger to smash the ball down past Gladwin for a 7-3 score. Once again, it appeared that while the Bobcats were climbing up the hill toward victory, that Gladwin could not catch a break, as they watched their lead slip away as Cassie Kuenzer and Mary Rieger would both put points on the board, while the Gs gave up the easy points by hitting out of bounds and having net errors. The set was tied at 7-7, and Houghton Lake never looked back, with Rieger pumping serves over for the Bobcats and Gladwin making communication errors on who was supposed to get the ball. Before Gladwin blinked, the score became 16-8 off two serving aces by Maddee Winkler. It was at that point that Gladwins

(Above) Mary Rieger is setting to an eager Madee Winkler. The two combined for many of the Bobcats points. Cassie Kuenzer (right) serves a laser to the Flying Gs defense. (Below) Kristin Tuch, Dani Balzer, and Heather Govitz are awaiting the serve. -Photos by Eric Dion

coaching staff had enough, and called for their two captains, Mallory Cote and Dani Balzer to take control of their team and wake them up. The squad responded well, and began to play at another level. Heather Govitz earned herself another service Ace to make the match 16-10 in favor of the Bobcats, but Houghton Lake would not lay down so easily, and responded with another Hope Cameron spike that found its way to the floor for a 17-10 lead. It looked like the end of Gladwins comeback, as Houghton Lake would scream to a 19-12 lead over the Gs, but the Lady Gs would rally back to bring the game to an eventual 24-24 tie. Despite brilliant play by Balzer, Dupre, and Willford on the Gladwin court,

Mary Rieger, Madee Winkler, Alee Winkler, and Hope Cameron would hold on for the 27-25 victory in the second set. Gladwin needed a rally in the next set to stay playing, and despite being down 11-8 because of the great play by the Bobcats, Gladwin would emerge from the brink of a shutout in the match to come back and win the third game due to the hard play by Dani Balzer, Heather Govitz, and Rachel Dupre. Houghton Lake was guilty of hitting too many balls into the net in an attempt to get through the block of Rachel Dupre, who was swarming to the ball at the net for some key blocks. Hope Cameron and Mary Rieger both played well in the match, but the Bobcats were guilty of too many balls into the net to be able to compete, and would give up the third game to the Lady Gs 25-20 Gladwin came out refueled and fired up for the fourth game, and the Bobcats were looking to put the game and match away with a solid performance. Houghton lake would once again take the early 6-5 lead, with the majority of the points coming from Gladwin errors. Alee Winkler and Heather Govitz would trade points back and forth for their respective squads, and the game would tie at 6-6 with a defensive error by Houghton Lake that would let the ball drop in front of them. Katie Gorman would put a service ace in and JJ Willford would make a nice hit to put Gladwin up 9-6. Houghton lake
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Coach Shearer had a tough time getting his players to step up. He eventually put the burden on Cote and Balzer to rally the troops.

tightened up their defense, and would make Dani Balzer and JJ Willford spike the ball numerous times before relenting another point to give Gladwin a 10-6 lead. The volleys became longer between the two teams, and Gladwin began to pull away with the scoring, off the hard spiking by Dani Balzer and Rachel Dupre with the score being 18-8. Houghton Lake would find little room in the scoring area, having to work hard to earn everything they got, as they tried to keep up with the steady pace of Gladwin. Madee and Alee Wi n k l e r wou l d b ot h put scores on the board for the Bobcats with a couple of nice hard spikes to the back row, making it a 20-11 game. Rachel Dupre would once again take advantage of her height and tip the ball over the defense down to the floor for the easy score, putting the Gs closer to victory with a score of 21-11. The Bobcats would get some offense going late in the game, with Alee Winkler and Mar y R ieger coming together for a couple of nice points. The fourth game went to Gladwin however, with the final score being 25-19.

The Bobcats were in disbelief, and the Gs were in a frenzied mood, with both teams now needing the last match, a race to 15, to be able to walk away with victor y on the night. Rachel Dupre and Dani Balzer came alive early for the Lady Gs with Rachel was making some key blocks, and both she and Dani crushing the ball for the early 4-2 lead. Sarah Garrett was a bright spot for the Bobcats, as she made several difficult digs and kept the ball in play for her team. With the score tied 10-10, the match looked to go either way, but with two quick service points for JJ Willford putting the match at 12-10 for Gladwin, the Bobcats looked wore out and tired. Hope Cameron tried to poke one over the net from the outside, but she found Rachel Dupre waiting for her, and the ball was blocked down for a Gladwin point, making it 13-10. Houghton Lakes Hailee Akin had a ball roll off her fingers, and fall behind her for the 14-10 game point, and with a final effort, Sarah Garrett was unable to clear the net on an outside hit to allow Gladwin to make the miraculous comeback.

G l a d w i ns C o a c h Ma r t y Shearer attributed the win to his teams discipline and c on d it i on i ng A l l of t h e plyometrics and conditioning stations as well as all of the drills we do were the factor in this game. We were able to work hard the entire five games and we wore the other team down. Our girls put in a great effort and came together as a team to come back and get the win. Hou g hton L a kes C o a ch A n g i e D a l a k re c o g n i z e d her teams strong start and thought her team could have won. We started out strong and then let the rest of the night slip right through our fingers. We knew that playing there and getting the win wasnt going to be easy, but after we came out as strong as we did, I felt that my girls would be able to do it. Instead, Gladwin got more intense and we pulled back and started to play slop volleyball. A bright spot on the night was our ser ve receive. Sarah Garrett and Maddee Winkler passed the ball with crazy consistency, but after game 1 and 2, we didnt complete our offense.

Rachel Dupre has the skill and ability to hit the ball at very difficult angles to play. She could be looking at a breakout year, and has the potential to give her opponents fits with her innate ability to block anything in her direction. She is one of those athletes that do not come along very often, and her coaches know that they have something special in her.

SANFORD TAKES HORNETS IN 3

By:Cody ORourke Last years volleyball gauntlet was a three team mosh-pit with Meridian, Beaverton, and Roscommon setting the standards of the league. Farwell, Houghton Lake, Gladwin, and Harrison were the whipping posts for most the season, taking turns snatching up moral victories against each other. There simply wasnt parity in the league last year. This year, expect some upsets and some long, drawn-out, knock-down, drag-out brawls on the net, much in the style of Harrison and Meridians donnybrook off the shores of Sanford Lake. Yes, Meridian won in three sets, 2512, 25-19 and 25-21, but it wasnt in dominating fashion. Harrison sustained Meridian offensive barrages and find ways to regroup, stop the surge, and make runs of their own to keep the JPC cage match interesting. In the first set, the Hornets took control off the opening bell with Taylor Bondie unleashing hell fire from above the net and sending a kill slice through a little pocket of unattended Meridian hardwood. After a couple fluid rotation passes and set ups by Erica Heckman and Olivia Sharp, the Hornets had blitzed out to a 3-1 lead. Meridian counter punched and mashed on a 15-2 run. The Mustangs have enough grit and talent from a core group of girls that

Sadie Hall is the most destructive and intimidating outside hitter in the JPC. She hasnt found her groove just yet as shes getting accustom to new setters. Hall will be tormenting defenses all fall long.

Olivia Sharp had a couple five point flurries for Harrison to keep them competitive.

have developed in an atmosphere of winning. Sadie Hall came undone from the edge, zoomed in a perfectly placed lob by Amanda Decker and dropped the boom-rocker to spark the run. Decker then carved up Harrisons back line with a couple of cork-screws from the serving stripe and then Bri Yaroch joined in the
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Cassiday and Decker both sprawled for lunging point saving digs. Above, Harrisons Coach Larry Flemming continues to keep his poise and instruct the Lady Hornets in their volleyball fundamentals. Harrisons Erica Heckman can do it all for Harrison. - Photos by Loren Dassay

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dance party. Morgan Cassiday force feed Yaroch a couple of meatballs from the fringe and Yaroch unloaded the springs to give the Mustangs a 7-4 lead. Kenzie Hall and Blake Garner psyched out the Harrisons front unit with a soft little dump over to catch the Hornets off guard and advance the score. But unlike last years team, this Harrison battalion bellied back up to the table, regrouped, limited their mistakes, made crisp passes and attacked the net with confidence. Bondie went bonkers and scuffed up the floor. Hillary Brewer had a couple of big time blocks in the trenches and the Harrison girls mounted a six point flurry. But it was enough against the defending JPC champions. Sadie Hall and Bri Yaroch

converged from the sides, picked their angles and managed to cut across the meat of the Hornets defense to pull away for the 25-12 victory. Set two showed more the resiliency of the Harrison girls. Meridian benefited from a string of Harrison miscues and bad passes to take an early 5-0 lead and after a maddening flurry of Sadie Hall delivering torrents of mass pain and confusion with her tomahawk thrilla, the Mustangs were up 13-4. That will to win started to show in Harrison. Bondie slammed the moneyball, then Brewer flung an Ace, Heckman and Duggan worked in unison to fake the Mustangs right off their saddles and zing the white leather just inside the line and had managed to cut the lead to two, 20-18. But then the Mustangs just went back to their

athletic front line and Garner muscled up and mean-mugged up top, drove in a couple of demoralizers, Harrisons interior collapsed on back-to-back volley attempts and the girls from Edenville won the second set 25-19. In the finale, Olivia Sharp had single handedly willed her team into the lead, keeping Meridian on the back of their heals with a string of punishing serves to go on a 8 point bender and give her team a late 19-17 lead. But the Mustangs Blake Garner again answered back tit-for-tat with a tough block then stringing together a set of Aces from the serving strip and a kill strike from the back end to make it a 22-19 lead. The Mustangs flurried out, but not without a fight from the Harrison girls. The Mustangs record is now 12-4-1 and they are 1-0 in the Jack Pine. Sadie Hall went serving

21 of 21 with 5 aces and leading the team with 6 kills. Morgan Cassiday led in sets with 12 assists and passing 20 of 22 with 12 digs. Amanda Decker also passed 20 of 22 with 12 digs. I think as a team moving forward, we just need to work on our communication and make sure we getting each other timely passes and setting each other up, said Meridians Sadie Hall as the team looks to move forward in league play to defend their title. Olivia Sharp paced Harrison with 11 serving points for the Hornets with Taylor Bondie had 3 Aces. I think our team is heading in the right direction and I was happy to see so much fight in our team against the league champs, said Harrisons Coach Fleming.

ROSCO SLAMS CLARE

Moffit has been a devastating force for the Bucks as her tomahawk outside hits have rocked

REAGAN MOFFIT
After being dethroned last year by an ultra-athletic Meridian squad, and now Coach Compton is looking to re-establish her program as the leagues alphadog. She started out projecting her imperial power by unleashing her young, but wildly intense battalion of high flying marauders on the Pioneers, taking 3 of 4 sets. Clare is flat out a gritty team. They play super hard defense and they really try to give a tough ball when they send it over, whether it was a serve or a free ball, said Coach Compton on her victory over Clare. As a coach, I love playing teams like that, because that type of play makes our team work harder. Rosco took the first set 25-17, but then fell 25-22 in a tit-fortat affair in the rubber match, but then quickly regrouped and systematically worked the ball around feeding super-sophomore Reagan Moffit at the net (15 kills) and working Michon VanWormer (8 kills) from the other side to

spur the offensive. L o g an Hut e k d i d a n i c e job facilitating Compton methodically rigid and tactically disciplined sets and recorded 17 assists and 7 kills. But with such a young core of ballers, the Bucks are looking to find some consistency, which they will need if they are going to wage war against the Mustangs and Beavers to reclaim their top spot. We are a team that will play awesome for five points and then not so great for the next three. We are working on improving our consistency, said Compton. Reagan Moffit gave us some power at the net that really was tough for Clare to respond to. Again, we are looking to improve our options with hitters. Early conference win is always great. Tough wins, even better. This year, there truly will not be an easy night. We love that. Roscommon is 1-0 in jpc and 115-1 overall Clares overall record so far is 7 wins and 9 loses and in conference we have a record of 0 wins and 1 loss. The Pioneers continue to play with great intensity and a never give up attitude. We ser ved ver y well tonight only missing 2 serves out of 82 serves, said Coach Hurdle.Our defense continues to make good improvement from match to match and we will get much

better if they continue to work hard at practice. Overall I am very pleased with our hard work and hustle on the court. Leading the Pioneers in the match were Anna Giacomozziwith 13 for 14 serving with 2 aces, 7 points served, 11 kills, 1 block and 28 digs, Ashley Petree with 21 for 21 serving with 1 ace, 13 points served, 6 kills, and 31 digs, Erica Packard with 17 for 18 serving with 2 aces, 10 points served, 5 kills, and 17 digs, Courtney English with 6 for 6 serving, 2 points served, 8 kills, 3 blocks, and 28 digs, Katelynn Smith with 13 for 13 serving with 1 ace, 4 points served, 140 out of 141 setting with 30 assists, 1 kill, and 12 digs, Bailey Reger with 10 for 10 serving with 6 points served and 10 digs, Alyssa Gillis with 2 kills and 2 digs, Laura Walton with 4 digs, and Kayla Yob with 3 digs.

season, not just with the victory, but also exposing some of the weak spots that they will need to work on as the season rolls on. After losing the first set 25-12, the Beavers bounced back in the next three sets and ran the table 25-13, 25-19 and 25-17. Janae Wolfe used her soft hands to help facilitate the offensive unit and set up her warlords on the front lines of attack. If it wasnt Wolfe setting the table, it was Ashton Snyder setting the table for the likes of Kayla Balzer, Laura Fassett and Katie Hedrick. Wolfe compiled 18 assists in the donnybrook to pace the Beavers but also had some momentum ch ang i ng s e r ve s w it h t h e i r smooth over hand stroke, dashing the Farwell regime for 5 aces. Snyder recorded 10 assists and 6 aces on the night. The Eagles were able to keep things interesting throughout the contest with Jenna Hamming attacking the zones and empty BEVAERTON BEATS spots on the floor, taking her FARWELL leads from the precision passes Janae Wolfe of Emily Rawson. tallied 18 The Eagles are looking for others assists in to step up after the departure of BHSs win Ashley Gaskill, who last year against Farwell seemed to spark the Far well to get them off to a good start volleyballers at all the right times. in league play For most of the evening we JANAE WOLFE didnt reach our potential in any phase of the game. We fought Beavers ground Surrey Birds through poor fundamental play Beavertons Coach Steve Evans and kept fighting for every point. continues to mold and develop the Beaverton volleyball Hamming program. After making a huge continues to be a bright spot leap last year in the conference, fo rthe Eagles. he has team geared up towards Her quick making a strong challenge for the springs are league title. Their tango with the unparalleled. Farwellians and their high flyers gave them a nice start to the JENNA HAMMING

JPU has terrific awareness. Her defense is underrated and vital to Beavertons success.

JASMYN PARKER-URBAN
This team could have tanked after set 1, but instead fought harder and came out with a win. Tiffany Stewart came off the bench and made some important passes that helped us get into rhythm on offense, commented Beavertons Steve Evans. The Beavers demonstrated a versatile offense and the addition of Tiffany Stewart has been a welcome to the varsity level. This last spring Stewart was a wildly gritty and nasty short stop on the softball field and that same mentality has been shinning through on the volleyball court. Stewart tenacious and relentless style of play translated into 8 digs, which is huge because that helps shoulder some of the burden from Jasmyn Urban-Parker. Urban-Parker, who many will remember from her prowess on the basketball court last year as a quick witted point guard who could slash to the hoop at will did her job on the back row by leading the team with 14 digs. With so many new pieces added into the fold for the Beaverton squad, Coach Evans is trying to find the right mix, which will take some time after losing Morgan Oldani and Becca Bennett. Last year Oldani was the Jack Pine Tribunes Player of the Year for her ability to simply overwhelm the opposition with her power and force above the net.

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L a s t y e a r s G l a d w i n a n d Beavertons JV match-up was as a brutal as a grid-iron match-up that the league witnessed, varsity or otherwise. It was four quarters of bone jarring hits, trench war fare that made mother wince in worry, and it put smiles on old war-dogs like Ken Govitz and Larry Gerows face as the Beavers won in dramatic fashion as time expired and Seth Gerow found Ryan Duvall in the corner of the end-zone for the score and the victory of the buzzer resonated. This year would feature the same caveman brutality as talent laden
Couture seemed to be in on almost every tackle for the gritty, hard hitting jv Beavers.

GLADWIN UPENDS BEAVERS

real-estate. The Gs defense looked impressive out of the gates with Mathis connecting with Bigelow on a 16 yard strike and then Mathis turning right back around and hitting OShay Lewis in stride down the side line. The speedy Lewis kicked into high gear, shrugged off a tackle, and broke loose for a 49 yard splash to pay dirt to give the G-men the 6-0 lead early in the first. Mathis pumped in the leather through the up rights to make it a 7-0 Gladwin advantage. That quick offensive flex made it appear as if it was going to be a long, long night for the Beaverton team. But it didnt turn out that way. All of a sudden Beavertons Clay Werth was penetrating into the back field and disrupting the Gs offensive system, Duvall was breaking up pass plays on crucial 3r down situations. Every time the Gladwin gridders appeared to be mounting a surge to the promised land of milk and honey, either Yiannis Sabanis, Chris Schultz or big nasty Cavin Bair would muscle through a hole and spin the ball carriers jock-strap right around their helmets. Late in the first half, the Gs were in the red zone and looking to extend their lead, but again the Beavers had flexed enough in the trenches to close down the running lanes in the middle an area that Gladwins Richie Mathis as demonstrated time and time again that he know how to exploit with his rare combination of quick feet and force of will but they also put enough pressure on the fringes to keep Mathis from leaking out and sprinting to the sidelines. On a big 4th down play, the Beavers brought the house and jammed the Gs well behind the line of scrimmage with a minute left in the half to halt the scoring drive. Then again the Gs had crossed the 50 yard line and penetrating deep into Beaverton territory. On a third and long, Mathis sprung a little pass in the flat to Charlie Allen. Allen extended, pulled in the pass and in one fluid motion, tucked, sustained a blow, rebalanced himself spunsliced loose, faked to the inside, powered to the outside, mashed over the first Beaverton would be tackler, then pumped his brakes to let another guy fly by and darted up for a the big first down. Despite Allens dance party, the Gs were unable to pass the threshold, as Beavertons ability to crack down on the line and force Mathis out of the pocket and throw on the run to his receivers that were blanketed all night long stymied another scoring opportunity. The Beavers went down the field, couldnt convert and the Gs were pinned up against the goal line and another Beaverton bum-rush allowed them a 2 point safety by gnashing on the Gs in the endzone.

Greer and Shell were monsters for Gladwins defense. BHSs Seth Gerow played like a warrior.

JOSEPH COUTURE
stars such as Gladwins Richie Mathis and Kyle Bigelow would lock up horns with Beavertons Clay Werth and Joe Couture in a battle for Cedar River canoeing rights. As it is in every evenly matched team, the squad who limits their mistakes, makes the least amount of mistakes and gets a few lucky bounces generally win the contest. And thats what happened in Gladwin 15-2 victory over the Beavers Thursday night on Brokoff Field. Beaverton took the opening kickoff, were able to move the ball around a little bit with Seth Gerow and Joe Couture moving the leather on the ground, but with Gladwin Jake Shell and Leon Corlew crashing from the edges and Kasey Cameron acting like a wrecking ball in the trenches, they would be forced to punt early and Gladwin would set up shop on some prime

Lewis caught Gladwins initial touchdown and his physicality tackling and covering was priceless.

OSHAY LEWIS
Gladwins defense hunkered down tight in the second and were able to give a few yards, but then a guy like OShay Lewis, Leon Corlew, or Jake Shell was drop a knockout punch on a 3rd down situation and force a 4th down situation. And with Jacob Clayton and Charlie Allen roaming the field, Gerows receivers were having a hard time breaking loose for good looks. Clayton broke up a huge 4th down play late in the game set up

the Gs in a good position to score and Mathis found Jake Shell along the sidelines and the big strapping Shell leapt up over two receivers, bobbled the ball, maintained concentration despite the physical contact and pulled in the moneyrock for a six points to make it a 13-2 game. Bigelow scampered on the 2 point conversion to make it a 15-2 game with little time on the clock to essentially seal the deal. Beavertons Seth Gerow finished the night with 8-13 pass for 88 yards and chalked up 30 yards on the ground on 5 carries. Work horse Joey Couture added 14 carries 44 yards and 2 catches 40 yards. Chris Schultz went for 4 carries for 22 yards, while Russell Haney was limited to injury with 3 carries 11 yards. Yiannis Sabonis 4 catches 44 yards as Gerows primary target. The Beavers defense was led by Chandler Grove 8 tackles, Schultz and Clay Werth 7 tackles We played a very tough game defensively, but we are struggling finishing drives on offense, said Beavertons Coach Wentworth. Offensive leaders for Gladwin were Richie Mathis who was 10-15

passing for 171 yards and 2 TDs. Kyle Bigelow had 4 catches for 39 yards, Oshay Lewis had 2 catches for 56 yards and a TD, Charlie Allen had 2 catches for 33 yards and Jake Shell had 2 catches for 43 yards and a TD. Kyle Bigelow had 9 carries for 35 yards and a 2 point conversion. Jake Shell had 6 carries for 27 yards. Richie Mathis made good on the extra point. Gladwins leaders were Jake Shell with 12 tackles and one tackle for a loss. Kasey Cameron had 11 tackles, Leon Corlew had 9 tackles, one for a loss and a QB sack. Ryan Brust had 5 tackles and a fumble recovery and Richie Mathis, Brad Gallagher and Dylan Brooks all had 5 tackles each. OShay Lewis and Kyle Bigelow had strong performances on special teams. The JVs record improves to 2-1 and 1-0 in the conference. We play Clare next week.

CLARE JV SQUAD DEFENDS HOME TURF IN DECISIVE FASHION OVER BOBCATS

By: Eric Dion The Junior Varsity Pioneers and Bobcats met on Clares home turf, and both teams were looking to get things rolling at the opening kickoff. Clare and Houghton Lakes JV squads have been struggling of late, and wanted this game to be the turning point for the season. The squads were fired up, and the air was thick with youthful energy as the bobcats kicked the ball off to a waiting Devin Ayers. Ayers wasted no time getting down the field, cutting and blasting past Bobcat defenders, not going down until the onefoot line of the goal. Clares Paul Cole would take the following handoff to bowl over Bobcats to get into the end zone to go up 6-0 after a failed extra point attempt. Clare played hard-nosed defense during the ensuing drive, keeping Houghton Lake quarterback Kurt Knoll and running back Thomas Howe in the backfield during the drive, forcing a punt. Clares quarterback Ryan Seiter looked to have a nice outside keeper run for a touchdown, but an illegal block to the back nullified the score, with the ball placed at the 15yard line of Houghton Lake. After a run by Clares Zach Betzer took the ball to the 4-yard line, the Pioneers struck again with a handoff to Paul Cole who rumbled through the Bobcats into the end zone, running over Houghton Lakes Thomas Howe on the way. Devin Ayers ran in the two point conversion to make the score 14-0. Ayers would earn a touchdown later in the first quarter as well, bowling through defenders on another inside run. Houghton Lake would deny Clare the two-point conversion, and the first quarter would end 20-0. Houghton Lake would mount a nice offensive at the start of the second quarter, led by quarterback Kurt Knoll and running back Payton Dull, who cut and speed-slashed their way in and out of Clare defenders to Clares 11-yard line. Houghton Lakes Drew Lindsay drove the ball in just shy of the goal line for the first down, and it only took one more play for Kurt Knoll to get into the end zone. Clare stopped the two-point conversion, brining the tally to 20-6 in favor of the Pioneers. Houghton Lakes Payton Dull played a brave second half, despite giving up quite a bit in height and weight. He showed grit and tenacity throughout the match, despite the score or the number of times

Alex Dysinger put up Madden-Type numbers against Houghton Lake, by rushing 9 times for 124 yards and 5 TDs - Photos by Loren Dassay

Payton Dull never quit on the Bobcats. He is a warrior.

he ended up on the grass, with Clare defenders mauling him. Houghton Lake would not find the end zone the rest of the game, and Clare would take over both time of possession and scoring. Clares Alex Dysinger found himself with five rushing touchdowns off nine carries for 124 yards. Brenden Hensley led the Pioneers defensively with 16 tackles and an interception that he ran back for quite a few yards. C l a r es C o a c h D a n H a g g a r t w a s pleased with his teams performance, acknowledging the overall great performance they gave. We came out ready to play tonight and it showed in all aspects of the game; offense, defense, and special teams. Everyone contributed to this victory.

Clares quarterback Ryan Seiter had three carries for 82 yards; Devin Ayers had seven carries 30 yards, and was brilliant on special teams. Cameron Foss contributed defensively as well with 10 tackles. Houghton Lake, though beaten on the scoreboard, never quit playing and fought on led by Payton Dull and quarterback Kurt Knoll. Logan Dunsmore was fierce on defense, swarming to the ball and being involved with many of the Bobcats stops. Both teams began getting frustrated at the end of the game with the after-theplay antics, and there were some extra penalties assessed due to the broken spirits of players who began playing for pride and team spirit.

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Meridians marching band commanded the field in the beginning, and their football team took over and owned the field the rest of the day. Meridian could not be stopped in their relentless pursuit of domination, and the band played on until the rains pured down in the second half, along with the scoreboard running up to Madden-Like numbers against the Eagles. - Photos by Loren Dassay

MERIDIAN GROUNDS THE EAGLES

By: Eric Dion Farwell travelled across the conference, brining with them a 2-0 record, and a busload of confidence. The Meridian Mustangs were sitting with a 1-1 record, and licking their chops at a chance for conference competition. The tone was set early when Jacob Wenzlick returned the opening kick for Meridian to Farwells 30-yard line. Freshman Christian Petre was under center for Meridian, and the first snap he took resulted in a fumble, which he promptly laid on for a loss. Petre took the next handoff and attempted a QB keeper, but found no room to run, and it promptly became third and thirteen. Petre attempted to pass in the drive as well, but the only hands he found was that of Jacob Turner of Farwell, who ran 10 yards in the opposite direction before a slew of Mustangs tackled him on the 29-yard line. The Farwell sidelines rang out with cheer, and the offense took the field. Jacob Turner took the snap from center, and rushed up the middle, meeting up with Meridians Joe Garner who stood Turner up with only a one-yard gain. Turner handed off the next snap to Keegan Rohdy, who slashed and cut his way into the open, and ran the ball the distance of the field for the touchdown. Unfortunately, a flag on the field became a holding penalty against Farwell; the play was drug back to the original line of scrimmage, and Farwell was facing a second and 22. Rohdy took the next handoff for a 3-yard gain, with Aaron Boxey stopping him. Facing a third and 19, Jacob Turner took the snap for the Eagles and attempted an outside run, and stopped after a six-yard gain. With Farwell facing a fourth and 13, the Eagles went to Keegan Rohdy with another handoff, and Joe Garner was waiting for him in the backfield for the Mustangs, stopping Rohdy cold. Meridian was now looking at a first and ten on Farwells 35-yard line, and Christian Petre went back to work, unhindered from the first series. Petre handed the ball off to Zach Arthur, who plowed up the middle for an 8-yard gain, leaving a second and two for the Mustangs after Noah Wilson brought him down for the Eagles. Petre went for another QB keeper, and found running room this time, making it to the 45-yard line. Zach Arthur found running room for the Mustangs as well, breaking off a big run down to Farwells 25-yard line, earning a first down. Arthur tried two more runs, but Adam Gott of Farwell was hawking him well, stuffing him for short gains. Facing a third and five, Petre tried going outside the tackles and was drove out of bounds by Jacob Turner, leaving the Mustangs with a fourth and two on the 18-yard line. Determined to put points on the board, Meridian tried to go for it, but the team was guilty of a false start, and found themselves on the 23-yard line, facing a fourth and seven. Kevin Sheibert came out for the field goal attempt, and split the uprights, giving Meridian the early 3-0 lead. Farwell would be unable to mount much of an offense in the first quarter, with both Keegan Rohdy and Tanner Touchtone being shutdown in the running game, and Jacob Turner finding little room to make much happen as well. Meridian would take a punt from Farwell late in the first quarter that Jacob Wenzlick ran back to Farwells 48-yard line. Zach Arthur took the next plays handoff and was untouched on his way to a touchdown with 3:17 left in the quarter. A quick field goal put Meridian up 10-0. The clouds began to open up at that point, dumping rain on Farwells already dim parade as Meridians kickoff pinned the Eagles at their own 10-yard line. As the quarter winded down, the Eagles managed to move the ball for a couple of first down runs, with some nice vision by Jacob Turner and Noah Wilson, along with some help by Keegan Rohdy. Farwell would be unable to make much of the drive, punting the ball away to the Mustangs who once again made the Eagles pay with another long drive that finished with a 20-yard QB sneak for a touchdown with 7:25 left in the half. The extra point went through to extend the lead to 17-0 for the Mustangs. With a fumble a three plays later by Farwell, recovered by Jack Brady of Meridian, the spirits of Farwell became as damp as the field as Zach Arthur took only four running attempt to find the end zone again with 5:36 left in the game, and the score going to 24-0 in favor of the Mustangs. Farwell took the kick off and tried to move the ball on the ground with Jacob Turner and Keegan Rohdy hooking up for a passing first down. Meridian swarmed Rohdy after that, and shut down Far wells running game to force a turnover on downs. Meridian would control the ball the rest of the half, and Petre moved the Mustangs up the field with a nice pass to Kevin Sheibert running up the sideline. With the ball at Farwells 21yard line, Petre took the ball himself to the outside, being hit by Seth Baginski at the 10-yard line earning another first down for the Mustangs. However, a couple of plays later, Petre hooked up with Conner VanDevelde in the front corner of the end zone for another touchdown, giving the Mustangs a 31-0 lead at the half. The second half was out of reach for Farwell, and despite a valiant effort, Zach Arthur would score again in the third quarter for the 38-0 score. The fourth quarter did not fare well for Farwell either, with scores by Wenzlick with 9:50 left for the 45-0 score, and a 14-yard rush by Luis Korpal for the final Mustang score. The clock would wind down with a 52-0 blitzing of Farwell, and the 2-0 Eagles leaving the field somberly. Meridians coach felt good about the effort by his teams execution. We knew we had to control the football and we had to shutdown Keegan Rohdy, and we did that. Then our offense ran away with the game with Zach Arthur running the ball and Christian Petre developing well as a freshman quarterback. We took some positive steps with out line of scrimmage today. That is where you win games, and they came through for us today.

If Zach Arthur is able to come close to the numbers he put up against the Eagles, he could be an easy choice for a first or second team all-conference. Zach was practically invisible as he wen untouched most of the game in his touchdown frenzy.

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Zach Arthur
Arthur displayed his keen vision and cut back precisely to shred the Eagle defensemen on a touchdown gallops of 20 yards. He plowed in on 4th and goal from one yard out and another from three yards out. Arthur is running roughsod over opponents the past two weeks.

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Trench Hogs
Gladwins overwhelming physical dominance on the front lines was the difference in the historic county clash. The hardy and bountiful corn harvests of Sage Township gives the G-Men the advantage over their Billings counterparts.

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Trice was explosive and active in all three facets. Trice made six punishing tackles. He recovered two fumbles and he was destructive on kick-off. Trice had 60 yards rushing via just six carries. Trice rushed for 21 yards on a pivotal 4th and 4 which led to a TD pass on the ensuing play. Later on 3rd down he ran for 16 yds down to the goal-line Trice was huge on O, D and Special Teams to help obtain the victory.

Above, Gladwins standout QB, Grove worked the veer, option reads to perfection with Esline, the two combined for five touchdowns.

BHS IS DEMOLISHED BY GS
down the sidelines for a 60 yard touchdown gallop. Hayden Scott boomed the pat to give Gladwin a quick 7-0 lead. Beavertons Lucas Mayberry slashed for 10 yards on the ground. Butch Fennell, Grove and Esline combined to stuff two consecutive Beaver runs. A false start penalty pushe d BH S f u r t he r b a ck . Then Santana Molinari tackled Beaverton for a four yard loss. Austin Schneider made a great tackle on the evasive Meachy Trice to halt the punt return. Grove ripped off an 11 yard run. Trice sliced for six yards, Lando rumbled for nine more. Beaverton stiffened, then on 4th and 4, Trice took the pitch, juked, dodged, bounced and muscled for 21 yards to move the chains. Grove then slung a flare pass to Lucas Schwager who was immediately hit after clutching the reception, he bounced off and exploded into the end-zone, 14-0 Gs. Beaverton fumbled the kick return and Trice recovered. Gladwin metriculated the ball down the field again. Then Grove tried leading a receiver open, but Beavertons Austin Dings hustled over and intercepted the pass. Sophomore bulldozer, Ian Hasenfratz chugged for seven north and south yards. Then Hasenfratz moved the chains with a six yard burst. Gladwins

Austin Dings was often at the proper place at the right time, as he intercepted this pass.

By: Clint Kern BEAVERTON It wasnt just the blistering horizontal at times droplets of precipitation that rained on Beavertons football parade Friday night, the torrential downpouring by the thick, fierce, physical, fundamentallly sound and unrelenting Gladwin offensive and defensive lineman won the battle in the trenches and dominated the battle at the line of scrimmage. Everyone talks about

Gladwin quarterback, Landon Groves potent arm, but it was his keen reads on the option runs en route to a 13 carry, 181 yard and three touchdown performance that led to the Beavers demise and produced a 49-0 Flying G triumph on the road versus their inter-county rivals, extending their 27 game winning streak over the Beavertonians. Gladwins Austin Lagalo bolted for about a 32 yard kick return to initiate the game, jolt Gladwin with extreme energy as he did on both sides of the ball the entire evening. After Stephen Esline was dropped for a three yard loss, Landon Grove rode his fake to the fullback, read the BHS defensive end, cut up field, gashed into the second layer of the Beaverton defense and burst

Josh Wilcox was whistled for pass interference on Schneider. Scotty Longstreth then rolled out and zipped a first down pass to Paul Haney. Gladwins Billy Rhodes buried a Beaver in their tracks. Longstreth bounced around the edge and spun on a tough run for good yardage. The next play saw Grove put his hat on the ball, forced the fumble and Trice recovered. Beaverton this time stopped Gladwin. Then BHS fumbled again, Molinari recovered the loose ball. Lando made another instinctive read on the veer, rushed for 12 more yards. Jared Ullom and Paul Haney each made rock solid solo tackles for Beaverton. Grove then dialed his own number by churning for eigh yards. Then Grove knifed for five yards and a first down conversion. Grove tossed to Trice who slashed

outside, cut back and wiggled down to the goal-line. Grove pierced into the endzone for the TD. Trice zoomed to the edge and converted the two point conversion. Brad McDonald fumbled the kick return and that man, Demetri Trice jumped on the ball to recover for the Gmen. Trice then erupted for a 17 yard run to set up a Stephen Esline steamroller in for pay dirt. Scott drilled the extra point kick and Gladwin held a 29-0 lead. Trice blitzed down and made another bone-jarring tackle on the kick-off. Mayberry rushed for 39 yards. Josh Wilcox hustled to make a touchdown saving tackle, unfortunately Mayberry reportedly broke his leg on this play. The refs sent the teams in because of another long injury timeout. They came back out. Gladwin stymied
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Jake Ruff entered the game into the Gs secondary and made an instant impact. One play in particular he, fought off a block, crushed a Beaver ballcarrier, forced a fumble and pounced on the ball to recover the fumble.

Far right; Gladwins D-line was dominant, #71, Clay Bowen was ultra physical. Right, Bob Frei is taking photos once again at another epic Gladwin County event. Bob selflessly donates numerous hours each week to enhancing events for the county. photos by Cody ORourke

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Wilcox
Josh Wilcox was wildly fierce and physical all evening stepping up on run support. Hes shown here upending Beavertons Austin Schneider. In the backdrop is Landon Grove, whos much more than just a stalwart QB, he had several big hits defensively.

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and stuffed Beaverton on 4th and 2. Schwager took the next play 30 yards via a precisely executed counter run. Esline made like a rhinoceroes and muscled for nine yards, then he rushed for seven yards, then 16 more yards across the goal-line to make it 36-0. Stephen Donn unleashed a couple of punishing tackles and at the end of the first half. Grove rushed for a 44 yard TD to make it 43-0 at the end of the third stanza. Jake Ruff fought off a block, made a hit, forced a fumble and recoverd the fumble. Wackerle tacked on a late touchdown and Gladwin won 49-0. Erik DeVries and Lew Janiga both played tough for BHS and GHSs D-lines. Landon Grove was 1-3 passing with a TD and an int. He stole the show with his 13 carries for 181 yards and three Tds. Stout sophomore running back, Stephen Esline tallied nine carries for 53 yards and two touchdowns. Meachy Trice swarmed the Beavers on all three phases of the game. Trice ripped down six tackles and was in on several others. He blew up BHS kick returns. Schilling came and was fierce Meachy was explosive tackling from and sparked the Gs the secondary and rushing offense with six carries from the for 60 yards and all his backfield. runs converted first downs or set up short LUKE SCHILLING touchdown runs. Tice also scooped up two fumble recoveries. As a coach, Im fortunate to have so many good players. We liked our matchups and we attacked them where we had advantages. Our guys were more physical at the point of attack. Of course Grove, Fennell, Trice are our studs, but we got great efforts from guys like Jake Ruff, Lewi Janiga, Luke Schilling, Stephen Donn, Lucas Schwager and others, remarked Gladwins Coach Josh Shattuck. It always feels great to win a rivalry game. Our goal is to win the JPC DeVries has and if you want to win a motor that the league, you have to knows only beat Clare. Well just one speed have to line up and and that is full throttle. play ball, see whos left standing. Austin Schneider led ERIC DEVRIES Beaverton with eight tackles. Casey Grove and Lucas Mayberry each recorded four tackles. Scott Longstreth was 6-14 passing for 63 yards. Mayberry had 52 yards on just four rushes. They won the battle at the line of scrimmage, we couldnt handle their physicality. The turnovers were killers. They ran to our weak side and off course we werent as strong there and didnt adjust properly. The injuries shook us up, commented Beavertons Coach Aaron Seiser.

Scotty Longstreth did ever ything he could to keep Beaverton on the move.

ROSCO ROLLS OVER HORNETS WITHOUT FLUEGEL

Miller torched the Harrison defense for 158 rushing yards. His explosiveness is stunning.

JOHN MILLER
The Bucks were without their work horse Austin Fluegel against the Harrison Hornets. Fluegel has been an absolute machine-beast on the tundra, mixing his raw combination of speed and power to demolish and gnash through the running lanes in the resurgent Roscommon program. So without their war-dog in the back field, Coach Holloway doubled down on John Miller, Brett Jobin and Caleb Jernigan as a triple-headed dragon train and churned up the greens for 384 yards in their 30-6 victory over the reeling Harrison squad. The Bucks took and early 16-0 lead when the Roscommon boys rolled down the field, set up shop on the 1 yard line and Hunter Mires powered in from under center to toss six on the board and nasty Caleb Jernigan went off tackle for the deuce to give the boys from the hardwoods the 8-0 advantage. The ground game continued to pay dividends as Brett Jobin flurry slashed through the Hornets line of defense and plunged for a 3 yard touchdown and Jernigan crashed in the 2 point bonus points to create 16 points of separation.

Harrison answered back in the 2nd when the Hornets power back Jake Walraven juked and spun loose on a 5 yard burst to make it a 16-6 game. But the Bucks defense led by Mitch Tyler, Alex Gojcaj and RJ Fredrickson started to muscle down and flex on the Hornets. We had a couple of big stops when Harrison was advancing the ball and those momentum shifts were huge for us, said Coach Holloway. Mitch Tyler paced the Bucks with 15 tackles and a sack while Gojcaj added 9 tackles a sack and an interception. The Bucks lashed out in the second half in the same fashion by exploiting their physical advantage up front and John Miller punched through the meat of the Harrison front lines to score and then dialed his own number

on the 2 point conversion, then late in the 4th Caleb Jernigan closed the coffin with a 56 yard scamper to pay dirt to make it a 30-6 game. Miller led the ground attack for the Bucks with 158 yards on 17 carries and a touchdown, while his partner in crime Brett Jobin lashed out for 114 yards on 14 carries and a score. Jernigan rushed for 109 yards on just 12 carries and added a touchdown. Gojaj had two receptions for 54 yards. Walraven paced the Hornets with 50 yards on 8 carries while Jacob Stuhr and Cody Rogers both had 8 carries for 33 yards. Nate Lipovsky paced the Hornets defense with 8 tackles.
COLEMAN MAULS BRETHREN DOWN AFTER DOWN AFTER DOWN AFTER DOWN

Jordan Gross shredded through Houghton Lakes defense like a knife through butter. - Kim Langlois

Coach Klopf unloaded his full arsenal on the ground, pounding the tundra for 483 yards in the 68-8 throttling of Brethern. The North Bradley boys wasted no time lighting up the score board, tossing up 44 points in the first quarter in convincing CLARE DECLAWS BOBCATS fashion. By: Eric Dion Colemans Asam Streamlow flurried out on Clare was facing a 0-2 record, and had a an option and blasted along the fringe to set very bad taste in their mouth, and an even the tone. Then the man-child Tim Anderson worse attitude as they faced the Houghton Lake Bobcats. The game would end in a 43-0 shutout in favor of the Pioneers, who did not allow a Bobcat first down until the third quarter, and would only relinquish one more in the fourth. Jordan Gross tore holes in the Bobcats defense, with four touchdowns on the day, with James Simon and Bean Ramos both put scores on the board for the Pioneers rushing attack as well. Zack Tyler had one passing touchdown to Spencer Harrell, a 24-yard shot. Defensively Zach Pulcifer and Joe McGuire each led the team with seven tackles. Clares Coach Luplow was pleased with his team this week I thought the team played with much more intensity this week than last weeks performance.

started to make big man moves on small boys, crashing in a pair of touchdown from 29 and 45 yards out two of his 4 touchdowns. Anderson would finish the night with 239 yards on 14 carries. After Anderson softened up the front lines, Streamlow sliced a pass to Lovejoy for a 35 yard strike and the bleeding continued as Anderson doubled down and mashed 5 more yards for another touchdown and sprung loose on a 29 yard scamper. Zack Frazier poured in a pair of 2 tds on runs of 26 and 52 yards. Then in the 3rd Dominic Panacek blasted 68 yards for the final touchdown. It was a nice win for us and we just wanted to start early and often get on the board to get the game in our hand in case their was a change with the weather, said Coach Klopf. It started raining and we hang on to the football. I thought weve improved from the bad second quarter of football we had against Farwell. Now we have to get healthy and just move forward.