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Pine River a perfect 14-0 in Highland after win over Beal City
to Class C district play next week
at Beaverton on a high note.
"Coming in, this game didn't
BEAL CITY Perfection was
mean a lot to either team but it
attained but what might mean
more is what it took to get there. will mean a lot for us as it's somePine River overcame a sluggish thing for us to hang our hats on
and we wanted to go into the poststart to beat Beal City 59-58 on a
season on a high note," Pine River
Mitchell McDonald layup with
1.4 seconds remaining in a High- coach Brian Goodenow said.
land Conference boys basketball "Adversity builds character and I
think we built a lot tonight."
game Thursday night.
Beal City, which finished second
The win wraps up a perfect
in the Highland behind Pine Rivleague season for the Bucks (18-2
overall) at 14-0 and sends them in- er, was the much stronger team to
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beal city

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lake city
mcbain nmc

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54

kingsley 65
mesick 35

Main Events
Girls Basketball:
Class B district final, Cheboygan at
Cadillac. 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball:
Class C district final, Glen Lake at
McBain. 7 p.m.
Boys Basketball:
Manton at Marion. 7:30 p.m.

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them for the way they responded."

The Bucks outscored the Aggies 18-8 in the third quarter
to trail just 46-45 going into the
fourth. Beal City missed the
front end of a one-and-one with
about eight seconds remaining
and McDonald got the rebound.
He went the length of the floor,
spun in the lane and layed it in
with with less than two seconds
left for the game-winning bucket.
Schroeder Vanderhoof paced
Pine River with a "fantastic night,"

as he scored 14 points and grabbed

five rebounds. Skyler Nelson had
13 points while Greg Park had 11
points and five rebounds.
Brandon Hoaglund scored 10
points and dished out six assists
while Lucas Harris had seven points
an seven rebounds. McDonald had
10 rebounds and five assists.
The Bucks meet either Evart
or Farwell on Wednesday at Beaverton.
Pine River won the JV game
78-67 to finish 15-5.

Strong Finish

Top Scores
prep hockey
cadillac 10
gaylord 2
boys hoops
cadillac 48
tc central
36

open Thursday's game as it outscored the Bucks 23-12 in the first

quarter and led 38-27 at halftime.
"We didn't look like we were
ready to play in the first quarter
and that's on me," Goodenow
said. "Our shots weren't falling
but defense is what we hang our
hats on. We were letting guys get
in the lane and get good shots.
"We challenged them at halftime to show some heart and start
getting some stops. As mad as I
was at halftime, I was proud of

Cadillac
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Gaylord

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Team Conf

Overall

Alpena 11-1

18-1

Petoskey 8-4

14-6

Cadillac 8-4

13-6

TC West 8-4

9-10

TC Central 5-7

5-15

Ogemaw Hts. 2-10

6-12

Gaylord 0-12

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Thursdays Games
Cadillac 48, TC Central 36
Petoskey 64, Gaylord 52
Alpena 78, Ogemaw Heights 47

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CADILLAC Call it a
good way to finish.
Cadillac showed some
toughness and grit to wrap
up the regular season with
a 48-36 win over Traverse
City Central in a Big North
Conference boys basketball
contest Thursday night.
The victory moves the Vikings (13-6 overall) into second place in the final league
standings.
The win over the Trojans,
coupled with a strong effort
against a good Mount Pleasant team, sends Cadillac
into Class B district play on
a high note.
With the physical play
and toughness you need in
the tournament, this was a
good game to prepare us and
this was a good last week of
the season for us, Cadillac
coach Jeff McDonald said.
It also marks 14 times in
the last 15 years that we finished either first or second
in the league.
Thats a good accomplishment.
The game didnt start all
that well for Cadillac as TC
Central led 12-10 after the
first quarter before the Vikings showed signs of life
late in the second quarter to
lead 22-18 at halftime.
For about a quarter
and a half, we were getting
outplayed physically, McDonald said. Our guys took
control the last three minutes of the second quarter
and then sustained it.
Our discipline and pa-

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Cadillac senior center Justin Liptak gets position underneath the basket against a Traverse City Central
defender during Thursdays Big North Conference contest. The Vikings beat the Trojans 48-36.
tience was at a much higher
level. Jalen (Brooks) set the
tone for us. He was aggressive and scored points in every quarter, which was huge
for us.
The Vikings were up 33-25
going into the fourth quarter.
Brooks paced Cadillac

with 23 points and seven

rebounds while Andrew Emington had 10 points. Justin
Liptak had six points and
Lewis Finch grabbed seven
rebounds.
Cadillac hosts Cheboygan
in a Class B district contest
at 7 p.m. Monday.

Cadillac won the JV

game 56-28. Ethan Baker
scored 14 points, Tyler Barczewski 11 and Michael Holdship eight.
TC Central won the
freshman game 46-34. Gavin
Daniels led Cadillac with 15
points.

GAYLORD Win.
Move on.
Really, that's the focus.
Cadillac did just that as it
beat Gaylord 10-2 in a MHSAA Division 3 pre-regional hockey game Thursday
night at the Otsego County
Sportsplex.
The victory sends the
Vikings (18-6-1 overall)
into Saturday's regional
title game back in Gaylord
against Sault Ste. Marie.
It marks the fourth time
in six years Cadillac has
made the regional final.
Before thinking about
the Blue Devils, though,
the Vikings had to finish
off a struggling Gaylord
team it had routed twice
during the regular season.
"We were more focused
on ourselves than the other
team, but after the first two
games against them, it's
hard to get up for games
like this and they can be
easy to overlook," Cadillac
coach Scott Graham said.
"It's easy to fall into a
trap and be overconfident."
Much like Tuesday's win
over Alpena, Cadillac came
out strong but it was just
2-1 after the first period.
The Vikings, though,
took charge in the second
period and scored five unanswered goals for a commanding 7-1 lead.
Scoring for Cadillac were
Patrick Briggs, Spencer
Graham, Keenan Kolarik,
Brett Farley, Jordan Adlam
and Blake Ford. Recording assists were Graham,
Ford, Adlam, Ryan Morse,
Briggs, Dylan Cook, Kolarik, Levi Rowan and
Ryan Pendrick.
Connor Kassuba was in
goal.
The winner of Saturdays regional title game
advances to state quarterfinal play next week.

Lake City rallies for win over NMC

zone and he was in there
a lot."
NMC led 18-10 after the
MCBAIN A little
shake-up at halftime made first quarter and was still
up 30-26 at halftime.
the difference.
For NMC coach Dale VedLake City struggled to
open the game but played a dler, it was a good night
despite the loss.
strong second half to beat
"I was proud of the way
Northern Michigan Chrisour guys played tonight,"
tian 64-54 in a Highland
he said. "They played their
Conference boys' basketball game Thursday night. hearts out.
"We got tired down the
The Comets were the
stretch because they're a
stronger team in the
big team and we couldn't
game's first 16 minutes
compete with them on the
with the Trojans seemboards.
ingly going through the
"I think that affected our
motions, coach Dale Eising
shooting."
said.
Drew Marion and Lake
"We gave up nine offenCity caught fire in the
sive rebounds in the first
third quarter as he scored
half and that shouldn't
17 points as part of the Trohappen. Credit NMC for
jans outscoring the Comets
playing well, though," he
29-9.
said.
Drew Marion paced
"I just didn't like our energy in our man defense so Lake City with 24 points
while Lucas Marion had
we went to a zone.
"Brad Atkins had a really 14 points, 11 rebounds and
good defensive game in the eight blocks. Kory Root
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added eight points.

Veddler commended
Dylan Lucas for a great
night with 15 points, three
assists and three steals
while Jonathan Dracht had
12 points. Jordan Eisenga
added 10 points and Jonathan Perry scored nine.
Lake City is at Glen Lake
in a Class C district contest
Monday while NMC meets
Mount Pleasant Sacred
Heart in a Class D contest
Wednesday at Big Rapids
Crossroads.

played uninspired.
Kingsley led 17-5 after the
first quarter and 28-14 at
halftime. It was 44-22 going
into the fourth quarter.
Peter Roush paced the
Bulldogs with 15 points.
Mesick (5-15 overall)
meets either Forest Area
or Bear Lake in a Class D
district contest Wednesday
at Bear Lake.

Bears fall short

BUCKLEY Frankfort
beat Buckley 74-50 in a
Northwest Conference
Mesick falls to Stags
contest.
The Panthers were up
MESICK Mesick strug20-10 after the first quarter
gled quite a bit in a 65-35
loss to Kingsley in a North- and 40-21 at halftime.
Dustin Tandy paced the
west Conference game.
Bears with 12 points while
Im disappointed beBryce Guernsey and Tyler
cause we didnt give our
best effort tonight, Mesick Welch each scored 11.
Buckley meets Frankfort
coach Rene LaFreniere
or Onekama in a Class D
III said. We were on the
track of improving the last district contest Wednesday
at Frankfort.
two weeks but tonight, we

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Northern Michigan Christians Mitch Perry looks to shoot against

Lake Citys Lucas Marion (left), Brad Atkins (center) and Drew
Marion during Thursdays Highland Conference contest. The Trojans
beat the Comets 64-54.