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Bucks, Rangers get big Highland Confernce wins

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Pine River 68
Beal City 62
BEAL CITY Beal City is
a tough place to win.
Pine River boys coach Brian Goodenow knows this. In
fact, the Bucks coach said
anytime you go to Beal City
and get a win, it is a big win.
On Thursday, Pine River got
that big win when the Bucks
came from behind to score a
68-62 win.
We are always happy
with a W even if we don't
technically play a great
game, he said. They were
outplaying us in the first

half but Mitchell McDonald had six threes in the

first half and kept us in the
game.
The Aggies jumped out
to a 23-15 lead after the first
quarter and led 39-37 at the
half. Goodenow said McDonald's 20 points in the first
half as well as Lucas Harris attacking the rim and
getting to free throw line
were what helped the Bucks
weather the storm in the
first half.
In the second half, defensive intensity was better
and the Bucks were able to
stop the Aggies penetration. That said, Pine River
still trailed Beal City as the
fourth quarter started, 55-53.
If McDonald helped keep

the Bucks in the game during the first half it was

the play of Greg Park that
helped to put Pine River
over the top in the fourth
quarter. Park had eight
points in the fourth quarter
and was 3 for 3 from the free
throw line.
He (Park) had a four point
play where he hit a three
and hit the free throw. That
put us within one point and
that turned the momentum
with just under two minutes
left in the game, Goodenow
said.
McDonald led the Bucks
with 25 points, eight rebounds and three assists
while Harris had 14 points
and 11 boards. Park added
13 points and nine rebounds

while Mason Powell had

nine points.
Pine River (10-2, 4-2) travels to Evart on Tuesday.

Manton 63
Marion 17
MARION Manton boys
basketball coach Ryan Hiller knows what it feels like
to be on the wrong end of a
lopsided loss.
Not too long ago, the Rangers were struggling and it
was Hiller and Manton that
were losing games by double digits. On Thursday, the
Rangers blasted Marion, 6318.
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Paquette has 3 goals, Lightning beat Wings

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Tampa Bay took a 4-1 lead at 11:03

of the second when Paquette completed his first hat trick from the
TAMPA, Fla. Cedric Paquette is right circle during a short-handed
on a hot streak after a long scoring 2-on-1. The center has four goals in
the past two games after going 29
drought.
Paquette had three goals, and the straight without one.
It feels good, Paquette said.
Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Thursday Twenty-nine games without a goal,
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ninth consecutive home win.
Darren Helm scored for Detroit,
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Ceddy Paquette, Lightning coach which had won six in a row.
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Jon Cooper said. He was feeling it
tonight. Hes earned it. That kids because what we do here is we win
been gaming it out forever for us, together and we lose together and
we move on, coach Mike Babcock
trying to find his way.
Steven Stamkos and Mark Bar- said.
Paquette opened the scoring 2:03
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who leapfrogged the Red Wings into into the game when he used his
first place in the Atlantic Division backhand to beat Petr Mrazek on a
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rebound. His right-circle goal gave
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Jonathan Drouin and Alex Killorn Tampa Bay a 2-1 lead with 36.2 seconds left in the first.
had two assists apiece.
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Today in Sports
On this date:
1926 The major
league rules committee mandates
that pitchers must
have access to a
rosin bag.
1993 Monica
Seles beats Steffi
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to capture her
third straight Australian Open.
1994 The Dallas Cowboys, behind MVP Emmitt
Smith and safety
James Washington, beats Buffalo
30-13 for their
second straight
NFL title while
giving the Bills
four straight Super Bowl losses.

playing hard all night. Our

kids, with our size, really
hurt them throughout the
game, he said. Everyone
got a lot of minutes and it
was one of the games that
we should win and we did.
We needed it to stay in the
conference hunt.
Wyatt Baker paced the
Rangers with 18 points and
11 rebounds while Jonah
Nelson added 10 points and
seven steals. Tyler Swing
had eight points in the win
while Hunter Ruell added
seven points.
Manton (8-3) hosts NMC
Tuesday.
The Manton JV also won
its game against Marion, 3830. Jacob Teed led the Rangers with 16 points.

Dawson,
MSU
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Stamkos made 3-1 on his 27th goal,

a power-play drive from the left circle at 4:18 of the second.
Helm tied it at 1 when he beat Ben
Bishop from the slot at 11:59 of the
first.
Pavel Datsyuk got his 553rd assist
on the play, lifting him into a tie for
100th place on the NHLs career list
with Mike Bossy and
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Bishop made a glove save on Riley Sheahans breakaway late in the
first. He finished with 27 stops while
improving to 6-1-0 against the Red
Wings.
We can only cheat ourselves for
so long, Detroit defenseman Niklas Kronwall said. Theres a lot of
things that need to be better. The
first period was pretty good. After
that, it kind of went downhill.
WISCONSIN
Barberio stopped a 26-game goal
drought, dating to March 8, late in
the second.

PISCATAWAY, N.J.
Michigan State coach Tom
Izzo has never seen a stranger basketball season in the
Big Ten Conference. Some
nights your team is awfully
good. The next, the opposite.
The Spartans are exhibit
A. After a
poor performance
in a loss to
Nebraska
last weekend, Michigan State
(14-7, 5-3)
bounced
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and rolled
to a 71-51 win on Thursday
night in a game that was
postponed earlier in the
week by the threat of a blizzard in New Jersey.
"Teams are winning by 30
and then losing by 20," Izzo
said. "It's frustrating I bet
for fans, media and coaches.
As far as we're concerned,
I thought there were some
bright spots and we got back
to our roots. We defended
well, we rebounded well
and we got on the fast break
well."
Brenden Dawson led the
way for the Spartans with
17 points and 11 rebounds,
Bryn Forbers added 18, and
both had points in the 20-2
run to start the second half
that blew the game open.
"In the first half we've
been talking about us coming out with energy at the
beginning of the game,"
Dawson said. "That's what
we've been struggling with.
In the second half we just
came out with a lot more energy."

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Mesick girls win, Buckley girls come up short

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Mesick 49
Forest Area 17
MESICK Good defensive led to
the Mesick girls basketball team
beating Forest Area Thursday, 4917
Mesick coach Dave Shutler said
Thursday's game was likely his
team's best defensive performance
of the season and the Bulldogs
played with a lot of energy resulting in a lot of Forest Area turnovers.
We finally played a complete

game, he said.
Mesick led 10-4 after the first
quarter and expanded that to 217 by the half. By the start of the
fourth quarter, Mesick had the
game in hand and led 38-12.
Morgan Riojas paced the Bulldogs with 16 points and 18 rebounds while Abby Trowbridge
had nine points and nine boards.
Lexi Andrews rounded out the Mesick scorers with seven points and
eight rebounds.
Mesick travels to Frankfort
Tuesday.
The Mesick JV also beat Forest
Area, 36-28. Abby Riffle paced the
Bulldogs with 15 points and 13 rebounds.

The Kingsley JV also won

Thursday beating Buckley, 41-20.
Catherine Montgomery scored
eight for Buckley while Megan
BUCKLEY The Buckley girls Molloseau scored seven.
basketball team lost at home
Thursday to Kingsley, 44-25.
The Bears trailed the Stags 17-0
after the first quarter and 24-1 at
the half. By the start of the fourth
BENZONIA The Cadillac
quarter Buckley trailed 33-8 but freshman girls basketball team
managed to score 17 points in the beat Benzie Central Thursday 41final quarter while holding Kings- 25 while the freshman boys lost
ley to 11 points.
52-44.
Hannah Baldinger paced the
Hannah Emington led the ViBears with nine points.
kings with 16 points for the girls
The Bears host Suttons Bay while Colin Weedon led the boys
Tuesday.
with 14 points.

Kingsley 44
Buckley 25

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