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Bucks wrestle way to district title

"This is always one of our
goals," Pine River coach
Tim Jones said of winning
LEROY Add another
the Team District. "We look
trophy to the alreadyto see where we're at compacked case.
ing out of the conference
Pine River beat Manton
56-18 to capture yet another and we want to be wrestling
on an upswing. We seem to
MHSAA Division 4 Team
be doing that.
District wrestling crown
"We will see Hesperia this
Thursday night.
weekend (at an Individual
The victory advances the
District) and then got at
Bucks into Team Regional
them next Wednesday."
action next Wednesday
Scoring wins for Pine
at home. Pine River faces
River against Manton were
powerhouse Hesperia in
Nate Park (103 pounds), Jorone semifinal while windan Stone (112), Tony Moore
ners from the Whittemore(119), Robert Ragatzki (125),
Prescott and Frankfort district meet in the other match. Elliott VanDreumel (130),
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mcbain nmc
51
beal city
74
evart 51
girls hoops
manistee 47
cadillac 44

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Members of the Pine River wrestling team pose after winning a MHSAA Division 4 Team District title.
coach Dan Tuck said.
The Rangers opened with
a 48-26 win over Forest Area
in the first match.
Scoring wins were Rosted,

Riley Somers (189), Noah

Thompson (215), Brandon
Levi (103), Ryan Groendyk
(112), Rose, Garrett Siddall
(145) and Anthony Cergunl

An ugly one

Top Scores
boys hoops
pine river
42
mcbain 36

Darwin Dean (135), Kyle

Nixon (145), Jeff Gross
(160), Tyler McCurry (189),
Dominic Garcia (215) and
Cody Morrison (285).
Jones said the wins at 112,
160 and 215 were key.
"We needed to win all of
those for (individual) district
seeding," he said. "The win
for Dominic was big because
he had lost there before."
Scoring wins for Manton
were Kainen Rose (140), Steven Helsel (152) and Tristin
Rosted (171).
"Those two- and four-point
matches just kept going the
wrong way for us," Manton

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Pine River beats

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lakeview 43
reed city
39
suttons bay
45
buckley 36
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Main Events
Girls Basketball:
McBain at Manton. 6 p.m.
Boys Basketball:
Manistee at Cadillac. 7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball:
McBain at Marion.
7:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball:
Lake City at Manton. 7:30 p.m.

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Friday night
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(152).
Both Pine River and
Manton head to Hesperia
on Saturday for a Division 4
Individual District.

Spartans
roll past
Penn St.
the associated press

MCBAIN When two

excellent defensive teams
EAST LANSING Adclash, the offense aint usureian Payne scored 12
ally gonna be pretty.
points in his return from a
Pine River headed northfoot injury, and No. 9 Micheast for the rematch with
igan State kept pace atop
Highland Conference rival
the Big Ten with an 82-67
IOWA
INDIANA
McBain, and the Bucks
victory over Penn State on
swept the season series
Thursday night.
with a hard-fought 42-36 win
Payne
in boys basketball action
hadn't
Thursday night.
played
Wins are like children,
since
Bucks coach Brian GoodeJan. 7 benow said. Sometimes you
cause of a
get an ugly one, but you love
sprained
em all the same.
foot, but
While the aesthetic qualialthough
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MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN STATE
ties of this particular win
he didn't
Wisconsin, 1
are certainly debatable,
start
p.m. Sunday
what cant be denied is how
Thursday,
TV: CBS
this Pine River team keeps
he did
finding ways to win.
play 18 minutes, going 5 of
Neither team wouldve
9 from the field.
been featured in any how-to
The Spartans (20-3, 9-1
shooting videos McBain
Big Ten) were still nowhere
hit just 24 percent from
near full strength. Keith
the floor, while Pine River
Appling, who has been
MINNESOTA
missed 20 of 25 shots from
NORTHWESTERN
dealing with a wrist probinside the arc but the
lem, sat out, and Branden
Bucks used another stellar
Dawson is still out because
performance from the charof a broken hand.
ity stripe to salt it away.
Kenny Kaminski scored
Thats two games in a
a career-high 19 points for
row where if we dont make
the Spartans.
our free throws, we dont
Tim Frazier scored 22
win, Goodenow said, referpoints for Penn State (12ring to the Bucks 9-of-10 per11, 3-7).
marc vieau | cadillac news
formance from the line in
Despite all of its injury
McBains Grant Gugle goes up with a shot and splits the defense of Pine Rivers Skyler Nelson (left) and
the fourth quarter of a win
woes, Michigan State is
Mitchell McDonald (right) during Thursdays Highland Conference contest.
OHIO STATE
PENN STATE
over Manton Friday.
tied for first with rival
double with 10 points and
straight Highland title.
We seem to have fixed
Thats the kind of thing,
Michigan atop the Big
10 rebounds, while Tristan
This was one of those
our defensive problems, but
in close games, everybody
Ten. Everyone else in the
Wilson had eight points and
now were struggling offen- nights where the lids were
knows its a difference
conference is at least three
Jordan Vanderhoef added
sively, McBain coach Bruce on the baskets, thats for
maker.
games back.
four points and four boards.
sure, Goodenow said.
Koopman said.
Pine River (12-1, 9-0 HighPayne missed Michigan
Brandon Hoaglund paced Koopman praised Ethan
They (Pine River) do a
land) converted 11-of-12 charState's loss to Michigan
the Bucks with 12 points and Eisenga for providing a lift
ity tosses on the night, while nice job of spreading the
late last month, and the
of the bench, as well.
floor and they do some great six rebounds, while Skyler
McBain was just 6-of-15.
crowd gave him a nice ova McBain won the JV conNelson added 11 points
The other big difference in things, he added.
tion when he reported to
test, 78-73.
and three steals, Mitch McWe just need to keep trythe contest was long-range
the scorer's table to check
LoganWISCONSIN
Eling had 24 points
Donald had 10 points, six
better and better
shooting, as Pine River made ing to getPURDUE
in for the first time Thursfor the Ramblers, while Craig
7-of-17 3-pointers compared to before March, and maybe we rebounds and four assists,
day. Payne entered with
and Lucas Harris had seven Sterk added 21. Mason Powell
can make a little noise.
the Ramblers 2-of-10 effort.
16:21 left in the first half
had a game-high 27 points
points and 10 boards.
The Bucks, meanwhile,
For McBain, its an issue
and made his first shot,
for the Bucks, while Marcus
For the Ramblers, Kyle
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Cadillacs Fuller headed to

Spring Arbor for womens soccer
Fuller visited the first
chance she got and verbally
committed to the NAIA
school outside of Jackson
CADILLAC Abbey
Fuller knew pretty much in- in late January. She also
considered Northwood, Ferstantly what she wanted.
The Cadillac High School ris State, Calvin, Davenport
and Northern Michigan.
senior had thoughts on
The Spring Arbor coachwhere she wanted to play
college soccer but when she ing staff hadnt seen Fuller
play at the time of her visit
went to Spring Arbor Uniso she attended a prospects
versity, it all clicked.
camp and it worked.
Spring Arbor was late in
The coach offered me
joining the recruiting of Fulland said hes got a spot on
er, but it has all worked out.
I got asked to a couple of his team for me, Fuller
different schools but Spring said. I felt totally at peace
with my decision.
Arbor wasnt in the mix
Its a small school and I
last year, she said. I really
wanted to go to a Christian love that atmosphere.
Spring Arbor finished the
school and play soccer.
I talked to a friend on my 2013 season with an 18-3-1
record and qualified for the
club team who is going to
NAIA National TournaSpring Arbor and she said
ment under head coach Jashe really liked it.
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son Crist, who will enter his

15th season there in 2014.
Under Crists tutelage,
the Cougars were NCCAA
National Champions in
2010 and runner-up in 2007.
Spring Arbor won an NAIA
regional title in 2004 and
made repeat appearances at
the NAIA National Championships in 2010 and 2011.
Hes got a 215-73-20 record
in 14 seasons at Spring Arbor.
Their mens and womens
teams at Spring Arbor are super successful and soccer is
big down there, Fuller said.
They run the same type of
offense, too, that we do.
For Fuller, its the culmination of a ton of hard
work to get to this point,
and the start of even more
with playing at the collegiate level.

marc vieau | cadillac news

Cadillac senior Abbey Fuller signs her National Letter of Intent for women's soccer at Spring Arbor
University. With her are parents Todd and Lynn Fuller, along with Cadillac coaches Luke Rumohr, Jen
VanNoord and Mike McLaurin.
Fuller will be a four-year
starter for Cadillac this
spring and holds the season
single-season goal scoring
and points record for the
Vikings with 26 goals and
17 assists last spring. The

5-foot-4 attacker was named

All-District, All-Region and
honorable mention AllState in Division 2 last year.
Shes a standout club
player, too, with the Grand
Rapids Crew Juniors, going

downstate twice a week to

work on her game.
Thats been totally worth
it for me, Fuller said.
Fuller plans on majoring in marketing at Spring
Arbor.