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LANSING -- The MHSAA will be hosting the 2008 Women's Officials Training Clinic. The clinic will be held on Feb. 9, at DeWitt High School from 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. This training opportunity is geared toward recruiting and training new officials in basketball, competitive cheer, gymnastics, girls lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, track & field and volleyball. The clinic is held in conjunction with the Women in Sports Leadership conference, and the goal is to recruit new female officials. However, men are welcome to participate, as well. The $30 registration fee will cover the cost of all clinic materials, lunch and a mail in voucher (a $35 value) for MHSAA registration fees. To register, complete the panel at the following link and send it to the MHSAA: http://www.mhsaa.com/studentlead/wislregform.pdf.

Other training opportunities are available for boys and girls lacrosse, please see information at: Boys Lacrosse training clinic registration information: http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/blax/laxoff.pdf.

Girls Lacrosse training clinic registration information: http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/glax/laxoff.doc.

Ram grapplers take Hornets, 39-30

NEW LOTHROP -- The Genesee Area Conference rivalry continued Wednesday night when Montrose of the Red Division traveled to New Lothrop of the Blue Division. The Rams pulled out a 39-30 win over the Hornets in the close contest. At 103 lbs., New Lothrop's Justin Krupp earned a 7-5 win over Andrew Frame. In the 112 lb. match, Montrose's Brad Smith was a 2-0 victor over Blake Birchmeier. Hornet Allen Krupp won by forfeit at 119, while Ram Cody Wray won by forfeit at 125. At 130, Montrose's Corey Madden pinned Jesse Lorencz in 5:13. Brandon McNiel pinned New Lothrop's Kelly Krupp in 1:34 at 135 lbs. In the 140 lb. match, New Lothrop's Taylor Copes pulled out a 4-0 decision over Trevor Atwell. At 145 lbs., the Rams' Jake Freeman pinned Jacob Emmendorfer in 4:52. At 152 lbs., Hornet Tom Wenzlick pinned Shane Henry in 3:57. New Lothrop got another six points at 160 lbs. with Kyle Trent's pin of Nick Wallace in 21 seconds. At 171 lbs., Montrose's Brandon Boone earned a 10-8 decision over Marc Confer. Brad Boone followed up at 189 lbs. with a 1:55 pin of New Lothrop's Travis Timmons. At 215, New Lothrop's Ethan Bishop pinned John Perkins in 29 seconds. The Rams' Marvin Boswell picked up a 7-2 win over Donny Dawes at heavyweight. In the other contest for the night, the Hornets cruised to a 69-12 win over Mt. Morris. The Hornets got wins from Justin Krupp (103), Blake Birchmeier (112), Allen Krupp (119), Jesse Lorencz (125), Kelly Krupp (130), Taylor Copes (140), Luke Dawes (145), Tom Wenzlick (152), Kyle Trent (160), Marc Confer (189), Ethan Bishop (215) and Donny Dawes (275).

Lady Bulldogs come up short at Carrollton

CARROLLTON -- The St. Charles varsity cagegals made a game of it, but came up short Friday night in a 63-56 loss to host Carrollton. A bad fourth quarter and foul trouble at the end put the game out of reach for the Lady Bulldogs. The St. Charles gals led 12-9 at the end of the first quarter, but got out-scored 18-9 in the second. "We had a couple of people get in foul trouble in the second quarter," admitted St. Charles coach Larry Mishler. "We put our subs in, but we didn't get out on the Carrollton shooters like we should have, and they shot three threes. That kind of jump started them." For the rest of the game, the teams stayed fairly even, playing to a 13-13 tie in the third quarter. Carrollton had a 23-22 edge in the final frame. Foul trouble also proved to be a problem in the fourth quarter for the Bulldogs, with five players fouling out. Carrollton shot 14 of 24 from the charity stripe, mostly after the four minute mark, while the Bulldogs had just six attempts. "I thought we played pretty good tonight," Mishler said. "I thought we should have won the game." Kaleigh Bashans led the Bulldogs with 21 points, 15 of those coming in the second half. She also had three assists, three steals and three boards. Megan McSweyn added eight points with 10 boards. Jordan Mishler also had eight points with five rebounds. Jessy Gonzales chipped in seven points with three boards and three steals. Nicole Apsey had five points and four rebounds, while Jade Tribfelner added four points. The Bulldog defense was scorched by Carrollton's sophomore point guard, Myesha Agnew with 23 points. "She handles the ball extremely well," Coach Mishler said. "She makes them pretty darn good." The Bulldogs play host to Breckenridge on Monday night, then host Ithaca on Friday night.

Chesaning's Reiber four-peats at Freeland tourney

FREELAND -- Chesaning's Chad Reiber made it a perfect 4-0 at the Freeland Invitational on Saturday, Dec. 29. The senior wrestler had been a champion all four years of his high school career at the event. The last wrestler to achieve that feat was from Shepherd, graduating in 1980. The Indian grapplers finished the tournament in 12th place with 80 points. Mt. Pleasant led the field with a whopping 213.5 points. Caro was second with 195, while Midland was a distant third at 125 and Alma and Freeland tied for fourth with 115 pts. St. Charles finished in 14th place with 67.5 points. Reiber led the Indians, taking the title at 135 lbs. with a 4:12 pin of Caro's Sterling Herman. Reiber won all four of his matches by pin. Jaxon Wirgau took second at 160 lbs., dropping a 9-3 decision to Caro's Corey Robinson in the title match. Wirgau had two pins on the day to get to the finals. Josh Tithof took fourth at 112 lbs. He lost 7-2 to Freeland's Kyle Henderson in the consolation finals. Patrick Hook finished fifth with an 11-10 decision. St. Charles was led by Matt Moore and Mike Spannagel. Moore finished fourth at 140 lbs., dropping a 10-9 decision to Dan Howard of Midland in the consolation finals. Spannagel was fourth in at 152 lbs. He dropped a 10-5 decision to Carl Deaton of Shepherd in the consolation finals. Jason Smith took fifth at 160 lbs. with a 2:50 pin.

Tribe gals cruise past Alma, 72-18

CHESANING -- Coach Wayne Scanlon's varsity cagers came out of the holiday break red-hot Friday night with a lop-sided 72-18 win over visiting Alma. The Chesaning gals opened the game with a 15-0 first quarter, then led 37-4 at the break. "This no-fouling, playing good defense is really catching on with our girls," said Scanlon. "We've had some pretty good practices over the last two weeks, and it really showed tonight." The Indians went 12 of 15 from the free throw line, while Alma was 0-0. Brooke Jastrzembowski led the Tribe with 26 points, six assists and three steals. Katie Vincke added 19 points with seven rebounds and three assists. Megan Newton chipped in 10 points, while Sabrina Aguilar had five points with her six rebounds. Everybody who got into the game for the Indians scored, Scanlon said. The Chesaning gals are 8-1 on the season, 5-1 in the Tri-Valley Conference Central Division.

Panthers pull away from Indian cagers, 52-44

CHESANING -- Alma's size proved too much for the Chesaning varsity cagers to handle Friday night in a 52-44 win for the Panthers. "They're the biggest team we've played," said Chesaning coach Jason Danek. "I thought that really affected some of our shots. They kind of intimidated us." Chesaning led 9-8 after the first quarter, but the Panthers used a 12-6 run in the second to garner a 20-15 lead at the intermission. Alma then out-scored the Tribe 16-13 in the third. It was a 16-16 tie in the fourth. The Indians shot 17 of 64 from the floor and 7 of 11 from the line. "We missed some open shots in the second half, and that hurt," Danek said. Cal Bishop led the Indians with a double-double -- 16 points and 10 rebounds. "Cal was our go-to guy tonight. He had an outstanding game," Danek praised. Chuck Harris finished with eight points, nine rebounds and four steals. Joe Bitterman added seven points with five boards and six steals. Cody Stoddard had six points with four boards. Andrew Guzdial had five points and three steals. The Indians fall to 3-4 on the season, 1-4 in the Tri-Valley Conference Central Division. Chesaning travels to St. Charles on Tuesday night, then heads to Ovid-Elsie on Friday.