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The Indians led 13-8 after the first quarter, but the Chargers climbed back in contention with a 13-9 advantage in the second. With a 22-21 lead at the half, the Tribe came out with a 16-7 run in the third to take a 10 point lead.

Valley Lutheran battled back in the fourth, out-scoring the hosts 26-21, but couldn't make up enough ground.

"We had a good third quarter that gave us a 10 point lead," said Chesaning coach Jason Danek. "But they just chipped away at us"

With about a minute left to play, the Chargers took a 54-53 lead, but then fouled Chesaning's Cody Stoddard. Stoddard went to the line and sank both of his free throws to put the Indians up 55-54.

Chesaning then played a solid defense, forcing the Chargers to turn the ball over and then foul to stop the clock. The Indians also made them pay by hitting their last 16 free throws on a 16 of 18 night.

Joe Bitterman led the Tribe with 14 points, 12 rebounds and three steals. Joe Devota also had 14 points with four boards.

Stoddard finished with nine points and five rebounds, while Andrew Guzdial also had nine points with his four boards. Cal Bishop chipped in eight points with three steals.

"We're happy that we found a way to win," Coach Danek summed up.

The Indians are 6-5 on the season.

Lancers blitz Bulldogs, 87-44

MIDLAND -- Normally when the Tri-Valley Conference teams play their crossover games, the contests are fairly even. But the St. Charles varsity cagers ran into a buzz saw Friday night up to Bullock Creek, dropping an 87-44 decision to the Lancers.

Bullock Creek opened with a 26-9 run in the first quarter and never looked back. The Lancers were up 43-25 at the intermission.

St. Charles shot 17 of 55 from the floor for 29 percent, and 9 of 15 from the line, for 60 percent.

Ryan Humpert led the 'Dawgs with 11 points. Chris Schalow added eight points. Matt Schalow chipped in six points with a steal and a block. Dugan Roosa also had six points with five boards. Justin Hedrich had six points with four boards and four steals.

Tyler Nieman passed our two assists.

NL bowlers sweep Bentley

New Lothrop's boys and girls bowling team each posted convincing wins on Saturday, January 12. The boys team whipped Bentley, 26-4, while the girls rolled to an easy 27-3 triumph.

The girls won all 10 Baker points and took 17 of the 20 match points against the Bulldogs. Amanda Lacy won both of her matches, rolling 151 and 143 scores. Winning single games for the Hornets were Andrea Garcia, Lindsay Wendling, Carli Pani and Ali Kelbey. Kelbey had the highest score of the match, bowling a 173 in her second game.

For the boys, Andy Lutze and Casey Wendling led the way with wins in both of their matches. Lutze rolled a sizzling 212 in his second game and Wendling recorded a 200 in Game Two. Other winners for NL were Kevin Gasper and Keith Perizzolo. The boys won all 10 Baker points.

The wins improve each squad's record to 1-3 in the GAC.

Ram bowlers lose to Goodrich

Montrose's girls bowling team lost a 21.5 to 8.5 contest to Goodrich and the boys dropped a 28-2 verdict to the Martians on Saturday, January 12.

The Ram girls won six of the ten Baker points but only won two of the individual matches while tying a third. Miranda Cox won her first game with a 130 and earned a half of a point when she tied her opponent in the second game with a 126 score. Jessica Jajey lost her first game with a 130, but won Game Two with a 104. Rachel Wing lost both her games despite rolling the highest scores for her team with a 155 and a 160 tally.

The boys won just two individual matches against Goodrich. Jack Rodriguez rolled a 194 and Corky Hickmott scored a 176 to earn points for the Rams.

Both teams remain winless in four GAC so far this season.

Montrose roundballers outlast LV, 39-32

MONTROSE - Montrose's varsity boys basketball team squandered a six-point halftime lead before finally pulling away from visiting LakeVille last Friday en route to a 39-32 GAC-Red victory.

The Rams scored a dozen points in each of the first two quarters to take a 24-18 lead into the locker room, only to see the Falcons come out and tie the game at 26-26 with three minutes to go in the third stanza. But Montrose then ran off the final six points of the stanza to bump its advantage to 32-26 and take a lead it would never again relinquish.

"We might have been a little rusty after the week off, but we played the type of patient game that we need to play in order to be successful," assessed Ram coach Rick Ustishen.

The Rams were able to limit their turnovers to just 14 in the game and they committed no miscues in the second quarter, which was instrumental in their grabbing a halftime advantage.

Preston Taylor led Montrose with 13 points while also hauling down four rebounds. Cody Groulx and freshman Keith Boswell each scored six points. Groulx and Boswell grabbed six and four rebounds, respectively. Cory Hargraves led the battle on the boards with 10 rebounds to go with his five points while Brandon Rose recorded five points, four assists and two steals. Adam Campbell tallied four points and eight boards.

The Rams connected on 13 of 35 shots for a 37% ratio and converted 10 of 17 free throws.

The win evens Montrose's slate to 4-4 in the GAC and 5-5 overall.