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Chesaning loses twice in soccer action

Chesaning's varsity soccer team dropped a pair of soccer tilts last week, falling to Alma on Monday, 8-1, before losing to Hemlock by a 6-1 count on Wednesday. Myles Shephard found the back of the net with two minutes left in the game to provide the Indians with their only goal against visiting Alma. The Panthers out-shot Chesaning, 28-1. In Wednesday's home contest against Hemlock, the Tribe trailed just 2-0 at intermission before finally succumbing to the Huskies, 6-1. Kyle Hoover had 14 saves in goal for Chesaning. Coach Dan Lucas cited Alex Flanagan, John Martz, Jason Birchmeier and Ryan Tatroe for their solid efforts in the contest.

Hornet spikers win 3 of 5 during week of fierce competition

New Lothrop's varsity volleyball team continued wading its way through a killer non-conference schedule last week as the Hornets traveled to Saginaw Heritage for a tri-meet on Tuesday before hitting the road again on Thursday for a quad at Bay City Western. The Class D Hornets lost a tight 12-25, 25-18, 13-15 decision to Class A Heritage on Tuesday, but defeated Class B Hemlock, 25-13, 25-19 during the same evening of competition. Monica Confer recorded 17 kills, 3 digs, and drove home 3 aces on 16-for-16 serving on the night for the Hornets. Rachelle Kviz was good on all 17 of her serves, including 5 aces. Kviz also registered 16 kills and 7 digs. Other top performers at the tri-meet were Kayla Krupp (7 kills, 10 digs, 2 aces on 17/17 serving), Kelsey Gasper (14 digs, 10 aces on 20-of-24 serving), Sabrina Besaw (35 assists, 8 digs, 2 aces) and Shauna Henige (5 digs, 6/6 serving). Coach Sheri Warner's squad took on three Class A teams on Thursday at Bay City, losing to sixth-ranked Flushing, 14-25, 16-25, 16-25, repaying Heritage from two nights earlier by beating the Hawks, 25-16, 23-25, 15-10 and edging past host Bay City Western, 26-24, 25-23. Kayla Krupp paced the Hornets during the quad by amassing 23 kills, 43 digs, 3 aces and a pair of blocks. Confer continued her solid play with 29 kills, 15 digs, a block and an ace. Besaw orchestrated the offense with a whopping 69 assists on the night, along with 11 digs, 2 kills, an ace and a block. Kviz drove home 14 kills to go with 22 digs and 4 blocks while Gasper chipped in with 24 digs, 6 aces and 5 kills. "We did a good job of hanging in with #6 Flushing, it was nice to come back and win against Heritage after losing to them earlier in the week, and our first meeting with Western was very close," commented Coach Warner after the quad. "I think we took some positive things away from tonight and our team is learning how to play under pressure. We are beginning to understand the fight it takes to win those tough matches and I think that this will only benefit us in the long run." The three wins in five matches last week moves New Lothrop's overall record to 21-14-3.

Ram kickers rally to tie Devils, 3-3

Hickmott reaches record 1000-save plateau

MONTROSE On a day when their keeper added to his state-record saves total by passing the 1000-save plateau, Montrose's varsity soccer team rallied from two goals down to salvage a 3-3 tie against GAC-rival Lake Fenton. Last Tuesday's comeback was highlighted by Corky Hickmott's 14 saves in goal, which ran his record total to 1009 during his four-year career in net. "We depend on our keeper a lot and Corky always gives us his best effort," commented Ram Coach Chet Ptasnik. "I also believe there's a lot to be said about a team that comes from behind to get back into a game. You have to keep your head into the game, stay focused on what you are doing, and that, to me, is character." Down 2-0, Kyle Colby converted an assist from Brad Smith with 10 minutes remaining in the first half. Five minutes later, the Rams tied the game on a breakaway goal by Scott Snyder to take a 2-2 tie into intermission. After yielding an early goal in the second half, Montrose earned the tie when Smith scored off an assist from Snyder with just 12 minutes left in the game. The tie gives Montrose a 1-4-1 mark in the GAC and an overall ledger of 3-8-3.

Montrose splits GAC volleyball tri-meet

MONTROSE Undefeated GAC powerhouse Mt. Morris handed Montrose's varsity volleyball team just its second league loss of the season last Monday in a tri-meet held on the Rams' home court. Lisa Conrad's squad lost to the Panthers, 13-25, 17-25, 21-25, but the Rams were able to gain a split on the evening with their 22-25, 25-7, 25-17, 25-19 triumph over Atherton in the other portion of the tri-meet. "We knew that Mt. Morris was going to be tough, but I was proud of the way the girls played against them," remarked Coach Conrad after the contest. "We executed on our plays and never gave up on the court all night. I liked the team effort that our girls put forth tonight." Sara Pully led the battle at the net, going 65/72 in attacks with 31 kills and 7 blocks. Pully also came up with 15 digs. Casey Lake was good on all 20 of her serves and went 45-of-51 on attacks with 21 kills. Kyrie Diem turned in a solid performance with 26/33 attacks, 13 kills and 3 blocks to go with 16 digs and 24-for-24 serving. Kirsti Groulx (119 sets, 55 assists, 28/29 serving, 8 attacks) orchestrated the Ram offense. Coach Conrad also cited Kaytlin Hollowell for her contributions at libero and for her overall performance on defense while praising Ashley Gifford, Beth Hall and Kayla Pully for their efforts on the court. The split gives Montrose a GAC record of 6-2.

Tribe spikers compete at Durand Invite, beat O-E in TVC play Chesaning's varsity volleyball team showed steady improvement at the Durand tournament on Saturday, September 22 and followed up with a four-game conference win over visiting Ovid-Elsie on the following Wednesday. At Durand, the Indians lost a pair of games to Charlotte, split two games with Genesee Christian and swept both contests against Flint Northwestern in pool play before sweeping past Byron and Birch Run in the consolation bracket.

Several Tribe players enjoyed solid tournament outings, led by Brooke Jastrzembowski, who amassed 23 serves, 2 aces, 7 digs, 15 attacks with 11 kills, 12 assist sets, 3 solo blocks and 4 block assists. Katie Vincke contributed 15 serves with a pair of aces, 4 digs, 26 attacks with a dozen kills, 60 sets and a solo block. Other key performers for Chesaning on the day were Amanda Mort (24 serves, 5 aces, 15 attacks, 7 kills, 84 sets, 1 block assist), Megan Buck (23 serves, 7 aces, 20 attacks with 11 kills, 1 solo block, 1 assist block), Brooke Beckman (11 serves, 5 aces, 4 digs, 17 attacks, 21 kills, 11 assist sets, 3 solo blocks, 1 assisted block), Megan Newton (26 serves, 7 aces, 3 digs, 18 attacks, 15 kills, 1 assisted blocks) and Chelsea Harris (23 serve receives, 6 digs). Against Ovid-Elsie on Wednesday, the Indians turned away the visiting Marauders, 21-25, 25-6, 25-19, 27-25. Jastrzembowski continued her fine play with 18 serves, 2 aces, 13 attacks, a kill, 11 digs, 9 set assists and a pair of solo blocks on the night. Vincke had an ace among a dozen good serves, came up with 4 digs, 11 attacks and 2 kills, and 22 sets while Mort drove home a pair of aces among 16 serves, recorded 7 digs, 32 sets, 5 attacks and 4 kills. Buck contributed 10 serves, 2 aces, 4 digs, 7 attacks, 5 kills and 3 set assists for the Indians. Other strong performances came from Newton (14 serves, 4 aces, 9 digs, 7 attacks, 5 kills, 1 solo block), Beckman (12 attacks, 8 kills, 7 digs, a solo block) and Harris (13 digs).

Ram boys beat Goodrich, lose squeaker to Durand in GAC X-C quad GOODRICH Montrose's boys cross country team raced past host Goodrich, 24-32, but lost a tight, 27-29 verdict to Durand at a quad held by Goodrich last Wednesday. The Rams picked up an additional league win when Genesee was unable to field a full squad of five runners. Ken Beck turned in the fastest time of the day for Montrose and the second-best clocking among all runners when he traversed the course in 17:42. Only Durand's David Madrigal was faster, at 16:54. David Leos was fourth, overall, at 18:44 and Jesse Beardslee crossed the line at a personal-best 19:12, good enough for seventh among all competitors. Travis Tekiele (19:24) finished ninth and Taylor Kirk (20:51) completed the scoring for the Rams with a 21st overall finish. The Montrose girls were unable to field a full team at the quad, but Adrianna Hosea ran the course for the Rams in a span of 28:13.

Lady Hornets finish as

runners-up at Laingsburg

LAINGSBURG -- New Lothrop's varsity spikers made it to the finals at the Laingsburg Invitational last Saturday before bowing to Portland St. Patrick in three. In pool play, the Lady Hornets defeated St. Pat's 25-18, 25-21, spli with Morrice 24-26, 25-12, split with Laingsburg 19-25, 27-25, split with Perry 24-26, 25-11, and defeated Brown City 25-20, 25-16. Then in the semifinals, the Hornets thumped Morrice 25-17, 25-12 to make the finals, where they lost 25-17, 22-25, 15-17 to the Shamrocks. "To achieve our goals, we are going to have to continue to work on our consistancy, as well as finishing when we have the chance," said New Lothrop coach Sheri Warner. Monica Confer was named to the all-tournament team for the Hornets. She had 48 klls, 34 digs, five blocks and four aces on the day. Rachelle Kviz had 66 kills, 21 digs, nine aces and two blocks. Kayla Krupp notched 24 kills, 69 digs, 10 aces and three blocks. Sabrina Besaw put up 125 assists with 26 digs, 10 aces and two blocks. Shauna Henige had 33 digs and went 32 of 35 serving with three aces. Kelsey Gasper had 19 kills with 45 digs, 10 aces and a block.

Indians cruise past Ithaca netters, 7-1

ITHACA -- Chesaning's young varsity tennis squad had little trouble dispatching host Ithaca Thursday in a 7-1 win. In singles play, Jonah Ebenhoeh bowed 0-6, 0-6 at No. 1. In the No. 2 spot, Nick Reynolds won 6-3, 6-2. Travis Maike posted a 6-1,6-1 win at No. 3, while Troy Harmon was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at No. 4. In doubles, the team of Blake Johnson and Ryan Deming cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 1. Cody Ferry and Spencer Stutler wer 6-1, 6-0 winners at No. 2. The No. 3 team of Roy Small and Leo Devota won 7-6 (3), 6-3. Taylor Bishop and Luke Dankert posted a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 4. The Indians improve to 8-2 on the season. Their only other action of the week was rained out on Tuesday, with the Tribe up 4-1 over Ovid-Elsie. The match was scheduled to be concluded on Saturday.

St. Charles outlasts Ithaca in five-game volleyball showdown ITHACA St. Charles' varsity volleyball squad persevered at Ithaca last Wednesday as they defeated the host Yellowjackets in five games, 25-19, 25-15, 20-25, 21-25, 15-4. Morgan McSweyn led the Lady Bulldogs with 14 kills. Sara Mead registered 42 assists and Megan McSweyn slammed home 7 aces for Coach Joe Cribbs' squad. The win improves St. Charles to 6-1 in overall match play and to 3-1 in conference competition.