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The Bulldogs got things going early, scoring at the 9:11 mark of the first quarter on a 24 yard run by senior quarterback Brian Halas. Marshall Davenport ran in the conversion for the 8-0 lead.

Then with 4:45 left in the first, senior back Ryan Humpert broke free on a 72 yard TD scamper. Halas hit Dugan Roosa for the two-point conversion to make it 16-0.

Humpert notched his second score at 11:30 of the second on a 25 yard run.

The two-point pass failed.

Valley Lutheran then put together a drive, marching to the St. Charles one yard line before the Bulldogs stopped them. Three plays later, Halas broke free for a 94 yard touchdown run. M. Davenport ran in the conversion.

With 4:08 left in the half, Humpert scored his third TD on a 15 yard run.

Brandon Menzel ran in the conversion, making it 38-0.

At the 2:44 mark of the second, the Chargers got on the board on a 39 yard pass from quarterback Phil Stauffer to Garrick Haynes. Stauffer's pass to Brent Bhirdo made it 38-8.

Humpert then took the resulting kickoff and returned it to the Charger one yard line. Four plays later, with six ticks left in the half, Roosa scored on a one yard run. The two-point attempt failed and the "Dawgs" took a 46-8 lead into the locker room for the half.

After a scoreless third quarter, the Chargers scored again at 10:42 of the fourth on a one yard run by Stauffer. Kyle Kaufmann kicked the PAT to cut the lead to 46-15.

Then with 6;43 left in the game, Valley Lutheran's Scott Thompson broke free on an 80 yard touchdown run. Stauffer's pass to Ryan Holcomb for the two-point play made it 46-23.

With the Bulldog starters back on the field, M. Davenport plunged in from five yards out with 5:08 left. Halas then connected with Davenport on the two-point pass for the 52-23 final.

The Bulldogs finished the night with no passing yards, but a whopping 440 rushing yards.

Humpert had seven carries for 160 yards and three TDs. Halas had four carries for 141 yards and two TDs. M. Davenport had nine carries for 48 yards and a score. The trio combined for 349 of the Bulldogs' 440 rushing yards.

The Charges were 9 of 22 passing for 138 yards and four interceptions, and rushed for another 198 yards on the ground for 336 yards of total offense.

However, 155 yards came against the "Dawgs" reserves.

Justin Hedrich led the St. Charles defense, pulling down 12 tackles and scooping up a fumble recovery. Chester Bell had seven tackles. Menzel had five tackles and a pick. Halas had six tackles.

Matt Schalow, Jarred Cramton and Jake Nagel each had interceptions. Nagel also had five tackles, as did Adam Spannagel.

The Bulldogs hit the road this week, traveling to St. Louis for the TVC West finale. A win over the 2-5 Sharks gives the 'Dawgs an out-right title. Game time is 7 p.m.

Chesaning gridders fall to Freeland, 14-12

CHESANING -- Coming off a tough road trip with losses to Bullock Creek and Alma, the Chesaning varsity football team was hoping to get back to its winning ways. Instead, the Tribe dropped a 14-12 contest to upstart Freeland that left the Indians fighting to keep their playoff hopes alive.

The scrappy Falcons got on the board first, after a Chesaning drive stalled.

The Indians had first-and-goal inside the Freeland 10 yard line, and ended up punting. The Falcons then marched down the field, scoring at 3:41 on a six yard run by Matt Ruhlman. The two-point conversion was a pass from Justin Krenzke to Levi King.

The Tribe responded, scoring on a 10 yard run by Chad Reiber at 2:42 of the first. The two-point pass attempt failed.

At 3:19 of the second, the Indians took the lead when Justin Sweeney intercepted a Falcon pass on his own five yard line and returned it 95 yards for the touchdown. The two-point pass attempt failed, but the Indians led 12-8 at the intermission.

Chesaning also had a late drive, in the closing minute of the half, but stalled just short of the goal line as time ran out.

In the third quarter, after Freeland recovered a Chesaning fumble on the Indians opening drive of the half, Steven Graebner dove in from a yard out with 7:14 left. The two-point pass attempt failed, making it 14-12 for the final.

Chesaning's offense sputtered in the contest. The Indians had 22 rushes for

122 yards, and added another 68 yards on 7 of 24 passing for 190 yards of total offense.

Quarterback Joe Bitterman picked up 58 yards in 11 carries to lead the rushing attack. Sweeney had four receptions for 50 yards.

The Falcons ran over the Tribe, picking up 219 yards in 61 attempts, while adding another 44 through the air on 3 of 8 passing, for a total of 263 yards of offense. They also gave up three interceptions.

David Hawes hauled down 19 tackles for the Indians. Bitterman and Mike Rowe had 15 tackles each. Troy Weisenberger, Sweeney and Bitterman each had an interception.

The loss drops the Indians to 3-3 in the Tri-Valley Conference Central Division, and 4-3 overall. The Falcons pick up their second conference win, and improve to 3-4 on the year.

The Tribe closes out the TVC Central season this Friday with a trip to Ovid-Elsie. The Marauders are 4-2 and fresh off an overtime loss to league-leading Alma.

NL girls 2nd, boys 4th at Byron Invite

BYRON -- On Saturday, Oct. 1, the New Lothrop cross country squads ran the Byron Invitational.

The Hornet gals took second with a score of 38. The host Eagles led the field with 31.

Emily Vincke ran the course in 22:06 for the Hornets, followed by Kayla Knieper in 23:42, Ashley Root in 24:10, Brittney Henige in 24:19, Celeste Rousseau in 24:34, Amanda Sanders in 24:54 and Chelsea Parsons in 27:00.

The New Lothrop boys were fourth with 89 points. The Eagles led on their home course with 43 points.

Jesse Lorencz led the Hornets with a time of 19:08, followed by Dakota Allen in 19:42, Pat Schnell in 20:14, Brandon Praski in 20:18, Josh Schiefer in 21:38, Tiler Bacon in 22:54 and Cody Jacobs in 23:06.

In the JV race, Eric Crenshaw ran in 30:28, Kristen Baryo in 31:52, Carla Pani in 31:57, Amber Sullivan in 32:25, Jessica Parsons in 32:55, Yumi Kogure in 34:42, Tricia Stankiewicz in 36:45 and Neha Gurgar in 39:19.

Running in the open race were Mitch Delemeester (23:04), Augie Delemeester

(26:40) and E.J. Culver (27:01).

In the junior high race, Sal Adams ran 13:09, followed by Sean Vincke in 13:13, Rachel Vincke in 14:02, Mitch Sovis in 14:04, Steven Chappelle in 14;52, Josh Stankiewicz in 14:53, Kelsey Bacon in 15:13, Keith Schnell in 15;25, Gavin Bennett in 15;46, Kayla Bila in 16:02, Eric Milks in 16:29, Adam Ashley in 16:39, Cory Harris in 16:47, Amanda Eickholt in 17:58, Kylie Jacobs in 19:34, Corina Bitterman in 19:38, Olivia Moody in 19:42, Julia Johnson in 22:08, Natalie Henige in 23:49, Caitlin Clason in 23:51, and Courtney Bila in 24:07.

Hornet harrier gals top Mt. Morris, Lake Fenton in double dual meet

MT. MORRIS -- New Lothrop's cross country gals edged out the host Panthers 24-31 on Tuesday, Sept. 25, and edged out Lake Fenton 25-30.

Emily Vincke led the Hornets in 22:33, followed by Kayla Knieper in 24:06, Ashley Root in 24:17, Amanda Sanders in 24:44, Brittney Henige in 25:45, Chelsea Parsons in 28:05, Celeste Rousseau in 29:46, Kristen Baryo in 34:52, Carla Pani in 35:38, Jessica Parsons in 35:52, Yumi Kogure in 36:37, Amber Sullivan in 37:31, Tricia Stankiewicz in 38:00 and Neha Gurgar in 38:20.

The Hornet boys fell to Mt. Morris, 20-40, and were edged out by the Blue Devils 28-29. Jesse Lorencz led the way in 19:42, followed by Dakota Allen in 20:17, Brandon Praski in 22:10, Pat Schnell in 22:19, Josh Schiefer in 23:18, Tiler Bacon in 24:05, Cody Jacobs in 24;34 and Eric Crenshaw in 30:49.

In the junior high race, Sean Vincke ran in 13:40, followed by Sal Adams in 14:35, Mitch Sovis in 14;57, Rachel Vincke in 15:27, Josh Stankiewicz in 15;58, Steven Chappelle in 16:07, Keith Schnell in 16:36, Kelsey Bacon in 16:37, Courtney Seamon in 17:07, Gavin Bennett in 17:07, Eric Milks in 17:14, Adam Ashley in 17:35, Kayla Bila in 17:37, Amanda Eickholt in 18:28, Cory Harris in 19:25, Kylie Jacobs in 21:08, Corina Bitterman in 21:09, Julia Johnson in 22;13, Olivia Moody in 22:44, Alex Crammer in 25:47, Natalie Henige in 25;53, Caitlin Clason in 26:07 and Courtney Bila in 26:07.

Pully paces Rams to key volleyball victory

LAKE FENTON Montrose�s varsity volleyball team pulled out an important GAC win at Lake Fenton last Thursday, beating the host Blue Devils, 25-11, 19-25, 25-23, 25-17 to up its league ledger to 7-2.

Sara Pully paced the Ram offense with 22 kills on the night, connecting on 46 of 57 attack opportunities. Pully also had five blocks at the net.

"Sara was unstoppable at the net tonight and Casey Lake was also our go-to girl in key situations," praised Montrose coach Lisa Conrad. "I was also proud of the team effort all of our girls put forth tonight." Lake was 29/29 on attacks with 10 kills and a block. She also good on all 29 of her serves, scoring 17 points with three aces, along with coming up with a dozen digs during the contest.

Kirsti Groulx clicked on 65 of her 68 assist attempts, finishing with 28 assists while Kyrie Diem recorded 16 digs, served 19/19 with a pair of aces and drove home six kills.

Other top performers for the Rams were Kaytlin Hollowell (19/19, 3 aces, 8 digs), Caleigh Robinson (5/6 on attacks), Ashley Gifford (12/12 serves with an ace), Beth Hall (4-for-4 on attacks with a kill and an ace) and Kayla Pezinski (3/3 attacks and a block). Coach Conrad also cited Kayla Pully for her role in the victory.

Chesaning loses volleyball tilt to Freeland

CHESANING Chesaning's varsity volleyball team was unable to rally from behind against a solid Freeland squad last Wednesday, losing a 17-25, 15-25, 28-26, 9-25 decision to the visiting Falcons.

Brooke Jastrzembowski recorded six attacks, four kills, nine set assists, nine serves with two aces and seven digs for Chesaning. Katie Vincke was solid with 9 attacks, a kill, 14 sets, 8 serves, 3 aces and 3 digs while Megan Buck added eight attacks, four kills, six serves with an ace and three set assists to the Tribe cause.

Amanda Mort tallied 8 attacks, 4 kills, 29 sets, 10 serves with an ace and 4 digs. Brooke Beckman contributed nine attacks, five kills, seven set assists, three serves, an ace and four digs and Megan Newton chipped in with 10 attacks, 9 kills, 3 set assists, 7 serves with 3 aces and 6 digs.

The loss evens Chesaning's league record to 2-2.

Beck leads field; Rams finish second at Byron

BYRON - Ken Beck turned in the fastest time at the five-team Byron Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, September 29 to lead Montrose to a second place finish, just five points behind host Byron, which won the meet.

Beck covered the course in 17:09 to win the meet. Travis Tekiele was the next fastest Ram, finishing 6th overall in a span of 18:36. David Leos finished right behind Tekiele in 7th place with a clocking of 18:47. Jesse Beardslee was 8th overall (18:50) and Chris Bober completed the scoring for Montrose, placing 27th with a time of 21:37.

Montrose placed second with 48 points, easily outdistancing Mt. Morris, which came in third place with 76 points. Byron captured the boys event with 43 team points.

The Ram girls did not field enough runners to qualify as a team, but Adrieanna Hosea finished seventh with a time of 22:58. Kristi Burner covered the course for the Rams in a span of 32:18.

Lady Bulldogs drop five-game nailbiter to St. Louis

ST. LOUIS St. Charles' varsity volleyball team lost a five-set thriller at St. Louis last Wednesday, succumbing to the host Sharks, 21-25, 25-19, 25-17, 23-25, 12-15.

The down-to-the-wire loss drops St. Charles to 3-2 in conference play and gives the Lady Bulldogs an overall 6-3 record in match play. Coach Joe Cribbs' crew will play next at home this Wednesday against Carrollton.