Traverse City Record-Eagle

Football

August 27, 2008

Prep Roundup: Osburn leads Central soccer

TRAVERSE CITY -- Trevor Osburn had a goal and an assist to lead TC Central to a 2-1 victory over Marquette.

Osburn's goal on an assist from Greg Merica came 10 minutes into the contest and equaled a goal by Dan Menze. Osburn assisted on A.J. Moehn's game-winning tally late in the first half.

The loss was Marquette's first of the season. The Redmen are 3-1.

Dane Macdonell made four saves in net for Central (2-1-1). Also playing well on defense for the Trojans were Michael Leigh, Like Grof and John Newland.

The Central JV played to a 2-2 tie with Marquette. Nick Wright and Ryan Keenan had goals for Central (0-2-1), with assists going to Nick Armour and Briggs Chapman.

MORE SOCCER

Suttons Bay 1
Gaylord 0

Shane MacDonald scored the game's only goal as Suttons Bay defended its home turf with a 1-0 victory over Gaylord.

Evan Glowicki assisted on MacDonald's goals with 13 minutes left in the first hale.

Jared Orban made six saves for the Norse (3-1, 1-0 Northwest).

Jon Scott made five saves for the Blue Devils.

Forest Area 4
Bellaire 0

Justin Jensen scored twice and led Forest Area to a 4-0 win over Bellaire and its best start in five years.

The Warriors are 5-0 after the win, including a perfect 4-0 Northern Michigan Soccer League mark.

Marco Martinez and Cullen Lane added goals and Mitch Core and Lane had assists.

Max Galea made five saves in net for Forest Area, which hosts Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian on Tuesday.

Benzie Central 4
Buckley 2

Evan Urchick had three points to lead Benzie Central to a 4-2 Northwest Conference win over Buckley.

Urchick had a goal and two assists.

Hayden Clark, Andrew Worden and Ian VanDePerre scored goals and Brad Frostic had an assist.

Sam Porter and Michael Loveland scored goals for the Bears (0-2, 0-2). Jeff Dreves made 14 stops.

Samuel Hahn had six saves for the Huskies (1-1, 1-1), who host Glen Lake on Wednesday.

Leland 2
Northport 0

Twins Justin and Dustin Maleski each had a goal as Leland shut out Northport, 2-0.

Justin Maleski also assisted on his brother's goal. The other helper went to Conner Tetton.

Ray Platts had the shutout in net for Leland (4-1).

Jason Tropf made 15 saves for Northport (1-2).

Glen Lake 3
TC Christian 2

Zach Hawkins scored twice on penalty kicks, including the game-winner halfway through overtime, as Glen Lake edged TC Christian, 3-2.

Zach Gordon had the other goal for the Lakers (6-0, 2-0 Northwest) on a cross from Like Wichtoski.

Ryan Black made 18 saves for Glen Lake.

TC Christian got goals from Jason Send on a penalty kick and from Jonathon Wheatley. Send assisted on Wheatley's score.

David Gallagher was in net for the Sabres.

GOLF

Glen Lake 480
Harbor Springs 503

Nancy Binsfeld's 109 led Glen Lake to a 480-503 dual-meet win over Harbor Springs.

Lilly Christiansen added a 115 for the Lakers.

The Rams were paced by Andi Sheppard (107) and Katie Swikel (112).

TENNIS

St. Francis third in Parchment Invitational

Will Elliott won No. 2 singles as Traverse City St. Francis placed third in the Parchment Invitational.

Elliott went 3-0, topping his Essexville-Garber foe 6-1, 6-3 in the finals.

Lowell won the eight-team tourney with 18 points, followed by Garber (16) and St. Francis (14).

Mack Hughes was third at No. 3 singles with a 2-1 mark, as was the No. 1 doubles pairing of Michael Elliott and Newton Calcutt.

The Gladiators' junior varsity topped Grayling's varsity 6-1.

Winners for St. Francis included Roger Belanger, Jamie Marsh, Colter Hornyak and Alex Quinlan in singles and Brendan Barnes/Alex Grombala and Mike Jenkins/Collin Alpers in doubles.

Tiffany Stump was Grayling's lone winner at No. 2 singles.

VOLLEYBALL

Pellston sweeps dual with Kingsley, Marion

Pellston doubled its win total in one night, beating host Kingsley (25-23, 12-25, 25-23, 25-17) and Marion (25-18, 25-20).

The Lady Stags beat Marion 25-11, 25-16 in the other match.

Katie Dzedzie led Pellston (4-1-3) with 21 kills and two blocks while Kara Pavlisin added 13 kills and 11 blocks. Emily Maglothlin chipped in with nine kills and three blocks while Rachel Hutto dished out 48 assists for the Hornets.

Hannah Bach had 18 kills, seven blocks and four aces and Sam Zubalik 14 kills and three aces for Kingsley (7-2-1). Mary Kaleita was 20 for 20 serving with three aces and 40 assists while Chelsea Edgecomb was 10 for 10 serving with five kills.

Kingsley returns to action on Sept. 3 when it hosts Leland for its Northwest Conference opener.

FOOTBALL

Forest Hills Central 22
TC East freshmen 18

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central scored twice in the fourth quarter to pull out a 22-18 victory over TC Central in a freshmen contest.

Joe Prokes scored on a 35-yard touchdown run and hit Kellen Winowiecki with scoring passes of 32 and 47 yards.

Boone Marois had an interception and Ben Buckel a fumble recovery for the Trojans. Other defensive standouts were Ryan Gemmell and Dylan Kelly.

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    Dec 31, 2009 7:10 am 2 Photos
  • Tuesday, December 29, 2009
  • Top 10: Glads go back-to-back

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    Dec 29, 2009 7:20 am 2 Photos
  • Friday, December 18, 2009
  • West's Goodell headed to N. Illinois

    Blake Goodell dreamed of playing Division I college football when he was little. That dream moved closer to reality this week when the TC West offensive lineman verbally accepted a scholarship offer to play at Northern Illinois.

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    Dec 18, 2009 7:25 am 1 Photo
  • Monday, November 30, 2009
  • St. Francis convincingly wins title

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    Nov 30, 2009 7:53 am 1 Photo
  • Senior gets first pop at holding trophy

    Traverse City St. Francis won the opening coin toss on Saturday at Ford Field and deferred. Gladiators coach Greg Vaughan took the same approach when it came to accepting the Division 7 state championship trophy.

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    Nov 30, 2009 7:51 am 1 Photo
  • Swan's big day drives Glads to title

    Some things are just a way of life at Ford Field. The concessions are going to be over-priced, the hometown Lions are going to struggle and Ben Swan is going explode for a big day. Lock it in.

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    Nov 30, 2009 7:50 am
  • Wednesday, November 25, 2009
  • TCSF, Hudson met in 2003 title game

    An undefeated, top-ranked Traverse City St. Francis team taking on Hudson for a Division 7 state title. This is a story thats been told once before. Six years ago, the Gladiators traveled to the Pontiac Silverdome and secured a 28-14 win over the Tigers in the state championship game.

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    Nov 25, 2009 9:35 pm
  • St. Francis has recipe for success

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    Nov 25, 2009 7:45 am 2 Photos
  • Ivan, Reyhl, Thompson earn All-State honors

    Coaches at Montague and Ovid-Elsie don't take Cody Kater and Chris Robinson for granted. They are impact players who've made their marks in high school football. And that's why they were chosen the Associated Press Division 5-6 co-Players of the Year for their standout senior seasons.

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    Nov 25, 2009 7:45 am
  • Finals game to be shown at State

    Saturday morning's Division 7 state football championship game between unbeatens Traverse City St. Francis and Hudson will be shown live at the State Theatre.

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    Nov 25, 2009 7:45 am
  • Tuesday, November 24, 2009
  • SF's Bullough is Player of the Year

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    Nov 24, 2009 7:40 am 1 Photo
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    Nov 24, 2009 7:40 am
  • Sunday, November 22, 2009
  • St. Francis routs Ravenna in semis

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    Nov 22, 2009 8:04 am 2 Photos
  • Forest Park blanks Frankfort in semifinal

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    Nov 22, 2009 7:05 am
  • Friday, November 20, 2009
  • Ravenna, St. Francis meet again

    A year ago, Ravenna coach Dusty Fairfield made some predictions about this year's season. "I expect to see Traverse City St. Francis in the semifinals next year," he said. Turns out, he was right.

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    Nov 20, 2009 7:30 am 2 Photos
  • Panthers look for different outcome vs. CFFP

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    Nov 20, 2009 7:30 am 1 Photo
  • Wednesday, November 18, 2009
  • Busy weekend for Pratley family

    Mike and Andrew Pratley shared in each other's success last weekend. Andrew is the head football coach at Ogemaw Heights, and Mike is a longtime assistant at Frankfort. It sets up an unusual situation Saturday.

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    Nov 18, 2009 7:47 am
  • Monday, November 16, 2009
  • Glads to play at Ferris on Saturday

    Traverse City St. Francis will play Ravenna Saturday at Ferris State University.

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    Nov 16, 2009 8:00 am
  • Familiar foes for Glads, Panthers

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    Nov 16, 2009 8:00 am
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    Nov 16, 2009 6:20 am 1 Photo
  • Football: Glads survive scare

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    Nov 16, 2009 6:20 am