Traverse City Record-Eagle

Grand Traverse County

January 21, 2010

Prep Roundup: Warriors win first in 2 years

Forest Area girls hadn't won in last two seasons

FROM STAFF REPORTS

PELLSTON -- Forest Area's first win in two seasons was a long time coming.

But, on the other hand, you could see it coming.

The Warriors topped Pellston 41-37 after going 0-21 last year and starting off this season 0-10.

"We've had a lot of close ones," first-year coach Rick Magee said. "We've lost two games by two (points), one by four and two by five. So when I say they haven't won in two years, it's not that they haven't been competitive. They have been competitive."

All of Forest Area's games this season have been decided by eight or fewer points, aside from league games against No. 1-ranked Central Lake and No. 2 Johannesburg-Lewiston.

Using a 10-2 second-quarter spurt and continuing on with a 15-7 third stanza, the Warriors led by 12 with two minutes remaining.

Marissa Ingersol led Forest Area with 11 points and Kassie Magee added 10.

The win also avenged a 43-41 setback at home to Pellston.

Shelby Hughey led the Hornets with 16 points.

The Warriors (1-7 Ski Valley Conference) travel to Gaylord St. Mary on Friday.

GIRLS HOOPS

Central Lake 55
Gaylord St. Mary 47

Central Lake survived a tough game against Gaylord St. Mary to remain undefeated and remain in the Ski Valley Conference lead.

The Class D No. 1-ranked Trojans won 55-47 in a much closer contest than the two teams' first meeting (49-33 Central Lake).

"If they're No. 1, we're pretty happy with how we played against them," St. Mary coach Dale Jacob said.

Jasmine Hines paced Central Lake (11-0, 8-0 SVC) with 30 points, 21 rebounds, five assists and 11 blocks.

Heidi Hicks contributed 14 points, four assists and three blocks, while Jillian Hines grabbed nine boards.

"It was a good, hard-fought game," Central Lake coach Al Becker said. "We expected that from what we saw the first game."

Karly Jacob led the Snowbirds (7-3, 5-3 SVC) with 25 points and Jessie Oehlers added nine.

Central Lake hosts Inland Lakes on Friday, while St. Mary travels to Forest Area.

Joburg-Lewiston 68
Onaway 25

Johannesburg-Lewiston jumped out to a 23-5 first-quarter lead and didn't look back in a 68-25 victory over Ski Valley Conference foe Onaway.

Stephanie Fisher paced the Cardinals with 22 points, while Mary Schlicher notched 11 points and 11 rebounds. Amanda Head added 10 points and Abby Schlicher nine.

Allie Nave led Onaway with eight points.

Joburg (9-1, 7-1 SVC) hosts Pellston on Friday.

Inland Lakes 56
Mancelona 39

Ashley Goodman's 13 points led Inland Lakes in a 56-39 victory over Ski Valley foe Mancelona.

Morgan Hanel contributed 11 points for the Bulldogs.

Andrea Luton had 10 points and 13 rebounds for Mancelona (2-8, 1-6 SVC), while Cheyenne McCorry chipped in eight points and Kallie Derrer added seven points, seven rebounds and four assists.

Mancelona hosts Bellaire on Friday.

TC Christian 50
Suttons Bay 41

Mary Raetz led the way with 22 points and three steals in a 50-41 Traverse City Christian victory over Suttons Bay.

Jenna Finney poured in 13 points and dished out four assists for the Sabres (6-7, 3-0 Cherryland), while Katie VanVreede added eight points, 17 rebounds and four blocks.

Olivia Raftshol paced the Norse with 18 points.

TC Christian hits the road next week for games against Marion (Tuesday) and Mancelona (Jan. 28).

TC Bulldogs 83
GT Academy 32

Ellisha Crosby scored 50 points to lead a short-handed Traverse City Bulldogs team to an 83-32 victory over Grand Traverse Academy.

Crosby hit 18 of 24 shots from the field, and also had nine rebounds, eight assists and six steals.

Sarah Morrison added 19 points and Rachel Crosby chipped in 10 assists, eight rebounds amd five steals.

Mariah Hessem led GTA with 13 points.

The Bulldogs travel to play Big Rapids Crossroads on Jan. 29.

Kingsley 71
Leland 14

Stephanie Berreth's game-high 18 points led Kingsley in a 71-14 Northwest Conference win over Leland.

Emily Fasel added 14 and Sam Zubalik 10 for the Stags, who led 22-4 after the first quarter.

Sierra Parent led Leland with six points.

Kingsley (7-4, 4-1 NWC) hosts Glen Lake on Friday.

Leland hosts Frankfort on Friday.

BOYS HOOPS

Benzie Central 84
Manistee 46

Five players hit double figures for Benzie Central in an 84-46 non-conference victory over Manistee.

Rick Jones scored a team-high 12 points, while Jeremy Stapleton chipped in 11 points and seven assists. Josh Gray and Josiah Myers scored 10 each, and Connor Stapleton came off the bench to add 10.

Gus Lagerquist led Manistee with 13 points.

Up next for Benzie (7-0, 4-0 Northwest Conference) is a big league game at Suttons Bay on Friday.

Hockey

TC Central 6
Petoskey 0

Jared VanWormer and Cooper Macdonell scored two goals each and Chris Grunst notched his first shutout as Traverse City Central blanked Petoskey 6-0.

Grunst made 20 against the Northmen (2-12, 1-5 BNC).

VanWormer had four points on the evening and Macdonell three.

Alex Wietrick and Trevor Mattis added goals, while Caleb Morgan (two), Christian Machelski, Adam Swy and Lucas Little added assists.

The Trojans (7-9, 4-2 BNC) travel to Gaylord on Friday.

WRESTLING

Gaylord 59
TC Central 9

Gaylord rang up a 59-9 win over Traverse City Central in Big North Conference wrestling action.

Trojans' 160-pounder Zack Roberge won his 100th varsity match.

Central's other wins came from Julian Diaz (125) and Scott Rademaker (215). Justin Ray (119) won an exhibition.

-- Compiled by James Cook

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