TRAVERSE CITY — The Traverse City Beach Bums completed a sweep of Kalamazoo, gaining another game in the playoff race in the process Thursday.
Oakland County (49-38) defeated Windy City 5-4 in 10 innings. That result keeps the Beach Bums (49-38) in a second-place tie with the Cruisers, but also pulls them within two contests of the first-place Thunderbolts. Former Beach Bums player Kyle Maunus scored the winning run on a Luis Fernandez RBI single.
The Beach Bums start an important home series today against Oakland County, followed by a three-game set with division leader Windy City.
Chase Burch was 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run to lead off the sixth inning. The homer set a new single-season franchise record, breaking John Alonso's mark of 15 bombs set last season.
In the first inning, Mike Diaz singled and Burch walked. Diaz came in on a wild pitch by Joe DiPietro before Brad Miller doubled in J.T. Hall.
Kalamazoo added a run in the eighth before Scott Mueller came on to lock things down for his 14th save of the season.
Michael Moore improved his record to 8-5, throwing six scoreless innings and striking out four. David Slovak surrendered one run in 1.1 innings of work.
Jonathan Alia had a triple for the Beach Bums.
Charlie Lisk drove in three runs Thursday for Gateway, so Burch's homer also kept the Beach Bums' slugger in the league RBI lead by one.
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Beach Bums sweep Kalamazoo
Oakland's win over Windy City makes division even tighter
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Titans end Petoskey’s streak
Northmen lose first league game in nearly three years
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Murphy propels Stars
Traverse City’s Sean Murphy earned the game’s No. 1 star Friday night.
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Boys Roundup: Sheldon leads Glads
Harbor Springs has been a tough place to play for the St. Francis Gladiators. Friday night, though, was a different story.
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Girls Roundup: West grabs share of BNC title
Traverse City West wrapped up at least a share of the Big North Conference girls basketball title with a hard-fought 35-31 victory over Petoskey.
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Hockey Roundup: Warriors storm to win
Justin Judge scored two goals as the Northwest Warriors won their seventh hockey game of the season with a 5-4 victory Friday over the Mid-Michigan Storm.
Continued ... - Friday, February 10, 2012
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National titles at stake in Vasa race
Vasa board president Pete LaPlaca summed up what makes this year's 36th annual North American Vasa a special event. "It puts us on the national map," LaPlaca said.
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Lions' QB at GT Resort for Winter Games
With two unrestricted reserve quarterbacks, Detroit Lions GM Martin Mayhew has a decision to make. Does he re-sign Shaun Hill or Drew Stanton?
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Titans win first district in 10 years
Traverse City West won its first Division 1 district wrestling title Thursday night in 10 years.
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Roundup: Central wins on the road
Ryan Verschuren scored 12 of his game-high 19 points in the third quarter Thursday night as Traverse City Central beat Big North Conference rival Ogemaw Heights. (Plus more boys and girls basketball.)
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Area Nordic skier wins 10K freestyle
Area Nordic skiers competed in Junior National Qualifying races in Houghton last weekend.
Continued ... - Thursday, February 9, 2012
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Glads repeat as district champs
St. Francis won its Division 4 district wrestling title Wednesday night, beating Elk Rapids. Now comes the difficult assignment.
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Short-handed North Stars fall
Playing short a skater all game, it didn't look like it on the ice. But it did on the scoreboard.
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Roundup: Siddall, McCardel key title win
Manistee-St. Francis swept the top three spots in slalom and giant slalom Wednesday to win the boys' Lake Michigan Conference championship ski meet at Boyne Highlands. (Plus prep hockey and basketball.)
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Open water fishing provides an outlet
While some lakes to the north may have enough ice for fishing, the southern half of the Lower Peninsula is still experiencing no ice or unsafe ice conditions, so some are now open water fishing, the DNR said.
Continued ... - Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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Grayling alone in 2nd after topping Elks
Steven Enos is back. The senior scored a game-high 19 points Tuesday night to lead Grayling to a key Lake Michigan Conference win over host Elk Rapids.
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West girls win meet at Crystal Mountain
Traverse City West's girls picked up their first Big North Conference win on Tuesday.
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Roundup: TCSF stays perfect in LMC
Traverse City St. Francis stayed perfect in Lake Michigan Conference play with a victory over Boyne City. Plus, more boys and girls baskebtall.
Continued ... - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Roundup: Placek sparks West win
Freshman Katie Placek led Traverse City West to a non-conference win over Manistee on Monday. Plus a roundup of boys basketball games.
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Vasa trail is 'holding up'
An official announcement will come this evening, but it appears the North American Vasa cross country ski race will be a go for this weekend.
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Big night looms in LMC title race
All eyes will be on the Lake Michigan Conference tonight. The top four basketball teams in the standings will square off in what should be a pivotal night in the league race.
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Manistee/SF wins meet, 2nd in another
Petoskey and Manistee/St. Francis each swept a ski meet Monday at Crystal Mountain.
Continued ... - Monday, February 6, 2012
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Continued ... - Sunday, February 5, 2012
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Stars regroup after brawl
The Traverse City North Stars are regrouping in the aftermath of a Jan. 22 brawl with Kalamazoo and hope to move on quickly, making several roster moves.
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Prep Roundup: Jamieson, Glads win LMC
Jack Jamieson became the first four-time Lake Michigan Conference wrestling champion, winning the 145-pound weight class at the league’s championship tournament Saturday in Kalkaska. (plus hockey and bowling)
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