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Local athletes competing

at the collegiate level
by marc vieau
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A couple of local student-athletes were named

to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
all-academic teams last
week.
Michigan Tech University women's volleyball player Abby DeWitt (Cadillac H.S.) and Saginaw
Valley State University
women's soccer player Olivia Perrin (Cadillac
H.S.) were both named to
the GLIAC's All-Academic
Excellence team last week.
Student-athletes must
have a GPA of 3.5 or higher
to qualify for the team.
DeWitt is a senior at
Michigan Tech, majoring in
exercise science while Perrin is at junior at SVSU and
majors in exercise science.
Lake Superior State
University women's tennis
player Kat Hutchinson (Cadillac H.S.) was
named to the All-Academic
Team. Student-athletes
must have between a 3.0
and 3.49 GPA to qualify.
Hutchinson is senior at
LSSU, majoring in exercise
science.
Hutchinson beat Spring
Arbor's Mary Kate McShane in a No. 5 singles
match on Saturday. She
also dropped an 8-6 decision at No. 2 doubles with
partner Holly Daniel.
Trine University
sophomore center Jared
Holmquist (Reed City
H.S.) scored a game-high
28 points and grabbed 10
rebounds in an 84-63 men's
basketball win over Alma
College on Wednesday.
He added a game-high 19
points and eight rebounds
in a tight 69-65 loss to Calvin College on Saturday.
The Thunder (14-9 overall, 7-5 MIAA) wrap up the
regular season this week
when they host Albion on
Wednesday and go to Olivet
on Saturday.
Aquinas College sophomore center Brooklynne Lane (Manton
H.S.) scored two points and
grabbed two rebounds in
the Saints' 90-74 win over
Madonna in women's basketball action Saturday.
Aquinas (20-7 overall, 137 WHAC) is at Cornerstone
on Wednesday and faces

Lourdes on Saturday at
Owens Community College
in Sylvania, Ohio to wrap
up the regular season.
Aquinas College freshman Aaron Hodges
(Cadillac H.S.) took third
in the pole vault with a
leap of 13-feet, 6-inches at
the Calvin College Track
and Field Invitational on
Saturday.
Sophomore Eric Reed
(Reed City H.S.) took fifth
in the 400 dash in 52.75
seconds.
On the women's side,
Kailey Flint (Manton
H.S.) took ninth in the
60-meter dash in 8.36 seconds
Bethel College senior
Robert Rose (Pine
River H.S.) took fifth in the
shot put at 14.71 meters
and sixth in the weight
throw at 15.43 meters at
the Indianapolis Tom Hathaway Distance Track &
Field Classic on Saturday.
Central Michigan University sophomore forward
John Simons (Cadillac
H.S.) scored nine points
and grabbed one rebound
in the Chippewas' 88-63
loss at Northern Illinois
Wednesday in Mid-American Conference mens basketball action.
Simons scored 11 points
in an 83-75 loss at Kent
State Saturday.
Central Michigan (8-16
overall, 1-11 MAC) hosts
a pair of games this week
with Ball State on Wednesday and Northern Illinois
on Sunday.
Central Michigan freshman Ryan Vincent
(Lake City H.S.) took 10th
in the men's pole vault
with a leap of 14-feet,
4-inches at the Grand Valley State Big (Track &
Field) Meet.
Cornerstone University
sophomore Kaitlyn
Bronkema (McBain
H.S.) took 13th in the
600-meter run in a personal-best time of 1:39.31 at
the Grand Valley State Big
(Track & Field) Meet over
the weekend. She also improved her 800-meter best
time to 2:23.72.
On the men's side, junior
Ross Raymond (Pine
River H.S.) took fourth in
the Open shot put with a
throw of 50-feet, 7.5-inches.
Cornerstone junior

Janie Silvers (Cadillac H.S.) lost to Calvin's

Ali Roode 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2
singles and dropped an 8-3
decision at No. 1 doubles
with teammate Heidi Boesl
in a women's tennis match
Saturday.
On Monday, Silvers lost
to Calvin's Lauren Schlagenhauf 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2
singles and dropped an
8-3 match at No. 2 doubles
with Allison Rusticus.
The Golden Eagles are at
Albion on Saturday.
Cornerstone freshman
guard Emma Lockhart (Reed City H.S.)
grabbed three rebounds
in the Golden Eagles'
79-68 loss to the Indiana
Institute of Technology on
Wednesday.
In a starting role, Lockhart scored 13 points,
dished out three assists
and grabbed four rebounds
in a 61-60 win over Lourdes
on Saturday.
Cornerstone (19-8 overall, 14-6 WHAC) wraps up
its regular season this
week with a pair of home
games. The Golden Eagles
host Aquinas on Wednesday and Lawrence Tech on
Saturday.
Davenport University
freshman Jamie Justin
(Pine River H.S.) scored
one points and had one
steal in the Panthers' 9662 win over Indiana Tech
Saturday in women's basketball.
Davenport (26-1 overall, 19-1 WHAC), the No.
2-ranked team in NAIA
Division II, wraps up its
regular season with Michigan-Dearborn on Wednesday and Siena Heights on
Saturday. Both are home
games.
Davenport senior Stacey Baron (Manton
H.S.) took 22nd in the
women's 800-meter run in
2:19.47 at the Grand Valley
State Big (Track & Field)
Meet.
The time qualifies Baron
for the NAIA Indoor Championships.
Delta College sophomore forward Austin
Marine (Pine River
H.S.) scored nine points
and grabbed two rebounds
in the Pioneers' 70-69 win
over St. Clair County Community College in men's
basketball action on Sat-

Trine
University
sophomore
forward Jared
Holmquist
(Reed City
H.S.) scores
during a game
earlier this
season.
trine university athletic communications

urday.
Delta (11-14 overall, 6-10
MCCAA) is at Oakland CC
on Wednesday and hosts
Kirtland CC on Saturday.
Hope College's Jane
Pearson (McBain NMC)
took third in the women's
400-meter dash in 1:02.52 at
Saturday's Calvin College
Track & Field Invitational.
She also was fifth in the
60-meter hurdles in 10.01
seconds and ninth in the
shot put at 9.31 meters.
Pearson ran a leg of the
third-place 1600 relay that
finished in 4:13.10.
Michigan freshman
Sami Michell (Reed
City H.S.) took 12th in the
60-meter hurdles prelims
in 8.74 seconds at the
SPIRE Track and Field
Meet over the weekend in
Geneva, Ohio.
In addition, Michell was
on the 1600 relay team that
took 12th in 3:49.88 and
took 29th in the long jump
with a leap of 17-feet.
Michigan State University freshman Riley
Norman (Cadillac H.S.),
competing as an unattached athlete, took first in
the shot put with a throw

of 54-feet, 9.25-inches in
the Sub-Elite portion of
the Grand Valley State Big
(Track & Field) Meet Friday night.
Norman also took third
in the weight throw with a
toss of 57-feet, 5-inches.
Mid-Michigan Community College freshman
Trevor Gernaat
(McBain NMC) scored a
game-high 27 points and
grabbed three rebounds in
the Lakers' 91-57 win over
the Olivet College JV on
Wednesday.
Mid-Michigan (13-12
overall) hosts Lorain
County Community College (Ohio) in a NJCAA Region XII tournament game
today at Morey Courts in
Mount Pleasant.
Northwood University
senior Jake Hurrell
(Cadillac H.S.) took 21st in
the Invitational 400-meter
dash in 50.28 seconds in
the Grand Valley State Big
(Track & Field) Meet.
Olivet Nazarene junior
Brian Michell (Reed
City H.S.) took sixth in the
pole vault with a leap of
15-feet, 9.75-inches at the
Grand Valley State Big

(Track & Field) Meet.

Spring Arbor University senior Andi Bogert (Pine River H.S.)
was part of the first-place
800-meter relay that ran a
1:59.42 in Saturday's Trine
University Track & Field
Invitational.
She also took sixth in the
400-meter dash in 1:07.32.
Valparaiso senior guard
Elizabeth Hamlet
(McBain H.S.) scored three
points and grabbed three
rebounds in the Crusaders'
84-56 loss to Youngstown
State in women's basketball action Saturday.
Valpo (3-21 overall, 1-10
Horizon) hosts Oakland on
Saturday.
Wisconsin-Oshkosh's
Sonny Jenkins (Manton H.S.) took seventh in
the 800-meter run in 2:18.29
at Saturday's track & field
quad meet at home.
Wisconsin-Whitewater's Nathan Smith
(McBain H.S.) took 15th in
the weight throw at 42-feet,
7.5-inches at Saturday's
track and field quad at
Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He
took 16th in the shot put at
43-1.5.

Pine River cruises to win over Chip Hills Local wrestlers

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REMUS The shots fell.

They pushed the ball.
That felt pretty darn good.
Pine River got back to playing the
way it's accustomed to as the Bucks
rolled past Chippewa Hills 67-41 in
a non-conference boys basketball
game Monday night.
The Bucks had still been winning
of late but those victories had been a
struggle at times.

"It felt good to play Pine River

basketball," Pine River coach Brian
Goodenow said.
"We got out and forced the tempo
on offense and defense.
"We ran like crazy, too, in the first
half to stake ourselves to a lead. We
finally broke through with our shooting, too."
Pine River led 20-12 after the first
quarter and had a commanding 38-2
lead at halftime.
It was 52-37 going into the fourth

quarter.
Skyler Nelson paced Pine River
with 26 points and six rebounds
while Mitchell McDonald had 16
points and six assists.
Lucas Harris had seven points,
five rebounds, five assists and three
blocks while Brandon Hoaglund added seven rebounds and eight assists.
The Bucks (15-1 overall) host Lake
City on Thursday in Highland Conference action.
Pine River won the JV game 57-32.

Famed No. 3 makes emphatic return at Daytona

"The family, the Earnhardt family, to every one
of us, but I think it's special because Austin, our
DAYTONA BEACH,
family, is in the car."
Fla. Richard Childress
Dillon will be the talk of
pumped his fist above his
the Daytona and of all
head, emphatically celebrating his grandson's lat- of racing for the next
six days after winning the
est accomplishment.
pole for Sunday's seasonIt was a rare show of
opening Daytona 500.
emotion from the usually
The famed number alstoic team owner.
Then again, this moment ready was in the spotlight
was far from normal. Aus- as Childress decided to
put it back on track in the
tin Dillon took the iconic
Sprint Cup Series for the
No. 3 the number the
late Dale Earnhardt drove first time since his driver
and friend's fatal accident
to 67 wins and six of his
in the 2001 Daytona 500.
seven championships
Dillon made its return an
out of pseudo-retirement
emphatic one.
and put it back atop the
"The legend of Dale has
scoring tower at Daytona
lived on for a long time and
International Speedway.
is going to continue to live
Dillon might as well
on forever," Dillon said behave grabbed the largest
fore his pole-sitting run.
Earnhardt tribute flag
"Dale Earnhardt is not
ever made and waved it all
just famous because of the
around NASCAR's most
number. He is Dale Earnfamous track.
hardt. He was a hero in ev"The 3 is special to all of
us," Childress said.
erybody's mind, including
By MARK LONG
the associated press

myself. ... That's the coolest

thing about everything
that's going on."
Fans still lamenting the
loss of Earnhardt may
have mixed emotions about
seeing another driver in
the No. 3.
But those closest to the
"Intimidator" welcomed its
return.
"I think it's great for Austin and Richard, grandson
and grandfather being able
to come together and doing
something like that with a
number that's been in their
family for so many years,"
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said. "It
has a lot of history inside
their family. ... I'm happy
for them.
"Once we get out on the
racetrack ... you won't
even think about the 3 on
the side. That will sort of
become normal. I'm glad
that it's back. It was going to come back. ... It's a
good situation that I can
be comfortable with, and

I'm happy for that because

it could have just as easily
been a difficult situation
that I wouldn't have been
comfortable with."
Childress kept the stylized version of the No.
3, but tweaked the color
scheme. He switched it
from a white number with
red trimming to a red number with black trimming.
That was enough to satisfy Dale Sr.'s mother, Martha, who had been uneasy
about seeing it back on the
track.

advance to Finals

after pinning Norway's

Taylor Bonetti in 1:51 in
the title match.
ROGERS CITY Pine
Joining him is teamRiver brought 11 and admate Noah Thompson,
vanced eight.
who took fourth at 215.
Manton came home
Pine River had a pair
with the lone local chamof runner-ups advance as
pion.
Both the Bucks and
Kyle Nixon (145) and Dom
Rangers competed in a
Garcia (215) each took
MHSAA Division 4 Indisecond.
vidual Wrestling Regional
Chase Morrison (285),
Saturday at Rogers City
Tony Moore (112) and
High School with solid
Robert Ragatzki (119)
results.
were third while Jeff
Eight Pine River wresGross (160) and Elliott
tlers and two Manton
VanDreumel (125) took
wrestlers advance to the
fourth.
MHSAA Individual State
In a Division 3 IndividFinals, to be held Feb.
ual Regional at Kingsley,
27-March 1 at The Palace
Reed City's Adam Kehr
of Auburn Hills.
took third at 145 pounds
Manton's Tristin Rosted to advance, as well. Kehr
took first at 171 pounds
is now 43-3 on the season.
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