The title quest continues for area girls’ basketball teams. See who makes the finals in Sunday’s edition.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Coaches weigh in on success at state meet AUBURN HILLS - The focus for all high school wrestlers switches to individual trophies at the state meet at the Palace of Auburn Hill March 1-3. Even though some grapplers have a better chance at coming home victorious than others, the atmosphere of the big stage, nerves and the opponent facing each state qualifier has a great deal to do with how well they will do. We polled our area coaches on just who they predict can bring home state titles.
am looking for him to do very well.” At 119, Grant Turnmire takes a 40-10 record into his first round bout against Parchment’s Andy Caffrey, who sports a record of 51-2. “Grant is a tough freshman and he is getting better with each match,” Turnmire said. “He, along with Tom are peaking right now which should allow them to win a lot of matches. Each of them have set their goals high and they are determined. I look forward to the state meet this weekend.” — E.H.
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Tom Ray won a regional title at 285 lbs. for the Raiders and enters the state finals with a record of 38-3. In his first round bout, Ray drew Josh McDill from Cheboygan, who has a 20-12 record. “He (Tom) is rated number three in the state,” said Almont coach Bill Turnmire. “He is wrestling really well right now as he pinned the number-five ranked guy at regionals in 47 seconds. He is focused and determined so I
Because Dan Cornish was able to post 50 wins this season over the course of 53 matches at 171 lbs., the fact that he brought home a regional title for the Chiefs was no surprise. What would be unexpected, though, would be if Cornish fell to Gladwin’s Duane Miller, 29-9. “All three of these guys are extremely hard working athletes. Not only during our season but throughout the year,” said coach Jason Klink. “That hard work has definite-
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Lapeer East’s freshman Dillon Ellsworth qualified for his first-ever state meet.
ly transitioned into success for each of them.” Mykle Dedenbach, 40-6, was also a regional titlist for Capac at 125 lbs. At the tournament, Dedenbach kicks things off against Ida’s Tyler Fish, 41-11.
“I really truly believe they all have the potential to be all state. It will just depend on whether or not they wrestle the way they are capable of and if they are confident in their ability,” said Klink. Even though the Chiefs
only took three wrestlers to regionals, the third and final wrestler the team is sending to compete for a state chaampionship at 103 is Dustin Hunsucker, 44-4, who SEE WRESTLING, PAGE 5B
Playoffs on the horizon for boys’ basketball BY SPORTS STAFF
9-A, Kearsley Lapeer East, 2-18 overall, faces a daunting task ahead in the district at Kearsley, 12-4 Metro, 13-5 overall, as it faces Flint Northwestern, 10-9 overall, on March 5 at 5 p.m. The winner moves on to face Lapeer West, on March 7 at 7 p.m. Aaron Hirsch, Kyle Rachwal, Colin Owen, Ben Muir and J.T. Pillars are the key to the cause for the Eagles. Photo by Michael Selecky Lapeer West, 8-8, 11-9, brings its triple-threat LakeVille’s Riley Upthergrove (#17), a freshman forward, battles for possession of scoring weapon of Cullen the puck during the second period last Monday against Davison at Perani Arena. Turczyn, Zeshawn JonesParker and David Price. That’s backed up by solid scoring from Kyle Swailes, Nick Weber and Luke Knickerbocker. Also looking to help give the Panthers the edge are Hunter Sharrard, Craig BY ERIK HOHENTHANER Falcons outscored Northwest, 4-1, in Frazee and Mark Cox. 810-452-2641 • the third period to earn the tie as neiThe other side of the ehohenthaner@mihomepaper.com ther team could come through in the bracket features the host overtime session. Hornets versus Davison, DAN NILSEN Evan Paupert scored at 13:27 of 4-2 Big Nine, 10-8 overall, 810-452-2655 • the first from Austin Hendrickson. and the winner moving dnilsen@mihomepaper.com Eric Dhooghe scored at 13:02 of the on to face Clio, 3-13 third from Bates, Josh Wilmers lit the Metro, 5-15 overall. The FLINT — The LakeVille hockey lamp at 8:32 from Hendrickson and championship game is team ventured into enemy territory Travis Hill, Dhooghe found the back March 9 at 7 p.m. on Monday for pre-regional 26 at of the net at 5:51 from Justin Carey Northwestern and Perani Arena hosted by Davison. The and Hendrickson tied the game at Davison should be conco-op team got bumped up to Div. 2 2:13 from Dhooghe. sidered the favorites in because of the combined enrollment LakeVille was out-shot on the this district, but do not of the three schools. night, 50-19, and committed seven count out the Hornets. The Falcons took on Davison and penalties. Bates picked up the tie — E.H./L.P. fell behind early en route to an 8-0 with 45 saves. loss. The Cardinals scored four first The Falcons end their season with period goals, three second period 45-B, Imlay City a 5-19-1 record overall. goals and one in the third. The Almont basketball Davison out-shot LakeVille, 31-8, team has had a great seaLAPEER including 13-3 in the second period. son thus far and sits at Lapeer High Schools finished the Both teams committed three penal10-2 in the Blue Water regular portion of its hockey season ties on the night. Area Conference, and 12with a 3-0 loss to Fraser last Saturday 6 overall, which is good Goalie Dylan Bates stopped 23-ofat the Polar Palace. Lapeer outshot 31 shots on the night to pickup the enough to tie for first Fraser, 22-21, but was shut out for loss. place in the league stanonly the second time this year. Last Friday, the Falcons took on dings with Imlay City. After a scoreless first period, the Northwest Warriors and mounted When the district Fraser broke the standoff with a goal a furious comeback to earn a 5-5 tie. playoffs begin, Almont with 4:15 left in the second and The Warriors led early, 2-1 after will be granted a firstone period, and outscored LakeVille, round bye. The Raiders SEE HOCKEY, PAGE 4B 2-0, in the second period. The
Falcons end season in pre-regional opener
Imlay City names grid coach IMLAY CITY — Eric Hensel has been named varsity football coach at Imlay City High. Hensel previously was the offensive coordinator/associate head coach at Lapeer West and has been
a position coach at North Branch and Croswell-Lexington. He played at North Branch High and Trine University. For a more in-depth look at the Spartans’ new coach, see Sunday’s County Press. — D.N.
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Imlay City’s Ben Roddack (35) contends with Almont’s Cody Gelinski during a regular-season match-up.
will await the winner of Capac and Imlay City’s first round match up. Capac has had a rough year to date. With only a few games remaining on the regular-season schedule, the Chiefs are currently in last place in the BWAC at 0-11 in league play, and 1-16 overall. Capac will take on Imlay City in round one, and should they advance past the heavily-favored Spartans, the Chiefs will take on Almont. The host Spartans currently sit at 12-6 overall, 10-2 in the BWAC. Imlay City should get past Capac and face off with Almont. The Spartans will be the favorites, though the Raiders beat Imlay City last week. The other side of the bracket features Pontiac
Notre Dame Prep, 5-5, 89, facing off with Macomb Lutheran North, 2-7-1, 6-11-1, and the winner moving on to face Armada,4-8, 5-13. Notre Dame Prep should be considered the favorite in this district. — B.P./E.H.
56-B, Birch Run LakeVille has come on strong the last three weeks, winning four of its last five games going into Tuesday night’s nonleague contest at North Branch. The Falcons are 8-10 overall and will take a 4-7 Genesee Area Conference-Red record into Thursday’s season finale at Montrose. LakeVille has a firstround bye in the district and will play in the March 7 semifinals at SEE BOYS, PAGE 4B
Sharp shooter wins $600 LAPEER — Rick Owen of Friendly Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge has honed his half-court shooting skills, picking up $600 in one month’s time. Owen made his shot during two separate halftime shoot out
competitions, most recently at Lapeer West last Friday during the varsity hafltime featuring Lapeer West vs Lapeer East. Owen won $300 for each basket, giving him a grand total of $600. — L.P.
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Imlay City’s Caldwell inks with Siena Heights BY BRANDON POPE 810-452-2651 • bpope@mihomepaper.com
IMLAY CITY— He was one of the few bright spots in a struggling football program. In fact, the Spartans snapped a three-year losing skid in his final game in uniform. The Spartans’ star running back, AJ Caldwell, recently announced his intentions to play collegiate football at Siena Heights next season. Caldwell made it official on Monday when he signed his letter of intent. Ken Day stepped down from his two-year interim poistion at the end of last season and the lack of a coaching staff made it difficult for Caldwell to find a place to play at the next level. That is, until he got a little help from a nearby competitor. Paul Stawecki, an Imlay City alum and current mem-
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Imlay City running back AJ Caldwell (center) signs his letter of intent accompanied by (l-r) Imlay City Athletic Director Don Gauthier, father Andrew Caldwell, mother Melanie Kampman, stepfather Glen Kampman, and assistant principal Pat Brown.
ber of the North Branch football team’s coaching staff, decided to give Caldwell a bit of a boost. “Coach Stawecki from
North Branch set up a little meeting with their coaches,” said Caldwell. “I talked to them and I liked them.” Other schools were
also interested in Caldwell, as he was in them, but financial constraints can sometimes change decisions. “I did (consider other
schools), but money was an issue,” added Caldwell. Along with being a football star at Imlay City, Caldwell is also a four-year member of the Spartans’ track and field team, so multi-tasking is quite familiar to him, even though it will intensify at the collegiate level. “My biggest challenge will probably be balancing sports, school and friends,” continued Caldwell. Caldwell’s passion for sports burns deep, and is apparent by his intended field of study, sports management. Not to mention the fact that he is most excited about ‘just trying to play football’ as he heads off to the next chapter in his life. “I just wanted to say thank you (to coach Stawecki) for making this a great opportunity for me to move on to the next level.”
Monday. — M.S.
FLINT — Fresh off of winning the schools’ firstever girls’ basketball Metro League title outright last Friday, Lapeer West easily advanced in the first round of the Class district at Flint Northwestern on Monday, dispatching Flint Kearsley, 58-26. West jumped out to a 20-0 first-quarter lead and increased that to 39-14 by the half. An even 6-6 third quarter kept the momentum in West’s favor and a 13-6 final stanza sealed the win. Marisa Liburdi led West with 15 points, Shelby Wagner had 11, Lindsay Reynolds 10 and Shannon Brown and Chanda June each chipped in with six. “We shot very well, but I was just very happy with our overall intensity and focus,” said West coach Bill Kinzer. “We did everything right defensively and that led to offensive execution.” West now faces Davison in the semifinals today at Flint Northwestern after East takes on Flint Northwestern. — L.P.
CAPAC
ALMONT The Lady Raiders, 1-18 overall, had the good fortune to draw a bye for the first round of action in Capac district No. 45-B and will begin its postseason journey today against Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, which took out Macomb Lutheran North, 54-39, on
The Lady Chiefs entered district play on Monday against Blue Water Area Conference foe Armada. Capac dispatched the Tigers, 44-33. Nichole Parks led the way with 12 points and eight rebounds for Capac. Sarah Mousseau added 12 points in the victory. Capac, 16-5 overall, faces Imlay City today at home in semifinal action. — E.H.
DRYDEN Having drawn a firstround matchup in Marlette district No. 81-C with Greater Thumb Conference-East heavyweight Brown City, 13-6 overall, 5-3 league, after winning just two games during the regular season, Dryden was well aware of the challenges it was facing on Monday. That didn't stop the Lady Green Devils from asserting themselves early and often, though, leaving Dryden down, 15-4, and,18-11, at the end of the first and second quarters en route to a 46-26 win. Despite the fact the Lady Cardinals’ season is now over, the team still had several players that were able to shine. This includes Ashley Lowney and Brianna Marsh with six points each, Kayla Worley and Lauren Savarino scored five apiece and Rachel
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Chanda June of Lapeer West dribbles the ball past the defense during a recent Flint Metro League game.
Johnson and Bret Schenkel both had twopoint performances. Worley and Schenkel also combined to pull down 18 rebounds. For Brown City, Sam Gierman led all scorers with 17 points. Dryden ends the season with a record of 3-18 overall, 1-17 Genesee Area Conference-Blue. Brown City will take the court today in the district semifinals against Marlette, which beat Vassar, 39-24, in round
one. — M.S.
IMLAY CITY The Lady Spartans’ winning streak continued on Saturday against Algonac, 43-33, after the game was moved from Friday to Saturday due to inclement weather. Imlay City jumped out to a 8-4 lead early on before hitting the after burners to take the lead into the locker room, 30-16. Each team added 11 points in the third quarter, and 10
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CAPAC The Chiefs dropped to 1-17 overall and 0-12 in the Blue Water Area Conference on Saturday with a loss to CroswellLexington, 54-44. The game was originally scheduled for Friday, but was moved to Saturday because of the wicked Friday night weather. As he usually does, Sean O’Brien led all Chiefs on the score sheet, tossing in a game-high 18 points, 10 of which coming in the fourth quarter. The Pioneers were spearheaded by Kevin Quinn, who scored 12 points on the night. — B.P.
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Imlay City’s Anthony Howard inbounds the ball.
The Spartans moved back into a tie for first
place in the Blue Water Area Conference with Almont after a 67-54 victory over Algonac on Saturday after Friday’s game was moved due to inclement weather. Imlay City did not waste any time, as it jumped out to an 18-10 lead after the first quarter and never looked back. Its lead was cut to 29-24 at halftime. The third quarter saw the Spartans outscore the Muskrats, 18-11, and extended their lead to 47-35. Imlay City outscored Algonac, 20-19, in the fourth. Ben Rodak led the way with 20 points and 11 rebounds, Anthony Howard came through with 13 points and four boards and Robert Bell added 11 points. The Spartans were at Armada yesterday after our deadline and finish
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The symptoms started around Thanksgiving. George Gleason was sitting in the Dryden High gym, watching his daughter play volleyball, when the 39-year-old father and boys’ basketball coach was gripped by all the warning signs of a heart attack — the pain running from the arm to the shoulder, the feeling of an elephant standing on his chest. Typical of the lifelong athlete that he is, Gleason popped an aspirin and tried to shake it off. For two weeks. Finally, at the insistence of his daughter, Gleason visited a doctor, who took his blood pressure and promptly sent him to an emergency room. Gleason spent two in the fourth, but the days in the hospital, damage done in the first where tests ruled out a half was too much for heart attack but found no Algonac to overcome. Jacklyn Van Dyk played other cause. Thus began George solid all-around basketGleason’s season on the ball, as she tossed in 10 brink as a high school points to go along with basketball coach. four assists and four rebounds. Mariyah Evans Doctors still haven’t pinpointed the ailment, also recorded 10 points, although they’re talking while Liz Richardson more about COPD now scored six points, snared than a heart condition. three rebounds and He’s lived through the picked up three steals. uncertainty for three Morgan Lee put up eight months and 19 games, points, as well as six while beta blockers keep assists. his pulse down and other With the win, Imlay City bolsters its record to meds keep the vascular 9-11 overall and 6-8 in the system pumping. “The frustrating thing Blue Water Area is, even after they tell me Conference. there’s nothing wrong “That was our fourth with my heart, my doctor win in a row,” said coach Jaden Clobes. “We’re on a says if you have those same symptoms, you little bit of a roll. I think we could do something in have to go to the ER,” Gleason said. districts.” Gleason tries to take it The Spartans open the easier. He doesn’t run up playoffs tonight against and down the sidelines Capac. — B.P. or jump up and down like he used to, and he LAKEVILLE prides himself on the fact The Lady Falcons trav- he hasn’t gotten a technical foul all season. eled to Goodrich on Ironically, his success Monday to face Birch Run in improving the Dryden in their district opener program has created and fell, 58-40. The more stressful moments. Panthers led, 11-9, after A team that won just one the first quarter and extended their lead with a game last year has been in nearly every contest 20-11 edge in the second this season. The quarter to lead, 31-20, at Cardinals have won five the break. games, two in overtime, The second half was and lost five others by no better for LakeVille as four points or less. it was outscored, 12-8, in He gets help from his the third and, 15-12, in the father and former Lapeer fourth. East coach Dave Gleason, Katlyn Burley led the who serves as an assisSEE GIRLS, PAGE 5B tant and will tug on a pant leg if George starts getting too excited. Former East player David Allison also helps out. But the biggest assist came from 13-year-old Sierra Gleason, who has lived with her father since a divorce and missed him too many the regular season nights when he was off tomorrow at Capac. coaching. It was Sierra — E.H. who chastised dad on the way home from the NORTH BRANCH volleyball game for not In a reschedule game seeking medical attenfrom last Friday tion. Two weeks later, because of weather, when George couldn’t North Branch took on walk far enough to let the league rival Essexviledog out of the house, Garber Monday, falling, Sierra insisted. 68-49. “She got really upset,” Garber held a comGeorge said. “She told fortable 21-7 lead after me, ‘I didn’t get to see the first quarter and you then. I’m not going was still ahead, 38-20 at to have you be gone teh half. After three now.’ I took that to quarters, Garber led, heart.” 47-30, and tacked on 21 Gleason would just points in the final stanlike to nail down the za to seal the win. problem, and a solution. North Branch scored 19 He’ll be moving into the points in the final quar- less-stressful season of ter. track this spring, but Ethan Huffaker led another year of basketNorth Branch with 12 ball looms down the points, Garrett Bradley road. had nine, Trevor “I’m hoping they find Marceau eight and an answer for me, and Corey Franks chipped in soon,” he said. with four. — L.P. dnilsen@ mihomepaper.com
Lapeer West moves on in district play BY SPORTS STAFF
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Local bowlers compete in regional tourney BY SPORTS STAFF
AREAWIDE — The field has been pared down for the area high school bowling state meet with regionals completed last Thursday and Friday. The top 10 individuals and top three teams move on to the state meet that takes place March 2-3.
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Lapeer East’s Justice Schihl placed first in the girls’ Div. 2 regional.
Div. 2, Region 10 at Bay City As a team, the Eagles were unable to qualify for states in the boys’ and girls’ divisions. At Monitor Lanes in Bay City, the boys finished in fourth place out of 14 teams, which is just below the qualification to advance to states. The Lady Eagles finished in eighth place out of 15 teams with a total of 3,134 points, while the boys finished with 3,686.
Each team, however, did send one person to the individual state meet. For the boys, it was Tyler Graham, who accumulated 1,143 points, which is good enough for the 10th and final qualifying spot. On the girls end, it was star bowler Justice Schihl, who, as many may have predicted, took first place individually with 1,209 points. The Panthers' season came to an end at this past weekend's bowling regionals from both an individual and team stand point. As a team, the boys finished in sixth place of the 14 teams with 3,676 points, falling three spots short of the minimum required to qualify for states. As for the Lady Panthers, they finished in ninth out of 15 teams with 3,069 points. Individually, it was a similar struggle for the Panthers. The highest finishing boy for West was junior Tyler Skene, who finished with 1,111 points, which good enough for 18th place, but fell eight spots short of qualifying. On the girls' end, the highest scoring bowler for West was senior Rebecca Francis, who came in 25th with 991 points. — B.P.
Div. 3, Region 16 at Clarkston Richmond won the regional with 3,936 pins, Corunna was second with 3,897 and Durand was third with 3,817. Capac was fourth, Almont was fifth, Imlay City was 10th and LakeVille 13th. Imlay City’s Forrest Rankin placed sixth at the Div. 3 regional and moves on to the state meet March 2-3 in Jackson. Rankin bowled rounds of 214, 195, 170, 177, 207 and 198 for 1,161 pins. For the girls, Danielle Gill just missed qualifying, placing 11th with 1,046 pins. The Almont Raiders went
into the event with a line up of Jesse Crawford, Seth Malburg, Brandon Marklin, Kellie Markwardt, Jason McKelvey, Ryan Pakledinaz, Joel Smith and Alec Ward. "In the team tournament, all teams bowled six BAKER games, followed by three regular games with the top three teams advancing to the state tournament at Airport Lanes in Jackson," said coach Matt McKelvey. "With one game to go in qualifying, Almont was in fourth place, making a run at the third place spot. Unfortunately, they did not pull it off, but finished a very respectable fifth place overall in the team event with a total score of 3,738." "On Saturday morning, six members of the Almont team bowled in the singles six-game qualifying tournament with the top 10 bowlers advancing to the state tournament," continued McKelvey. Jason McKelvey finished in the top individual spot to roll his momentum into the state finals, as he accumulated 1,253 points. Also qualifying for the Raiders was Ward, who finished in eighth with 1,153 points. Capac had a very nice showing at regionals, finishing in fourth place with 3,752 points, one spot short of qualifying for states as a team on the boys’ bracket. For the girls, the Lady Chiefs accumulated 3,190 points, putting them in sixth place. Individually, the boys were able to qualify two of their bowlers. Senior Miles Stanis took second place behind Almont's Jason McKelvey, as Stanis recorded 1,200 points. Also advancing was freshman Ethan Moran, as he rolled his way to 1,175 points. The girls team wasn't as fortunate, as their highest scoring bowler was Olivia Thacker, a sophomore who finished 36th with
856 points. LakeVille’s Joe Kennedy missed an individual qualifying berth by three spots and 18 pins. The senior totaled 1,128, including games of 224 and 233, to finish 13th. Lance Teeter shot 945, Kevin Hollis 935, Conrad Morey 934, Nikolai Buckel 914 and Jake Weeks 898. Sasha Buckel led the Lady Falcons with a 790 total. Sara Hollis bowled 685, Meagan Peto 678, Hannah McCoy 665, Kaitlyn Johnson 609 and Jordin Freeman 556. — L.P./B.P./D.N.
Div. 3, Region 17 at Hemlock Swan Valley won the girls’ regional at Hemlock with 3,287 pins followed by Alma with 3,277 and Cros-Lex with 3,268. North Branch came in ninth with 2,664. The girls’ team had a high BAKER game of 145 and high game of 721. During the individual regional, Candace Sutter led the Lady Broncos with a 31stplace finish with 827 pins. Cayla Raymond was 39th with 737 and Jilliann Dufort was 40th with 727. Birch Run won the boys’ title at Hemlock with 3,621 pins followed by Bridegport with 3,608 and Freeland with 3,556. The Broncos took 10th with 3,184. Individually, Mike Berlin finished 16th with 1,022 pins, missing qualifying for the state meet by just 43 pins. Travis Fike was 43rd with 907 and Travis Olson was 57th with 838. — E.H.
Div. 4, Region 23 at New Lothrop Highlighting the day’s efforts for the Dryden boys team was senior Zack Powell after starting off by throwing a 118, only to come back with
scores of 213, 185, 150, 191 and 179 to take home a 1,036 series and qualify for the state meet with an eighth-place finish. As for the five other athletes the Cardinals had competing on the day, Zach Smith was solid with games of 126, 162, 173, 153, 167 and 158 for a 939 series, Mike Cox totaled out at 904 after clocking scores of 164, 159, 152, 142, 142 and 145 and Robert Andreski had an 873 showing by rolling in at 164, 122, 158, 147, 158 and 124. Matt Schurhke was also in action for Dryden with an 806 series and Adam Patton had a sixgame total of 752. As a team the Dryden boys were just as successful, taking the third spot and also qualifying for the next round of action with a score of 3,300 on BAKER games of 147-135-147174-146 and 196 and team games of 759-749 and 877. Despite the fact the Michigan High School Athletic Association lists Dryden as competing in a boys only capacity, the Lady Cardinals did take to the lanes for the postseason and were led by first-year bowler Lauren Pica, who qualified for the state meet by coming in seventh with 911 pins knocked down on scores of 133, 166, 145, 138, 170 and 159. Kerstyn Ketelhut was also representing Dryden and rolled games of 107, 136, 118, 116, 113 and 154 to total out at 743 and Megan Wilcox wasn’t far behind at 123, 131, 130, 124, 125 and 100 to finish the event at 733. In team competiton the Lady Cardinals were sixth with a score of 2,569 on BAKER games of 100-150-113136-131 and 119 and regular games of 572-639 and 609. The Div. 4 finals will take place on Saturday starting at 8:30 a.m. in Sterling Heights at Sunnybrook Lanes . — M.S.
Lions raise funds for Project Graduation BY LISA PAINE 810-452-2626 • lpaine@mihomepaper.com
LAPEER — When the Detroit Lions—past and present—came to Lapeer East last Friday as part of a fundraiser for Project Graduation, the crowd and the spectacle put on by Rob Rubick and the Lions exceeded everyone’s expectations. “To have all the schools together under one roof, I’ve never seen anything like that,” said Project Graduation coordinator Jan Peabody. “The crowd exceeded my expectations and was a lot more than we see than ever at the Lapeer East vs Lapeer West games. It was fantastic.” Rubick, a teacher at Lapeer West and owner of R & D Rubick Ltd.— Detroit Lion Fundraising Basketball games—has been bringing the fun and Globetrotter-like event to schools for more than 25 years. In the end Project Graduation raised a projected $24,000 for the all-night senior party held every year as a non-alcohol send-off for the graduating senior class. Totals
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West principal Tim Zeeman (45) looks for the shot option with Stephen Peterman (65), Jason Hanson (3), Rob Rubick (80) and Herman Moore (85) on the defense.
were still being added as we went to press. The Globetrotters could pick up a few tips from the Lions’ squad and its referees, who put on quite the spectacle. Local Jack Miles of North Branch was part of the officiating crew and at one point, he was given
“an attitude adjustment” break in the locker room after Rubick didn’t like the call he made. Miles had thrown the yellow flag more commonly seen on the football field and was detailing to the scorer’s table the flagrant roughing the shooter call he had
Lapeer Community Schools Supt. Matt Wandrie (21) dribbles up court as Scott Roper (4) backs him up.
made, along with traveling, over-and-back. The crowd loved it. Also on tap was an impromptu youth wrestling bout at center court that pitted Cory Schlesinger against 10year-old Eli Chaffin of Schickler Elementary. Chaffin pinned
Eli Chaffin, 10, of Schickler went toe-to-toe with Detroit Lion Cory Schlesinger at center court in a wrestling bout during a short timeout.
Schlesinger, much to the delight of the fans. Another youngster was left hanging from the rim while the Lions discussed his dunking abilities and several others were put on the line, making most of their shots. The entire administra-
tion from Lapeer Community Schools was represented on the Lapeer East team, including Supt. Matt Wandrie, Michelle Bradley of Lynch, Scott Roper of East, Tim Zeeman and Mary Haslinger of West, Paul Dombrowski of SEE LIONS, PAGE 5B
Rob Rubick talked with Caden Henderson, 8, of Chatfield as he autographs a photo for the youngster and his dad.
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Lapeer fourth at Metro League swim meet BY LISA PAINE 810-452-2626 • lpaine@mihomepaper.com
FENTON — The Lapeer coop swim and dive team put a positive stamp on the season with a solid fourth-place finish at the loaded Flint Metro League meet that was split into two days with the finals delayed because of last Friday’s inclement weather. The finals took place Monday at Fenton. Fenton won the overall title with 620 points, Brandon was second with 448 and Swartz Creek was third with 243. Lapeer was fourth with 242, Holly fifth with 240 and Kearsley-Clio was sixth with 99. The overall season results put Fenton in first, Brandon
was second, Holly and Lapeer tied for third, Swartz Creek was fifth and Kearsley was sixth. At the league meet, Lapeer was third in the 200 medley relay with John Turner, Neil Denver, Ryan Tuckfield and Austin Corriveau touching the wall in 1:58.93. Denver, Paul Nestor, Dan Gildner and Ryan Tuckfield were third in the 200 free relay in 1:43.35. The same team just missed the podium placing fourth in the 400 free relay in 3:51.276. Tuckfield was second in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.25. “We did very well in the finals,” said Lapeer coach Pat Thomas. “I am so pleased with the ending of this season.”
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Ryan Tuckfield was second in the 100 butterfly at the Metro League meet on Monday.
Tourney loss equals fundraising deficit BY LISA PAINE 810-452-2626 • lpaine@mihomepaper.com
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The annual ice softball tournament that benefits the Lapeer East baseball program has been put on ice because there was no ice to play on this past weekend. The event will return next year, weather permitting.
LAPEER — The Lapeer East baseball program is putting the word out to help refill its coffers after the annual softball on ice tournament had to be canceled because of unsafe ice conditions. “It is going to be hard to make up the money,” said East varsity coach Larry Grumley. “We have got to get creative. We are always looking to add more signs on the outfield fence. The deal is $500 for the life of the sign. Anybody interested can get in touch with Grumley or the Lapeer East athletic depatment school about purchasing a sign. Any help would be greatly appreciated in these times of tight budgets. The schools do what they can, but nothing from nothing stills leaves nothing.” The tournament on Lake Nepessing typically brings in anywhere from $4,000-5,000 and that
leaves a pretty big deficit to make up. The East players and coaches serve as officials, umpires and tournament coordinators throughout the weekend-long event. It will return next year, barring weather complications. To help the team make up the shortfall, contact Larry Grumley through the Lapeer East athletics at 810-6672418. Also canceled this year was the fifth annual Golf on Ice tournament, which was scheduled for last Saturday on Lake Nepessing in front of the Castaways restaurant. The event benefited the Lake Nepesssing Fireworks last year, to the tune of about $2,500, according to organizer Larry Allen. “We’ll try to find other ways to make that up,” he said. Allen expressed his gratitude to Castaways owner Sharon Johnson and her staff and hoped the tournament could resume next year.
Area Briefs Youth baseball/softball registration ALMONT — The Almnot Youth Baseball Association (AYBA) will be holding registration at Hideaway Lanes on March 6 and 8 from 68:30 p.m. Hideaway Lanes giving away two games of bowling and shoes for $6 on registration nights. Details: www.almont-baseball.com. — E.H. DRYDEN — Registration for Dryden Hometown Baseball will be held on March 5 and 8 from 6-8 p.m. in the Dryden Elementary Library. Details: Deanna at 810-614-7789. — E.H. ELBA — The Elba Baseball and Softball Association is holding registration for the 2012 season. Registration will take place on March 3 at MC Sports in Lapeer from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.
State wrestling individual finals to be streamed live AUBURN HILLS — The Michigan High School Athletic Association will have a camera on every mat at the state individual wrestling finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills and will begin streaming the first-round matches live
Boys from page 1B 7:30 p.m. against the winner of Monday’s game between Flint Southwestern, 6-13, and Goodrich, 14-6. Flint Powers Catholic, 7-11, and Birch Run, 612, play in Monday’s other game, with the winner taking on Mt. Morris, 8-10, at 6 p.m. March 7. The final is at 7 p.m. March 9, with the district champion advancing to the Mt. Morris regional March 12 against the winner of the Frankenmuth district. — D.N.
No. 57-B, Millington North Branch, 2-8 Tri-Valley Conf.-East, 2-15 overall, and Cros-Lex, 9-3 Blue Water AreaConf., 11-7 overall, drew a round-one bye and will face off
Details: www.eteamz.com/ebsa — E.H. HADLEY — The Hadley Youth Baseball registration will be held on March 4 from 1-4 p.m., March 8 from 4-7 p.m., March 10 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and March 13 from 5-8 p.m. at the Old Hadley Town Hall. Details: 797-4941 or 441-5232 or hadleybb@gmail.com. — E.H. NORTH BRANCH — Registration for North Branch Summer Recreation will take place on March 2 and 9 from 4-7 p.m. and March 3 and 10 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at North Branch Elementary. Registering after March 10 will include a $25 late fee. Details: 989-4670190. — E.H.
today at www.mhsaa.tv and www.foxsportsdetroit.com at 2:15 p.m. The second round commences tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. and coverage is slated to run through the semifinals that start at 7 p.m. Rounds six and seven will then take place on Saturday at 8:30 a.m., followed by the consolation matches at 11:30 a.m. and the championships at
4:30 p.m. The MHSAA will also offer the competitive cheer finals from the Delta Plex in Grand Rapids starting with Div 1 on Friday at 6 p.m. The Div. 2 finals will then take place on Saturday at 10 a.m., Div. 3 closes the show at 6 p.m. and the Div. 4 title will be decided at 4 p.m. Details: www.mhsaa.com. — M.S.
Scrapooking fundraiser IMLAY CITY — The Imlay City boys basketball program will be hosting its Second Annual Scrapbooking Fundraiser on March 10 from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. The fundraiser will be held at Imlay City High School Auditeria. A fee of $30 per person will cover table space, lunch, dinner, snacks, beverages, as well as door prizes, raffles and goodie bags. There will be on-site vendors throughout the day as well product offerings. Details: Leigh Gauthier at 810-214-1034 or leighgauthier@yahoo.com. Registrations are due no later than March 7. All proceeds will benefit the Imlay City boys basketball program. — E.H.
Memorial race coming to Lapeer LAPEER -- Derek Stone, Lapeer East grad and founder
on Wednesday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. Caro, 3-7 TVC-East, 6-12, overall, awaits the winner of Millington, 5-6 TVC-East, 8-10 overall, vs Yale, 6-6 BWAC, 9-9 overall, which plays Monday, March 5 at 6 p.m. Caro tips off with the winner Wednesday, March 6 at 6 p.m. Finals are Friday, March 9 at 7 p.m. “Cros-Lex is playing well right now winning six games in a row,” said North Branch coach Jim Marshall. “They have good depth and play very physical. We play three games this week and our goal for the last few weeks to be playing our best basketball going into the tournament.” The going won’t be easy for the Broncos against the more successful teams, but leaders on the season for North Branch include seniors Stuart Fielder, Ethan Huffaker, Trevor Marceau, Steven Dudley and junior
of Milestone Racing Inc., will bring a new race to the area in June. Dubbed the BeattyDaley challenge in honor of his best friend, Thomas Daley, and cousin Michael Beatty, whose lives were cut short, Stone has set a tentative date for June 2 at 9 a.m. His permit is still pending, but expected to be approved. The race will have three parts, the Daley 5k and the Beatty mile (invite only) and a Beatty-Daley 5k walk. Online registration is available at www.racemilestone.com. Stone hopes to bring a large portion of the community together for the memorial races. — L.P.
Local team looking for help LAPEER — The FAITH Homeschool varsity boys’ basketball team is undefeated on the season and looking for help from local businesses for donations to help send the team to the National Tournament in Springfield, Mo. from March 1924. Details: Deanna Ervin at 810625-2109 or deanna@faithhomeschool.net. — E.H.
Spring registration begins LAPEER — Registration has begun at the Lapeer Community Center for the following spring programs: co-ed 5th-8th volley-
Garrett Bradley. — L.P.
81-C, New Haven Mayville, 2-16 overall, 0-6 GTC-East, will start the playoffs against a familiar face in Greater Thumb Conference crossover rival Vassar, 7-11 overall, 5-5 GTC-West, on March 5. And, while these two teams have yet to meet this season, the Wildcats don’t seem to be hitting on all cylinders right now. That’s because the squad is fresh off of an embarrasing home loss to league rival Brown City last Friday, a taste the squad hopes to cleanse from its pallet when it hosts Ubly today. “In 728 varsity games, I have never been involved in one like this before,” said coach Leon Westover. “Brown City beat Mayville 57-5 on the scoreboard, but completely dominated them in every phase of the
ball by March 12; indoor soccer clinic for boys and girls grades 1st-6th by March 5; youth soccer leagues grades 1st-8th by April 9; Little Kickers soccer program ages 4-6 by April 12; youth baseball and softball ages 5-14 by April 2 and T-ball by April 16 and softball clinic ages 8-14 by March 28. — E.H.
Sports memorabilia show LAPEER — On March 18, the American Legion Post No. 16 will be holding a sports memorabilia show from 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission is free, but any donations will be given to St. Judes Children Hospital and needy families in the area. Eight-foot tables are $25 each. Details: Doug King at 810-6540417. — E.H.
Tee it up to support hockey association METAMORA — The Lapeer County Hockey Association will host its 11th Annual Golf Outing on Saturday, May 19 at Metamora Golf & Country Club. The four-person scramble will start at 1 p.m. and cost is $85 per player. All proceeds go toward the development of Lapeer County Youth Hockey. Details: Bill Gibbons at 810-845-1914. — L.P.
game. The statistics say it all.” While Mayville hit just 10 percent of its shots from the floor that game and 17 percent from the line, another factor working against them is the broken foot suffered by leading scorer Nick Vassalo on Feb. 13 at Owendale-Gagetown that will more than likely keep him sidelined for the remainder of the current campaign. That could put a whole lot of pressure to perform on players like Cody Pyle, but unless the squad can also cut down on the 28 turnovers they committed against the Green Devils, the postseason could be a lessthan-lasting experience for the Wildcats. The victor of this game takes on whichever team wins the Marlette, 6-9 overall, 3-4 GTCEast/Brown City, 12-4 overall, 42 GTC-East, contest in the semifinals on March 7. — M.S.
Hockey from page 1B scored another 51 seconds before the period ended. The Ramblers tacked on their final goal with 27 seconds left in the game. Lapeer goalie Cam Giddings turned away 14-of-16 shots in the first two periods, and Justin Abdelhak stopped four of five shots in the third. Lapeer, 8-15-1, opened the Div. 1 state tournament last night with a pre-regional game against Lake Orion at the Detroit Skating Club. The winner moved to face host Clarkston at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Wrestling from page 1B placed third at regionals and is getting ready for a round-one contest at the state meet against Jackson Lumen Christi’s Anthony DeLarosa, 37-8. — M.S.
IMLAY CITY The Spartans’ hopes of making some waves at the MHSAA Div. 3 championships at the Palace of Auburn Hills March 1-3 are as good as anyones. One big reason for that is Nino Mosher, 34-9, who finished fourth at regionals and opens the postseason by taking on Allendale’s Collin Beebe. 33-3. With a record of 48-4 at 145, Sam Lyscas will get things going for the Spartans with a round-one matchup against Chippewa Hills’ Latear Dukes, 41-18. Last year at the state tourney Lyscas finished seventh at 140 by taking out Newaygo’s Larry Bulson in an exciting 6-5 overtime match, only to lose another extra-period bout in the quarterfinals to Midland Bullock Creek’s Scott Flowers 9-5. Lyscas then bounced back in the consolation round to beat Hopkin’s Jimmy Renberg 5-0 before getting eliminated by Whitehall’s Drew Lewis 5-2. The final Spartan competing at the Palace is Ray Murawski, 43-12, at 130. He will begin the playoffs with an opening-round battle against Shepherd’s Mike Cline, 40-5. — M.S.
LAPEER EAST The Eagles qualified Joe Perry at 215 lbs. and Dillon Ellsworth at 140 lbs. Perry takes a 35-4 record up against Eaton Rapids’ Trenton Hurd, who is 33-8 on the season. Ellsworth is 41-12 on the season and goes up against Travis Dragomer of Stevensville Lakeshore, who is 42-5 on the season. “Joe and Dillon are wresting really well right now, but this long break between regionals and states get monotonous at times,” said coach Erik Hohenthaner. “We just keep plugging away at practice and have traveled a bit to get these guys some good training partners. Joe can do very well if he wrestles this weekend and doesn’t rely on strength alone but he knows that. Dillon is a freshman, but has wrestled in big events before so he won’t be rattled. He can become the first freshman at Lapeer East to place at states so I know he’s excited.”— L.P.
Lions from page 3B Maple Grove, Heather Vance of Mayfield, Karen Allmen of Murphy, Jennifer Taylor of Rolland Warner, Traci Chouinard, Matt Moore of Seaton, Ken Janczarek of Schickler, Scott Warren of Turrill, Joe Shoopman and Matt Olson of Zemmer, Matt Young and Bill Krayly of Chatfield and Justin Jennings of Grand Rapids. The East team
Girls from page 2B Lady Falcons with 13 points, Ashley Pardee added 10 and Maddie Skias chipped in seven. LakeVille finished the season with a 10-11 overall record. — E.H.
MAYVILLE The Lady Wildcats opened district play on Monday against New Haven at Mayville but fell, 55-27. The Rockets led, 15-9, after the first quarter and
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LAPEER WEST The Panthers may not have made it to the state finals as a team, however, they will be sending four to compete at the individual state finals beginning on Thursday at the Palace of Auburn Hills. In the 112 weight class, Dean Somers, who compiled a season record of 47-3, will take on Matt Morris of Grand Rapids Northview, who currently sits at 4111. Wrestling at 119, with a season record of 41-7, Dakota Carie will go headto-head with Holly’s Tyler Gibson, who has a 45-6 mark on the year. Adam Nichols qualified at 130 with a 43-6 record, as he will do battle with Collin Tomkins of Byron Center. At 171, CJ Melton has accumulated a record of 42-5 this season, and he will be matched up with Byron Center’s Zack Gnass, who has gone 44-4 on the year. “Qualifying four for the individual state finals puts us in the top 15 in our division based on the number of qualifiers,” said coach Matt Nowak. “I think all of our wrestlers have a great shot at placing in the top eight and I know that they will be ready to wrestle.” — B.P.
MAYVILLE The Wildcats put forth a superb effort at the regionals, but were only able to secure one spot in the individual state tournament. Wrestling at 135, Aaron Moody solidified his berth to the big dance by placing second at the individual regionals. Moody has compiled an overall record of 43-4 this season, and he will open the tournament against Elk Rapids’ Kaid Brookshire, who is 44-10 on the year. — B.P.
NORTH BRANCH Ryan Garza is the Broncos’ lone state qualifier. At 119 lbs. he boasts a 37-9 record and drew Ali Ayache of Dearborn Heights Crestwood in his initial bout. Ayache sports a 53-5 mark on the season. “Ryan has a decent chance against the Dearborn Hts. Crestwood kid,” said coach Dan Ranger. “If he wins that one, he has a good chance of placing. If not, he probably gets the Spring Lake kid, who he can beat but would probably lose in the next round. So, realistically he can place! That being said, this is his first trip to the Palace and he could get overwhelmed with the atmosphere.” — L.P.
was coached by East girls’ varsity coach Phil Widzinski, also Dean of Students at Zemmer. Lions’ fans were delighted with the Lions’ squad that Rubick put together. He substituted West varsity player Zeshawn Jones-Parker in for himself at times, and championed that fun along with Jason Hanson, Herman Moore, Stephen Peterman, Dave Rayner and Cory Schlesinger. All took a longer half-time break to accommodate autograph requests in the cafeteria. extended their lead to 3315 at halftime. New Haven put the game away in the third quarter with a 16-5 advantage. Mayville outscored the Rockets in the fourth, 7-6. Alex Diller led the Lady Wildcats with seven points and nine rebounds, Tori Bakewell added six points and eight boards and Ruth Squires chipped in with five points, seven rebounds and six steals. Jessy Cook had five steals for Mayville. The Rockets were led by DeAsia Clarke with 24 points and Destiny Rasche had 20. — E.H.
Local chapter working to increase grouse habitat COURTESY MI DNR
TUSCOLA COUNTY — Members of the Robert J. Lytle Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society, based in Lapeer, met last Saturday at the Deford State Game Area in Tuscola County to help in the creation of singing grounds for American woodcock. Because woodcock have very similar habitat requirements as ruffed grouse, both popular gamebird species in Michigan, habitat management for one often benefits the other. The Dept. of Natural Resources, working with the group, noted that woodcock require a combination of young forests and open fields in order to meet their breeding, feeding and brood-rearing needs. The forest openings, called singing grounds, are used by males as launch pads for elaborate flight displays to attract females in the breeding season. As part of a plan to establish three forest openings in association with young forest stands dominated by aspen, the DNR has received a $3,052 grant from the parent Ruffed Grouse
Society to clear brush and saplings that are encroaching former fields on the SGA. The grant money will be applied to clearing the smaller-diameter brush through the use of a skidder-mounted HydroAxe. Then, Ruffed Grouse Society volunteers from the Robert J. Lytle Chapter will assist in hand-felling the largerdiameter brush, and in creating brush piles around the field margins. In 2010, the Chapter also volunteered at the Lapeer State Game Area establishing more habitat lands. The first opening is being completed this winter, with the other two following in consecutive years so that all openings are completed by 2014. Once established, maintenance of these openings will be conducted on a rotational basis every three years through mowing and herbicide treatment. If the project is successful with the presence of woodcock on survey routes that will be set up to evaluate habitat management, similar projects will be implemented in additional areas on the Deford
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MORTGAGE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Marija Quni and Tony Quni, Wife and Husband, original mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Mortgagee, dated December 11, 2006, and recorded on December 22, 2006 in Liber 2226 on Page 251, and modified by Affidavit or Order recorded on June 3, 2009 in Liber 2390 on Page 803, and assigned by said Mortgagee to The Bank Of New York Mellon Fka The Bank Of New York As Trustee For The Certificateholder Of Cwalt, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2007-J1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-J1 as assignee as documented by an assignment, in Lapeer county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Five Hundred Twenty Thousand Nine Hundred Sixty-Two and 72/100 Dollars ($520,962.72), including interest at 6.625% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Lapeer County, at 9:30 AM, on March 7, 2012. Said premises are situated in Township of Dryden, Lapeer County, Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 23, Town 6 North, Range 11 East, Described as follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of said Section 23 and the centerline of General Squire Road South 89 degrees 32 minutes 07 seconds East 533.0 feet from the South 1/4 corner of said section, Thence continuing along said South Section line South 89 degrees 32 minutes 07 seconds East 333.0 feet, Thence North 0 degrees 04 minutes West 1326.66 feet, Thence South 89 degrees 53 minutes 45 seconds West 332.99 feet, Thence South 0 degrees 04 minutes West 1323.35 feet to the point of beginning The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. Dated: February 8, 2012 For more information, please call: FC X (248) 593-1302 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 483342525 File #256459F03 (02-08)(02-29) 12-1,14-1,16-1,18-1
MORTGAGE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Anthony E. Newby and Wendy J. Newby, husband and wife, original mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., Mortgagee, dated October 1, 2003, and recorded on October 22, 2003 in Liber 1815 on Page 579, in Lapeer county records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of One Hundred TwentyFour Thousand Three Hundred Four and 24/100 Dollars ($124,304.24), including interest at 6.375% per annum. Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Lapeer County, at 9:30 AM, on March 14, 2012. Said premises are situated in Township of Burnside, Lapeer County, Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at the Northeast corner of Section 34, Town 9 North, Range 12 East, Burnside Township, Lapeer County, Michigan; thence North 89 degrees 15 minutes 35 seconds West 1309.15 feet along the North line of said Section 34; thence South 00 degrees 24 minutes 40 seconds West 963.72 feet along the centerline of Dean Road to the point of beginning. Running thence South 89 degrees 19 minutes 46 seconds East 628.22 feet; thence South 01 degrees 30 minutes 53 seconds West 360.35 feet; thence North 89 degrees 19 minutes 46 seconds West 106.14 feet along the North one-eighth line of said Section 34; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 40 seconds East 32.65 feet; thence South 89 degrees 35 minutes 20 seconds West 515.51 feet; thence North 00 degrees 24 minutes 40 seconds East 330.00 feet along the centerline of Dean Road to the point of beginning. The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA 600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCL 600.3278 the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. Dated: February 15, 2012 For more information, please call: FC D (248) 593-1309 Trott & Trott, P.C. Attorneys For Servicer 31440 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200 Farmington Hills, Michigan 483342525 File #232644F03 (02-15)(03-07) 14-1,16-1,18-1,20-1
and other state game areas within the surrounding counties.
Anglers reminded of bait restrictions The Dept. of Natural Resources reminds anglers that the use of salmon eggs or minnows for bait is restricted in some waters as part of a continuing strategy to slow the spread of viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS). Anglers who purchase minnows for bait should make sure they are certified as VHS-free. Certified disease-free bait is widely available and may be used anywhere for 14 days after purchase. Anglers are reminded to keep their bait receipts with them while they are using purchased bait. The use of uncertified bait is restricted on where it can be used and can only be used for three days after purchase or collection. Uncertified bait from the VHSv Free Management Areas can be used anywhere in the state. Uncertified bait from VHSv Surveillance Areas can be only used in VHSv Surveillance or
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Positive Areas. Uncertified bait from VHSv Positive Areas can only be used in VHSv Positive Areas and are those waters where VHS has been detected and confirmed. All bait collected by anglers is considered uncertified bait. Information on what waters are in which VHSv Management Areas is in the fishing guide and online at www.michigan.gov/vhs. VHS is a viral disease that causes fish to die from internal bleeding and has caused mortalities among a number of species of fish in Michigan waters. The disease has been found in the Michigan waters of lakes Erie, Huron and Superior and has been detected in Lake Michigan, though not in Michigan waters. It has been found in at least two inland lakes - Budd Lake in Clare County and Baseline Lake in Washtenaw County. "There is no known treatment for VHS," said DNR Fish Production Manager Gary Whelan, who monitors fish diseases for the department. "Our best defense against it is trying to prevent its spread."
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