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Tigers bring back pitcher Ryan Perry DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers have signed reliever Ryan Perry to a minor league deal, bringing the right-hander back to the organization that drafted him in the first round in 2008. Perry hasn’t pitched in the major leagues since 2012, when he appeared in seven games for the Washington Nationals.
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sports Roundup Boys basketball
CC-Crystal 71, Ashley 49: The Eagles were winners in a MSAC contest with the Bears Friday night. Grant Gage led CC-Crystal with 18, Kolton Kavanaugh added 17 and Jeremy Schneider added 11. Record: 14-3 (8-1). Next game: at home against Central Montcalm Tuesday. Vestaburg 53, Sacred Heart 48: The Wolverines maintained pace with the Eagles in the MSAC with a win over the Irish Friday night. Colin Dove had 15 points and 11 rebounds, Keegan Scott added 14 and Jared Hilden scored 13 points for Vestaburg. Record: 15-2 (8-1). Next game: at Breckenridge Tuesday. Wyoming High 75, Greenville 39: The Yellow Jackets fell behind 12-0 early in the first quarter and never recovered against the Wolves Friday night. Mitch Niewoonder and Kyle O’Connor had nine points each for Greenville. Record: 6-12 (2-6). Next game: at Forest Hills Eastern Tuesday. Coleman 53, Montabella 47: The Mustangs remained with just one win in the MSAC after losing to the Comets Friday night. Josh Balhorn led Montabella with 25 and Peter Taylor added 13. REcord: 3-15 (1-8). Next game: at home against Merrill Tuesday. Big Rapids 64, Central Montcalm 46: The Green Hornets were outscored 45-17 in the middle two quarters, including a 25-4 third quarter, to lose to the Cardinals in a CSAA-Gold game Friday night. Gabe Nichols led Central with 15 points and 10 rebounds and Todd Switzer added 14 points more. Record: 8-10 (4-8). Next game: at CC-Crystal Tuesday.
Girls basketball
Tri County 53, Grant 32: The Vikings closed out the regular season with a CSAA-Gold win over the Tigers Friday night. Jenna DeGeer and Ashley Bowen had 11 each and Kelsy Hackbardt added 10 for Tri County. Record: 12-8 (9-3). Next game: at Newaygo for Class B districts against Newaygo Monday. Wyoming High 70, Greenville 59: The Yellow Jackets went down 18-8 in the first quarter and never recovered to lose their fourth game in their last five. Landon Kemp led Greenville with 23 while Paige Hallock added 11 and Kyleigh Platt scored 10. Record: 9-11 (3-7). Next game: at Forest Hills Central for Class A districts against the winner of Rockford-Forest Hills Central.
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Lakeview’s Rylee Nielsen goes in for a fast break basket during the first quarter of Friday’s home game against Hesperia. Lakeview finished the regular season 15-5 overall and will face Belding in districts on Monday.
Lakeview girls roll past Hesperia in season finale By Bruce Bentley
Lakeview 61, Hesperia 17
Daily News sports editor
LAKEVIEW — Senior night was a good one for the Lakeview Wildcats girls basketball team. While not much of a contest, the Wildcats used Friday’s 61-17 win over Hesperia as a tune-up for Monday’s Class B district tournament opener. Sadie Massie’s 22 points and Maddie Shurlow’s 13 assists helped pace the Wildcats to victory. “This is what we needed,” Lakeview coach Dave King said. “Without disrespecting Hesperia, it would have been nice to face someone a little farther along, but we needed to play well and I thought we did. We worked on a few things, but didn’t try to show too much.” Lakeview (15-5, 6-4) was focused on preparing for the Belding Redskins, who they will face on Monday. That meant starters remaining in the game longer than they normally would in a 44-point win. “I talked to Hesperia’s coach before the game and he understood,” King said. “I told him we needed to work on things and he was fine with it. I had some starters on the floor late, which wasn’t my plan, but we did get some junior varsity players some minutes.”
Hesperia Lakeview
7 2 2 6 — 17 16 16 18 11 — 61
HESPERIA (4-15, 0-10) — Nowlin 2 0-0 5, Tracy 0 3-4 3, M. Stitt 2 3-4 7, Golden 1 0-0 2. Totals: 5 6-8 17. 3-point goals: Nowlin. Total fouls: 3. Fouled out: None. LAKEVIEW (15-5, 6-4) — Massie 11 0-0 22, Nielsen 3 0-0 7, Lint 1 0-0 2, Lake 1 0-0 2, Johnson 4 2-2 11, Roper 1 0-0 3, Shurlow 3 0-0 6, Heady 4 0-0 4. Totals: 28 2-2 61. 3-point goals: Nielsen, Roper, Johnson. Total fouls: 11. Fouled out: None.
Lakeview’s Sadie Massie grabbed a rebound and quickly turned up court with the ball during Friday’s game at home against Hesperia. Massie scored 22 points.
Hesperia (4-15, 0-10) coach Mike Fosburg was disappointed with his team’s play. He didn’t feel like they wanted to play. “We didn’t play very well. We came out wanting to having a good effort, playing together and having fun,” he said. “We went 0-for-3 on all those things. We didn’t come
out to play and didn’t play hard at all.” Lakeview allowed just five field goals all game long. Two of those came in the first quarter as the Wildcats jumped out to a 16-7 lead after eight minutes. “It’s tough. Lakeview is a very good team and I don’t want to take anything away
from them,” Fosburg said. “They are definitely better than we are, but we wanted to go into districts on a better note than we have been.” Lakeview found that better note and allowed just 10 points in the final three quarters — two in each of the second and third quarters. “I just wanted us to play hard. We have not had the best week of practice,” King said. “It’s hard with all these days off. I wanted us to play hard the entire game and we did. “We shared the ball pretty well. I thought we were active with our hands defensively and we mixed up our defenses a little bit,” he added. Kirsten Johnson added 11 points and Rylee Nielsen seven points. Shurlow added eight steals and five rebounds to her line. Mariah Stitt led the Panthers with seven points. See Lakeview, Page 2B
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Big Rapids 44, Central Montcalm 28: The Green Hornets lost to the Cardinals, who won the CSAA-Gold title with the win Friday night. Hailey Hollenbeck, Makayla Studley and Kalika Wernette had six points each in the loss. Record: 7-13 (4-8). Next game: at Belding for Class B districts against the winner of Belding-Lakeview Wednesday.
Ed Gilbert is the outdoors writer for The Daily News. His email address is gilbertoutdoors@comcast.net.
Coleman 58, Montabella 48: The Mustangs finished the regular season with an MSAC loss to the Comets Thursday night. Montabella’s Kendra Stockwell hit four 3-pointers as part of her team-high 16 points and Madi Cutler added 14 more. Record: 9-11 (5-5). Next game: at Morley Stanwood for Class C districts against Beal City Monday. CC-Crystal 68, Ashley 23: At the Eagles’ senior night Thursday night, senior Mikayla Duflo outscored the entire Bears team with 27 points. Sara McAlvey added 15 and Regan Heckman canned 10 for CC-Crystal. Record: 18-2 (100). Next game: at Bath for Class C districts against Saranac Monday.
he Flat River Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will stage its 20th Anniversary Hunting Heritage Banquet on March 7. Doors will open at 5 p.m. at the Woods and St. Joseph Waters Parish gym, By Ed at 409 South Gilbert Bridge St., in Belding. The chapter will serve dinner at 7 p.m. and there will be games, raffles and live and silent auctions. There will be an impressive list of guns to be raffled or auctioned, as well as many other fine items, and a great time is to be had by all in attendance. This year the chapter will also offer a JAKES hunt, a Wheelin’ Deer Hunt and other great events. They expect an excellent year, and it is an outdoor organization we should all support. For further information or tickets to the event, you may contact Ron Hopkins at (616) 794-1116. Oh, I mentioned “other things.” Well, I suppose I should mention our winter visit up to the “elder-hostel.” Yes, the cabin, which we sometimes call our elder-hostel, or the place where us older folks can go to get some rest or R & R. Only problem is that during the winter we need dogs and a sled to pull us in to the cabin, particularly in the sort of weather we’ve recently had! But that isn’t all the fun we have. Getting to the cabin down that half-mile torture trail is just where it all starts. Then there’s getting the place up to a temperature above freezing and the fun of using an outhouse! (Some of you may have similar places that you hardly ever get to in the winter, so you know the fun). Then there’s the night, when we’re all snug in our beds, and the snoring is raising the roof or’e our heads. Let me tell you, it’s like living in the land of “snorefius.” Twice on that first night I found myself relocating from the sleeping quarters to a spot out beside the wood stove, where the snorefius was not quite so profound! Ah, but the food we had. We ate in the manner in which kings may have plagiarized, played cards as though we were all rich and in general made a nuisance of ourselves. Fact is, how we got out of there and back I’ll never know! Well now, enough of that. But do remember the NWTF banquet coming up and plan to attend. We’re certain to have a good time... at least as good a time as I and my cronies had up at the elder-hostel!
prep schedule Tuesday
BB — Greenville at Forest Hills Eastern, 7 p.m.; Belding at Ionia, 7 p.m.; Merrill at Montabella, 7:30 p.m.; Vestaburg at Breckenridge, 7:30 p.m.; Central Montcalm at CC-Crystal, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday
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Lakeview High School welcomed back the 1995 Class C boys basketball runner-up team for a 20th anniversary reunion on Friday. The 1995 Wildcats went 25-2 overall. They lost to Ispheming 69-61 in the state finals. The team consisted of Brook Woolley, Jason Main, Brock Place, Chris Rader, Chris Thompson, Paul Delamater, Eric Snyder, Jason Molitor, Tony Howes, Jeremy Thompson, Mike Judge, David Skorka and Shane Bies. They were coached by Mike Schreiber and assisted by Craig Wholley. Managers were Josh Delamater and Bo Schreiber. Missing from the team photo is Brook Wholley.
BB — Greenville at Forest Hills Northern, 7 p.m.; Lakeview at Fulton, 7 p.m.; White Cloud at Central Montcalm, 7 p.m.; CC-Crystal at Vestaburg, 7:30 p.m.; Ashley at Montabella, 7:30 p.m. Note: See page 2B for girls district basketball schedule.
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Weekly Bowling Standings Greenville Friday Fun Country Girls 26, Just For Fun 24, Malone’s Log Cabin Grocery 23, Wild Combos 21, Split Happens 21, At Home Memory Care 20, Best Friends 17, Crazy Girls 16, Sweet-N-Sassy 16, Call Carol Bail Bonds 14, Gutter Gussies 11, Blind 5. High team game: Country Girls, 645. High team series: Malone’s Log Cabin Grocery, 1,889. High individual game: Casey McPherson, 213. High individual series: Heather Barnard, 588. High team game, season: Malone’s Log Cabin Grocery, 766. High team series, season: Malone’s Log Cabin Grocery, 2,032. High individual game, season: Brenda Kirtley (righty), 255. High individual series, season: Brenda Kirtley (righty), 681. Coffee & Donut Auto Clinic 18, Hit & Miss 17, Three Seasons Campground 17, Believe 15, Young Heart’s II 17, 4-G’s 15, Spice of Life 10, Bye 0. High team game: Young Hearts II, 590. High team series: Young Hearts II, 1,736. High individual game: Ronnie Babcock, 182. High individual series: Sandy Frisbie, 476. High team game, season: Auto Clinic, 646. High team series, season: Young Hearts II, 1,843. High individual game, season: Rose Beardslee, 207. High individual series, season: Chris Hubbard, 560. 18 & Older Lions 75, Blake Hollenbeck 69, 3 Girls & A Guy 60.5, Yellow Jackets 40, The Finishers 40, Bye 0. High men’s individual game: Josh Ottobre, 221. High women’s individual game: Elizabeth Uram, 150. High men’s individual series: Josh Ottobre, 615. High women’s individual series: Jennifer Sebela, 385. High men’s individual game, season: Josh Ottobre, 242. High women’s individual game, season: Elizabeth Uram, 176. High men’s individual series, season: Josh Ottobre, 615. High women’s individual series, season: Saxony Zeigler, 430. Sunday Mixed Throttle Shop 25, Bipolar Rollers 18, Holy Rollers 17, Gutter Rats 16, Pin Pushers 15, Boozen Buddies 5. High men’s individual game: Mel Jeffrey Jr., 298. High women’s individual game: Shelly Whiter, 217. High men’s individual series: Mel Jeffrey Jr., 777. High women’s individual series: Shelly White, 615. High men’s individual game, season: Mel Jeffrey Jr., 298. High women’s individual game, season: Sue Larsen. 236. High men’s individual series, season: Mel Jeffrey Jr., 298. High women’s individual series, season: Shelly White, 615. Holy Rollers High men’s individual game: Bob McCarthy, 256. High women’s individual game: Alice Hamilton, 167. High men’s individual series: Bob McCarthy, 646. High women’s individual series: Alice Hamilton, 473. High men’s individual game, season: Bob McCarthy, 256. High women’s individual game, season: Carolann Hatch, 210. High men’s individual series, season: Bob McCarthy, 646. High women’s individual series, season: Alice Hamilton, 532. Junior Majors team Derby Bros. 22, IDK 20, T.E. 16.5, The Wrecking Balls 14.5, New Bowlers 11, Gutter Cleaners 9, Team 7 8, O’Rileys 7.5, Vipers 4.5, Bye 0. High team game: Derby Bros., 339 High team series: Derby Bros., 965 High boy’s individual game: Ike Hopkins, 214. High girl’s individual game: Morgan Christesen, 156. High boy’s individual series: Logan MacMillen, 549. High girl’s individual series: Morgan Christesen, 403. High team game, season: Derby Bros., 339 High team series, season: Derby Bros., 965 High boy’s individual game, season: Ike Hopkins, 246. High girl’s individual game, season: Morgan Christesen, 186. High boy’s individual series, season: Ike Hopkins, 606. High girl’s individual series, season: Morgan Christesen, 443. Preps team The Warner Bros 21, Spartans 18, Sparkle Pandas 17, Nobull 13, Strike Twins 12, Beastmade 11, Bullet 10, Team 9 6, Dark Soul 2, Bye 0. High team game: Nobull, 260. High team series: O’Rileys, 703 High boy’s individual game: Logan Noble, 168. High girl’s individual game: Genesys Noble, 129. High boy’s individual series: Cody Marshall, 395. High girl’s individual series: Genesys Noble, 343. High team game, season: Nobull, 290. High team series, season: Nobull, 722 High boy’s individual game, season: Logan Noble, 213. High girl’s individual game, season: Genesys Noble, 132. High boy’s individual series, season: Logan Noble, 484. High girl’s individual series, season: Genesys Noble, 343. National League Halfsies 33, Classic Car Girlz 32, Fred’s Auto Service 29, Young Hearts 27, Island Rays 26, WGLM Radio 26, Blake Hollenbeck 23, Sunrise Heating 20, The Blossom Shoppe 18, Turk Lake Market 16, Carl’s Pro Shop 14, Fireballer Girls 6. High team game: Fred’s Auto Service, 777. High team series: Fred’s Auto Service, 2,028. High individual game: Kay Perkins, 267. High individual series: Kay Perkins, 540. High team game, season: Fred’s Auto Service, 777. High team series, season: Fred’s Auto Service, 2,068. High individual game, season: Kay Perkins, 267.
High individual series, season: Brenda Tipton, 638. Prime Timers High men’s individual game: Wayne Cramner, 184. High women’s individual game: Alice Hamilton, 179. High men’s individual series: Bob McCarthy, 498. High women’s individual series: Shriley Kibler, 485. High men’s individual game, season: Bob McCarthy, 224. High women’s individual game, season: Carolann Hatch, 236. High men’s individual series, season: Bob Kraft, 588. High women’s individual series, season: Carolann Hatch, 557. Wednesday Fun Big Dogs 25, Rockford Floor Covering 25, Eddie’s Pizza 23, Lakeside Auto Body 21, Slocum Agency 20, Hopkins Carpet 15, Carl’s Pro Shop 14, TG-AFC 13, Alley Rats 12, Next Time 12, Razor’s Edge 12, Call Carol Bail Bonds #1 12, Earth Service 11, Twisted 9, Call Carol Bail Bonds #2 9, Blake Hollenbeck 7. High team game: Eddie’s Pizza, 1,130. High team series: Eddie’s Pizza, 3,297. High men’s individual game: Scott Galey, 30. High women’s individual game: Casey McPherson, 254. High men’s individual series: Scott Galey, 809. High women’s individual series: Casey McPherson, 618. High team game, season: Eddie’s Pizza, 1,206. High team series, season: Eddie’s Pizza, 3,364. High men’s individual game, season: Nate Cooper,Dan Dunham and Scott Galey, 300. High women’s individual game, season: Casey McPherson, 289. High men’s individual series, season: Scott Galey and Craig Havens, 803. High women’s individual series, season: Casey McPherson, 739. Federal Mogul Greenville Lanes 75, The Belding Boys 71.5, No Shows 71, The Yeomans 58.5, DG Performance Welding 56, Out Of Our League 51.5, Designs Unlimited 48, Handicaps 45, The Pink Ladies 35, Tuesdays Gone 31. High team game: Greenville Lanes, 939. High team series: Greenville Lanes, 2,597. High men’s individual game: Carl Smith, 273. High women’s individual game: Shree Bearslee, 199. High men’s individual series: Wayne Knickerbocker, 717. High women’s individual series: Shree Beardslee, 529. High team game, season: Greenville Lanes, 971. High team series, season: Greenville Lanes, 2,653. High men’s individual game, season: Wayne Knickerbocker and Carl Smith, 279. High women’s individual game, season: Shree Beardslee, 224. High men’s individual series, season: Carl Smith, 763. High women’s individual series, season: Nichole House, 607. Tuesday Automotive Koehn Ford 24, Bud’s Auto 21, M-44 Auto Body 18, Minimum Destruction 18, Winnie’s Pirates “R” 15, Who Cares 13, Belle Tire 10, Bye 0. High men’s individual game: Fred Clark, 242. High women’s individual game: Felicia Raths, 153. High men’s individual series: Fred Clark, 624. High women’s individual series: Felicia Raths, 442. High men’s individual game, season: Rick Thomas and Fred Clark, 257. High women’s individual game, season: Felicia Raths, 203. High men’s individual series, season: Fred Clark, 700. High women’s individual series, season: Felicia Raths, 510. Adult-Youth Sunday Wildcats 28, UNVUs 27, KYA 22, Pin Crushers 19, The Bowlers 18, Bye 0. High team game, series: KYA, 686 High team series, series: UNVUs, 1,827 High men’s individual game, series: Roy Knickerbacker, 258. High women’s individual game, series: Rhonda Clevenger, 180 High boys individual game, series: Brent Tazelaar, 246. High girls individual game, series: Lillian Herbig, 201. Teddy Bears Guyz & Dollz 18, The J.E.R.K.S. 18, Spicy Pickles 14, Happy Horses 13, Team 4 11, Ebowla 8. High men’s individual game: Ryan Nielsen, 160. High women’s individual game: Alisha Lewis, 148. Men’s high individual series: Steve Fisher, 455. Women’s high individual series: Alisha Lewis, 362. High men’s individual game, season: Ryan Nielsen, 208. High women’s individual game, season: Ali Cribbs, 179. Men’s high individual series, season: Josh Denton, 530. Women’s high individual series, seasons: Teresa Cole, 436. Every Other Saturday League Still Pract-o-sin 21, Sister Wives 20.5, Rose & 3 Thorns 20, Alley Cats 18.5, Misfits 16, Darn Close 16. High men’s individual game: Jeff Spicer, 223. High women’s individual game: Jean Helenius, 207. Men’s high individual series: Steve Gerencer, 591. Women’s high individual series: Jean Helenius, 527. High men’s individual game, season: Steve Gerencer, 237. High women’s individual game, season: Jean Helenius, 218. Men’s high individual series, season: Steve Gerencer, 652. Women’s high individual series, seasons: Jean Helenius, 593.
Belding Intermediate League The Bowling Stones 50, TFC 47, Leppinks 39, Paulson’s Pumpkin Patch 38, LOL 28, 4 Girls No Strikes 27, Eagles 26, The Who 23, Rising Sun 20, High Hopes 17. High team game, season: TFC, 964. High team series, season: TFC, 2,683. High men’s individual game, season: Josh Olger,
Prep Statistics 299. High men’s individual series, season: Josh Olger, 813. High women’s individual game, season: Mary MacMillen, 234. High women’s individual series, season: Mary MacMillen, 654. Premiere Automotive Premiere Automotive 133.5, Korsons 112.5, Hillcrest Lanes 104, Hoisingtons 103, Underwoods 97, Misfits 77, Driftway 68.5, Vacant 24.5. High team game, season: Premiere Automotive, 1,210. High team series, season: Premiere Automotive, 3,427. High men’s individual game, season: Tim Mason, 300. High men’s individual series, season: Tim Mason, 792. Coors Light MHPS 49, Razor’s Edge 44, R.E. Ruehs Garage 41, Hillcrest Lanes 36.5, Higbee Farems 35, Heatons 24, Dead Money 23, Wittenback Oil & Lube 20, Johnson Feuerstein 17, The Cloud is 62 10.5, Vacant 2. High team game, season: MHPS, 1,225. High team series, season: MHPS, 3,600. High men’s individual game, season: Mike Horian, 289. High men’s individual series, season: Tim Mason, 797. Friday Morning Mixed BC Pizza 34, Wasted Potential 33, Trouble Shooters 32, Defiance 31, Queen Bees 28, All Alone 26, Robins 25, Short Shots 13. High team game, season: Defiance, 697. High team series, season: Defiance, 1,620. High men’s individual game, season: Craig Howe, 277. High men’s individual series, season: Craig Howe, 684. High women’s individual game, season: Chris McMaster, 224. High women’s individual series, season: Chris McMaster, 557. Friday Night Fun Mary N Z Boys 7, 2 Less Cox 7, No Clue 7, Frick’en 7 Pin 7, The Bowling Stones 7, Packin The Pocket 5, Split Personalities 2, 4 Ho Ho’s + A Ding Dong 0, Here For The Beer 0, Outsiders 0, Comebacks 0, Ta Da Saloon 0. High team game, season: Mary N Z Boys, 1,190. High team series, season: Mary N Z Boys, 3,403. High men’s individual game, season: Pat Slager, 300. High men’s individual series, season: Josh Olger, 741. High women’s individual game, season: Mary McMillen, 255. High women’s individual series, season: Mary McMillan, 622. Junior Major We’ve Got Balls 30.5, Quack Pack II 23, Hillcrest Lanes 25, Big Dogs 22, Fat + Furious 19.5, 4-Vacant 19, Fab Five 18, Gutter Boyz 13, Don’t Know 11, Swifter Sweepers 11, Kool Katz II 9, No Chin 9. High team game, season: Varsity, 861. High team series, season: Varsity, 2,359. High men’s individual game, season: Trevor VanLoo, 279. High men’s individual series, season: Justin McMaster, 588. High women’s individual game, season: Allison Frisbie, 180. High women’s individual series, season: Allison Frisbie, 484. Sunday Afternoon Mixed Lucky Strikes 52, Minds In The Gutter 40, Spectrum Misfits 22, Vacant 0. High team game, season: Spectrum Misfits, 745. High team series, season: Spectrum Misfits 2,115. High men’s individual game, season: Wayne Brimmer, 232. High men’s individual series, season: Wayne Brimmer, 619. High women’s individual game, season: Brenda Middlebrook, 202. High women’s individual series, season: Brenda Middlebrook, 527. EOS NL Right Stuff 36, No Excuses 33, Silver And Gold 26, Just Friends 21, Who Cares 21, Gutter Dusters 21, All Thumbs 20, Nobody Likes Us 14. High team game, season: Right Stuff, 782. High team series, season: Right Stuff, 2,042. High men’s individual game, season: George Mauric, 246. High men’s individual series, season: George Mauric, 638. High women’s individual game, season: Dawn Mauric, 208. High women’s individual game, season: Pam Mauric, 535.
Stanton Thursday Night Men’s Phenix Bar 158, Double Six Thirsty Parrots 141, Eagle Realty 140.5, Hansen Pharmacy 129.5, 3D’s Pizza & Catering 113, Lucky Five 102.5, Perkins Farms 98, Odd Man Out 92.5, Ghost 73, Larry’s Yard Toys 72. High team game: Lucky Five, 1,020. High team series: Lucky Five, 2,947. High individual game: Todd Brooks, 277. High individual series: Bob Hutson, 711. High team game, season: Phenix Bar, 1,105. High team series, season: Phenix Bar, 2,997. High individual game, season: Justin Stout, Todd Brooks, 277. High individual series, season: Todd Brooks, 753.
Lakeview Stanley Rasmussen Pin Killers 247, Alley Cat 255, Superior Boat & Motor 254, Miles Road Body Shop 239, Peddlers Patch 245, Cantwell Hardware 207, Rader Farms 215, Walcutt Sand & Gravel 169, Crossfire 123, Vacancy 116. High team game: Alley Cat, 1,191. High team series: Alley Cat, 3,363. High individual game: Scott harris, 268. High individual series: Michael Krause, 726. High team game, season: Alley Cat, 1,215. High team series, season: Alley Cat, 3,363. High individual game, season: Scott Harris, 298. High individual series, season: David Frost, 770.
Boys Basketball Scoring Player Team GP FG Pts Avg Ledford C. Montcalm 7 56 174 24.9 Shurlow Lakeview 16 102 254 15.9 Ruvalcaba Lakeview 17 78 228 13.4 Switzer C. Montcalm 17 75 200 12.4 Gage CC-Crystal 16 66 189 11.8 Barnwell C. Montcalm 17 73 154 10.8 Cossou Greenville 14 n/a 144 10.3 Niewoonder Greenville 14 n/a 140 10.0 Hoffman C. Montcalm 17 58 161 9.5 Bedenbaugh Greenville 13 n/a 121 9.3 Barrett CC-Crystal 16 47 141 8.8 Tabor CC-Crystal 16 45 127 7.9 Kavanaugh CC-Crystal 16 36 106 6.6 Schneider CC-Crystal 16 31 94 5.9 KO’Connor Greenville 14 n/a 78 5.6 Nichols C. Montcalm 17 24 66 3.5 Player Ledford Cossou Shurlow Gage Nichols Barnwell Switzer Hoffman Niewoonder Simmon Tabor Morris Wittkopp Ruvalcaba
Rebounds Team Rebs RPG C. Montcalm 66 9.4 Greenville 92 6.6 Lakeview 106 6.6 CC-Crystal 92 5.8 C. Montcalm 96 5.6 C. Montcalm 92 5.4 C. Montcalm 75 4.4 C. Montcalm 67 3.9 Greenville 49 3.5 CC-Crystal 56 3.5 CC-Crystal 54 3.4 Greenville 42 3.0 C. Montcalm 42 2.8 Lakeview 43 2.5
Player Barnwell Gage Hoffman Switzer Ruvalcaba Shurlow Rowland Tabor Morris AO’Connor KO’Connor Bedenbaugh Cossou Simmon Nichols
Assists Team Asts APG C. Montcalm 84 4.9 CC-Crystal 41 2.6 C. Montcalm 36 2.1 C. Montcalm 34 2.0 Lakeview 33 1.9 Lakeview 26 1.9 Greenville 21 1.6 CC-Crystal 24 1.5 Greenville 19 1.4 Greenville 7 1.2 Greenville 7 1.2 Greenville 7 1.2 Greenville 7 1.2 CC-Crystal 15 0.9 C. Montcalm 15 0.9
Player Ledford Switzer Ruvalcaba Kavanaugh Barrett Bedenbaugh Tabor Niewoonder Hoffman Gage Morris Barnwell Schneider AO’Connor KO’Connor
3s Team C. Montcalm C. Montcalm Lakeview CC-Crystal CC-Crystal Greenville CC-Crystal Greenville C. Montcalm CC-Crystal Greenville C. Montcalm CC-Crystal Greenville Greenville
3PM 17 38 36 27 24 22 22 7 21 14 12 10 9 3 2
3PG 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.2 1.2 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3
Player Ledford Cossou Hoffman Nichols Niewoonder
Blocks Team C. Montcalm Greenville C. Montcalm C. Montcalm Greenville
Blk 13 14 17 10 6
BPG 1.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.4
Player Shurlow Ruvalcaba Barnwell Ledford Schneider Switzer Bedenbaugh Simmon Gage Bedenbaugh Wittkopp Kavanaugh Ebels Hoffman Nichols
Steals Team Stl SPG Lakeview 51 3.0 Lakeview 37 2.3 C. Montcalm 37 2.2 C. Montcalm 12 1.7 CC-Crystal 26 1.6 C. Montcalm 27 1.6 Greenville 21 1.6 CC-Crystal 20 1.3 CC-Crystal 17 1.1 Greenville 6 1.0 C. Montcalm 15 0.9 CC-Crystal 14 0.9 C. Montcalm 12 0.9 C. Montcalm 14 0.8 C. Montcalm 12 0.7
Girls Basketball Scoring Player Team GP FG Pts Avg Duflo CC-Crystal 19 115 330 17.4 Massie Lakeview 12 64 158 13.2 Kemp Greenville 17 88 222 13.0 Hallock Greenville 17 62 207 12.1 Rutz C. Montcalm 19 70 228 12.0 Swarts Montabella 15 68 179 11.9 Briemayer Belding 19 73 216 11.4 Wood Belding 19 68 204 10.7 Weese CC-Crystal 19 78 198 10.4 Shurlow Lakeview 12 43 119 9.9 Wernette C. Montcalm 19 44 155 8.2
state wrESTLING finals schedule Studley C. Montcalm 19 Mount Greenville 16 King Lakeview 12 Baylis Belding 19 Cutler Montabella 19 HStockwell Montabella 19 Johnson Lakeview 12 McAlvey CC-Crystal 18 Bell Greenville 17 Wilker Belding 19 Wells Montabella 19 Heady Lakeview 12 Nielsen Lakeview 9 Stephan Belding 19 HaiHollenbeck C. Montcalm 19 Player Swarts Hallock Wells Rutz Cutler Shurlow Baylis Weese Johnson Heady Brasington Massie Studley McAlvey Wernette King Wood Wilker HaiHollenbeck Briemayer Mount Lefor Nielsen Bremby Player Shurlow Duflo KStockwell Hallock Wood Massie Cutler McAlvey Brasington Bell Briemayer HStockwell King Studley Nielsen Player Duflo McAlvey Heckman Mount Kemp Briemayer Shurlow Massie Bell Cutler HStockwell Hallock Johnson KStockwell HaiHollenbeck Wilker Wood Wernette
41 39 37 50 41 49 28 n/a 35 25 37 22 14 16 17
148 131 92 143 137 137 86 118 108 106 117 57 33 64 47
7.8 7.7 7.7 7.5 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.6 6.3 5.6 5.5 4.8 3.7 3.4 2.5
Rebounds Team Rebs RPG Montabella 163 10.9 Greenville 167 9.8 Montabella 155 8.2 C. Montcalm 148 7.8 Montabella 144 7.6 Lakeview 87 7.2 Belding 118 6.2 CC-Crystal 113 6.0 Lakeview 70 5.8 Lakeview 65 5.4 C. Montcalm 101 5.3 Lakeview 63 5.2 C. Montcalm 92 4.8 CC-Crystal 49 4.5 C. Montcalm 77 4.1 Lakeview 45 3.8 Belding 70 3.7 Belding 70 3.7 C. Montcalm 67 3.5 Belding 67 3.5 Greenville 58 3.6 Greenville 55 3.2 Lakeview 37 3.1 Greenville 47 2.8 Assists Team Asts APG Lakeview 93 7.8 CC-Crystal 95 5.0 Montabella 52 2.9 Greenville 43 2.5 Belding 47 2.5 Lakeview 28 2.3 Montabella 41 2.2 CC-Crystal 22 2.0 C. Montcalm 36 1.9 Greenville 29 1.7 Belding 30 1.6 Montabella 27 1.4 Lakeview 14 1.2 C. Montcalm 19 1.0 Lakeview 10 0.8 3s
Team CC-Crystal CC-Crystal CC-Crystal Greenville Greenville Belding Lakeview Lakeview Greenville Montabella Montabella Greenville Lakeview Montabella C. Montcalm Belding Belding C. Montcalm
3PM 76 35 32 24 24 26 16 16 19 17 16 13 9 14 11 10 10 10
3PG 4.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
Player Hallock Wells King Baylis Swarts Johnson Heady HStockwell Briemayer Shurlow
Blocks Team Greenville Montabella Lakeview Belding Montabella Lakeview Lakeview Montabella Belding Lakeview
Blk 32 12 6 10 7 5 5 6 6 4
BPG 1.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Player Massie Shurlow Wood Duflo KStockwell Cutler Bell Breimayer McAlvey Kemp Hallock HStockwell Swarts Wernette Studley Baylis Johnson King Rutz Stephan
Steals Team Stl SPG Lakeview 47 3.9 Lakeview 44 3.7 Belding 58 3.1 CC-Crystal 57 3.0 Montabella 49 2.7 Montabella 47 2.5 Greenville 40 2.4 Belding 44 2.3 CC-Crystal 37 2.1 Greenville 34 2.0 Greenville 28 1.9 Montabella 33 1.7 Montabella 24 1.6 C. Montcalm 29 1.5 C. Montcalm 25 1.3 Belding 25 1.3 Lakeview 14 1.2 Lakeview 13 1.1 C. Montcalm 19 1.0 Belding 17 0.9
Lakeview Continued From Page 1B Lakeview led 32-9 at halftime and 50-11 after three quarters. The Wildcats will have a short turnaround with the opener of the district tournament at Belding on Monday. Belding will be a much tougher game for the
Wildcats. “Belding is tough, they are multiple with their defenses and tough to figure out sometimes,” Kings said. “They are athletic. It’s not going to be like tonight.” Game time is 7 p.m. on Monday. bbentley@staffordgroup.com (616) 548-8290
Scale of racism in Cup host Russia a threat, report says By Rob Harris
AP sports writer
LONDON — Russian football is plagued by a racist and far-right extremist fan culture that threatens the safety of visitors to the 2018 World Cup, according to a report provided to The Associated Press. Researchers from the Moscowbased SOVA Center and the Fare network, which helps to prosecute racism cases for European football’s governing body UEFA, highlighted more than 200 cases of discriminatory behavior linked to Russian football over two seasons. “It shows a really quite gruesome picture of a domestic league which is full of aspects of racism, xenophobia: The far-right play a significant role in the fan culture,” Fare executive director Piara Powar said in an interview with the Associated Press. The report collated dozens of cases where fans carried out campaigns and sold far-right merchandise to collect money for imprisoned neo-Nazis. It provides a detailed breakdown of discriminatory incidents around matches, pinpointing 72 displays of neo-Nazi symbols, 22 acts against people from the Caucasus region, which includes Dagestan and Chechnya, and five occasions of abuse against black people. The report, which covers 2012-14, does not include an apparent rise in the targeting of black players being documented this season, Fare said. In the week when the football world was focused on the rescheduling of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, this report — entitled “Time for Action”— underlines that the next World Cup will be held in Russia in three years’ time, not the Middle East. “Our hope in Russia in the lead up to 2018 is we get action taken to protect the safety of fans and of players,”
Powar added. “Players have already said they will walk off if they hear racism. That is a danger. We want that to be addressed in advance.” The Russian Football Union and World Cup 2018 organizers both declined to comment when asked to by the AP. The report was sent on Friday to FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Without referencing the report’s existence, a post on Blatter’s Twitter account said on Friday: “In December, FIFA’s (anti-discrimination) Task Force presented concrete action plan to tackle discrimination in build-up to 2018 World Cup.” The first systematic study of fan racism in Russian football shows the scope of the discriminatory behavior that thrives at football despite President Vladimir Putin pledging to address the issue. “We see it and we believe it is a problem and unfortunately we have quite a number of such problems,” Putin said in December 2010 within hours of Russia winning the FIFA vote. Highlighting “xenophobia, racism and other national and religious intolerance,” Putin added: “Russia is fighting it just like any other country in the world. We will do it persistently in future.” But the report argues that not enough is being done by Russian state and football authorities. The intelligence and insights gathered will now be handed over to world football’s governing body by Powar, who sits on FIFA’s anti-discrimination task force. “FIFA need to push the LOC (local organizing committee) harder, we think the government needs to work with the (Russian) FA and the LOC to make sure that things are getting done,” Powar said. The report says “it will be difficult to ensure the safety of visitors” to the World Cup unless Russia imple-
ments a series of measures: — apply sanctions for discriminatory conduct consistently — create a plan to take on farright groups, — prioritize educating Russians about xenophobia and actively promote diversity in World Cup host cities. “Russia needs to get a point where people can be assured if they go they won’t be attacked,” Powar said. Some of the Russian groups have links with racist organizations, a factor in the prevalence of abuse against black players and fans from Russia’s own ethnic minorities. While some fans shout racist abuse for political reasons, many others see it simply as another tactic to distract the opposition’s star players, according to longtime Spartak Moscow fan Dmitry Dedkov. “A good player on the team of your main or chief opponent is an irritant, like a red rag to a bull,” he told the AP. “They can insult an African or any other player.” The report acknowledges rules were implemented in 2011 designed to combat discrimination at games, and welcomes the introduction of a “Spectator Law” in 2014, but that only regulates behavior inside venues. The number of incidents of racism around stadiums has not decreased despite the threat of sanctions, including fines or stadium closures, the report says. “This is not surprising because the boundaries of what is accepted in the football fan scene are blurry,” the report says. “Well-known coaches and players have photos taken with fans wearing swastika tattoos or T-shirts with Nazi symbols, and well-known singers sing songs with them in the stands.” The report particularly highlights offensive conduct by fans of Moscow clubs CSKA, Dinamo, Lokomotiv
and Spartak, and Zenit St. Petersburg. There is a prevalence of neo-Nazi and fascist symbols being adopted by far-right fan groups, including swastikas and Celtic crosses, and banners such as “White Pride World Wide.” “This is not surprising given the fact that xenophobic attitudes inside the fan community correlate directly with high levels of ethnic xenophobia in Russian society in general which have been developing intensively since the early 2000s,” the report says. The report does highlight cases where UEFA has taken against Russian clubs involved in European competitions. Monkey chants aimed at Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure by CSKA Moscow fans during a Champions League game earned the Russian club the first of two UEFA racism sanctions in the 201314 season. That prompted the Ivory Coast player to warn: “If we aren’t confident at the World Cup, coming to Russia, we don’t come.” Although only five cases of abuse against black people were recorded by Fare in 2012-14, Powar attributed that to the lack of stadium spotters to uncover the full scale of the problem. The report only covers until May 2014, and there have been highprofile incidents since then. “One of the things we are picking up from our preliminary monitoring this season is the abuse of black players — Africans and those from Latin America,” Powar said. There have been cases where the Russian Football Union punishes the victims. As the 2014 World Cup was drawing to a close in Brazil last July, Blatter spoke to Putin about making tackling racism a priority in 2018. Since then, world football’s governing body has said it wants to use the Russia tournament to “showcase FIFA’s zero-tolerance policy against any form of discrimination.”
QUARtErfinals — results Division 1 Brighton 39, Oxford 19 Davison 35, Detroit CC 28 Hartland 44, Monroe 19 Anchor Bay 49, Grand Haven 12 Division 2 Lowell 63, Comstock Park 12 Gaylord 36, Flint Kearsley 32 Niles 27, Tecumseh 26 Eaton Rapids 42, Warren Lincoln 18 Division 3 Dundee 57, Mason County Central 9 Saginaw Swan Valley 38, GR Catholic Central 35 Chippewa Hills 46, Allegan 24 Richmond 37, Birch Run 19 Division 4 New Lothrop 64, Cass City 9 Manchester 34, Leroy Pine River 33 Hudson 59, Norway 15 Decatur 47, Climax-Scotts/ Martin 22 Semifinals — today Kellogg Arena, Battle Creek Division 1 — 9:30 a.m. No. 1 Brighton (27-1) vs. No. 5 Davison (20-6) No. 2 Anchor Bay (37-0) vs. No. 3 Hartland (30-3) Division 2 — 11:45 a.m. No. 1 Lowell (27-2) vs. No. 4 Gaylord (40-1) No. 2 Eaton Rapids (40-2) vs. No. 3 Niles (24-3) Division 3 — 11:45 a.m. No. 1 Dundee (24-5) vs. No. 4 Saginaw Swan Valley (40-1) No. 2 Richmond (30-5) vs. No. 3 Chippewa Hills (27-3) Division 4 — 9:30 a.m. No. 1 New Lothrop (27-1) vs. No. 4 Manchester (29-7) No. 2 Decatur (29-2) vs. No. 3 Hudson (22-5) Finals — 4 p.m. today Kellogg Arena, Battle Creek Division 1 — Mat 1 Division 2 — Mat 3 Division 3 — Mat 4 Division 4 — Mat 2
girls basketball district schedule Class A District No. 7 at Forest Hills Central Monday’s games A — Rockford at Forest Hills Central, 7 p.m.. B — Cedar Springs at Lowell, 7 p.m. C — Northview at Forest Hills Northern, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s games C winner vs. B winner, 5 p.m. A winner vs. Greenville, 7 p.m. Final: at 7 p.m. Friday. Note: First round games are at various locations. Semifinals and finals are at FH Central.
Class B District No. 53 at Newaygo Monday’s game A — Tri County at Newaygo, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s games Fremont vs. Grant, 6 p.m. A winner vs. Sparta, 8 p.m. Final: at 7 p.m. Friday District No. 54 at Belding Monday’s game A — Lakeview at Belding, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s games Alma vs. Shepherd, 5:30 p.m. A winner vs. Central Montcalm, 7 p.m. Final: at 7 p.m. Friday
Class C District No. 78 at Bath Monday’s games A — CC-Crystal vs. Saranac, 5:30 p.m. B — Pewamo-Westphalia vs. Laingsburg, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s games A winner vs. Byron, 5:30 p.m. B winner vs. Bath, 7 p.m. Final: at 7 p.m. Friday District No. 86 at Morley Stanwood Monday’s game A — Beal City vs. Montabella, 6 p.m. Wednesday’s games Morley Stanwood vs. White Cloud, 6 p.m. A winner vs. Vestaburg, 7:30 p.m. Final: at 6 p.m. Friday. Note: The MHSAA regional tournament takes place March 10/12. Quarterfinals are March 17, the semifinals March 19-20 and finals March 21. Semifinals and finals take place at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.