2022 Benzie County Fall Sports Preview
Frankfort junior Payton Miller directs the ball over the net during a match against Brethren on Aug. 30 at Frankfort High School.
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Frankfort senior Kade Rosum (middle) leaps to secure a pass from Nick Stevenson during a scrimmage on Aug. 19 at Lockhart Field.
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Frankfort's Keith Crompton competes in the 2022 Pete Moss Invitational on Aug. 26 at Benzie Central High School.
Frankfort’s Skylar Werder competes in a race on Aug. 28, 2021. (File photo)
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Frankfort’s boys and girls cross country teams qualified for the state meet last season, and despite losing a few key contributors, head coach Dal Townsend thinks the Panthers have what it takes to earn a return trip to Michigan International Speedway come November.TheFrankfort girls won a regional title last season, and despite a couple graduates leaving behind some big shoes to fill, Dal Townsend said the team should be just“Wefine.had five girls last year who made it all the way through the season staying healthy,” he said. “The bad thing for this coming year is we lost our No. 1 in Taylor Myers and our No. 2 in Tara Townsend, but we should still be coming back with the other three and getting a few new freshmen in. Things should go really well.”
other newcomers to the squad.
Dal Townsend is excited to see what freshmen Isabella Crompton, Willa Roth and Addison Chownyk bring to the table, long with a few
Dal Townsend said he expects Kate May to pace the Panther girls.
“She should be leading the pack. Another one that is coming back is Anna Wolfe, our lone girl senior,” Dal Townsend said. “Then Savina Anhalt is also coming back from last year. We’re looking forward to those three leading the way.”
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“It looks like we’re going to end up with around 10 girls,” he said.
Frankfort harriers poised for a strong season
“We lost one guy off of last year’s team in Logan Foster, but we have everybody else coming back with Adam Townsend again helping to lead the way with Skylar Werden,” Dal Townsend said. “We also have Junior Robotham, who will also be right there along with Trevor Moody, and I’m looking for a big year from Aiden O’Dwyer — he’ll be a junior. We’re looking for a big year from him. We still have Kaleb Chisholm who will also be up there.”DalTownsend said he expects boys to compete for a regional title, and both teams stand a chance of heading to “Obviously,state.we made it into the state meet a couple times, but we’d like to win regionals (on the boys side),” he said. “If we could find a way to put it all together, I think we’ve got a good shot to win regionals and then head off to the state meet. Our girls team is going to have to work, but again, our goal is to make it into the state meet.”
“We’ve got a couple of other girls that are going to come out and hopefully make the team look really good.”DalTownsend said on the boys side, the Panthers return the bulk of the team that qualified for the state meet last season, and he expects another solid year.
Frankfort sophomore Savina Anhalt competes in the 2022 Pete Moss Invitational on Aug. 26 at Benzie Central High School. (File photo)
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Frankfort football striving for conference title
In this file photo, Frankfort quarterback Nick Stevenson carries the ball on Sept. 10, 2021 during the Panthers' 32-16 win over Oscoda. (File photo)
“Coming into the season, as a team, the goal was to compete for and win the conference championship. I think that’s been our goal,” he said. “We were just one game or a couple of points short last year, so that’s in the back of their mind. And then we want to make the playoffs, and compete. Not just make it, but compete.”
“Emmerson Farmer was starting receiver and DB for us last year — he’s certainly one of our better players. Kade Rosum ... got a lot of snaps but he was with a senior last year on offense as a tight end and on defense as a defensive end. ... Aiden Sweeney started for us last year on the line as a sophomore, and Aiden has done some good work during the offseason and he looks really good.”
Schindler said another player to keep an eye on is junior Fletcher Anderson, who was named all-conference honorable mention last year.
Since head coach Ed Schindler’s first season leading Frankfort football in 2019, the program has added to its win total every year. Coming off a six-win campaign in 2021, it could be a special season if that pattern continues.
Schindler said his offensive and defensive lines are young this season, but hopes his experienced skill position
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The team lost a number of key contributors to graduation, including Tucker Hubbard and Adam Mills, who
players can more than make up for it.
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“It’s a different group, but we’re excited for the season.”
Still, Schlinder said Frankfort has plenty of returning players who are ready to pick up the slack.
Schlinder believes the team can make some noise in the Northern Michigan Football Conference’s Legacy Division.
both signed to play football at Albion College, as well as Camryn Lewis, who will play for Alma College.
“Fletcher was a starting outside linebacker, and this year he’s our tailback and middle linebacker, so I would expect he will have a really nice season on both sides of the ball,” Schlinder said. “He’s also been a good leader for us.”
“Last year we had an experienced offensive and defensive line, and we had an experienced tailback. We were inexperienced at the quarterback position and our defensive backfield was really young,” he said. “We graduated those experienced lineman, so three of our starters didn’t play very much last year. We’re young in that area but we’re more experienced in the secondary and we’re more experienced
Nick Stevenson will be back under center for the Panthers this year, having earned first-team all-conference honors last season. He will also serve as a defensive back. Schlinder said he expects the senior to make a big impact.“Nick has worked really hard in the last six months to get himself ready for the season,” Schlinder said. “I think he’s been a good leader for us lately and I would expect that he will have a terrific season for us.”
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“She’s an outside hitter. She has improved a lot since lastJuniorseason.”Eliza Frary will be the team’s setter. Becky Miller said she looks forward to seeing Frary’s progress continue this fall.“She came up halfway through the season last year,” Becky Miller said.
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far,” she said. “I’m not sure it’s going to stay that way. ... They were all pretty much all returning starters from last year, too, so that helps.”Though the Panthers lost Keyan Clapp, Gracie MadisenWalrad,Clouse, Lucy Reznich and Emma Yagle to graduation, Becky Miller says she has some players who can make a big impact this averagedPaytonseason.Miller1.7kills, 0.5 aces and 0.7 digs per set last year, leading her team in kills and blocks as a sophomore.
Frankfort volleyball last year had an upand-down season as the Panthers struggled at times to find a rhythm.“Idon’t think we could ever really put our pieces together, but we did considering.OKIt was a hard year for us because we started the year with all of our COVID protocols,” said Frankfort coach Becky Miller. “By the middle of the year they had gotten a little bit lax and by the end of the year it was a little bit more lax, but we were still dealing with all of that COVID stuff last year.“It kind of threw a wrench in our system last year, but that’s all right. We finished strong.”Frankfort fell to Lake Leelanau St. Mary 25-18, 25-19 and 25-20 in a Division 4 district final last year. However, with a number of starters returning from last season’s squad, Becky Miller is looking to see the program take the next step.
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“I think I’m at four seniors this year. We have three juniors, four seniors and a sophomore right now — that’s my team so
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Frankfort’s Payton Miller serves ball on 26 during game against Rapids (File photo)
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themselves. They get along really well and it’s a really fun team to have.”With powerhouseperennialLeland out of Frankfort’s district this year, Becky Miller the Panthers have a chance to nab a district title.“The goal is always to win the conference or be right up there in the top, but our district is really what we’re eyeing this year. ... I think this is only twice in 15 years that we haven’t had Leland in our district, so that’s kind of interesting,” she said. “Our sights are set on districts for sure. We haven’t won a district championship since — man, I don’t even know. It’s been a very, very long time. “That’s our goal: Getting to year.”championshipdistrictthis
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Frankfort’s Mariah Manning serves the ball on Sept. 28 during a game at Onekama. (File photo)
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Payton Miller earned All-Northwest Conference honorable mention for her efforts and Becky Miller expects her to continue to find success on the court.“Payton Miller is a returning junior,” Becky Miller said.
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Benzie Central football lost its week one matchup against Boyne City, 51-35.
Benzie Central football can’t wait to be back on the gridiron. (File Photo)
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Benzie Central senior Autumn Wallington serves during a match against Manistee on Aug. 23 at Manistee High School.
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The Benzie Central cross country program is returning the bulk of its runners from a season in which both the girls and boys teams qualified for the state finals. Head coach Asa Kelly believes the team has everything it takes this year to make another trip to Michigan International Speedway for the state meet.
Benzie Central's Mylie Kelly races through the woods on her way to a new school record at cross country regionals on Oct. 30. (File photo)
“Two freshmen have already made varsity for us: Landon Harris and Ethin Chandler,” Asa Kelly said. “Obviously, if you’re returning all your guys and you have two freshmen crack the varsity group, you have some pretty strong freshman guys.”
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“(We have a) really nice group of boys coming back led by Hunter Jones, who is a three-time state champ already and a national champ in track,” Asa Kelly said. “He’s looking to go for his fourth state title as a senior.”
“The biggest thing on the girls team is we lost a lot of leadership. We had a good senior group of girls that had gone through the program all four years,” Asa Kelly said. “The biggest loss
Pacing the Huskies — and possibly every runner in the state — will be Hunter Jones.
“Your younger ranks, your middle school ranks, younger kids — obviously if they’re stronger you can continue to build that success year in and year out,” he said. “I think the nice thing about having a kid like Hunter and those other senior boys, and a kid like Mylie on the girls team — they can set that bar and set that example for the younger kids. They can display that work ethic and see that leadership day in and day out.”
Even with two sophomores and two freshmen on the varsity squad, Asa Kelly said he expects the Benzie girls to qualify for the state meet.“Depending on how those four develop, they could end up being a top 10 team or higher,” he said. “Mylie has been All-State top 10 as a freshman, All-State top 10 as a sophomore, so she’s obviously going to be our frontrunner that helps carry her team.”
Having a number of talented young runners on the team also bodes well for the program’s future, Asa Kelly said.
Benzie Central’s Dorian Olson competes in a home regional meet on Oct. 30. (File photo)
Reed is another senior,”
The boys team returns all its runners from last year’s team, and has added a few speedy freshmen to provide the lineup with some depth.
Asa Kelly said. “He’s put in a lot of work and gotten a lot stronger.”
Jones will be joined by a trio of seniors from whom Asa Kelly expects a strong season.
Asa Kelly said if everything falls into place the boys team could finish top five in the state.“With Hunter scoring just a single point, I really think Pol could be All-State and I think Dade could also be All-State — that’s three low sticks up front,” Asa Kelly said. “That’s kind of the recipe to be pretty dangerous.”TheHuskies will be young on the girls side, with junior Mylie Kelly leading the charge.
from the girls team was definitely our leadership, and then Elise Johnson being an All-State runner, as well. But the girls bring back a No. 1 girl with Mylie Kelly and two other sophomore girls that were allregion last year and all-conference. So that’s three really strong girls coming back.”
Asa Kelly is also excited about 15-year-old Pol Mollins, an exchange student from Spain whom he believes could be the Huskies’ No. 2 or 3 runner.“Wedid our time trial at camp for 2 miles and he ran pretty well, and then we did our first alternating mile relay team and he did really well there — really, really well,” Asa Kelly said. “... When he ran in Spain he usually ran 3Ks so he’s never really run 5K in cross country. We’ll see how he does in a little bit longer distance, but he seems to be adapting quickly and really enjoying it, so far.”
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“We return Dade Allen, who was third in the conference last year and all-region; Dorian Olsen, another senior; and Greg
The Huskies lost six all-conference players to graduation in Michael Wooten, Ike Koscielski, Nate Childers, Kaleb Orr, Roger Lamie and EthanDespiteLemmen.those losses, Benzie has the talent to win some games this year. But no matter what numbers are on the scoreboard, Jason Katt knows his players will keep battling to the final whistle. Their heart cannot be questioned after this upperclassmenyear’s went toe-to-toe in 2020 with a powerhouse
us so we had to throw the ball and that kid threw almost 40 times ... and did a heck of a job.”Jason Katt said the team has number of speedsters at its disposal, including Jaxon Childers, Jacob Gillison, Cael Katt, Dalton Geetings and Tyrone Brouillet. It’s just a matter of getting them in the open field so they can make plays.“The plan is to run slightly more than we pass. The old 50/50 would be nice, but obviously we’ll take what the defense gives us,” he said. “... We’re trying to clean some things up. ... We’ve got some fast dudes and we want to get the ball into their hands. The safest way to do that is hand it off.”
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Benzie Central’s Cael Katt leaps up to snag a reception along the sidelines on Sept. 2, 2021. (File photo)
There are no easy games in the stacked Northern Michigan Football League Legacy Division, and Benzie Central coach Jason Katt said his players will not back down no matter who stands across the line of scrimmage from them.“The happeningball,werethewentsaid.ingetWe’reoffense,toatacclimatestheimprovesaidfootball.firstforwillcompete.”therejusttheytheythesechallenge,sosomeus“Ouranywhere,’”whichthetotallymindsetcollectiveofthekidsmatchesseasonmotto,is‘anyone,hesaid.conferencehasslatedagainstqualityschools,it’sgoingtobeabutwithkids’mindset,don’tcarewhoface.TheywanttogetoutandplayandDanWallingtonbeundercentertheHuskiesinhisseasonofvarsityJasonKattthejuniorshouldthroughoutseasonasheplayingthevarsitylevel.“Iexpecthimorchestratethedistributeit.expectinghimtomorecomfortabletherole,”JasonKatt“(OnAug.26)weintoagamewithmindsetthatwegoingtorunthebutthingsweren’tupfrontfor
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Benzie was led last season by Kevin Hubbell, who is now playing soccer at Oakland University after a being named first-team allconference, first-team all-district and second-team All-State his senior year.
Low numbers and inexperience can make it tough to win games, but Chris Batchelder, Benzie Central’s soccer coach, is taking a big-picture approach to the 2022 season.“We’re not putting a number on how many wins we want this season, or saying we want to win districts. We’re not worried about any of that stuff,” he said. “We’re worried about playing better every day and growing. ... Mainly, our team is full of sophomores. ... Them maturing is really going to benefit us in a couple years.”
Batchelder said the Huskies struggled with low numbers last season, as well.
“It was a pretty decent season.
“We have three seniors and one junior, so we’re definitely on the smaller side. We don’t have any freshmen,” he said. “Hopefully we can add a few guys, but our numbers are really low like they were a year ago. ... We’ve been
rotating between nine, 10 and 11.” Batchelder said the Huskies’ low numbers were lowered by one when junior Emmett Jaquish broke his fibula in an Aug. 29 game at Kalkaska.“Unfortunately, he’s going to be out for the year. I’ll tell you what: That kid’s tough,” Batchelder said. “I mean, he walked off. ... He’s unbelievable, but that recovery is four to six weeks before you can even start walking, so to play a sport where you play with your feet, I don’t see him getting on the field
this year. It’s a huge, huge loss.” Batchelder said so long as his players work hard and continue to improve he’ll consider the season a success.“Thebiggest thing that we’re looking for is just for everybody to work hard together and to learn. We’re trying to change the way we play — trying to change the mentality,” he said. “We want everything staying positive and to get more people involved in soccer. ... Our expectations are just to play harder than we did the day before.”
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Alberto Lopez looks to ward off of a Buckley defender as he tries to pass the ball upfield on Sept. 27. (File photo)
“We had players who were working hard, but we didn’t have a lot of people,” he said.
“Obviously we wanted more wins, but it was a pretty successful year in just trying to change the mindset of Benzie soccer to more, ‘Hey, we’re going to work harder than we did yesterday.’ It was a good first year. We learned a lot and had a lot of ups and downs.”
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Though Hubbell’s absence will be felt, the Huskies return a few key contributors from last year’s squad.
Benzie Central soccer building for the future
“Steve Barron is one of the captains — he’ll be the leader of this team. Dom Lopez ... was allconference at goalie — he’s also a leader of this team. Both Steve and Dom were all-conference last year, and Al Lopez — Dom’s brother — is another leader. He plays in the midfieldBatchelderarea.”said the bulk of his team is sophomores.
Kevin had a great year, Steve Barron had a really good year and Dom Lopez had a really good year overall,” Batchelder said.
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“I would obviously like to win the trifecta, personally: I’d like to win the county, then the conference and — God willing — some district contests,” he said. “We have not done that in our program history in a long time, so I think that’s a pretty lofty goal, but I think if you set the bar high the girls will try to get closer to it.”
Benzie Central’s Emma Brooks slides over to field a Traverse City St. Francis hit on Nov. 2. (File photo)
lot of Thefun.”Huskies have no shortage of talent in the back row, either, he added.“Ihave three very good back row players: Emma Brooks, Kylee Stoike and Sky Hawkins. The problem is I have three amazing players instead of just one, so I can’t just focus on one of them,” he said. “I have all three that kind of shuffle in for time. I think all three of them would start on just about any team, and they’re pushing each other to always strive to do better. It’s a lot of fun.”
Corey Bechler said he expects Benzie to have a strong showing and believes the team has the potential to go on a run in the postseason.
“She just absolutely crushes the ball from anywhere on the court,” he said. “It doesn’t matter if it’s at the net, if it’s in the back row — actually, I think her back-row attack is better than her front-row attack.”
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Ava Becher and Wellington make for a dynamic duo, Corey Bechler said.
“I think it’s really cool,” Corey Bechler continued. “I talked with (head coach) Becky (Miller) over at Frankfort and she’s on board. It should be a lot of fun.”
“We have six seniors, five juniors and a sophomore. All 12 players can really play volleyball, so it’s a lot of fun,” he said. “And they can all play different positions. It’s really been a gift to inherit this group of girls. They’re awesome.”
The Huskies managed just four wins in their 2021 campaign, but Corey Bechler said he is excited to take the reins of a team with so much potential.
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Corey Bechler said he expects senior setter Autumn Wellington to put her teammates into positions to find success.“Shereally is the quarterback on the court. She is amazing,” he said. “She gets every one of the hitters on the same page. She really helps the back row if their passing’s off to try to help them get their passing on track again. She’s phenomenal.”
Huskies looking to bounce back after tough season
Benzie Central’s Autumn Walling to tracks a ball to the back line to make a set for the Huskies on Nov. 2. (File photo)
Corey Bechler said he has Sept. 27’s home matchup against Frankfort circled on his calendar — not because it’s against a cross-county rival, but because it has been designated American Heroes Night.
“Between the two of them, they are a very lethal one-two combination. It’s a
“Both the Frankfort and Benzie girls are going to kind of be playing in honor of a local hero — whether it’s military personnel, a first responder or whatever,” he said. “What their definition of an American hero is may be different than others’, but I want them to start thinking with that community-based mindset of who they want to represent each time they get on the court.
The Huskies could find success not just this season, but in the coming years, as well.
Benzie Central volleyball struggled last season, but having lost no players to graduation, the Huskies may have the experience to make some noise under first-year coach Corey Bechler.
“We have nine returning varsity players from last year. They didn’t necessarily have a great season last year with regard to wins and losses, but I have a daughter on the team so I was at all the games and I really think I’ve been blessed with an amazing group of girls,” Corey Bechler said. “I think the previous coach (Madison Lutzke) really did a good job getting them ready — they just didn’t end up with as many wins as they could have.”
“A lot of our (junior varsity) girls are on JV again this year,” Corey Bechler said. “Hopefully that talent level keeps pushing girls to strive to keep getting better day in and day out. I’m hoping in years to come this move will pay off.”
Ava Bechler was Benzie’s sole allconference player last season, being named to the second team in the Northwest Conference after averaging 2.3 kills, 0.4 aces, 1.9 digs and 0.5 blocks per set as a sophomore. Corey Bechler said he expects her to power to give other teams fits.
Ivan attends every game in his town. But Ivan behaves in a manner which is unlike the others. In fact, he is the type of fan that I desperately attempt to avoid.
The memories these kids make should be what happens during the season. They should be able to look back and think “Gosh, that bus ride to Glen Lake was so much fun.” What shouldn’t happen is that athletes reminisce at their high school reunion and ask “Hey, remember the time Ivan got thrown out of the game by the ref?” and have the response be “Which time?”
not, teachers who volunteer their time after school because they love spending time developing people.
It’s one thing to take pride in your town’s high school sports. But it’s 100% unacceptable to have your voice overshadow what’s happening in the game.
Ivan is the fan that’s screaming at the officials over every call. He’s the fan that questions every decision made by his team’s coach, sometimes loud enough for the person next to him to hear, sometimes loud enough for everyone in the stands to know exactly how he feels. He’ll tell you the way how it should be, even though he has no desire of actually coaching because he’s “too smart to coach at the high school level.”
Mitch Vosburg is a sports reporter with the Benzie County Record Patriot and Manistee News Advocate. He can be reached at 231398-3108 or at Mitch.Vosburg@ Pioneergroup.com
Please, for crying out loud, don’t be an Ignorant Ivan. Keep in mind that these are kids who are too young to buy a pack of smokes being coached by, more times than
Frankfort senior quarterback Nick Stevenson rockets a pass in a 7-on-7 drill during the Panthers first football camp of the 2022 season on July 14.
It’s also a great time people who support the programs. It’s a chance to pull for the home team and hope they walk away with a win against the guys from the other town. These people range from all sorts of backgrounds and reasons for attending. Some sit in the stands to support their kids. Some have had their children graduate, but still enjoy supporting the current crop of student athletes. Some come just for the entertainment aspect while supporting something in which their community takes tremendous pride.Then there’s a certain type of fan that every other type of fan despises. This is the fan that I will refer to as “Ignorant Ivan.”
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And most of all, don’t be an Ignorant Ivan this season.
He’s the kind of fan that fans of the team he supports can’t stand. He’s also the person who isn’t afraid to throw a few verbal or physical, fist-shaped jabs at the opposing fans.
Show some respect for student athletes while in the stands
This is the time for the kids to shine, not the spectators. The kids are living in their high school sports career. Ivan is long graduated, but continues to make his presence felt in his 30s, unable to give up the limelight.Soplease, when you go to sporting events this season, cheer loud and proud for your team. Remember that the people playing and coaching are humans, which happen to be notorious for being imperfect.Butplease, show respect and class for those who are wearing the same school colors as you and the colors of the opposition. This is high school athletics; respect should be shown in all facets and all levels of the game. That includes spectators.
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This isn’t the bright lights of Michigan Stadium or Comerica Park. This is Tuesday and Thursday night matches in a high school gym. This is Friday night lights.
It’s a glorious time for student athletes and coaches.
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