June 2019 Issue of Varsity Monthly Thumb Magazine

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MHSAA REGIONAL TEAM WIN! 

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Owner Jason Parmenter 

Magazine Design Alissa Klee 

Photo Editor Kaitlin Gunsell 

Office Manager Brenda Tomlinson 

Ad Design Gary Koelzer 

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Brittany Stilson - BLS Photography 

Gary Koelzer - Gary Koelzer Photography 

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Inside 

What’s 

5 VG's Players of the Month 

6 Millington 

8 Caro 

10 Bad Axe 

12 Croswell-Lexington 

13 Harbor Beach 

14 Cass City 

16 Frankenmuth 

18 Reese 

20 Kingston 

21 Bay City All Saints 

22 Sandusky 

24 Caro 

26 Brown City 

27 Peck 

28 Lakers 

29 North Huron 

30 Vassar 

32 Mayville 

33 Akron Fairgrove 

34 Cass City 

36 Deckerville 

37 Owendale Gagetown 

38 Caro 

40 Marlette 

42 Ubly 

44 Unionville Sebewaing Area 

46 Carsonville Pt Sanilac 

47 Caseville 

Featured Photographer 

COVER IMAGE: Grace Gasper (1-singles) 

leads the Frankenmuth Varsity Girls 

Tennis Team to an MHSAA Regional team 

win at Midland Tennis Center 

Our featured photographer for this month is Jason Parmenter, owner of Quad 

N Productions and Varsity Monthly Thumb. Jason is a life long Michigan resident 

who started his professional career as a JH/HS Band Director. He taught at 

Traverse City Christian School for 2 years and then 16 years at Unionville 

Sebewaing Area where he taught band, computers, yearbook, and photo/video 

classes. In 2003, Jason started his own part time photo/video company called 

Quad N Productions. Jason videoed and photographed concerts, weddings, 

sporting events and more. Between the business and teaching photography, 

Jason developed a passion for working to capture high quality images of student athletes. He saw 

the excitement and smiles that those captured images brought to the athletes and their families. In 

2013, Jason left his teaching career to run his photography business full time. Since then, Jason has 

photographed countless number of youth, high school, college, and professional sporting events, 

including Detroit Lions and Detroit Tiger games. His business has expanded to school portraits, Team & 

Individuals for several area schools and leagues, and Senior Portraits. You can find out more about Quad 

N Productions on Facebook or at www.quadn.com 

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VG’s GROCERY 

PLAYERS OF THE MONTH 

Winners are selected for their athletic accomplishments, leadership roles, and 

community impact as the Players of the Month. Not only are the players of the 

month featured in the magazine and recieve a Player of the Month T-Shirt, VG’s also 

provide’s each athlete with a $25 gift card! 

GRACE 

GASPER 

FRANKENMUTH 

TENNIS 

DAVID 

KNARIAN 

BAD AXE 

TRACK 

GRACE GASPER PUT THE FINISHING TOUCHES 

ON ANOTHER GREAT SEASON ON THE TENNIS 

COURT LAST MONTH. 

In the first week of May, Gasper, the top singles player 

for the Frankenmuth tennis team helped the Eagles 

defeat Saginaw Nouvel and Essexville-Garber. 

Then, in the second week, guided Frankenmuth to 

victories over Caro and Bay City All Saints. 

At the Tri-Valley Conference championship match, 

Gasper defeated Gabrielle Colbry, of Alma, 6-0, 6-0, 

as the Eagles won all eight flights on their way to the 

title and Gasper took home first place. 

In the following week, Gasper won a regional title, as 

she defeated Grace Anderson of Bay City All Saints, 

6-0, 6-1, and Sophie Wittbrodt of Essexville-Garber, 

6-3, 6-0, before defeating Mary Kolleth of Saginaw 

Nouvel in the finals, 6-0, 6-0. 

Gasper, only a sophomore at Frankenmuth, has 

already made her mark on the tennis scene in the 

Thumb as this year’s regional title is already her 

second. 

Last season, Gasper was second in the conference 

and first at regionals. 

HARD WORK PAID OFF FOR BAD AXE’S DAVID 

KNARIAN LAST MONTH. 

Knarian, a senior runner for the Hatchets, took home Male 

Athlete of the Meet at the Huron Daily Tribune Meet of 

Champions, as he took home first place in the 1,600, 3,200, 

800 and 1,600 relay. 

In the 1,600, Knarian broke the meet and school record with 

a time of 4:27.60. At the Blue Water Area Meet of Champions 

meet, Knarian took second in the 800, third in the 1,600 and 

first in the 1,600 relay and then Knarian placed first in the 

1,600 at the Thumb Meet of Champs. 

“He has had just an awesome month and he’s had just an 

awesome spring,” said Bad Axe head coach Lee Kahler. “He 

really showed off his preparation from the year, he’s really 

worked at it. When you talk to David, you kind of get the 

feeling of, wow this kid has a really good attitude. When he 

qualified at the regional, he said that he was going to run the 

1600 and the 4x4 and that he wanted two things from it. One 

is, he wanted to set a new record in the 1600 and I want to 

get the guys in the 4x4 on podium and he did that too. That 

was his plan, and when he gets these plans in his mind, he 

gets them done.” 

At the state finals, Knarian placed fourth in the 1,600, setting 

a personal record of 4:22.39, and re-setting the school record. 

“It’s all about planning and working on it,” Kahler said “He 

ran on days that you and I wouldn’t even think about going 

outside. That’s the way he was, and if he couldn’t run outside, 

he’d be in the weight room running on the treadmill or lifting 

weights.” 



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