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DEFENSE: Spurs GHS victory over Cadillac<br />
Photo Courtesy o( Sarah Freeman<br />
GAYLORD COACH PAT ENDERS huddles his troops during a time out of the Blue Devils' 56-47 home victory over Cadillac Friday. It was the biggest vi/in in Enders'<br />
two-year tenure as GHS head coach.<br />
Oaytord H«rald Tim«8<br />
Con't from B1<br />
heading into the fourth.<br />
The Blue Devils now look<br />
to get an early 2-0 advantage<br />
in the Big North with a home<br />
contest against Traverse<br />
City Central. Many believe<br />
Gaylord is now the favorite<br />
in the league.<br />
"We've always been the<br />
team to beat." said a confident<br />
Wickert.<br />
GAY1X)R1^ <strong>12</strong> 9 18 <strong>17</strong> — 56<br />
CADIIIAC 4 19 8 16-47<br />
CADILLAC (47): Simons 10<br />
4-4 25; Parcell 3 0-0 6: Bruggema<br />
2 0-2 5. Three Pointers: Simons,<br />
Bruggema<br />
GAYLORD (56); Arnold 8 0-0<br />
16:Wickert60-3 13: Woodhouse4<br />
1-1 9; Ciszewski 1 0-0 2: Freeman<br />
0 3-4 3; Dutcher 3 1-1 7; Masiej<br />
2 0-0 6. Three Pointers: Mastej 2;<br />
Wickeri.<br />
CLUTCH: St. Mary wins in OT Gaylord wrestlers win<br />
Cent from B1<br />
shoulders."<br />
St. Mary (1-2,1-1 SkiValley<br />
Conference) controlled<br />
the first 28 minutes of the<br />
game, jumping out to a 15-<br />
6 first quarter lead behind<br />
six points from junior Lauren<br />
Reppuhn, and holding<br />
strong at 27-18 at halftime<br />
and 34-23 after the third.<br />
"We played three very<br />
good quarters against a<br />
good team," Jacob said. "We<br />
let it slip in the fourth, because<br />
we didn't handle the<br />
situation well. We need to<br />
be able to close it out."<br />
Senior Sarah Bauer led<br />
the Snowbirds with 13<br />
points, including the first<br />
basket in overtime. Reppuhn<br />
added <strong>12</strong> points,<br />
while junior point guard<br />
Grace Westerman added<br />
eight. Foster chipped in six<br />
points and six points in a<br />
solid effort.<br />
Slow starts dooming<br />
Gaylord hockey team<br />
By Jeremy Speer<br />
SporJ^Bditpr<br />
GAYpOKD—The first period<br />
befeh kind to the<br />
Gaylotd hockey team.<br />
TWice this weekend, and<br />
twice prior to that, the Blue<br />
Devils fell behind big early<br />
and were forced to play<br />
catch-up.<br />
And despite their best efforts<br />
each time to battle back,<br />
the result each time has been<br />
predicatable — a Blue Devil<br />
loss. This weekend, Gaylord<br />
fell 5-3 to both No. 5-ranked<br />
Dearborn Divine Child and<br />
No. 6-ranked Flint Powers in<br />
the Division 3 Hockey Challenge.<br />
"This has been a nightmare,"<br />
said Gaylord coach<br />
Pete Wilkinson. "We've talked<br />
and talked about it, and we<br />
keep going out and doing exactly<br />
that we don't want to<br />
do. You can't spot a team two<br />
or three goals. You expend so<br />
much energy trying to come<br />
back."<br />
Saturday's battle with the<br />
Chargers was the perfect case<br />
and point. Powers scored on<br />
the game's first three shots,<br />
giving them a 3-0 advantage<br />
just over two minutes into<br />
the contest.<br />
Then, senior Taylor Carey<br />
was brought into the game<br />
and he performed excellently.<br />
not allowing the lead<br />
to grow.<br />
The No. 10-ranked Blue<br />
Devils came out a different<br />
team in the second, taking<br />
control of the play and eventually<br />
scoring on a beautiful<br />
top-shelf goal by senior<br />
Hunter Stier, who took a pass<br />
from senior Jeff Birk.<br />
Just moments later,<br />
Gaylord took advantage of a<br />
power play and netted a goal<br />
on a wraparound play by senior<br />
Gavin Palm.<br />
Still charging hard, the<br />
Blue Devils (2-4) took advantage<br />
of their aggressiveness<br />
just 30 seconds into the third<br />
period, when junior Joey Zaborowski<br />
flipped the puck<br />
into the back of the Powers<br />
net. Suddenly, Gaylord had<br />
tied the game and was outplaying<br />
the Chargers hand-<br />
Uy.<br />
"We didn't quit, the effort<br />
was there," Wilkinson said.<br />
"We just have to put together<br />
a full game and execute our<br />
game plan. We have to learn<br />
what it takes to win big<br />
games."<br />
Perhaps exhausted by<br />
^ Con't from B1 in in Division 2, 2, Gehringer, Jake Ja<br />
A brutal early-season JUNIOR VARSITY— Taubitz (<strong>17</strong>1) winning a tough Armstrong (119), Pichan,<br />
schedule continues tonight, GAYLORD —The St. 9-6 decision and Jesse Arm- Sharrard, Jesse Armstrong,<br />
when the Snowbirds play at Mary junior varsity imstrong (140) scored a key fall. lyran, Taubitz and Brian Bliss<br />
undefeated Johannesburg- proved to 3-0 on the season I That set up a battle with (275) all were a perfect 4-0.<br />
Lewiston.<br />
with a 56-36 victory against 1 Midland, who won the other Andrew Olds (145). Dillon<br />
That is followed with Onaway.<br />
I pool. Gaylord continued to Hunt and Chadd Hall (1<strong>12</strong>)<br />
a home contest against Karli Jacob led the Snow- dominate, taking a 43-19 went 3-2, while Holden Hunt<br />
Pellston Friday.<br />
birds with 15 points, while victory. Even in the matches (189) and Trent Donker (215)<br />
Michelle Miller had 10 the Devils lost, the scores both were 2-2.<br />
ONAV^AY 6 <strong>12</strong> 5 20 — 43 points and Carolyn Burzyn- were close. DougTyran (160), The Blue Devils return to<br />
SMH 15 <strong>12</strong> 7 16 — 47 ski nine.<br />
Danny Sharrard (135) and Jus- the mat <strong>Wed</strong>nesday at the Big<br />
tin Gehringer (103) all won key Rapids Quad, where they will<br />
matches.<br />
face the host Cardinals, ranked<br />
For Gaylord, ranked No. 9 No. 10 in Division 3.<br />
their comeback, the Blue<br />
Devils allowed Powers star<br />
Spencer Irvin to score the<br />
game winner with 3:20 remaining.<br />
Just 50 seconds<br />
later. Jonah Spurlin. who had<br />
two goals and an assist, iced<br />
the victory.<br />
All four of the Blue Devils'<br />
losses this season has come<br />
against ranked teams.<br />
That was the case Friday,<br />
when Gaylord was overmatched<br />
in the first two p>eriods<br />
against Dearborn Divine<br />
Child, and fell behind 4-0.<br />
Gaylord again battled<br />
back, with seniors Kyle Eckert,<br />
Matt Zaremba and Birk<br />
netting third-period goals to<br />
cut into the defecit. Still, it<br />
was too little, too late.<br />
"It took us two periods to<br />
decide to play," Wilkinson<br />
said.<br />
The road doesn't get any<br />
easier for the Blue Devils this<br />
weekend, with a home game<br />
Friday against Traverse City<br />
West, ranked No. 10 in Division<br />
1, who recendy defeated<br />
Gaylord 7-2. That is followed<br />
by an away game at Sault Ste.<br />
Marie, ranked No. 8 in Division<br />
3.<br />
GAYLORD SOPHOMORE DBBtsaUN Jhn Ryan carries the puck across his own Ice during the<br />
Blue Devils' 5-3 ioes to Rmt Power* Saturday.<br />
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