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Lake City boys knock off Beal City in Highland

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LAKE CITY This one made

them feel good.
Really good, in fact.
Lake City continued its upswing
as it beat Beal City 41-38 in a Highland Conference boys basketball
contest Tuesday night.
For first-year Trojan coach Brad
Besko, this is a big one.

"This is a huge win for our team

and even more, for our program," he
said. "Anytime you can beat a team
like Beal City, that's huge.
"The kids bought into our game
plan tonight and we made them take
some tough shots against the zone
that we wanted to play."
On the flip side, Besko said his
team did a solid job of handling Beal
City pressure as the Aggies were on

Lake City all night.

The Trojans led 15-7 after the first
quarter and expanded that to 25-16
at halftime.
Beal City cut it to 33-32 going into
the fourth quarter.
Things stayed tight late in the
fourth quarter until freshman
guard Cade Peterson hit two free
throws with 12 seconds remaining
to put Lake City up three.

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"The kids have been playing better and playing with a lot of confidence," Besko added. "That carried
over into tonight."
Lucas Marion had a big night for
the Trojans with 19 points, 18 rebounds and five blocks while Kory
Root had eight points, 14 rebounds
and four blocks.
Lake City (6-5 overall, 3-4 Highland) hosts Marion on Friday.

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Manton boys cruise

to win over NMC
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MANTON This is the

point in the year where
youre looking for your
young team to show signs
theyre growing up.
For coach Ryan Hiller, hes
beginning to like some of
what he sees.
Manton got balanced scoring up and down the roster
to keep pace with leagueleading McBain with a 71-38
win over Northern Michigan Christian in Highland
Conference boys basketball
action Tuesday night.
The win keeps the Rangers (9-3, 6-1 Highland) a
game behind the unbeaten
Ramblers after the first half
of conference play.
Against the Comets, Hiller
liked much of what he saw,
especially the play from his
freshmen, including 6-foot-3
Ethan Ancick, who scored
12 points and grabbed eight
rebounds.
I thought our kids played
hard tonight, he said. I did
think we had some let-ups
early on with our concentration, missed some easy
puppies, missed some box
outs, and didnt get back on
defense a couple of times.
There are things we have
to do better starting tomorrow.
For NMC coach Dale Veddler, it was a matter of being
both short-handed and, well,
shortat least relative to
the Rangers.
Theyre a good sized
teamtheyre big, he said.
We were a few players
short tonight for various
reasons.
I thought we played
pretty good defense, and
we battled on the boards,
he added. I thought Kade
(Ellens) and Cody (Winkle)
really battled for us, as did
Jordan Eisenga. The offense
just didnt flow real well
for us, but credit Mantons
defense for that. With their
size, there just wasnt a

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Manton's Tyler Swing shoots over Northern Michigan Christians Cody Winkel during Tuesdays Highland
Conference contest. The Rangers beat the Comets 71-38.
whole lot there for us.
This was a good game for
us, though, he said. How
we come out of this one is
the question for the kids.
Veddler was pleased with his
teams aggressiveness, as the
Comets got to the line a seasonhigh 25 times, making 12.
Tyler Swing paced the

Rangers with 13 points and

nine rebounds, while Hunter Ruell added nine points
and Brock Clough chipped
in with eight.
Hiller praised the efforts
of Chandler Shazri (seven
rebounds), Cole Shepler, and
Mason Baker in finishing
the win.

Cody Farr led the Comets

with a game-high 16 points,
while Eisenga had six and
Ellens six to go with five
boards, two steals and a pair
of blocks.
Manton heads to Pine
River Friday, while NMC
(6-5, 2-5) is at Evart the same
night.

Cadillac wins big

while Quinn Crago had
eight points and four rebounds.
MANISTEE Good inCooper Benson added
tensity.
eight points while Ty
Good start.
Pugh, Lewis Finch, Cam
Easy win.
McTaggart and TJ Baker
Cadillac put together a
each had six points.
strong performance and
The Vikings (6-6 overall)
cruised to a 62-30 win
host Petoskey on Friday.
over Manistee in a nonFriday is a triple-doubleconference boys basketball
header against the Northcontest Tuesday night.
The win gets the Vikings men with both the boys
and girls teams at home.
back to .500 at 6-6 overall.
It's also Cadillac's an"Our intensity was way
nual Cystic Fibrosis Night.
better tonight," Cadillac
Shirts are on sale in the
coach Ryan Benzenberg
athletic office and various
said. "We came out of
contests and raffles will be
the gates strong, scored a
held during the games.
couple early and put them
Cadillac won the JV
back on their heels.
game 45-21.
"We just pounded away
Vinny Jenema paced
and were able to play our
the Vikings with 13 points
tempo. When we're able to
while Gavin Daniels scored
do that, things seem to go
11 and Hunter Rensberry
pretty well."
Cadillac led 17-6 after the added eight.
Cadillac's freshman
first quarter and 34-13 at
halftime. It was 50-19 going team beat Newaygo 55-43.
Tanner Cochrane and
into the fourth quarter and
the Vikings were on cruise Colin Weedon paced the
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Vikings (3-8) with 11 points Cadillac junior center Quinn Crago goes up with a shot against a
control.
Andrew Emington paced while Jared McDaniel
Manistee defender during Tuesdays non-conference contest. The
added eight.
Cadillac with 12 points
Vikings beat the Chippewas 62-30.
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AUBURN HILLS D.J.

Augustin is flourishing in
an expanded role for the
Detroit Pistons.
Augustin had 25
points and
13 assists
and the
Pistons
closed
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a 25-1 run,
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going on
to beat the Miami Heat 10891 on Tuesday night.
Augustin has averaged
21.8 points and 9.2 assists
in five games as Detroit's
starting point guard since
Brandon Jennings went
down with a ruptured
Achilles tendon.
"We're all great players in
this league, but it is easier
to get going when you know
you are going to get a lot of
minutes. You can get into the
rhythm of the game instead
of having to play in bursts,"
Augustin said. "This was a
team win. Everyone was running the floor, and everyone
was playing defense and
making shots."
Chris Bosh scored 34
points, including 21 in the
third quarter, but nobody
else provided much help offensively for Miami, which
was still without injured
star Dwyane Wade.
It was the first time in
Bosh's five seasons with the
Heat that they lost a regular-season game with him
scoring at least 30 points
Andre Drummond had 14
points and 14 rebounds for
the Pistons, and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored
18. Greg Monroe had 12
points and nine rebounds.
Detroit is now 2 1/2
games behind Miami and
Charlotte, which occupy
the last two playoff spots
in the Eastern Conference.

Bucks beat Evart

one responded after that."

Pine River stretched its
EVART Keep fighting. lead to 50-42 going into the
Keep working hard.
fourth quarter but Evart had
Pine River did a bit of
a chance down the stretch,
both and walked away
coach Kris Morgan said.
with a 65-55 win over
"I thought we played
Evart in a Highland Con- well, we just couldn't finference boys basketball
ish at the end," he said.
contest Tuesday night.
"Pine River was getting
Bucks coach Brian
second, third and even
Goodenow said it was
fourth opportunities on
another scrappy league
their shots.
game for his team.
"By the end of the game,
"It was another gritty
that's really what hurt us
win and it seems like evthe most."
erything has been a dogLucas Harris paced
fight for us lately," he said. Pine River with 21 points
"We responded, though,
and nine rebounds while
and got another win."
Mitchell McDonald added
The game was tied at 12- 11 points and eight re12 after the first quarter
bounds. Mason Powell
before Pine River led just also had 10 points.
20-17 going into halftime.
Noah Drake paced EvGoodenow made a little art with 17 points while
bit of a change in the sec- Major Griffin had 12 and
ond quarter and it seemed Cody Pritchard had 10.
to spark the Bucks.
Nolan VanOrder grabbed
"We came out flat again
seven rebounds.
but our second five came
Pine River (11-2 overall,
in and I challenged them
5-2 Highland) hosts Manto turn up the defensive in- ton on Friday while Evart
tensity," he said. "They did (4-7, 2-4) hosts Northern
that and I thought everyMichigan Christian.
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