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Sports November 4, 2009  RSS feed

Genesee County unkind to Green Devils
Playoff hopes end up unrealized as season ends too soon
      GENESEE — With its last Michigan High School Athletic Association playoff appearance coming Oct. 29, 1999, with a 39-14 first-round loss to Bendle, the Brown City varsity football team (7-3 overall, 4-2 Greater Thumb Conference East) came into last Saturday’s initial postseason contest knowing it had a chance to do something special.
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Broncos routed by Mt. Pleasant in pre-district; program headed in right direction
      MT. PLEASANT — Although their football season didn’t end the way the North Branch Broncos wanted after a 47-12 loss to undefeated Mt. Pleasant at Central Michigan University last Saturday, once the team has time to review its season, it will find many positives.
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West faces Midland at Davison Friday
      LAPEER — The Lapeer West varsity football team (9-1 overall, 8-1 Metro) is going to need its best defensive effort of the season if it hopes to have any chance of containing the Midland Chemics (9-1, 6-1 Saginaw Valley) in Friday’s matchup (switched to Davison because of poor field conditions at West) in the Div. 2, District 1 championship.
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Chiefs working to keep successful season going
      CAPAC — No matter how you spell it, frontwards or backwards, Capac is still Capac and no matter how you slice it, one thing is simple. The Chiefs need to win Friday night if they are going to keep their exciting season going.
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West basketball camp brings players closer together, bridges gap
      LAPEER — In an effort to endear the next generation of female athletes to the game of basketball, as well as giving back while fostering the Lady Panthers’ athletic horizons, new Lapeer West girls’ varsity roundball coach Bill Kinzer held clinics for elementary age girls Oct. 10, 17, 24 and last Saturday.
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Area youth get professional coaching
      LAPEER — Steve Moreland, Director of Camps and Clinics for the Detroit Pistons, instructed a basketball camp last Saturday where children in grades K-7 attended the camp, hosted by Lapeer East High School.
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Sports dudes reflect on another great grid season
      With the exception of a few teams in our coverage areas that were fortunate enough to extend their season and are headed to the playoffs, another gridiron season has come to a close. During the nine-week regular season, there were numerous games worth remembering. Some rivalry games that went down to the wire, as well as some surprises along the way.
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Area Briefs
      Youth hoops seminar
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Around the Horn
      VOLLEYBALL IMLAY CITY The Lady Spartans finished their BWAC tournament Saturday taking on Almont, Armada and Capac, beating Almont, 25-16, 26- 24, 25-22, but then lost to Armada, 18-25, 17-25, 15-25, before beating Capac, 27-25, 17- 25, 25-15, 26-24.
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Producing salmon for stocking begins with egg-take
      AREAWIDE — Much of Michigan's chinook salmon program is dependent upon state fish hatcheries. Although Department of Natural Resources fisheries officials have documented significant natural reproduction of the Great Lakes' largest salmon in a number of rivers, not all streams produce.
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