Grosse Pointe News

By Bob St. JohnSports Editor

More than a two dozenparticipants from thethree Grosse Pointe highschools competed in lastweekend’s Division 2 and3 swimming state cham-pionship meets.

Grosse Pointe Southfinished eighth with 101points and Grosse PointeNorth was ninth with 96points in the Division 2meet at Holland AquaticCenter, while UniversityLiggett tied for 24th with16 points in the Division 3meet at OaklandUniversity AquaticCenter.

The story of the finalswas South sophomorePatrick Jackson winninga gold medal in the 100-yard butterfly, posting atime of 51.75. Jackson al-so made All-State with thegold-medal finish underthe tutelage of head coachEric Gunderson.

In addition, Jacksonand his teammates in the200-yard medley relayteam, senior LukeHessburg, freshman

Devlin Francis and sopho-more Nicholas Yoo,earned All-State honors,finishing sixth with a timeof 1:37.89.

North head coach MikeO’Connor and his 200-yard medley relay squadof junior Matthew Leoneand seniors ChristianMellos, Justin Rakowiczand Peter Shea alsoearned All-State honorsby placing seventh with atime of 1:38.54.

In the second event, the200-yard freestyle,Rakowicz was 10th with atime of 1:44.53 and Sheafinished 23rd at 1:48.62for the Norsemen.

Mellos was All-State inthe 200-yard IM, finishingsixth with a time of1:57.81. Hessburg placedninth with a time of1:57.04 for the BlueDevils, and in the 50-yardfreestyle, Yoo was 28thwith a time of 22.62.

Others in the 50-freestyle were Francisand sophomore JohnMartin for the Blue Devilsand Leone for theNorsemen, finishing 36that 22.95, 39th at 23.16 and44th at 23.89, respectively.

North senior JamesMcNelis finished his highschool career on a posi-tive note, taking fourth in

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State champion trifectaSouth’sJacksonwins gold

HOCKEY AND SWIMMING

By John McTaggartSpecial Writer

It was clear, after the fi-nal seconds of playSaturday afternoon inthe boys’ hockey state ti-tle game, UniversityLiggett was the state’stop Division 3 team.

And, as those last sec-onds ticked off the clock,a decisive 3-0 victory of

Houghton High made itofficial — the Knights arestate champions.

“I think we’ve playedcleaner hockey than weplayed this weekend,”head coach RobbMcIntyre admitted. “ButI think it showed that wehave an extremely deepteam and they workedvery hard.

“I had visions headingin here of playing per-fect, but I think weplayed tight at times. Butwe had to understandthat no matter what went


The anticipation for thisgame has been growingfor a decade.

The match-up, GrossePointe North, the No. 1seed, against GrossePointe South, the No. 2seed, for a state champi-onship, materialized afterboth teams won semifinalgames Wednesday, March

7, at Eddie Edgar Arena.Could North pull off its

first-ever state title bybeating the defendingstate champ and arch ri-val Grosse Pointe Southfor a third time this sea-son?

The Norsemen beat theBlue Devils 3-1 inDecember and 3-2 inovertime a couple ofweeks ago, but this timethe stakes were muchhigher.

“The girls have to give ittheir best effort and notleave anything behind,”North head coach Joe

KnightsblankHoughton

SouthdefeatsNorth

See SWIM, page 7C

See ULS,page 6C

PHOTO BY RENATO JAMETT

Liggett junior Manny Counsman, right, scores a goalin the Knights’ semifinal win over Chelsea

See SOUTH, page 6C

PHOTO BY BOB BRUCE

South senior Claire Boyle scored an insurance goallate in the third period to help the Blue Devils beatGrosse Pointe North.

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Grosse Pointe Southcruised into the Class Astate quarterfinals lastThursday evening with a69-48 victory overChippewa Valley in theregional championshipgame at Henry Ford IIHigh School.

South junior ClaireDeBoer led the BlueDevils with 21 points and14 rebounds, while fresh-man guard Cierra Ricepoured in 15 points andgrabbed 11 rebounds.

“You have to giveChippewa Valley a lot ofcredit,” head coach KevinRichards said. “They

came in here ready forour full-court pressure.We lost (Tiffany) Mischearly on, and she’s a phe-nomenal player. The ef-fort that she put in theother night really kind oftired her out I think. Shewas hitting early on, but Ithink our pressure kind ofwore on her as the gamewent on.”

Misch finished thegame with 30 points, 14 ofwhich came in the open-ing quarter, a quarter thatsaw South trailing 17-15.

A 15-1 run, however, inthe second quarterpushed the Blue Devils in-to the lead and it was alead the squad would nev-er relinquish.

South’s pressure de-fense, particularly in thehalf-court, was simply toomuch for ChippewaValley to handle. The de-fensive effort has beenthe spark for the BlueDevils all season.

But, the offensiveprowess the squadshowed againstChippewa Valley mighthave been the real storyof Thursday night’schampionship contest.

DeBoer, Rice andCaitlin Moore (19 points)are expected to carry theload offensively. However,the squad’s second-quar-ter surge came withMoore and DeBoer on thebench for much of the

run.The victory is nice, ac-

cording to Richards, butthe goal from the begin-ning of the season was toearn a spot in the state’sfinal four and make thetrip to the Breslin Centerto play for a state champi-onship.

Should South get byWaterford Kettering inthe quarterfinals, thesquad will make the tripto Breslin for the statesemifinals March 16 at 1p.m.

South won its regionalsemifinal 56-45 overMacomb AreaConference Red Divisionchampion Romeo.

It looked eerily similarto the game at WarrenCousino in which theBlue Devils built a com-fortable double-digit lead,only to fall apart and loseby double digits.

The Blue Devils’ pres-sure defense picked apart

Romeo’s shaky offense,which turned the ballover a dozen times in thefirst half.

DeBoer had easy pick-ings against Romeo’s 6-foot, 4-inch LaurenBright, spinning andweaving her way to eightfirst-quarter points.

The Blue Devils had a17-10 first-quarter leadand extended it to 31-22at the half. The lead was31-17, but the Bulldogsended the half with fivestraight points to shavethe deficit.

Unfortunately forRichards, his squad cameout flat and the Bulldogstook advantage with a 17-5 run to take a 39-36 lead.

Richards called a time-out and the Bulldogs fanswere on their feet.

The timeout paid off asthe Blue Devils scored thequarter’s final basket tocut the deficit to 39-38and they pulled out the

full-court press. In an in-stant, the one-point deficitturned into a five-pointadvantage, 44-39, asRomeo turnovers allowedRice and Brown to putSouth ahead.

The run continued asRomeo’s guards contin-ued to turn the ball over,allowing the Blue Devilsto totally take commandof the game, leading 51-39 on Brown’s layup.

The Bulldogs fouledthroughout the final fourminutes of the game andthe Blue Devils madeenough to keep the leadin double digits.

Brown scored a career-high 21 points, followedby DeBoer with 13 pointsand 15 rebounds, andMoore had 10 points. Ricefinished with nine.

Grosse Pointe Southimproved to 21-3 overall.

Sports Editor Bob St.John contributed to thisstory.

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Girls basketball

L IGGETT


University Liggett’sgirls’ basketball teamtook another step towardmaking a second straightappearance in the ClassC state title game.

Last week the Knightsblasted their way pastDetroit Consortium, 63-29, claiming a secondconsecutive regionalchampionship. The gamewas played at AuburnHills Oakland Christian.

“We want to push theball up the floor, playpressure defense and re-bound and the girls didthat againstConsortium,” head coachJoe LaMagno said. “Itwas a back-and-forthgame in the first quarter,but then our defensestarted to create a lot ofturnovers our girls wereturning into easy points.

“After that, I think wewore them down. It’s an-other step toward ourgoal.”

Senior MadisonRistovski and freshmanLola Ristovski each had12 points to lead theKnights, which improvedto 21-4 overall.

“Everyone got involvedone way or another,”LaMagno said. “Haleigh(Ristovski) had only acouple of points, but shewas huge on the boardswith 12 and blocked sev-en shots.

“Our guards put a tonof pressure on the balland forced bad passesour girls picked off. Wemade sure to pressurethe ball whenever wecould.”

The Knights had a dou-ble-digit halftime lead

and a big third quarterput the game out ofreach.

Last week’s 51-33 re-gional semifinal winagainst a top-10 rankedFlint Hamady had thefeel of a state champi-onship game.

Liggett, led by MissBasketball recipientMadison Ristovski,squared off against FlintHamady, who enteredthe game 21-2 and win-ners of two (2009, 2010)of the last three Class Cstate championships.

“This was a big game,”LaMagno said. “They’rea very good team with alot of tradition.

“It’s a tradition of win-ning girls basketballgames. I mean, they’re avery good team. We havea lot of respect for them,but we were up for thisgame.

“We knew we couldn’tcome in here and clownaround.”

There was no clowningaround.

The Lady Knightsjumped out to a 21-7 leadin the opening quarterand simply never lookedback, taking a 32-15 ad-vantage into the breakbefore spending much ofthe second half playingkeep-away from theHawks.

At times they con-trolled the ball on of-fense for more than twominute stretches.

“Madison is an incredi-ble ball handler,”LaMagno admitted. “Butwe have more than justher who can handle theball.

“That really helped usin the second half.”

Sophomore Bre

Andrews (15 points),Lola Ristovski (18points) and HaleighRistovski (10 rebounds)moved the ball betweenHamady defenders and,along with MadisonRistovski (11 points and11 assists), simply put ona clinic in stall basketballin the closing two quar-ters of play, a very diffi-cult task for many highschool teams.

“We practice that,”LaMagno explained. “Wereally practice that and itpaid off for us tonight.We keep the ball out oftheir hands and there’sless chance for them toget back in the game.

“It’s not that tough of astrategy, but you have tobe able to do it. We didour job tonight.”

John McTaggart con-tributed to this story.

Knights make it back-to-back titles

PHOTO BY BOB BRUCE

Head coach Joe LaMagno, standing far left, and his Liggett girls basketball players and assistant coacheswon a second straight regional crown.

PHOTO BY JOHN MCTAGGART

Senior Madison Ristovski, who was named 2012 Miss Basketball Monday after-noon, drives through the lane to score two points in the Knights’ regional semifi-nal win over Flint Hamady.

GROSSE POINTE SOUTH

Blue Devils stomp MAC foes in regional


South’s girls’ basketball team members hoist a regional championship trophy af-ter beating Chippewa Valley.


Grosse Pointe South’sboys’ hockey team cameinto the Division 2 finalriding high after a victoryover Hartland, 11-6, inthe quarterfinals and anovertime thriller overPort Huron Northern, 3-2, in the semifinals.

Senior goalie C.J.Schebil had arguablybeen one of the hottestgoaltenders in the stateheading into Saturdaymorning’s showdownagainst top-rankedBrother Rice.

In the title game, theWarriors were relentlesson the offensive end, pep-pering the Blue Devils se-nior with 38 shots, 30 ofwhich came in the open-ing two periods.

“We played a lot ofgreat teams during theseason like Trenton and(Grosse Pointe) North,”Schebil said. “But itseemed like every singleone of them tonight wasfast and every single oneof them had a fast shot. Itwas tough. The shotswere coming from every-where.”

South held their ownagainst one the states topteams, regardless of divi-sion, carrying a 1-1 scoreinto the first intermission.A goal from junior JakeCorden (assist from ju-nior Maxwell Corden)knotted the score at one-all after the first period.

“To have an even scoreafter the first period wasgreat,” head coach JamieBufalino said. “But wewouldn’t say there wasany five minutes wherewe outplayed them today.We lost to a great team.”

A pair of goals fromBrother Rice in the sec-ond period, the first com-ing at the 7:08 mark andthe second at the 12:17mark, widened the gap to3-1 after two periods.

South came out strongin the final 15 minutes,however, with two excel-lent scoring chances ear-ly in the third period,both of which wereturned away by Warriors

goalie Jack Bowman.“We harped on the

boys to create some dif-ferent opportunities,’Bufalino explained. “Wefinally got those opportu-nities and their goaliecame up huge. That wasdefinitely hard for us.”

South was outshot, 38-17, in the contest andwrapped up the 2011-2012 season 22-6-1.

Senior Geoff Welsherwas the hero, scoring thewinning goal with 50.1seconds left in overtimeto lift South to a 3-2 semi-final victory over PortHuron Northern.

The Huskies turned thepuck over in their zoneand Welsher made thempay, shooting the puckover goalie MattFernandez’s shoulder forthe game-winner.

The goal was unassist-ed.

The Huskies forcedovertime by scoring apower-play goal at the13:45 mark of the thirdperiod.

The Blue Devils werewhistled for a penalty latein the second period andwhistled for anotherpenalty during the de-layed penalty.

This gave Northerntwo straight 5-on-3 ad-vantages. The Blue Devilskilled off the first one, butthe Huskies’ AustinAinsworth scored on thesecond power-play.

Sophomore AndrewBigham scored an unas-sisted power-play goal atthe 13:36 mark of the sec-ond period to give Southa 2-1 lead.

Neither team mountedmuch of an offensive at-tack as most of the playtook place in the neutralzone.

In the first period,Northern scored at the5:44 mark to take a 1-0lead, but the Blue Devilstied it 1-1 with a goal 23seconds later as MaxCorden tallied with se-nior Cam Gibson andsophomore AndrewHyde netting assists.

The Blue Devils out-shot the Huskies 34-27 asSchebil earned anothervictory, stopping 25-of-27shots.

The Huskies had agolden opportunity to tiethe game at the 12:00mark of the second peri-od, but Jimmy Radatzmissed a penalty shotwide right.

South endured a penal-ty-filled quarterfinalgame to outlast Hartland11-6 to move to theFrozen Four.

Cimmarrusti had thehat trick, while Gibsonand Jake Corden had twogoals apiece to lead theBlue Devils’ offensive ex-plosion.

In total, 33 penaltieswere called with Southnetting 16 and Hartland17.



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A goal off the blade ofBrighton’s ChetDaavettila with 92 sec-onds left in the third peri-od broke a 3-3 tie and atthe same time broke theheart of Grosse PointeNorth players and fans,sending the Norsemen toa 4-3 loss in the Division1 boys’ hockey finals.

“We’re disappointedwith the outcome of thegame,” head coach ScottLock explained. “But I’mproud of my guys. Theyworked really hard. Itwas just one of thosegames where I don’tthink we got a lot of puckluck.”

The puck didn’t seemto bounce North’s way astwo of Brighton’s threegoals didn’t even reachthe back of the net, in-stead just trickling overthe line for the tally.

That said, Lock admitsthat’s part of the game.

“We’ve seen a lot ofthem,” Lock admits.“They got a lot of goodbounces tonight and wedidn’t seem to get it. Itwas just one of thosegames. The bounces did-n’t go our way. Theyworked hard for thosebounces, and I think wemade too many mistakesin the beginning of thegame, but I thought we

worked hard and carriedthe play for most of thegame. We just couldn’tfinish at times.”

North senior Joe Aluiawas responsible for eachof the team’s goalsagainst Brighton, scoringin each of the three peri-

ods.“Tonight he was fan-

tastic,” Lock said of hissenior co-captain. “He’sbeen one of the guys whohas been our heart-and-soul all year long, espe-cially in the playoffs. Hecould’ve had, probably,

two or three more goalsif he would’ve had someluck on his side. He wasgreat.

“I thought he was go-ing to get us over the topeven. Right after we tiedit up we had all thechances again.”

North played from be-hind for much of thegame, trailing 2-1 afterthe opening period and3-2 after the second.

Aluia’s tally in thethird, however, at the8:22 mark, knotted thescore at 3-3.

“Puck luck,” or what-ever fans choose to callit, worked against theNorsemen at the 13:28mark of the third, whenDaavettila scored on ashot that deflected off askate and past the line in-to the net.

“We just didn’t get itdone tonight.” Lock said.

North finishes the year15-15 overall.

The Norsemen wentinto the second week ofthe state playoffs with a13-14 record, but beatLivonia Churchill 3-0 inthe quarterfinals andEast Kentwood 6-3 in thesemifinals to stand 15-14heading into the statechampionship game.

Against Churchill,Aluia and junior JackStander scored in thesecond period, while se-nior Joe Giordano talliedan empty-net goal in thefinal minute to seal thedeal.

Senior goalie ChipWujek stopped all 20shots to earn anothershutout and he earnedthe win against EastKentwood.

Six different playersscored in the semifinalcontest at CompuwareSports Arena.

Seniors J.P. Lucchese,Anthony Saleh, Aluia,Giordano and JulianQuinlan, and junior JeffHerron, scored goals.

Late goal sinks Norsemen in title game


North’s Jack Stander and his teammates lost a tough Division 1 state championship game to Brighton.

GROSSE POINTE SOUTH

Blue Devils’ season ends with title loss


South senior Cam Gibson takes a moment to reflect on what could have been after the Blue Devils lost toBrother Rice in the Division 2 state championship game.

‘We played a lot ofgreat teamsduring the seasonlike Trenton and(Grosse Pointe)North.’C.J. SCHEBIL, South senior goalie

John Bailey(Davisburg), MarvEpperson (Metamora),Kurt Hesse (FarmingtonHills) and Dave Rozema(Grosse Pointer) enjoyeda chance of a lifetimewhen they competed as afoursome at Pinehurst

Resort in Pinehurst, N.C.,in the Liberty MutualInsurance InvitationalFinals against more than200 other amateurgolfers from across thecountry last weekend.

The four local resi-dents earned their placein the finals by winningthe Liberty MutualInsurance Invitationalhosted by Sinai-GraceHospital on Aug. 8, 2011,at Oakland Hills CountryClub.

Pinehurst Resort hasbeen the site of some ofprofessional golf’s mostprestigious tournamentsand hosts the 2014 U.S.Open Championship.

The Liberty MutualInsurance Invitational isa local amateur charitygolf tournament seriesfeaturing more than 75local amateur eventsacross the U.S. The 2011Liberty Mutual InsuranceInvitational tournamentshelped raise more than$5.4 million to supportlocal and national chari-ties.

The 18-hole tourna-ment features a scramble

format where men andwomen amateur golfersof all skill levels competein teams. Members of thewinning foursome re-ceive prizes from LibertyMutual Insurance, Nike,Polaroid and SportsVision Eyewear at a din-ner and awards ceremo-ny for all participants atOakland Hills CountryClub.

More golfThe Optimist Clubs of

Macomb County and theGrosse Pointes (CentralMacomb, ClintonTownship Area, Friendsof Selfridge, Lake Shoreof Grosse Pointe, MountClemens, Roseville,Shelby Township Areaand St. Clair Shores)conduct the 10th annualJunior Golf Tournamentfor Boys and Girls, ages10-18, at CracklewoodGolf Course May 12.

For more detailed in-formation about thisevent, contact chairper-sons, Jim Kaza [email protected] orPat Rabaut Miller at [email protected].


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The CITY OF GROSSE POINTE Board of Review will meet at 17147Maumee, Grosse Pointe, Michigan on March 6th, 19th and 20th 2012. TheBoard will organize and review assessments on Tuesday, March 6th. TheBoard will hear protests from aggrieved property owners by appointment onMonday, March 19th from 9 am to 12 Noon and 2 pm to 9 pm and Tuesday,March 20th from 9 am to 12 Noon and 2pm to 5 pm. Appointments may bemade by calling the City offices at 313-885-5800 from 8:30 am to 5 pm.Appeals made by mail must be postmarked by March 20, 2012 and receivedby March 23, 2012.

The tentative ratios and estimated multipliers necessary to computeindividual state equalized values are as follows:

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NOTICECITY OF GROSSE POINTE

WAYNE COUNTYBOARD OF REVIEW

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Gymnastics

GROSSE POINTE UNITED

The Grosse PointeUnited gymnastics teamconcluded its season lastweekend with a trip to thestate team finals in GrandRapids.

Grosse Pointe startedon the vault in its first ro-tation where AshleyKrynski scored an 8.4,Aubryn Samaroo an8.575, Sarah Fentin an8.60, Madi Kaiser an 8.65and Emma Abessinio hada team-high 8.850.

Moving to the unevenbars, Samaroo started theteam off well with a 7.925,followed by Krynski andFentin with 8.275 and 8.2.Kaiser then scored an 8.4for a clean routine andAbessinio ended the rota-tion with another teamhigh of 8.8 on the event.

In the third rotation, thebalance beam, highscores of 8.825 were post-ed by Abessinio and an8.950 from Kaiser boost-ed the team’s average onthe event.

Grosse Pointe finishedon floor, performing withconfidence to earn theirhighest scores of the

meet. Krynski began withan 8.7 for an energy-filledroutine, followed byFentin with an 8.8, thenKaiser with a 9.075.

Samaroo made the

crowd gasp with her high-flying dance and difficulttumbling for a 9.150, andthen Abessinio scored a9.3, the team’s highestscore of the meet, for a

clean and precise routine.Grosse Pointe finished

the meet with 138.050points for 11th place andwas pleased to improveby nearly four points

from last year’s statemeet.

Grand Ledge took thestate title for the fifth con-secutive year, and lastyear’s runner up Canton

finished second again, fol-lowed by host KenowaHills-Grandville in third.

In Saturday’s individualstate finals, Grosse Pointewas represented byAbessinio on the unevenbars, where she placed13th with an 8.8, and floorexercise, where sheplaced 31st.

Despite having the diffi-cult draw of first in the en-tire meet on the balancebeam, Kaiser hit her en-tire routine perfectly andcame in 12th on the eventwith an 8.925 and fin-ished 29th on the unevenbars with an 8.275.

“All of the girls did agreat job at the state meetwhere the competitionwas incredibly tough thisyear.” head coachCourtney Law said. “It isnot easy to make it tostates in any year, muchless in back-to-back sea-sons like this team ac-complished. Our seniorshave been great leadersand competitors and theywill really be missed nextyear.”

Team performs admirably in finals

PHOTO COURTESY OF COURTNEY LAW

Grosse Pointe United gymnasts before heading off to the state finals at Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills HighSchool.

YOUTH HOCKEY

PHOTO COURTESY OF SEAN PATRICK MURPHY

District champsThe Grosse Pointe Mite Team Carson, named after former Grosse Pointer and

National Hockey League great Jimmy Carson, became the first Grosse Pointe Mite

squad to win the District No. 3 championship. Team Carson defeated the Fraser

North Stars 4-2 in the title game. Team members are, front row from left, Marcus

Kosmas, Liam Mathieson, Erin Murphy, Harry Wright and Angelo Profeta; middle

row from left, Campbell Marchal, Effie Hodges, Johnny Williamson, Alec Leonard,

Cameron Buhler, Will Fannon and Miles Wujek; and back row from left, coaches

Sean Patrick Murphy, Biz Williamson and Yogi Patterson.

YOUTH HOCKEY

Coached by GrossePointer Robb McIntyre,the Grosse PointeBulldogs have achieved ageat deal of success in thelast month, paralleling theachievements of hisUniversity Liggett boys’hockey team.

Several weeks ago, theBulldogs stormed throughthe district championshipto qualify for the state fi-nals in Bay City.

The Bulldogs have si-multaneously experi-enced similar success inthe Little Ceasar’s play-offs, benefitting from out-standing scoring perfor-mances by forwardsMarshall Vyletel, SamKnoblauch, Mac Welsherand Logan Genuwine.The Bulldog's stingy goal-

tending by Alex Grimmand Harrison Griffin,combined with their high-velocity cycling offense,propelled them to lastweek's Michigan semifinalfor the ranked divisionagainst Novi.

Welsher scored in theopening minutes againstNovi, with an assist fromJonathan Theros.

Six minutes later,Theros scored and thistime he was assisted byWelsher and ZachPearson.

The defense kept Noviat bay during the first peri-od with standout playcoming from defensiveleaders Zach Kaiser,Harrison Wujek, GriffinBrooks and J.P. Navetta.Later in the game, it was

the defensive play of JackFlynn and AndrewTomasi that would holdoff surging Novi.

After Novi cut theBulldogs lead to 2-1, thepower line of Vyletel,Knoblauch and Genuwinestruck back. Genuwinecompleted the scoringrush.

C.J. Ramsdell, BrettAbdellnour and MacCimmarrusti were unableto convert on a number ofscoring opportunities, butdid an excellent job ofeliminating many of theWildcats’ opportunities toclimb back into the game.

Coming up for theBulldogs is the LittleCeasar’s MichiganChampionship March 18in Melvindale.

Bulldogs roll to title

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Pointer makes nationals

The Grosse Pointe Pee-Wee Bruins hockey teamwon the Michigan DistrictNo. 3 tournament with a5-1 win over the MountClemens Puck-Hogs inthe championship gamein Fraser.

This is the first time inhistory a ‘house league’team from the GrossePointe HockeyAssociation has ever wonthe Michigan DistrictTournament.

The Bruins started thetournament with a domi-nating 9-0 victory over theSt. Clair Shores Penguins.

The second round ofthe tournament saw theBruins face a toughSummit PlasticsNorthstars team that hadbeaten the boys earlier inthe year. This hardfought contest resulted ina 4-2 Bruins victory andset up a third-roundmatch-up with anotherregular season rival, thePuck-Hogs.

The Bruins out-skatedthe Puck-Hogs and ad-vanced, but had to wait tosee which team would

come out of the elimina-tion bracket in the double-elimination tournament.

The Puck-Hogs pow-ered through the lowerbracket and were fired upfor the rematch when thetwo rivals faced each oth-

er again in the title game.The Bruins were play-

ing for the championshipand the Puck-Hogs need-

ed a win to stay alive.The physical play was

back and forth the entiregame with a late third pe-riod goal making the dif-ference for the Puck-Hogsin their 2-1 win.

The Puck-Hogs victoryset up Monday’s winner-take-all championshipgame.

The game startedwhere the last one endedwith both teams skatinghard and fighting forevery loose puck.

The first period endedin a 1-1 tie with AlexStrehlke scoring theBruins goal. It was thethird time he had scoredthe team’s first goal. The

Bruins outscored thePuck-Hogs 4-0 in the re-maining two periods, in-cluding a rocket slap shotfrom John Schulte thatfound the back of the netfrom the blue line and ahat-trick from BrennonBaudeloque.

The Bruins DistrictTournament win was an-other well-rounded teameffort with 12 of 14 play-ers earning an assist orscoring a goal, solid de-fense and strong goal-tending from Brian Wenz.

The Bruins advanced tothe state finals played lastweekend, also in Fraser.They won three gamesand finished third.


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Meetings for the purpose of reviewing the 2012Assessment Roll for the City of Grosse Pointe Farms,Wayne County, Michigan, will be held by the Board ofReview on:

TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012From 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

and6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

andMONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012From 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

and1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

andMONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012From 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

and1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

at City Hall, 90 Kerby Road, Grosse Pointe Farms,Michigan 48236.

Hearings will be scheduled by appointment. Pleasecontact City of Grosse Pointe Farms at (313) 640-1618. You may also petition the Board in writingthrough the mail if you cannot make the hearingdates. These letters HAVE TO BE IN THE OFFICEBY THURSDAY, MARCH 15th.

BOARD OF REVIEW

GPN: 2-23-12; 3-1-12; 3-8-12; 3-15-12

TIMOTHY E. O’DONNELLCity Assessor

NOTICE TO BIDDERS: PRINTING OF CITYNEWSLETTER AND CALENDAR: Sealed bids will bereceived by the City at the office of the City Clerk, 20025Mack Plaza, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, until 10:00a.m. on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at which time and placethe bids will be publicly opened and read aloud forprinting of City Newsletter and Calendar. Copies of thespecifications and bid sheets may be obtained from theCity Clerk. The City of Grosse Pointe Woods reserves theright to reject any or all proposals, to waive anyirregularities in the bidding and to accept any proposals itdeems to be in the best interest of the City.

G.P.N.: 3/15/2012Lisa K. Hathaway

City Clerk

CITY OF HARPER WOODSBOARD OF REVIEW

MUNICIPAL BUILDINGHARPER WOODS, MICHIGAN 48225

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICENOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board ofReview of the City of Harper Woods will be holdingpublic meetings at 19617 Harper Avenue on Monday,March 26th, 2012 from 12:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. andTuesday, March 27th, 2012 from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00p.m. to consider appeals on property assessment.Property owners may obtain a Petition to the Board ofReview in the Assessor’s office or on line atwww.harperwoodscity.org.

Residents who are unable to attend this meeting maysubmit their appeal by letter to the Assessor’s office at19617 Harper Avenue, Harper Woods, MI 48225 on orbefore March 27th at 6:00 p.m. For information pleasecall 313.343.2526.

CITY OF HARPER WOODSLESLIE M. FRANK

Acting City ClerkPublished: GPN, March 15, 2012Posted: March 12, 2012

Boys basketball

NORTH & SOUTH


The entire season wasa bit of an enigma for theGrosse Pointe Northboys’ basketball team,and last Friday’s districtfinal was an excellent ex-ample of this.

The team fell to DetroitDenby in the decidinggame and, at times,looked brilliant. Othertimes, however, the teamstruggled. The outcomewas a season-ending lossfor the Norsemen.

“You have to give creditto them,” North coachMatt Lockhart said. “Itseemed like every timewe got to within three orfour we would make amistake. I mean, we hadmomentum. We played agreat third quarter. Wecame out after halftimeand we played the rightway.”

North’s third-quartercomeback, after trailing28-14 at the break, wassparked by increased in-tensity and defense.

The result was a 17-8advantage for theNorsemen in the quarterand a Denby lead thatstood at only five points,36-31.

The lead was trimmedto even less at momentsthroughout the thirdquarter, including trailingby only three points, 29-26, with just under threeminutes remaining in thethird.

The Tars pulled away,however, in the finalquarter of the game,pushing the lead back toas many as 10 points, 48-38, in the closing minutesbefore settling on a 53-44victory.

Dondre Young led theNorsemen with 15points.

The loss brings the sea-son to an end for Northand leaves the coach dis-appointed and downabout how it ended.

“They played a heck ofa game.” Lockhart said ofthe Tars. “They really did.I don’t take anythingaway from Denby. I just

feel bad for the eight se-niors on our team. Iwould have really liked tosee us win this game forthem. I really would haveliked to have seen that.”

North earned its spot inthe title game thanks to a49-46 victory over a fa-miliar foe, EastpointeEast Detroit.

Once again, the enig-ma that is North basket-ball was on display.

In the first half, thesquad was nothing shortof brilliant, enforcing itswill on what looked to bean overmatchedShamrocks squad.

North used this mo-mentum and superiorability to cruise to a 32-20halftime lead.

Then, the other versionof Grosse Pointe Northarrived, allowing EastDetroit to get back in thecontest through a seriesof unforced errors andmissteps on both ends ofthe floor.

North held on, howev-er, converting when itneeded to down the

stretch and surviving toplay in Friday’s finalagainst Denby.

The Tars earned theirspot in the title game

thanks to a 50-43 victoryover Grosse Pointe Southin the night’s other semi-final showdown.

Timothy Kramer paced

the Blue Devils, who fin-ished 7-15 overall, with13 points while KevinReck added 10 points inthe loss.

Denby ousts Norsemen, Blue Devils


North senior Dondre Young played well in his final high school basketball game,scoring 15 points.

L IGGETT

By Bob St. JohnSpecial Writer

A 69-61 loss to MadisonHeights Madison in aClass C boys district bas-ketball final last Fridaynight may have broughtthe Knights season to aclose, but not before theycruised past WarrenCollegiate, 68-46 in thedistrict opener lastMonday night, then rout-ed Detroit WinansAcademy in the districtsemifinal, 61-18, lastWednesday evening toearn their spot in the title

game.The lopsided victories

certainly showcased whatthe squad was capable ofthis season, as well as fea-tured what fans might ex-pect from the youngKnights in 2012-2013.

“We got to work onsome things,” head coachSidney Johnson said afterthe team’s semifinal victo-ry. “That’s a good thing.This time of year, the goalis always to win the gameand stay alive. But, in thisgame we’re able to geteverybody in the game,work on a few things and

win the game.”Liggett jumped out to

an 8-0 lead early in thefirst quarter and simplynever looked back, takinga 38-16 lead into thebreak and holdingWinans Academy to justsix points in the closingtwo quarters of play.

Junior Eric Ewing ledall scorers in the semifinalwith 20 points and pacedthe Knights with 21 pointsin the title game. He alsohad 23 points in the play-off opener.

The Knights wrappedup the season 12-11.

Knights done in finale


Liggett junior Eric Ewing scored 20 or more points in each of the Knights’ threedistrict tournament games.

YOUTH HOCKEY

Grosse Pointe Bruins win tournament title

PHOTO COURTESY OF C.J. RUFFING

Grosse Pointe Bruins coaches and players celebrate after winning the DistrictNo. 3 championship.


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on we had the ability tocome back. We had theability to win the first pe-riod, second or third. Wefound different ways towin all year long. We justhad to be prepared foranything.”

It took the Knights awhile to get going, how-ever, in the title game,playing a fast-paced firstperiod to a 0-0 draw withthe Gremlins.

“I thought they weregreat,” McIntyre said ofthe Houghton squad. “Ithought they came outextremely hard and real-ly never faltered. Myplan was to go out thereand wear them down.That really never hap-

pened.”Despite Houghton’s re-

lentless pressure, Liggettgot on the board in thesecond period when ju-nior Manny Counsmanfound the back of the netearly in the period (2:16).

Counsman got his sec-ond goal in the period atthe 13:19 mark, puttingthe Knights up 2-0 head-ing into the final 15 min-utes.

“They’re a really physi-cal team,” Liggett seniorJake Hodges said. “In thefirst period it was reallyhard to get anything outand get anything to thenet against them. Beforethe second period we gotinto the locker room anddecided what we neededto do and it worked out.”

Liggett’s two second-period goals wereenough as Knights fresh-man goalie Lucas Soykawas a rock between thepipes, turning away all30 Gremlins shots in the victory. Junior Jacob Soyka,

however, added an insur-ance goal in the third pe-riod (7:37) for theKnights, and secured thesquad’s state title tri-umph.

The Knights wrappedup the 2011-2012 cam-paign 25-3 overall andDivision 3 state champi-ons.

Liggett advanced to thetitle game with a 5-1 vic-tory over Chelsea in thesemifinal at CompuwareSports Arena.

The Knights trailed 1-0before erupting for fiveunanswered goals tocruise into the finals.

“We wanted to scoreearly, but Chelsea is theone who scored first,”McIntyre said. “I wasn’tplanning on the power-play being a big key, butit was today.

“We really don’t prac-tice the power play, butinstead we focus on be-ing the best in 5-on-5 sit-uations.

“We’re extremely

skilled and we use that toour advantage by puttingpressure on the opposingteam’s defense.”

Chelsea couldn’t keepup with the Knights’speedsters as they out-shot the Bulldogs 35-17.

They tied it 1-1 whensophomore VincentScarfone scored on thepower play at the 8:05mark. Auk andCounsman assisted.

The Knights took thelead for good whensophomore Jake Jeromescored with only 24 sec-onds left in the openingperiod. SophomoreWilliam Yates and seniorAustin Petitpren had as-sists.

McIntyre’s squad puttwo more goals on theboard in the second peri-od.

Counsman had a pow-er-play goal at the 10:38mark with Auk assistingand freshmanLordanthony Grissomput the Knights up threegoals with another pow-

er-play tally with only 7.2seconds left on the clock.Auk and freshman JoshSoyka drew assists.

Yates put an exclama-tion mark on the victory,scoring another power-play goal at the 4:10mark with Jake Soykaand freshman MasonDemsey assisting.

The Knights playednearly the entire finalfive minutes with a two-man advantage afterChelsea had three play-ers ejected due to fla-grant penalties.

Senior Joe Davenportearned the win, stopping16-of-17 shots.

In the quarterfinalgame played at TroySports Center, Liggettblanked Marysville 4-0.

Auk had two goals,while junior CamMarchese andCounsman also scored asthe Knights’ Luke Soykaposted the shutout in net.


Lucchese said. “This is forthe state championshipagainst a group of girlswho have big-game expe-rience. They have beendown this road before andwe haven’t.”

“We will be ready togo,” Provenzano said.“We know what we haveto do to win this game, sowe have to go out and getit done.”

As it turned out, thethird time was the charmfor Grosse Pointe South.

The Blue Devils wonanother straight statechampionship, beatingGrosse Pointe North 4-1.

“I told the girls to getaggressive and play ourgame,” Provenzano said.“We didn’t play well in thefirst period, but we got itgoing in the second andplayed our best in thethird period.

“The girls worked hardand they believed in oursystem. Winning anotherstate championship iswonderful and it goes toshow what a team of hardworkers can do.”

The Norsemen grabbeda 1-0 lead when juniorC.J. McCarthy scored apower-play goal midwaythrough the first period.Senior Jen Cusmanodrew the lone assist.

Cusmano went downwith a hip injury duringthe early stages of the sec-ond period. After that, theNorsemen’s offensive co-hesiveness changed andslowed down, dramatical-ly.

“We fought hard, butonce Jen (Cusmano) wentdown with that injury, ourgame kind of went downwith her,” Lucchese said.“I tip my hat to South.They’re a good team andso are we, but we just did-

n’t play well in the finaltwo periods.”

The Blue Devils tied it1-1 when senior ClaireBoyle scored late in thesecond period.Sophomore Tenley Shieldand senior MelissaKlinger assisted.

For the first two peri-ods, it was a defensive-minded game with Northsenior goalie EmmaHuellmantel and Southjunior goalie AnastasiaDiamond making keysaves to keep it a 1-1game.

Neither team got the of-fense going until the thirdperiod when the BlueDevils put their game insecond gear. The extraburst had the Norsemenon their heels the entireperiod.

It took the Blue Devilsonly 29 seconds to takethe lead for good when se-nior Marissa Monfortonscored on a shot sailing

over Huellmantel’s leftshoulder.

The goal that broke theNorsemen’s back came atthe 4:40 mark whenKlinger scored, assistedby Shield and juniorDarian Dempsey. Boyleput an exclamation markon the state champi-onship, scoring a goalwith 56 seconds left.

She skated through twodefensemen and broke inon Huellmantel all alone.She faked her out and slidthe puck into the openend of the net and let outa shout of jubilation.

Dempsey andMonforton had the as-sists.

South out shot North26-17, including 11-5 inthe third period.

“It came down to whowanted it more in thethird period,” Boyle said.“Marissa’s goal reallygave us a lot of momen-tum and we played well

after that. This is a teamchampionship and I can’tbe any prouder of myteammates and coaches.This is a great way to endmy high school career.”

Grosse Pointe Southfinished its championshipseason 18-4-1 and GrossePointe North ended itsyear 21-4.

For Provenzano, histwo-year playoff recordimproved to 6-0 overall.

In the first state semifi-nal, South came out slowbefore beating Ann Arbor7-2 behind a pair of hattricks from Boyle andShield.

“I told the girls they hadto start playing their gameand be more aggressiveinstead of playing withoutenergy,” Provenzano said.

The Blue Devils led 1-0on Boyle’s first goal at the9:22 mark of the first peri-od. Klinger assisted.

Pioneer came rightback a minute later, scor-

ing the tying goal. It was a1-1 game after the first pe-riod and Boyle’s secondtally at the 5:11 mark ofthe second period made ita 2-1 game heading intothe final 15 minutes.

Monforton and Shieldhad the assists.

Provenzano’s messagewas heard loud and clearas the Blue Devils scoredjust 30 seconds into thethird period. Shieldscored with Marissa andsenior Cara Monfortonassisting.

A little more than twominutes later, Shieldscored again with Boyleand Cara Monforton as-sisting and then MarissaMonforton tallied at the10:21 mark, turning thegame into a route.

Dempsey drew the loneassist as the Blue Devilsmade it a 5-1 game.

Shield and Boyle com-pleted their hat tricks,scoring goals at the 7:27

and 5:20 marks of thethird period. JuniorsSamantha Taylor andLindsey Makos assistedShield’s goal, while fresh-man Ellie Flom and juniorAllison Daudlin assistedBoyle’s goal.

South beat Northville 6-1 in its quarterfinal game.

North’s road to the fi-nals started with a 5-4 vic-tory over Port Huron inthe quarterfinals.

In their semifinal game,fans weren’t even settledin their seats beforeLadywood put two goalson the board. The Blazersscored at eight and 37 sec-onds into the first period,taking a 2-0 lead.

They scored again atthe 10:36 mark to put theNorsemen in a 3-0 hole.

North roared back,scoring seven unan-swered goals to eventual-ly pull out an 8-4 win overLadywood, setting up theall-Grosse Pointe champi-onship.

Junior Sara Villaniscored at the 9:21 mark ofthe first period withCusmano assisting, and25 seconds later,Cusmano scored withMcCarthy assisting, mak-ing it a 3-2 game.

Junior Julia Hendersonscored at the 7:39 mark,tying it 3-3. Junior BrynMoody and seniorMelissa Mermiges assist-ed.

In the second period, ju-nior Katie Bowles,McCarthy and Villaniscored to give theNorsemen a 6-3 lead.Henderson assisted onthe first goal, whileCusmano and Villani as-sisted on McCarthy’s tally.

Villani’s goal was unas-sisted.

Mermiges scored earlyin the third period with ju-nior Natalie Skorupskiand Bowles assisting.That officially took the airout of the Blazers’ sails.

Bowles capped thescoring with a goal at the3:29 mark with Skorupskiand Henderson assisting.

ULS:First titlesince 1990Continued from page 1C

SOUTH:Beat rivalin finalContinued from page 1C

PHOTOS BY JOHN MCTAGGART

University Liggett players hoist the Division 3 state championship trophy after beating Houghton 3-0 in thetitle game.

Freshman goalie Luke Soyka rejoices when the final horn sounded in the titlegame victory over Houghton.

PHOTO BY BOB BRUCE

South players and coaches celebrate at center ice after accecpting the state championship trophy.


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Grosse Pointe Southhosts the 18th annualBaseball InstructionalCamp from 9 a.m. to noonSaturday, March 24, in thehigh school gymnasium.

Participants learn hit-ting, pitching, infield, out-field, catching and slidingtechniques. The camp isopen to boys and girls ingrades second througheighth. Coaches may ob-serve, take notes or video-tape.

Players should bring

their own equipment andGrosse Pointe South isnot responsible for lost orstolen articles.

Players should report tothe main gym 15 minutesahead of the scheduledstart time in proper base-ball attire, including base-ball glove, shorts orsweats and tennis shoes.

The cost is $60 per play-er and coaches attendfree.

Make checks payable toGPS Dugout Club and

send to Dan Griesbaum,Grosse Pointe South HighSchool, 11 Grosse PointeBlvd., Grosse Pointe, MI48236.

There is no registrationat the door and no re-funds once the camp hasstarted. Players musthave parental permissionto participate.

For further information,call Griesbaum at (313)884-7834 or e-mail [email protected].

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diving with 438.30 pointsto earn All-State. Southsenior Ben Cornillie madethe semifinals, placing18th with 220.70 points.

Yoo placed ninth in the100-butterfly with a timeof 53.07 and Francis wastied for 28th with a time of55.73 for the Blue Devils.

North’s Rakowiczearned another All-Statehonors in the 500-yardfreestyle, placing fifthwith a time of 4:43.39.Teammate Shea was 17thwith a time of 4:56.26.

South’s 200-yardfreestyle relay team of ju-nior Frank Cusumano, ju-nior C.J. Stafford, fresh-man Tyler Leggat and

Martin placed 23rd with atime of 1:33.75.

Jackson once again hada solid swim. This time heplaced ninth in the 100-yard backstroke with atime of 54.27 and Leonewas 26th at 59.74.

Hessburg and Mellostook home All-State hon-ors in the 100-yard breast-stroke, finishing third andfourth with times of 58.52and 58.84, respectively.Hessburg’s time was aschool record.

In the final event, the400-yard freestyle relay,South’s foursome of Yoo,Francis, Jackson andHessburg took 11th witha time of 3:17.05 andNorth’s group ofRakowicz, sophomorePatrick Turnbull, Sheaand Mellos placed 13th at3:18.94.

Dexter won theDivision 2 state title with320 points, followed byBirmingham Groves with

298.5, BirminghamSeaholm with 254 andHolland with 200.

Liggett head coachRyan Gunderson watchedfreshman Chris Cornellfinish 15th in the 200-indi-vidual medley with a timeof 2:06.27 and juniorConnor Borrego 40thwith a time of 2:12.33.

Cornell earned All-State honors in the 100-yard breaststroke, finish-ing fifth with a time of1:00.10.

“It was a great experi-ence and I was very hap-py with the swims andproud of all of their hardwork this season,”Gunderson said.

The Division 3 meetwas one of the closest inyears as St. Joseph edgedGrand Rapids Christianby only five points, 250-245. East Grand Rapidswas third with 228 pointsand Hamilton was fourthwith 213.5.

SWIM:Severalearn honorContinued from page 1C

GROSSE POINTE SOUTH

Grosse Pointe South’sboys’ junior varsity hock-ey team won the GreatLakes Prep HockeyLeague GreenConference champi-onship Saturday, March3, beating Anchor Bay 4-2.

Sophomore BreckHanson scored an unas-sisted goal at the 5:28mark of the first period,giving the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead.

The Tars tied it with 39seconds left in the open-ing period, but juniorAlex Newell tallied mid-way through the secondstanza with Hansonadding an assist.

Just 59 seconds later,the Blue Devils made it a3-1 game when juniorcaptain Jeffrey Craigscored an unassistedgoal.

The Tars crept backwithin a goal with 5:04left in the second period.That would be the closestthe game would be as theBlue Devils added an in-surance goal with fiveminutes left in the gamewhen freshman JacobStone scored.

In net, junior WillNewell stopped 21-of-23

shots to earn the champi-onship.

It wasn’t easy, butSouth won its semifinal 3-2 in a shoot-out overHowell.

Howell scored first andit was a 1-0 game throughtwo periods. Just 2:10 intothe third period, sopho-more Noah Erickson tiedthe game with Alex

Newell assisting.Junior Adam Mlynarek

tallied the go-ahead goalwith junior Max Magerassisting nearly two min-utes later, giving the BlueDevils a 2-1 lead.

Howell tied it with 10minutes left and it turnedinto a defensive strugglefrom that point. Neitherteam scored in overtime,

setting up a shoot out tosee who advanced to thechampionship game.

In the shoot out WillNewell stopped everyshot and made 26 saves toearn the victory. Craigscored on the first at-tempt in the shoot out.

In the postseason’s pri-or games, South beatAnchor Bay 3-2, lost 3-2

to Wyandotte, beatHowell 3-1, tied hartland2-2, beat L’Anse CreuseNorth 7-1 and beat GrandBlank 8-2 to earn a spot inthe Final Four.

In the regular season,the Blue Devils finished11-3-2 and ended the sea-son 17-4-3 under headcoach Dave Pulis.

Team members are

Erickson, Mager, AlexNewell, Jacob Stone,Chandler Wahl, AlecHughes, Max Warren,Jared Yinger, Max Crow,Henry Solem, TylerDemery, Craig, Mlynarek,Casey Livingston, RobertCarroll, A.J. Peleman,Hanson, Tyler Wells,Trent Maghielse and WillNewell.

Blue Devils JV wins championship

PHOTO COURTESY OF KEITH NEWELL

Members of the Grosse Pointe South boys junior varsity hockey team are, top row from left, coach Dave Pulis, Noah Erickson, HenrySolem, Breck Hanson, Tyler Wells, Jacob Stone, A.J. Peleman, Jared Yinger, Casey Livingston, Max Mager, Jeffrey Craig, Alex Newell,Max Warren, Alec Hughes, Chandler Wahl, Tyler Demery, Mac Carroll and Adam Mlynarek; and bottom row from left, Max Crow, WillNewell and Trent Maghielse.

GROSSE POINTE SOUTH

PHOTO COURTESY OF JOHN CILLUFFO

PerfectionThe Grosse Pointe South girls’ junior varsity team finished the season a perfect 17-0under coaches Pelto and Caldwell. Pictured above are, kneeling, Francesca Aliotta;middle row from left, Sasha Monroe, Shivangi Sharma, Paulina Perakis, ElizabethSteinhauer, Kaitlin Kish, Allison Shimmel, Lily Pendy and Aynslie Fritz; and backrow from left, Alexa Scheppler, Carly Ventimiglia, Cydney Webb, DanielleVentimiglia and Shannon Novak. The Blue Devils beat, in order, Grosse PointeNorth (27-14), Ann Arbor Huron (27-15), Birmingham Marian (35-28), Fraser (32-24), Warren Fitzgerald (51-11), Utica (36-18), L’Anse Creuse (50-23), UticaEisenhower (41-17), Warren Cousino (43-23), Chippewa Valley (40-25), St. Clair(34-21), Fitzgerald (43-11), Utica (46-30), L’Anse Creuse (38-24), Eisenhower (44-29), Cousino (34-24) and St. Clair (52-34).

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