Monday, April 30, 2007

NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Merchant to coach MSU?
TRAVERSE CITY — Michigan State is expected to name its new women's basketball coach today — and it could be Traverse City's Suzy Merchant. Ron Mason, Michigan State's athletic director, received permission from Eastern Michigan officials to interview Merchant over the weekend.

• Titans double up, win Whitehall Invitational
• Traverse City Central places fourth at Northville

Sunday, April 29, 2007

PREP BASEBALL/SOFTBALL
Snowbirds win title
TRAVERSE CITY — Led by the pitching of all-tournament selections Andy Buroyiak and Rob Delong, Gaylord St. Mary won the inaugural Beach Bums Division 3 & 4 Invitational baseball tournament on Saturday at Wuerfel Park. The Snowbirds defeated Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 6-2, then edged TC St. Francis 6-5 in the title game.

• Soccer Roundup: Trojans win Spring Cup tournament; plus more teams
• Roundup: Treece sets 3 records in Mesick Invitational; plus more prep

• In today's print edition: McBain's Bazuin selected by Bears in 2nd round
• More NFL ...

Saturday, April 28, 2007

PREP GOLF
TC West three strokes off
TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City West is within striking distance. Led by Natalie White's 84, the Titans shot a 356 Friday in the opening round of the Traverse City Central/Lober Golf Classic at Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. West trails Rochester by three strokes in the 18-team Division 1 tournament. Grand Blanc is third at 357.

• Roundup: Rayders explode to finish sweep; plus more prep

Friday, April 27, 2007

PREP SOCCER
Traverse City West, Petoskey play to deadlock
TRAVERSE CITY — Sometimes they are black and white. Sometimes not. This time, after a 1-1 deadlock, it was black and white for Petoskey, and a little bit more of a gray area for Traverse City West.

• Roundup: Mancelona unbeaten in Ski Valley baseball; plus more prep

• TC's Mirabelli at heart of dispute bloody sock dispute
• More baseball ...

Thursday, April 26, 2007

• Prep Roundup: Alliance tune up by tuning out Lowell; plus more prep

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

PREP BASEBALL
Traverse City Central salvages Big North split
TRAVERSE CITY — There are five Big North Conference championship banners in center field at Traverse City Central's baseball field. The possibility of a sixth had a lot to do with the second game on Tuesday.

• Softball & Baseball Roundup: Elliott pitches Frankfort to sweep; plus more
• Roundup: Titan golfers capture Coldwater Invitational; plus more prep

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

PREP ROUNDUP
Liberty prevail in overtime, 2-1
TRAVERSE CITY — Helene Dryden scored off an assist from Olivia Pupel Monday as the TC Liberty edged Boyne City 2-1 in soccer. Plus more soccer, softball, baseball, golf, girls and boys track.

• Kibbey, Lange star for Hope

Monday, April 23, 2007

Record-Eagle/Garrett Ellison
Ultra-marathon swimmer Jim Dreyer kicked off his Great Lakes Preservation Tour on Sunday at Clinch Park in Traverse City. "Your equilibrium is the first thing that really goes," Dreyer said, unsteady on his feet after emerging from the 37-degree water. "Other than that, I'm good." Dreyer will attempt to swim the Great Lakes basin, 1,300 miles from Minnesota to New York next summer.

• Baseball: Elk Rapids tops tourney host Frankfort
• Tennis: Gladiators tie for second at Cadillac quad

Sunday, April 22, 2007

FUTURE PENDING
McBain's Bazuin awaits his fate at NFL draft
TRAVERSE CITY — At this point, McBain's Dan Bazuin knows the National Football League is in his future. But what — and more specifically where — the future takes him remains to be seen. It will all be solved within a week when the draft begins in New York.

• Track: Cadillac sprints to Rodes title
• Roundup: Titans capture Alpena Invitational;
  plus more baseball, softball, soccer, tennis, & rugby

• Area road race calendar
• Traverse City Track Club schedule

Saturday, April 21, 2007

Dreyer aims to swim length of Great Lakes basin
TRAVERSE CITY — The cameras will be rolling when ultra-marathon swimmer and tri-athlete Jim Dreyer launches his two-year Great Lakes Preservation Tour — which will include an attempt at swimming the Great Lakes basin from Minnesota to New York — with a short Earth Day swim in West Bay on Sunday.

• Roundup: Titans capture Alpena Invitational;
  plus more golf, track, soccer, tennis, softball & baseball

• NAHL: North Stars' Partyka to play at Wayne
• USHL: TC's Redmond wins USHL award
• Baseball: Balhorn, Blanco picked to head to Hawaii as part of USA team
• Boxing: TC's Berry wins Golden Gloves title

Friday, April 20, 2007

PREP SOCCER
Traverse City Central storms past Petoskey
TRAVERSE CITY — Emily Carefoot scored two first-half goals and Sara Lang added two second-half goals to lead Traverse City Central to a 6-0 soccer victory over Petoskey on Thursday night.

• League approves expansion; West Mich. D adds schools
• Roundup: Pine River runs away with Benzie track titles;
  plus more track & soccer
• Roundup: Elliott helps Frankfort softball sweep aside TC West;
  plus more softball, baseball & tennis

Thursday, April 19, 2007

MAKING A PITCH
McLain visits TC; his book talks about wild ride
TRAVERSE CITY — On the rollercoaster ride of life, you'll find Denny McLain sitting in the front seat, his arms raised above his head and his mouth wide open.

• TC Central's Passinault filling out his football coaching staff
• Roundup: TC beats Rockford in rugby; plus more prep

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

PREP TENNIS
TC Central nets Up
North tournament title
TRAVERSE CITY — Traverse City Central won four flights Tuesday en route to capturing the six-team Up North Invitational.

• Roundup: Petoskey edges TC West in girls track; plus more track, baseball, softball, soccer & tennis

• Cy Young Award winner McLain at TC Border's tonight
• More baseball ...

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

PREP SOFTBALL
West powers past Benzie
TRAVERSE CITY — Long wait, short work. Molly Valleau and her Traverse City West teammates waited so long to play softball again after the heavy spring snowfall that once they got outside they wasted little time putting two victories on the board.

• Prep Roundup: Liberty open
  with victory; plus more prep

• TC's Gordon registers team-high 12 tackles; plus more athletes

• Northwest Michigan finishers

Monday, April 16, 2007

• Rugby: Traverse Bay Blues rout Northern Michigan
• Prep Tennis Roundup: Glads' open season with win over Elks; plus more

Sunday, April 15, 2007

NOTHING LIKE BOSTON
'It's the granddaddy'
TRAVERSE CITY — Monday's weather forecast for eastern Massachusetts doesn't exactly put a smile on Cindy Diver's face. The opportunity to run in the Boston Marathon does, however. Also, "Women hit the big 4-0 at Boston."

• Mark Urban: No way spring sports can dig out from under
• Roundup: Trojans open up undefeated; plus more prep

• Bums sign pair of ex-MLB draft picks
• More recent Bums news...

Saturday, April 14, 2007

PREP FOOTBALL
Titans quartet take tests at prep combine
TRAVERSE CITY — Opportunity's knocking for Rocko Khoury, Darren Keyton, Dominic Cundari and John Flynn. The four Traverse City West football players will take part today in the Nike Combine at North Central College in Naperville, Ill.

• Volleyball: Leland's Glass goes out on top
• Tennis: Coaches oppose switching seasons
• Roundup: TC West soccer opens up with win; plus more prep

Friday, April 13, 2007

PREP BASKETBALL
Constant steps down
TRAVERSE CITY — Jon Constant is stepping down after 22 years as the Traverse City Central's boys basketball coach. "It's something that has been in the back of my mind since last year,” Constant said. "When you start feeling like that, maybe it's time."

• In today's print edition: TC's Redmond steps up for Stampede in playoffs

Thursday, April 12, 2007

BRUCE BISCHOFF — 1953-2007
Outdoors columnist dies
TAWAS — Traverse City Record-Eagle outdoors columnist and copy editor Bruce Bischoff died on Tuesday after a long battle with cancer. He was 53. Bischoff was an award-winning journalist, an artist, photographer and an extremely avid outdoorsman.

• Flames oozing confidence; Wings say they're ready
• More NHL ...

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

NCAA HOCKEY
Weber to sign with Miami
GAYLORD — Since he was very young, Will Weber wanted to follow in his father's footsteps. Weber has his national letter-of-intent in hand and said he will send it to Miami (Ohio) today, the first day hockey players are allowed to officially sign with college teams. It was just a few days before Will's 12th birthday in October of 2000 when his father was killed in a plane crash in Gaylord.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

• Bums sign infielder Orr, a former Philadelphia pick
• More recent Beach Bums news...

Monday, April 9, 2007

• No local sports today

Sunday, April 8, 2007

COLUMNIST JAMES COOK
Court ruling does little to help female athletes
This week's landmark decision to switch some prep sports seasons will reverberate though state sports. The problem is, the people behind it don't seem to realize how much. Or how. The resulting mess does little, if anything, to actually help girls. Instead, it simply puts girls in the same bad situation that every other state puts them in.

• Singer sews up first place in local NCAA bracket contest

Saturday, April 7, 2007

• No local sports today

Friday, April 6, 2007

• Beach Bums hire new groundskeeper
• More recent Beach Bums news...

Thursday, April 5, 2007

YOUTH SPORTS
Area group promotes character, sportsmanship
TRAVERSE CITY — There's more to winning than merely outscoring the opposition. That's a philosophy Jack Taylor's been preaching for years. That's why three years ago he helped organize Beyond the Scoreboard — a group of area coaches, parents and volunteers whose mission is to foster those values that Taylor says are deteriorating in sports today.

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

FRONTIER LEAGUE
Beach Bums sign speedy outfielder
TRAVERSE CITY — The Traverse City Beach Bums filled their need for speed by signing former University of Cincinnati center fielder LaFringe Hayes. Hayes, who runs the 60-yard dash in an impressive 6.5 seconds, batted .279 and had an on-base percentage of over .360 during his senior season in 2006. Traverse City begins its second season on May 23 at Kalamazoo.

• More recent Beach Bums news...

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

COLUMNIST JEFF PEEK
Oh, the huge difference a year makes for the Tigers
There was a time when Opening Day meant everything to this baseball team. During the 12 years from 1994-2005 when a .500 record would have been greeted with the enthusiasm of a World Series championship, there was big-time pressure on the Detroit Tigers to take the opener. But that was then. This is now.

• Opening Day Notebook: Sheffield drives in two runs in debut
• Tiger fans from northern Michigan turn out to see A.L. champs
• More opening day coverage ...

• MHSAA loses equity case; eight sports to switch

Monday, April 2, 2007

Breaking News (12:35 p.m.): Schools react to decision on girls sports

NAHL HOCKEY
North Stars drop season finale
MARQUETTE — Marquette scored two third period goals Saturday to beat the Traverse City North Stars 4-2 in a North American Hockey League game at Lakeview Arena. It was the season finale for the North Stars.

Sunday, April 1, 2007

FRONTIER LEAGUE
Bums say openings are
no cause for alarm
TRAVERSE CITY — With apologies to Abbott and Costello, there's no need for Traverse City Beach Bums followers to listen to the comedic duo's legendary baseball routine. Fans already know who's on first and what's on second. The real question is, who's on third ... and in the outfield?

• The Bums' current roster
• More recent Beach Bums news...

• TC's Shrift picked for Team Michigan

To browse older sports articles, see our Sports Archives

Local Headlines | Local Columnists | National Headlines