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The Monsters defeated Pressure Crack 13-11, Monday night to sweep their three-game season series in Houghton Lake Men's Softball League play. Only four teams reported their games, Budweiser uncorked on Coyles 17-8 with seven of their runs coming in the 7th inning. In the Limberlost 18-6 victory over F & T it was a nine run 3rd inning that doomed F & T. More ... Fifty-eight football players are spending this week at the Bobcat Summer Football Camp improving their gridiron skills under the guidance of Floyd Carter (pictured) and his Houghton Lake High School football coaching staff. More ... Action in the St. Helen Men's Fast-Pitch Softball League July 13 saw Fire House defeat Lures Restaurant 15-2. Kenny Koscielecki had four hits with two doubles. Brian Lucus had 3 hits, Jon Rieger, and Toby Rushing had two hits with a homerun for each. Josh Rowland, Eric Desnyder and Josh Bennett each had 2 hits. More ... Gary Lightfoot of Higgins Lake sank a hole-in-one at Pineview Highlands July 1, almost a year to the date since his last ace. Lightfoot used a 5-iron on the 185-yard 14th hole to sink the shot. It was witnessed by Bob Russon, Tom Westgate and Bob Bishop. More ... The team put together by Dallas Carll and Don Gibbons won the Second Annual Co-Ed Softball Tournament for Lupus research June 21 at Houghton Lake. The event raised over $1,000, doubling the amount raised last year. Organizer Lindsay Kelly thanked everyone who donated and helped with the tournament, including her family for their "help and support. More ... The Houghton Lake Bobcat Boosters will hold a planning meeting July 20 at Booner's Food Plot and Watering Hole, Prudenville. The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. and focus on planning and deciding which fundraising activities the Boosters will pursue during the upcoming year. More ... The North Country Barrel Racing Association has begun a new professional Speed Show series at the Lake City Arena held on Wednesday evenings in July. Due to rain, the first show was held July 9 and featured three riders from Houghton Lake. Competitive events for cash prizes included goat tying, pole bending and barrel racing. More ... Navigator Wireless came from behind to defeat Shenanigan's 15-12 in the Houghton Lake Women's Softball League action Thursday night. In the only other game reported Spikehorn Bar cooked G's Pizzeria 15-6. More ... Tena McLaughlin and Fran Kelsey each scored an ace recently at White Deer Country Club. McLaughlin, Prudenville, scored her first hole-in-one July 11 golfing at White Deer Country Club. McLaughlin used a 7-iron to ace hole #8 from 110 yards. Gail Kukuk and Connie Davis witnessed the shot. More ... Merritt Speedway celebrates the 20th Annual "Wood Tic," a tribute to the logging industry and one of the largest stock car races in the state July 18th and 19th. During this two-day outing, all types of events are scheduled including the Martin Hutchinson Band Friday night, a free children's carnival on Saturday afternoon and racing both evenings. More ... Ken Gulbrandsen (left) and Lance LeTourneau of Northern Flooring and Design spent last Saturday laying carpet and installing treads and risers on stairs at the concession/ press box/bathroom building at the Graham/McDonald Sports Complex. More ... A football camp run by Houghton Lake High School Head Football coach Floyd Carter, for students entering grades 3-8, will take place July 22-24. The camp for Houghton Lake Youth Football Jaguars will take place at the HLHS practice field, behind the high school. The camp will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and costs $50. More ... Cat Gulledge, a graduate of Roscommon High School, is one of 106 Albion College scholar-athletes who have been named to the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association's Academic Honor Roll. Gulledge is a member of the women's cross country and track & field team at Albion. More ... Houghton Lake Little League tball players can pick up their medals from this past season, which ended last month, at Camping World of Northern Michigan (formerly Burnside RV). T-ball players are the only group to be given medals this season as the money usually used for medals was instead directed toward field improvements at the Graham/McDonald Sports Complex. More ... The Houghton Lake Girls Softball 11-12- year-old All Star squad recently finished their season with four games at Tawas. The squad lost to Tawas, West Branch, Otsego County and Alpena but Coach April Garrett said it was a "learning experience" for the girls. It was the first year the team competed in the all stars. More ... After advancing to the Little League World Series Michigan District 8 Quarterfinal last week, the Houghton Lake 9-10 All Star team suffered a season ending loss Sunday to Boyne City. The squad, coached by Jon Cohee, Dan Kubiak and Jim Schneider, won their last game in District 8 pool play to advance to the quarterfinals. More ... The June winners of the Houghton Lake Bobcat Booster Club drawing were Brian Kuenzer, Fred and Carol Chidester and BJ Stevenson, $25 each; and John and Coreen Julin, $125. More ... |
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