Suttons Bay’s Nate Kelly shot a 68 to tie for the individual lead and helped lead the Norsemen to 2nd place and a team score of 299 after the first day of the Traverse City Tee-Off Invitational. Hudsonville leads the tournament with a 296. Josh Schaub carded a 76, Charlie Olson 77 and Drew Palmer 78. The first round was played at The Wolverine while the tournament will finish on the Spruce Run course.

St. Mary/Leland falls to Kingsley
Lake Leelanau St. Mary/Leland lost to Kingsley 162-182. The Eagle/Comet co-opteam was led by Adam Peplinski’s 41.

Read Strong finish sparks Suttons Bay in the Record Eagle

Want to meet a former Red Wing and help support a good cause? You can on Saturday, August 19th at the Best Buy in Traverse City. Former Red Wing Larionov will be signing copies of his DVD “Farewell from Moscow - The Igor Larionov Farewell Game” from 11:30am to 1 pm. A portion of the proceeds from DVD sales will benefit the Igor Larionov Youth Hockey Charitable Foundation.

Here’s an excerpt from the press release…

The award-winning “Farewell From Moscow: The Igor Larionov Farewell Game” is a must-have for the sports-lover’s collection. Chrome Bumper Film’s A-list director John “QUIG” Quigley, was named “Best Director ~ Documentary” at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (NYIIFVF) for his work on the documentary/DVD which chronicles all the excitement, energy and passion of Larionov’s final game in its entirety while also giving fans a rare behind-the-scenes look at Larionov with candid interviews from him and former teammates and coaches. The documentary also chronicles the players’ entire weekend in Moscow as part of the cutting-edge DVD and is also loaded with many extras, including game highlights spanning Larionov’s career, and more than 150 photos.

“Farewell From Moscow: The Igor Larionov Farewell Game” is currently available for purchase at Best Buy. The DVD signing at the Traverse City Best Buy is located at 2577 N US Highway 31 S. A portion of the proceeds from all DVD sales will be donated to The Igor Larionov Youth Hockey Charitable Foundation.

This past weekend was tied spent with family functions (church, brunch) and parties (class reunion) and kids (lots of playing, cleaning, diapers) so it wasn’t until Sunday night that I was able to figure out what the Lions, Tigers, Beach Bums, etc. had done. Needless to say I have lots of different feelings…

Nervousness
The White Sox swept the Tigers, made it look rather easy and now only trail by 5 1/2 games in the Central. The Tigers will get their chance at home vs. Chicago again next week, but they need to take at least 2 out of 3 in Boston to stop alot of naysayers from gaining momentum. I think they can and will do it. A strong start from Nate Robertson tonight will be the key to the series.

Excitement
Lions preseason football always brings out the worst in me. I start talking about how good they did this or that and then start getting excited for the regular season. I do like Marinelli and Martz and think they can turn the franchise around. I just don’t know if it will be this year or next. The schedule looks pretty tough to me. I think they will score some points, just not sure if they will stop anyone else from doing the same.

Sadness
As one of the readers of KA.com, I know I will miss the Detroit sports posts and all the non-sports stuff as well. Good luck Kevin in your Mile High endeavor! Here’s hoping you find some time for the occasional post…

Joy
The Beach Bums have turned it back around and have won 7 of their last 10 and moved into a virtual tie with Chilicothe for the East Division lead. I am happy because I have tickets to some upcoming games (Thanks Aunt Sue!) and hope to see some meaningful playoff-style baseball.

Happiness
Reading this post from Big Al!

A look at the growing rivalry between the Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox. The Freep’s Jon Paul Morosi takes a look at the long history between the clubs and what the current players and front office people think of the I-94 Series!

Read I-94 SERIES: Road work in the Freep

Apparently William Clay Ford likes the direction his Lions are going. Of course it’s easy when you can’t get any worse.

Read Ford likes look of Lions in the Detroit News

Surfing the web for info on the Tigers sweep and their biggest division lead of the season (now at 9 games!), I stumbled upon this post by Big Al, and he summed up the Tigers weekend for us!

Read How do you know if you had a good weekend? Just ask the Detroit Tigers at The Wayne Fontes Experience

I am very excited for college football to start. I am even more excited about senior quarterback Drew Stanton and what he can do in the high-octane Michigan State offense.

Now he’s going to try to not do too much and instead rely on teammates more to make big plays in crucial situations. I sure hope that’s the case and if it is watch out Big Ten!

Read MSU’s Stanton takes a new stance in the Freep

Also coming soon will be my Big Ten Football preview…

Chicago Sky rookie Liz Shimek has been getting more minutes as of late and producing. The Sky fell to the Phoenix Mercury 90-70, but Shimek played 16 mintues grabbed 4 rebounds, scored 3 points, dished out 4 assists and blocked 2 shots. Not a bad night. The Sky currently own the league’s worst record with only 4 wins and 24 losses, but that should give Shimek plenty of opportunities to show what she can do.

See Liz’s Line in the Box Score
View Liz Shimek Photos at Yahoo! Sports

I don’t cover golf too often in the blog, but I stumbled upon this article reviewing Arnold Palmer’s King’s Challenge Golf Course. I don’t play golf much anymore, but when I used to I did enjoy this course. My scores weren’t great, but hey, it was fun! The #8 par 5 hole is amazing and MichiganGolf.com writer Brandon Tucker talks about that and more in the article below.

Read King’s Challenge G.C. near Traverse City: A classic N. Michigan golf course at MichiganGolf.com