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The battle of the boards was one-sided and the game went the same way after the half as Traverse City Christian defeated Leland 63-41 to advance to the Class D District semifinals on Wednesday. Jordan Gibson led the Comets with 15 points and Marcus Whittaker added 11 points and 8 rebounds. Leland finished the season 8-12.

Read Sabres cut through Leland in the Record Eagle

Suttons Bay had the toughest path to a Class C District crown on Saturday, but the Lady Norsemen cruised to a title with wins over Mancelona, Charlevoix and T.C. St. Francis. Suttons Bay advances to the regional at Charlevoix on Saturday against Inland Lakes. The regional also features Kingsley and Lake City.

Leland cruised to another Class D District title with wins over Northport and Central Lake. Leland is now 62-4 on the season and advances to the regional at Twining Arenac Eastern on Saturday.

Read Suttons Bay claims title in the Record Eagle

Here’s the schedule for the Class D Boys Basketball District at Traverse City Christian. All the Cherryland Conference team, except Buckley, will be going head to head for the district crown.

Monday, March 6
T.C. Christian vs. Leland, 7 PM

Wednesday, March 8
Game 1: Northport vs. Lake Leelanau St. Mary, 6 PM
Game 2: Leelanau School vs. T.C. Christian/Leland winner, 8 PM

Friday, March 10
District Final, 7 PM

My Pick: A district final of Northport vs. Leland looks like a distinct possibility. T.C. Christian is tough and will have home court advantage so they could actually be the favorite. St. Mary is a darkhorse having played better as of late. Official Prediction: Northport 71, T.C. Christian 64.

Class C at Kingsley on March 4
A - Mesick vs. Forest Area at 10 AM
B - Brethren vs. Kingsley at 11:30 AM
Glen Lake vs A Winner at 1 PM
Manton vs B Winner at 2:30 PM
District Final at 4 PM
My Pick: Kingsley

Class C at T.C. St. Francis on March 4
A - Suttons Bay vs. Mancelona at 10 AM
B - East Jordan vs. T.C. St. Francis at 11:30 AM
Charlevoix vs. A Winner at 1 PM
District Final at 2:30 PM
My Pick: Suttons Bay

Class D at Bellaire on March 4
A - Bellaire vs. Central Lake at 10 AM
B - Northport vs. Leland at 11:30 AM
Leelanau School vs. A Winner at 1 PM
District Final at 2:30 PM
My Pick: Leland

Here’s a couple of volleyball articles from the Record Eagle as we approach districts on Saturday, including one about Alisha Glass and her powerful serving and a preview of the area volleyball districts.

Read Blazing Comet in the Record Eagle
Read Nos. 4, 5 collide in the Record Eagle

To say Leland has owned the Cherryland in volleyball would be a huge understatement. Leland won another title on Saturday and in process won their 12th straight league title. Leland downed Northport, Leelanau School, T.C. Christian and Buckley to win the crown. T.C. Christian finished second.

Read Another perfect league season for Leland in the Record Eagle [scroll down to read]

Glen Lake went 2-2 on the day at the Forest Area Invitational. The Lakers lost to McBain NMC and Harbor Light, before bouncing back with wins over Manton and Forest Area. Jessica Odziana and Sam Rader led the way.

Read Harbor Light Christian captures tourney title in the Record Eagle [scroll down to read]

The Leland Comets dominated play and captured three wins at Suttons Bay. The Comets defeated Kingsley (25-21, 25-10), Kalkaska (25-17, 25-7) and Suttons Bay (25-8, 25-11). Leland was led by Alisha Glass and Jennifer Hecht.

Suttons Bay also did well scoring wins over Kalkaska (25-17, 25-16) and Kingsley (16-25, 25-20, 26-24). Holly Orban, Kelsey Wick and Christa Nesky led the way for the Lady Norse.

Read Leland sweeps three matches at Suttons Bay in the Record Eagle

Mick McCabe of the Detroit Free Press talks about Leland Comets volleyball star Alisha Glass, her nickname and how she got it.

Read Leland has a ‘terminator’ in the Freep

An article by Mark Urban about Leland star volleyball player Jennifer Hecht and the story of her and her mother’s ordeal with an armed intruder last month. Hecht came back to play in a tournament two days later.

Read Hecht played in tourney 2 days after ordeal in the Record Eagle

The Glen Lake girls ski team qualified for the Class B-C-D state meet with a second place finish at the regional at Crystal Mountain. The Lakers finished behind Traverse City St. Francis and ahead of Clare, who both also qualified for state. The Lakers were led by three performances in the Giant Slalom - Ali Drake (4th), Sarah Wiesen (8th) and Joelle Janz (15th). Wiesen also added a 4th place finish in the slalom.

On the boys side, Glen Lake didn’t qualify as a team, but the Lakers Kris Marin advances to the state meet after his third place in the slalom.

Read St. Francis, Benzie storm to titles in the Record Eagle

The Glen Lake ski team will take part in a Class B-C-D regional today at Crystal Mountain. On the girls side, the Lakers are ranked 10th, but will face tough competition from #1 ranked Traverse City St. Francis. On the boys side, the Lakers face tough competition from 4 top-10 ranked teams. The Glen Lake ski team is a co-op with Suttons Bay, Lake Leelanau St. Mary and Leland.

Read Two teams hope to weather regionals in the Record Eagle

Suttons Bay played Leland tough, but in the end the Comets continued their winning ways with a 25-7, 20-25, 25-18 victory over the host Norsemen. Leland and Suttons Bay both defeated Forest Area in the triangular meet.

Read Leland takes two victories in the Record Eagle

Leland used a balanced scoring attack to move to .500 in the Cherryland Conference with a 79-51 win over Lake Leelanau St. Mary. Five players scored in double figures for the Comets led by Marcus Whittaker’s 16 points as the Comets improved to 3-3 in the conference and 5-9 overall. St. Mary was led by Adam Konieczka’s 16 points.

Northport battled tough with Buckley, but the Bears scored the final 9 points in a 70-61 win. Drew Mitchell scored 28 points for the Wildcats as they fall to 9-7 overall and 4-3 in the Cherryland.

Ray Freund’s double-double wasn’t enough as Suttons Bay fell to Lake City 59-45 in a non-conference game. Freund scored 16 points and grabbed 11 boards. Suttons Bay is now 8-7.

Read Buckley edges Northport in the Record Eagle

A short article about Leland senior Daina Parent and being back with the Lady Comets after missing last season as an exchange student in Australia.

Read Parent back after year away in the Record Eagle

The Leland Lady Comets continued their dominance of the Suttons Bay Invitational by defeating Suttons Bay 21-7, 21-12 in the tourney final. It is the fourth straight year the Comets have won. Leland’s Alisha Glass was tournament MVP with teammate Whitney Grant being named MVP of the morning session. Suttons Bay was led by Holly Orban’s 47 of 49 serving and 52 kills. Glen Lake split all of it’s matches in the 2nd place pool and Northport captured the 4th place pool.

Read Leland wins tourney for fourth straight time in the Record Eagle

Leland led the entire game, but in the final second Buckley sank two free throws to defeat the Comets 57-55 and stay undefeated in Cherryland play. Leland falls to 2-2 in the conference, 4-10 overall.

Read Buckley topples Leland at Cadillac News