Leelanau Sports Guy’s World

Don Miller was selected to be inducted into the MHSAA Hall of Fame this September. Miller led the Glen Lake Boy’s Basketball program for 31 years and to over 500 wins.

Read Miller selected to Hall of Fame in the Record Eagle

Girls Soccer: Lady Norsemen blank opponents to capture own tourney
3-0 over Ludington. 2-0 over Lansing Christian. 4-0 over Elk Rapids. Suttons Bay played great defense and got timely offense to capture the Suttons Bay Invitational on Saturday. Holly Orban scored four goals on the day and Kelsey Wick earned the wins in goal. It was the first start for Wick in goal.

Read Suttons Bay shuts down, shuts out foes in the Record Eagle

Boys Baseball: Buchan’s bat helps Lakers to tourney title
Glen Lake improved to 16-9 on the season as they captured their own tourney with a 7-1 win over Central Lake. That win followed a 4-3 win over T.C. St. Francis.

Read Glen Lake wins own tourney with 2-0 mark in the Record Eagle [you have to scroll down]

Girls Softball: Lakers go 1-1 at own tourney
Allen Park Cabrini was too much for the Lakers in the opening game of the tourney as they defeated Glen Lake 10-0, but the Lady Lakers came back to defeat T.C. West 2-0 in the consolation game.

Read Allen Park Cabrini wins Glen Lake Invitational in the Record Eagle [you have to scroll down]

The latest update on the expansion possibilities for the Northwest Conference.

Read Northwest Conference discusses options in the Record Eagle

The Record Eagle has a nice article on the Traverse City Alliance, a club rugby team made up of players from seven area schools. Glen Lake, Suttons Bay and Lake Leelanau St. Mary are all represented on the team. The Alliance are 4-0 on the season as they get ready to compete in the Midwest Tournament in Elkhart, Indiana this weekend.

Read Traverse City rugby club drubs Lowell in the Record Eagle

A look at the Traverse City Junior Golf Association program that introduces 3rd, 4th and 5th graders to the game of golf throughout the Grand Traverse area. A total of about 2,500 students have participated so far.

Read Program introduces kids to golf in the Record Eagle

The Traverse City Alliance Rugby team opened it’s fifth season of play behind strong performances from Elliott Gallagher and Daisy Dalzell for a 41-0 win over Grandville. The team consists of students from the Traverse City High Schools, as well as Suttons Bay, Glen Lake and Lake Leelanau St. Mary.

Read T.C. Alliance 41, Grandville 0 in the Record Eagle [you will have to scroll down]

Haley Korson had 4 hits in Game 1 and Mary Lingaur had 3 hits in Game 2 as Lake Leelanau St. Mary posted a doubleheader sweep of Manistee Catholic 10-0 and 13-5.

Glen Lake swept Benzie Central 13-3 and 16-6 behind the pitching of Danielle Noonan who picked up both wins. Noonan struck out seven in the first game. Leading the Lakers offense was Chelsea Klumpp and Jessica Odziana.

Sarah Allington hit a grand slam, among her three hits to help Leland defeat Forest Area 24-14. Ashley Maleski picked up the win for the Comets.

Read Lake Leelanau St. Mary’s sweeps softball twinbill in the Record Eagle

Changes are coming for the Northwest Conference as Manton has decided to leave and join the Highland Conference. That leaves the Northwest with five schools - Kingsley, Suttons Bay, Glen Lake, Mesick and Frankfort - as the conference tries to decide how to move forward.

Read Manton leaves Northwest Conference in the Record Eagle

Liz Shimek has had amazing high school and college careers and now looks to add a pro basketball career to her resume. The 2006 WNBA Draft is set for 1 PM today and Shimek is expected to go in the late first round. Shimek scored 9 points and grabbed 6 boards in 20 minutes of action at the WNBA Pre-Draft Camp on Monday.

Follow the 2006 WNBA Draft at WNBA.com
Read Liz Shimek’s Draft Profile at WNBA.com
Read Shimek awaits draft call in the Record Eagle

Shimek also was named an honorable mention All-American for the second straight year.

Read Liz Shimek Earns Honorable Mention All-America Honors at MSUSpartans.com

Below are the upcoming spring girls soccer schedules for Suttons Bay and Glen Lake. You can see all of the sports schedules on our Upcoming Schedules Page.

Glen Lake Lakers
Games start at 5 p.m.
Apr. 6 at Elk Rapids
Apr. 11 at Benzie Central
Apr. 13 Forest Area
Apr. 18 Suttons Bay
Apr. 20 T-C West JV
Apr. 24 at T-C Central JV
Apr. 26 T-C West JH
Apr. 28 Charlevoix
May 1 T-C Liberty
May 6 at Benzie Central Tourney
May 8 Benzie Central
May 10 at Manistee JV
May 11 at T-C West JV
May 16 at Suttons Bay
May 18 T-C Central JV
May 23 Elk Rapids
May 25 at Forest Area

Suttons Bay Norsemen
Games start at 5 p.m., unless otherwise noted
Apr. 6 at T-C Liberty (TBAYS field)
Apr. 13 Roscommon
Apr. 17 at Elk Rapids
Apr. 22 at Ludington Invitation, TBA
Apr. 25 at Harbor Springs
Apr. 27 Cadillac
Apr. 28 Cheboygan
May 2 at Benzie Central
May 5 Suttons Bay Invitational, 9 a.m.
May 9 Charlevoix
May 12 at Harbor Springs, TBA
May 13 Marquette or Kingsford at Elk Rapids, 9 a.m.
May 16 T-C Liberty
May 19 at Cheboygan
May 20 T-C West, TBA
May 22 Gaylord
May 24 Muskegon Catholic Central
May 26 at Charlevoix

I don’t like Duke and I am betting Leelanau County fans don’t either, after the Lady Blue Devils eliminated Liz Shimek and the Michigan State Spartans 86-61 in the Women’s NCAA Tournament. Shimek had a rough day only taking 5 shots and scoring 5 points in her college finale. Her and Classmate Lindsay Bowen helped put MSU women’s basketball on the map and will be missed.

Shimek finished her career as MSU’s career leader in points, rebounds and field goals. Congrats to Liz on a great career, and here’s hoping it continues in the WNBA!

Read Shimek-Bowen era has come to an end in the Detroit News
Read (1) Duke 86, (4) Michigan St. 61 at Yahoo! Sports

Glen Lake’s Marissa Treece was a star winning the pole vault (9-6), the 800 run (2:27.5) and the 1600 run (5:27.6) at the 36-team Grand Valley State University indoor meet. Teammate Katie Christiansen added a fourth-place in the high jump.

Read Treece wins three events at GVSU in the Record Eagle [scroll down]

Here’s a list of all of the Leelanau County state championships won by our county schools. The head coach is listed after the sport.

Originally printed in the Leelanau Enterprise.

1942 - Leland boys’ basketball - Carl Furney

1944 - Leelanau School boys’ track - John Evans

1959 - Glen Lake boys’ basketball - Harold O’Brien

1977 - Glen Lake boys’ basketball - Don Miller

1978 - Glen Lake girls’ basketball - Ted Swierad
- Leland volleyball - Mike Kenney

1980 - Leland girls’ basketball - Larry Glass
- Leland volleyball - Mike Kenney

1981 - Leland girls’ basketball - Larry Glass

1982 - Leland girls’ basketball - Larry Glass

1985 - Suttons Bay girls’ X-country - Terry Ebright

1986 - Northport soccer - Don Hungerford

1987 - Suttons Bay girls’ X-country - Tim Bedford

1988 - Northport boys’ basketball - Gordie Wick

1991 - Glen Lake girls’ track - Bill Brendel

1992 - Glen Lake girls’ track - Bill Brendel

1994 - Glen Lake girls’ track - Doug Greer

1994 - Glen Lake football - Bill Hollenbeck

1995 - Glen Lake girls’ track - Doug Greer

1998 - Glen Lake/Leland girls’ skiing - Mark Fisher

1999 - Glen Lake/Leland girls’ skiing - Mark Fisher

2000 - Glen Lake boys’ track - Pete Edwards
- Suttons Bay boys’ golf - Todd Hursey
- Glen Lake girls’ cross country - Bryan Burns

2001 - Suttons Bay boys’ golf - Todd Hursey

2002 - Leland girls’ volleyball - Laurie Glass

2004 - Glen Lake/Suttons Bay boys’ skiing - Mark Fisher

2006 - Leland girls’ volleyball - Laurie Glass

Totals by School
Glen Lake - 13
Leland - 10
Suttons Bay - 5
Northport - 2
Leelanau School - 1

MSU’s two senior stars Liz Shimek and Lindsay Bowen share some of their thoughts on friendship, Michigan State and the NCAA Tourney. They are getting ready to lead the #4 seeded Spartans into battle with Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Shimek is MSU’s all-time leading scorer and Bowen is second. Something I thought was great is they have both started every game (128) since they have been at East Lansing.

Read MSU’S HIGH-SCORING SENIORS: They changed the game in the Freep

On paper it looks tough, but the Michigan State women did end up in a good bracket with a chance to advance. The Spartans earned a #4 seed and a first round matchup with Horizon League champ Wisconsin-Milwaukee. A second round matchup with Kentucky looms.

If the Spartans advance to the Sweet 16, they would most likely face #1 Duke, and if they go to the Elite 8, probably UConn. A daunting road to say the least, but not impossible.

Michigan State played a tough schedule this year to prepare them for the tournament. They are healthy and should be ready to go. I know I will be watching to see how seniors Liz Shimek and Lindsay Bowen lead the Spartans and fight to get back to the Final Four!

View the 2006 NCAAW Bridgeport Regional Bracket at Yahoo! Sports
Read Dance card set in the Freep
Read Spartan women draw No. 4 seed in the Lansing State Journal