The Traverse City Record Eagle is starting it’s countdown of the top 10 sports stories of 2006 with a story about the Suttons Bay Norsmen golf team’s run to the state championship.
Read Sit-down meeting sparked Norse to title in the Record Eagle
The accolades keep coming in for Suttons Bay golfers. After helping the Norsemen capture the Division IV state golf title, senior Nate Kelly earned first team honors. Junior David Tropf and sophomore Charlie Olson were named honorable mentionn and coach Todd Hursey was named Division IV coach of the year.
Read Five area players earn All-State honors in the Record Eagle
Boys Football: Football playoffs start Friday
Suttons Bay finished 9-0 and only gave up 30 points all season, earning the Norsemen a home game for the first round (and second if they win) of the Division 6 playoffs. The Norsemen host Boyne City, who finished 6-3, a young team who only has six seniors.
Kickoff is Friday at 7:00 PM at Suttons Bay.
The winner of this game will advance to the District Final against the winner of the Kingsley (7-2) vs. Charlevoix (8-1) game.
Read A look at area playoff matchups in the Record Eagle
Boys Golf: Suttons Bay celebrates state championship
Suttons Bay captured the school’s third golf state title with a balanced performance in the state final to hold off St. Francis, 647-651. Senior Nate Kelly was sixth overall with a 159 and sophomore Charlie Olson ninth with a 160.
“This is exciting,” Norsemen coach Todd Hursey said. “Everybody stepped up.
“But I’m really happy for our seniors — that they could finish their careers with a state championship. There have been high expectations for these guys since their freshmen year. They’ve had great careers, but they knew what they needed to do this weekend to validate it.”
Suttons Bay also captured golf state titles in 2000 and 2001.
Read Norsemen honored in the Record Eagle
Read 2006 MHSAA LP Division 4 Boys Golf Finals at MHSAA
Read Norsemen save best for last in the Record Eagle
Read Norsemen lead Glads by 6 shots in the Record Eagle
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Boys Football: Suttons Bay on the verge of 6th straight shutout
Suttons Bay is 6-0 and looking to finish unbeaten in the Northwest Conference when Frankfort visits on Friday. They are also in the midst of a record shutout streak after blanking opponents in the last five games. The Record Eagle’s Mark Urban takes a look at the streak and what the Norsemen think about it.
Read Norse a big red wall on D in the Record Eagle
Boys Golf: Norse, Glads ready to battle for District Crown
A preview of today’s Division IV Golf District at the Leelanau Club. Traverse City St. Francis is currently ranked No. 1 in the state, while Suttons Bay is at No. 5.
Girls Basketball: Frankfort tops Leland, Suttons Bay slips by St. Mary
Erin Sneed scored 26 but it wasn’t enough as Leland lost to Frankfort 66-39.
Crystal Dittrich scored 16 points to lead Suttons Bay to a 38-32 win over Lake Leelanau St. Mary. Suttons Bay improves to 3-2. The Eagles were led by Alyssa Korson’s 14 as they fall to 2-4.
Boys Soccer: Northport, Leland get high-scoring wins
Northport found the back of the net eight times to defeat Cadillac Heritage 8-1. Cody Brown and Drew Mitchell each scored 2 as Northport improved to 7-2.
Brad Dunklow’s hat trick helped Leland to a 7-2 Cherryland Conference win over Buckley. Leland is now 8-3, and 2-3 in the conference.
Read Manistee CC tops TC Christian in the Record Eagle
Boys Golf: St. Mary’s wins, Glen Lake falls
Freshman Tyler Shaffran shot a 42 to lead Lake Leelanau St. Mary (180) to victory over Kingsley (195) and Frankfort (230).
Glen Lake got a 50 from Austin Novak but it wasn’t enough as they fell to Traverse City Christian 205-244.
Read St. Mary’s takes golf match in the Record Eagle
Boys Soccer: Season Overview
Check out the article below from the Record Eagle with a complete look at the area soccer season.
Read Elk Rapids, West aiming for titles in the Record Eagle.
Girls Basketball: Rough night for Leelanau County teams
Suttons Bay and Glen Lake both had rough games against the top two teams in the Northwest Conference. Undefeated Frankfort topped the Norsemen 54-12 and 5-1 Kingsley stopped the Lakers 63-18.
In non-conference action, Lake Leelanau St. Mary got 18 points from Alyssa Korson, but it wasn’t enough as Elk Rapids earned a 66-60 win. Leland lost by 10 to Manistee Catholic 38-28 as they fell to 1-2.
Boys Soccer: T.C. Christian earns shutout of Northport, SB tops Leland
Traverse City Christian defeated Northport 2-0 to improve to 6-0 in the Cherryland Conference.
Suttons Bay used a goal by Ben Darling late in the first half to earn a 1-0 Cherryland Conference win over Leland to improve to 2-1 in the conference and 6-2 overall.
Boys Golf: Norsemen once again dominate Northwest Jamboree
Nate Kelly shot a 37, and Josh Schaub and Chris Wanroy each a 40 to lead Suttons Bay over Kingsley, Mesick, Manton, Glen Lake and Frankfort. Dusty Popa led the Lakers with a 46.
Cross-Country: Glen Lake, Suttons Bay have strong showings at McBain
Glen Lake’s Marissa Treece was the overall girls winner in 18:41, and Suttons Bay came in 5th as a team behind Elizabeth Adams 10th place finish in 23:22. Glen Lake’s John Lee captured the boys race.
Boys Golf: Norsemen capture Conference Jamboree
Suttons Bay captured the title, but all everyone was talking about was Glen Lake’s Austin Novak and Kingsley’s John Bodjack who both knocked in hole-in-one’s on the 139-yard 15th hole at the Leelanau Club.
“I’ve been coaching 10 years and I don’t even remember one hole-in-one in a Northwest match, let alone two,” said Suttons Bay coach Todd Hursey. “That’s pretty amazing.”
Suttons Bay carded a 159 easily ahead of second place Kingsley’s 193. Nate Kelly led the way with a 38, Charlie Olson & Drew Palmer scored 40’s, and Josh Schaub & David Tropf 41’s.
Novak finished with a 47. Glen Lake didn’t have enough golfers to qualify in the team competition.
Boys Soccer: Northport gets comeback win over Benzie Central
Northport scored three second-half goals to overcome a 1-0 halftime deficit and earn a 3-2 win over Benzie Central. Basil Stowe scored all three goals to earn the hat trick. Northport is now 6-1 overall, 3-0 in the Cherryland.
Boys Soccer: Comets fall to Sabres
Mike Rudolph scored with 2.6 seconds left to give Traverse City Christian a 2-1 Cherryland Conference win over Leland. Eric Jarsen scored for Leland.
Boys Golf: Suttons Bay 3rd at TC Labor Day Invite
In a 22-team field featuring mostly Division 1 and 2 teams, Suttons Bay shot a 311 to place third in the Traverse City Labor Day Invitational. Ludington (10th in Div. 2) fired a 302 and Detroit Jesuit (#6 in Div. 1) a 310. The Norsemen are ranked 4th in Division IV.
“Its a good score,” Norsemen coach Todd Hursey said. “This is always a good measuring stick for us, to see how we play against some of the better teams in the state, and today we were respectable.”
Nate Kelly tied for second overall with a 73, Charlie Olson shot a 77, David Tropf 80, and Josh Schaub 81.
Read Ludington starts out at the top in the Record Eagle
Girls Basketball: Northport falls in final of Alba Tourney
Alba defeated Northport 34-32 to capture their own tournament. Cecilia Kohler scored 12 in the championship game. Northport advance to the final with a 38-36 win over Alanson.
Girls Basketball: Eagles, Lakers fall in Tip-Off Classic
A good first half wasn’t enough as Lake Leelanau St. Mary fell to T.C. St. Francis 54-39 in the Katie Heintz “We Believe” Tip-Off Classic. The Eagles held a 27-23 halftime edge. Alyssa Korson scored 14 points and Susan Herman 11.
Glen Lake fell to T.C. Christian 36-24 and will now face St. Mary in the consolation game today.
Read Glads shake off jitters, St. Mary’s in the Record Eagle
Girls Basketball: Lady Norse fall to Ramblers
Crystal Dittrich scored 9 points and pulled down 7 boards as Suttons Bay fell to Boyne City 61-18.
Girls Basketball: Northport falls in season opener
Lauren Browning scored 12 of the Wildcats 25 points as they fell to Baldwin 32-25.
Boys Golf: Norsemen win conference preseason tourney
Nate Kelly led the way with a 1-under par 70 as Suttons Bay cruised to the Northwest Conference preseason tourney title. Kingsley was second with 383. Drew Palmer shot a 75, David Trophf a 78, and Chris Wanroy 79 to complete the scoring for the Norsemen.
Boys Soccer: Leland tops Glen Lake
Leland improved to 5-0 with a 2-1 win over Glen Lake behind goals from Matt Larsen and Brian Zaryczny.
Boys Golf: Suttons Bay 9th at Okemos Invitational
Nate Kelly and Josh Schaub each carded a 79 to lead the Norsmemen to a 9th place finish out of 19 teams.
Boys Soccer: Sabres shutout Norsemen
Eric Pardini registered the shutout in the Cherryland Conference win for T.C. Christian.
Boys Soccer: Northport cruises past Buckley
Cody Brown and Ryan Blessing accounted for all the Wildcat goals in a 6-1 Cherryland Conference win over Buckley. Brown and Blessing each scored hat tricks and Drew Mitchell registered 8 saves.
Read Marquette tops Stags, Central up next in the Record Eagle
Cross Country: Glen Lake’s Treece takes 2nd
Marissa Treece ran a 18:54.8, but it wasn’t enough to claim the Benzie Invitational title as she finished second to Rockford’s Katie Haines by 10 seconds. Treece ran in up a class in the White Division against runners from bigger schools.
“She (Haines) was awesome,” Treece said. “It was a good race. This shows me what I have to do to get better. I ran up ( a class) so I could see what I needed to do for states. Now I know what I need to do.”
The Suttons Bay girls and boys both finished 6th in the Red Division.
Read Duo on the way back in the Record Eagle
Boys Soccer: Leland captures 5th straight Boynton Invitational
Leland defeated Manistee in the final 3-2 after defeating Forest Area 4-1 to advance to the final.
Read Comets keep crown in the Record Eagle
Boys Soccer: Big Day for Wildcats
Northport cruised to two 5-0 victories, the first over Harbor Light and the second over Grand Marais.
Read Northport soccer posts a pair of shutout victories in the Record Eagle
Boys Football: Suttons Bay, Glen Lake win openers
Glen Lake quarterback Jason Kemp accounted for three touchdowns and 183 yards of total offense to lead the Lakers to a victory over East Jordan 42-6.
Suttons Bay’s Anthony Stewart scored on 4th-and-goal in overtime and Matt Pasch added the extra point to give the Norsmen an exciting 13-12 OT win over Benzie Central. The game was 6-6 after regulation.
Boys Golf: Suttons Bay’s Kelly ties for another medalist honor
Nate Kelly shot a 71 to tie for medalist honors at the T.C. St. Francis Invitational as the Suttons Bay White finished with a 308 to capture second place in the tourney. St. Francis shot a 295 to win the title. Charlie Olson (76), David Tropf (80), and Drew Palmer (81) rounded out the scoring for the Norse. The Suttons Bay Red team finished 13th with a 351.
Boys Golf: St. Mary’s earns win
Tyler Shaffran shot a 43 to lead Lake Leelanau St. Mary/Leland over Frankfort 184-222.
Boys Soccer: Leland earns shutout
Tyler Kenney registered the shutout, and Eric Larsen did the scoring as Leland shutout Charlevoix 2-0 to improve to 2-0 on the young season.
Boys Soccer: Norse fall to Elks
Suttons Bay didn’t have an answer for Dan Werth as he shutout the Norsemen 2-0 in boys soccer.
Boys Soccer: Northport falls in opener
Ryan Blessing scored the lone Wildcat goal as Northport lost their boys soccer opener 2-1 to the Traverse City West JV. Drew Mitchell was in goal and made 8 saves.
Boys Golf: Norse capture Mesick Jamboree
Suttons Bay cruised to the Mesick Jamboree title with a 27-stroke win. Nate Kelly (35), Craig Jasinski (36), Josh Schaub (39) and Charlie Olson (39) combined for a team score of 149 easily ahead of second place Kingsley’s 176. Glen Lake also participated but didn’t have enough golfers to qualify for the team title, but Steve King led the Lakers with a 49.
Boys Soccer: Leland opens with shutout
Matt Larsen scored two goals to lead the Leland Comets over Boyne City 3-0 in the season opener. Adam Nedow scored the other goal and Tyler Kenney was the winning goalie.
Boys Golf: Eagles finishes 7th at Benzie
Lake Leelanau St. Mary shot a 348 to place 7th in the nine-team Benzie Central Invitational. Traverse City St. Francis captured the tourney with a school-record 295.
Read St. Francis golfers set record in win in the Record Eagle
it was quite a tournament for Nate Kelly and Suttons Bay. Kelly led the Norsemen to a 6th place finish in the Traverse City Tee-Off Invitational by tying for medalist honors with Clarkston’s Matt Fuller. Kelly shot a 73 on the second day at the Spruce Run course, after a day one 68 on The Wolverine. David Tropf and Charlie Olson added 79s, and Josh Schaub an 83.
Suttons Bay coach Todd Hursey was pleased…
“After you’re second, you start thinking about the top five,” Hursey said. “Going into the tournament, if you would have said we’d be in the top 10, I’d say we had a heck of a tournament. It’s quite a field.”
Read Suttons Bay’s Kelly comes out strong in the Record Eagle
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.
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.
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