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Pine River
BOys Basketball
Coach: brian goodenow
record - 19-3
accomplishments

Back-to-back
Highland Conference championship
(14-0) team; Academic All-State (5th
in state)
returnees - Sr Mitchell McDonald, PG
4 year starter, 2-time All State selection;
Sr Lucas Harris, SF 3rd year on varsity; Sr
Greg Park, G; Sr Brandon Fulks, G; Sr Lukas
Sizemore, SF; and Sr Alex Knapp, G
newcomers - SO Mason Powell, G;
Jr Conner Hoaglund, SF; Jr Matthew
Goodenow, SF; Jr Tyler Wing, G; Jr
Marcus Washington, G; and Jr Grant
Ruppert, G. This group of juniors is long,
quick and athletic. They have played
together as a group since fourth grade
and bring a great deal of depth and
experience to our team.

strengths - Speed, depth and quickness. We will play pressure defense and
attach the basket in a hurry.
working on - Rebounding. With a generally small group, we will look to attack
the boards with five guys on the defensive end.
style - We will play a very up-tempo,
pressure defense and a fast-break style
of offense. Our outstanding depth will
allow us to bring waves of fresh bodies
off the bench.
goals - Our No. 1 goal will always be to
win the Highland Conference championship. We will define success by continuing to work together as a TEAM,
supporting each other, and living and
leading by our core values.

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The 2014-15 Pine River boys basketball team. Front Grant Ruppert, Tyler Wing, Mitchell
McDonald, Mason Powell and Brandon Fulks. Back Marcus Washington, Lukas Sizemore,
Conner Hoaglund, Lucas Harris, Matthew Goodenow, Greg Park and Alex Knapp.
Pine River Boys Basketball
Dec. 09 Harrison Community 8:00
Dec. 11 TRAVERSE CITY
CHRISTIAN
8:00
Dec. 15 CHIPPEWA HILLS
8:00
Jan. 06 Manton
8:00
Jan. 09 MCBAIN
8:00
Jan. 13 St. Francis
8:00
Jan. 15 Marion
8:00
Jan. 19 Lakeview
7:30
Jan. 20 N. MICH. CHRISTIAN 8:00
Jan. 23 LAKE CITY
8:00

Jan. 26
Jan. 29
Feb. 03
Feb. 06
Feb. 13
Feb. 17
Feb. 20
Feb. 26
Mar. 03
Mar. 05

REED CITY
Beal City
Evart
MANTON
McBain
N. Mich. Christian
MARION
Lake City
EVART
BEAL CITY
HOME GAMES
ARE CAPITALIZED

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U.S. 131 North, Cadillac On The Busy North End

775-4661 OR 1-800-4-GODFREY

Girls Basketball
Coach: shawn ruppert
record - 14-4
style - I think we will be a unified group that
returnees - Kassy Nelson(Sr) Guard; will work hard to get up and down the floor.

Marc Vieau | Cadillac News

The 2014-15 Pine River girls basketball team. Back Chey Rizor, Kaylee
Goodman, Keirra Justin, Dana Hill and Anna Lindquist. Front Julie Justin,
Jenna Johnson, Kassy Nelson and Hannah Hill.
Pine River Girls Basketball
Dec. 02 Reed City
7:30
Dec. 05 Morley-Stanwood
7:30
Dec. 09 MCBAIN
7:30
Dec. 16 MANTON
7:30
Jan. 05 ELK RAPIDS
6:30
Jan. 08 MARION
7:30
Jan. 13 N. Mich. Christian
7:30
Jan. 16 Lake City
7:30
Jan. 19 Lakeview
5:30
Jan. 22 BEAL CITY
7:30

Jan. 27
Jan. 30
Feb. 03
Feb. 05
Feb. 10
Feb. 17

EVART
7:30
Manton
7:30
BOYNE CITY
6:30
McBain
7:30
N. MICH. CHRISTIAN 7:30
MASON COUNTY
CENTRAL
6:00
Feb. 19 LAKE CITY
7:30
Feb. 24 Evart
7:30
Feb. 27 Beal City
7:30
HOME GAMES ARE CAPITALIZED

Cheyanna Rizor(Sr) Forward; Julie Justin(So)

Guard; and Keirra Jusin(So) Center.
newcomers - Jenna Johnson(Jr) Guard;
Dana Hill(Jr) Forward; Anna Lindquist(So)
Forward; Hannah Hill(So) Forward; and
KayLee Goodman(Fr) Guard.
strengths - Unity and a desire to succeed
should be our strengths. We have the right
girls on this team with the type of parental
support you want. They all want each other
to succeed. I also feel like we have the makings of a good defensive team with quickness outside and size on the inside.
working on - The same things we try to be
good at every year. A lot of defense and
hustle on the boards with transition offense
being a key.

We will rely on some young girls who may

make mistakes at the beginning of the year.
But in the end will develop into very good
varsity players.
conference - McBain will be the favorite with
Beal City right there, as well. NMC, Manton
and Lake City all have good players returning as do Marion and Evart. I really feel like
there could be a lot of competitive games in
the conference this year.
goals - We have a very tough non-conference schedule this year so our wins may be
tough to come by early on. I do feel that if
we improve the way I think we can, we will
be competitive in the conference and in the
tournament at the end of the season.

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U.S. 131 North, Cadillac On The Busy North End

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Competitive cheer
Coach: emilee crawford
returnees - We have three seniors this ing on a team back walkover.
year in Allie Peterson, Erin Millen and working on - our stunting is something
Mariah Curtis. Were very happy to have
all three girls. Theyre all so talented and
have a great attitude.
newcomers - We are happy to have five
new cheerleaders with Caitlyn Schepers,
Carrie Boon, Alivia Nelson, Josselynn
Wagner and Rachel Depew.
strengths - one of our team strengths
this year is going to be our tumbling.
Our two top tumblers are Hunter Fauble
and Alivia Nelson, both with back hand
springs and working on a back tuck and
lay out. For our round two, we are work-

we will be working very hard on since we

have some new flyers, bases and back
spots. Some of our new flyers are Mariah,
Caitlyn and Rachel. Josselynn is our new
back spot and Carrie is learning to be a
base. Our returning cheerleaders have
been more than willing to help offer
advice to the newcomers.
goals - our goal will be to beat our
old competition scores from last season
and improving our scores each time we
compete. I would like to see our scores
in the 600-700 range.

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The 2014-15 Pine River

competitive cheer team.

Pine River Girls Cheer

Dec. 13 Houghton Lake Invite 11:00
Jan. 10 Brethren Invite
11:00
Jan. 17 Farwell Invite
10:00
Jan. 21 Marion
6:00
Jan. 24 Harrison Invite
10:00

Jan. 28
Feb. 03
Feb. 07
Feb. 14

Evart
Marion
Brethren Invite
Houghton Lake Invite
HOME GAMES
ARE CAPITALIZED

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U.S. 131 North, Cadillac On The Busy North End

775-4661 OR 1-800-4-GODFREY

Wrestling
Coach: tim jones
record - 30-3
accomplishments

- Mid Michigan Wrestling

Conference champions and Division 4 Team District
champions
returnees - jr. 112- Nate Park; sr. 119- Jordan Stone;
sr. 125- Tony Moore; sr. 171- Jeff Gross; sr. 189- Tyler
Mccurry; jr. 215- Dom Garcia; and jr. 285- Chase
Morrison
strengths - Very well-balanced lineup and TEAM
UNITY.
working on - The bare bones basics. Good position
and not getting scored on.
style - You will not see a four corner stall or slowing
the game down. We will take control by pushing the
pace as a rule athough, you have to know when to
come out of the rain.
conference - Manton, Manistee and Pine River are
the picks
goals - Success is what are you, when compared to
what you could have been?

Pine River Boys & Girls Wrestling

Dec. 13 Tri-County Invite
9:00
Dec. 17 PINE RIVER QUAD
6:00
Dec. 20 Marquette Challenge 9:00
Jan. 03 St. Louis Invite
9:00
Jan. 07 FOREST AREA/
MANTON
6:00
Jan. 10 Alma Invite
9:00
Jan. 14 @ Kingsley/Manistee 6:00
Jan. 17 Forest Hills Eastern
9:00
Jan. 21 @ Mancelona/
Lake City
6:00
Jan. 24 Mio AuSable
9:30
Jan. 28 @ Franklfort/
Benzie Central
6:00

Jan. 31 Reed City Invite

Feb. 04 PINE RIVER QUAD
Feb. 07 Conf. Tourn.
@ Kingsley
Feb. 11 TEAM DISTRICT
@ PINE RIVER
Feb. 14 Ind. Districts @
Manton
Feb. 18 TEAM REGIONAL
@ PINE RIVER
Feb. 21 Ind. Regional
@ Rogers City
HOME GAMES
ARE CAPITALIZED

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U.S. 131 North, Cadillac On The Busy North End

775-4661 OR 1-800-4-GODFREY

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Marc Vieau | Cadillac News

The 2014-15 Pine River wrestling team.

Front Dustin Beebe, Tony Moore,
Andrew Park, Tucker Fansler, Tristen Bailor,
Jacob Roberts, Jordan Stone, Brady
Long, Phil Ragatzki and Jeff Johnson.
Middle Nate Park, Travis Carlson, Andy
Alberts, Preston Proch, Joe Rigling, Josh
Hooker, Justin Cole and Cody Hill. Back
Gerald Beemer, Josh Jackson, Chase
Morrison, Dominic Garcia, Kurtice Cilwa,
Jeff Gross, Tyler McCurry, Raden Holmes
and Taylor Beebe.

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