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PASSING YARDS
Vance Sysak, Coleman 887
Jace Brown, Mayville 778
Carter Zeien, Au Gres-Sims 448
Gavin Reeder, Carson City-Crystal 337
Jack Wetters, Bay City All Saints 332
Brady Leonard, Portland St. Patrick 318

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
Jace Brown, Mayville 13
Vance Sysak, Coleman 11
Carter Zeien, Au Gres-Sims 8
Brady Leonard, Portland St. Patrick 6
Gavin Reeder, Carson City-Crystal 6
Sam Vyner, Whittemore-Prescott 6

RUSHING YARDS
Wyatt Cartier, Morrice 761
Cole Dewald, Au Gres-Sims 722
Joel Fisher, Morrice 640
Sam Vyner, Whittemore-Prescott 542
Landon VanderVlucht, Carson City-Crystal 420
Brady Leonard, Portland St. Patrick 497
Jared DeVrieze, Coleman 496
Carter Zeien, Au Gres-Sims 410
Austin Harris, Farwell 366
Luka Campbell, Mayville 358
Brayden Simon, Portland St. Patrick 344

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
Wyatt Cartier, Morrice 12
Cole Dewald, Au Gres-Sims 12
Carter Zeien, Au Gres-Sims 11
Brady Leonard, Portland St. Patrick 7
Sam Vyner, Whittemore-Prescott 7
Jace Brown, Mayville 6
Joel Fisher, Morrice 6
Hudson King, Portland St. Patrick 6
Cole Pendred, Au Gres-Sims 6
Landon VanderVlucht, Carson City-Crystal 5

RECEIVING YARDS
Mason Halsne, Mayville 394
Austin Foster, Montabella 387
Grayson Ackels, Carson City-Crystal 375
Collin Stockero, Coleman 276
Luka Campbell, Mayville 232
Christion Tocco, Whittemore-Prescott 257
Samuel Bovee, Coleman 227
Jared DeVrieze, Coleman 210
Williams, Bay City All Saints 200

RECEPTIONS
Samuel Bovee, Coleman 28
Jared DeVrieze, Coleman 22
Mason Halsne, Mayville 19
Grayson Ackels, Carson City-Crystal 17
Luka Campbell, Mayville 16
Collin Stocero, Coleman 16
Christion Tocco, Whittemore-Prescott 13

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
Grayson Ackels, Carson City-Crystal 7
Samuel Bovee, Coleman 6
Mason Halsne, Mayville 6
Austin Foster, Montabella 5
Christion Tocco, Whittemore-Prescott 5
Tyler Zaherniak, Au Gres-Sims 5
Luka Campbell, Mayville 4
Cole Pendred, Au Gres-Sims 4

TACKLES
Jared DeVrieze, Coleman 62
Brady Hoag, Mayville 56
Austin Gutting, Morrice 49
Travis Murray, Coleman 46
Aiden Mosser, Portland St. Patrick 44
Travis Smith, Morrice 39
Wyatt Buskirk, Farwell 35
Oliver Long, Morrice 35
Dakota Nelson, Au Gres-Sims 33
Mason Tucker, Coleman 33
Samuel Bovee, Coleman 31
Matt Wingert, Mayville 31

SACKS
Travis Smith, Morrice 4
Mason Tucker, Coleman 3.5
Dakota Lattimer, Coleman 3
Oliver Long, Morrice 3
Tyler Schliep, Whittemore-Prescott 2.5
Devin Cook, Portland St. Patrick 2
Jack Gates, Coleman 2
Mason Halsne, Mayville 2
Kaidence Freiburger, Au Gres-Sims 2
Dakota Nelson, Au Gres-Sims 2
Christion Tocco, Whittemore-Prescott 2

INTERCEPTIONS
Cole Pendred, Au Gres-Sims 8
Bransen Bellville, Whittemore-Prescott 4
Logan Glazier, Coleman 3
Luka Campbell, Mayville 2
Landon Simpson, Portland St. Patrick 2
Rylee Strawn, Carson City-Crystal 2

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PASSING YARDS
Owen Terwilliger, Otisville-LakeVille 1,425
Preston Wallace, Evart 1,359
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 1,093
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 1,087
Drake Irwin, Rockford 1,036
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 991
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 937
Alex Fernandez, Lansing Catholic 937
Jackson Conn, Ithaca 904
Owen Halstead, Essexville-Garber 846
Benjamin Fletcher, East Lansing 778
Preston Otter, Saginaw Nouvel 763
Elliott Larner, DeWitt 726
Keegan Gochenour, Eaton Rapids 721
Jacoby Dunlap, Alma 677
Jayden Arthur, Clare 635

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
Preston Wallace, Evart 18
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 17
Alex Fernandez, Lansing Catholic 16
Jackson Conn, Ithaca 15
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 14
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 14
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 12
Drake Irwin, Rockford 12
Jayden Arthur, Clare 11
Owen Halstead, Essexville-Garber 11
Owen Terwilliger, Otisville-LakeVille 8
Max Volk, Chesaning 8

RUSHING YARDS
Brayden Florian, Chesaning 881
Trever Jones, Muskegon Oakridge 739
Bradley Uhlmann, Bath 662
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 611
AJ Hill, Davison 605
William Salgat, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 573
LaDon Hatcher, Holt 544
Jacob Stewart, Almont 520
Nakai Amachree, Haslett 494
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 490
Mark Bendele, St. Johns 468
Hoyt Patrick, Owosso 454
Elliot Larner, DeWitt 435
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 432
Dwataye Sams, East Lansing 431
Cutler Brandt, Charlotte 425
Codey Manley, Belding 421
Jake Ritch, Frankenmuth 418

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 12
Nakai Amachree, Haslett 10
Bradley Uhlmann, Bath 10
Brayden Florian, Chesaning 9
AJ Hill, Davison 9
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 9
Sam Talaga, Freeland 9
Elliot Larner, DeWitt 8
Nathan Mikesell, Ithaca 8
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 8
Chase Battani, Almont 7
Codey Manley, Belding 7
Jake Ritch, Frankenmuth 7
Dwataye Sims, East Lansing 7
Mark Bendele, St. Johns 6
Hoyt Patrick, Owosso 6
William Salgat, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 6
Sam Talaga, Freeland 6

RECEIVING YARDS
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 801
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 707
Lucas Bell, Otisville-LakeVille 706
Max McCune, Williamston 551
Tarick Bower, Corunna 544
Braden Rabideau, Lansing Catholic 518
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 500
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 496
Camden Kruisenga, Rockford 450
Dakobe White, Evart 438
Tristen Elizalde, Saginaw Nouvel 368
Abram Larner, DeWitt 358
Xavier Luea, Lansing Catholic 327
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 314

RECEPTIONS
Lucas Bell, Otisville-LakeVille 40
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 37
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 33
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 33
Braden Rabideau, Lansing Catholic 31
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 25
Dakobe White, Evart 21
Justin DeVarona, Lansing Catholic 20
Hayden Hendrickson, Eaton Rapids 20
Abram Larner, DeWitt 20
Tristen Elizalde, Saginaw Nouvel 19
Xavier Luea, Lansing Catholic 19
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 17
Max McCune, Williamston 17
Bryce Eddington, Corunna 16
Ryan Louch, Clare 16
Trenton Oliver, Otisville-LakeVille 16
Dominic Eastman, Okemos 15
Ethan Gaston, Eaton Rapids 15

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 12
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 10
Tarick Bower, Corunna 9
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 9
Xavier Luea, Lansing Catholic 7
Jamison Pelt, Swan Valley 7
Braden Rabideau, Lansing Catholic 7
Max McCune, Williamston 6
Lucas Bell, Otisville-LakeVille 5
Ryan Louch, Clare 5
Owen Mikulka, Ithaca 5
Dakobe White, Evart 5
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 5

TACKLES
Fred Hammond, Otisville-LakeVille 72
Carter Herriman, Davison 62
Garett Forgash, Bay City Glenn 57
Ethan Hammond, Otisville-LakeVille 54
Jaxon Craven, Evart 52
Kaydin Lujan, Sault Ste. Marie 49
Logan Broekhuizen, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 48
Jalen Edwards, Davison 48
Noah Reif, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 48
Ayden Ferqueron, Almont 45
Lucas Neering, Essexville-Garber 44
Jaden Eddington, Corunna 43
Aiden Van Bonn, Clare 43
Dayne Zeerman, Corunna 43
Owen Craven, Evart 42
Hoyt Patrick, Owosso 42
Logan Witbeck, Evart 42
McCoy Wernholm, Central-Montcalm 41
Cohen Ferqueron, Almont 40
Nathan Precise, Okemos 40

SACKS
Colin Main, Frankenmuth 7
Callen Campbell, Sault Ste. Marie 6.5
Fred Hammond, Otisville-LakeVille 5
Brandon Pass, Ithaca 5
Jake VanderHaar, Frankenmuth 5
Caleb Calhoun, Alma 4
Ashton Collins, Eaton Rapids 4
Kalob Hallock, Ithaca 4
Broden Peska, Ithaca 4
Keighan Stoddard, Chesaning 4

INTERCEPTIONS
Jamison Pelt, Swan Valley 4
Jordan Sherman, Clio 4
Hagan Wascher, Frankenmuth 4
Keenan Harris, Lansing Waverly 3
Riley Hubbard, Frankenmuth 3
Owen Mikulka, Ithaca 3

HSSS 8-PERSON FOOTBALL STATS
Coaches, statisticians, High School Sports Scene Magazine wants to be the source for high school football stats this season. Feel free to contact us with any updates or statistics you have. Send any updates to greg102300@yahoo.com . HSSS will be updating the football stats page on a daily basis.

PASSING YARDS
Vance Sysak, Coleman 774
Jace Brown, Mayville 722
Gavin Reeder, Carson City-Crystal 337

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
Jace Brown, Mayville 12
Vance Sysak, Coleman 9
Gavin Reeder, Carson City-Crystal 6

RUSHING YARDS
Landon VanderVlucht, Carson City-Crystal 420
Sam Vyner, Whittemore-Prescott 397
Jared DeVrieze, Coleman 375
Brady Leonard, Portland St. Patrick 337
Austin Harris, Farwell 335
Vance Sysak, Coleman 250

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
Jace Brown, Mayville 6
Sam Vyner, Whittemore-Prescott 6
Hudson King, Portland St. Patrick 5
Brady Leonard, Portland St. Patrick 5
Landon VanderVlucht, Carson City-Crystal 5
Vance Sysak, Coleman 4

RECEIVING YARDS
Austin Foster, Montabella 387
Grayson Ackels, Carson City-Crystal 375
Mason Halsne, Mayville 294
Collin Stockero, Coleman 231
Luka Campbell, Mayville 230
Christion Tocco, Whittemore-Prescott 212
Bo Williams, Bay City All Saints 200

RECEPTIONS
Samuel Bovee, Coleman 21
Jared DeVrieze, Coleman 19
Grayson Ackels, Carson City-Crystal 17
Mason Halsne, Mayville 16
Luka Campbell, Mayville 15
Collin Stocero, Coleman 12
Christion Tocco, Whittemore-Prescott 12

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
Grayson Ackels, Carson City-Crystal 7
Austin Foster, Montabella 5
Mason Halsne, Mayville 5
Samuel Bovee, Coleman 4
Luka Campbell, Mayville 4
Christion Tocco, Whittemore-Prescott 4

TACKLES
Jared DeVrieze, Coleman 50
Brady Hoag, Mayville 40
Aiden Mosser, Portland St. Patrick 36
Travis Murray, Coleman 36
Wyatt Buskirk, Farwell 30

SACKS
Tyler Schliep, Whittemore-Prescott 2.5
Devin Cook, Portland St. Patrick 2

INTERCEPTIONS
Bransen Bellville, Whittemore-Prescott 3
Logan Glazier, Coleman 2
Landon Simpson, Portland St. Patrick 2

HSSS FOOTBALL STATS
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PASSING YARDS
Owen Terwilliger, Otisville-LakeVille 1,280
Preston Wallace, Evart 1,115
Drake Irwin, Rockford 1,036
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 892
Owen Halstead, Essexville-Garber 765
Alex Fernandez, Lansing Catholic 763
Jackson Conn, Ithaca 747
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 732
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 731
Benjamin Fletcher, East Lansing 671
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 626
Jacoby Dunlap, Alma 510
Keegan Gochenour, Eaton Rapids 502
Jayden Arthur, Clare 497
Jake Metiva, Freeland 451

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
Alex Fernandez, Lansing Catholic 14
Preston Wallace, Evart 14
Jackson Conn, Ithaca 12
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 12
Drake Irwin, Rockford 12
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 11
Owen Halstead, Essexville-Garber 11
Jayden Arthur, Clare 9
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 9
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 9
Owen Terwilliger, Otisville-LakeVille 8

RUSHING YARDS
Trever Jones, Muskegon Oakridge 739
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 509
AJ Hill, Davison 505
Bradley Uhlmann, Bath 492
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 479
Mark Bendele, St. Johns 453
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 437
Nakai Amachree, Haslett 409
Dwataye Sams, East Lansing 379
Elliot Larner, DeWitt 376
Hoyt Perry, Owosso 362
William Salgat, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 360
Garrett Hilborn, Bay City Glenn 351
Sam Talaga, Freeland 316
Nathan Mikesell, Ithaca 312
Austin Poirier, Perry 311

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
Nakai Amachree, Haslett 9
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 9
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 8
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 8
Bradley Uhlmann, Bath 8
AJ Hill, Davison 7
Dwataye Sims, East Lansing 7
Elliot Larner, DeWitt 6
Nathan Mikesell, Ithaca 6
Sam Talaga, Freeland 6

RECEIVING YARDS
Lucas Bell, Otisville-LakeVille 706
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 602
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 483
Braden Rabideau, Lansing Catholic 481
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 424
Max McCune, Williamston 385
Dakobe White, Evart 382
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 379
Tarick Bower, Corunna 377
Nathan Sanders, Flushing 241
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 239
Xavier Luea, Lansing Catholic 239
Tristen Elizalde, Saginaw Nouvel 231
Abram Larner, DeWitt 222
Owen Mikula, Ithaca 219

RECEPTIONS
Lucas Bell, Otisville-LakeVille 40
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 28
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 27
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 26
Braden Rabideau, Lansing Catholic 25
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 21
Justin DeVarona, Lansing Catholic 20
Dakobe White, Evart 19
Dominic Eastman, Okemos 15
Abram Larner, DeWitt 222
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 13
Tristen Elizalde, Saginaw Nouvel 13
Ryan Louch, Clare 13
Xavier Luea, Lansing Catholic 13
Max McCune, Williamston 13
Cade Sutherland, Alma 13
Kaleb Hallock, Ithaca 12
Nathan Sanders, Flushing 12
Ryley White, Ithaca 12
Owen Mikula, Ithaca 11
Bryce Eddington, Corunna 10

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 8
Tarick Bower, Corunna 7
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 7
Braden Rabideau, Lansing Catholic 7
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 7
Max McCune, Williamston 6
Lucas Bell, Otisville-LakeVille 5
Ryan Louch, Clare 5
Xavier Luea, Lansing Catholic 5
Jamison Pelt, Swan Valley 5
Owen Mikulka, Ithaca 4
Dakobe White, Evart 4

TACKLES
Carter Herriman, Davison 60
Jalen Edwards, Davison 43
Garett Forgash, Bay City Glenn 51
Logan Broekhuizen, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 41
Jaxon Craven, Evart 41
McCoy Wernholm, Central-Montcalm 41
Camerorn Doody, Perry 39
Owen Craven, Evart 36
Nathan Precise, Okemos 36
Hunter Shepherd, Okemos 36
Aiden Van Bonn, Clare 36
Logan Witbeck, Evart 36
Chuck Armstead, Davison 35
Nathan Mikesell, Ithaca 35
Noah Reif, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 35

SACKS
Colin Main, Frankenmuth 5
Caleb Calhoun, Alma 4
Ashton Collins, Eaton Rapids 4
Brandon Pass, Ithaca 4
Kalob Hallock, Ithaca 3
Hoyt Patrick, Owosso 3
Noah Risner, Ithaca 3

INTERCEPTIONS
Jamison Pelt, Swan Valley 4
Jordan Sherman, Clio 4
Keenan Harris, Lansing Waverly 3
Owen Mikulka, Ithaca 3
Hagan Wascher, Frankenmuth 3

HSSS FOOTBALL STATS
Coaches, statisticians, High School Sports Scene Magazine wants to be the source for high school football stats this season. Feel free to contact us with any updates or statistics you have. Send any updates to greg102300@yahoo.com . HSSS will be updating the football stats page on a daily basis.

PASSING YARDS
Preston Wallace, Evart 793
Owen Halstead, Essexville-Garber 765
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 685
Jackson Conn, Ithaca 635
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 584
Alex Fernandez, Lansing Catholic 556
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 523
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 468
Keegan Gochenour, Eaton Rapids 416
Jeremy Dunlap, Alma 400
Benjamin Fletcher, East Lansing 361
Jake Metiva, Freeland 358
Jayden Arthur, Clare 335

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
Owen Halstead, Essexville-Garber 11
Jackson Conn, Ithaca 10
Alex Fernandez, Lansing Catholic 10
Preston Wallace, Evart 10
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 9
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 9
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 8
Jayden Arthur, Clare 7
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 7

RUSHING YARDS
Bradley Uhlmann, Bath 492
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 421
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 367
Hoyt Perry, Owosso 362
Mark Bendele, St. Johns 338
Nakai Amachree, Haslett 332
AJ Hill, Davison 329
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 306
William Salgat, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 289
Cutler Brandt, Charlotte 280

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
Bradley Uhlmann, Bath 8
Nakai Amachree, Haslett 7
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 7
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 6
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 6
Sam Talaga, Freeland 6
AJ Hill, Davison 5
Carson Koehler, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 5
Hoyt Perry, Owosso 5
Dwataye Sims, East Lansing 5

RECEIVING YARDS
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 483
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 451
Max McCune, Williamston 357
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 296
Braden Rabideau, Lansing Catholic 284
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 284
Dakobe White, Evart 255
Nathan Sanders, Flushing 241
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 239
Owen Mikula, Ithaca 219
Tarick Bower, Corunna 214
Xavier Luea, Lansing Catholic 214

RECEPTIONS
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 21
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 21
Braden Rabideau, Lansing Catholic 20
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 18
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 16
Dominic Eastman, Okemos 14
Dakobe White, Evart 14
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 13
Cade Sutherland, Alma 13
Nathan Sanders, Flushing 12
Kaleb Hallock, Ithaca 11
Max McCune, Williamston 11
Owen Mikula, Ithaca 11
Bryce Eddington, Corunna 10
Xavier Luea, Lansing Catholic 10
Ryley White, Ithaca 10

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 7
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 7
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 6
Max McCune, Williamston 6
Tarick Bower, Corunna 4
Xavier Luea, Lansing Catholic 4
Owen Mikulka, Ithaca 4
Braden Rabideau, Lansing Catholic 4

TACKLES
Carter Herriman, Davison 48
Logan Broekhuizen, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 35
Tanner Graber, Evart 34
McCoy Wernholm, Central-Montcalm 34
Jalen Edwards, Davison 33
Hoyt Perry, Owosso 33
Tim Bensinger, Charlotte 32
Jaxon Craven, Evart 32
Logan Witbeck, Evart 29
Cutler Brandt, Charlotte 28

SACKS
Colin Main, Frankenmuth 5
Brandon Pass, Ithaca 3
Hoyt Patrick, Owosso 3

INTERCEPTIONS
Jordan Sherman, Clio 4
Hagan Wascher, Frankenmuth 3
Carson Berkompas, Charlotte 2
Cutler Brandt, Charlotte 2
Justin DeVarona, Lansing Catholic 2
Keenan Harris, Lansing Waverly 2
Jameson Pelt, Swan Valley 2
Evan Walker, Lansing Waverly 2
Dakobe White, Evart 2
Weston Yoho, Owosso 2

DAVID COOK
Sports Scene
Gladwin junior Donald Corlew made school history in the Flying G’s week two win against Harrison.
A junior slotback on offense and defensive back on defense, Corlew totaled 290 yards from scrimmage that broke the previous record of 290 set by Doug Redman in 1960.
Corlew totaled 301 yards, not including his passing yards. Corlew also caught three touchdown passes and rushed for a touchdown. Gladwin sophomore quarterback Colton Pfenninger had a big had in Corlew’s big night with his passing skills.
Corlew also contributed to the passing game as he threw a 59-yard touchdown pass to junior Jayden Mieske.
Gladwin defeated Harrison 48-6 to improve to 2-0 for the season. The Flying G’s return to action in week three against Shepherd.

By John Raffel

Coach Karl Schmugge’s Michigan Lutheran Seminary team is coming off a strong season with hopes of repeating their fortunes in 2023.
MLS was 9-2 last year and had one loss in the conference. MLS beat Harbor Beach for the first time in the playoffs.
The Cardinals have started off the seasonwith impressive wins of 37-14 over Unionville-Sebewaing and 21-14 over Marine City Cardinal Mooney.
Key graduates from last year’s team were quarterback Evan Wakefield with 24 touchdowns, starting running back Ryan Dabe, top linebacker Will Eubank, Mark Vogel and Maddox Retberg at starting cornerback.
Key players this year should include senior Carson Koehler at running back and safety who Schmugge said is a top leader and player and led the area in interceptions last year. Another key player is also sophomore running back/linebacker Noah Reif and leader on the offensive line and Logan Broekhuizen, a three-year starter.
“We expect to compete in every game,” Schmugge said, adding the offensive line will be a strength. “All starters are back except for one.”
MLS hopes to contend for a TVC title.
“We should be fighting for first,” Schmugge said. “But Ithaca and Nouvel are always strong.”
Seniors on the team are Logan Foresi (WR/DB), Gavin Frederick (WR/DB), Andrew Archibald (RB/DB), Carson Koehler (RB/QB/DB), Levi Schroeder (RB/LB), Timmy Faustin (TE/LB), Caleb Iles (OL/DL), Drew Luetzow (OL/LB), Aidan Dehn (OL/DL), Joey Coon (OL/DL), Luke Zondervan (OL/DL), Garrett Robinson (OL/DL) and Michael Stehle (OL/DL)
Juniors on the team are Brady Falck (WR/DB), Brennan Burke (TE/DL), Brock Ochoa (WR/DL), Gavin Morse (RB/LB), William Schoch (WR/LB), William Salgat (QB/LB), Caleb Martin (WR/DB), Hayden Powers, (WR/DL), Ethan Wakefield (TE/DE), Lance Hatfield (WR/DB), Logan Broekhuizen (OL/DL) and Wyatt Schuette (OL/DL).
The lone sophomore is Noah Reif (RB/LB).
Assistant coaches are Josh Wakefield, Ken Teske, Dave Broekkhuizen and Andy Retberg.

Pictured is MLS’ Carson Koehler

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PASSING YARDS
Preston Wallace, Evart 508
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 477
Jackson Conn, Ithaca 459
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 416
Benjamin Fletcher, East Lansing 326
Alex Fernandez, Lansing Catholic 322
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 310
Luke Smith, Flushing 306
Keegan Gochenour, Eaton Rapids 299
Owen Halstead, Essexville-Garber 283
Jayden Arthur, Clare 269

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
Jackson Conn, Ithaca 6
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 6
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 6
Preston Wallace, Evart 6
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 5
Alex Fernandez, Lansing Catholic 5
Owen Halstead, Essexville-Garber 5
Liam Patrick, Owosso 5
Alejandro Urrea, Okemos 5
Jayden Arthur, Clare 4
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 4

RUSHING YARDS
Mark Bendele, St. Johns 283
Nakai Amachree, Haslett 266
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 263
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 263
William Salgat, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 243
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 232
Hoyt Perry, Owosso 231
Tyler Bidelman, Charlotte 225
Jahi Wood, Waverly 215
Cutler Brandt, Charlotte 212

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 6
Nakai Amachree, Haslett 5
Carson Koehler, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 5
Mark Bendele, St. Johns 4
Tyler Bidelman, Charlotte 4
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 4
Hoyt Perry, Owosso 4
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 4
Kale Snyder, Bullock Creek 4

RECEIVING YARDS
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 277
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 276
Max McCune, Williamston 257
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 214
Nathan Sanders, Flushing 213
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 209
Tarick Bower, Corunna 192
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 185

RECEPTIONS
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 20
Dominic Eastman, Okemos 13
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 13
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 11
Nathan Sanders, Flushing 11
Ryley White, Ithaca 10

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 5
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 5
Tarick Bower, Corunna 4
Dominic Eastman, Okemos 3
Max Fellows, Essexville-Garber 3
Max McCune, Williamston 3
Owen Mikulka, Ithaca 3

TACKLES
Carter Herriman, Davison 37
Tim Bensinger, Charlotte 32
Cutler Brandt, Charlotte 28
Logan Broekhuizen, Mich. Lutheran Seminary 24
Carson Berkompas, Charlotte 23
Jaxon Craven, Evart 22

SACKS
Hoyt Patrick, Owosso 3

INTERCEPTIONS
Hagan Wascher, Frankenmuth 3
Carson Berkompas, Charlotte 2
Cutler Brandt, Charlotte 2

HSSS FOOTBALL STATS
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PASSING YARDS
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 297
Preston Wallace, Evart 268
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 229
Jayden Arthur, Clare 208
Luke Smith, Flushing 197
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 168
Benjamin Fletcher, East Lansing 158
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 143
Brady Dush, St. Johns 115
Jacoby Dunlap, Alma 101

PASSING TOUCHDOWNS
Zach Cribbs, Williamston 3
Preston Wallace, Evart 3
Jayden Arthur, Clare 2
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 2
Jacoby Dunlap, Alma 2
Sawyer Glennie, Davison 2
Ethan Mason, Saginaw Heritage 2

RUSHING YARDS
Elliot Larner, DeWitt 227
Jahi Wood, Waverly 215
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 177
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 151
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 150
Nakai Amachree, Haslett 130

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
Elliot Larner, DeWitt 4
Jackson Reisbig, Lowell 4
Wyatt Bower, Corunna 3
Ty Robertson, Saginaw Heritage 151

RECEIVING YARDS
Max McCune, Williamston 161
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 158
Tarick Bower, Corunna 144
Nathan Sanders, Flushing 141
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 140
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 122

RECEPTIONS
Charlie Baker, East Lansing 10
Tyler Streeter, Midland Dow 8
Buddy Banks-Williams, Davison 7
Tarick Bower, Corunna 7
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 7
Nathan Sanders, Flushing 6

RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS
Noah Vanderlinde, Evart 7
Braylon Isom, Saginaw Heritage 2
Max McCune, Williamston 2

TACKLES
Carter Herriman, Davison 20
Jaxon Craven, Evart 13
Andrew Little, Midland Dow 13
Logan Witbeck, Evart 13
Hunter Conrad, Belding 12
Tray Haido, Davison 12

SACKS
Caden Lickfeldt, Bullock Creek 2
Mason Nickel, Midland Dow 2

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Aug. 18 – Upper Peninsula teams playing boys and girls soccer will have the opportunity to participate in a statewide Michigan High School Athletic Association Tournament beginning with the 2023-24 school year after the U.S. federal court in the Western District of Michigan granted on Wednesday, Aug. 16, a joint petition to adjust that portion of the 2000s seasons litigation compliance plan that had required Upper Peninsula boys and girls soccer teams to play in opposite seasons from their Lower Peninsula counterparts.

The petition, filed together by the MHSAA and Communities for Equity, requested that Upper Peninsula soccer teams’ postseason tournaments be realigned with those of the Lower Peninsula soccer teams, such that boys teams be allowed to play with Lower Peninsula teams in a fall statewide MHSAA Boys Soccer Tournament and Upper Peninsula girls teams be allowed to play with Lower Peninsula teams in a spring statewide MHSAA Girls Soccer Tournament.

Almost 20 years ago, the federal court had assigned a separate Upper Peninsula boys tournament for the spring and a separate Upper Peninsula girls tournament for the fall as part of the compliance plan emerging from litigation in a lawsuit filed by Communities for Equity in 1998. The resulting compliance plan, with Lower Peninsula boys soccer season in fall and girls soccer in spring and Upper Peninsula girls soccer season in fall and boys soccer in spring, was put into place beginning with the 2007-08 school year.

However, the different seasons for Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula soccer proved unworkable. To realize a full regular season, both boys and girls Upper Peninsula soccer teams at that time instead chose to play during the same regular seasons as their Lower Peninsula counterparts, forgoing participation in an Upper Peninsula-only MHSAA Tournament that was offered consistent with the original compliance plan.

Totals of 13,221 boys and 11,921 girls played on MHSAA member high school soccer teams statewide during the 2022-23 school year. This decision means that hundreds of Upper Peninsula girls and boys soccer players will have the opportunity to have a meaningful regular season and play in a statewide postseason soccer tournament.

“This is great news for our member schools, especially those soccer programs in our Upper Peninsula. We appreciate the partnership on this issue with Communities for Equity, in particular President Diane Madsen, working together in a spirit of cooperation and common sense in making this positive change for soccer players in our state,” said MHSAA Executive Director Mark Uyl.