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Salem senior Dan Radosevich weaves his way through the Northville defense.Still the 1
The Salem Rocks varsity soccer team remained the number-one ranked team in the state when they beat number-three Northville, 2-0, last Thursday. Salem junior midfielder Lachian Savage scored both goals for the Rocks. Both assists came from Sal Savage.
Salem hosts Churchill at 5:30 p.m. on Friday and South Lyon at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Northville is at South Lyon at 5:30 p.m. on Friday; at Canton at 7 p.m. on Monday. They host South Lyon East at 7 p.m. on Tuesday.
Glenn outlasts Canton
Those who attended the John Glenn-Canton football game in Westland on Friday sure got their money’s worth.
The game came down to a Glenn Coach Tim Hardin decidision to go for it or not to go for it in overtime. He had the choice to kick the extra point to tie or go for the win with a two-point conversion in overtime.
He chose the latter and it paid off with a 36-35 victory.
Fresh off the team’s first victory against Churchill a week earlier, Hardin said that he had a few surprises for Canton. He wasn’t kidding.
Glenn came out firing on Friday against the chiefs and earned a 21-7 half-time lead. Canton came back to knot things up at 21 but the Rockets answered with a 91-yard kickoff return to make it 28-21. Canton tied it again and regulation ended with the two teams tied, 28-28.
Canton scored on its first two plays in overtime and kicked the extra point to go up 35-28. Quarterback Jerome Scales scored two plays later on a five-yard run for Glenn to make it 35-34. Then it was decision time: go for one or two.
“It had crossed my mind that Canton only has one player that goes two ways,” Hardin explained. “We have many that play offense and defense. I felt that we would be at a disadvantage the longer the game went on.”
His team was already lined up for the extra point before he called the time out to consider the two-point option.
“I looked at our offensive coordinator, Steve Waller, and he told me what play he wanted to run and said, ‘trust me, it will work,’” Harden added. “It worked just like we thought it would and we came out with the victory. It was pretty exciting at the end. Our players played hard the whole game and never gave up, my hat is off to them.”
The Rockets will have their work cut out for them when Franklin visits for Glenn’s homecoming bout at 7 p.m. on Friday.
Canton hosts Wayne at 7 p.m. on Friday.
Whalers lose first two
The season started out shaky for the Plymouth Whalers last weekend. The 2006 Ontario hockey League (OHL) champs lost their first two contests of the 2008-09 campaign.
The Whalers visited the Kitchener Rangers on Friday and fell to the 2008 OHL winners, 4-2. The Rangers went up, 2-0, in the first period. Both goals came from Scott Timmons. Then Kitchener took a 4-0 lead in the second with two tallies from Jeff Skinner.
RJ Mahalak scored Plymouth’s first goal late in the second and added his second at the 12:21 mark of the third.
On Saturday the Whalers lost to the Erie Otters, 6-1. Erie’s Shawn Szydlowski scored the lone first-period goal.
Plymouth’s Joe Gaynor scored a power-play goal to tie the game, 1-1, 1:44 into the second. Ryan O’Reilly, Brandon Biggers and Szydlowski scored in the second frame to put Erie up, 4-1.
Anthony Luciani scored two short-handed penalty shots to in the third.
The Whalers will try their hand at it again this weekend when they head to Sault Ste. Marie at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. They host the Guelph Storm at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday.
Comedy Fundraiser for Special Olympics scheduled
Precision Baseball will host a fundraiser to benefit the Special Olympics at 6:30 pm on Oct. 11.
This event is a comedy night fundraiser and is a great night out for couples or you come by yourself. See some great comedians and eat and drink for just the cost of your ticket. The cost is $25 per person. First stand up comedian is at 8 p.m. Precision Baseball is located at 7835 Market Street, Canton MI 48187. For tickets email info@precisionbaseballone.com or call 248-761-9694.
Salem cross country hosts Wayne County Championship
Salem team will host the 8th annual Wayne County High School Cross Country Championship on Saturday, Oct. 4 at Willow Metro Park.
The fee is $175 to enter both a boys and girls team or $95 for just one. Incomplete teams will be charged $15 per athlete. Varsity boys (all divisions) are scheduled to start at 10 a.m. and varsity girls (all divisions) are set for 10:35 a.m. For more information visit www.salemcrosscountry.org.
Track and field combine coming
The Michigan Accelerators Track and Field Club will host its Fourth Annual Future Champions Track & Field Recruiting Combine on Sunday, Oct. 19 at Farmington Harrison High School track complex.
The combine is a win-win scenario for the college coach, high school coach, parents and the athlete who has dreams and aspirations of performing on the next level.
The Michigan Accelerators would like to extend an invitation to senior athlete to join tem for a once in a lifetime exciting opportunity to increase their potential for success in their academic future. For more information, a tentative itinerary and athlete profile registration visit www.futurechampionscombine.com.
