WHITTEMORE – The Hillman football team saw its four game winning streak come to a rough ending on Friday as the Tigers were shut out 38-0 against Whittemore-Prescott.

“On offense we couldn’t get anything started and on defense we couldn’t stop anything,” Hillman coach Bill Koenig said. “It was definitely a wake up call heading into Week 9.”

The Tigers are now 4-4 overall and will host Inland Lakes in their regular season finale. Hillman will need to win in order to keep its playoff streak alive.

Posen 60, Pellston 12

POSEN-The Posen football team beat against Pellston on Friday 60-12.

Offensively, Posen’s Dylan Shuch led the team with 11 carries for 275 yards and four touchdowns. Nate Mulka rushed for 75 yards on 10 carries and added a touchdown. Both Chase Schellie and Levi Romel had a touchdown reception.

Dylan Hincka led Posen defensively with nine tackles and Brady Chojnacki finished with eight.

“We played well, both offensively and defensively. It was great to see the kids execute and play hard for 48 minutes,” Posen football coach Greg Pietsch said. “Overall it was a great night of football in Posen.”

Posen (4-4) travels to Engadine next week.

Rudyard 42,

Onaway 38

ONAWAY-For 36 minutes on Friday, the Onaway football team controlled the tempo, scored often and played a solid all-around game against Rudyard.

The final 12 minutes however were a different story.

Rudyard scored 30 unanswered points and topped the Cardinals 42-38 during a game at Onaway High School.

Onaway (4-4) led 30-12 after three quarters, but sustained some injuries to key players in the final quarters and couldn’t slow the Bulldogs down.

“I think it was a mental game for the other members of the team,” Onaway assistant coach Taed Price said. “We knew going in this was a pretty even game and the Bulldogs wanted it more.”

After a scoreless first quarter, Onaway led 22-12 at halftime.

Lucas Tollini led Onaway with 201 yards and two scores on 20 carries as well as two conversions. Randy Tibbits had 26 yards on 14 carries, a touchdown and two conversions.

Paul Ransom blocked a punt and returned it 14 yards for a touchdown and Josiah Crawford caught a 61-yard touchdown from Tibbits.

Nick Byrne added a 67-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter.

On defense, DJ Fenstermaker had 16 tackles, Tollini had 14 tackles and a fumble recovery and Crawford had an interception which he returned for seven yards.

BOYS TENNIS

DeCaire loses at state finals

HOLLAND-Cam DeCaire’s stay at the state finals was a short one.

The Alpena senior lost a first singles match 0-6, 0-6 to Grosse Pointe North’s Max Stallings at the Division 2 boys tennis finals at Hope College on Friday.

Stallings lost in the next round to Midland Dow’s Varun Shanker 7-6 (3), 6-2.

VOLLEYBALL

Alcona 3, Hillman 1

LINCOLN-The Alcona volleyball team earned a four set victory over Hillman on Thursday, winning 21-25, 25-18, 29-27 and 25-16.

Keilee Elmer had eight aces and 49 assists for Alcona and Jordan Joyce had 15 digs. Kendra LaFave had nine kills and Brittany Decker had five blocks.

Au Gres 3, Posen 0

AU GRES-The Posen volleyball team lost to Au Gres in three sets on Thursday, 23-25 18-25 20-25.

“We played decently but they played better,” Posen coach Laurie Maynard said. “We are learning to compensate for not having a starter for the next two weeks. “

Brooke Ciarkowski had 30 passes for Posen and Cami LaTulip had eight kills. Faith Romel added five kills and Arianne Chojnacki had four aces.