Fantastic Final Cross Country Meet, Hanover-Horton

The Mar Lee Cross Country team had their final meet at Hanover-Horton and as anticipated had a thrilling run through corn fields, bean fields and wooded trails. It's the best meet of the season because it always falls near Halloween, and the run really is a cross country trail. The team psyched itself up with tales of mystery that could be encountered in the fields and woods. There were three 2 mile races divided by 6th grade boys & girls, 7th & 8th grade girls and finally 7th & 8th grade boys (this is the year girls ran first, next year boys' races will proceed the girls' races.) Our runners were as dedicated and exuberant as ever. They ran hard, let off lots of MEAPing tension and just had an all around grand time. Thanks to everyone on the team for a rewarding season. Times are listed below

6th Grade Race
Jacob Zona 15:13

7th & 8th Grade Girls
Maggie Dunn 17:18
Katie Zona 18:48

7th & 8th Grade Boys
Joe MacInnes 13:04
Dontay Pearl 14:26
Josh Isham 19:36
Austin Teeters 21:20

Blue Team Wins Portage Central Tournament

Mar Lee Blue Team won the championship at Portage Central on October 17th. There were 8 teams in the tournament and Mar Lee was undefeated with wins over Mattawan B 21-14 & 21-16, Harper Creek A 21-12 & 21-16, Portage Central 21-16 & 21-14, Harper Creek A 22-20 & 21-6(semi-finals), Mattawan A 21-11 & 22-20(finals). Nice job girls!

Bellevue in the Fog and Mud

The Mar Lee cross country team headed out early on a very foggy Saturday morning for the Bellevue meet. With the Bellevue terrain still recovering from the construction of the new track and sports complex ,the race was tricky due to the deep mud. Still, our team braved it out, running a two miler. The distance was new for many of our team members, some because this is their first year in cross country and others because they have moved up to the longer distance from last year. We suffered one injury because of the deep mud in one section of the race and succeeded in finishing without misinterpreting the course directions, not an easy matter since the Bellevue course is quite complicated. Our runners' spirits were as always enthusiastic and supportive. Nice job and kudos to everyone.

Times and Places

• Joe MacInnes 14:54 9th place
• Dontay Persons 18:07 19th place
• Jacob Zona 18:21 20th place
• Maggie Dunn 21:44
• Josh Isham 21:51
• Austin Teeters 23:43

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Blue Team Takes 3rd Place in Bearcat Tournament

The 1st Annual Bearcat Invitational was held October 9th & 10th. Eleven teams participated and the 7/8 Blue team won 3rd place by defeating Marshall. The team would like to thank the Mar Lee Bearcat Athletic Boosters for sponsoring this event.

White Team defeats White Pine

The 7/8 grade White Volleyball Team dominated White Pine winning 3 sets.

Set 1 25 to 14

Set 2 25 to 14

Set 3 15 to 1

Great job girls!

Bearcats stomp out the Dragons fire!

The Blue Volleyball Teams played away at Island City October 7th.

The 5/6 team won all their sets 25-10, 25-21 & 15-12.

The 7/8 team won all their sets 25-11 & 25-22.

Cross Country Coldwater Meet

The Mar Lee Cross Country team had a excellent meet on September 24th down in Coldwater. Despite the hindrance of construction blocking our route to the fairgrounds, we ran three fantastic races even with only ten minutes before the first race to figure the course out and stretch. All our team members ran hard making personal record times. Each race was 1.5 miles. In the first race were our fifth and sixth graders, Jacob Zona and Matt Dunn. In the second race was Katie Zona, and in the last race were the 7th graders, Josh Isham, Joe MacInnes, Austin Teeters and Ben Turner.
Below are the times and places:

6th Grade Boys

• Jacob Zona/ Time, 11:01 Place, 12th
• Matt Dunn/ Time, 11:45 Place 20th

7th Grade Girls

• Katie Zona/ Time: 13:47

7th Grade Boys

• Ben Turner/ Time 9:07, Place, 10th
• Joe MacInnes/ Time 9:09, Place 12th
• Josh Isham/ Time 13:05 Place 32nd
• Austin Teeters/ Time 14:09, Place 34th

Mar Lee Volleyball Blue Teams defeat Trinity

The 5th & 6th grade girls won their sets 25 to 17 and 25 to 18.

The 7th & 8th grade girls won their sets 25 to 19 and 25 to 19.