courtesy Mlive.com by Chris Greer     SAGINAW - Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary grabbed a 42-20 halftime lead on its way to the win.   Todd Brassow led Lutheran Seminary with 22 points, while teammate Austin Head added 17.   "They're a pretty solid team," Merrill coach Robb Sabo said. "They've got some speed and are very disciplined and get the type of shots they want." Reid Ott led Merrill with eight point ...

        Division 1   1. Hartland                                                                               2. Hudsonville                                   ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Patrick Nothaft     Saginaw Valley Lutheran outscored Merrill 29-11 in the first half en route to the 21-point win. Samantha Shafer led Valley Lutheran (15-1, 11-0 Tri-Valley Conference) with 18 points, and Sarah Appold added 12 points and 12 rebounds. Brogan Klouse went 6 of 6 from the foul line and finished with 10 points to lead Merrill (1-15, 0-11 Tri-Valley). ...

  CHESANING - The Indians' Chaszi Beckman sunk the game winning shot to beat visiting Merrill 28-27 in girls basketball Thursday. Beckman had a game high 17 points in a low scoring game where only the Indains shot in double digits in a quarter. Chesaning trailed 14-10 at the half, but a 14 point third quarter put them ahead 24-18 at the start of the fourth. Merrill fought back to grab the lead before Beckman got the go-ahead jumper. Beckman sealed the game when she to ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Anthony Learman   Midland Bullock Creek squeaked by Merrill 702-698 in the TVC Championship meet in Carrollton. Bullock Creek took less than a one-point lead into the final round before outscoring Merrill 299.8-296.3. Freeland (663.6), Ovid-Elsie (648.9) and Chesaning (645.2) finished third through fifth, repectively. ...

    ST. CHARLES - St. Charles beat Merrill 44-35 in TVC West girls basketball on Tuesday. Free throws hurt the Vandals as they shot 17 of 38 at the line. The Vandals led by a slim19-18 margin at halftime, but the Bulldogs came out strong in the second half outscoring Merrill 26-16 to notch the win. Kyleigh Buckley tallied 8 points, 8 rebounds, while Jackie Peake added 8 points and 4 steals  for Merrill. Taylor Wozniak led all scorers with 17 points and ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Adam Smith   MERRILL — Michigan Lutheran Seminary had three players score in double figures and two more finish with nine in an 81-46 road win over Merrill on Tuesday. Todd Brassow had a game-high 18 points for the Cardinals, who also got 16 from Mike Greenwood and 12 from Luke Morrell. Sam Michael and Brandon Mudry had 10 points apiece in the loss. ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Sean Lutz   MERRILL — Valley Lutheran had no trouble with Merill as the Chargers rolled to a 63-21 win Thursday night. The host Vandals (0-6, 0-4 TVC-West) were held to single digit points in all four quarters. “They’re (Valley Lutheran) very tough to defend because they have great size down low in the post, but they can make shots from the outside,” Merrill coach Jason Buckley said. “That’s a very good team th ...

courtesy Mlive,com by Geoff Mott   MERRILL — Chris Lee and Eddie Rogers added 24 points and Carrollton rolled to an 80-37 win Tuesday over host Merrill.   Carrollton led 28-7 after one quarter and 41-18 by halftime. The Cavaliers put the game away with a 22-3 advantage in the fourth quarter.’   Jordan Hardy added 16 points, Lee added 10 rebounds and Derrick Nash added seven points for the Cavaliers, who improved to 2-1 and 1-0 in the Tri- ...

  MHSAA Girls Competitive Cheer Pre-Season Rankings Week of December 12, 2011 As voted on by coaches and officials of Michigan   Division 1 1. Rochester 2. Grandville 3. Sterling Heights Stevenson 4. Lake Orion 5. East Kentwood 6. Rochester Adams    7. Stoney Creek 8. West Ottawa 9. Hudsonville 10. Hartland   Division 2 1. GibraltarCarlson 2. Divine Child 3. Allen Park      ...

courtesy mlive.com by Adam Bouton   MERRILL — Karli Herrington notched her third straight double-double Friday night to power Hemlock to a 55-4 victory over Merrill.   Herrington, a sophomore, posted 17 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks for the Huskies, which improved to 3-0 overall.   Abby Kube added 10 points, Abbi Phillipson tallied eight points and Rachel Clements notched seven points as well for Hemlock, which led 17-0 after the first qu ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Adam Bouton MERRILL — Kyleigh Buckley had the heroics first for Merrill, hitting the game-tying free throw with 5 seconds left to send the game to overtime.   But when it reached overtime, St. Charles took over, scoring the first five points and winning over the Vandals, 47-37 in an overtime thriller. It was the first win of the season for the Bulldogs.   The Bulldogs outscored Merrill in the extra frame, 11-1.   ...

courtesy Mlive.com by Paul Neumeyer MOUNT PLEASANT - Merrill had the momentum, the lead and seemingly was well on its way to a first-round Division 8 district football win over Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart. Then just like that the Vandals lost the momentum, then the lead and a chance at victory as Sacred Heart outscored Merrill 33-0 in the second half to win going away 43-21 on Friday night at Central Michigan University's Kelly/Shorts Stadium. Merrill went into halfti ...

courtesy OurMidland.com   MERRILL -- Breckenridge defeated Merrill 25-20, 27-25, 25-7 in Tri-Valley Conference West volleyball on Wednesday. Morgan Seeley had a team-high 11 kills and seven aces for the Huskies, while Sam Willman had 12 digs and 10 kills. Jodi Meeker had 29 assists and 11 digs, Alyssa Brown had 18 digs, and Aubrey Jenkins and Taylor Story had six kills apiece.   The Huskies (23-18-6 overall, 5-2 TVC West) will compete in the TVC tournament ...

  Merrill rallied in the second half Friday for a 38-20 win over visiting Vestaburg and and edged into the playoffs in Sundays selection with a 5-4 record.   Vandal QB Kyle Tack completed 10-of-20 passes for 192 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 100 yards on 27 carries with a touchdown. Jordan Garchow added 89 yards on the ground with 1 TD. Derek Good had 84 yards receiving with 1 TD and Devin Danowski added 81 yards receiving and a touchdown.   Danowski ...

  Valley Lutheran volleyball defeated Merrill in straight sets winning 25-8, 25-14, 25-14 over the Vandals on Wednesday. Sam Shafer led the Chargers with 10 kills and 5 aces, while Katie Hackman tallied 6 kills, Kaelin Martlock added 5 kills and 3 aces and Sarah Appold notched 12 assists. The Chargers 20-10-3 (3-0 TVC West) host Ithaca next Wednesday, while Merrill 5-13-1 travels to St. Charles. . ...

  Box Score 1 2 3 4 Final Merrill 25 25 17 25 3 Shepherd 18 22 25 22 1 Delia Danowski led the Vandals with 21 assists and 19 digs, while Brogan Klouse added 7 kills, Shelby Carlson had 4 aces and Brooke Good tallied 3 blocks. Merrill (5-11-1) ho ...

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Final Merrill 25 25 25 12 11 2 Chesaning 27 19 17 25 15 3 Chesaning improved to 6-3 with a hard fought fiv ...

  Merrill  dumped host Valley Lutheran in a game that featured 118 points lighting up the scoreboard. The Vandals prevailed in a high scoring 70-48 affair. QB Kyle Tack of Merrill has started out of the gate with two wins under his belt and eight touchdowns for two weeks running. He has thrown 10 passing TD’s in two games so far this season. Tack completed 18 of 25 passes for 293 yards for 4 touchdowns and ran for another 134 yards scoring another 4 touchdowns. Receive ...

  1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final Merrill 15 20 28 7 70 Bridgeport 6 18 0 0 24 Merrill opened the football season blasting visiting Bridgeport 70-24 Friday evening. Sen ...