Archive - Oct 20, 2011

By MICKEY ALVARADO

Kids wearing cowboy hats and boots greeted Adrian’s varsity football team as the Maples took to their home field on Friday, Oct. 15, to face the visiting Tecumseh Indians.

The Maples shut out the Indians in the first half but had to cowboy-up in the second half to stop a determined Tecumseh squad from stealing the show. Adrian toughened up late in the second half, lassoed the Indians and took a 25-14 Southeastern Conference victory.

The teams went toe-to-toe in the opening quarter and neither was able to score any points.

Early in the second quarter Adrian recovered a Tecumseh fumble on the 20-yard line but the Indians’ defense went to work and limited the Maples to a three-point field goal from 22-yards out.

“Two muffed punts hurt, and two fumbles, both on drives,” said Tecumseh coach Al Romano. “That’s the kind of game it is. It’s tough to come here and play when they had their backs to the wall and makes it even tougher they needed it for playoffs.”

Tecumseh tried to answer back and drove deep into Maple territory but again fumbled the ball. Adrian again recovered the loose ball but this time was able to put a touchdown drive together for a 10-0 lead at halftime.

“They did a nice job preparing,” said Romano. “In the first half they had us a little confused...We made some adjustments and then in the second half I thought we moved the ball very well. It’s just, you can’t have four turnovers in a game like this.”

Adrian running back Marrcell Grayer scored Adrian’s first touchdown on a four-yard rush. He led Adrian’s offense with a pair of touchdowns on 223-yards of rushing. Tecumseh was led by John Terry, with 65-yards gained, and Austin Shartle, with eight carries for 16 yards and a touchdown.

Statistics of Tecumseh’s varsity boys soccer match at Adrian on Thursday, Oct. 13, show a fairly one sided contest as the Indians dominated play to topple the Maples in a 3-0 shutout for their final game of the season.

Senior co-captain Nate Haussler anchored the Indians defense with 18 interceptions while senior Nathan Kossey led Tecumseh’s offense with two goals on eight shots.
Tecumseh recorded 107 interceptions in the match, had 36 steals and took 24 shots on goal.

The Maples intensity during their Parent’s Night match was greatest in the first 15 minutes of play, according to Tecumseh coach Matt Dailey.

“Any time we play an in-county team, we always look to make the occasion a statement match,” said Dailey. “Our goal was not to just show success on the scoreboard, but to showcase how a team-oriented, possession based style of play can break teams down.”

Senior co-captain Sam Davitt recorded his second season shutout in goal for the Indians.

Last year the Dreadnaughts defeated the Indians in the district championship with a 3-0 final so Tecumseh’s players prepared all season long for their match at Dexter, on Tuesday, Oct. 11. While the Indians didn’t win the game they did improve, finishing in a scoreless tie.

“Our match against Dexter was not necessarily the result we deserved, but it was most certainly the result we earned,” said Dailey. “The collective effort displayed by our team is one that shows we are not showing signs of fatigue and that we are a team well equipped for post-season play.”

Center back Colin Anderson led the team with 20 interceptions while senior outside back Joe Forrest recorded 10 steals.

Davitt finished with two stops in goal for Tecumseh.

The Indians improved their overall record to 11-7-3 and 3-1-1 in the Southeastern Conference White Division with the win over Adrian.

Every team entered in the Annual County Tournament tumbled under the pressure of Tecumseh’s varsity volleyball team at Adrian High School on Saturday, Oct. 15, as the Indians went undefeated to win their second consecutive title.

In pool play, Tecumseh easily defeated Britton-Deerfield (25-3, 25-6) as a warm-up for the day and followed with quick wins over Sand Creek (25-9, 25-11) and Blissfield (25-13, 25-14).

After advancing to quarterfinals, the Indians pounded Lenawee Christian (25-14, 25-10) to face Onsted in the semifinal.

It took the Indians three matches to defeat Onsted (21-25, 25-18, 20-18) but they finished out the day with wins of 25-22, 25-17 in the championship final against Adrian.

Tecumseh’s Kelsey Berrington (52 digs, 64 kills) and Carly Tillotson (116 assists, served 71-76 with 56 points, 21 aces) were each named to the All Tournament Team.

Other team leaders for the Indians (43-1-1 overall, 10-0 SEC) included Hannah Galloway (15 blocks, 24 kills), Jordyn Norkey (41 digs, 10 blocks, served 68-69 with 51 points, 18 aces) and Sam Diehl (19 kills).

Clinton went 2-1 in pool play, defeating Hudson (25-13 25-12) and Morenci (27-25. 25-15) before falling to Madison (14-25, 9-25).

After being seeded No. 5 out of pool play, the Redskins (21-15 overall) defeated Hudson 25-13, 29-27 but fell 17-25, 25-16, 11-15 against Onsted.

Overall, I felt we had a good day, just mental mistakes cost us the win against Onsted,” said Clinton coach Samantha Mercy. “They are a good team and never backed down.”

Haley Mercy recorded 55 service points, 11 aces, 71 assists and 48 digs for Clinton while Haylee Hoelzer added 38 service points, four aces and 24 kills. Clinton’s Morgan Sevenish finished with 35 service points and 19 digs: Keely Quiring, 27 service points and seven aces; Rachel Cornish, 20 kills and 10 blocks; Abi Clark, 15 kills and 35 digs; Bailee Brooks, 36 digs and Leigha Sanborn, eight blocks.

By MARY KAY McCORMICK

Charley Rebottaro came to work on Mon., Oct. 17 and within just two hours his office of General Manager had disappeared. Demolition at Underwood Chevrolet Buick began smoothly and is the first step towards a major renovation of the showroom and offices. The renovation is part of General Motor’s focus on becoming sleeker and more stream-lined not only with its cars but also in its attitude.

GM dealerships are renovating and becoming more uniform in appearance as well as state-of-the-art for customers and to better represent GM’s new focus. Rebottaro said GM is working hard to replace the “old” GM with a new, more modern outlook.

Underwood Chevrolet Buick was built in the 1970s by John Underwood, and this is the dealership’s first renovation. According to Rebottaro, the showroom and offices will be completed in three and a half months, and the renovation is expected to cost over $500,000. Considering the quick start, Rebottaro believes he will be moving back into his office in February.

The new building not only will look sleeker and be more visually interesting, but it will also have many new features for Underwood customers, including WiFi. The showroom will be larger along with the sales offices. The staff at Underwood is very excited about the new look and new features of the renovated dealership.

Until the building opens, the dealership will have a mobile office with a customer lounge.
“We will have handicap accessible facilities even through construction,” Rebottaro said.
Rebottaro is pleased and impressed with how GM is working with dealerships to provide technology and training for sales teams.

By DEB WUETHRICH

A request for an injunction to prevent the city of Tecumseh from replacing rather than restoring a mausoleum door at Brookside Cemetery was denied by Judge Margaret Noe on Monday, Oct. 17, in Lenawee County Circuit Court. Attorney Michael Brooks filed the lawsuit on Sept. 13 on behalf of Tecumseh residents Roland and Janet von Kaler.

Tecumseh City Council members approved the purchase of a new door from Stafford Building Products of Waterford, Ohio, in August. At that time, Tecumseh City Manager Kevin Welch and Brookside Cemetery Superintendent Dan Righter said unsuccessful attempts had been made over several years to find someone to fix the heavy door, which Righter said is steel with bronze casings. The door had become difficult to push open, and plans were to replace a chain and padlock with a mechanical keypad with brass buttons. Welch said the new door would be lighter and easier to open, but would look similar to the old door, which was built in 1913.

Roland von Kaler said that the point of the lawsuit, was to bring awareness to the issue of hurrying to replace historical things.

“We destroy so many older things but don’t preserve them,” von Kaler said. “To me, it’s not an issue of wanting to fight with the city, it’s an issue of hanging onto history. We brought in an expert, Jon Hosford [from Ann Arbor], and in his expert opinion, the door can be repaired. All the city would have to do is give him a call.” Hosford mentioned that the project could be cost prohibitive, but von Kaler said if it were more than the $10,000 the city had allocated for the project, he would be happy to help raise the funds.

“I hate to see the door get replaced just because it’s a little difficult,” said von Kaler. He also said that he realized the basis of Judge Noe’s decision.

By DEB WUETHRICH

Tecumseh City Council held three public hearings at Monday night’s meeting to hear comments regarding industrial facilities exemption certificate requests from Glycon Corp. and GLOV Enterprises, and a proposed industrial development district at GLOV Enterprises. Later in the meeting, all resolutions regarding all three requests were approved.
Glycon Corporation is working on a 4,000 square-foot manufacturing addition to its existing building at 912 Industrial Drive, Tecumseh, and adding machinery for a total cost of approximately $958,000. The addition is expected to retain 30 jobs and possibly expand to create 10 new jobs over the next two years.

GLOV Enterprises, located at 412 S. Maumee St., Tecumseh, acquired the assets of Tecumseh Thermoplastics in March. Gordon Young, one of GLOV’s managing partners, was present at the council meeting. The other managing partners of the company are Louis Farkas, and Moritz von Moeller.

“We’re very pleased to be in the city and very pleased with our employees,” said Young.
The company has applied for an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate for machinery and equipment valued at $223,000 for this year. Tecumseh City Manager Kevin Welch said it is the first portion of a larger project.

“There’s a significant investment in personal property here, and the state deadline is Oct. 31 to get it on the tax rolls this year,” Welch said. “We certainly welcome this business here, and Gordon and his team are wonderful to work with; they’re good community partners and we appreciate their investment.”

Young said the addition will initially provide three jobs, but could potentially open up 10 to 12 more later on.