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SPORTS DESK: (810) 989-6267, SPORTS TUESDAY, JULY 25, HURON 1B Jack hard work finally paid off. After spending the bulk of the summer preparing for the Michigan Swimming 12-and-under state finals, Betcher traveled to Ypsilanti for the event and placed in several events. For his performances, Betcher is the Times Herald Athlete of the Week. was Betcher said. exciting to be there.

I was happy to make it there. I did pretty well. I was excited to see the Betcher finished 7th in the 50 butterfly, eighth in the 50 freestyle, ninth in the 200 IM and 17th and 20th respectively in the 100 butterfly and 200 freestyle. had one of the best meets in his young swim Blue Water Swim Club coach Marcus Cronce said. dropped time in every race and the most exciting part was seeing him qualify for the zone meet in Wisconsin.

able to swim at the Sunday portion of the meet, but I am confident he would have had a couple more awesome Betcher will be a seventh grader this fall at St. Clair Middle School, but is already thinking ahead. want to swim faster and improve my he said. want to be the state champion and be the best of the best and some day swim in Betcher alone representing the Blue Water Swim Club at the event. Evan Trudeau was 11th in the 100 breaststroke and 12th in the 50 breaststroke for the club.

Sophia Moore was 10th in the 50 breaststroke, 16th in the 100 breaststroke and 19th in the 200 breaststroke. Nolan Moore meanwhile was 12th in the 200 freestyle, 13th in the 400 freestyle and 14th in the 50 freestyle. He also placed 17th in the 200 IM, 20th in the 100 backstroke and 26th in the 50 backstroke. performed well in every single race this Cronce said. all work very hard throughout the week and that showed.

For me, exciting to see them do this well because I know how much potential they have. wait to see what the future holds for them considering the times they are hitting right now. They are a good representatives of Blue Water Swim Contact Joseph Hayes at (810) 9896268 or at Follow him on Twitter St. Betcher steals show JOSEPH HAYES TIMES HERALD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK SUBMITTED Blue Water Swim Club's Jack Betcher is the Times Herald Athlete of the Week. It was another record breaking year for Il Mos- tro.

The legendary Volvo 70 sailboat was once again the talk of the Port Huron to Mackinac Island Sailboat Race after breaking its own elapsed record time for the Cover Island course. Il Mostro finished the race in 21 hours, 45 minutes and 12 seconds to lead the 200 plus boats to the Island. But the overall winners were based on the new ORR handicap system and that distinction went to Natalie on the Cove Island course and Comfortably Numb on the Shore Island course. Bob Bert and his Liberty boat made it to Mackinac Island second in their class and 20th overall. was a great Bert said.

had a good time. We were pleased with our finish. It was a good one. It was the strangest race. Normally, the first half of the race to Cove Island is downwind.

It was LOOKING BACK AT MACKINAC TIMES The crew of Liberty, of the Port Huron Yacht, works to trim the sails in 2014 during the start of the PHRF class of the Port Huron-to-Mackinac Island Sailboat Race. Il Mostro sets new record time in latest win SAILING JOSEPH HAYES TIMES HERALD the tournament and knock the team out of the event. was a great St. Clair coach Matt Distrelrath said. district had struggled with the major boys and to get It was a great summer for the St.

Clair 12-and-under Little League team. St. Clair enjoyed a long postseason run, making it all of the way to the final eight of the state tournament. But St. run came to a close Monday, during the single elimination portion of the event.

Bay City Northwest defeated St. Clair, 7-6, to give St. Clair its first loss of to the Elite 8 is a good run for the boys. City is one of the better teams. We played great all St.

Clair was 3-0 in the pool play round and entered game against Bay City riding a wave of momentum. They got off to a great start in the first inning, scoring all six of their runs, to take a commanding lead. But it hold up for long, as Bay City countered with seven runs in the third inning to storm ahead. Owen Blank, Carter Boullard (RBI), Eli Lohr (RBI), Logan Legree (RBI) and Carter Hurlburt (RBI) each had a hit for St. Clair.

Hurlburt also went four and St. Clair Little League falls short at state final BASEBALL SeeST. JOSEPH HAYES TIMES HERALD St. Clair 12U roster Owen Blank, Carter Boullard, Braylon Essian, Cas Galvin, Carter Hurlburt, Logan Legree Eli Lohr, Frank Nitchske Jackson Chris Pieperzak Hunter Richardson Holden Schalk, Connor Shurkey Coaches Matt Distelrath, Matt Karas, Mike Boullard, Greg Pieperzak.