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The Blissfield American Legion Post 325 baseball team claimed the District title with a pair of wins over Adrian Post 275 Saturday morning at Adrian College’s Nicolay Field. Both teams advance to this weekend’s Zone tournament.

The Royal varsity baseball club claimed its 18th consecutive LCAA  
title last Tuesday in a makeup double-header at Dundee. The match was  
split, but Blissfield clinched the title in round one to maintain its  
status as the dominant team in the league.
        In the opener, Blissfield defeated Dundee — the team that had beaten  
Blissfield 12-1 in the District finals — by a nine-run margin. This  
time the Royals were refreshed and recharged, rather than spent from  
a three-hour battle in blazing heat. The defense was sharper,  
 

BOYS’ BASKETBALL Feb. 16, 2011, edition of The Advance

Danel Carithers nearly tied the game with a long TD run, but Eric Schmidt punched the ball loose and Taylor Kuhn recovered it at the Blissfield two-yard-line in a very big play early in the game.

Immediately after this ball slid through the Ecorse receiver's hands, Eric Schmidt delivered a hit that drew a gasp from fans on both sides of the field.

Blissfield’s football season came to an end at Ecorse Saturday in a 22-20 playoff loss.

A late comeback attempt was denied with a fumble at the Ecorse five-yard line with 30 seconds to play.

Whiteford 27, Whitmore Lake 13

Winless Whitmore Lake put a scare into the Bobcats, but Whiteford kept their playoff hopes alive on Homecoming night.

Corey Roberts rushed for three touchdowns and Cody Donnelly rushed for another as the Bobcats improved to 5-3 overall and 4-2 in the TCC.

Whiteford finishes at Morenci (4-4) next week. With a win, the Bobcats will make the playoffs for a second consecutive year.

Blissfield 45, Erie Mason 6

The Royals looked sluggish early but rebounded in a big way on home coming night. QB and homecoming king Eric Schmidt rushed for touchdowns of 23, one and 15 yards. He also threw an 11-yard TD strike to Noah Schultz. Dalton VasBinder rushed one in from nine yards out. Garrick May also scored on a 39-yard interception return. Blissfield can clinch a playoff spot with a win at home over Brooklyn Columbia Central (2-5) Friday night.

Summerfield 43, Whiteford 0

Even though Blissfield led for just over a minute of Friday’s matchup with Ida, it was enough — and came at the right time — to give the Royals a hard-fought 22-19 gridiron victory over the Blue Streaks.

In the first three-and-a-half quarters, Blissfield would reach scoring position repeatedly, but fail to punch it in all but one time, going into the half down 13-6.

Entering Friday’s much anticipated game against Hudson, the number one team in the AP Division 7 rankings, the Blissfield Royals knew they were going to have to play a great game to remain undefeated.

OTTAWA LAKE – From the first snap of the game, it was clear who the better team was in Blissfield’s 39-6 win at Ottawa Lake.