Onekama's Freshman Basketball
Coached by Mr.Hunter
The team members are: Joey Mitchell, Nathan Milarch, Curtiss Stedman, Josh Kosiboski, Jordan Wilson, Matt Somero, Josh Kosmowski, Josh Vertalka, Brenen Meister, Matt Fredericks, and Dominic Morill.

Date School Result
12/12/02 Away Frankfort Onekama Lost: Onekama 39 Frankfort 74 at Sutton Bay
12/20/02 Benzie Central The Portagers lost by a score of 39 to 85.
01/08/03 Home Mesick Bulldogs They got their first victory by beating the Bulldogs by a score of 65 to 41
01/14/03 Lake City The Portagers lost by a score of 38 to 41.
01/16/03 Away Mesick At Mesick the Portagers got their second victory of the season by a score of 60 to 20
01/22/03 Glen Lake At home against the Glen Lake Lakers they beat the Lakers by a score of 53 to 46 to even their season record at 3 and 3.
01/23/03 Kingsley Onekama beat Kingsley 41-39. The game for 01/23/03 against Kingslley was cancelled but on Thursday 01/30/03 at Kingsley they took on the Stags and won by a score of 41 to 39 in a close ballgame. Joey Mitchell led in scoring with 8 points and Jordan Wilson and Brenan Meister added 7 point each as their season record improved to 4 and 3.
Jan. 31 Baldwin Onekama traveled to Baldwin to take on the Panthers. At halftime the Portagers led by a score of 23 to 14 and in a close 2nd half the Portagers were able to hold off the Panthers to win by a score of 55 to 51 and improve their season record to 5 and 3. Joey Mitchell had 24 points and Matt Fredericks added 8 points.
Feb. 4 Sutton's Bay The game with Sutton Bay was cancelled.
Feb. 7 Baldwin Portagers were at home against the Baldwin Panthers February 7. The Portagers were leading by a score of 29 to 19 and in the 2nd half the young Portagers never looked back as they pulled away form the Panthers for 52 to 38 victory and their season climbed to 6 and 3. Jordon Wilson led the Portagers with 15 points and Joey Mitchell, Josh Vertalka and Brenen Meister all added 9 point each.
Feb. 13 Lake City The JV (B) team played the Lake City Trojans at home. At half time the Portagers were ahead by a score of 14 to 10. They continue that pace in the second half to beat the Trojans by a score of 47 to 39 and improve their season record to 7-3. Jordon Wilson led the young Portagers with 15 points and Matt Fredricks chipped in with 10 points.
Feb. 21 Baldwin On Friday 02/21/03 the JV (B) team took on the Baldwin Panthers at home which was Family Night at OHS. The Portagers jumped out ahead of the Panthers and at halftime they led by a score of 32 to 22 and they kept the pace going in the second half to defeat the Panthers by a score of 77 to 44 and improve their season record to 8-3. Jordon Wilson tossed in 19 points, followed by Joey Mitchell with 15, and Nate Milarch added 14 points on a couple of nice three pointers.
Feb. 25 Frankfort On 02/25/03 the team took on the Frankfort Panthers. At halftime the young Portagers were down by one point 26 to 27, but in a very close second half the Portagers squeaked out a victory over the Panthers by a score of 52 to 50. Brenan Meisters led the Portagers in scoring with 11 points. They improved their season record to 9-3
Feb. 28 Benzie OnekamaV(B) team played lost their final game of the season on Friday 2/28/03 at Benzie Central against the Huskies. Their season was successful as they had a season record of 9 and 4 . Congratulations to Mr. Hunter and is team on a winning season.

Dennis Zupin: Sports Reporter

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