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The Lady Ramblers, who competed throughout the day without two regular starters, captured first place in their pool with two wins and two splits.

Boyne City split with Harbor Springs (23-25, 25-6) beat Mancelona (25-19, 25-21), split with Gaylord St. Mary (25-20. 22-25) and beat the Onaway junior varsity (2514, 25-17).

"We were a little nervous because we were missing two starters, but our bench played strong,Ó said Boyne City coach Casey Parker. "Amber Kotalik played a very strong game for us in the middle and Heidi Olsen did a great job as setter, setting up the other girls.Ó Jessica Nichols (38 digs, 30 kills, nine aces) was named the team's most valuable player.

Kotalik had 35 kills and nine aces, while Olsen contributed with 90% serving and 77 assists.

Adding to the effort were: Trisha Tomkins (94 percent serving, 20 aces, 30 digs, 11 kills), Stacie Spaniak (40 digs), Mallory Slate (20 digs), Perry Fish (100 percent serving) and Ashley Juday (100 percent serving).

Boyne City 3, Harbor Springs 2

Boyne City took a two point win in the final game to pull out a marathon, fivegame, 17-25, 21-25, 25-22, 17-25, 15-13 Lake Michigan Conference victory over Harbor Springs on Wednesday, Jan. 24.

Nichols led the Lady Ramblers with 24 kills and 20 digs, while Lindsay Baic added 16 digs and 12 kills. Spaniak (100 percent serving, ten digs), Lindsay Clemens (42 assists), Jessica Kynsz (15 kills) and Tomkins (11 digs, four aces) all contributed to the win.

Boyne City (20-7-3) will compete at the Rogers City Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 3, and host Charlevoix