TRAVERSE CITY -- A stroke here and a stroke there.
They're easy to find after a round of golf.
It's also all that kept Michigan State and Michigan from advancing beyond regionals. That also kept a pair of former Traverse City Central golfers from moving on.
Michigan State fell two shots short of qualifying for the NCAA Championships. The Spartans shot a 1-under par 851 at the East Regional held at the Council Fire Golf Club in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Junior Randy Hutchison shot two rounds under par, finishing with a 1-over 214 for his three rounds. Hutchison shot 75 in Thursday's first round before closing with a 69 and a 70.
Hutchison had 11 birdies at the regional and was 3-under on the par-fives, including a birdie on 11th hole in every round.
Michigan, playing in the Central Regional at Ohio State's Scarlet Course, tied for 12th place with a 54-hole total of 904. That was three shots out of 10th place.
Junior Bill Rankin finished third for the Wolverines and tied for 52nd overall with a 227. Rankin shot 75 in his first two rounds before closing with a 77 on Saturday.
-- Aquinas College will send a record 34 athletes to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Track and Field Championships, held Thursday through Saturday in Edwardsville, Ill.
Senior Kyle Kramer (Charlevoix) will compete in the hammer throw while junior Matt Hewson (Petoskey) will run in the 400 relay.
-- Hope College senior Lindsay Lange (Manistee) will compete in the Division III Track and Field Championships at Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The meet begins on Saturday and concludes on Monday.
Lange will compete in the heptathlon and 100 hurdles. She's the third seed in the heptathlon with 4,596 points and 11th in the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.49.
-- Saginaw Valley State junior Kasey Hocquard (Cheboygan) was named first-team all-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in golf.
Hocquard posted a 72.5 average for the Cardinals this season.
-- The BYU men's track and field team won its 11th straight league title and its ninth consecutive Mountain West Conference crown.
The Cougars were helped by an all-conference performance from junior Stephan Shay (Central Lake). Shay earned all-league honors by placing second in the 10,000 (30:46.08) at the conference meet, hosted by TCU.
-- Grand Valley State sophomore Maegan Doyen (Manistee) will compete in the Division II Track and Field Championships in Walnut, Calif. Doyen will compete in the high jump.
The Division II meet begins on Thursday and runs through Saturday.
-- For the first time, the Horizon League baseball tournament will include Valparaiso. The Crusaders, the sixth seed in the tournament, will meet seventh-seeded Butler in the first round of the double-elimination tourney today.
Valparaiso concluded the regular season on Saturday with a loss to Illinois-Chicago. Senior catcher Joe Lazar (TC Central) went 2 for 4 in the final regular-season game to raise his average to .270.
Younger brother Bill Lazar (TC Central), is a red-shirt freshman outfielder for Valparaiso.
-- Michigan sophomore Alisha Cole (Cadillac) ran the third leg of the Wolverines' 400 relay team that took fifth (46.06) at the Big Ten Championships. The meet was held at the University of Illinois.
-- Hope College finished 18th at the Division III men's golf championships. The 72-hole tournament in Braselton, Ga. ended on Friday.
St. John's (Minn.) won the tournament with 1,192 total strokes. Hope shot a 1,244.
Junior Don Kring (TC St. Francis) finished third for the Dutchmen and 87th overall. Kring shot 82 in his first two rounds before improving with a 78 in round three and a 75 on Friday for a four-round total of 317.
-- It wasn't a successful season for the Evansville baseball team in terms of wins and losses. The Purple Aces finished with a 14-42 record, including a 4-20 season in the Missouri Valley Conference.
The 2008 campaign was a success for sophomore catcher Andy Pascoe (TC Central). Pascoe played in 46 games, all as a starter.
He batted .294, second among regulars for the Aces, and led the team in RBIs with 31. Pascoe had nine doubles and three home runs among his 52 hits.
-- Notre Dame freshman Marissa Treece (Glen Lake) took 10th in the 5,000 (17:13.48) at the Georgia Tech Invitational.
-- Central Michigan senior Andrew Manning (TC Central) took 10th place in the 3,000 steeplechase (9:55.53) at the Mid-American Conference Championships. The meet was hosted at Bowling Green.
-- Senior pitcher Kit Tholen (TC Central) was presented the Wesleyan College ERA award after leading the Cardinals with a 3.77 ERA. It's the second straight season Tholen earned the honor.
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