In case things weren’t crsytal clear

BURTON — Several high school and alumni hockey tournaments taking part in the area have caused a bit of confusion. On March 23-25 Flint Iceland Arena, 1160 S. Elms Rd., is offering a High School Alumni Hockey Tournament for those 18-30 and 30 and over. Cost is $650 per team and there will also be T-shirts issued to the winning team. Because of USA Hockey rules, $100 of entry fee will go back to each school’s athletic department. Details: www.flinticeland.com. On April 20 at Ice Mountain in Burton, the second annual Mid-Michigan High School Alumni Tournament benefits the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan and MI Youth Hockey Scholarship Fund. This tournament had 12 teams last year and brought in upwards of 14,000 spectators. Details or to sign up for this tournament, Eric Lemieux at 810-223-2964 or Bryan Hall at 810- 691-5686. — M.S./L.P.

Junior Generals getting ready for the Revolution

FLINT— With a visit from the Battle Creek Revolution lying just over the horizon on Sunday, the Flint Junior Generals of the NA3HL are currently 29-7-0-3 with 104 goals allowed in 39 games played. Topping the charts so far this season for Flint are several local athletes that include Swartz Creek’s Andrew Lay, who is third on the team in scoring with 15 goals and 36 assists for 51 points, Grand Blanc’s Cody Damon is sixth with 27 points on 14 goals and 13 assists, and Davison’s Nicholas Goettell is eighth with 23 points on two goals and 21 assists.

The Junior Generals also have upcoming games at the Queen City Steam on Monday, on Tuesday the team hosts the Michigan Mountain Cats and on Wednesday Flint is at the Toledo Cherokee. — M.S.

Education for young and old alike

FLINT TWP. — On March 16 from 6-8:30 p.m. the Bendle/Carman-Ainsworth Youth Enrichment program invites the entire family to the pool at Carman-Ainsworth High School for swimming, games and more. Juice and snacks will also be served and cost is $5 per person or $18 per family.

Other upcoming programs include T-ball for 3- 4 year olds at the CAHS baseball diamond for six weeks from May 5-June 16 on Saturdays at 10 a.m. for $35 including T-shirt and hat. That kicks off with a parents meeting in the Carman- Ainsworth middle school gym on April 28 at 10 a.m. There is also a T-ball option for kids ages 5- 6 that takes place on May 5, 12 and 19 and June 16 at 11:30 a.m. and June 4 and 11 at 7 p.m. at the CAHS baseball diamond. Cost is $40 including T-shirt and hat and the parents meeting is schedlued for April 28 at 11:30 a.m. Details: 810- 591-4160, 810-591-3600 or http:// activenet13. active.com/ bendleainsworth. — M.S.

Mountain Cats lose third straight

FARMINGTON — The Michigan Mountain Cats of the NA3HL may have a roster that features players from all across Lapeer and Genesee County, but that didn’t keep the team from going scoreless this past weekend with losses of 2-0 and 3-0 last Saturday and Friday on their home ice against the Metro Jets.

Last Saturday, it was Metro’s Mike MacKinnon who opened the scoring at 11:08 of the first period on assists by Steve Klisz and Jake Schlact. Teammate Doug Andrews followed shorthanded at 17:27 of the second on the Matt Stirling pass to round out the scoring.

Defensively, things weren’t nearly as subdued as Schuyler Ferguson stopped 51 of the 53 shots he faced on the night to take the loss in net for Michigan despite his team’s five infractions for 10 penalty minutes. Metro goalie Dillon Kelly cast aside all 40 of the shots Michigan sent his way and the Jets had four penalties for eight minutes in the box.

The action wasn’t nearly as fierce last Friday, as the Mountain Cats outshot the Jets, 27-25, and goaltender Jordan Wood was able to make 22 saves on 24 attempts, yet Michigan still fell once again after first period goals by the Jets Matt Stemkoski at 4:05 and Stirling at 8:15.

With 152 goals allowed this season in 39 games, the Mountain Cats, 13-25-1-5, are at Metro on Sunday prior to hosting the Cleveland Junior Lumberjacks on Monday and playing the Flint Junior Generals at Iceland Arena on Tuesday. — M.S.

Pro football coming to Flint area

GENESEE COUNTY — The Stars Football League has announced that their second season will be kicking off in the spring. In addition to several new teams, one of the previously established franchises, the Michigan Coyotes, will be relocating from the Pontiac Silverdome to Flint's Atwood Stadium for the 2012 season. The Coyotes will be coached by Flint Rampage general manager and University of Michigan-Flint coach Dan Pilgrim. For more info on the league and the team, visit starsfootballleague.com. — B.P.

Michigan Warriors get edged out on road

TRAVERSE CITY— The Michigan Warriors of the North American Hockey League traveled into unfriendly territory to take on the Traverse City North Stars last Friday and were able to keep the game knotted at 2-2 and 3-3 at the end of the first and second periods. That’s as close as the Warriors would get, though, after Traverse City scored twice in the third to bring home the 5-3 victory. Posting goals for Michigan were AJ White, Martin Gruse and Joseph Ferriss and between the pipes Brach Tiller knocked down 30 of the 34 shots sent his way to get pinned with the loss.

The tides took a much different turn last Saturday, as the Warriors were able to get the better of Jamestown, 4-1, despite being outshot, 34-31, and falling behind, 1-0, in the second. The difference in the contest was Michigan’s four-goal run that started at 12:34 and 19:21 of the second off the stick of Robert Mantha and was sandwiched around Ferriss’ score at 13:49. It wasn’t until 3:43 of the third that Michael Economos added the final goal for the Warriors to go with netminder Trevor Gersuch’s 33 saves.

Michigan, 17-25-5-1, hosts St. Louis on Friday and Saturday and Spingfield on Feb. 24-25. — M.S.