Boys Baseball:
Craig Trychel hopes to lead the baseball team a great record and performance this year. The boys kick off their season with their first game March 30 against Clay at home. They have eight seniors on the team including: Mitch Boss, Chris Kerekes, and Ryan Felix. They also have five juniors led by Matt Drew, and Tyler Gill, who will help to make a really solid team this year. They have their meet the team night on March 21 like every spring sports team did. They have a total of six home games this year which gives a chance for everyone to come out to give their support and watch the mules on the diamond.

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Boys Tennis:
The boy's varsity tennis team this year returns with a lot of veteran players, but with their new head coach Brad Strouse they hope to go the extra distance and win states, something they couldn't do last year. There are five returning players to varsity this year: Eric Adams, Mike Babkiewicz, Kyle Bassinger, Jake Mortemore, and Drew Derian. They also have foreign exchange student Philip Bradoyjic who will add another dimension to the team. March 28th the tennis team will kick of their season in their first match of the season against Southview. They have five players who moved up from JV last year, and one brand new player to make varsity this year.

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Girls Golf:
This year the girls golf teams hopes to better last years performance, but it will be a challenge with a team of only five seniors. Returning seniors include: Vanessa Heasley, Ah-Rum Hwang, Margeaux Leighton, Kayla McBride, and Lindsey Prezeniczny. The girls have their first match on April 7th, but the lady Mules do not have a home meet until April 25th.

Girls Softball
As the softball team prepares for the upcoming regular season they have three scrimmages coming up on March 20, 23, and 31 against Bowsher, Notre Dame, and Whitmer, respectively. Head coach Kelly Meinhart and the team start off their regular season on April 2 against Whiteford at home.

Girls Soccer
April 3rd at 4:00 marks the kick-off of the regular season for the girls soccer team, which is a home match. Head coach Tami Moreno is hosted a meet the team on March 21st to get things started and to get to know one another. They look to finish better then last seasons and do their best to win states.

Boys/Girls Track
March 21 was meet the team for the boys and girls track team. April 7 marks the beginning of the track and field season for the boys. The team will look to start the season off in the right direction at the Whitmer invitational and never look back. The first and only home meet for Bedford is April 17 against Saline. That meet will be the first contest for the girls team.

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The Bedford boys varsity basketball team finished up the 2006-07 season at Adrian in Districts. Bedford and Adrian met for the third time after splitting two previous head-to-head matchups. Bedford had won the previous game against Adrian with a season low 27 points.

The Districts game began with that same feeling, but Adrian was on the leading end of the scoreboard. With a 16-8 score at halftime, Bedford head coach Bill Ryan had to use halftime to his advantage and get the boys ready to score, as this would prove to be the last game of the season.

Seniors Todd Wagner and Justin Osentoski knocked down a combined 3 three pointers late in the game to make things close, but with little time on the clock, Adrian was able to put the lead out of reach at the free throw line and win the game 43-37.

"We showed some character at the end," said Coach Ryan. The boys finished up with an 8-13 season. Coach Ryan described the season as "a season of streaks."

"We started 5-2, and then hit the meat of the SEC schedule. We were hit with some decisive losses. To their credit, they were able to stay the course. We did what we could with our resources, and the kids were coachable all year." Ryan said.

A season of streaks is exactly what the season was. A pair of two-game winning streaks, a three-game winning streak, mixed with an uncharacteristic four-game losing streak.

Eight seniors ended their basketball careers with the varsity squad-- Justin Osentoski, Joe Osentoski, Mitch Boss, Dave Strouse, Todd Wagner, Josh Albright, Ryan Felix, and Steve Walling.

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The wrestling team went into the Individual State wrestling tournament with seven qualifiers, and they came home with three State placers and two champions, continuing the Bedford tradition of excellence in wrestling. It is actually the first time in 15 years that the Mules have had two wrestlers win the individual titles.
"I felt like crying after I won, because I've been dreaming about it since I was little," said junior Alex Ortman.
Ortman (152) and senior James Fisher (125) gained their State titles after many years of wrestling experience. They have been wrestling together since their years in elementary school.
"We actually used to hate each other because we had to wrestle against each other. It's cool that winning states was something we could share. Both of us got to be at the top," said Fisher.
Fisher defeated his opponent in the finals, 17-10. Ortman won his match by a score of 10-7. Other placers included senior Colin Arnold (145), who placed fourth, sophomore Nick Whitenberg (189), who placed fifth, and sophomore Billy Osborne (130), who placed sixth.
"I think Bedford is so successful every year because we put in so much hard work throughout the season, and it pays off," said Ortman.
The team's overwhelming success at the Individual State tournament followed their close loss in the semifinals of the Team State tournament the previous weekend. They were defeated by Hartland, 31-25.
Although their goal every year is to win the Team State title, they certainly do have something to celebrate by having two Individual State champions. Ortman will be returning next year, and Fisher plans to continue his wrestling at the college level.

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