Tuscola County Sports

What was that? My esteemed colleague at the Advertiser apparently spent the entire week I was in Florida bed-ridden, as sick as a dog with flu-like symptoms. Because he's such a nice guy, who believes whole-heartedly in sharing all experiences with his co-workers, he appears to have left whatever sickness he had on his desk, assuring that I would not miss out on the experience once I returned from the sunshine state. I spent all weekend in a drugged-out, Nyquil enduced state, feeling too drowsy to even raise my head in disgust, too exhausted to curse the name 'Jon Sicotte' to the heavens. That's ok...come Super Bowl Sunday, I will have my revenge. Brinkman resigns. ..According to Saturday's TCA, USA girls basketball coach Josh Brinkman has resigned his post and his teaching position at the middle school amid allegations that he videotaped female students undressing without their knoweldge at his house. This is for the best. USA will undoubetly be very thorough in...

Back from Florida... I spent the last week at my brothers in Florida, and the weather was great!! Everyday was near 80 with a slight breeze. My plane landed in Flint last night around six and the landing was a total nightmare. I spent last night trying to catch up on the goings on around the area from the last week and I feel like I'm almost there. Something stinks in Sebewaing... I was surprised to hear the news about USA varsity girls basketball coach Josh Brinkman, who, according to the TCA, is under investigation facing allegations that he videotaped female students, including members of the USA girls varsity basketball team, as they changed clothes in his home on Sunday, January 14. According to reports, the girls discovered the video camera, took the video and gave it to police. I don't want to jump to conclusions, because as of right now, Brinkman has not been charged with anything, but there must be something to this story, because the story would not have been leake...

Now that the smoke has cleared, the dust has settled, and the noxious odor of gas has dissipated...it's time to talk some sports. THE CLASH... We should have updated the TCA website but we forgot...oh well. Caro made it a game for a while last night, but Cass City methodically put the Tigers away, winning the M-81 Clash last night by a score of 66-58. Caro was ahead 17-10 in the first, but the Tigers just couldn't keep Andrew Martin down. The lanky senior scored 12 of his 19 points in the second half and picked up the MVP award along the way. The Red Hawks have some talent, but I can't help but wonder if their record up to this point(6-1) has been built on beating bad teams... The good news for coach Fernald is that, Martin missed the first month of the year, and he looks like he is healthy, so the start gave others on the Cass City roster a chance to play ball. We'll see this Friday when the Hawks play host to USA...should be a good one. The Kings of the Palace... We w...

Seems I've struck a chord with some comments I made regarding the Akron-Fairgrove basketball team. Let me clarify... I was not trying to be negative about the Vikings. I was merely relaying some info about the team that I had heard. I guess I should have used a different term than 'rumor'...that was my mistake. It is not a rumor that Westover is having a difficult time keeping his kids interested...it's a fact. Westover told Jon Sicotte that he feels like his kids don't care anymore, and how could they when get annihilated by Kingston 71-9. That's embarrasing! Injuries and team sickness aside, none of that would have mattered against Kingston. The Vikes still would have lost by a ton. I'm surprised that anyone who would read the entry viewed it as negative...that was not my intention. It was a call to arms...a quest to find out what exactly the Vikings are fighting for. I mean, if they're not playing for pride, then what are they playing for? I fin...

Today marks the beginning of my 33rd year living on this planet. It's been an interesting ride so far; there were a few speed bumps along the way that I drove over way too fast while arriving at this point, but overall, it's been a pretty smooth trip getting to where I am. Here's hoping this year is just as good as the last. The second quarter begins . Tonight, the new year of high school basketball gets back on track with a slew of interesting area games. Jon will be calling North Branch at Caro on 92.1 FM. (I'm taking the night off.) Other TVE matchups are Millington at Birch Run, Vassar at Frankenmuth and Garber-Bridgeport. I can't wait to see the final score on the Kingston-Ak-Fairgrove game. This one will not be pretty. I get the feeling that the Vikings have quit on their coach. Rumor has it that coach Westover can't even get these kids to attend practice on a regular basis. How much losing can someone handle before you just throw in the towel? It has to b...

Kingston wins Ubly tournament : Kingston's Brandon Jones was named tournament MVP as he and the Cardinals defeated the host Bearcats 51-32 last Friday night to win the second annual holiday tournament. Mike Rea's kids looked good in both games they played, but it's a shame that we will not get to see them at their peak. The NCTL is a weak conference and Kingston is too good at every sport to languish among the smaller schools. A-F and Owen-Gage are no where near as talented as Kingston in anything, and the fact that Kingston gets to feed on these smaller schools can not be good for Kingston come playoff time. They need to be challenged more like they were last Friday night in Ubly. The Bearcats are by no means a great team. They have a couple of pretty good players in Jeremy Kubacki and Grant Pichla, but the 'Cats are only 3-3 through the first quarter of the season. Yet, Ubly pulled within eight of the Cards in the second half, cutting the lead at one point to 32-2...