Tuscola County Sports

First top ten of the year. After Friday's opening games, the TCA released it's first Area Top ten of the young season. In association with four area coaches, representing the four area conferences, along with the sports staff of the TCA, here it is: 1. Millington (1-0) 53 pts (2) 2. Reese (1-0) 52 pts (2) 3. USA (1-0) 45 pts 4. Frankenmuth (1-0) 37 pts (1) 5. Birch Run (1-0) 32 pts (1) 6. Marlette (1-0) 19 pts 7. Ubly (0-1) 17 pts 7. Harbor Beach (1-0) 17 pts 9. Cass City (1-0) 12 pts 10. Garber (1-0) 11 pts All of this will ofcourse settle itself out as the week goes on, but I think the biggest surprise is the fall of Ubly after the opening game loss to USA. Word out of the Thumb is that Bearcat QB Jordan Kaufman broke his collarbone and is out for 7 to 8 weeks, which essentially is the entire season. Ubly must now rely upon a sophomore quarterback to lead them in the GTE, which could open things up for Harbor Beach and Marlette to take the reigns in the conference. As for

It's almost here. This is it...the week we've all been waiting for since the last Tuscola County area team was eliminated from the playoffs last November....FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IS BACK!!! We've been working our butts off putting together what we hope is the most comprehensive high school football preview in the Mid-Michigan area, and I think we did a pretty good job. The preview came out today, and everything looks great! It's 16 pages stock full of info on all 13 area teams, schedules from all teams in the three county area (34 in all) and plenty of other 'stuff' that we just had to include. 92.1 will broadcast the Marlette-Kingston game this Friday, with Jon and Christian calling all the action from the booth. I will be at the Mt. Morris-Millington game, eager to see how the Cardinal offense will look with Roger Bearss in charge of calling the plays. According the players, it's going to be fun. We have photo guys all over the county this Friday night,

Alumni game update . Millington used their entire offense to dominate the Second Annual Alumni Game vs. Vassar, as quarterback Dave Inman (2003) tossed three touchdown passes in a 42-18 win over Vassar last Friday night. The Cardinal running game was tough, as it was sparked up front by the presence of four All-Staters on the O-line, led by two time All-State center Gary Shreeve (1985). On a personal note, I played pretty well considering I had not participated in a full contact, full pad football game since November of 1991, when my Cardinal team was eliminated in the state regional finals by eventual state champ Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central, by a score of 9-7. I finally went in the game on Millington's second series, carried out a play fake and pass blocked on another play (I went in at tailback, the only position I played in high school and it's just too late in life to learn how to play anyplace else). I finally got the call on the first play of the second quarter; I