TWO TEAMS ADVANCE

Both USA and North Branch advance to the state semi-finals after victories last night.
What a gift to host a State quarterfinal game as the gym was loud and packed to the brim. North Branch faced maybe their biggest test of the post season in Lakewood. Facing a six point deficit in the second set, the Broncos battled their way back to grab a 25-20 win, and also kept their undefeated postseason streak in tact.
Thats right, North Branch has yet to lose a single game, sweeping all four of their opponents, including Lakewood (25-15, 25-20, 25-19).

USA struggled out of the gate, dropping the first two matches. But the Patriots went on a late tear, rattling off three straight wins and beating Allen Park Cabrini in a five game thriller (20-25, 15-25, 25-21, 25-12 ,15-11).

Both teams will now play in Battle Creek on Thusday, with USA (33-7-7) taking on Schoolcraft (40-9-2) at 2 p.m. and North Branch (70-4) will take the floor against Fruitport (45-10) at 7:15 pm.

Look for updates on Thursday from Battle Creek on both USA and North Branch.


Here are a few pictures from Monday's Miss Volleyball press conference.


Comments

Anonymous said…
wheres all the love for the ubly bearcats from u guys. ubly never gets support from the other counties papers just the schools support us. not the papers in fact ubly had to use cass citys football field the other day because of the snow we got i quess the tuscola county schools will do the supporting not you guys. from a very dissappointed bearcat supporter
Nov 19, 2008, 4:56:00 PM
Christian Selich said…
The name of the blog is Tuscola County Sport. We concentrate on just Tuscola County area schools. They are Millington, Caro, Frankenmuth, North Branch, Vassar, Reese, USA, Mayville, Cass City, Marlette, Kingston, Owendale-Gagetown, and Akron-Fairgrove. I know for a fact that the Huron County Press and the Huron County Daily Tribune has covered Ubly extensively all season. Congratulations to Ubly, I wish the best of luck the next two weekends.
Nov 19, 2008, 5:54:00 PM
Anonymous said…
well the last time i checked the usa school is in HURON COUNTY!
Nov 19, 2008, 6:20:00 PM
Christian Selich said…
The Unionville part of USA is in Tuscola County
Nov 19, 2008, 8:59:00 PM
Anonymous said…
just admit it you dont like ubly. and the last time i checked north branch is lapeer county and then u still right about them i quess u r saying u r biais then to ubly doing well. even the port huron paper talks and writes columns about ubly and we are not even close to st. clair county
Nov 20, 2008, 1:13:00 PM
Christian Selich said…
North Branch school district also is in Tuscola County. I like Ubly's team this year. I have even seen them play and believe they will win the state title. Unfortunately, Ubly's school district does not touch Tuscola County. Not to mention, this blog does not have a relationship with any newspaper.
Nov 20, 2008, 3:18:00 PM
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