Tuscola County Sports

A busy night with boy's games. First up, heard on Mix 92.1, Bay City All Saints defeated Vassar in GTC-West play 46-31. Jeremy Schiefer led the Vulcans with eight points and six rebounds. The loss drops Vassar to 5-5 overall and 1-4 in league play. Cass City got a much needed win in GTC-West play by beating Bad Axe 66-45. Chris Summersett led the way for Cass City with 23 points. Austin Babich (18) and Chris Doerr (13) also contributed to the win. Cass City improves to 6-5 overall and 2-3 in league play. Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port beat Reese 65-57. Josh Pickell led the Rockets with 14 points, while Morgan Walter added 10. The loss drops Reese to 7-3 overall and 2-2 in GTC-West play. Marlette beat Mayville 64-49. The Wildcats were led by Corey Travis's 10 points. The win improves Marlette's record to 2-8 overall and 1-1 in the GTC-East. Mayville drops to 1-9 overall and 1-4 in the East. Millington improved their record to 3-8 with a 40-37 non-league victory over Ovid-

In girls action, Reese defeated Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port in GTC-West action 51-47. Amber Gotham led the way for the Rockets with 17 points, while Amber Gotham contributed 15. Cass City beat Bad Axe 46-41. Jennica Richards scored a game-high 19 points for the Red Hawks. Swan Valley beat North Branch 38-22. Chesaning defeated Millington 57-32. The Cardinal's Kayla Doshier scored 13 points in the loss. Mayville beat Marlette 52-41. Chelsea Roehl led the way with a double-double for the Wildcats with 10 points and 11 rebounds. Tessa Buhl also contributed nine points and 12 rebounds. Vassar defeated Bay City All Saints 49-40. Kayla Verbeek added 14 points and seven rebounds, while Courney Abbs contributed 11 points and six rebounds, including 6-6 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter. Shepherd beat Caro 45-37. Amanda Ellis scored 13 points for the Tigers, while Lydia Koehler netted 11. USA downed Buena Vista 63-50. Danie Gremel led the Patriots with 16 points, while Jilli

Only boys action tonight. USA downed Bad Axe in GTC-West play 71-37. Jakob Holland led the Patriots with 17 points while Scott Fletcher contributed 12. USA moves to 7-2 overall and 3-1 in league play. Bay City All Saints defeated Marlette 56-43. Mike Armstrong scored a game-high 21 points in the loss. The Red Raiders fall to 1-8 overall and 0-1 in the GTC-East. Kingston lost to Carsonville-Port Sanilac by a score of 58-31. Jordan Pennington led the Cardinals will 11 points. The loss drops Kingston to 5-7 overall and 5-5 in the NCTL-South. In double overtime, Reese downed Cass City 73-69. Josh Pickell led the Rockets with 14 points. Chris Summersett scored a game-high 22 points for the Red Hawks, while Austin Babich added 21. Reese improves to 7-2 overall and 2-1 in the GTC-West. Cass City drops to 5-5 overall and 1-3 in the West. Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port beat Vassar 56-49. Troy Hecht led the Vulcans with 18 points. The loss drop Vassar to 5-4 overall and 1-3 in the GTC-West.

GIRLS Thursday, Jan. 29. North Branch at Swan Valley Frankenmuth at Freeland Caro at Shepherd Millington at Chesaning Monday Feb. 2 St. Charles at North Branch Valley Lutheran at Frankenmuth Merrill at Caro Carrollton at Millington BOYS Friday, Jan. 30 Bridgeport at Shepherd Garber at Swan Valley Frankenmuth at Alma Caro at Chesaning Birch Run at Freeland North Branch at Bullock Creek Millington at Ovid-Elsie Tuesday, Feb. 3 Valley Lutheran at Bridgeport Carrollton at Garber St. Charles at Frankenmuth Merrill at Caro Ithaca at Birch Run St. Louis at North Branch MLS at Millington

In boy's action, Frankenmuth defeated North Branch 50-40. Nathan Kraft led the Eagles with 14 points, including three three-point field goals. Tyler Gray also contributed 13 in the win. Deane Baker had a game-high 18 points for the Broncos. Harbor Beach beat Mayville 83-60. Josh Franks led the Wildcats with 11 points. Bridgeport defeated Caro 73-29. Garber beat Millington 59-52. Tyler Reinert had a game-high 25 points for the Cardinals, while Cameron Wilson chipped in with 10. In girl's action, Kingston beat Carsonville-Port Sanilac 36-32. Whitney Fox led the Lady Cards with 13 points. Marlette defeated Bay City All Saints 51-48. Amara Wilson scored a game-high 22 points for the Red Raiders. Reese showed why they are the #10 team in Class C, by defeating Cass City 72-31. Jade Ackerman led the Rockets with 15 points, while Amber Gotham had 14 points, five steals, and four assists. Kristin Reinbold add 11 points in win, with Kaylee Karwat contributing 10 points and eight

In boy's action, USA used a 21-7 third quarter run to keep Vassar at bay 53-48. Scott Fletcher led a balanced Patriot attack with 13 points, while Jakob Holland scored 12, Ryan Willard 11, and Brandon Bitzer 10. Zach Germain had a game-high 22 points for the Vulcans. USA improves to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in the GTC-West. With the loss, Vassar drops to 5-3 and 1-2 in the West. Owendale-Gagetown improved picked up a 62-33 win over Akron-Fairgrove. The Bulldogs were led by Devin Prich 16 points and Brent Reil's 14. Trevor Winnie scored 15 for the Vikings in the loss. The win improves Owendale-Gagetown's record to 6-2 overall and 6-2 in the NCTL-North. The loss drops Akron-Fairgrove to 1-7 and 1-7 in league play. Peck defeated Kingston in NCTL-South play by a score of 57-36. Jordan Pennington scored 16 for the Cardinals. With the loss, Kingston falls to 5-6 overall and 5-4 in league play.

High school football coach charged in player's death - CNN.com Like the article said, if the coaches denied access to water to the boy then he will probably go to jail. This is very said all the way around. I post this as a reminder to all coaches and student-athletes to stay well hydrated during practices and games to prevent anything like this ever happening in our area.

The Mix 92.1 Game of the Week on Friday night will now be Bay City All Saints versus Vassar boys.

In the Mix 92.1 Game of the Week, the USA boys held on in the fourth quarter, despite shooting just 3-11 at the charity stripe in the fourth, for a 53-50 victory against Reese. Brandon Bitzer led USA by scoring all 17 of his points in the second half. Jake Holland added 12, while Josh Lakie contributed 10 off the bench. Josh Pickell led Reese with 15 points, while Mike Herbolsheimer added 11. Both teams are now 1-1 in the GTC-West. North Branch defeated Millington 53-40. Deane Baker and Justin Calvert each scored 12 in the win for the Broncos. Tyler Reinert had 14 for the Cardinals while Matt Berlin contributed 10. With the win, North Branch evens their record at 4-4 and 2-2 in the TVC-East. Millington drops to 2-7 overall and 0-5 in the league. In a low scoring contest, Cass City picked up their first league win with a 38-33 victory over Vassar. Chris Summersett led Cass City with 19 points. The win improves Cass City's record to 5-4 overall and 1-2 in the GTC-West. Vas

Recently, one of the communities in our area went through some changes in their respective high school basketball programs. The boy’s varsity basketball program had four members of the team quit after having completed just eight games of a 20 game season. A few days after that, the junior varsity girls coach quit as well. Both teams had people quit for different reasons, but what really bothers me is that the parents of these student-athletes allowed this type of behavior to happen. First off all, let me say that I do not condone the fact that the junior varsity coach quit on his players in mid-season. In fact, I think making a commitment to a team and keeping that commitment is a true sign of one’s character. Although after hearing the following explanation from the coach, I have to say that I can understand the coach’s reasoning for making his decision. After a recent game, the coach was giving a post game talk to the team when one of the player’s parents came into the locker-roo

In girls action on Thursday, Vassar defeated Cass City 52-36. The Lady Vulcans were led by Amberly Hauger's 20 points and seven rebounds. Kayla Verbeek contributed a double-double in the win with 19 points and 14 rebounds. Jennica Richards added 16 points in the loss. With the win, Vassar improves to 6-4 overall and 2-2 in the GTC-West. The loss drops Cass City to 2-8 overall and 1-3 in the West. Reese used a 23-12 third quarter to defeat USA 59-52. Amber Gotham led Reese with 21 points, while Jade Ackerman added 15. Dani Gremel scored 21 points for USA, with Jillian Williamson adding 13. Reese takes sole possession of first place in the West improving to 9-1 overall and 4-0 in league play. The loss drops USA to 8-3 overall and 4-1 in the West. Mayville picked up their first league win of the year with a 49-46 victory over Deckerville. Briann Summersett led the way with 12 points and eight rebounds, as Chelsea LaBair contributed 10 points and seven rebounds. Mayville imp

A Thumb-area school finally broke through in this week's AP Rankings . The Brown City girl's basketball team, led by Kristen Greene, is ranked #10 with 18 votes. Following closely are Sandusky and Marissa DeMott with 12 votes, and Reese and Amber Gotham with 10 votes. UPDATE-Ubly also has 2 votes in Class C, along with North Huron who has 2 votes in Class D.

I was having computer problems last night, so this is what I have today. In girls action, Reese defeated Saginaw Buena Vista 69-45. Amber Gotham led the way for the Lady Rockets with 14 points, six steals, and 5 assits. Jade Ackerman contributed 14 points. Owendale-Gagetown fell to Caseville 42-23. Amanda Faist scored 11 points in the loss. Marlette used overtime to defeat Bad Axe 45-39. Jenna Thompson led all scorers with 20 points. USA defeated Bay City John Glenn by a score of 60-53. Jillian Williamson had a huge night scoring 28 points. Dryden defeated Kingston 51-35. Whitney Fox led the Lady Cardinals with 12 points. North Branch defeated winless Bridgeport 54-38. In boys action, Bridgeport stayed undefeated by beating North Branch 71-41.

In boys action tonight, Akron-Fairgrove picked up their first win of the season by a score of 51-46 over winless Caseville. Josh Repkie led the Vikings with 20 points. The win moves Akron-Fairgroves record to 1-6 overall and 1-5 in the NCTL-North. In another first, Reese suffered it's first defeat of the season to the Bearcats of Ubly by a score of 56-48. Josh Pickell led the Rockets with 13 points. The Rockets move to 5-1 overall. Reese has yet to play a conference game. Their first will be Friday night's Game of the Week on Mix 92.1, as the Rockets play host to USA. In Tri-Valley action, Caro used some great free-throw shooting down the stretch to pull away, as they defeated Millington 62-50. Caro was 11-12 from the charity stripe in the fourth quarter. Andrew LaPointe led Caro with 17 points, four rebounds and three assists. RJ Fritz contributed 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Michael Greene added 15 points. Millington was led by Michael Tisdale's 15 points, w

Boys Bridgeport 61 - Millington 19 Garber 50 - Frankenmuth 41 Bay City All Saints 43 - USA 38 Caro 64 - Birch Run 61 OT - Jason Rendon and Jared Vinson 10 points apiece Girls Laker High 49 - Cass City 45 - Jennica Richards 17 points Vassar 35 - Bad Axe 34 - Jessica Hecht and Amberly Hauger 10 points apiece Ubly 50 - Mayville 47 - Amy Elenbaum 12 points Kingston 46 - Port Hope 26 - Whitney Fox 16 points Marlette 51 - Deckerville 36 - Amara Wilson 23 points USA 51 - Bay City All Saints 38 - Dani Gremel 16 points Millington 61 - Bridgeport 31 - Kayla Doshier 27 points Birch Run 56 - Caro 27

I just received confirmation from Kingston girls coach Dave Lester that the game is on tonight. This game is the Mix 92.1 Game of the Week. The Lady Cards enter the game on a three game winning streak, which has improved their record to 5-3 overall and 5-2 in the NCTL-South. Kingston is currently tied for second place in the South with Memphis. Kingston is led by sophomore guard/forward Whitney Fox. She is currently averaging 16.0 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per game. Port Hope enters the game with a 4-2 record. Their 4-1 record in the NCTL-North puts them in second place behind undefeated Kinde-North Huron. Game time should be between 7:00 and 7:30, depending on the length of the junior varsity game.

In boys action tonight, Peck defeated Akron-Fairgrove by a score of 51-25. Nick Avicla of Akron-Fairgrove contributed nine points in the loss. The Vikings drop to 0-6 overall and 0-5 in the NCTL-North. Peck improves to 5-3 and 4-2 in the NCTL-South. Cass City dropped their league opener to Laker High by a score of 54-47. The Red Hawks Chris Summersett scored 14 points, Jestin Ketterer scored 10 in the loss. With the loss, Cass City's record to 4-3 overall. Laker High improved to 3-2 overall. Vassar defeated Bad Axe in their Greater Thumb-West opener by a score of 56-34. Ryan Amend led the way for the Vulcans with 14 points, while Jeremy Schiefer contributed 12 points. Vassar's win improves their record to 5-1, while Bad Axe falls to 2-4. Reese used a 27-19 fourth quarter run to get by Sandusky by a score of 56-51. Josh Pickell led the way with a game-high 21 points, including 8-8 from the free-throw line. The Rockets Greg Westerman also contributed 11 points. Reese i

In girls action this evening, Reese defeated Bad Axe 67-29. The Lady Rockets were led by Jade Ackerman's 22 points, five rebounds, and four steals. Amber Gotham contributed with 11 points and five steals. Reese improves to 7-1 overall and 3-0 in the Greater Thumb West tied with USA for first place. USA defeated Vassar by a score of 37-33. Dani Gremel of USA had a game-high 14 points in the low-scoring contest. Vassar's Kayla Verbeeck scored 11 in the losing effort. USA improves to 6-2 overall, while Vassar falls to 3-4 overall and 0-2 in league play. Caro dropped a non-league game to Bay City John Glenn, by a score of 47-32. The Tiger's Vanessa Taylor scored 8 points in the loss. Caro drops to 2-6 overall. Brown City defeated Mayville by a score of 54-41. Chelsea Roehl and Chelsea LaBair led the way for the Wildcats with 16 and 11 points respectivly. Mayville drops to 3-6 overall and 0-2 in the Greater Thumb East. Brown City sits atop the East with a 9-1 overall

In boys action, Frankenmuth lost to Saginaw Buena Vista by a score of 58-46. Tyler Gray had 22 points and Matt Bender had 12 for the Eagles in the loss. The non-league loss drops Frankenmuth to 1-4 overall. They are currently in a three-way tie for third in the Tri-Valley East with North Branch and Caro. Millington also lost a non-league game to Chesaning. The score was 55-48. The Cardinals Tyler Reinert led the way with 22 points, eight rebounds, and six steals. The loss drops Millington to 2-4 overall. The Brown City at Mayville game was cancelled and will be made up on Wednesday, January 21. Weather also caused the cancellation of Vassar at USA, Deckerville at Marlette, and Reese at Bad Axe. No world yet on when those game will be made up. In girls action, Chesaning defeated Frankenmuth by a score of 63-53. Kelsey Ritter scored 15 points, while Jenny McCain contributed 11 for the Eagles. The loss drops Frankenmuth to 5-3 overall. They currently hold a 1/2 game lead over B

In boys action, Owendale-Gagetown defeated Port Hope 71-44. Nick Zaleski scored a game-high 18 points for the Bulldogs, while Ryan Francis and Devin Prich contributed 13 and 12 points respectively. Owendale-Gagetown improves to 4-1 in the NCTL-North just 1 1/2 games behind Kinde-North Huron. Port Hope drops to 1-5 overall and in the NCTL-North. In other NCTL-North action, Kinde-North Huron defeated Akron-Fairgrove by a score of 72-51. Trevor Winnie scored 12 points and had 11 rebounds, while Matt Chorba scored 10 points in the losing cause. Kinde-North Huron improves to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in the league, while Akron-Fairgrove falls to 0-5 and 0-4 in league play. Peck defeated Kingston 49-40. Jordan Pennington of the Cardinals earned a double-double with a game-high 19 points and 14 rebounds, while teammate Joel Straul contributed with 11 points. Kingston drops to 4-2 in the NCTL-South and 4-4 overall. The Cardinals are tied with CPS at the top of the league, and each hold a 1/2

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Reese will be taking on Vassar tonight in the Mix 92.1 Game of the Week. Derek and I will have coverage starting around 7pm. Reese (5-1) enters Vulcan Country averaging 61 points per game. They are led by junior Amber Gotham (pictured) who is averaging around 17 points per game. The Vulcans have one of the area's best defenses only giving up 36 points per game. The Vulcans are led by junior Kayla Verbeek who is averaging about 13 points per game and over 10 rebounds. Look for game story here . I will try to update scores as well. Also remember to check out side rail for both boys and girls records. Other area games Girls Kingston-50 at Owedale-Gagetown-38 North Branch-26 at Birch Run-56 Mayville-29 at Sandusky-57 Bridgeport-28 at Frankenmuth-66 Marlette-30 at Ubly-49 Caro-53 at Garber-68 USA-47 at Laker High-45 Cass City-53 at Deckerville-36 CPS-55 at Akron-Fairgrove-34 Reese-65 at Vassar-21 Boys North Branch-48 at Birch Run-62 Caro-53 at Garber-52 New Lothrup-47 at Milling

Thank you to Jeff Sauser for the stat update. CARO HIGH SCHOOL - VS - CROSWELL-LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL Jan 05, 2009 Offensive Statistics Stat Key Roster # Name QTR 2PM 2PA 2P% 3PM 3PA 3P% FG% FTM FTA FT% PTS 1 Lydia Koehler 4 5 13 38.46 0 0 0 38.46 2 4 50.0 12 2 Amanda Ellis 4 1 8 12.50 1 2 50.00 20.00 5 6 83.3 10 3 Madi Campbell 4 1 3 33.33 0 0 0 33.33 5 6 83.3 7 4 Vanessa Taylor 4 3 6 50.00 0 1 00.00 42.86 0 1 00.0