Tuscola County Sports

With Tim Crawford still without a sideline, some speculation has occurred on the mlive blogs regarding where he could end up. Check out post 24005 . Speaking of the mess with Frankenmuth, they have hired a new volleyball coach . Good luck Joanne Mehnke.

The Saginaw News, April 20, 2009 Frankenmuth senior Tyler Gray signed a letter-of-intent to play basketball for Concordia University. Gray averaged 18.5 points per game this season and shot 40-percent from 3-point range. The 6-foot guard earned first team Tri-Valley Conference East Division honors and second-team Saginaw News all-area. “Tyler is a lights-out 3-point shooter who has hit a number of big shots this year,” Concordia coach Ben Limback said on the Concordia Web site. “Tyler comes from a program with a winning tradition and he understands what it takes to compete at a high level.”

We had additional spring sports rankings come out this week.  I will start with baseball .  Jason Beagle's USA squad cracked the top ten in Division 4, coming in at #10.  Conference mate BCAS is ranked at #5 in Division 4.   In girls soccer , Frankenmuth is ranked #7 in Division 3.   In girls track and field , Frankenmuth is ranked #2 in Division 3, while Harbor Beach is ranked #4 in Division 4.   In boys track and field , Reese is ranked #9 in Division 3.

Caro's Becky Albrecht made it official Wednesday, signing her letter of intent to play volleyball for Cornerstone University next fall. More on this can be found in Saturday's edition of the Tuscola County Advertiser. ABOVE: Albrecht with (left)Caro Athletic Director Beth Striffler and Mother - Connie Albrecht.

Word out of Millington is that Walt Kujat will not be on the sidelines next year for the boys basketball team. Kujat, a Millington alum, recently completed his fourth year as the head coach of the Cardinals. Kujat's 2007-2008 team won a District title and won Millington's first-ever game in the regionals. The Cardinals finished the 2008-2009 season with a 3-19 record.

Tuscola County softball teams are littered all over the newest high school state softball rankings. Caro is an honorable mention pick in Division 2. Reese is number seven in Division 3. USA is ranked number two in Division 4. It should also be noted that the Greater Thumb West Conference has a third highly ranked team in Bay City All Saints, currently number one in Division 4. Congrats to all the softball ladies and coaches.

It is back. The sports talk show on Mix 92.1 will make an appearance again in the fall. Derek Bosely, co-host of Mix Mornings and play-by-play announcer will co-host the Saturday morning show with me, Christian Selich. We will concentrate on Tuscola County and Thumb-area sports, with a lot of coach interviews and commentary. More information to come as we get a launch date, probably mid-August.

A photo shoot was held last evening at USA for members of the first team of the TSA's 2008-09 All-Thumb Boys Basketbal Team. It was our first venture into doing something of this magnitude and it was a huge success. Thanks to USA Mark Gainforth for all his help in making this a reality. Congratulations to the players who were named First Team. All of you are deserving of this honor. (Ubly's Jordan Kaufman was also First Team....he was out of town with his family on vacation and unable to attend the photo shoot). While it is now obvious who the first team is, to find out who is on the second team and who received honorable mentions, as well as who won the individual awards, you'll have to check out the Wednesday, April 8th edition of your local newspaper, as well as this blog, where photos that did not make the paper will be posted.