Tuscola County Sports

I have scoured as many websites and papers I can and have complied a stat leaderboard for the Thumb through Week 1. I will hopefully be able to keep this up-to-date through the season. Thumb Rushing Leaders Name School Att. Yards Avg. TD Aaron Mercer Mayville 16 217 13.6 3 Mike Daniel Caro 33 205 6.2 2 Doug Griffin North Branch 14 160 11.4 3 Joe Strauel Kingston 17 137 8.1 2 Andrew Fetting Sandusky 20 122 6.1 2 Justin Cleary Ubly 21 120 5.7 1 Justin Stutler Millington 21 114 5.4 1 Clinton Northrop Sandusky 21 112 5.3 2 Dennis Matke North Branch 5 111 22.2

Caro 26 - Vassar 12 Ubly 38 - USA 12 Millington 35 - Alma 0 Reese 12 - Houghton Lake 6 Dryden 32 - Mayville 31 Marlette 57 - Kingston 19 Sandusky 33 - Cass City 6 Au Gres-Sims 42 - Akron-Fairgrove 6 North Branch 35 - Imlay City 7 Friday's Freaks Caro - Nathan Dillon 8 tackles 1 sack; Mike Daniel 33-205 rush 2TD 1-20 rec TD; Brant Miller 2 INT Vassar - Kyle Auernhamer 70 yd fumble return for a TD USA - Kyle Masse 10-103 rush 2TD Millington - Justin Stutler 21-114 rush TD; Noah Moore 2TD rush; Jesse Stewart 102 rush Reese - Caleb Gnatkowski 85 yd fumble return for a TD; Kevin Kinasz 13 tackles Mayville - Keith Whitaker 22 tackles; Paul Squires 13 tackles; Aaron Mercer 5-18 pass 121 yd 2TD INT 16-217 rush 3TD Kingston - Taylor Nicol 5-112 rec TD; Joe Strauel 17-137 rush 2TD 8-17 pass 152 yd TD 4INT Marlette - Justin Shaver 6-8 pass 201 yd 4 TD INT 5-6 rush; Dee Sanchez 7-101 2TD; Donnie Thomas 2-134 rec 2TD; Brandon King 2-93 rec 2TD; Kyle Jickling 3 INT North Branch - Doug G

Saginaw Swan Valley 28 - Frankenmuth 14 Jacob Frank opened the scoring for the Eagles with a 36 yard scamper with 2:28 left in the first quarter. Swan Valley would score 28 straight points to put the game away. DJ Duvernois also scored for Frankenmuth late in the fourth quarter from 19 yards out. Frankenmuth completed just two passes in 14 attempts, and rushed the ball for 208 yards as a team. Frank finished with 104 yards rushing, while Duvernois had 58. Tyler Schiefer led the Eagles with eight tackles.

I need your help. I have started a record book for Thumb Area sports. I have started with football. I scoured over the MHSAA website and realized there were some records not on the website. I have found other stats on the web but others are probably not. Take a look at the record book I have complied on the right side of the blog. Please send me email at christian@selich.net, if I have left a record off. I am just working on football at this time. Currently I only have rushing, passing, and receiving at this time. I am working on team stats as well.

The August 15th edition of Let's Talk Sports is now posted on-line at www.tuscolatoday.com

We will be covering Kingston-Kinde-North Huron in Week 3, instead of Bad Axe-Reese.

Derek and I will be on the air Saturday, August 15 at 10am. We will be interviewing Caro football coach Al Boydston and new Kingston football coach Lane Walker. If anyone has any questions that they would like us to ask either coach just post here or email to christian@selich.net

The schedule for the Mix 92.1 "Game of the Week" will be as follows. Week 1 - Vassar at Caro Week 2 - Marlette at Mayville Week 3 - Bad Axe at Reese Week 4 - Birch Run at Caro Week 5 - USA at Cass City Week 6 - Essexville-Garber at Caro Week 7 - Caro at Millington Week 8 - USA at Reese (Sugar Bowl) Week9 - Otisville-Lakeville at Millington or Caro at Cass City I will be back for my third season as the color commentator for Mix 92.1. I will be joined once again with Derek Bosely. Derek can be heard weekday mornings on Mix 92.1 as co-host of Mix Mornings. Also, beginning on Saturday, August 15, "Let's Talk Sports" will re-debut with Derek and I. The show will run from 10 am-11 am every Saturday through the end of basketball season. Football season is almost here so this blog will start hopping once again. The Tuscola County Sports Power Poll will back for a second season. The power poll is all computer generated. A team earns points by defeating an opponet

The MHSAA released a statement Thursday, Aug. 6 concerning rule changes for the upcoming 2009 fall sports season. The major football rules change by the National Federation of State High School for 2009 is that the horse-collar tackle has been added to the list of illegal personal fouls. Effective this season, it will be illegal to grab the inside back or side collar of the runner's shoulder pads or jersey and subsequently pull the runner to the ground. The penalty will be 15 yards from the succeeding spot. There are two other risk-minimization changes in 2009. One change will make it illegal to grasp an opponent's chin strap, in addition to the opponent's face mask or edge of a helmet opening. The national rules committee also made a significant change in an effort to reduce the risk of injury along the sidelines. A maximum of three coaches may be in the restricted area between the sideline and the restraining line to communicate with players during dead-ball s

The following is a press release sent out by Frankenmuth High School Principal JoLynn Clark: Frankenmuth High School is proud to announce the hiring of Timothy VanWormer as the Eagles’ Head Varsity Football Coach. Tim was hired to teach at FHS in the fall of 2008, and he assumed an assistant coaching position on the Varsity football team last year. Prior to coming to FHS, Tim spent four years teaching and coaching at Athens High School. His teams saw great successes and increased participation as he led a 1-8 team his first year to a near-playoff record of 5-4 his last year there. Tim says the success of those teams was evident in the confidence that grew with the players as they improved. Prior to his time at Athens, Tim worked as a chemist/lab technician and coached for 10 years at Comstock at various levels: his first year as the Head Freshman Coach, second year as Head JV Coach, and eight years as Varsity Offensive Coordinator. During that time, Tim found his pas