Tuscola County Sports

The Saginaw News, September 28, 2009 8:59 p.m. When Frankenmuth got a shot on goal, it went in, as the Eagles overcame a 1-0 deficit at the half to beat North Branch 3-2 in boys soccer on the road Monday. Kramer Trombley knotted the score at 1 in the second half, while Cameron Lail made it 2-1 Eagles and Lucas Bade's header into the net served as the insurance goal since the Broncos added their final marker with six minutes left. Trombley is a midfielder, Lail is a striker and Bade is a defender, meaning Frankenmuth was versatile, if not unpredictable, on offense. "I'm proud of the guys to come from behind in less than ideal circumstances," said Frankenmuth coach John Ayala, whose team is now 12-2 overall and, most importantly, 9-0 in the Tri-Valley East. "Because of the terrible playing conditions, many times both teams had their attacks stymied. There was standing water on the field." It was the second Frankenmuth win of the season over North Branch, and

Rushing Thumb Rushing Leaders Name School Att. Yards Avg. TD Mike Daniel Caro 133 731 5.5 8 Keif Vickers Vassar 94 714 7.6 8 John Schramski North Huron 89 665 7.5 5 Doug Griffin North Branch 78 639 8.2 10 Chris Rowe Laker 75 620 8.3 4 Austin Osentoski Cass City 105 541 5.2 8 Andrew Fetting Sandusky 77 530 6.9 6 Justin Stutler Millington 70 529 7.6 8 Justin Cleary Ubly 59 505 8.6 4 Tyler Masse USA 76 505 6.6 5 Passing Thumb Passing Leaders Name School Comp Att Pct Yards TD INT

A few changes this week to the power poll with shakeups around the thumb. I have also added conference strength to the poll. Basically if your conference is above 500 you get points, if below then you lose points. Here it is..................... Team Wins Opp. Wins Pt. Diff. Conf. Str. Power Points North Branch 4 23 8.800 2.143 38.023 Millington 4 19 26.000 2.143 37.521 Essexville-Garber 4 22 8.600 2.143 36.336 Croswell-Lexington 4 22 25.800 -1.250 35.774 Ubly 5 18 27.400 0.714 35.677 Brown City 5 17 42.200 0.714 34.379 Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port 4 23 20.400 0.714 33.310 Caro 3 24 9.600 2.143 33.103 Reese 4 21 16.20

The Flint Journal, September 26, 2009 10:14 p.m. GOODRICH, Michigan — North Branch went 7-0 at the Goodrich Invitational volleyball tournament Saturday, beating Lake Orion 25-15, 25-12 in the final for its fourth tourney title of the season. The Broncos (38-2-2), ranked second in Class B, have won 23 matches in a row. North Branch beat Armada 21-7, 21-10, Waterford Mott 21-7, 21-6 and Haslett 21-10, 21-9 in pool play, then topped St. Johns 25-20, 25-13, Lapeer West 25-12, 25-19 and Goodrich 25-14, 25-18 to reach the final. Jordan Fish had 100 assists, 27 kills, 25 digs and 11 aces; Katie Owens 46 kills and 21 digs; Catherine Brusie 79 digs and 11 aces; Kara Stuewer 32 kills, 38 digs and six aces; Danika Racknor 28 kills, 32 digs and four aces and Hailey Smillie 27 digs.

Cass City 41 - USA 24 Brown City 41 - Mayville 0 North Branch 21 - Caro 20 Frankenmuth 45 - Buena Vista 14 Garber 14 - Millington 7 Vassar 26 - Reese 17 Marlette 39 - Sandusky 27 OT Big Rapids Crossroads Academy 27 - Kingston 14 Akron-Fairgrove 46 - Michigan School for the Deaf 8 Owendale-Gagetown 3 - CPS 16 Cass City - Josh Jensen 11 tck 13-97 rush 2TD, Nick Atkins 11 tck, Austin Osentoski 23-148 3TD Caro - Mike Daniel 28-134 85 yd KO return for TD, Seth Kratz 18-69 rush TD Frankenmuth - Jacob Frank 24-124 rush 2TD, Luke Sheppard 6-9 pass 83 62 rush 2TD, Anthony Warnemuende 14-105 rush TD, Spencer Bell 4-65 rec rush TD, Cameron Lail 6-6 PAT 21 yd FG Kingston - Joe Strauel 11-29 pass 139 TD rush TD, Taylor Nicol 9-115 rec TD Mayville - Keith Whitaker 13 tck, Kyle Perkins 12-101 rush Marlette - Justin Shaver 7-17 pass 126 3TD, Donnie Thomas 5-118 rec 3TD 2PAT conv, Brandon King 19 tck, Joey Volz 14 tck, Kyle Jickling 40 yd INT for TD, Dee Sanchez 18-75 TD def INT, Brent Speer 4-4

The Thumb Sportswriter's Association Football Top 10 had a few more shakeups this week, including a tie at the top. Top ten voting members are: Chris Ogryski, Huron County Press; Paul Adams, Huron Daily Tribune; Chad Wingert, Tuscola County Advertiser; Christian Selich, 92.1 FM WIDL and Rick Glaza, 102.1 FM WLEW. T1 - Ubly (3) - 47 LW #1 Millington (2) - 47 LW #2 3 - Reese - 38 LW #4 T4 - Brown City - 27 LW T5 Laker High - 27 LW T5 6 - North Branch - 24 LW #3 T7 - Caro - 23 LW #7 Cros-Lex - 23 LW #8 9 - Sandusky - 9 10 - North Huron - 5

We have a huge week in Thumb Football especially the Tri-Valley East. First up is Caro (3-1) at North Branch (3-1). Dare I say this is a must win for either school's playoff chances. For the sake of argument, I will give Caro wins in their games versus Tawas Area and Cass City, which means they have to win one of these three games - North Branch, Essexville-Garber (3-1), and Millington (4-0). Since Caro has to travel to North Branch and Millington, that would give them home-field advantage against the Dukes, whom they have lost five straight against. North Branch has a gimme victory in Week 7 versus Bridgeport. A win this week would leave them with needing a victory in one of the following games - Ogemaw Heights (3-1), Millington, or Yale (3-1). North Branch should win this week and probably sneak by Yale to get in the playoffs. My prediction for Caro is 4-5 with the fourth victory coming in Week 9 versus Cass City. Next up, Millington travels to Essexville-Garber to decide

Team Wins Opp. Wins Pt. Diff. Power Points Millington 4 15 34.250 33.981 Croswell-Lexington 3 19 20.750 29.297 Ubly 4 14 29.250 28.481 Reese 4 15 22.500 28.361 Caro 3 18 12.250 27.892 North Branch 3 18 10.750 27.742 Brown City 4 14 42.500 27.583 Elkton-Pigeon Bay Port 3 19 17.250 26.725 Essexville-Garber 3 18 9.000 26.456 Sandusky 3 19 13.250 24.103 Kinde-North Huron 3 16 19.000 21.900 Deckerville 2 21 5.250 19.969 Vassar 2 20 4.500 19.339 Cass City 2 18 -1.750 18.714 Marlette 2

Passing Thumb Passing Leaders Name School Comp Att Pct Yards TD INT Rtg Aaron Mercer Mayville 35 77 45.5% 592 7 6 69.83 Josh Pickell Reese 24 42 57.1% 584 10 0 187.00 Erik Dhyse North Huron 40 71 56.3% 571 8 1 114.23 Justin Shaver Marlette 25 53 47.2% 504 7 5 85.73 Joe Strauel Kingston 24 66 36.4% 473 4 8 31.94 Kyle Auernahmer Vassar 23 41 56.1% 354 4 3 86.84 Noah Moore Millington 16 26 61.5% 339 4 0 158.97 Cole Anker USA 13 36 36.1% 331 3 2 75.12 Luke Voelker Laker 17