Tuscola County Sports

As voted on by our readers, the prestigous Team of the Year trophy for girls basketball goes to.....the Reese Rockets. Reese won the trophy with 50% of the total votes. Runner-up Frankenmuth recieved 23% of the votes. USA and Millington rounded out the voting with 15% and 10% of the votes. Congratulations to Chris, Greg, David, Josh, Matt, Mike, Dan, David, Isaac, Ty, Brad, Morgan, and Taylor for a perfect regular season. Browse by to download your trophy.

The Millington Cardinals defeated Fowlerville on Monday night to move into the Regional Final game against the Powers Catholic Chargers . Powers moved to the final game by defeating Ponitac Notre Dame Prep by a score of 75-57. The Chargers compete in the Big Nine Conference in Genesee County. The Big Nine comprises of Davison , Carmen- Ainsworth , Flushing, Powers Catholic, Grand Blanc , and Kearsley . Yes, only six schools in conference called the Big Nine, obviously counting problems like the Big Ten. Tim Herman has coached this team to an overall record of 17-7, along with a 2 nd place finish in the Big Nine. The Chargers have scoring average of 69.2 points per game, while giving up 56.4. Powers has been primarily led all season by the Moreland brothers. Younger brother Shane (#2), a 6'2" junior guard, leads the team in scoring with an average of 19.2. Older brother Tyler (#1), a 6'3" senior guard, is 2 nd on the team scoring 16.3 points per game. Roundi...

We will be in Imlay City this Monday covering the Class B Regional Semi-Final between Tuscola County's Millington Cardinals and the Fowlerville Gladiators from Livingston County. The Gladiators led by Coach Fred Hackett play in the Capitol Area Activities Conference (CAAC). Fowlerville (18-5 overall) finished in 2nd place in the CAAC Gold Division with a record of 7-3. The purple and gold Gladiators have been led all season by 6'2" senior guard/forward Sean Romsek (#12), with a scoring average of 17.6 points/game. Also averaging double figure in points per game, are 6'4" senior forward/center Joe Lane (#30) with an average of 11.9 and 5'8" senior guard Ryan Ross(#14) with an average of 11.5. Fowlerville advanced to the regionals by winning 3 games in District 46B at their home gymnasium. They defeated Perry 76-55 last Monday in the district quarterfinal. Last Wednesday, they defeated the Lake Fenton by a score of 83-69. In the district final on Frid...

Cardinals Rule. Faced with a 10-point deficit as the game entered the fourth quarter, Millington staged an amazing comeback on Friday night. Led by Dustin Griesing's nine fourth quarter points, the Cardinals erased the deficit against North Branch and won, 52-49, taking the Class B, District 57 championship as well. The District title is the first boys title for the school since 1999. Griesing was 'Mr. Clutch' down the stretch. The senior calmly was 6-for-6 in free throws within the game's last minute of play, giving his team the title over the Broncos. It was obvious that Griesing was not going to allow his team to lose, as he put them on his back and carried them to the title when they needed it most. Millington, down by as much as 12 in the third quarter (34-22), was in desperate need of an offensive spark when the game entered the fourth. Griesing, as much the general on the court as he was on the football field, took over at the point and directed the comeback. Nor...

Click here to hear the exciting finale of the Cass City vs. USA Class C District Final. Tim Holland's buzzer beating 3-pointer proved to be the difference as USA moves to the Bad Axe Regional. I have also added the link for download in the player above. Enjoy USA.

Imlay City Regional Fowlerville vs. Millington - Monday, March 03 at 6pm Flint Powers vs. Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, March 03 at 8pm Alma Regional Hemlock vs. Lakeview Frankenmuth vs. Belding Bad Axe Regional Flint Beecher vs. Unionville-Sebewaing Area - Monday, March 03 at 5pm Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central vs. Brown City - Monday, March 03 at 7pm Deckerville Regional Genesee Christian vs. Bay City All Saints - Monday, March 03 at 6pm Peck vs. Aubrun Hills Oakland Christian - Monday, March 03 at 8pm

WIDL's (Mix 92.1) Game of the Week broadcast will be in Sebewaing this Friday to cover the district final of Cass City versus USA. USA (16-3) will be looking to defeat Cass City (11-7) for third time this season, all the while trying to repeat as district champs. USA beat Cass City 46-37 on January 04 (also a WIDL Game of the Week), and then repeated the task on February 04 with a 57-56 win. Cass City will be looking for their first district crown since 2000. Game time is 7:00 pm. Catch all the action starting at 6:30 pm with the pre-game show. We will be covering our thoughts on girls boys districts.

Here are my boys district picks for this week. Hopefully, I will get a few more correct than last week. District 57B - Millington Millington over Croswell-Lexington Vassar over Caro Millington over Yale Vassar over North Branch Millington over Vassar. They have played two close games with Millington coming out on top both times. I think the Frankenmuth win will propel Millington to their first district crown since 1999. District 58B - Essexville-Garber Frankenmuth over Bridgeport. Here I go again picking a team to win for the 3rd time this year, but I do not see Frankenmuth losing 3 games in a row. Freeland over Essexville-Garber Frankenmuth over Bangor-John Glenn Pinconning over Freeland Frankenmuth over Pinconning for a repeat district championship. District 81C - Marlette Burton-Bentley over Sandusky Brown City over Marlette Burton-Bentley over Dryden Brown City over Memphis Burton-Bentley over Brown City . This was a difficult pick, but Bentley has played a difficult sc...

As chosen by the readers of this blog, Frankenmuth senior Brad Redford is the boys high school Player of the Year. Redford garnered 58% of the vote. Brandon Bitzer of USA finished in 2nd place getting 30% of the vote. Dustin Griesing (12%) of Millington rounded out the voting. Brad, feel free to browse by the blog and download your trophy.