Tuscola County Sports

MILLINGTON – Defense and free-throws usually seem to win basketball games, especially close games. This was the case on Tuesday night in Millington. The Cardinals boy’s basketball team shot 75% from the free throw line and created 25 turnovers en route to a 53-43 victory over the Imlay City Spartans. “I was pleased that we played the style of game that we wanted to play, and force them to play at our tempo,” stated Millington Coach Walt Kujat. “We wanted to push the ball and get after it on defense. We have guys who just love to work on defense.” Millington’s up-tempo style of play set the tone for them in the first quarter. A balanced scoring attack gave them an 11-7 lead after one quarter. Senior Tyler Reinert and senior point guard Kyle Hemingway each scored four points in the quarter. Reinert finished the game with a team-high and season-high 19 points to go along with eight rebounds and three steals. Hemingway finished with eight points. “Tyler is our floor leader,” said Kujat of ...

LAKEVILLE – After watching their female counterparts use defense to stop the Lakeville Falcons earlier in the night, the Millington Cardinal boys basketball team wanted to try to win the same way. The Cards did just that and more, holding the Falcons without a point for over two minutes on three separate occasions in their 65-52 victory on Tuesday night. Two of those stretches lasted over four minutes. “We just had too many turnovers and too much foul trouble,” said first-year Lakeville Coach Rob Robbins. Millington used a strong slashing offense in the first quarter. As a result of the offense, Lakeville got into early foul trouble. Millington shot 13 free throws in the first quarter on their way to a 14-6 lead. Tyler Reinert and Michael Tisdale led the early charge for the Cardinals as they each scored six points. Reinert finished the game with a game-high 16 points and a game-high seven steals. Tisdale finished with 14 points all coming in the first half. “We really had a few guys s...

LAKEVILLE – Millington’s Kayla Doshier had another big game on Tuesday night. She scored 18 of her game-high 20 points in the final three quarters to help her team defeat the Lakeville Lady Falcons 45-26. Through three games this season Doshier is now averaging 20.7 points per game. “I thought Kayla did a good job tonight,” said Millington Coach Mike Gohsman. “Lakeville played her box-on-one a little bit. She did not get frustrated. She played within herself, and took her shots when they were there. She dished the ball well tonight and rebounded well also. Kayla had a good game all around tonight.” Lakeville’s box-on-one defense worked on Doshier in the first quarter limiting her to just two points. What Lakeville (0-3) did not count on is the hot first quarter shooting of senior forward Jamie Frahm and senior guard Rachel Lawe of Millington (2-1). Frahm scored seven of her 11 points in the quarter, and Lawe scored four of her eight points to help pace the Cardinals to a 16-6 lead afte...