Tuscola County Sports

The North Branch Broncos dispatched of the Frankenmuth Eagles in three games to win the Class B Region 15 title. North Branch won the games by scores of 25-9, 25-7, and 25-10. North Branch will play Lake Odessa Lakewood on Tuesday, November 18, at North Branch High School. Gametime is 7 p.m. Post game comments from Head Coach Jim Fish will be posted in the player above shortly. Look for a full write-up in this Sunday's County Press .

Today, September 26, North Branch's Olivia Kohler was announced as a finalist for the Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association (MIVCA) "Miss Volleyball" award. In the seventh year of the award, the winner will be announced after November 14. Kohler is a four-year starter and a two-time all-stater. She has averaged 2.60 assists, 1.48 kills, .88 aces and 2.55 digs for her career. She is also a three-year all-stater in track and is No. 1 in her class with a 4.045 GPA. She has committed to play volleyball at Grand Valley State. "Olivia is a 5'4" player with a 33" vertical jump. She can touch 9'5"," said North Branch Volleyball coach Jim Fish. "She will end up being second in state history in aces. She just does it all." Kohler has lead her Bronco teammates to a 32-1 record this season. The only loss coming to nationally ranked East Kentwood. The Lady Broncos are currently ranked #1 in Class B in the Michigan, and rank...

FRANKENMUTH - In a game that saw North Branch gain over 370 yards in offense and score touchdowns on runs of 74 yards, 81 yards, and 56 yards, Frankenmuth would be victorious holding onto a slim lead as time expired. The Eagles took the opening kickoff and marched down the field to score on quarterback Matt Cramer's (25-123 rush 3 TD, 2-2 pass 38 yards) three yard plunge at the 6:36 mark. North Branch would only need 20 seconds to return the favor with running back Cody Stawecki (12-105 rush TD) taking the first play from scrimmage 74 yards for the touchdown. Frankenmuth held the ball for another 5 minutes until Matt McMeans (21-94 rush 1TD) took a pitch from Cramer to score from 7 yards out. When the 2nd quarter started, North Branch had only run 2 plays offensively. Things would not get much better for them as they would only run 4 more plays until having to punt away to Frankenmuth. After Cramer returned Jerome Sullivan's punt 15 yards, Frankenmuth took control once agai...

In case anyone missed it, I interviewed North Branch Volleyball Coach and AD Jim Fish yesterday during haftime of Franeknmuth win over North Branch. I have uploaded the audio as a podcast in the player above. Game story will follow this afternoon.

There is one automobile coming to Frankenmuth's AutoFest that the Eagles were not expecting. This auto does not have an internal combustion engine, and it only has about 29 horses. This auto piled up 300+ yards rushing last week in a 52-22 win over Imlay City. First year coach Steven Verburg looks to keep a perfect career record. He has two studs in Cody Stawecki and Dion Cimini looking to run wild on the Eagles. Stawecki and Cimini each rolled up 100+ yards and 6 combined touchdowns in last weeks win. The running backs and their Bronco teammates will look to hand Frankenmuth their 2nd straight loss and only the 2 loss ever to the Broncos. The Eagles and Coach John Blankenship have two advantages coming into this contest on Friday evening. The Eagles have only started 0-2 twice in the last 29 years, and as stated before the Eagles have an 18-1 career record against the Broncos. The Eagles also have a decisive scoring advantage scoring 33.0 points per game to the Broncos 9.8. Stawec...