Wednesday, March 10. 2010
Thumbs teams set for regional clash
On Tuesday, we saw GTE teams Brown City and Harbor Beach see their fine seasons come to an end. However, a pair of Thumb teams are set to meet on Thursday for the Class D regional championship as Deckerville and Port Hope took care of business on Tuesday. For a full report, please see Wednesday's Tribune. Below are the regional scores and some photos from the games in Saginaw.
REGIONALS
CLASS C
at Genesee
Tuesday’s Results
New Lothrop 50, Brown City 39
Saginaw Nouvel 44, Harbor Beach 29
Thursday’s Game
Championship, New Lothrop vs. Saginaw Nouvel, 7 p.m.
CLASS D
at Saginaw MLS
Tuesday’s Results
Port Hope 53, Burton St. Thomas More 22
Deckerville 49, Arenac Eastern 35
Thursday’s Game Championship, Deckerville vs. Port Hope, 7 p.m.
Monday, March 08. 2010
Boys Districts Day 1
Here are the results from tonight's boys districts basketball games. Below are photos from North Huron's win over Port Hope, as well as the Class C games from Bad Axe.
CLASS C
at Bad Axe
Monday, March 8
Harbor Beach 58, EPBP 50
USA 60, Bad Axe 51
Wednesday, March 10
Harbor Beach vs. Cass City, 6 p.m.
USA vs. Ubly, 7:45 p.m.
Friday, March 12
Championship, 7 p.m.
CLASS C
at Memphis
Monday, March 8
Memphis 52, Marlette 42
New Haven 57, Sandusky 30
Brown City 75, Mayville 26
Wednesday, March 10
Memphis vs. Dryden, 6 p.m.
New Haven vs. Brown City 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 12
Championship, 6 p.m.
BOYS CLASS D
at Kingston
Monday, March 8
Kingston 63, New Life Academy 48
Wednesday, March 10
CPS vs. Peck, 6 p.m.
Kingston vs. Deckerville, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 12
Championship, 7 p.m.
BOYS CLASS D
at North Huron
Monday, March 8
North Huron 80, Port Hope 49
Wednesday, March 10
A-Fairgrove vs. Caseville, 6 p.m.
North Huron vs. Owen-Gage, 8 p.m.
Friday, March 12
Championship, 7 p.m.
NORTH HURON 80, PORT HOPE 49
North Huron 15-23-25-17--80
Port Hope 10-11-17-11--49
NORTH HURON SCORERS: C. Babiszewski 5 0-0 13, K. Rice 2 0-0 4, S. Clancy 13 5-7 34, J. Schramski 1 0-0 2, F. Maxwell 1 0-0 2, M. Bucholtz 1 0-0 8. E. Dhyse 5 2-2 12, E. LesPerance 0 1-2 1, K. Gembarski 0 2-2 2, M. Cregeur 1 0-0 2
TOTALS: 29 (4) 10-14 80
PORT HOPE SCORERS: T. Oeschger 3 0-0 6, A. Lackowski 4 0-1 14, N. Pleiness 1 00 2, T. Phillips 2 0-0 13. J. Polly 4 1-2 9. Ra. Smaglinski 1 0-0 2, D. Lee 1 1-2 3
TOTALS: 16 (5) 2-5 49
THREE-POINTERS: North Huron — M. Bucholtz 2, S. Clancy 1, C. Babiszewski 1; Port Hope — T. Phillips 3, A. Lackowski 2
USA 60, BAD AXE 51
USA 19-12-12-17--60
Bad Axe 16-07-16-12--51
USA SCORERS: S. McBrayer 2 1-3 5, A. Botello 0 0-0 9, J. Slack 0 1-2 1, J. Lakie 3 11-14 17, J. Holland 5 1-4 11, D. Rieck 0 1-2 1, C. Krueger 3 5-10 11, D. Gangler 1 3-3 5
TOTALS: 14 (3) 23-39 60
BAD AXE SCORERS: L. Flannery 2 6-6 16, E. Sisco 2 3-3 10, B. Talaski 1 0-2 2, J. Quinn 2 0-0 4, J. Pawlowski 3 7-10 16, B. Dean 0 0-0 3
TOTALS: 10 (5) 16-23 51
THREE-POINTERS: USA — A. Botello 3; Bad Axe — L. Flannery 2, E. Sisco 1, J. Pawlowski 1, B. Dean 1
HARBOR BEACH 58, EPBP 50
Harbor Beach 15-12-16-15--58
EPBP 09-15-08-18--50
HARBOR BEACH SCORERS: S. Grekowicz 3 3-4 9, S, Sorenson 1 0-0 2, S. Ginther 2 3-7 10, B. Booms 1 0-2 5, J. Murawske 1 5-5 19, J. Braun 6 1-2 13
TOTALS: 14 (6) 12-20 58
EPBP SCORERS: L. Voelker 3 1-2 10, J. Goins 2 0-0 4, S. Wruble 3 0-2 9, T. Warack 1 0-0 2, C. Rowe 12 1-2 25
TOTALS: 21 (2) 2-6 50
THREE-POINTERS: Harbor Beach — J. Murawske 4, S. Ginther 1, B. Booms 1; EPBP — L. Voelker 1, S. Wruble 1
Monday, March 08. 2010
Bogan, Adams make district picks...
Friday, March 05. 2010
District Championship Night
Harbor Beach made it back to back district titles with a 40-37 win over the Lakers.
At the Class D event at Caseville, Port Hope came away with a 50-30 win over North Huron to capture its first district title since 1994.
Please post scores and highlights from the games from the area this evening.
When we get back to the office this evening, Bogan and Adams will at least post a team trophy shot on the blog, along with the box score.
HARBOR BEACH 40, EPBP 37
Harbor Beach 04-12-11-13--40
EPBP 03-15-08-11--37
HARBOR BEACH SCORERS: H. Grekowicz 0 3-4 6, T. Kraft 2 4-6 14, A. Cooper 1 0-0 2, H. Wilson 1 4-6 6, S. Kraft 2 1-2 5, B. Woycehoski 0 4-6 7
TOTALS: 6 (4) 16-24 40
EPBP SCORERS: E. Matteson 2 2-2 6, C. Eigsti 2 0-0 4, T. Comment 0 0-0 6, K. Krohn 1 0-0 5, A. Hatfield 4 8-12 16
TOTALS: 9 (3) 10-14 37
THREE-POINTERS: Harbor Beach – T. Kraft 2, H. Grekowicz 1, B. Woycehoski 1; EPBP – T. Comment 2, K. Krohn 1
PORT HOPE 50, NORTH HURON 30
Port Hope 16-11-09-14--50
North Huron 04-02-14-10--30
PORT HOPE SCORERS: H. Zick 1 0-0 2, K. Kowaleski 4 0-0 8, B. Schave 1 1-2 3, K. Gust 0 3-7 18, A. Koglin 1 9-12 11, K. Smaglinski 2 4-4 8
TOTALS: 9 (5) 17-25 50
NORTH HURON SCORERS: M. Heffner 1 2-5 4, A. Case 4 1-2 12, S. Clancy 1 3-4 5, C. Yaroch 1 0-0 2, A. Navock 1 0-0 2, A, Sieman 1 1-2 3, C. Koroleski 1 0-0 2
TOTALS: 10 (1) 7-13 30
THREE-POINTERS: Port Hope — K. Gust 5, North Huron- A. Case 1
Friday, March 05. 2010
Lakers send McLellan out a winner
PIGEON — In his final home game as coach at Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port, Bill McLellan went out a winner.
Was there ever any doubt?
After 32 seasons and nearly 500 victories with the Lakers, McLellan recently decided this would be his final season as head coach. EPBP sent him out in style Thursday night, coming away with a hard-fought 60-53 decision over Greater Thumb West rival Unionville-Sebewaing Area.
“It’s just so great to win the last one, especially against a class school and program like USA,” said McLellan. The longtime coach and his wife, Dee, were honored in a pregame ceremony.
The Lakers didn’t put the pesky Patriots away until the waning moments. The Lakers led by as many as 12 points early in the final quarter before USA sliced the gap to one with just under two minutes left. From there, though, EPBP outscored the Patriots 11-5 to secure career victory No. 474 for its legendary coach.
USA coach Mark Gainforth was honored to be McLellan’s final regular season opponent.
“He’s a Hall of Fame coach in three sports in my mind,” Gainforth said. “What more can you say? I wish him all the best.”
EPBP’s senior trio once again paced the scoring attack. Luke Voelker knocked in 17 points while Chris Rowe and Shay Wruble added 15 apiece.
While the Laker “big three” led them in scoring, it was a three-pointer from junior Brody Lawrence late in the game which was USA’s dagger. With the Lakers clinging to their one-point cushion, Lawrence came out of a timeout and drained a three-pointer with 1:30 left, pushing EPBP’s lead to 52-48.
A few seconds after Lawrence’s big shot, Wruble came up with a steal and breakaway layup, upping the advantage to 54-48 with 1:05 left.
“The biggest possession of the game is when (Lawrence) stepped out and hit that three,” Gainforth said. “Then we came down and turned it over, and then all of a sudden it’s over.”
Rowe iced the outcome with a three-point play with 28 seconds left.
The Lakers have now won two in a row after a heartbreaking four-game slide which saw them fall out of league championship contention.
“We had a couple of those games which we could have won,” McLellan said. “It takes the heart out of you a little bit.”
For USA, Josh Lakie dropped in a game-high 19 points, including 11 in the fourth quarter which nearly brought the Patriots all the way back. Jake Holland added 16 while Clinton Krueger notched 10.
While USA did manage six three-pointers, including four from Lakie, McLellan was pleased with his team’s defense against 6-foot-6 Holland and 6-8 Krueger.
“You have to give up something,” McLellan said. “Battling inside with those two big guys is always going to be a fight for us. It’s not like we can go play 1-on-1 with those two big guys in there. But I thought we did a pretty good job.”
Defending GTW champion USA finishes the regular season at 10-10 overall, 5-7 in the league.
“I thought we played hard,” Gainforth said. “They had control of the offensive glass in the first half, but I thought we did a better job in the second half.
“When you’re in the game at Lakers with a minute to go, it means you probably played pretty well.”
The Lakers finish up 12-8 overall, 8-4 GTW.
When the final buzzer sounded, McLellan shook hands with the USA players and coaches and received accolades from several fans.
“I am sure I will miss it,” he said. “You can’t do it this long and not miss it.
“But there is a little bit of stress involved, so I am looking forward to taking it easy and we’ll see what happens.”
USA actually led 14-4 at one point in the first quarter, settling for a 14-11 edge. The Lakers, though, came back to grab a 28-26 advantage at the half.
ALL SCORES FROM THURSDAY
BCAS 74, Bad Axe 52
Vassar 64, Reese 42
EPBP 60, USA 53
Cass City 58, Deckerville 51
Ubly 50, Marlette 43
Sandusky 50, Mayville 24
Harbor Beach 68, Brown City 62
Peck 52, Kingston 46
CPS 67, Dryden 33
North Huron 82, Port Hope 63
Akron-Fairgrove 63, Caseville 36
Owen-Gage 54, Arenac Eastern 34
BOYS STANDINGS
GREATER THUMB WEST
Team W L W L
*Vassar 10 2 17 3
BCAS 9 3 13 7
EPBP 8 4 12 8
Reese 6 6 11 9
USA 5 7 10 10
Cass City 3 9 6 14
Bad Axe 1 11 5 15
*Clinched title
GREATER THUMB EAST
Team W L W L
*H. Beach 12 0 19 1
Ubly 9 3 14 5
Marlette 6 5 9 10
Sandusky 6 6 10 10
Brown City 6 6 9 11
Deckerville 2 10 3 16
Mayville 0 10 0 18
*Clinched title
NCTL NORTH
Team W L W L
*North Huron 17 1 19 1
Owen-Gage 11 6 13 6
A-Fairgrove 8 10 8 12
Caseville 2 16 2 18
Port Hope 1 17 1 18
*Clinched title
NCTL SOUTH
Team W L W L
*CPS 14 4 14 6
Memphis 12 6 12 8
Peck 12 6 12 8
Kingston 8 9 9 10
Dryden 4 14 4 16
*Clinched title
FRIDAY’S RESULTS
Mayville at Marlette (LATER)
CPS 69, Caseville 46
SATURDAY'S GAME
Kingston at Owen-Gage (makeup)
End of Regular Season
Here are some photos from the EPBP-USA game...
Wednesday, March 03. 2010
Districts – Day 2
Bogan is at the Class C tourney at Cass City.
Adams is at the Class D tourney at Caseville.
Post all your scores here...
CLASS C
at Cass City
Monday’s Results
Bad Axe 37, Cass City 30
Harbor Beach 41, Ubly 31
Wednesday’s Results
EPBP 48, Bad Axe 32
Harbor Beach 42, USA 37
Friday’s Game
EPBP vs. Harbor Beach , 7 p.m.
Class C
at Brown City
Monday’s Results
Brown City 57, Memphis 31
New Haven 69, Dryden 30
Sandusky 60, Marlette 55
Wednesday’s Results
Brown City 65, Mayville 42
Sandusky 71, New Haven 30
Friday’s Game
Sandusky vs. Brown City 7 p.m.
Class C
at Reese
Monday’s Results
New Lothrop 49, Montrose 24
Reese 53, Saginaw Buena Vista 44
Genesee 44, Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy 33
Wednesday’s Results
New Lothrop 44, Saginaw Valley Lutheran 41
Reese 73, Genesee 20
Friday’s Game
New Lothrop vs. Reese, 7 p.m.
GIRLS CLASS D
at Caseville
Monday’s Results
Caseville 49, A-Fairgrove 39
Wednesday’s Results
Port Hope 46, Owen-Gage 25
North Huron 64, Caseville 21
Friday’s Game
North Huron vs. Port Hope, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 03. 2010
Title night in Harbor Beach...
Led by their eight seniors playing on their home floor for the final time, the Pirates sewed up their first Greater Thumb East championship since 2007, using their season-long winning formula en route to a convincing 46-33 decision over Ubly here Tuesday night.
Defense, defense and a little more defense was the story for Harbor Beach, which limited the Bearcats to eight first-half points. In the process, Ubly turned it over 22 times in the opening 16 minutes, setting the tone for what’s becoming a standard defensive effort for the Pirates.
“These are hard working kids,” said Harbor Beach coach Ron Wruble. “You can see that in the way they play. Their work attitude... I have never coached a team like that...”
The Pirates built an 18-point lead midway through the third quarter, though the Bearcats had one charge in them. Ubly sliced the deficit to nine midway through the fourth quarter, but the turnover frenzy in the opening half was way too much to overcome.
“We’re used to maybe 15 turnovers a game,” said Ubly coach Joel Leipprandt. “We settled down a little bit in the second half, but... That’s too many possessions.
“No question, they pressure the ball very well. They play in-your-face defense, but we knew that coming in.
“We had to handle the ball and their pressure. In the first half, we didn’t. The ball was going all over the place.”
When one Bearcat zigged, the other zagged. When a pass went left, the player went right.
Meanwhile, the Pirates did just enough offensively to build their comfortable cushion.
Senior sharp-shooter Jacob Murawske tossed in 11 of his game-high 20 points in the first half, including eight in the opening quarter when the Pirates built their lead. Senior Justin Braun picked up the slack in the second half when he scored eight of his 14 points, including six in the fourth quarter. Fellow senior Shane Ginther notched 10 points, and was the catalyst in Harbor Beach’s all-over-the-place defensive effort.
Harbor Beach turned a 13-point halftime bulge into a 32-14 edge with 3:40 left in the third quarter, settling for a 35-18 lead heading to the final eight minutes.
From there, though, the Bearcats finally got some open looks from the three-point arc, burying three straight early in the fourth quarter to get within striking range.
A 9-0 flurry pulled Ubly closer at 37-27 with 4:30 left. A Justin Cleary three-pointer got the Bearcats as close as 39-30 with 3:20 left, but the Pirates managed to connect on 7-of-12 free throws in the fourth quarter to secure the victory.
“They hit three threes in a row on us in the fourth — they weren’t even getting those shots before that time,” Wruble said. “We got a little flat in the fourth quarter, and that’s probably my mistake. We took a couple of shots that were ill-advised, so we backed off a bit.”
The Bearcats got back into the game in the second half by taking care of the ball. They had just nine turnovers over the final 16 minutes, 31 overall.
“This group showed me something tonight,” Leipprandt said. “A lot of teams would have just thrown in the towel at halftime, but they didn’t. I think we got down by 18, but we got ourselves back into the game. We were working hard, but we just couldn’t knock down enough shots...”
Ubly had Steven Weber with 13 points while Cleary added six, and Adam Glaza five.
The Bearcats, now 13-5 overall, 8-3 GTE, close the regular season at home Thursday against Marlette.
“I don’t like the loss, but I hope we can learn from it,” Leipprandt said.
Harbor Beach, now 18-1 overall, 11-0 GTE, has a chance for a perfect league slate with a win Thursday at Brown City.
Wruble said he’s proud of his squad’s accomplishments this season.
“This is a tough league,” he said. “Some of those teams which are around .500 are top quality teams. They beat up on each other. We were fortunate enough to sneak by them.
“We’re going to keep going with what we are doing. We might tweak a few things Thursday, but we want to come out of there with a ‘W.’”
Sparked by a nearly packed-house, as well as a pair of three-pointers from Murawske, Harbor Beach led 14-4 after one quarter and 21-8 at the half.
“We had some transition opportunities in the first half, but we rushed some shots,” Wruble said. “It would have been nice to be up a little more, but we were happy to be up 13 and have a decent cushion.”
ROUNDUP
EPBP 69, Bad Axe 53
BAD AXE — Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port snapped its four-game slide in a big way here Tuesday night.
The Lakers overcame a halftime deficit to pull away from Bad Axe in a 69-53 decision.
EPBP trailed 33-30 at the break, but outscored the Hatchets 24-7 in the third quarter to take command of the game.
Chris Rowe had a game-high 21 points to lead the Lakers while Luke Voelker added 20 points and Brody Lawrence had 14 points.
Bad Axe was led by Ethan Sisco with 17 points.
USA 60, Cass City 55
SEBEWAING — Unionville-Sebewaing earned a hard-fought victory over Cass City here Tuesday night.
The Patriots led 30-24 at the half, and were able to hang on for the win.
Clinton Krueger had a game-high 22 points to lead USA while Sean McBrayer added 13 points and Josh Lakie had 11.
Alex Varney had 19 points to pace the Red Hawks while Cameron Dunnuck added 15 points.
Brown City 70, Deckerville 42
DECKERVILLE — Brown City opened up a big first-half lead, and came away with an convincing win over Deckerville here Tuesday night.
The Green Devils led 23-9 after the first quarter and 39-20 by halftime.
Dylan Mason and Josh Moffitt each had 14 points to lead Brown City while Trent Wood added 10 points.
John Decker had 12 points to lead the Eagles while Rick Wilfong added 10.
North Huron 52, Peck 45
PECK — North Huron put four players in double figures as it got by Peck here Tuesday night.
The Warriors led 28-21 at halftime, but the Pirates cut it to 41-36 heading into the fourth.
Erik Dhyse led North Huron with 15 points. Kevin Rice added 14 points, Sean Clancy had 11 and Mike Bucholtz chipped in 10.
Kolin York had a game-high 16 points to Peck while Gerald Pathic added 10.
Owen-Gage 74, Caseville 34
OWENDALE — Nick Zaleski scored 31 points, and Owendale-Gagetown rolled past Caseville here Tuesday night.
The Bulldogs led 21-6 after the first quarter and 33-16 by halftime. They used a 24-10 run to put the game out of reach.
Ryan Francis added 17 points for Owen-Gage while Devin Prich had 14, including four triples, and Hunter Champagne chipped in 10 points.
Nathan Sell had 20 points to lead the Eagles.
ALL TUESDAY'S RESULTS
EPBP 69, Bad Axe 53
Reese 71, BCAS 61
USA 60, Cass City 55
Marlette def. Sandusky by 8
Vassar 64, Mayville 25
Harbor Beach 46, Ubly 33
Brown City 70, Deckerville 42
Memphis 75, Port Hope 41
North Huron 52, Peck 45
Owen-Gage 74, Caseville 34
Arenac Eastern 56, Akron-Fairgrove 43
Photos from the Ubly-Harbor Beach game...
Monday, March 01. 2010
District Delight
It's hard to believe, but the regular season is over girls basketball, and the postseason begins tonight. Mike Bogan is rested and ready to go from his vacation. He will be at the Class C Cass City district all week while Paul Adams will be covering the Class D action at Caseville. Below are the draws that include GTC or NCTL teams. Please post any scores or highlights from tonight's games on this thread.
GIRLS CLASS C
at Cass City
Monday, March 1
Bad Axe 37, Cass City 30
Harbor Beach 41, Ubly 31
Wednesday, March 3
Bad Axe vs. EPBP, 6 p.m.
Harbor Beach vs. USA, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 5
Championship, 7 p.m.
Class C
at Brown City
Monday, March 1
Brown City 57, Memphis 31
New Haven 69, Dryden 30
Sandusky 60, Marlette 55
Wednesday, March 3
Mayville vs Brown City 6:00 pm
New Haven vs Sandusky 7:30 pm
Friday, March 5
Championship, 7 p.m.
Class C
at Reese
Monday, March 1
New Lothrop 49, Montrose 24
Reese 53, vs Saginaw Buena Vista 44
Genesee 44, Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy 33
Wednesday, March 3
Saginaw-Valley Lutheran vs New Lothrop, 6:00 pm
Reese vs Genesee, 7:30 pm
Friday, March 5
Championship, 7 p.m.
GIRLS CLASS D
at Caseville
Monday, March 1
Caseville 49, A-Fairgrove 39
Wednesday, March 3
Owen-Gage vs. Port Hope, 6 p.m.
Caseville vs. North Huron, 7:30 p.m.
Friday, March 5
Championship, 7 p.m.
Friday, February 26. 2010
Frigid Friday
It was supposed to be a full slate of boys games tonight, instead the weather has cost us most of those contest. A few are still on as of now. Below are some photos from Cass City's win over Bad Axe.
Boys Basketball
Cass City63, Bad Axe 50
Reese 69, EPBP 62
Vassar 49, BCAS 48
USA 76, Essexville-Garber 51
Ubly 70, Deckerville 49
Sandusky at Harbor Beach ppd (makeup Saturday)
Mayville at Marlette ppd
CPS at Caseville ppd
Dryden at North Huron ppd (makeup March 1)
Kingston at Owen-Gage ppd (makeup March 6)
Peck at A-Fairgrove ppd (makeup Saturday)
Thursday, February 25. 2010
Championship Thursday
Wednesday, February 24. 2010
Wednesday Night Hoops
It was a light Wednesday schedule, but I was still able to make to a pair of games. The night started with Bad Axe at USA, which saw the Patriots earn a 72-43 decision. It continued to Vassar at EPBP, where the Vulcans stayed in GTW title contention with a hard-fought 55-49 decision. According to Vassar Chuck Fabbro, it's the first time the Vulcans have won at EPBP since 1989. For more on these games, please see Thursday's Tribune. Photos appear below.
Boys Basketball
USA 72, Bad Axe 43
Vassar 55, EPBP 49
Reese 83, Cass City 52
Ubly 61, Brown City 49
Harbor Beach 59, Mayville 39
Peck 51, Dryden 40
Wednesday, February 24. 2010
School pride leads to sweet prize
News reporter, Traci Weisenbach was happy to lend us this story for the Sports Blog. Thanks Traci!
PIGEON — Displaying a lot of school spirit can really take you places.
That is what the Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker High School dance team and band have discovered, as their organization of a school spirit activity led to them being invited to perform at a Saginaw Spirit hockey game.
It all started with an invitation from WNEM TV5 for Laker High School to participate in the Saginaw Spirit-TV5 Spirit Award contest, said Brian Keim, secondary school principal. He contacted Missy Kish, dance team coach, to have the dance team coordinate the school spirit activities surrounding the contest.
In mid-October, a TV5 camera crew came out to a football game to film the Lakers’ display of school spirit. Students, standing in the bleachers, held up 100 laminated panels that had letters on them, similar to the “Wheel of Fortune” gameshow. Each panel had one letter on each side. When all of them were held up, one side of the panels said “EPBP Laker family welcomes.” The other side said “TV-5, news coverage you can count on.”
In addition, band students had created Laker-related designs in fences by the football field using plastic tablecloths. One of the designs was the Laker ship wheel.
“It was original, and I think that’s why we were chosen,” said Kish.
She noted that many people took part in helping with the school spirit display, including high school secretaries, who helped laminate the letter panels.
In the weekly Spirit Award contest, three schools competed for the award. In the week Lakers competed, Ubly and St. Louis high schools also tried for the prize, but they couldn’t out-spirit the Lakers.
Along with a plaque, which is hanging in the secondary school office, the dance team and the band were invited to perform for one hour before the start of the 7:11 p.m. game Saturday at the Dow Event Center. In addition, the dance team will perform briefly during time outs and intermissions.
“They are going to be the entertainment. That’s a big thing,” Kish said. “We are so excited. It’s the result of a lot of hard work and determination.”
Before the game, the dance team will perform the routine they did at the Laker Coming Home event, she said. It includes a mix of contemporary dance songs. She said after the Coming Home event, she received many compliments on the team’s tasteful performance.
Kish, who is in her first year as the dance team coach, said the team has 29 girls this year.
She said the team has really stepped up to the plate and accomplished great things this year, including capturing the spirit award.
Band Director Jessica Zarnke said she, too, is excited about the band’s chance to perform at the Saginaw Spirit game in front of thousands of people.
“Performing at the game will be a wonderful opportunity for the students,” she said. “This is the first time we have ever done something like this, so I am sure it will be a memorable event.”
To allow a high number of Laker fans to attend Saturday’s game, ticket prices are $5 each, which is more than 50 percent off the regular price, Keim said. Tickets are available at the secondary school office.
“So far, 200 people have purchased tickets, so we’ve had a nice showing of support,” Keim said.
“I think it’s a great reward for our kids and fans,” he said.
He noted it’s important for students to learn about good sportsmanship and positive school spirit, and the spirit award allowed Lakers to proudly display theirs.
For more information about tickets, call (989) 453-4600.
Traci L. Weisenbach • (989) 269-6461 • tweisenbach@hearstnp.com
Tuesday, February 23. 2010
Terrific Tuesday
The regular season is heading down the stretch run, and we have a full slate of games on tap tonight. I will be attending a pair of contests, starting with Mayville at Harbor Beach, then USA at Bad Axe. Photos will appear latter tonight. Please post any scores or highlights from tonight's game on this thread.
Boys Basketball
Sandusky at Cros-Lex
Port Hope 58, Caseville 42
Owen-Gage 43, A-Fairgrove 40
CPS 47, Memphis 36
Peck at Dryden
Girls Basketball
Bad Axe 54, USA 42
Vassar 41, EPBP 40
Reese 60, Cass City 18
Harbor Beach 59, Mayville 27
Brown City 56, Ubly 13
Deckerville 57, Marlette 50
BCAS 53, Bay City John Glenn 30
Friday, February 19. 2010
Friday Night Fire
BCAS took control for the GTW with a narrow 54-52 win over EPBP on Friday to pick up its second win over the Lakers this week. The Cougars now sit alone atop of the GTW. Below are the scores from Friday night.
Boys Basketball
BCAS 54, EPBP 52
Reese 77, USA 46
Vassar 58, Cass City 46
Harbor Beach 57, Marlette 35
Deckerville 42, Mayville 29
Sandusky 61, Brown City 58 2OT
Peck 57, Caseville 30
North Huron 63, CPS 53
Owen-Gage 57, Dryden 46
Kingston 82, Port Hope 46
Memphis 46, Akron-Fairgrove 21
Thursday, February 18. 2010
Big Thursday
The ladies were in action on Thursday. At the game I attended, Port Hope extended its winning streak to 17 games with a 53-26 decision over Caseville. The Bluestars' winning streak is now the longest in the Thumb after Brown City upended No. 1 Sandusky 41-31. The Tribune will have a full report on Port Hope's win in Friday's Tribune. We will also have a roundup of the rest of Thursday's action. Below are the scores from tonight.
Girls Basketball
Bad Axe 44, Ubly 33
EPBP 39, BCAS 27
Reese 61, USA 46
Vassar 54, Cass City 37
Harbor Beach 39, Marlette 38
Brown City 41, Sandusky 31
Mayville 59, Deckerville 51
Port Hope 53, Caseville 26
North Huron 59, A-Fairgrove 39
Peck 47, Dryden 33
CPS 42, Kingston 40 OT
