State Senator Mike Shirkey; Lloyd & Judi Ganton & Paul Buchholz, Lloyd Ganton Retirement Centers; Meet the JTV Staff with Producer, Abigail Copelin; Melissa Tee & Collin Cote, Housing Expo Jan. 17; Dave DeBaker, Entertainment Correspondent; Ric Walton, the Walton Insurance Group
Thursday, January 12th Grass Lake at Michigan Center Boys 7pm - JTV Concord at Springport Boys - 7pm Hanover-Horton at Addison Boys - 7pm Napoleon at East Jackson Boys - 7pm Manchester at Vandercook Lake Boys - 7pm Columbia Central at Hillsdale Boys - 7pm Jackson Christian at Climax-Scotts Boys 7pm Friday, January 12th Lumen Christi at Western Girls 6pm Lumen Chrisit at Western Boys 7:30pm - JTV Jackson at Okemos Girls 6pm Jackson at Okemos Boys 7:30pm Marshall at Northwest Girls 6pm Marshall at Northwest Boys 7:30pm Hudson at Columbia Central Girls 7pm Concord at Springport Girls 7pm Climax-Scotts at Jackson Christian Girls 6:30pm Hanover-Horton at Napoleon Girls 7pm East Jackson at Manchester Girls - 7pm Vandercook Lake at Grass Lake Girls - 7pm Addison at Michigan Center Girls - 7pm
Tune in to JTV and jtv.tv/live tonight at 7:30pm and 10:30pm for Thursday Night Hoops powered by Napoleon Lawn and Leisure. On tonight's show, we'll have: Girls Basketball Highlights Boys Basketball Highlights Game of the Week: Eastern at Jackson Dan Crowley, Jackson Boys Basketball Coach Anytime Fitness 4 to Watch - Shakaya Rogers, Concord; Amaya Taylor, Jackson; Darren Hampton, Napoleon; Se'Taveus Johnson, Concord. JTV Sports Player of the Week - Marquise Robinson, Jackson Boys and Girls Power Rankings
By Mike Moore Staff Writer Jackson — It was just the second week and third game of the season. Playing at home, Elliot Munz watched as his Jackson girls basketball team started a Tuesday night by falling behind Northwest 7-0. From that point forward, his Vikings have been a different team, the coach said Wednesday night. “We took time out, kind of got our focus back, and we started to come back,” Munz recalled. “It was a back-and-forth game all night, a huge challenge because we had to come from behind.” But with a lock-down defense, Jackson allowed 39 points the rest of the night and ran away with a 53-46 victory. “And that’s when I knew what this team was really capable of,” Munz said. More than a month later, and following Tuesday’s 63-52 victory over Eastern, the Vikings are 6-2 overall, and it’s the defense leading the charge. “The girls have really bought in to what we’re trying to do,” Munz said. “We focus on the defense. Everything starts on the defensive end.” Munz admitted his lineup is undersized, “but very athletic. We’re able to put pressure on other teams…
Scott Koziol, Supt., Michigan Center Schools; Jerry Kurfess, Michigan Automotive Compressor, Inc. MACI; Meet the JTV Staff, with True Story Producer, Austin Bell; Emma Sigman, Most Teens Don’t, with Sarah Allison, Jackson County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition; Mike Belcher, DC3 Consulting & Inspection
