JCAS Bissell Empty the Shelter, December 14, 2019. Photos by Brooke Morse, JTV. To order downloads and prints, click here. [ngg src="galleries" ids="624" display="pro_blog_gallery"]JCAS Bissell Empty the Shelter, December 14, 2019. Photos by Brooke Morse, JTV. To order downloads and prints, click here.
Jackson Area Wrestling Showdown (J.A.W.S.), Middle School at Parkside. December 14, 2019. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. To order prints or downloads, click here. [ngg src="galleries" ids="623" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Jackson Area Wrestling Showdown (J.A.W.S.), Middle School at Parkside. December 14, 2019. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. To order prints or downloads, click here.
Erik Jacobson, Head Coach, Spring Arbor University Clay Target Program. Courtesy Photo. Spring Arbor University has announced the newest addition to SAU Athletics—a Clay Target team. Erik Jacobson has been selected as the head coach and will lead the program into its inaugural season, which will officially begin fall of 2020. The co-ed Clay Target program will practice at the Jackson County Sportsman Club in Jackson, Michigan. Jacobson, a Spring Arbor University alumnus, brings a wealth of coaching experience and extensive knowledge to the position. For the last five years, he has been coaching a unified Jackson County team, the Jackson County Sportsman Club Clay Target Team. In addition to his duties with his clay target team, Jacobson has coached high school girls’ golf for 10 years and baseball for seven years at Vandercook Lake High School in Jackson, Michigan. Jacobson graduated with a degree in chemistry from Spring Arbor in 2006, and completed his master’s degree in education from SAU in 2015. He has taught science at Vandercook Lake High School for the last 13 years. The addition of the Clay Target program increases the number of athletic offerings at SAU to 22. Spring Arbor most recently added Competitive…
Visitors view art show competition entries and winners at Ganton Art Gallery at Spring Arbor University (courtesy photo) Spring Arbor University’s Department of Art & Design announced the results of their 2019 Fall Art Competition. Students submitted their works to be judged by SAU alumna and Springport High School art teacher Heidi Rhodes. Ms. Rhodes selected works for the Fall Art Exhibition as well as award winners. In announcing the awards, Rhodes named creativity and complexity as key components of exceptional artwork. She presented top awards to student work that best exemplified those qualities. The 2019 Fall Art Exhibition will be on display in the Ganton Art Gallery through Feb. 2. Award Winners 1st Place Noelle Immink | “Skully” (Pen & Ink) 2nd Place Jamie Erickson | “Concrete Melody” (Mixed Media) 3rd Place Emma Hale | “Adam” (Photography) 2D Design Noelle Immink | “Lava” Drawing Taryn Kunze | “Grandpa’s Wrenches” Painting Emma Hale | “Pears & Jug” Graphic Design Atalie Baker | “Fits Almost Anywhere” Photography Emma Hale | “Hanging Plant” Department of Art & Design Scholarship (Most Pieces in Show) Emma Hale Melayna Stuckey Cole Color Awards Hannah Chapel | “Three Bottles of Coke” Christi Waldo | “Calla” The Ganton…
This weekend on The Locker Room presented by County National Bank: Boys & Girls Basketball Highlights from all over the Jackson Area, JTV Sports talks with Vandercook Lake Boys Head Basketball Coach James Bradley, Spring Arbor Basketball Action & The Ductz of Mid Michigan Scholar Athlete of the Week.
Kavin Kennedy, right, of Lumen Christi Catholic High School battles Portage Central player Gavin Brasosky during a game Friday at Optimist Ice Arena. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports Lumen Christi Catholic High School is no longer wondering nomads in the world of high school hockey. The Titans won the inaugural South Central Hockey League game 4-1 Friday night at Optimist Ice Arena against Portage Central High School. Lumen Christi is now 4-0 overall, 1-0 in league action. The Titans have played an independent schedule for approximately five seasons after Lumen Christi joined the Interstate-8 Conference. Lumen Christi previously played hockey in the Capital Area Activities Conference. “We have been looking for an opportunity to get back into a conference,” LCCHS Coach Mike Wartella said. “Some Lansing schools had dropped out (of the CAAC), so they were down to four teams. “We started talking to Kalamazoo teams who were also looking to start their own league. A league gives you a chance to play for conference championships and personal acknowledgements.” The South Division of the South Central Hockey League will include Portage Central, Portage Northern, Kalamazoo United, Kalamazoo Eagles, and Mattawan. Lumen Christi will play…
Lumen Christi vs Portage Central Hockey. Optimist Ice Arena, December 13, 2019. Lumen Christi 4 Portage Central 1. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. To order prints or downloads, click here. [ngg src="galleries" ids="622" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Lumen Christi vs Portage Central Hockey. Optimist Ice Arena, December 13, 2019. Lumen Christi 4 Portage Central 1. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. To order prints or downloads, click here.
Northwest vs Western Boys Basketball, Western High School. December 13, 2019. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. To order prints or downloads, click here. [ngg src="galleries" ids="621" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Northwest vs Western Boys Basketball, Western High School. December 13, 2019. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. To order prints or downloads, click here.
