First things first as Hanover football makes trip to East Jackson
By Mike Moore Photo By Ryan Kerwin, JTV Sports Staff Writer Horton — Johnnie Stewart knows with three more wins, and six total, his Hanover-Horton football team is guaranteed a playoff spot. The Comets’ coach actually thinks, based on his squad’s schedule, that five wins will be enough to sneak into the postseason. But wins five and six won’t be possible without win No. 4 coming first, and as Stewart spoke the other day about his team, that’s all he was focused on. “These are all big games, and right now, for us, this one is huge,” Stewart said of Friday night’s tilt at East Jackson. “They have some quality players. Every game we’ve seen of theirs they play tough. We have to be able to do the same.” After a 3-1 start, Hanover dropped its last two and enters tonight at 3-3. “We are very shorthanded right now,” Stewart said, noting that a considerable amount of starters will not be playing. He said the absences were not health related, but refused to explain more. “So,…
Back at home, Napoleon football takes aim at season’s fifth win
By Mike Moore Photo by Ryan Kerwin, JTV Sports Staff Writer Napoleon — When the Napoleon football team beat Manchester last fall, it ended a streak of losses that annually dated back to 2006. When the teams meet Friday night, well, it’s the Pirates looking to make a streak of their own with two wins in two years. And as coach Scott Ashe spoke about it, there’s no other option. “It’s a must win,” Ashe said bluntly. “We can’t let this go. We’re tied for first in the conference right now and have a lot to play for. We have to come out and play with a chip on our shoulder.” With Week 7 set to go, the Pirates will “come out” in a way they have only once before — at home. “Never been like this as far as I can remember,” Ashe said of five road games the first six weeks. “But we’re expecting a great crowd and a great atmosphere.” Following consecutive wins, Napoleon is 4-2 on the season. Manchester comes in 2-4. “We’re not looking at their…
Mifsud, Western football confident heading into showdown with Lumen Christi
By Mike Moore Photo by Ryan Kerwin, JTV Sports Staff Writer Parma — His team will enter as a large underdog, both based on past seasons, past history and the past few weeks. Dave Mifsud is just fine with that, too. The final third of the 2017 regular season officially kicks off Friday night for high school football, and for Mifsud and his Western squad, one of the biggest games in program history takes flight at 7 p.m. at Lumen Christi. “This is a big game, especially in the sense that we have a lot of people around here who aren’t big fans of Lumen,” Mifsud said. “But we’re going to face a program that is very good every year, and to me, they look like the best team in the conference. It’s going to be a great challenge, and we have our work cut out for us.” A big game, a great challenge, and just maybe, the best shot Western…
Week 7 High School Football Schedule
Friday, October 6th 2017 Jackson at Okemos Western at Lumen Christi - JTV Northwest at Marshall Hanover-Horton at East Jackson - JTV Concord at Quincy Erie-Mason at Columbia Central Vandercook Lake at Michigan Center Manchester at Napoleon Springport at Jonesville For Game Previews, watch the Aspen One Hour Football Show Thursday Night at 7:30pm and 10:30pm on JTV
