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Spencer Uses Hot Putter to Defeat Former City Champion

Conor Spencer watches a shot during the Jackson City Golf Championship  qualifying Saturday at Cascades Golf Course. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports A $15 putting mirror is paying big dividends for Lumen Christi Catholic School senior Conor Spencer. The mirror helps a golfer with alignment, stroke length and direction. Spencer defeated two-time Jackson City Champion Mike Brockie 2 up in the tournament at Cascades Golf Course. Seven of the eight matches were completed in the third round on Tuesday. The Mike Raymond/ Logan Anuszkiewicz match was delayed as Raymond experienced a rain delay at another event. The match did not begin until 6:20 p.m. Raymond leads 2 up after 12 holes and play is expected to begin Wednesday at 7 a.m. In other matches, Luke Girodat earned a 1-up win over Bret Valkuchak in 19 holes; Riley Hestwood won 7-5 over Chris Chaney; Mark Kurzynowski won 2-1 over medalist Brian Carney; Brogan Brockie earned a 3-2 victory over Tom Raymond; Cody Lysher won 2-1 against Todd Marston; and Steve Maddalena earned a 2-1 win over Greg Zeller. The results set up quarterfinal matches of the Raymond/Anuszkiewicz winner versus Spencer; Girodat versus Hestwood; Kurzynowski versus…

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Nineteenth Year of High School Football Coming on JTV

JTV Sports will return with presentations of High School Football this year. This will be JTV's 19th year of consecutive coverage of varsity athletics throughout Jackson County. JTV Sports | August 5th, 2019 | JTV Sports Staff JTV Sports’ nineteenth season of High School Football coverage begins at the end of this month. Since JTV began coverage of High School Sports in 2000, nearly 50,000 high school student-athletes have appeared in over 3,000 games telecast on JTV.   JTV offers complete game coverage, as well as programs like The Locker Room, Aspen One-Hour Football Show, Thursday Night Hoops and other specials. JTV has earned the distinction of being “The World Leader in Local High School Sports Television.” Each week during the regular and post-season, JTV covers 3 to 4 games, with play-by-play and color commentators, instant replays, graphics and several in-game features. Games played throughout the week air Saturday and Sunday in rotation at 1, 3, 7 and 9pm on JTV and JTV.TV. https://twitter.com/JTV_Sports/status/1131249170076098562 JTV’s award-winning sports programming includes online video highlights and features throughout the season on JTV.TV.  Additional content online includes Orthopedic Rehab Specialist Photo Galleries, which last year presented over 15,000 photos from high school games and…

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Jackson College Hires Travis Wobrock as Volleyball Coach

Jackson College has announced the hiring of Travis Wobrock as coach of the Jackson College Jets volleyball program. Wobrock comes from Onsted where he served as the head coach for junior varsity and was the varsity assistant coach. Prior to that, he spent one year as varsity coach at Addison High School. Wobrock has coached club volleyball at Tru Sports Volleyball Academy, Premier Academy and Glass City Volleyball.  “This is a program that has great potential and I can’t wait to build a program here. Having the opportunity to invest in a program so close to home is an honor to me,” Wobrock said.  A former defensive specialist and libero from Adrian College, he will specialize with his backcourt. Wobrock was a part of the Adrian College men’s volleyball program for three years. During his time at Adrian, he helped guide the Bulldogs to an eighth, ninth, and 13th place finish in the NCVF National Tournament. He was also named the team MVP after the 2014 season.  Wobrock graduated from Adrian College where he earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education and health education. He is currently earning his master’s degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration at the University of…

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2019 Traffic Jam-In 7-13-19 | Photo Gallery

2019 Traffic Jam-In, July 12-13, 2019. Photos by Brooke Morse, JTV. To order downloads and prints, click here. [ngg src="galleries" ids="450" display="pro_blog_gallery"]2019 Traffic Jam-In, July 12-13, 2019. Photos by Brooke Morse, JTV. To order downloads and prints, click here.

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Stuard Ready for Home-state Tournament

Brian Stuard tees off in the Delta Dental Pro-Am at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Detroit Country Club.  June 26, 2019.  Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports While Rickie Fowler is the posterchild for the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit this week, Napoleon High School graduate Brian Stuard may be the hometown crowd favorite. Fowler is a spokesman for the Michigan company, while Stuard has the blue-collar attitude that keeps him on the tour year after year. He will be one of 156 players who will hope to hoist the Rocket Mortgage Classic trophy on Sunday. Rounds begin today (Thursday) and the top 70 and ties advance to play on the weekend. Consider the facts about Stuard. There are only three golfers playing at the Detroit Golf Club this weekend in the first PGA Tour event in Michigan in a decade. Stuard is by far the most successful on the Tour of the three. In eight short seasons, Stuard has earned more than $9 million – including five seasons of more than $1 million. He has one win on the tour and has made the cut in three of eight majors over the years. But it…

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Lumen Christi’s Keegan Smith commits to CMU football

Lumen Christi offensive lineman Keegan Smith has committed to play in Mount Pleasant for Central Michigan University's football program. Lumen Christi's football program is coming off of their third straight state championship win. JTV Sports | June 25th, 2019 | Gabriel Schray Keegan Smith will become a Chippewa and play for Central Michigan University's football program, he announced via Twitter. New head coach Jim McElwain will benefit from his verbal commit to the program, as he will become a member of the 2020 recruiting class for the University. 57-year-old McElwain was 22-12 over parts of three seasons at Florida. He won 19 games and earned SEC Coach of the Year honors. At Colorado State, he turned the Rams into a 10-win program and second-place finisher in the Mountain West Conference. At Alabama he served as offensive coordinator and formed a relationship with CMU athletic director Michael Alford. he also coached at Michigan State from 2003 to 2005. He’ll be hoping to turn around a Chippewas football team that went a program-worst 1-11 in their 2018 campaign. Smith, who already holds a number of scholarship offers, will have a chance to return Lumen Christi to Ford Field this fall. The school…

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2018-19 MHSAA Parade of Champions

A total of 105 schools won one or more of the 128 Michigan High School Athletic Association team championships awarded during 2018-19, with two teams earning the first Finals championship in any sport in their schools’ histories. JTV Sports | June 20th, 2019 | Gabriel Schray Ypsilanti Lincoln celebrated its first MHSAA Finals championship by winning the Division 1 boys basketball title in the winter, and Millington claimed its first by earning the Division 3 softball championship this spring. A total of 19 schools won two or more championships this school year, paced by two schools winning four: Pewamo-Westphalia won in boys basketball, girls basketball, competitive cheer and girls track & field; and Marquette won in boys skiing, girls skiing, girls swimming & diving and girls track & field. Five schools won three MHSAA Finals championships: Bronson, Detroit Country Day, East Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and Hudsonville Unity Christian. Winning two titles in 2018-19 were Chassell, Detroit Catholic Central, Houghton, Ishpeming, Ishpeming Westwood, Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep, Lake Orion, Negaunee, Ontonagon, Sault Ste. Marie and West Iron County. Farmington Hills Harrison – in its final school year before closing this summer – also was part of two…

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