Michigan Rush Jackson claims Super Y League National Championship
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Several Area Athletes Make Detroit Free Press All-State Football Teams
By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 18th, 2018 Fifteen Local to Jackson Athletes made the Detroit Free Press All-State Football teams. Mick McCabe is in his 47th year at the Free Press, covering primarily high school and college athletics. The list is comprised of athletes he selected and was published to Freep.com. McCabe selected hundreds of student-athletes that participated in MHSAA football this year to eight divisions worth of teams. He then named off dozens as honorable mentions for the eight divisions- who he believed deserved a nod, even though they were not placed on a team. The 2010 Michigan Sports Writer of the Year, McCabe has won several state and national awards. In April 2014, McCabe became only the fifth sports writer inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame. This is our compilation of his local and area selections. More than anything, the point of us covering his list is to make it easy for local fans, families and friends to find the athletes who were named to the daunting all-state teams. In addition to the fifteen local athletes, there is an additional 27 area athletes, for a grand total of 42 athletes within a stones…
Jackson Viking Basketball Falls to Ann Arbor Pioneer
(Photo: Jackson High School's Fieldhouse) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 11th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan-- Jackson High's Boys Varsity Basketball team dipped to an even .500 on the season after losing to Ann Arbor Pioneer (57-44) at home on Tuesday night. Following a 7pm tip off, the two teams played hard right from the first whistle. Ann Arbor was coming off of a tough loss to Canton, and was prepared to bounce back. The Vikes led at the halftime break by a score of 24-23. Jackson was fueled by the electric play of Tyshan Kelley, who scored 7 first half points. He was spurred on by teammate Tyler Hunt's 6 that he added through the two periods. At one point the Pioneers were struggling, but staged a bit of a comeback egged on by Drew Lowder's 9 first half points. Lowder gave Pioneer their first lead since the start of the game just moments from the halftime break before Jackson regained the lead and held it into the break. The score would have been 35-35 going into the 4th quarter of play if Kasean Pryor had not drained two deep 3-pointers in the last 60 seconds of the…
Jackson Area Boy’s High School Basketball Scores
By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 11th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan-- The Jackson Area's High School Basketball Season is in full swing. Check back here on JTV for highlghts, recaps, standings, scores and more all season long. In addition to these things, we also offer live streaming for each game we broadcast on Television. You can listen to any game we will be carrying live by visiting our website during the game. Below is each score reported and each Jackson area team's current record on the year. For our full boy’s schedule click here Last year's record: 10-9 This year's record: 1-2 Results this season: L 11-30-18 - The Golden Eagles played at home against Western. The final score was 47-57 W 12-3-18 - The Golden Eagles played at home against Concord high School. The final score was 68-45 L 12-7-18 - The Golden Eagles played at home against Concord high School. The final score was 38-57 12-11-18 - The Golden Eagles are on the road at Erie-Mason tonight. Last year's record: 4-17 This year's record: 0-4 Results this season: L 11-27-18 - The Yellowjackets hosted Hanover-Horton. The final score was 39-82 L 11-30-18 - The Yellowjackets hosted Vandercook Lake…
Four Local Athletes to Compete in NCAA National Championship
(Photo: Courtesy of Ferris State Athletics) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 11th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan– Four Local Athletes will compete in an NCAA National Championship. The Ferris State University football squad advanced to the NCAA Division II National Championship game for the first time in school history, following an impressive 42-25 road win over Minnesota State on Saturday, (December 8) in the national semifinals in Mankato, Minnesota. The Bulldogs built a 21-10 first half lead and scored three of the four touchdowns in the second half to pull away late from the Mavericks in improving to 15-0 overall this season. With the win, the Bulldogs will now face top-seeded Valdosta State (Ga.) in the 2018 D2 National Championship game this Saturday, (December 15) in McKinney, Texas. Kickoff is set for 4pm (ET). There are currently four Jackson Area graduates that are playing for Ferris State and in the D2 National Championship. Three of the athletes are from Lumen Christi. Liam Daly is described as a talented outside linebacker on the Bulldog’s website. He Claimed area player of the week recognition and played several positions including linebacker, safety, quarterback and running back in High School. The Sophomore was…
Setbacks can’t slow Jackson Christian’s Sanford
By Gary Kalahar (Photo: Ryan Kerwin, JTV Sports) JTV Sports When athletic director Mike Baisden wanted to launch a strength program last spring for Jackson Christian High School athletes, he knew who his initial recruit among the girls had to be. “I told her, ‘If you come and you’re consistent, people are going to follow you,’ ” Baisden said. “ ‘You’re a leader, and you’re going to be a leader for your teams next year.’ ” Baisden recognized the effect Bree Sanford could have on her fellow athletes – not only because of her personality, but because she already had demonstrated how much she was willing to endure to achieve her goals. Sanford has battled through two significant physical hardships to emerge as one of Jackson Christian’s top athletes in her junior year. Born with an extremely severe case of clubfoot, Sanford underwent years of surgeries and physical therapy to allow her to be active. Then, a serious knee injury kept her out of action her freshman year. “For someone who could…
Cougars Basketball Upsets No. 1 Team in Country
(Photo: Courtesy of Spring Arbor Athletics) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 10th, 2018 Spring Arbor, Michigan-- The Spring Arbor University men’s basketball team is now 12-2 on the season- after knocking off No. 1 Indiana Wesleyan University on Saturday in Spring Arbor. This comes after the No. 23 ranked Cougars toppled No. 5 Marian on Tuesday. Spring Arbor was ready to get back on track and prove they belonged amongst the best teams in the country after their first loss in nine games to Taylor. They did so after upsetting No. 5 Marian at home in an OT thriller and then handily defeating Indiana Wesleyan. The final tally of the contest was 96-86. An easy SAU win. SAU is having one of their best seasons in recent memory. Standing at 12-2 on the season. Head Coach, Ryan Cottingham, directed his program to a nine-game winning streak that matched the program’s all-time record, and was tied for the longest active streak in the country. On Saturday, Barber scored a game-high 22 points and went 7-9 from the floor. He also hit five three's in the effort. Marandet added an impressive 20 and completed six assists. SAU shot 51…