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Hanover-Horton High School, shown here during the Mel Wolf Invitational in January, qualified for the MHSAA state girls’ bowling finals by finishing second at the Division 4 regional at JAX 60 Thursday.  FILE PHOTO  Boys Basketball Columbia Central 73, Adrian 60: Columbia Central had a district warmup game defeating Adrian Thursday night. Derek Sanders scored 28 points, David Munro added 11 points, and Jack Gorton and Nolan Schiel each scored nine points for the Golden Eagles. Union City 52, Concord 49: Jett Smith scored 17 points, Connor Stevens added 12 points and 13 rebounds, and Darrell Dean added 11 points for Concord. Union City, Springport, and Concord tied in the Big Eight Conference with 9-5 records. East Jackson 72, Hillsdale 65: Three players scored in double digits as Deangelo Alexander scored 19 points, Amaree Padgett finished with 18 points, and Jake Saunders added 15 points for the Trojans. Clinton 42, Grass Lake 40: The perfect regular season came to an end Thursday night as Clinton defeated Grass Lake in a non-conference battle. Brayden Lape scored 19 points and Bryant Cook added six points and eight rebounds for Grass Lake (21-1). Jackson 41, Holt 37: Sophomore Berkeley finished with 30 points…

Lumen Christi Catholic High School, shown here during the Mel Wolf Invitational, won the Division 4 regional title at JAX 60 Thursday.  File Photo Seven Jackson County schools will participate in the Michigan High School Athletic Association team bowling state finals next Friday. The top two teams at each regional qualified for the state team bowling tournament next Friday at various locations around the state. Here are regional team bowling scores from today. Boys Bowling Division 3 at Lansing Catholic (Royal Scot): Napoleon and Grass Lake were the two top qualifiers who qualified for the state tournament. Napoleon finished the eight Bakers and two individual games with a score of 3,315 and Grass Lake rolled 3,262. Michigan Center finished ninth overall with 2,713 pins. The two qualifiers will bowl at JAX 60 in Jackson next Friday in the team competition. Division 4 at Hanover-Horton (JAX 60): Lumen Christi and Britton-Deerfield advance to the state finals with scores of 3,299 and 3,108 respectively. East Jackson finished third (2,886), Vandercook Lake was fourth (2,856), and Hanover-Horton was seventh (2,496). Lumen Christi and Britton-Deerfield advance to the state team tournament Friday at Muskegon. Division 2 at Tecumseh (Ten Pin): Northwest High School finished…

The Division 3 district tournament at Hanover-Horton features six Jackson County schools including Vandercook, East Jackson, Napoleon, Lumen Christi, and Grass Lake.  File photo March Madness starts in February for boys’ basketball in Michigan. Area teams will kick off the Michigan High School Athletic Association tournament with district play starting Monday. Here are schedules for Jackson County teams. Division 2 at Holt Feb. 24       Holt vs. Lansing Everett 5:30 p.m. Jackson vs. Northwest 7 p.m. Feb. 26 Holt/LE winner vs. Mason  5:30 p.m. Jackson/NW winner vs Okemos   7 p.m. Feb. 28 District Final 7 p.m. Division 2 at Columbia Central Feb. 24       Western vs. Pinckney 7 p.m. Feb. 26       West/Pinck winner vs. Michigan Center 5:30 p.m. Chelsea vs. Columbia Central         7 p.m. Feb. 28       District Final 7 p.m. Division 3 at Hanover-Horton Feb. 24       East Jackson vs. Napoleon 5:30 p.m. Vandercook Lake vs. Hanover-Horton 7 p.m. Feb. 26       EJ/Nap winner vs. Lumen Christi    5:30 p.m. VCL/HH winner vs. Grass Lake      7 p.m. Feb. 28       District Final 7 p.m. Division 3 at Dansville Feb. 24       Brighton Charyl vs. Dansville 7 p.m. Feb. 26       BCSP/Dansville winner vs. Stockbridge 5:30 p.m. Springport vs. Leslie 7 p.m. Feb. 28       District Final: Springport/Leslie winner vs…

Spring Arbor University women’s basketball player Megan Zeitz surveys the floor during a game Wednesday night against Bethel University.  Photo by John Lucas Jr., JTV Sports  Girls Basketball Michigan Center 56, Leslie 44: Mayrese Vieau finished with 18 points and five assists to lead Michigan Center. Kara Straub scored 12 points and pulled down eight rebounds and McKynley Gaddy scored nine points and dished eight assists for MCHS (17-2). Chelsea 57, Jackson 25  Boys Basketball Athens 38, Jackson Christian 35 College Athletic Events Men’s Basketball Spring Arbor University 79, Bethel 72: The Cougars scored 42 points in the second half for the come-from-behind win over the No. 10 ranked team in the country. Four players scored in double digits as Travis Grayson scored 22 points, Gabe Newhof finished with 19 points, Dante Favor added 14 points, and Kevyn Robertson scored 11 points for SAU. Dante Favor (23) of Spring Arbor University passes the basketball to a teammate during a home game Wednesday against Bethel University.  Photo by Madison Vieau, JTV Sports Mott Community College 72, Jackson College 62: The Jets fell at home to Mott Community College Wednesday night. Jackson College Jackson is now 3-23 overall, 1-11 in Michigan Community…