Area Girls Receive All-State Honors
Class B Honorable Mention - Angela Hubert, Lumen Christi Class C Honorable Mention - Kassidy Blough, East Jackson Class C Honorable Mention - Bailey Manis, Homer
Girls Class D Regional Results
Class D at Morenci Lansing Christian 46 Jackson Christian 31 Camden-Frontier 40 Hillsdale Academy 20 District Final - Thursday 7pm Lansing Christian vs. Camden-Frontier
Class B District Scores
Class B at Northwest Western 46 Charlotte 43 Olivet 47 Northwest 40 Semifinal schedule for Wednesday - Western vs. Leslie 5:30pm, Olivet vs. Eaton Rapids 7pm Class B at Columbia Central Lumen Christi 75 Onsted 56 Stockbridge 71 Chelsea 66 OT Semifinal schedule for Wednesday - Columbia Central vs. Stockbridge 5:30pm, Lumen Christi vs. Napoleon 7pm
Chucky’s District Predictions
Chucky Buckles, picker of events and things, spent a night in the hospital recently when he was attacked by some dubious ruffians who were angered by his lack of knowledge when it comes to correctly picking… well… anything. He has vowed to improve – so here goes for the boys’ tournament… CLASS A – Jackson v. Mason: The Vikings’ Michael Johnson hurt his wrist shooting all those free throws in the recent Lumen Christi game and wears a bowling brace on it during this district matchup. Sadly, he draws a technical foul for donning those goofy bowling shoes, as well. PICK: Jackson And then… After the Vikings beat Mason (confidence!) they get Grand Ledge in Round 2. That’s a toughie… PICK: Grand Ledge CLASS B – Charlotte v. Western: On the way to the game, a Charlotte fan scales the Parma water tower and draws a mustache on the scary Panther logo up there. The Panthers, citing a ‘nobody messes with our water tower’ pledge, get even. PICK: Western And then… After the Panthers take round one, they draw Leslie in round two, and keep going… PICK: Western Olivet v. Northwest: Shocked and saddened by the Lady Mounties’ loss…
Boys Districts – Monday Games
Class A at Mason - Jackson vs. Mason 7pm Class B at Columbia Central - Lumen Christi vs. Onsted 5:30pm, Chelsea vs. Stockbridge 7pm Class B at Northwest - Charlotte vs. Western 5:30pm, Olivet vs. Northwest 7pm Class C at Concord - Hanover-Horton vs. Vandercook Lake 6pm, East Jackson vs. Michigan Center 7:30pm Class D at Jackson Christian - Marshall Academy vs. Jackson Christian 7:30pm
Lumen Christi wins City Championship with 88-80 victory over Jackson
Larry Jacobson, JTV Sports As I walked out of the Lumen Christi High School gym on Thursday night following Round 2 of the City Championship series between the Titans and Jackson High, someone up in the stands blew a whistle. How fitting… In a war of attrition with the regular season winding down, Lumen Christi capped off a season sweep of the Vikings in an 88-80 slugfest. But oh how the whistles blew… Unofficially the Titans racked up 29 fouls – including 16 in the second half – but rode a dominant 29-15 second quarter to the win and overcome a brilliant performance by Jackson’s mercurial senior forward Michael Johnson. “We don’t win this game without our second unit,” junior guard Khari Willis said. “Fouls played a role on both sides tonight and we had to adjust. Our second unit really stepped up and helped us finish this off.” A big part of that second unit is Henry Berkemeier, and not just because the junior is 6’5. With Titan big men Matt Bullinger and Demarian Snellenberger missing chunks of time in foul trouble, Berkemeier logged heavy minutes and helped man the front line. “This is what my teammates are counting…
Manchester vs Grass Lake
Manchester 51 Grass Lake 43. Photos by JTV Sports. Click above photo to launch gallery.
Girls District Semifinals
Tonight's Girls District Semifinal Games: Class B District Semifinal at Olivet - Northwest vs. Charlotte 6pm Class C District Semifinal at Clinton - Grass Lake vs. Manchester 7pm Class C District Semifinal at East Jackson - Homer vs. Concord 5:30pm, East Jackson vs. Michigan Center 7:00pm Class B District Semifinal at Lumen Christi - Columbia Central vs. Napoleon 8pm
Chucky’s Girls District Predictions
Chucky has struggled mightily this winter with a couple of things, including the weather and his nagging inability to correctly pick winners in high school basketball games. Also, he got into a peck of trouble for gnawing on power lines for warmth. CLASS-A District at Richland Gull Lake Jackson (12-8) v. Grand Ledge (17-2): These two have met twice this year and neither has been close, with GL winning by 19 and 20 points. In an effort to change their fortunes, the Vikings visit a spiritual healer before the game to cleanse themselves of bad thoughts. Sadly, the healer is a Grand Ledge graduate wearing a Comets jersey and this merely causes issues. PICK: GRAND LEDGE DISTRICT CHAMPION: GRAND LEDGE CLASS-B District at Olivet Charlotte (14-5) v. Western (3-16): In this first round matchup the Panthers race onto the court before the game showing off their plaque for winning the Area’s Best Student Section Award. The jubilation doesn’t carry over into the game, however, and they are quickly whisked out of the tournament. PICK: CHARLOTTE ROUND TWO- Charlotte (15-5) v. Northwest (17-2): In the second round, the Mounties receive a personal note from the Western girls that reads, in part,…
Rob Hogans reaches 2000 point milestone
MOUNT VERNON, OH – The first shot that senior Rob Hogans took was a layup only 56 seconds into his last regular season game. But the significance of that 2-pointer was it was Hogan's 2000th point in his stellar four-year career as an SAU Cougar. It was the first two points of a 26 point afternoon to lead Spring Arbor to a 73-64 in over MVNU. Hogans becomes the seventh player in Spring Arbor University history to reach the 2000 points in a career and now has 2024 points with at least one more game to play. During the game, Hogans past Mike Folkert (06' – 2012 points) and now sits in sixth place on the Cougars All-Time list of scorers. Rocky Kent (67') scored 2050 points and is fifth on the list. Spring Arbor controlled the first half of the game today leading 29-16 after the first 20 minutes of play and while MVNU cut the lead to just four points with 13:51 to play in the game, Spring Arbor pulled away and was never threatened to rest of the way. Caleb Hogans scored 12 points for the Cougars and Xavier Prather knocked down 10 points hitting some clutch…