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Chucky Buckles: Investigator of Alternative Destinations

People are always asking Chucky why it’s soooo easy to defeat him when it comes to picking games. His answer is simple: Chucky’s knowledge of future events is so profound he has to hold back in order to avoid a breakdown in basic social services. NAPOLEON @ MICHIGAN CENTER (GIRLS): The Cardinals bring in former Lions coach Jim Schwartz to provide some inspiration, but he angers all the players by slapping them roughly on the back. Also, it’s reiterated that he really wasn’t that good of a coach and thus has nothing to say. PICK: MICHIGAN CENTER HANOVER-HORTON @ EAST JACKSON (GIRLS): The Comets use teams of sled dogs to make the trek east for the game but are derailed when a descendant of Balto leads the way and the entire squad ends up in Anchorage. (Google ‘Balto’ kids.) PICK: EAST JACKSON MASON @ NORTHWEST (GIRLS): The Lady Mounties play in one of the toughest conferences in the state but do so armed with delicious salted pretzels. In a new twist, Mountie staff members decide to create one big, forty foot long pretzel (rather than a bunch of smaller ones) and charge people $1 to take a bite. PICK: NORTHWEST…

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Chucky’s Hoops and Hockey Picks

Chucky is seeing things a lot clearer these days. Recently outfitted with an incredibly ridiculous-looking sleep apnea machine, ‘ol Chuck is spending a lot of time in REM sleep. As a bit of a joke, his wife switched the distilled water in the machine with liquid helium. When Chucky woke up, he was floating precariously close to Cuban air space and in danger of being shot down. (1/14) JONESVILLE @ CONCORD – In order to spice things up, both teams play one-handed, while in the other hand they carry a walking taco from the concession stand. PICK: JONESVILLE MASON @ WESTERN – Mason fans are still angry over a recent prank in their fine town, when someone climbed up the water tower and painted the name ‘Perry’ in front of the word Mason. The joke was on the prankster, though, when it was later revealed no one remembered who Perry Mason was. PICK: WESTERN SPRINGPORT @ LUMEN CHRISTI (GIRLS) – The Lady Titans and Lady Spartans get together in a good, old fashioned matchup of mythical Greek Gods and some elite warriors. The Springport girls wear fake beards during the game to emulate King Leonidas. The Titans, however, are not…

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Josh Collmenter and Former Teammates honored at Homer

Derek Devine, JTV Sports Homer, MI. -  High school basketball is in full swing, however, last night in Homer it was a former baseball squad and a Major League Pitcher that stole the show. Homer High School hosted a 'Tradition of Excellence' fundraiser yesterday, and the 2004 State Championship Trojan Baseball team returned to their home grounds to be honored at the event. Amongst the fourteen players to return was Josh Collmenter, current relieving pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks. “This is where I am from, these are all of the guys I grew up with. We are a family here,” said Collmenter. “I’ve been able to keep in contact with them via phone and text, but it feels great to be back and see them face to face again. We are all at different points of life, with careers and families, and it is good to be back with them and catch up. " Collmenter may be living out his childhood dream, but he is never too busy to come back to his hometown and continue to develop his relationship with the people in the community; both family and friends, as well as the great number of kids that look…

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Grass Lake vs East Jackson

East Jackson defeated Grass Lake 37-24 in a Cascades Conference matchup on January 9, 2014.  Photos by Andy Hawley, JTV Sports.  Click above photo to launch gallery.

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Weekend Broadcast Schedule

Saturday 1pm &  7pm - Lumen Christi at Jackson Saturday 3pm & 9pm - Addison at Michigan Center Sunday 1pm & 7pm - Grass Lake at East Jackson Sunday 3pm - Lumen Christi at Jackson Sunday 9pm - Addison at Michigan Center

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Chucky’s Game Picks

*Chuck will select a few of his favorite games each week for his picks. The holiday season is over, and with its’ end comes Chucky Buckles’ emergence from hiatus. During the break between the football and basketball seasons he took a computer class, had one of those soda-pop vending machines installed in his house and built a covered wagon from some old barn wood he found in a field. Basketball season is here, and that means Chucky is more focused on each concession stand’s popcorn making ability than the action on the court. Still, picks must be made. BOYS***   LUMEN CHRISTI @ JACKSON: Former Lions coach Jim Schwartz is on-hand to lend his services to either coach in need of in-game adjustments, but his offer to assist is rebuffed by both sides when it’s revealed that he- and the Lions – just aren’t that good. PICK: LUMEN CHRISTI HOMER @ HANOVER-HORTON: The Trojans feature many of the same kids who helped the football team reach the state semifinals in November. Trouble erupts when those same kids, perhaps forgetting its basketball season, tackle the Comets’ ball carriers the first few times up the court. PICK: HANOVER-HORTON CONCORD @ VANDERCOOK LAKE:…

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Basketball Schedule Jan 4th – Jan 7th

Boys Basketball Saturday January 4th - Lumen Christi at Jackson 7pm - JTV Monday January 6th - Concord at Vandercook Lake 7pm - JTV Monday January 6th - Briton Deerfield at Grass Lake 7pm Monday January 6th - Homer at Hanover-Horton 7pm Tuesday January 7th - Erie Mason at Columbia Central 7pm Tuesday January 7th - Benton Harbor at Jackson 7pm Tuesday January 7th - Michigan Center at Clinton 7pm Girls Tuesday January 7th - Hanover-Horton at Napoleon 7pm Tuesday January 7th - Vandercook Lake at Grass Lake 7pm Tuesday January 7th - East Jackson at Addison 7pm Tuesday January 7th - Concord at Union City 7pm

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Khari Willis named JTV Sports Offensive Player of the Year

Story by Larry Jacobson, JTV  Sports   Shocked and disappointed was how Lumen Christi junior Khari Willis described his emotions when the Titans lost in the first round of the playoffs to Parchment this year. “It still hasn’t hit me that the season is over,” said Willis, JTV’s High School Football Offensive Player of the Year for 2013. “I was ready and prepared to be playing all through November, right up until Thanksgiving. I’m still shocked that it ended the way it did.” The end came for the Titans, for the second year in a row, in the first round of the playoffs – this time to Parchment 40-35. “We had so much fun this season – the whole team – and it was great to just be out there with the guys,” Willis said. “Even the practices… I just enjoyed being with my teammates and working with them and getting better. We had a great regular season but just didn’t get it done in the playoffs.” Getting better and better is what Willis did, starting with a 200+ yard game in the season opener at Buchanan – a game that was called at halftime due to a lightning storm…

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Drew Dowding named JTV Sports Defensive Player of the Year

Story by Larry Jacobson, JTV Sports     For Drew Dowding, JTV’s 2013 High School Football Defensive Player of the Year, Michigan Center’s 8-2 record this year was ‘good, but not great.’ And while individual honors will come his way now that the season is over, the team’s fate is what matters the most to him. “It was a pretty good season, but not a great one for us,” Dowding said. “Winning a share of the Cascades Conference championship was amazing and we’re proud of that, but the year as a whole didn’t turn out like I’d hoped.” One of the most decorated football players to ever take the field for Michigan Center, Dowding’s senior season got off to a rough start when he missed practice time in August with a wrist injury. “The wrist injury slowed me down some and I had to deal with that, and then during the season I got mono (mononucleosis),” Dowding said. “It seemed like, for a while there, it was one thing after another, but you just have to push through it.” And push through it he did – to the tune of 104 total tackles (82 of them solo shots) for an…

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