Volleyball Napoleon Invitational with Columbia Central, East Jackson, Addison, Michigan Center, Hillsdale, Leslie, and Springport. 9-10-2022 Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="2212" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Volleyball Napoleon Invitational with Columbia Central, East Jackson, Addison, Michigan Center, Hillsdale, Leslie, and Springport. 9-10-2022 Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
Volleyball Napoleon at East Jackson, 9-7-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="2194" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Volleyball Napoleon at East Jackson, 9-7-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
Football Napoleon at East Jackson, 9-1-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="2185" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Football Napoleon at East Jackson, 9-1-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
Football Potterville at East Jackson, 8-26-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="2167" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Football Potterville at East Jackson, 8-26-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
Key football players for East Jackson High School football, from left, are Cooper Pelton, Landon Roberts, Brian Hammer, Coach Joe Niehaus, Amarr Hunter, Mason Dingee, and Austin Tingley. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports Last year: 0-9 overall Second-year Coach Joe Niehaus has seen the formula for a quality football program in the Cascades Conference. It is based on being tough. The coach points to Addison as the toughest team in the conference. Numbers don’t lie as the Panthers have won three consecutive Cascades Conference titles. “Our primary focus is building toughness throughout the program,” Niehaus wrote on a football preview for East Jackson. “That is based off of respect Addison and how tough they are.” Niehaus saw some tough teams in his years as an assistant coach at Grass Lake. Tri-captains Cooper Pelton (running back/linebacker), Mason Dingee (tight end/linebacker), and Austin Tingley (quarterback/safety) are three players the Trojans will depend on this season. “We had a number of close games last year,” Tingley said. “We have to be prepared and play like it is our last game.” Also expected to be larger contributors are Landon Roberts (wide receiver/safety), Caleb Weaver (running back/linebacker), Brian Hammer (lineman), Owen Swetland (lineman), and Braedon…
Cascades Conference Football, JTV Media Days, 8-4-22. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="2103" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Cascades Conference Football, JTV Media Days, 8-4-22. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
Ben Maino. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports (June 29, 2022 6:45 AM) Jackson County was well represented on the Michigan Interscholastic Golf Coaches Association all-state teams. Six local golfers earned honors released Tuesday by the coaching association. Brady Applegate of Hanover-Horton High School and Ben Maino of East Jackson earned first-team honors as voted on by coaches. Applegate earned a top-10 medal at the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 state meet. He shot a two-day total of 154 at the state meet. Maino finished one stroke behind Applegate in the race for the Cascades Conference medalist honors. He was a state-qualifier in Division 4 in 2022 and 2021. Colin Norton of Jackson earned honorable-mention honors in Division 1. Norton finished third at the Division 1 regional tournament at Cascades Golf Course. Ryder Pickering of Hanover-Horton earned honorable-mention honors in Division 3. Pickering helped lead the Comets to a Cascades Conference title and tied for first at the regional tournament. Nash Hanchett and Charlie Saunders of Lumen Christi earned honorable-mention honors for the Titans. The duo helped lead Lumen Christi to a third-place finish at the regional tournament and a seventh-place finish at the Division 3 state meet. All…
Baseball D-4 district at Concord with VCL, Whitmore Lake, and East Jackson, 6-3-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="1971" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Baseball D-4 district at Concord with VCL, Whitmore Lake, and East Jackson, 6-3-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
Softball D-4 district at Addison with EJ, VCL, and Concord, 6-3-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. [ngg src="galleries" ids="1970" display="pro_blog_gallery"]Softball D-4 district at Addison with EJ, VCL, and Concord, 6-3-2022. Photos by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.
