Underclassmen lead Warriors to big win
Abrie Cabana, left, of Grass Lake High School scored 23 points in a win over East Jackson at home on Thursday Jeff Steers JTV Sports New East Jackson High School girls’ basketball Coach Jerell Sanders told one of his students to “forget everything he has taught her” before the EJ/Grass Lake high school basketball game last night. She didn’t listen. Freshman Lexus Bargesser scored 19 points helping the Warriors to a 60-9 win over East Jackson at home Thursday. The Warriors improved to 7-1 overall, 2-1 in the Cascades Conference with the win. The Trojans are now 1-7 overall, 1-3 in the conference. Sanders worked with Bargesser and Grass Lake Coach Andrea Cabana as part of Michigan Premier Basketball this past summer. “We will be talking about this game,” Bargesser said of one of her instructors following the big win. Bargesser is learning about the huge jump from junior high basketball to the varsity level. “There was no such thing as face guarding in junior high,” Bargesser said. “I have been learning how to play through it.” The Warriors have also learned over the years that defense triggers everything for the team. They mastered that lesson in the first…

