This weekend on the Suburban Chevrolet Cadillac Sports Weekend on JTV Saturday at 1pm and 7pm and Sunday 3pm - Napoleon at Columbia Central Girls Basketball Saturday at 3pm and 9pm and Sunday 9pm - Holt at Jackson Sunday at 1pm and 7pm - Northwest at Western
Jackson United beats Lumen 4-3 on the ice, sweep season series for first time ever By Mike Moore Staff Writer Jackson – If it was permitted, Jackson United hockey coach Andy Sinkovitz said he may start declining power-play opportunities for his squad. And he at least appeared to be joking. The United squad’s goal of sweeping Lumen Christi this winter nearly collapsed thanks to two short-handed goals by the Titans, and another shot that rang off the post. But pretty or not, Jackson did just enough, and for the first time in program history won both meetings against its top rival with a 4-3 victory Saturday night at the Optimist Ice Arena. “Our goal this year was to get to 20 wins, and that was it right there,” Sinkovitz said afterwards. “Lumen has improved a ton since the first time we saw them. They made it tough on us all night, but good teams will do that.” Jackson won the first meeting 6-2, and Nic Weller got the orange and black on the board first Saturday night, taking advantage of a Lumen turnover in front of its own net just 6:54 into the first period. But the Titans answered roughly…
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Lumen and Jackson United hockey teams set for rematch as regular season winds down By Mike Moore Staff Writer Jackson – From a close game at the end of one period to a lopsided one by the end of the next, the first meeting between the Lumen Christi and Jackson United hockey teams may have had all the emotions one would expect. But the final score left plenty to be desired. As the second, and final, meeting of the 2016 winter approaches, both coaches involved don’t expect another four-goal difference to separate the city rivals. “We expect this game to be much closer,” Jackson coach Andy Sinkovitz said Tuesday afternoon. “They’ve made a lot of changes the past few weeks, beaten some good teams recently. To me, this may be their biggest game of the season, and we have to be ready for that that.” “I think the biggest difference between then and now is we’re playing for 51 minutes,” Lumen coach Mike Wartella said. “In the first game, the first and third periods were pretty even. We went through a 10-minute stretch of breakdowns in the second, and they capitalized. Those are the…
Jackson builds eight-point lead in 3rd quarter, but falls to Ypsilanti 57-50 By Mike Moore Staff Writer Jackson – With 17.1 seconds remaining in the first half of Tuesday night’s contest at Jackson, Corey Allen stepped to the free-throw line and calmly knocked down a pair of shots. And with 17.1 seconds remaining in the first half, Ypsilanti’s leading scorer (averaging nearly 24 points per game) had his first two points of the night. With Allen relegated to the bench much of the half due to foul trouble, and Jackson’s defense playing at a frantic pace, the Vikings led the 12-1 Grizzlies by a 25-22 count at the half. But in the third quarter, Allen came off the bench and came to life, bringing the Grizzlies back from what was an eight-point deficit and scored 16 points in the second half of what was eventually a 57-50 Ypsilanti victory. “He’s good,” Jackson coach Dan Crowley said simply about Allen. “He’s very good. But I will say this, tonight had nothing to do with a lack of effort on our guys. They came out and they battled. If we play defense like that against anyone,…
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Girls District Games Class A At Battle Creek Central 1st Round – Feb 29 Sturgis vs. Richland Gull Lake Western vs. Kalamazoo Loy Norrix Semifinals– March 2 Sturgis/Gull Lake winner vs. Battle Creek Lakeview Western/Loy Norrix winner vs. Battle Creek Central Final – March 4 At Okemos 1st Round – Feb 29 Mason vs. Holt Northwest vs. Jackson Semifinals – March 2 Mason/Holt winner vs. Okemos Northwest/Jackson winner vs. Lansing Everett Final – March 4 Class B At Hillsdale 1st Round – Feb 29 Hillsdale vs. Tecumseh Onsted vs. Columbia Central Semifinals – March 2 Hillsdale/Tecumseh winner vs. Jonesville Onsted/Columbia winner vs. Adrian Final – March 4 At Eaton Rapids 1st Round – Feb 29 Lumen Christi vs. Eaton Rapids Semifinals – March 2 Olivet vs. Leslie Lumen/Eaton Rapids winner vs. Stockbridge Final – March 4
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Poljan pours in 31 as Lansing Catholic outruns and outlasts Jackson 65-59 By Mike Moore Staff Writer Jackson – In a game of high-paced runs, it was ultimately a little old-fashion muscle down low that was the difference. The Jackson boys basketball team recovered from a nine-point deficit to start the fourth quarter Tuesday night against Lansing Catholic, but in some key times had no answer for senior power forward Tony Poljan in what eventually played out to a 65-59 loss at home. “It was a game of runs, and after we made our run, we didn’t take care of the ball when we needed,” Jackson coach Dan Crowley said afterwards. “But that’s a great team. They were getting the ball in transition and hurting us early.” The Cougars surprised Jackson a bit with an up-tempo attack, scoring 17 in the first quarter for a two-point lead at the break. With 3:11 to play in the first half, the lead had swelled to 32-24. “We saw two different games of theirs and neither did they play at that pace,” Crowley said. “When they turned the pace up, we weren’t getting back and finding…
Photos from Wrestling Jackson County Individual Championship, Photos by Ryan Kerwin, JTV.