August 30th - Dansville September 6th - Hanover-Horton September 13th - Hillsdale September 20th - Napoleon September 27th - Vandercook Lake October 4th - Michigan Center October 11th - Manchester October 18th - Addison October 25th - TBD
August 30th - Napoleon September 6th - Ionia September 13th - Hillsdale September 20th - Onsted September 27th - Blissfield October 4th - Erie Mason October 11th - Dundee October 18th - Ida October 25th - Hudson
August 30th - Hanover-Horton September 6th - Quincy September 13th - Union City September 20th - Homer September 27th - Jonesville October 4th - Reading October 11th - Athens October 18th - Springport October 25th - TBD
The Concord girls softball team will face Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett Tuesday at Adrian College at 5 p.m. The winner will face the Ubly/Portland St. Patrick winner on June 14th at 1:30 p.m. at Bailey Park in Battle Creek in a state semifinal. The Concord boys baseball team is making its second straight trip to the quarterfinals. The boys will also play Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett at Adrian College at 5 p.m. According to Concord Athletic Director Matt Lehman, fans only need one ticket for both games and there is a hill between the fields to watch both games.
By Larry JacobsonJTV SportsTo write an article about Jackson High Senior Cierra Pryor – the athlete – doesn’t do her justice and, frankly, it’s not much of a challenge. Google her name and the list of athletic accomplishments is amazing. Watch her run around the track at the James R. Selby Track & Field Classic, where she is now an unprecedented four-time winner of the Outstanding Female Performer Award and it’s breathtaking. She is that fluid, that smooth, that impressive… Cierra doesn’t enter track meets – she dominates them. And when faced with an obstacle (or a hurdle to use a track term) she clears it. Cierra’s right foot is her ‘jump foot,’ meaning when she runs the long jump (in which she holds the state record) she goes airborne off that right foot. During the basketball season this winter she severely sprained the ligaments in her right ankle, making it difficult to get that dynamic lift. Undaunted, Cierra simply started jumping off her left foot. It’s a change that the untrained eye would never notice, but to an athlete it’s significant. To Cierra, it was simply an obstacle that needed to be overcome. ‘Bad right foot? Use the left…
The Northwest Mounties varsity softball team took both ends of a doubleheader this morning at home, downing Leslie 8-7 and 9-5. Game 1 featured a dramatic comeback for the win. The Mounties scored 2 runs in the bottom of the seventh to claim victory. Today was "1988 Day", honoring the Mountie softball squad for their appearance in the State Class B Championship game 25 years ago. During a special ceremony, the team was honored between the games.
1988 Day On Saturday, April 27, the 1988 Northwest Varsity Softball Team will be honored on the 25th anniversary of their appearance in the Class B State Championship game. Team members will be introduced between games of the scheduled doubleheader with Leslie which begins at 10:00AM,as well as a special tribute will be revealed. Any members who have not been contacted are asked to call Keith Huntley (517 784-8628) or the Northwest Athletic Department (517 817-4699). NWHS Alumni Softball Day The Softball program is planning on hosting an Alumni Day for their former VARSITY players. This will take place on Saturday, May 4th, 2013 at NWHS. The purposes of the day are several with the first being an opportunity to promote a better relationship between our graduates and your High School. Second, we hope that it will be a day when old relationships are renewed and lots of fun is had by all. And third, it will be a fundraiser for our program. If we have enough players we will each have two games, one for players Over 30 beginning at 10:00 AM, and one for those Under 30 beginning at 1:30 PM. We will also have a Home Run…
The Lumen Christi Titans sweep the Michigan Center Cardinals 11-1 and 6-3 to open the season.
By Larry JacobsonJTV SportsWhen Aaron Griffiths was in the fifth grade, he had the magical ability to stop time. In the driveway of his home he imagined he was an East Jackson Trojan locked in a tight Snowfest battle with the Napoleon Pirates. His friends and teammates, his family and perhaps the entire civilized world depended on him to hit the big shot at the end of the game to win it for EJ. So the countdown would begin from five seconds down to four and then three and he’d put up that game winning shot and… … well, if it didn’t go in he’d just rewind time and do it again. Or maybe there was an imaginary foul resulting in a pair of free throws to win the game. And if he missed one of those free throws, there’d be a lane violation resulting in another chance… and another… and another… But that enchanting ability to stop time had long since passed when Griffiths, JTV Sports 2013 Boys Basketball Player of the Year, watched the final seconds tick away in EJ’s Class C District Championship game – and thus season ending – loss to Hanover-Horton in early March. “It…
By Larry JacobsonJTV Sports When she was a little girl, Grass Lake senior Sydney Cook used to play basketball with her dad in the driveway and allow him to set the stage for her. “Okay Syd,” he’d say. “There’s no time left on the clock in the NCAA championship game, but you’ve been fouled. If you make one free throw, we’re going to overtime. If you make them both, we win the whole thing. If you miss them, then we lose.” Does this sound familiar? In how many driveways, backyards, playgrounds or school yards does this scenario play out? Sometimes Sydney, JTV Sports 2013 Girls Basketball Player of the Year, would nail the free throws – sometimes she would miss them. But when she missed, her dad (who coached her competitively on travels teams while she was growing up) would throws his hands up and say ‘awww, too bad – we lose.’ When she asked for another shot – perhaps a lane violation – he’d simply shake his head: “There are no do-over’s Sydney.” In life as in basketball, there are no do-over’s. And Sydney Cook attacked her Grass Lake High School basketball career with that notion in mind. Cook…