The Division 7 State Semifinal game between Homer (11-1) and Detroit Loyola (12-0) will air on JTV Sunday at 1pm and 7pm. The Trojans defeated Decatur 26-15 last week, while Loyola knocked off Southfield Christian 50-7. Homer is making its first trip to the semifinals and is the first Big 8 Conference team to advance this far in the playoffs since Reading made it to the Division 7 semifinal in 2008.
Homer captures Division 7 Regional Championship with a victory over Decatur, 26-15. The Trojans (11-1) advance to the Division 7 State Semi-Final game vs. undefeated Detroit Loyola, Saturday at 1pm at Chelsea. The game will air on JTV Sunday at 1 and 7pm. Photos by Andy Hawley, JTV Sports. Click above photo to launch gallery. Homer (11-1) 70.111 vs. Detroit Loyola (12-0) 106.667 - S 1:00 PM at Chelsea
This weekend on JTV Sports we replay some of the best games from the 2013 year. Saturday 1pm and 7pm - Homer at Grass Lake Saturday 3:30pm and 9:30pm - Lumen Christi at Howell Sunday 1pm and 7pm - Napoleon at Hanover-Horton Sunday 3:30pm and 9:30pm - Holt at Jackson
Chucky Buckles is having a tough time this week. He’s questioning everything now. He spent Saturday afternoon watching his beloved Michigan Wolverines get de-pantsed by Michigan State, and yet UM Coach Brady Hoke said – other than an assignment or two – the Wolverines were ‘right in there.’ Chucky knows what it’s like to have his hat handed to him and had his nose broken in a boxing match once. Coach Hoke is either doing his best to keep his team up and energized, or someone tonked him in the head with an errant pass. Anyway, here’s how the playoffs look for week #2- CONSTANTINE (6-4) @ HILLSDALE (7-3): It’s not fair that Constantine loses all those regular season games (4 this year!) and then rolls into Michigan Center and ends the Cardinals season. Just for that, Hillsdale is going to exact some revenge for their Cascades Conference friends to the northeast. Wait, no… hold on a second… that won’t happen. PICK: CONSTANTINE GRASS LAKE (9-1) @ CLINTON (10-0): Chucky visited Grass Lake for the first time last week. The actual lake, not just the village, and he was awed by its’ beauty. He was also given a stern…
Photos from the MHSAA State Cross Country Championships at Michigan International Speedway, Saturday, November 2, 2013. Photos by JTV Sports. Click above photo to launch gallery.
In the first round of Division 6 District playoffs, Constantine defeated Michigan Center 41-26 Saturday afternoon. The Cardinals end the season at 8-2, having claimed co-championship of the Cascades Conference. Photos by Ryan Kerwin, Ryan Kerwin Photography on assignment for JTV Sports. Click above photo to launch gallery.
Cross Country State Finals, Saturday November 2nd Division 4 Girls - 10am Division 3 Girls - 10:30am Division 4 Boys - 11am Division 3 Boys - 11:30am Division 3 & 4 Awards - 12pm Division 2 Girls - 1:30pm Division 1 Girls - 2pm Division 2 Boys - 2:30pm Division 1 Boys - 3pm Division 1 & 2 Awards - 3:30pm Note: MIS Opens at 8am
Division 5 - Parchment (6-3) at Lumen Christi (9-0) Friday 7pm Division 6 - Manchester (7-2) at Grass Lake (8-1) Friday 7pm Division 6 - Hillsdale (6-3) at Jonesville (7-2) Friday 7pm Division 6 - Constantine (5-4) at Michigan Center (8-1) Saturday 1pm Division 7 - Reading (6-3) at Homer (8-1) Friday 7pm Division 7 - Springport (6-3) at Lawton (8-1) Friday 7pm
By Larry Jacobson, JTV Sports It’s Halloween season, a time to dress up in costume and pretend you’re something that you’re really not – like a werewolf or a zombie or a super hero. And like a costume, the Constantine Falcons’ pedestrian regular season mark of 5-4 doesn’t reveal who they really are. The Michigan Center Cardinals know it. Since 2002 the Falcons have been one of the most successful programs in the state- rolling up an overall record of 117-21 (85%), making the state playoffs each year, advancing to the state championship game at Ford Field four times (including the last two years) and winning it all in 2004. This year Constantine reloaded and stumbled along the way, losing four regular season games – albeit to four playoff teams. Still, they come in to Saturday’s matchup averaging almost 41 points per game, and remain a very dangerous team. “It’s a bit of a double edged sword for us,” Michigan Center Coach Troy Allen said. “We are very excited to host a playoff game, but when we found out it would be Constantine coming in that turned it up a notch. We obviously know of their playoff history and…
The 2013 high school football playoffs are here and Chucky Buckles, a sage of predictions and many, many irrelevant things, congratulates all the local teams that made the cut! That being said, predictions must be made…. PARCHMENT (6-3) @ Lumen Christi (9-0): The actual definition of ‘parchment’ is quite disturbing. It’s ‘skin of a sheep or goat one uses on which to write.’ So from this, we can deduce the town was named after bizarre skin-writing goat herders. The Titans survived the big scare at Howell, and look forward to a plain ‘ol matchup with the Panthers, who may or may not have uniforms made out of goat skin. PICK: LUMEN CHRISTI CONSTANTINE (5-4) @ MICHIGAN CENTER (8-1): Keanu Reeves, who played Constantine in the movie Constantine based on the comic book called Constantine, is on hand to root for Constantine. The Cardinals pull a fast one and bribe him with 23 root beer floats from Rudy’s. The ploy works. PICK: MICHIGAN CENTER MANCHESTER (7-2) @ GRASS LAKE (8-1): The Flying Dutchmen beat Grass Lake earlier this year, but that sort of thing generally just angers the Warriors and makes them quite surly. A catapult hurls soft,…