Note: All Games Start at 7pm Jackson at Lumen Christi (Promise Bowl) - JTV/ESPN 1450 Hanover-Horton at East Jackson - JTV Waverly at Northwest - JTV Charlotte at Western Manchester at Napoleon Springport at Jonesville Stockbridge at Leslie Vandercook Lake at Michigan Center Grass Lake at Addison Concord at Quincy Ionia at Columbia Central Union City at Homer
Chucky Buckles’ Week 2 Football Picks
Jackson High @ Lumen Christi (2013 Promise Bowl): Titans still angry over having to drive two-plus hours to Buchanan last week only to play two quarters before lightning scuttled the second half. The Vikings got to play three quarters in their loss to West Bloomfield. The extra game experience won’t help. PICK: LUMEN CHRISTI Hanover-Horton @ East Jackson: Comets team bus gets stuck in Wendy’s parking lot on East Michigan Ave waiting for spicy chicken sandwiches. They arrive at EJ just before kickoff. PICK: HANOVER-HORTON Lansing Waverly @ Northwest: Mounties opened the season with a big road win last week at Hillsdale, then celebrated on the way back by visiting antique shops along US-12. Coach Slater promises a trip to Stagecoach Stop if they make it two in a row. PICK: NORTHWEST Charlotte @ Western: The Panthers were so excited to open the season with a win over Lake Odessa that they spread it out over two days last weekend to savor the taste. Charlotte team bus driver, confused over all the construction on the Western campus, parks bus at MACI and makes team walk. PICK: CHARLOTTE Manchester @ Napoleon: The Pirates played tough in opening loss to Columbia Central…
Jake’s Take – Springport Football
By Larry Jacobson JTV Sports • Seven winning seasons in the last nine years. • Six playoff berths in the last seven. • A 23-6 regular season record over the last four. • A 42-23 mark over the last eight. If you had to pick the Jackson area football team those numbers described, which would it be? The Grass Lake Warriors…? The Lumen Christi Titans…? How about Michigan Center? Maybe even the Leslie Blackhawks? While those four programs have certainly enjoyed both regular season and playoff success over the years, the above statistics belong to a football program that keeps churning out competitive, tough-minded and gritty squads year after year: The Springport Spartans. Since 2000, the Spartans have had only 3 seasons when they won fewer than four games, yet they remain often forgotten when it comes to playoff picks or power polls. Most of that lack of recognition probably stems from the fact Springport heads west come playoff time and therefore out of the area. And they’ve yet to win a postseason matchup – going 0-7 in the playoffs. But it’s not the Spartans fault their playoff path generally leads through some of the state’s most vaunted small-school programs…
Weekend Broadcast Schedule
Saturday 1pm and 7pm and Sunday 3:30pm LUMEN CHRISTI (1-0) VS. JACKSON (0-1) Saturday 3:30pm and 9:30pm and Sunday 9:30m WAVERLY (0-1) AT NORTHWEST (1-0) Sunday 1pm and 7pm HANOVER-HORTON (1-0) AT EAST JACKSON (0-1)
West Bloomfield vs. Jackson
West Bloomfield 39 Jackson 12. Photos by Noah Baker, JTV Sports. Click above photo to launch gallery.
Weekend Broadcast Schedule
Saturday 1pm and 7pm and Sunday 3:30pm Dundee at Grass Lake Saturday 3:30pm and 9:30pm and Sunday 9:30pm Napoleon at Columbia Central Sunday 1pm and 7pm West Bloomfield at Jackson
Dansville vs. East Jackson
Photos by Ryan Kerwin, Ryan Kerwin Photography, on assignment for JTV Sports. Click to launch gallery.
Onsted vs. Michigan Center
Photos by Ryan Kerwin, Ryan Kerwin Photography, on assignment for JTV Sports. Click to launch gallery.
Thursday Night Scores
Grass Lake 20 Dundee 6 Northwest 35 Hillsdale 20 Hanover-Horton 14 Concord 13 Columbia Central 26 Napoleon 18 Michigan Center 37 Onsted 0 Dansville 34 East Jackson 14 Springport 38 Vandercook Lake 21 Friday Games: Lumen Christi at Buchanan West Bloomfield at Jackson Lake Odessa vs. Western (at Harper Creek)