Center for Family Heath Jackson County Scoreboard for January 10, 2025

Jayden Watson (2) of Michigan Center High School scored 14 points in a 39-34 loss to Grass Lake Friday night in a key Cascades Conference matchup.

Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports

Something had to give when Michigan Center High School boys basketball traveled to Grass Lake Friday night.

Both teams were enjoying long winning streaks heading into the game at GLHS.

In the end it was a tough defensive effort that gave Grass Lake a 39-34 win at home.

Michigan Center had won nine consecutive games before the loss and Grass Lake was undefeated to start the season.

The win gives Grass Lake a perfect 9-0 record while Michigan Center is now 9-2 overall.

Grass Lake pulled ahead 9-6 in the first quarter and 22-13 at halftime.

Brayden Lape scored 14 points and Nate Pettit scored 11 points for Grass Lake.

Michigan Center was led by Jayden Watson with 14 points.

Boys Basketball

Columbia Central 65, Vandercook Lake 33: Derek Sanders scored 18 points and Nolan Schiel and Logan Fowler each scored 12 points for CCHS. VCL was led by Chris Jimenez with 11 points.

Lumen Christi 71, Saginaw Nouvel 49: The Titans won at the Traverse City tournament Friday night. Luke Tropea scored 22 points, Kadale Williams added 13 points, and Ashton Callan tallied 11 points for the Titans.

Leslie 53, Napoleon 46: Leslie outscored the Pirates 14-6 in the second quarter to pull away. Tyler Nall scored 20 points and Brenten Owen added 17 points for the Pirates. Henry Bradford scored 12 points to lead Leslie.

Western 52, Marshall 49: Maverick Hammond scored 27 points in the game and D.J. VanRiper added 11 points for Western.

East Jackson 54, Manchester 35

Jonesville 51, Hanover-Horton 43

Adrian 63, Jackson 47

Jackson Homeschoolers 84, Jackson Prep 51

Hastings at Northwest – postponed

Girls basketball

Pittsford 42, Jackson Christian 23: Rennie Huff scored 10 points and Ella Boll added six points and 10 rebounds for Jackson Christian.

Adrian 42, Jackson 35: The Vikings fell at home in Southeastern Conference play.

Leslie 57, Napoleon 28: Gracie Tallman scored 10 points and Emma Darnell added eight points for the Pirates.

Concord 40, Stockbridge 24: Concord High School improves to 5-0 in Big Eight Conference play with the victory. Grace Thorrez scored 15 points and Cieara Barrett added 11 points for the Yellow Jackets.

Western 49, Marshall 36: Rayah Hitt scored 21 points leading Western to the home win. Aubree Allen, Bayli Stewart, and Kaia Bruneel each scored eight points for the Panthers.

Hastings at Northwest – postponed

Bronson at Springport – postponed

Wrestling

Columbia Central at Fowlerville (Girls): Peyton Huston of Columbia Central finished fourth at 140 pounds and Bella Huston of CCHS was also fourth at 190 pounds. The Golden Eagles finished 17th out of 36 teams at the event.

Boys Bowling

Napoleon 16, East Jackson 14: Ethan Rose ruled the roost with a 502 series for Napoleon. Kaden Mortzfield led East Jackson with a 216 game.

Girls Bowling

East Jackson 28, Napoleon 2: Dominic Hemry finished with a 339 series to lead all bowlers.

Hockey

Lumen Christi 5, Southside 2