Local bowlers earn all-state honors
PHOTO: Mackenzie Johnson of Vandercook Lake Jeff Steers JTV Sports Several local high school bowlers – including a pair of state champions – earned all-state honors. The awards are voted on by Michigan High School Interscholastic Bowling Coaches Association members. In Division 4, two-time state champion Mackenzie Johnson of Vandercook Lake heads the first-team all-state list. Johnson recently won her second consecutive state individual title with a win over Dakota Smith of Bronson High School in the D-4 final. Johnson was second at the state meet in qualifying, defeated three opponents on the way to a 364-333 win over Smith in the finals. The senior helped the Jayhawks win a pair of state team titles in four years. She also earned an academic all-state honors for her performance in the classroom. Joining Johnson on the first-team are Kassidy Alexander of Hanover-Horton and Kathryn Sayles of Napoleon. Alexander, a sophomore, qualified for the state tournament finishing 10th. She advanced to the stepladder round, but lost in the opening round of 16. Sayles was also a state qualifier who finished 22nd overall at the state meet. Vandercook Lake senior Preslee Stahl and teammate Arielle Oakley were named to second-team all-state. Stahl –…
Local bowlers earn all-state honors
PHOTO: Mackenzie Johnson of Vandercook Lake Jeff Steers JTV Sports Several local high school bowlers – including a pair of state champions – earned all-state honors. The awards are voted on by Michigan High School Interscholastic Bowling Coaches Association members. In Division 4, two-time state champion Mackenzie Johnson of Vandercook Lake heads the first-team all-state list. Johnson recently won her second consecutive state individual title with a win over Dakota Smith of Bronson High School in the D-4 final. Johnson was second at the state meet in qualifying, defeated three opponents on the way to a 364-333 win over Smith in the finals. The senior helped the Jayhawks win a pair of state team titles in four years. She also earned an academic all-state honors for her performance in the classroom. Joining Johnson on the first-team are Kassidy Alexander of Hanover-Horton and Kathryn Sayles of Napoleon. Alexander, a sophomore, qualified for the state tournament finishing 10th. She advanced to the stepladder round, but lost in the opening round of 16. Sayles was also a state qualifier who finished 22nd overall at the state meet. Vandercook Lake senior Preslee Stahl and teammate Arielle Oakley were named to second-team all-state. Stahl –…
Cardinals Win Thriller in MHSAA District Final
Michigan Center High School basketball players celebrate after winning a district title at Napoleon High School on Friday. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports. By Jeff Steers JTV Sports Two teams looking to make a run in the Michigan High School Athletic Association playoffs met in the district final on Friday at Napoleon High School. Unfortunately, only one could move on. Michigan Center High School made a number of big plays in overtime to earn a 49-44 win over Grass Lake in the Division 3 district final. The Cardinals will move on to play the regional round at home beginning Monday at 5:30 p.m. against Springport. Grass Lake goes home with a 21-2 record and a Cascades Conference championship. Both of their losses were to Michigan Center. The Cardinals defeated Grass Lake early in the season and the Warriors returned the favor with a 3-point win later in the year. “We learned from the run last year to play every possession like it was your last,” MCHS Coach Joe Lusk said. “Because it could be.” Both teams feature a number of underclassmen and this could be the beginning of two or three years of great duels. A standing-room-only crowd…
Jackson Christian vs Bellevue D4 Boys Basketball Districts Semi-Finals | 2-27-19
Jackson Christian vs Bellevue D4 Boys Basketball District Semi-Final 50-68. 2-27-19. Photos by Teague Gerweck. To order photos or download, click here. Jackson Christian vs Bellevue D4 Boys Basketball District Semi-Final 50-68. 2-27-19. Photos by Teague Gerweck. To order photos or download, click here.
Broadcast Information and Preview: Tomorrow’s Hoops
JTV Sports | February 28th, 2019 | Gabriel Schray Jackson, Michigan– This week JTV will be covering three separate key playoff match-ups in High School hoops. These include Western vs. Michigan Center, Quincy vs. Hanover-Horton and Lumen Christi vs. Manchester. If you want to see the teams in action, visit the "JTV Sports" tab here on our website. We offer highlights from games we've covered all season featuring these teams. We now offer live streaming for each game we broadcast on Television. You can listen to pretty much every game by visiting our website during the game. The links to these streams are also available here, under the broadcast information section of each game. Game 1: Lumen Christi Titans This year’s record: 7-11 Points per game scored: 48.9 Points per game allowed: 50.5 Last game: 49-43 win over Grass Lake Manchester Dutchmen This year’s record: 10-9 Points per game scored: 56.8 Points per game allowed: 59.9 Last game: 61-54 win over Vandercook Lake Gameday information: 3-1-19 – 7:00pm Grass Lake High School 11500 Warrior Trail, Grass Lake, MI Broadcast information: On the call: Jim Francis Broadcast on JTV: Saturday (3/2/19) 1pm and 7pm and Sunday (3/3/19) at 3pm Game 2: Quincy…
Jackson Christian vs Hillsdale Academy Boys Basketball | Photo Gallery
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Jackson Area Boys Basketball Scores and Standings
By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 18th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan-- The Jackson Area's High School Basketball Season is in full swing. Check back here on JTV for highlghts, recaps, standings, scores and more all season long. In addition to these things, we also offer live streaming for each game we broadcast on Television. You can listen to any game we will be carrying live by visiting our website during the game. Below is each score reported and each Jackson area team's current record on the year. For our full boy’s schedule click here Last year's record: 10-9 This year's record: 3-2 Results this season: L 11-30-18 - The Golden Eagles played at home against Western. The final score was 47-57 W 12-3-18 - The Golden Eagles played at home against Concord high School. The final score was 68-45 L 12-7-18 - The Golden Eagles played @ Onsted high School. The final score was 38-57 W 12-11-18 - The Golden Eagles played @ Erie Mason. The final score was 57-56 W 12-13-18 - The Golden Eagles played @ Hillsdale. The final score was 43-38 12-18-18 - The Golden Eagles play host to Dundee Last year's record: 4-17 This year's record: 0-6 Results…
Jackson Area Girls Basketball Scores and Standings
By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 18th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan– The Jackson Area's High School Basketball Season is in full swing. Check back here on JTV for highlghts, recaps, standings, scores and more all season long. In addition to these things, we also offer live streaming for each game we broadcast on Television. You can listen to any game we will be carrying live by visiting our website during the game. Below is each score reported and each Jackson area team's current record on the year. For our full girl’s schedule click here Last year’s record: 10-11 This year’s record: 2-1 Results this season: L 12-4-18 – The Golden Eagles hosted Western. The final score was 45-52 W 12-11-18 – The Golden Eagles hosted Lumen Christi. The final score was 50-35 W 12-14-18 – The Golden Eagles hosted Hillsdale. The final score was 59-16 12-18-18 – They play at Dundee Last year’s record: 9-13 This year’s record: 1-3 Results this season: L 12-4-18 – The Yellowjackets were on the road at Hanover-Horton. The final score was 34-75 L 12-6-18 – The Yellowjackets hosted Grass Lake. The final score was 18-56 L 12-10-18 – The Yellowjackets were on the road at…
Jackson Area Boy’s High School Basketball Scores
By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 11th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan-- The Jackson Area's High School Basketball Season is in full swing. Check back here on JTV for highlghts, recaps, standings, scores and more all season long. In addition to these things, we also offer live streaming for each game we broadcast on Television. You can listen to any game we will be carrying live by visiting our website during the game. Below is each score reported and each Jackson area team's current record on the year. For our full boy’s schedule click here Last year's record: 10-9 This year's record: 1-2 Results this season: L 11-30-18 - The Golden Eagles played at home against Western. The final score was 47-57 W 12-3-18 - The Golden Eagles played at home against Concord high School. The final score was 68-45 L 12-7-18 - The Golden Eagles played at home against Concord high School. The final score was 38-57 12-11-18 - The Golden Eagles are on the road at Erie-Mason tonight. Last year's record: 4-17 This year's record: 0-4 Results this season: L 11-27-18 - The Yellowjackets hosted Hanover-Horton. The final score was 39-82 L 11-30-18 - The Yellowjackets hosted Vandercook Lake.…
Setbacks can’t slow Jackson Christian’s Sanford
By Gary Kalahar (Photo: Ryan Kerwin, JTV Sports) JTV Sports When athletic director Mike Baisden wanted to launch a strength program last spring for Jackson Christian High School athletes, he knew who his initial recruit among the girls had to be. “I told her, ‘If you come and you’re consistent, people are going to follow you,’ ” Baisden said. “ ‘You’re a leader, and you’re going to be a leader for your teams next year.’ ” Baisden recognized the effect Bree Sanford could have on her fellow athletes – not only because of her personality, but because she already had demonstrated how much she was willing to endure to achieve her goals. Sanford has battled through two significant physical hardships to emerge as one of Jackson Christian’s top athletes in her junior year. Born with an extremely severe case of clubfoot, Sanford underwent years of surgeries and physical therapy to allow her to be active. Then, a serious knee injury kept her out of action her freshman year. “For someone who could…
Jackson Area Girl’s High School Basketball Scores
(Photo: JTV File Photo) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 5th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan– The Jackson Area has the first week of Girl’s High School Basketball under way. After the games have kicked off, these are each team’s scores and who they’re slated to play next: For our full girl’s schedule click here Last year’s record: 10-11 This year’s record: 0-1 Results this season: L 12-4-18 – The Golden Eagles hosted Western. The final score was 45-52 12-11-18 – They play next on the 11th. They’re at home vs Jackson Lumen Christi. Last year’s record: 9-13 This year’s record: 0-1 Results this season: L 12-4-18 – The Yellowjackets were on the road at Hanover-Horton. The final score was 34-75 12-6-18 – The Yellowjackets play next tomorrow vs Grass Lake. Last year’s record: 4-18 This year’s record: 0-0 Results this season: They have yet to play. 12-6-18 – The Trojans begin play tomorrow vs Whitmore Lake. Last year’s record: 18-5 This year’s record: 1-0 Results this season: W 12-4-18 – The Warriors traveled to Springport. The final score was 60-39 12-6-18 – The Warriors play again tomorrow @ Concord. Last year’s record: 16-9 This year’s record: 1-0 Results this…
High School Ice Hockey: Jackson United in SEC
(Photo: JTV File Photo) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 5th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan -- Just a year ago, Jackson United had one of the better seasons in program history. The team finished 21-2-0. The Vikings and Head Coach Andy Sinkovitz will be looking to build off of that success here this season. Coach Sinkovitz says that the team has a shorter bench than in past years, which allows for more ice time for Viking players. “This leaves it up to the players to seize the playing time,” said Sinkovitz. “It’s still early, but a couple of the guys are already starting to develop into key players.” After five games the team stands at 2-5. A power outage occurred just before the team played Kalamazoo Portage Northern. A transformer nearby the rink went out and killed the power to the Oshtemo area around the ice arena- so the game was cancelled. The Vikings have been potent on offense, scoring 21 goals in seven games (three goals per game on average). JU has struggled defensively however, allowing 28 goals over the same span (four goals per game on average). It’s a narrow enough margin that the program could easily…
Jackson Area Boy’s High School Basketball Scores
(Photo: JTV File Photo) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | December 3rd, 2018 Jackson, Michigan-- The Jackson Area has one week of High School Basketball under its' belt. After the first few days worth of games, these are each team's scores and who they're slated to play next: For our full boy’s schedule click here For our girl’s preview click here And for our full girl’s schedule click here Last year's record: 10-9 This year's record: 0-1 Results this season: L 11-30-18 - The Golden Eagles hosted Western. The final score was 47-57 12-3-18 - They play again tonight. They're at home and will host Concord high School. Last year's record: 4-17 This year's record: 0-2 Results this season: L 11-27-18 - The Yellowjackets hosted Hanover-Horton. The final score was 39-82 L 11-30-18 - The Yellowjackets hosted Vandercook Lake. The final score was 48-64 12-3-18 - They play again tonight. They're on the road at Columbia Central. Last year's record: 16-7 This year's record: 1-0 Results this season: W 11-28-18 - The Trojans traveled to Jackson Christian. The final score was 62-53 12-4-18 - They play again tomorrow. They're at home against Whitmore Lake. Last year's record: 12-10 This…
Top Ten High School Football Plays on JTV
(Photo: Screen capture from the video) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | November 28th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan-- It's time to flashback over the highlights of football season one last time. This is a look at the top ten plays that were captured and broadcast on JTV this year. You can watch the clip below, and check out our list as well. Honorable mentions: Asland Hunt, (Napoleon High School): Hunt stripped away from a handful of defenders and broke off a huge gain. The play looked like it was dead but he spun around and kept his legs moving. Classic ground and pound football from the Pirates Micah Cretsinger, (Jackson High School): End of the first half interception against Adrian High School, nearly a pick-six Exziar Edwards, (Jackson High School): We probably could build a list of just his scores. He had three scores in the honorable mention category Khol Partidge, (Columbia Central High School): Khol had two honorable mentions. A game winner over concord. 18-yards to the house. He also had a very flashy scramble late against Onsted Carter Wiley, (Michigan Center High School): He climbed the ladder for a leaping touchdown grab over Napoleon High School. It seemed…
Jackson Area Girl’s High School Basketball Tips Off Next Week
(Photo: JTV File Photo) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | November 27th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan-- The Jackson Area had a great fall season of High School Athletics. It ended just days ago, but now fans, athletes and parents are gearing up for what should be a great year of winter sports. Girl’s basketball in the Jackson area starts next week. A full copy of each team’s schedule is available here For our boy’s preview click here And for our full boy’s schedule click here Columbia Central finished just under .500 last season. The Golden Eagles will open their year on December, 4th in Parma. The Panthers of Western will play host for the opener of Columbia’s season. They’ll then be home on the 11th as the Titans of Lumen Christi travel to the outskirts of Brooklyn. Columbia Central finished 10-11 last season. Concord is one of many area MHSAA teams opening their season on December, 4th. Like the Golden Eagles, they’ll open on the road. They’ll be in Hanover-Horton before returning home two days later to host Grass Lake. Concord is poised to improve on last year’s 9-13 final record. East Jackson is set for a turnaround season, after…
Jackson Area Boy’s High School Basketball Tips Off Tonight
(Photo: JTV File Photo) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | November 27th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan-- The Jackson Area had a great fall season of High School Athletics. It ended just days ago, but now fans, athletes and parents are gearing up for what should be a great year of winter sports. Boy’s basketball in the Jackson area starts tonight. A full copy of each team’s schedule is available here For our girl’s preview click here And for our full girl’s schedule click here Napoleon got their season started last night with a big win over Jonesville, a final tally of 65-37. They’ll play again on the 30th in Onsted. Napoleon posted a final record of 16-9 last season and they’ve continued their winning ways to start this season. Northwest is getting their year started on the road tonight. They’ll be at Charlotte with a 7pm tip off. They’ll be back in action on the 30th as they play the Panthers of Stockbridge. They’re hoping to bounce back after going 8-12 last season. Concord gets things started tonight and will have their hands full with Hanover-Horton. They’ll be home and their contest will begin in 7pm. They’ll again be at…
Jackson Area Girl’s High School Basketball Schedule
(Photo: JTV File Photo) By, Gabriel Schray | JTV Sports | November 19th, 2018 Jackson, Michigan-- The Jackson Area had a great fall season of High School Athletics. Fans, athletes and parents are now gearing up for what should be a great year of winter sports. Including basketball. The 13 area teams had some great seasons, and some not so great seasons last year. For a schedule of what games we’ll be carrying on JTV and JTV.TV, follow us on social media. You can get connected with JTV Sports on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. A preview of each team’s first two games is available here For our boy's preview click here And for our full boy's schedule click here Below is each area team’s schedule for this season, and their record from last season. Last year's record: 10-11 Schedule this season: Last year's record: 9-13 Schedule this season: Last year's record: 4-18 Schedule this season: Last year's record: 18-5 Schedule this season: Last year's record: 16-9 Schedule this season: Last year's record: 6-14 Schedule this season: Last year's record: 10-12 Schedule this season: Last year's record: 4-17 Schedule this season: Last year's record: 23-3…