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February 3, 2010 / Sports

Tigers/Pirates showdown looms big!

NCTL South boys hoops title on minds of both

BY DALE BALL SPORTS EDITOR

There are probably six or seven other key games left on the schedule for NCTL South title contenders. One with major implications, though, is right around the corner. More...

After two years away, Ball returns to lanes

Profile -area college athletes

GRAND RAPIDS - After two years away from her State championship title, Melanie Ball, was not thinking about bowling at a competitive level again, except on perhaps, some adult leagues. More...

2nd half rally keeps Lady ‘Skins unbeaten

HARBOR BEACH - Coach Al DeMott is nervous every time he has to take his Lady Redskins basketball team up to Harbor Beach. More...

Lady Raiders click for 8th win

MARLETTE - When the transition game is working, the Marlette girls basketball team is winning. More...

2nd half lapse costly for ‘Skins in loss to HB

Pirates remain unbeaten

BY DALE BALL SPORTS EDITOR

SANDUSKY - After a nice early start to the season, times have turned harder for Ryan Pritchett, Sandusky’s rookie boys hoops coach. More...

Pirates move into share of first place

PECK - Collecting their third and fourth straight victories in league play last week, the Peck Pirates currently reside in a share of first in the NCTL South Division with rival CPS. More...

Green Devils can’t halt Ubly

Triples run dry!

BROWN CITY - When it rained triples for Brown City, it looked an upset was about to happen. But, when those dried up, Ubly took advantage. More...

C-L falls to Capac; wins at The Palace

CAPAC - While a trip to The Palace of Auburn Hills earlier the week turned into a nonleague victory, BWAC play at Capac did not provide the same results for the Cros-Lex boys basketball team. More...

Pirates miss upset of Cardinals

PECK - The improving Peck girls basketball team ended a tough eight-day stretch of games in NCTL play on Monday by just missing an upset. The Lady Pirates fell at home to Kingston, 37-34. More...

Lady Pioneers drop two in BWAC

CAPAC - After winning four of its last five games overall, Cros-Lex ran into some problems in BWAC play last week. First, it was a good Yale team, and, then, it was lousy shooting. More...

Marlette’s King a Scholar-Athlete finalist

EAST LANSING - Brandon King, a senior at Marlette High schoool, is among the 120 finalists for the Michigan High School Athletic Association’s Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2009-10 school year. More...

2009-10 Wrestling Team District Assignments

Feb. 10 - Division 1 & 3 Feb. 11 – Div. 2 & 4 Division 3 at Armada Cros-Lex, Armada, Richmond, Yale Division 3 at Caro Cass City, Caro, Millington, Vassar Division 4 at Marlette Bad Axe, Marlette, Lakers, Sandusky More...

Sports briefs

Ice Festival Fishing Contest More...

Prep powerlifting results

The Cros-Lex powerlifting team competed recently at two events. Here are the results: At Goodrich More...

First week leaders announced in MTBA Singles, Doubles

The pins were not especially flying all around Saturday during the first day of competition in the Mid Thumb Bowling Association’s Singles and Doubles Events at Liberty Lanes. More...

Thumb area prep sports suffers a tough loss

BY DALE BALL SPORTS EDITOR

When I heard the news that Chris Ogryski had passed away, I was simply stunned. Just too good of guy, too good of a husband and father for this to happen. More...

Prep sports calendar

Wed., Feb. 3 Boys basketball - Deckerville at Brown City 7:30; Marlette at Sandusky 8 p.m.; Wrestling - Cros- Lex, Brown City at Yale 5 p.m.; Bowling - Almont vs. Cros-Lex (Kautz Shore Lanes) 4 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 4 More...

Dressed for the Cause

The Peck varsity girls basketball team, in association with the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan, had special t-shirts made in support of the fight against cancer for the game with Memphis l More...

Lady Eagles end slump

DECKERVILLE - The month of January was a long one for Coach Pat Oswald. His Deckerville girls hoops squad could not find a way to win a GTC East game. However, on Friday night that all ended when the Lady Eagles rolled past Ubly, 57-46. More...

BC girls whip Ubly; look to 2nd half of East season

UBLY - Coach Cindy Burton feels her team was still feeling the residual effects from a tough one-point loss at Sandusky last week. More...

CPS shares South lead with win

FAIRGROVE - A pair of victories in NCTL boys hoops play last week has pushed the CPS Tigers into a share of the South Division lead. The latest triumph came at Akron-Fairgrove on Friday night when they fought off the Vikings, 44-35. More...

Boys hoops standings

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Raiders keep pace in East; get big tests this week

MAYVILLE - After chalking up an impressive win over Mayville this past week, the Marlette Red Raiders will get a chance to find out right away if they have a chance at the GTC East boys hoops title. More...

Photo

Sandusky junior Corey Kursinsky goes up for an easy two points against Harbor Beach on Friday night. The Redskins, though, fell to the Pirates, who improved to 11-0. (Photo by Dale Ball) More...

Memphis too hot for CPS girls

MEMPHIS - Memphis, the NCTL South leaders, had a torrid shooting night and were too much for CPS in an NCTL South girls hoops contest Monday night. The Yellowjackets (12-1in the South, 12-2 overall) tamed the Lafdy Tigers, 63-38. More...

SCHA schedule

Thurs., Feb. 4 5:15 p.m. - Squirt game, Orchard Carpet vs. Sandusky Tire; 6:30 p.m. - Bantam game, A.C.E. Transport vs. Eastern Michigan Bank; 8:00 p.m. - Midget game, Thumb Cellular vs. Dave Hall Fri., Feb. 5 6-6:50 p.m. More...

Rabbit shoot a success

CARSONVILLE - The annual Rabbit Shoot, hosted by the Carsonville Hotel and Csiz’s Sports Bar, was a successful event this past Saturday as 29 two-man bowhunting teams combined to takle a total of 53 rabbits. More...

MHS wrestlers capture ‘Muth Inv. title

Ready for GTC Meet this Saturday

FRANKENMUTH - The Marlette wrestling team claimed five straight dual victories Saturday and came home with the championship trophy from the Frankenmuth Invitational. More...

2009-10 Wrestling Individual District Assignments

Sat., Feb. 13 Div. 3 at Richmond Cros-Lex, Almont, Armada, Birch Run, Capac Chesaning, Flint Southwestern, Flint Powers Catholic, Imlay City, Montrose, Mt. Morris, Otisville-Lakeville, Richmond, Yale Div. More...

SCHA results

Howe Ice Arena, Sandusky 1-28-10 Squirt/Pee Wee State Farm 6 Sandusky Tire 2 More...

Lady ‘Skins avenge late ‘09 loss on lanes

SANDUSKY - The only time in recent memory that a Sandusky girls bowling team lost anything related to league play was just less than a year ago. More...