Thursday Championship Night Wrap Up

Thumb Tailgater Sports is on the road again for a live internet audio webcast on Thursday to wrap up the regular season of boys basketball coverage. Tonights it is a championship game in Vassar as they hope to take the outright Greater Thumb West title, with a win over the Reese Rockets. It's not going to be easy though, as the Rockets played spoiler for the Bay City All Saints on their bid for a share of the GTW. Reese took down the Cougars on Tuesday night, ripping them 71 - 61.
However!! Would the West be in this position had it not been the controversy with the clock not running at the end of last Fridays game between the Vulcans @ Cougars game? You decide!

The Vassar Vulcans did it's job on Monday to take a hold of the West with a close victory over Unionville-Sebewaing 42 - 41. Will the Reese Rockets play spoiler again tonight at Vassar? Coverage at 7:30pm! 
Special guests tonight on Thumb Tailgater Sports will be WLEW FM Fall Sports color commentator JJ Particka & Sports Writer/Reporter, Paul Adams of the Huron Daily Tribune. 
Carsonville-Port Sanilac hopes to wrap it's claim to the NCTL South Title tonight over Dryden - but Peck still has thoughts of a share of the title as long as they win out and CPS loses two straight.
Just to note, there are a couple games to wrap the thumb area boys basketball season as a whole on Friday & Saturday.

BOYS BASKETBALL:
Vassar 64, vs Reese 42- Vulcans win outright GTW Title! T.T.S.Webcast
Bay City All Saints 74, vs Bad Axe 52
Harbor Beach 68, @ Brown City 62
Sandusky 50, vs Mayville
Cass City 58, Deckerville 51
Ubly 50, Marlette 43
Lakers 60, USA 53
CPS 67, vs Dryden 33
Peck 52, vs Kingston 46
North Huron 82, vs Port Hope 63
Akron-Fairgrove 63, vs Caseville 36
Owen-Gage 54, vs Arenac Eastern 34
Cros-Lex 55, @ Imlay City 50
Richmond 56, @ Yale 49
Capac 52, vs Armada 47

College Boys Basketball
Central Michigan 56, @ Eastern Michigan 55
Chippewas win outright MAC West title after Ball State loss to Western Michigan. Former Unionville-Sebewaing standout athlete Jordan Bitzer scores 18pt; Eastern Michigan had chance to take win, but missed two free throws and turning the ball over. All that happened in the last :18 seconds. CMU gets No.2 seed and first round bye in MAC Tournament that starts on Sunday in Cleveland, Ohio.

Wednesday night in the Districts for girls basketball thumb area teams set up some big match ups for the finals on Friday! 
State ranked teams, (#4) Brown City Lady Greendevils & (#3) Sandusky Lady Redskins, will meet in their "rubber match" of the season. The Greater Thumb East Co-Champs now have a title that can't be shared!
Another rubber match up of the GTC, is Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Lady Lakers facing off against the Harbor Beach Lady Pirates.
The Reese Lady Rockets made it to finals to take on the #6 state ranked New Lothrop Hornets. Rockets are ranked #12 in state.
Port Hope Lady Bluestars (#17 state) hope to make three wins in the season over the very dangerous North Huron Lady Warriors.
Vassar Lady Vulcans continue to tear it up as they will face off against former Tri-Valley East rival, the North Branch Lady Broncos.
Deckerville Lady Eagles hope to win a second straight District title against the CPS Lady Tigers.

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