Monday February Finale - Girls Basketball Districts, Live Webcast

On the last day of February Fever will end but turns into a magical, maniac, madness of high school girls  basketball district action starting tonight on Thumb Tailgater Sports. We will cover a first round game of the No.81 Class C Districts, and the rest of the bracket into the later week. The featured game is the Brown City Lady Greendevils at the NCTL South Champs; the Memphis Lady Yellowjackets.
Last year in the Districts when these two teams met it was on Brown City's home court where they took down Memphis with the final score of 57-35.
Both teams faced off earlier this season and Brown City came away with the victory 51-28. What will happen tonight? Coverage starts at 6:45pm!  Live Webcast Link
After tonights game log in for Thumb Tailgater Sportsline Live! - 10pm.


Monday H.S. Girls Basketball Districts: First Round 
(BWAC, GTC, NCTL & TVE Teams are italicized)
No. 44-B Algonac
A - Mt Clemens 42, Clintondale 25
B - Algonac 50, Marysville 30
Richmond vs A winner : March 2nd - 5 pm
B winner vs Marine City : March 2nd - 6:30 pm
Final : March 4th  - 6:30 pm

No. 45-B Macomb-Lutheran North
A - Capac 48, vs Almont 32
B - Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 42, Macomb-Lutheran North 32
Armada vs A winner : March 2nd - 6 pm
B vs Imlay City : March 2nd - 7:30 pm
Final : March 4th - 7:30 pm

No. 56-B Mt Morris-EA Johnson
A - Flint Powers Catholic 53, Mt Morris-EA Johnson 11
B - Flint Southwestern 69, Otisville-Lakeville 42
Goodrich  vs  A winner : March 2nd - 5:30 pm
B winner vs  Birch Run : March 2nd - 8 pm
Final : March 5th (MHSAA says so) or is March 4th - 7 pm

No. 57-B North Branch
A - North Branch 50, Millington 42
Caro vs Croswell-Lexington : March 2nd - 6 pm
A winner  vs  Yale : March 2nd - 7:30 pm
Final : March 4th - 7 pm

No. 58-B Frankenmuth 
A - Frankenmuth 59, Carrollton 45
Bay City John Glenn  vs  Essexville-Garber : March 2nd - 5 pm
A winner vs Bridgeport : March 2nd - 7 pm
Final : March 4th - 7 pm

No. 81-C Mayville
A -Vassar 55, Mayville 16
B - Marlette 70, vs Dryden 6
C -Brown City 61, Memphis 48 : Live Webcast Replay
A winner vs B winner: March 2nd – 6 pm
C winner vs New Haven : March 2nd – 7:30 pm
Final: March 4th – 7 pm

No. 89-C Montrose
A - Reese 67, vs Saginaw Arts & Sciences 28
B - New Lothrop 74, Genesee 17
C - Montrose-Hill McCloy  61, Saginaw-Buena Vista 36
Saginaw Valley Lutheran  vs  A winner : March 2nd - 5 pm
B winner vs C winner : March 2nd - 6:30 pm
Final : March 4th - 6 pm

No. 90-C Harbor Beach Community School
A - Sandusky 41, Harbor Beach 26
B - Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Lakers 62, Ubly 24
C - Cass City 50, Bad Axe 48
A winner vs B winner : March 2nd – 6 pm
Unionville-Sebewaing  vs  C winner : March 2nd – 8 pm
Final : March 4th - 7 pm

No. 114-D Peck Community School
A - Deckerville 47, Peck 31
B - New Life Christian Academy 46,  Landmark Academy 26
Carsonville-Port Sanilac  vs A Winner : March 2nd – 6 pm
B Winner vs  Kingston : March 2nd – 7:30 pm
Final : March 4th - 7 pm

No. 115-D Port Hope Community School 
A - Port Hope 53, Caseville 42
Owendale-Gagetown  vs  Akron-Fairgrove : March 2nd – 6 pm
A Winner vs North Huron : March 2nd – 7:30 pm
Final :  March 4th - 7 pm

No. 116-D Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary
Twining Arenac Eastern vs Saginaw Michigan Lutheran : March 2nd-6 pm
Bay City All Saints  vs  Au Gres-Sims :  March 2nd – 7:30 pm
Final : March 4th - 7 pm

BOYS
Bay City John Glenn 61, Bay City All Saints 59

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Saturday Lakers 5th & 6th Grade Basketball Tournament

The Lakers 5th & 6th grade Basketball Tournament took place on Saturday, Feb.26th. Eighteen teams participated that took place on the court at Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port High School.
Thanks to Lakers Varsity Head Coach Jeremey Macejewski and participating coaches for sending the information.

5th Grade
Deckerville - 1st Place
Ubly - 2nd Place

6th Grade
Cass City - 1st Place
Ubly - 2nd Place

Deckerville 5th Grade 1st Place Champs

Ubly 5th Grade Runner Up, 2nd Place

Cass City 6th Grade Champions

Marlette 6th Grader Runner Up, 2nd Place

Saturday Notes & News

A couple basketball games in the thumb are taking place today along with the State Wrestling Semifinals & Finals. Plus Bowling Regionals today on Saturday.

Saturday Basketball Games

BOYS

North Huron 57, Kingston 47

GIRLS

Caseville @ Akron-Fairgrove - 6pm: Should be the final regular season game for girls basketball in our coverage area.

MHSAA - Bowling Regionals

MHSAA - Team Wrestling - Semifinals & Finals 

Richmond made the finals and then defeated on Lake Fenton 33-22.  Richmond Bluedevils won their second straight Division 3 Team Wrestling State Championship. MHSAA Summary Final

Watch the replay at MHSAA TV

Factor Friday - H.S. Basketball, Bowling, Wrestling & Live Webcast

Thumb Tailgater Sports returns with live high school boys basketball action that could be a factor in the Greater Thumb East Championship. It features the Harbor Beach Pirates at the Marlette Red Raiders. Harbor Beach sits at first place and Marlette at second. A Pirate win clinches the GTE Title. A Marlette win gets them tied for first place and both teams will have to wait till next week to see who ends up with the championship. Coverage starts at 7:15pm!
Algonac Lady Muskrats became the outright BWAC Champs last night with their victory over Imlay Ciy Lady Spartans. The Reese Lady Rockets became outright GTW Champs last night as well.
BWAC Boys Title is still on the line with both Yale and Imlay City still tied for first place. Both teams will try to get victories in their big games tonight, to lead up to their showdown in a battle for the stronghold of the BWAC Title on Tuesday.
Good Luck to the area teams in the MHSAA Bowling Regionals, and to the Richmond wrestling team on their quest for a second straight State Title. It will be a gauntlet with the MHSAA Wrestling Quarterfinals starting today. Saturday will be the Semifinals & Finals.
Those matches will live on the internet on MHSAA TV.

Wrestling: Richmond defeats Roscommon in Division 3 Quarterfinals, 60-15. Will take on Allendale in Semifinals on Saturday.

Friday Basketball Games:
BOYS
Marlette 55, Harbor Beach 44 - Thumb Tailgater Webcast Replay
Imlay City 71, @ Algonac 52
Almont 81, Richmond 65
Yale 74, @ Armada 34
Capac 50, Croswell-Lexington 46
Sandusky 61, Brown City 49
Ubly 62, @ Bad Axe 48
Bay City All Saints 66, @ EPBP Lakers 51 - All Saints outright GTW Champs
Cass City 45, @ Vassar 44
Reese 46, @ Unionville-Sebewaing 39
Memphis 70, Port Hope 30
Caro 59, Birch Run 48
Bridgeport 61, Millington 57 - Bearcats win share of TVE Title 
North Branch 65, @ Essexville-Garber 53

GIRLS
Richmond 58, @ Almont 33
Armada 50, Yale 49
Capac 46, Croswell-Lexington 43
Kingston 44, @ Carsonville-Port Sanilac 43
Memphis 60, Port Hope 24 - Memphis sweep Port Hope regular season series, are the "Queens" of NCTL
Owen-Gage 57, Peck 48
Deckerville 51, @ Caseville 38
Birch Run 53, @ Caro 43
Bridgeport 56, Millington 41
North Branch 38, @ Essexville-Garber 27

Saturday Basketball Games
BOYS
Kingston @ North Huron - JV starts at 1pm
GIRLS
Caseville @ Akron-Fairgrove - 6pm
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Thursday Trump Of H.S. Hoops

Kudos out to the Bay City All Saints boys basketball team on their first league title in school history. This school has had many district, regional championships, even back to back state titles back in the mid 1970's. But never a league title?!! Well add that to their list of accomplishments. Of course now the focus is another victory to win the Greater Thumb West Title, and then onto a playoff run. Hard to believe we have not been able to cover the All Saints this year, where as last year we had them on numerous times.

Thumb Tailgater Sports returns with live high school boys basketball action this Friday with the GTE Title on the line for both Harbor Beach & Marlette. Coverage starts at 7:15pm!

Shake that head of yours to stop it from spinning from this long regular season of basketball because it is about to end in a couple days for girls followed next week by boys. But by then we are into the playoffs!

Thursday Basketball Games:

BOYS

Carsonville-Port Sanilac 63, @ Deckerville 30

Peck 56, @ Kingston 41

North Huron 56, Port Hope 35

Akron-Fairgrove 68, @ Caseville 50

Saginaw Arts & Sciences 65, Owen-Gage 46

GIRLS

Brown City 45, @ Sandusky 36 - Back to back losses for GTE Champs Lady Redskins

Marlette 65, Harbor Beach 31

Bad Axe 62, Ubly 33

EPBP Lakers 50, Bay City All Saints 33

Vassar 33, Cass City 20

Reese 60, @ Unionville-Sebewaing 42 - Reese outright GTW Champs

Algonac 49, Imlay City 28 - Algonac outright BWAC Champs

Arenac Eastern 42, @ Akron-Fairgrove 3 - !

Saginaw Arts & Sciences 61, Owen-Gage 32

Frankenmuth 54, Bay City John Glenn 28

Wednesday Weave Of H.S. Basketball

Thumb Tailgater Sports will return to the webcast internet wireless waves this Friday night for high  school boys basketball. It will feature a GTE Title fight with the Harbor Beach Pirates at the Marlette Red Raiders.
Congrats to the Owen-Gage Lady Bulldogs on winning the NCTL North Title. They do share that title with the Port Hope Lady Bluestars, who were not expected to repeat as champions by most in the sports local media. That is quite a compliment to their new head coach of this year, Marilee Schock.
Last night the Reese Lady Rockets did what many teams could not do for most of this season - Take down the formerly undefeated Sandusky Lady Redskins. The quick and smothering full court pressure defense of the Lady Rockets blasted Sandusky throughout the whole game. Sandusky did tie it a couple times in the 1st quarter, but Reese attacked right back with their smart offensive play and never lost the lead from the 2nd quarter on to the end of the game. Reese take back their crown and reign this year as the "Queens" of the Greater Thumb Conference.
Tonight could be history in the making in boys basketball with the Bay City All Saint Cougars (8-1, 13-3). They are on the verge of becoming Greater Thumb West Champions for the first time and need just one more victory to do so. But it is a gauntlet for the All Saints to get there, starting tonight against the Unionville-Sebewaing Patriots (5-4, 9-7). In the last meeting the Cougars escaped with a 66-65 win. They then have games with EPBP Lakers, and Vassar in league play.


Wednesday Basketball Games
BOYS
Bay City All Saints 64, Unionville-Sebewaing 51 - All Saints clinches share of GTW title, first ever for school
EPBP Lakers 46, Cass City 42
Vassar 61, @ Bad Axe 53
Marlette 75, @ Brown City 55
Ubly 81, @ Mayville 36
Algonac 61, Lutheran High North 36
Yale 55, Richmond 44 - Yale still tied for first place with Imlay City, big showdown next week

GIRLS
Harbor Beach 50, North Huron 31
Caro 50, @ Otisville-Lakeville 37
Carsonville-Port Sanilac 33, Peck 27 (I guess game was moved to Wed. from Tues.)
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Tuesday Tug Of War Of H.S. Basketbal - Live Game Webcast

Thumb Tailgater Sports returns with a live streaming webcast of high school girls basketball. 
It is a Greater Thumb Conference Clash Of Champions! The GTE Champions Sandusky Lady Redskins (9-0, 18-0) at the GTW Champions Reese Lady Rockets (10-1, 16-2). Coverage starts live at 7:15pm.

Tuesday Basketball Games
GIRLS
Reese 58, Sandusky 41 - Thumb Tailgater Webcast Replay
Algonac 53, Almont 12 - Algonac clinches share of BWAC title
Armada 44, Capac 43 - Armada has chance for share of BWAC
Croswell-Lexington 52, Imlay City 34
Richmond 64, Yale 47
Brown City 59, @ Kingston 11
Marlette 64, Deckerville 37
Mayville defeated Ubly
Vassar 52, @ Bad Axe 28
Unionville-Sebewaing 46, @ Bay City All Saints 37
EPBP Lakers 44, @ Cass City 38
Carsonville-Port Sanilac @ Peck (Cancelled?)
Memphis 62, Dryden 25
Owen-Gage 65, North Huron 49 - Owen-Gage shares NCTL North title with Port Hope
Birch Run 48, North Branch 25
Frankenmuth 66, Bridgeport 24
Millington 53, Essexville-Garber 35

BOYS
Saginaw Buena Vista @ Imlay City - Cancelled
Lapeer East 63, Capac 56
Harbor Beach 56, North Huron 27
Peck 69, @ New Haven Meritt Academy 20
Kingston 81, @ Owen-Gage 49
Birch Run 53, North Branch 49
Bridgeport 66, Frankenmuth 46
Otisville-Lakeville 85, Caro 51
Millington 81, Essexville-Garber 73
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Presidents Day Monday - Winter Webcast Of TTS Sportsline Live!

Winter weather came charging back at the thumb area again. Good thing it was Presidents Day as most schools did not have class today. "Thumb Tailgater Sportsline Live!" is back tonight at 10pm.
Thumb Tailgater Sports has live basketball games to webcast this week also. Check the calendar on  www.thumbtailgater.com for the latest updated schedule or right here on the blog.
One game that is a definite is the "Greater Thumb Clash Of Champions" in girls basketball that features the still undefeated Sandusky Lady Redskins at the Reese Lady Rockets. That game will be Tuesday, February 22nd. The TTS Webcast Live Coverage starts at 7:15pm.
**There are some game cancellations because of the winter storm that blitzed through from Sunday to Monday morning.

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Monday Basketball Games:
BOYS
Mayville 58, Owen-Gage 56
Capac 80, Armada 53
Saginaw Arts & Sciences @ Caseville - CANCELLED

GIRLS
Cass City @ Unionville-Sebewaing - CANCELLED
Bad Axe @ Whittemore-Prescott - CANCELLED, weather
Saginaw Arts & Sciences @ Caseville - CANCELLED
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Friday Full Blast Of H.S. Girls & Boys Basketball - Live Game Webcast

Thumb Tailgater Sports has live Friday night high school girls & boys basketball action. We get back to the BWAC with the Capac Chiefs at the Imlay City Spartans. Coverage starts at 5:45pm.
Capac Lady Chiefs (7-4, 9-8) have an outside chance of getting a cut of the BWAC title with some help from others in the league. But the Imlay City Lady Spartans (6-5, 11-6) will not make it easy. Imlay City may be out of the hunt, but would not mind playing the spoiler tonight against the Lady Chiefs. Leading the BWAC girls standings is the Algonac Lady Muskrats (9-2, 14-3) who needs just one more league win to grab a leading share of the title. With the winless Almont still on Algonac's schedule that is likely to happen.
In BWAC Boys league: Imlay City Spartans (8-2, 13-2) sit on top at first place tied with the Yale Bulldogs (8-2, 14-2) who are off tonight.
The Capac Chiefs (6-3, 8-6) suffered a one point loss to Algonac on Tuesday to go down tied at second place with Richmond. A Capac win can get them back in the quest for the title, a loss could take them out. For Imlay City they would like to avenge their earlier league loss to the Chiefs by a buzzer beater winning basket. Regardless this BWAC boys title claim is far from over. This live game coverage will be followed by the girls game.
Other notes on Last night: Congratulations to the Carsonville-Port Sanilac Tigers on earning the outright NCTL South Boys  Championship with their win over Memphis last night.
- To the Sandusky Lady Redskins on winning the GTE Title; and to the Reese Lady Rockets on their third straight GTW Title.

GIRLS
Capac 63, @ Imlay City 54 - Webcast Replay
Richmond 42, Algonac 38
Armada 46, @ Croswell-Lexington 33
Sandusky 65, @ Ubly 35 - Sandusky Outright GTE Champions
North Huron 48, Akron-Fairgrove 46
Port Hope 54, Caseville 35
Deckerville 40, Peck 14
Bridgeport 44, @ Essexville-Garber 37
Caro 52, @ Millington 34
Frankenmuth 57, @ North Branch 20

BOYS
Imlay City 60, Capac 58 - Live Webcast
Algonac 60, @ Richmond 57 - OT
Armada 52, @ Croswell-Lexington 50
Brown City 54, @ Mayville 35
Harbor Beach 43, EPBP Lakers 42
Ubly 62, Sandusky 53
Reese 69, Bad Axe 54
Bay City All Saints 50, @ Cass City 47
Vassar 52, @ Unionville-Sebewaing 43
Port Hope 59, Caseville 50
Marlette 71, Kingston 29
Bridgeport 62, @ Essexville-Garber 48
Millington 74, Caro 50
North Branch 51, Frankenmuth 50

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Thursday Tussle Of H.S. Basketball - Live Game Webcast

February Fever continues on the Thumb Tailgater Sports coverage of thumb area basketball teams. Tonight we present a live internet streaming audio webcast of boys basketball action with the Memphis Yellowjackets at the Carsonville-Port Sanilac Tigers. Memphis need a must win for any hopes of a share of the NCTL South Title. The Tigers already have a share, but with a victory tonight they will have the championship outright.
NCTL North Boys: The Akron-Fairgrove Vikings have pulled off some good wins that now puts them in the hunt for the title. They have to win out and also need North Huron to lose at least one of their next league games to grab the championship. If they both win out - both teams share the title. **Now what I just posted there is what I "believe" is supposed to happen, based on the revised league rules in the NCTL which have been misunderstood by many.

CPS Tigers NCTL South Champs

Thursday Basketball:

BOYS

Carsonville-Port Sanilac 60, Memphis 45 -Tigers NCTL South Champs Webcast Replay

Peck 56, Deckerville 49

Akron-Fairgrove 74, Owen-Gage 40

Yale 53, Almont 38

GIRLS

Sandusky 53, @ Marlette 31 - Sandusky clinch share of GTE Title

Reese 56, Bad Axe 29 - Reese clinches share of GTW title, third straight 

Cass City 38, Bay City All Saints 26

Vassar 45, @ Unionville-Sebewaing 27

Brown City 56, @ Mayville 21

Harbor Beach 38, EPBP Lakers 30

Yale 52, Almont 49
Kingston 54, North Huron 30

Wednesday Hoops - Wrestling Team Regionals

Thumb Tailgater Sports will be back with a couple more live game webcasts this week. This Thursday we venture back to the NCTL South in boys basketball action with the Memphis Yellowjackets at the CPS Tigers. With three league games left on their schedule, CPS has to just win one more to capture the league title outright. CPS also suffered their first loss of the season to the Sandusky Redskins on Tuesday.
Then on Friday night it is a doubleheader night of BWAC girls & boys basketball action with the Capac Chiefs at the Imlay City Spartans. The BWAC is "wacky"; especially in boys as there is still a tight race for the league title with four teams all having legitimate claim till seasons end.
Last night the Memphis Lady Yellowjackets won the NCTL South Championship with the win over Deckerville. In the NCTL North; I am pretty sure, but I believe Port Hope Lady Bluestars has to win their remaining league games and they take the title.
Over in the Greater Thumb East; the Brown City Lady Greendevils made things interesting as they avenged an earlier season lost to Marlette. Both teams now have two league losses and now need to help each other if they both want a piece of the GTE title. They both need wins over the still undefeated Sandusky Lady Redskins. In the Greater Thumb West; the Reese Lady Rockets have a the championship if they take wins over Bad Axe & Unionville-Sebewaing.
Wrestling Team Regionals take place today. Some Thumb Tailgater coverage area teams still in the mix.

Wednesday H.S. Basketball
GIRLS
Birch Run 54, Otisville-Lakeville 49
Memphis 59, @ Owen-Gage 27
Algonac 41, @ Lutheran High North 31

BOYS
Saginaw Buena Vista 74, @ Marlette 36
Reese 64, Pinconning 44
Bad Axe 59, North Huron 35
Vassar 49, EPBP Lakers 43
USA 50, Cass City 36

Wrestling Team Regionals - MHSAA Website Link

Quarterfinal pairings will be posted on mhsaa.com around 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb.20th

DIVISION 3
Regional: 122-3 at Carrollton
Semifinals:
Lake Fenton 55, Saginaw Swan Valley 17
Birch Run 63, Hemlock 3
Final: Lake Fenton 41, Birch Run 34

Regional: 123-3 at Imlay City
Semifinals: 
Imlay City 35, Caro 34
Richmond 72, Capac 6
Finals: Richmond 72, Imlay City 3

DIVISION 4
Regional: 128-4 at New Lothrop
Semifinals:
New Lothrop 62, Cass City 15
Mayville defeats  Byron
Final: New Lothrop 67, Mayville 6 - 12th straight Regional Championship for Hornets

Turbulent Tuesday Of H.S. Basketball - Live Game Webcast

Thumb Tailgater Sports returns with a live internet streaming audio webcast of high school girls basketball. It features a Greater Thumb East battle of the Marlette Lady Red Raiders at the Brown City Lady Greendevils. 
Marlette has a big week that starts with tonights game in what many local sports pundits say is a must win situation. The Lady Red Raiders will need a victory in hopes of grabbing a piece of the GTE title. After tonights game if they can take care of business - Marlette must then defeat Sandusky this Thursday.
Of course the Brown City Lady Greendevils have always been known to be the spoiler of many teams in the East and will try to play devils advocate tonight! Tune in to find out what happens! Coverage starts at 7:15pm.
Plus many more implicating games dealing with league titles! February Fever is getting turbulent!

Tuesday Games:
GIRLS
Brown City 61, Marlette 54 - Thumb Tailgater Webcast Replay
Memphis 51, Deckerville 36 - Memphis are the NCTL South Champions
Algonac @ Lutheran High North - PPD to Feb.16
Croswell-Lexington 45, @ Harbor Beach 35
Imlay City 51, @ Mt Morris 30
Chandler Park Academy 67, Richmond 34
EPBP Lakers 29, Vassar 16
Sandusky 55, CPS 18
North Huron 47, Ubly 40
Reese 63, @ Pinconning 35
Unionville-Sebewaing 58, @ Bad Axe 31
Port Hope 33, @ Akron-Fairgrove 21
Owen-Gage 57, @ Caseville 43
Cass City 54, Kingston 32
Montrose 52, Birch Run 49
Bridgeport 62, @ International Academy of Flint 51
Frankenmuth 56, Flint Powers Catholic 42
Millington 52, St.Charles 38
Standish Sterling 67, Essexville-Garber 33

BOYS
Algonac 54, Capac 53 (BWAC is wacky this year! Capac falls to 2nd place with Richmond)
Almont 42, Armada 36
Yale 51, @ Croswell-Lexington 48 (Yale & Imlay City now tied at 1st)
Imlay City 80, @ Mt. Morris 65
Sandusky 47, Carsonville-Port Sanilac 31
Bay City All Saints 50, Mt.Pleasant Sacred Heart 37
Flint Northwestern 62, @ Bridgeport 60
Bay City John Glenn 76, Caro 44
Flushing 75, Frankenmuth 62
Millington 59, St.Charles 54
Otisville-Lakeville 48, North Branch 46
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Monday Valentines Day Of H.S. Basketball - Sportsline Live

We are back on Monday at 10pm with our "Thumb Tailgater Sportsline Live!" local sports show webcast. Tune in for our review of last weeks and the upcoming week of games in the BWAC, GTC, & NCTL. Plus our take on the wrestling regionals this coming Wednesday and what we will cover this week on our live game webcasts of high school basketball action.
Not much love between area teams tonight on Valentines Day as league title implications take shape in our "February Fever" month of court action!
**Was informed by the Ubly Athletic Director that the Ubly JV girls & boys basketball game versus Sandusky on Thursday, Feb.17th will now be moved to be played on Friday, Feb.18th starting at 4pm. It will be "Senior Night" at Ubly high school; with the first game being the JV Girls, then JV Boys, followed by Varsity Girls and ending with Varsity Boys.

*Story on Marissa Demott, Sandusky graduate and now college basketball player at Hillsdale

GIRLS
Mt Pleasant Sacred Heart 50, Bay City All Saints 22
Unionville-Sebewaing 57, Sanford Meridan 41
Richmond 45, @ Birmingham Seaholm
Croswell-Lexington 47, Algonac 43 (Pioneers sweep season series, BWAC title not decided yet)
Reese 56, Cass City 44
Port Hope 53, Peck 36

BOYS
North Huron 55, @ Caseville 44
Deckerville 61, @ Kingston 55
Memphis 52, Peck 43 (NCTL South title now could be decided this Thursday at CPS)
Port Hope 71, @ Owen-Gage 69
Ubly 55, @ Brown City 46
Reese 53, Cass City 46
Algonac 62, @ Croswell-Lexington 57
Montrose 56, Birch Run 47
Pinconning 61, Essexville-Garber 58

Saturday Stuff Of H.S. Sports

Saturday Basketball
BOYS
Carsonville-Port Sanilac 74, @ Caseville 36 - (CPS clinches share of NCTL South Title)
Harbor Beach 68, Mayville 21

GIRLS
Harbor Beach 40, Mayville 20

Individual Wrestling Districts - MHSAA website; for info & results

Friday Flood Of H.S. Basketball - Live Webcast

Thumb Tailgater Sports presents a live internet streaming audio webcast of high school boys basketball. It's a clash in the Greater Thumb East with the Marlette Red Raiders at the Ubly Bearcats.
"February Fever" is heating up for the league title runs!

Friday Basketball Games:
BOYS
Ubly 52, Marlette 48 - O.T.- Webcast Replay, Part 1 & Part 2
Yale 69, @ Algonac 59
Almont 69, Croswell-Lexington 61 - O.T.
Imlay City 75, @ Armada 36
Capac 70, Richmond 48 (Capac sweeps season series over Richmond)
Harbor Beach 60, @ Brown City 44 (H.Beach Moves in 1st place in GTE)
Sandusky 68, Mayville 30
Bay City All Saints 61, Bad Axe 59
Unionville-Sebewaing 45, @ EPBP Lakers 44
Reese 60, @ Vassar 48
North Huron 53, @ Port Hope 44
Saginaw Arts & Sciences 75, Caseville 27
Millington 67, @ Birch Run 55
Bridgeport 74, @ Caro 53
Frankenmuth 79, Essexville-Garber 39

GIRLS
Algonac 50, Yale 33
Croswell-Lexington 42, @ Almont 38
Armada 51, Imlay City 30
Capac 44, Richmond 39
Marlette 73, @ Ubly 26
Sandusky 63, Mayville 20
Owen-Gage 51, Akron-Fairgrove 23
Saginaw Arts & Sciences 56, Caseville 32
Peck 42, @ Kingston 34
Port Hope 34, North Huron 26
Birch Run 48, Millington 34
Bridgeport 56, @ Caro 53
Frankenmuth 72, Essexville-Garber 23

Saturday Games:
BOYS
Carsonville-Port Sanilac @ Caseville - 1pm (ppd from Feb.2)
Mayville @ Harbor Beach (2pm Doubleheader girls & boys, from ppd during winter blizzard)


Individual Wrestling Districts - MHSAA
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Thursday Basketball & Wrestling Districts: T.T.S. Area Coverage

Thumb Tailgater Sports will return with a live webcast on Friday, Feb-11th. It will feature another battle of boys basketball in the Greater Thumb East that pits the Marlette Red Raiders at the Sandusky Redskins. In the meantime plenty of action tonight in both high school basketball and area teams in wrestling districts!

**Capac Boys Basketball Head Coach Shoemaker resigns

Thursday Basketball Games 
BOYS
Carsonville-Port Sanilac 60, @ Peck 59 (2 O.T., Matt Falls makes last second put back shot)
Memphis 56, @ Kingston 39
Akron-Fairgrove 59, @ Port Hope 49
North Huron 66, @ Owen-Gage 54

GIRLS
Brown City 58, Harbor Beach 33
Bay City All Saints 44, Bad Axe 41
EPBP Lakers 50, USA 42
Vassar 37, Reese 34  (Doh! Upset?!)
Memphis 51, @ Carsonville-Port Sanilac 36
*Side note - Flint Hamady 70, New Lothrop 36

Thursday Wrestling Team Districts: Division 1 & 3 
(Thumb Tailgater Coverage area teams italicized)
Full Info & Results at MHSAA website
DIVISION 3
District No. 186 at Saginaw-Swan Valley 
Thursday, Feb.10 - 6pm
Carrollton vs Bridgeport 
Saginaw Swan Valley vs Frankenmuth 
Carrollton wins District Championship over Saginaw Swan Valley 56-22

District No. 187 at Birch Run
Thursday, Feb.10 - 6pm
Birch Run vs Mt Morris
Chesaning vs Montrose
Birch Run defeats Chesaning for District Championship 67-12

District No. 189 at Caro
Thursday, Feb. 10 - 6pm
A: Millington 18 vs. Caro 56
B: Vassar  36, vs. LakeVille 40
Caro wins District Championship defeating Lakeville 48-19

District No. 190 at Yale 
Thursday, Feb.10 - 6pm
Croswell-Lexington - BYE
Yale 30 vs Capac 49 
Capac wins District Championship over Croswell-lexington 51-19

District No. 191 at Goodrich 
Thursday, Feb.10 - 5:30pm
Imlay City - BYE
Goodrich vs Almont 
Imlay City wins District Championship over Goodrich 36-18

District No. 192 at Armada
Thursday, Feb.10 - 5:30pm
Macomb Lutheran North vs Algonac
Richmond vs Armada
Richmond wins District Championship over Algonac 74-6


**Team Regionals Feb.16

Wednesday Whack Of H.S. Baksetball, Wrestling Districts - Game Webcast

Tonight features some major implicating games in league action. Including the Thumb Tailgater Sports game of the night with a live streaming audio webcast. It features a clash of the Greater Thumb East with the Harbor Beach Pirates at the Sandusky Redskins.

BOYS
Harbor Beach 48, @ Sandusky 31 - T.T.S Webcast Replay
Algonac 57, @ Almont 50
Bay City All Saints 75, Vassar 58
Cass City 64, Bad Axe 37
Imlay City 53, Croswell-Lexington 48
Reese 55, @ EPBP Lakers 42
Brown City 62, Armada 40
Ubly 75, @ Deckerville 53 (score from the Coach in the parking lot...)
Bay City John Glenn 68, Unionville-Sebewaing 66 (2 O.T.)
Marlette 76, Mayville 24

Area Wrestling Team Districts 
(Thanks for the reminder Chad Wingert, Tuscola County Advertiser)
- Individual Districts on Feb.12th
- Division 2 & 4 Districts on Feb.9th (unless otherwise noted)
- Division 1 & 3 Districts on Feb.10th (unless otherwise noted)
*Championship Matches immediately following all round meets.
Thumb Tailgater area teams italicized.
*More Info at MHSAA website, for Results & full listing of all schools.
Great Info Resource of Michigan School Wrestling & More - Michigan Grappler

DIVISION 2
District No. 140-2 Ortonville-Brandon
Wednesday, Feb. 9 - 6pm
Lapeer West vs Lapeer East
North Branch vs Ortonville-Brandon
Lapeer West wins District Title over North Branch

DIVISON 3 
District No. 172-3 Essexville-Garber
Wednesday, Feb.9 - 6pm
Midland Bullock Creek vs Essexville-Garber
Freeland vs Sanford-Meridian
Midland Bullock Creek wins District Title over Freeland

DIVISION 4
District No. 211 at Mayville
Wednesday, Feb. 9
A: Marlette vs. Brown City
B: Mayville vs. Sandusky
Mayville wins District Title

District No. 212 at Bad Axe
Wednesday, Feb. 9 - 7pm
A: Cass City - BYE
B: EPBP Lakers vs. Bad Axe
Cass City wins District Title over EPBP Lakers 

District No. 228-4 Memphis
Wednesday, Feb.9 - 5:30pm
Memphis vs Flint Hamady
New Haven vs Madison Heights Bishop Foley
New Haven wins District Title, defeating Memphis 
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Tuesday Thumb Area Throw Down Of H.S. Basketball

Tonight has some real good match ups on this Feb-8th. Thumb Tailgater Sports returns with a live webcast of high school boys basketball on Wednesday. It features the Harbor Beach Pirates at the Sandusky Redskins. Coverage at 7:15pm.

Tuesday Games

BOYS

Imlay City 54, Richmond 49

Bridgeport 75, Nort Branch 55

Frankenmuth 59, @ Caro 52

Montrose 58, Millington 57
Birch Run 74, Essexville-Garber 39

GIRLS

Algonac 41, @ Armada 32

Capac 51, Almont 24

Richmond 42, Croswell-Lexington 40

Imlay City 48, @ Yale 44

Brown City 64, Ubly 24

Sandusky 45, Harbor Beach 31 (Redskins still undefeated)

Marlette 69, @ Mayville 30

Cass City 47, Bad Axe 37

Bay City All Saints 39, Vassar 36

Reese 40, @ EPBP Lakers 34 (Reese has full control of GTW)

North Huron 43, @ Caseville 41
Carsonville-Port Sanilac 55, @ Akron-Fairgrove 36

Kingston 46, @ Deckerville 40 

Memphis 45, Peck 38 (Memphis still undefeated in NCTL South)

Owen-Gage 39, Port Hope 33

Bridgeport 63, North Branch 55

Frankenmuth 57, @ Caro 25

Montrose 38, Millington 18
Birch Run 47, Essexville-Garber 23

Monday Hoops & Thumb Tailgater Sportsline Live!

It was a long winter week with many cancellations of high school basketball in the thumb area. Things started to recover by Friday.
Monday night at 10pm is our local sports show for basketball season, "Thumb Tailgater Sportsline Live!"  
Thumb Tailgater Sportsline Live! - Webcast Replay

Monday Games
BOYS
North Huron 58, Akron-Fairgrove 55
Carsonville-Port Sanilac 55, @ Kingston 40
Caseville 58, @ Owen-Gage 52
Memphis 58, Deckerville 53
Unionville-Sebewaing 91, @ Bad Axe 80

GIRLS
EPBP Lakers 29, Vassar 25
Saginaw Nouvel 45, Unionville-Sebewaing 27
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Saturday Sigh Of Relief

Conditions are weather wise much better, still some slippery spots out there. Some made up games today - anymore to add let us know. Have a good weekend, and catch us this Monday night at 10pm for Thumb Tailgater Sportsline Live!

Saturday Games:
BOYS
Akron-Fairgrove 57, Peck 55 - O.T.

GIRLS
Unionville-Sebewaing 62, @ Essexville-Garber 39
Port Hope 42, Ubly 36

Finally...Friday Hoops, Some School Closings & Cancellations

The winter storm wrecked havoc the past couple days in the many cancellations of high school basketball area games. Finally we get back on track of the season.
There were some school closings and cancellations. But most games will be played.

Friday Games:
BOYS
Algonac @ Croswell-Lexington - Postponed
Imlay City 66, Almont 50
Richmond 61, Armada 34
Yale 55, Capac 26
Brown City 61, @ Memphis 54
Harbor Beach 55, Ubly 48
Marlette 41, Sandusky 35
Vassar 72, Mayville 25
EPBP Lakers 53, @ Bad Axe 29
Bay City All Saints 74, @ Reese 64
Cass City @ Unionville-Sebewaing - Cancelled
Birch Run 44, Bridgeport 40
North Branch 58, Caro 44
Frankenmuth 81, Millington 77 (O.T.)

GIRLS

Algonac @ Croswell-Lexington - Postponed

Imlay City 34, Almont 28

Richmond 57, Armada 41

Capac 68, @ Yale 36

Harbor Beach 61, Ubly 28

Reese 51, Bay City All Saints 15

Cass City @ Unionville-Sebewaing - Cancelled

Caseville @ Akron-Fairgrove - Cancelled, ppd to Feb.26th 6pm

Deckerville 50, @ Carsonville-Port Sanilac 26

Memphis 34, @ Kingston 30

Owen-Gage @ North Huron - Cancelled

Peck @ Port Hope - Cancelled

Birch Run 55, Bridgeport 47

North Branch 41, Caro 40

Frankenmuth 67, Millington 22

Thursday - Thumb Area Schools Closed, Games Likely Cancelled

The Winter Storm Blizzard of 2011 has once again hampered and closed another day of school for the thumb & bluewater area. And it is likely that many games are cancelled.

Thursday Games: 
GIRLS
EPBP Lakers 44, @ Bad Axe 41
Sandusky @ Marlette - Game Cancelled
Ubly @ Harbor Beach - PPD to Friday, Feb.4th (doubleheader w/ boys)
Mayville @ Vassar - PPD
Bay City All Saints @ Reese - Cancelled, PPD to Friday, Feb.4 (doubleheader w/ Boys)
Cass City @ USA - PPD to Friday, Feb.4th (doubleheader w/ boys)

BOYS
Peck @ Akron-Fairgrove - PPD to Saturday, Feb.5th 
Carsonville-Port Sanilac @ Caseville - ppd to Sat. Feb.12, 1pm
Deckerville @ North Huron - Cancelled, ppd to March 3
Kingston @ Owen-Gage - Cancelled

Winter Storm Wednesday Halts Thumb Area Games

The mighty Michigan winter weather has once again shut down the thumb area schools and high school basketball games for today.
How ironic on this Ground Hog Day to!
Hopefully the roads will be clear and safe enough for this Thursdays showdown of high school girls basketball action with the Sandusky Lady Redskins at the Marlette Lady Red Raiders. The game will be live on the internet on Thumb Tailgater Sports. Coverage at 7:15pm.
**All Schools in Thumb Area Closed for Thursday - Unknown if Games will be played.


Wednesday Games - All Canceled / Postponed

BOYS

Ubly @ Brown City - PPD to Feb.14
Unionville-Sebewaing @ Bad Axe - PPD to Feb.7
Bay City All Saints @ Bay City John Glenn
Cass City @ Reese - PPD to Feb.14
EPBP Lakers @ Vassar - PPD to Feb.16
Memphis @ Port Hope

"February Fever Stopped Cold!" Winter Blizzard Causes Cancellations

The start of "February Fever" has been stopped cold due to the Winter Blizzard that has caused cancellations of games for the Thumb Tailgater Sports coverage area teams. This months charge for the league titles has been delayed just a little bit.
Cancellations of the Tuesday, Feb.1st Games:

BOYS

Bridgeport 54, Carrollton 53
Saginaw Michigan Lutheran 67, Frankenmuth 52
Breckenridge @ Caro - Canceled
Algonac @ Almont - Canceled

Armada @ Capac - Canceled ppd to Feb.21

Croswell-Lexington @ Imlay City - Canceled, ppd to Feb.9

Richmond @ Yale - Canceled

Mayville @ Harbor Beach - Canceled

Ithaca @ Millington - Canceled, ppd to March 1st

St.Charles @ North Branch - Canceled

GIRLS

Bay City John Glenn 38, Bay City All Saints 37 (O.T.)
Cass City @ Reese - Canceled

EPBP Lakers @ Vassar - Canceled

Mayville @ Harbor Beach - Canceled

Unionville-Sebewaing @ Bad Axe - Canceled

Armada @ Brown City - Canceled

Croswell-Lexington @ Marlette - Canceled

Carsonville-Port Sanilac @ Akron-Fairgrove - Canceled, ppd to Feb.8

Deckerville @ Caseville - Canceled, ppd to Feb.25

Peck @ Port Hope - Canceled, ppd to Feb.4

Kingston @ North Huron - Canceled

Memphis @ Owen-Gage - Canceled, ppd to Feb.16