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Thumb Tailgater Sports returns with a live internet audio webcast of high school boys basketball action on this St.Patrick's Day! It features the fierce rivalry of the Bay City All Saint Cougars and the North Huron Warriors! This clash between the teams is for the Class D No.28 Regional Championship. Which team will have the luck of the Irish on their side and find their way at the end of the rainbow and go home with a pot of Regional gold? Coverage starts at 6:30pm! Harbor Beach Pirates also hope for a Regional Championship win over a pretty tough Saginaw Buena Vista team. That game starts at 6pm, and will be broadcasted on WLEW Cruise 102.1 FM. Tuesday night wrapped up the Thumb Tailgater Sports area coverage of girls high school basketball. The Deckerville Lady Eagles succumbed to Waterford Our Lady Of The Lakes in the Class D No.14 Qurterfinals, 62-55. It was a great run for the Lady Eagles who earned a District & Regional championship along the way. At the half Deckerville was down only by three with the Lady Lakers leading 27-24. But Waterford Our Lady came out hot and never relented the lead. Good luck to the Lady Lakers in the semi-finals.
Boys Basketball Regionals - Thumb Tailgater Area Teams: CLASS D No.28 Regional Final @ Deckerville High School Bay City All Saints 62, North Huron 54 - TTS Webcast
CLASS C No.22 Regional Final @ New Haven High School Saginaw Buena Vista 81, Harbor Beach 65
The last lone thumb area girls basketball team will take on a strongly favored foe on Tuesday night. Thumb Tailgater Sports will be there for a live internet audio webcast to see if an upset could come to be. It is a rematch from last years Regional semi-final where Waterford Our Lady Of Lakes defeated the Deckerville Lady Eagles, 69 - 37. This years rematch however, is in the Quarter Finals. The game will be played at Carsonville-Pt.Sanilac high school. Whoever wins tonight will move on to the Semi-Finals.
Coverage starts at 6:30pm. Quarter final games start at 7pm.
Girls Basketball Quarter Finals: CLASS D No.14 @ CPS High School Waterford Our Lady Of Lakes 62, Deckerville 55 - Thumb Tailgater Webcast
No.13 @ Jackson H.S. Adrian Lenawee Christian 39, Battle Creek St.Phillip 32
No.15 @ Benzonia-Benzie Central Central Lake 51, Mt.Pleasant Sacred Heart 45
In the semifinals of the Class D No.28 Regionals at Deckerville High School, North Huron was almost eliminated out of the playoffs. But the Warriors came from behind late in the 4th, to defeat a very good Burton Genesee Christian team 64 - 60. At the end of the 3rd North Huron was down 47 - 41, then mounted the comeback win with 24 points in the 4th! The Soldiers had the Warriors on the ropes with a 13 point lead a couple of times in the game. But Michael Buholtz sparked the come back drilling a couple 3 pointers. Both teams were in foul trouble and in the double bonus on the charity stripe. That advantage however went to North Huron as both Cory Babiszewski & Sean Clancy made some key free throws within :19 seconds left in the game. Clancy by the way was limited to about 10 points total in the game. However the rest of team all contributed to make up for that "X-Factor". North Huron now faces off against their nemesis in the playoffs for the last couple years against the Bay City All Saints who had no trouble with the Peck Pirates, rolling on to a 67 - 45 win. The Pirates did play hard and were very pesky against the Cougars, all the way to the final buzzer. This time the rematch between North Huron & Bay City All Saints is for the Regional championship and not in the districts. Hear the replays on the Thumb Tailgater Sports archives. The Regional final coverage will start at 6:30pm.
Sean Clancy makes a key free throw the seal the win.
Cory Babiszewski takes the lead for North Huron free throws.
Thumb Tailgater Sports returns to the superhighway of the internet with a live audio webcast of the Class D No.28 Regionals at Deckerville High School. All the games that will take place will be covered.
Pre-Game starts at 5:30pm. Thumb Tailgater Sports will also be getting updates on the Class C Regional at New Haven High School, which Brown City & Harbor Beach will be participating in.
Good Luck to all!
Boys Basketball Regionals - GTC, NCTL & BWAC Area Teams: CLASS D No.28 Regional - Deckerville High School North Huron 64, vs Genesee Christian 60 - T.T.S. Webcast Bay City All Saints 67, Peck 45 - Thumb Tailgater Webcast
CLASS C No.22 Regional - New Haven High School Saginaw Buena Vista 68, Brown City 36 Harbor Beach 58, vs Sanford Meridian 44
CLASS B No.13 Regional - North Branch High School Saginaw Swan Valley 70 , Yale 53 Flint Powers Catholic 51, Pinconning 41
Thumb Tailgater Sports will be covering the entire Class D No.28 Regionals at Deckerville High School, that starts on Monday evening. Live coverage starts at 5:30pm. We will also cover the girls basketball Class D No.14 Quarter Final game at Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School, that takes place on Tuesday. That game pits thumb area team - the Deckerville Lady Eagles versus Waterford Our Lady. Live coverage starts at 6:30pm.
Here are some pictures that Thumb Tailgater was able to take at the boys basketball Kingston District Championship game, where Peck defeated Deckerville 49- 34.
Thumb Tailgater Sports was asked to do a presentation at Port Hope Lutheran School this afternoon at about 1:45pm. I am going to try the video webcam, if that don't work then it's audio webcast. The signal is a little there along the lakeshore of M-25 in Port Hope. So check in if you can to hear or see these bright kids!
Thumb Tailgater Sports has more thumb area high school basketball playoff action tonight, with coverage of the boys Class D No.114 District Final at Kingston High School. It features defending District Champions, the Deckerville Eagles facing off against the Peck Pirates. The Eagles would like to match the success that the Lady Eagles have been having so far in the playoffs. However the Pirates have been stealing some great victories when it matters the most. Especially the shocking win over NCTL South Champs, the CPS Tigers. It should be a great matchup and a preview of the NCTL South versus the Greater Thumb East, who will be full time rivals come next year! The game will be live on Thumb Tailgater Sports starting with coverage at 6:30pm. Plus there is more great District Final action going on with many thumb area teams.
Friday Night District Finals - Boys Basketball Thumb Area Teams: CLASS D No.114 @ Kingston High School Peck 49,vs Deckerville 34 - Thumb Tailgater Webcast
No.115 @ North Huron High School Kinde-North Huron 50, vs Akron-Fairgrove 37 - Paul Adams, Huron Daily Tribune
No.116 @ Bay City All Saints School Gym Bay City All Saints 62, vs Saginaw Michigan Lutheran 47
CLASS C No.81 @ Memphis High School Brown City 58, Memphis 27
No.90 @ Bad Axe High School Harbor Beach 61, Ubly 51
CLASS B No.57 @ Cros-Lex High School
Yale vs North Branch
**Special congratulations goes out to the Deckerville Lady Eagles as they fought off a tough Port Hope Lady Bluestar team to win the Class D No.28 Regional Championship 41-30;the first since 1985! Port Hope hung in there through 3 1/2 periods - but the stamina and speed of the Lady Eagles defense was too much in the end. Deckerville heads to the quarter finals to be played Tuesday, at Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School against a very strong Waterford Our Lady Lakes. The Lady Lakers took down Marine City Cardinal Mooney 39-32, in the No.27 Class D Regional final.
Thumb Tailgater Sports is back on a Thursday night for a Regional Championship Final between the two lone thumb area teams in high school girls basketball. Coverage starts at 6:30pm. This Regional Final at Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary School pits the NCTL North versus the Greater Thumb East! It's thePort Hope Lady Bluestars against the Deckerville Lady Eagles. (Live Game link) Port Hope has been on a great roll - winning the NCTL North title and icing that cake with a District Championship, and moving on the regional final with a big win over Burton St.Thomas More on Tuesday. A big true test now comes for the Lady Bluestars who now face the Lady Eagles. Deckerville played a tough competive schedule through the season in the GTC & BWAC Leagues, which have the Eagles battle tested. Especially after beating the #2 Class D state ranked Arenac Eastern Eagles on Tuesday night. The Port Hope Lady Bluestars hope to keep shining bright as they have never backed down to any opponent and would like to make some Port Hope high school sports history with a regional championship. Deckerville Lady Eagles feel the same way and wants to keep flying high and maybe catch a falling star. Good luck to both teams as this is a great moment for Thumb area sports fans. Whatever the outcome we will still have a thumb are girls basketball team going on to the Quarter Finals in the Class D State Playoffs! **Some thumb area teams in boys basketball ended their season on Wednesday night in the District Semi-Finals. In Class B, Vassar lost a heatbreaker in overtime against the Yale Bulldogs, who will take on North Branch in the finals at Croswell-Lexington High School. In Class C;USA & Cass City lost at the Bad High School Districts. At Memphis High School,Dryden lost to the host school, while Brown City made it to the finals against Memphis. At the Class D Districts: North Huron Warriors had their way in a tough game against Owen-Gage to take on Akron-Fairgrove in the finals on the Warriors homecourt.The Thumb Tailgater Sports coverage of the Kingston High School Districts had Peck eliminating the NCTL South Champs - CPS Tigers; out of the playoffs. The Pirates now move on against the Deckerville Eagles who got by the Kingston Cardinals. All the boys district finals will be played on Friday starting at 7pm.
REGIONAL GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL - Thumb area teams: Class D Regional No.28 @ Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary Deckerville 41, Port Hope 30 Thumb Tailgater Webcast, 6:30PM
**First off - the Thumb Tailgater Sports webcast stream host is having some technical issues that arose on Tuesday night during the Regionals. So apologies out to the listeners who are trying to gain access to the archives. Our streaming host is currently at work resolving to fix that situation. But we still have the capability to bring games live on the internet with our audio webcast. **UPDATE: Found out that some of our streaming hosts playback servers are down and not working and they are working to fix that. So last night with the mishaps on the disconnections may because of them being in overload mode. Thumb Tailgater Sports will be back for an all Thumb area teams Regional Championship on Thursday between the Port Hope Lady Bluestars & Deckerville Lady Eagles. Both teams were victorious in their regional semifinal games played at Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary. At the Genesee Girls Regionals, Brown City & Harbor Beach were ousted from the playoffs. Tonight starts the Thumb Tailgater Sports coverage of boys district playoff action. We will be covering all the games at the No.114 Class D District at Kingston High School.
Thumb Tailgater Sports is back on with live internet audio stream webcasts! Tonight we are covering two Regionals. Thumb Tailgater Sports Channel 1: Class C Regional No.22 @ Genesee High School. All thumb area team games will be covered. Adam Filkins & Mark "Mad Dogg" Dimon will be providing live play by play. Thumb Tailgater Sports Channel 2:Class D Regional No.28 @ Saginaw Michigan Lutheran High School. All thumb area team games will be covered also. Eddie Fury & Special Guest Paul Adams, Sports reporter for the Huron Daily Tribune will be providing live play by play for the first game. JJ Particka will join the crew for the second game. Coverage starts at 5:30pm.
Thumb area boys & girls basketball teams are now in high playoff mode. This week is girls regionals on Tuesday & Thursday. The boys basketball district playoffs tips off Monday night. Thumb Tailgater Sports will be covering two Regionalsfor girls basketball. The No.22 Class C Regional at Genesee High School, that involves the thumb area teams of Brown City Lady Greendevils & the Harbor Beach Lady Pirates. And the No.28 Class D Regional at Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary School, that consist of thumb area teams of the Port Hope Lady Bluestars & Deckerville Lady Eagles. Thumb Tailgater Sports will also cover the boys basketball No.114 District at Kingston High School. Thumb area teams involved are Kingston, Deckerville, Carsonville-Port Sanilac & Peck. The live internet coverage will not start until Wednesday. Schedule conflicts have made it difficult for available free time for the Thumb Tailgater staff.
Boys District Monday - Thumb Area Team Games: CLASS D Districts No. 114 D - Kingston High School Kingston 63, New Life Christian 48
No. 115-D Kinde-North Huron High School Kinde-North Huron 80, @ Port Hope 49 - Final
Paul Adams, Huron Daily Tribune Sports, reporting
No. 116-D Bay City-All Saints Central - Starts on Wednesday
CLASS C Districts No. 81-C Memphis High School Memphis 52, Marlette 42 New Haven 57, vs Sandusky 30 - Final Brown City 75, vs Mayville 26
No. 89-C Montrose-Hill McCloy School New Lothrop 72, Saginaw Arts & Sciences 60 Reese 61, vs Genesee 51 Saginaw Buena Vista 87, Montrose Hill McCloy 43
No. 90-C Bad Axe High School Harbor Beach 58, vs EPBP Lakers 50 Unionville Sebewaing 60, vs Bad Axe 51 WLEW 102.1 FM - Sue Schrader Reporting
CLASS B Districts No. 57-B Croswell-Lexington High School North Branch 76, Millington 67 - 2 O.T. Vassar 59, Croswell-Lexington 52
Thumb Tailgater Sports covered the No.81 District Championship game between two state ranked teams - #4 Brown City Lady Greendevils & #3 Sandusky Lady Redskins. The relentless defense and the hot shooting of the Greendevils clamped down on the Redskins where at one point late in the 2nd half, Brown City had a 14 point lead. Brown City came away with the victory 58 - 47. It was the first District title for the Lady Greendevils since 1998.
Brown City Lady Greendevils - District No.81 Champions
Brown City now moves on to the Regionals in Genesee where they are pitted against the #6 state rankedNew Lothrop Lady Hornets, who defeated the Greater Thumb West Champions, the Reese Lady Rockets, 37 - 35. Thumb Tailgater Sports will cover that whole Class C Regional No.22, that also includes Harbor Beach Lady Pirates taking on Saginaw Nouvel. Harbor Beach earned a second straight District title just edging a tough Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Lady Laker team, 40 - 37.
The Port Hope Lady Bluestarscontinued their great season in their "rubber" rematch over the North Huron Lady Warriors, winning with ease 50 - 30. Port Hope goes on to the Regionals to face off against Burton St.Thomas More Academy. That Regional also includes the great story book season of Twining Arenac Eastern who defeated Saginaw Michigan Lutheran 58 - 47. It will be Eagles vs Eagles in that Class D No.28 Regional as the Deckerville Lady Eagles won their District Title over CPS Lady Tigers in overtime 56 - 49. At the Class B No. 57 Districts, the North Branch Lady Broncos eliminated Vassar Lady Vulcans 57 - 35. North Branch takes on Durand in the Class B No.13 Regional at Millington High School.
Monday, March 8th, is also the start of "March Magic" for boys high school basketball districts. Thumb Tailgater Sports at this point will be covering the No.114 Districts at Kingston High School. More info and last minute changes if any will be confirmed by late Sunday night.
Friday night is District Final Championship night for girls high school basketball! Many schools are trying to make abid to go to the Regionals. This time the seedings worked out where we will find some of the elite teams of the Thumb, and with a couple of top ten state ranked teams to top it off!
One in particular is the Thumb Tailgater Sports game of the night at the No.81 District final between two highly state ranked teams. #4 Brown City Lady Greendevils versus #3 Sandusky Lady Redskins; this is the "rubber match" of the season for the Greater Thumb East Co-champions. That District Championship is now a title that will not be shared! Coverage starts at 6:30pm. The Reese Lady Rockets has a huge task against the #6 state ranked New Lothrop Lady Hornets. Congratulations to the Vassar Vulcansboys basketball team on earning the Greater Thumb West Title. The first title in basketball in 20 years for Vassar. They did it by overcoming Reese with outside three point shooting and great defense, 64 - 42. Reese hung in there at halftime, only down 25 - 21. But Vassar came out of the halftime on fire right off the bat knocking the Rockets out of orbit at the end of the third period 48 - 30. It was a great regular season ender webcast for Thumb Tailgater Sports. Another tip of the hat goes to the CPS Tigers boys team on winning the NCTL South Championship after defeating Dyden last night. According to CPS Head Coach Cliff Amey, this the first lone outright title in 30 years; and since the 1930's there has been only three league titles and one co-championship for Carsonville-Port Sanilac. There are also some boys games left to wrap up the regular season through Friday weekend. But tonight is all about"March Magic" in the Girls District Finals!
Girls Basketball District Finals - Thumb Area Teams: CLASS C No.81 @ Brown City High School Brown City 57, vs Sandusky 48 - Thumb Tailgater Sports Webcast
No.88 @ Reese High School New Lothrop 37, Reeese 35
No.90 @ Cass City High School Harbor Beach 40, vs Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Lakers 37
CLASS D No.114 @ CPS High School Deckerville 56, CPS 49 - O.T.
No.115 @ Caseville High School Port Hope 50, vs North Huron 30
CLASS B No.57 @ Caro High School North Branch 52, Vassar 35
Boys Basketball Games, Regular Season Ends: Marlette 56, vs Mayville 27 CPS 69, Caseville 46
Kingston @ Owen-Gage - Saturday game
BOYS BASKETBALL: Vassar 64, vs Reese 42- Vulcans win outright GTW Title! Webcast Bay City All Saints 74, vs Bad Axe 52 Harbor Beach 68, @ Brown City 62 - Pirates end season undefeated in GTE as champions. Sandusky 50, vs Mayville Cass City 58, Deckerville 51 Ubly 50, Marlette 43 Lakers 60, USA 53 CPS 67, vs Dryden 33 - Tigers win and are lone NCTL South championship. 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
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) SanduskyLady 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.
/March Magic is back for the second round of the girls highs school basketball districts. Thumb Tailgater Sports continues it's coverage of the No.81 Districts at Brown City High School. Coverage starts at 5:30pm! Last night in boys basketball some titles were decided and others almost. First off, congratulations to the Harbor Beach Pirateson winning the outright Greater Thumb East Title. The Pirates soundly defeated Ubly on Tuesday to take the championship. The North Huron Warriors took down Peck Tuesday to give CPS a stronger grip on the NCTL South title. The Tigers have two more games to win and claim the championship. In the Blue Water Area Conference,Cros-Lex pulled off an upset over Richmondthrowing that title up in the air, however Algonac defeated Armada with an upset of their own and enabled Richmond to win the BWAC championship. The "Wild West" of the Greater Thumb lived up to that motto. Vassar had an off night from league play as they beat Mayville in a cross conference game. In the back of their minds they were hoping for a Reese Rockets win over the Bay City All Saints. Well Vassar got it's wish - and now the Vulcans have a share of the Greater Thumb West title. Now the Bay City All Saints have to win on Thursday over Bad Axe and to hope and pray for a loss for Vassar who just happens to take on the spoilers of the West on Thursday night...yep, the Reese Rockets. That championship game decider will be webcast live on the internet on Thumb Tailgater Sports!
GIRLS Thumb Area Team District Games: Semi-Finals Class C No.81 @ Brown City High School - Thumb Tailgater Webcast, 5:30pm Brown City 65, @ Mayville 42 Sandusky 71, New Haven 30- 7:30pm
No.88 @ Reese High School New Lothrop 44, Saginaw Valley Lutheran 41 Reese 73, vs Genesee 20
No.90 @ Cass City High School Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port-Lakers 48, Bad Axe 42 Harbor Beach 42, vs Unionville-Sebewaing 37
CLASS D No.114 @ Carsonville-Pt.Sanilac High School Deckerville 54, Kingston 42 Carsonville-Port Sanilac 48, vs Kimball New Life Christian 19
No.115 @ Caseville High School Port Hope 46, Owen-Gage 25 North Huron 64, Caseville 21
No.116 @ Bay City All Saints School Gym Saginaw Michigan Lutheran 63, Bay City All Saints 48 Twining Arenac Eastern 53, vs Au Gres-Sims 30
CLASS B No.57 @ Caro High School Vassar 42, Millington 15 North Branch 54, vs Croswell-Lexington 41
College Boys Basketball: CMU @ Eastern Michigan - March 4th, 6:30pm
At least a share of the MAC West title is on the line for former USA standout athlete Jordan Bitzer and the Chippewa team!
BOYS BASKETBALL GAMES: Reese 71, Bay Cit All Saints 61 - Rockets plays spoiler in GTW title battle! Harbor Beach 46, vs Ubly 33 - Pirates are GTE Champions! Brown City 70, @ Deckerville 42 North Huron 52, Peck 45 - Pirates loss helps CPS get closer to claiming NCTL South. USA 60, vs Cass City 55 Vassar 64, @ Mayville 25 - Vulcans have share of GTW from last night win over USA and tonights All Saints loss. Lakers 69, @ Bad Axe 53 Marlette 45, Sandusky 36 Memphis 75, @ Port Hope 41 Arenac Eastern 56, vs Akron-Fairgrove 43 Owen-Gage 74, Caseville 34 Croswell-Lexington 51, vs Richmond 48 - Pioneers pulls upset but Bluedevils still win BWAC Title due to Algonac upset over Armada! Imlay City 53, vs Yale 52 Capac 64, Almont 55 Algonac 46, Armada 42 - Muskrats upset the Tigers & enables Richmond to win BWAC.
March Magic began for the girls basketball districts on Monday, and there is a day off before things heat up and tip off again in the second round on Wednesday. The regular season continues however for boys basketball. In a make up game that had implications, the Vassar Vulcans got another boost towards the Greater Thumb West title with a league victory edging Unionville-Sebewaing 42 - 41, with a free throw to win on Monday night. A tough NBA like schedule for Vassar continues Tuesday night in a non league match up at Mayville. The Wildcats have not won a game this season and unfortunately against a good team like Vassar, that may continue. Another team that stays in the hunt in the "Wild West" of the Greater Thumb are the Bay City All Saint Cougars. They have a huge task at the Reese Rockets who would love to play the spoiler role in the GTW. Reese wants to avenge their earlier season loss to All Saints much like they did against Unionville-Sebewaing on Friday night evening the league series. Bay City All Saints simply cannot afford to lose, much like Vassar cannot also. It could either come down to a tie for the Greater Thumb West or one of these teams will walk away as teh lone champions. Thursday is the season ender with Bay City All Saints hosting Bad Axe, and Vassar taking on Reese, which will be heard live on Thumb Tailgater Sports starting at 7:30pm. Over in the Greater Thumb East - here it is in simple terms. If the Harbor Beach Pirates defeat the Ubly Bearcasts tonight, they are the Greater Thumb East Champions. Another team that needs to win in order stay in the NCTL South title hopes are the Peck Pirates who hosts the North Huron Warriors, who played last night with a victory over a resilient Dryden team 67-52. The Croswell-Lexington Pioneers take on the Richmond Bluedevils who hope to keep a least share of the BWAC title by the end of the week. Cros-Lex would like to spoil that party!
March Magic has begun for the high school basketball playoffs! Be sure to log on to the internet for the live audio webcast of all the games played at the No.81 Districts in Brown City, presented on Thumb Tailgater Sports. Coverage starts at 4pm!! While the girls districts are tipping off, there are still a couple of boys basketball games that is also the last week of the regular season, with still some Thumb area league titles not yet decided! Vassar has a big game against Unionville-Sebewaing. The Vulcans cannot afford a loss if they still want a share or sole claim to the Greater Thumb West title. The Patriots are out of the title picture but will play hard all the way through and would like to play spoiler.
Monday Thumb Area Team Basketball Games: GIRLS DISTRICTS Class C @ Brown City High School - Thumb Tailgater Webcast Brown City 57, Memphis 35 New Haven 69, Dryden 30 Sandusky 60, Marlette 55
Class C @ Cass City High School Bad Axe 37, Cass City 30 - Harbor Beach 41, Ubly 31
Class C @ Reese High School New Lothrop 49, Montrose 24 Reese 53, vs Saginaw Buena Vista 44
Class D @ Carsonville-Port Sanilac High School Carsonville-Pt Sanilac 48, vs Peck 35
Class D @ Caseville High School Caseville 49, vs Akron-Fairgrove 39
Class B @ Caro High School Vassar 55, vs Yale 46 North Branch 63, Caro 49
BOYS Basketball, Regular Season Vassar 42, @ Unionville-Sebewaing 41 North Huron 67 Dryden 52 - Final
Harbor Beach Pirates also hope for a Regional Championship win over a pretty tough Saginaw Buena Vista team. That game starts at 6pm, and will be broadcasted on WLEW Cruise 102.1 FM.
