Ultimate Warriors improve to 3-0

North Huron was running and gunning early on in their mathc-up with Memphis and jumped out to a 36-20 halftime lead. But the pesky Yellow Jackets kept plugging away and eventually pulled within five in the third quarter, before the Warriors slowly pulled away to win 65-50.

Of note, coach Paul Empkie thought his team didn't manage the clock well in the cecond half, as they struggled to slow the game down and run the clock some. Instead they wanted to continue to push the ball, which led to several turnovers.

As Empkie put it, part of the problem was his team is too unselfish. He said two or three guys on the team need to be reminded to be mopre selfish and shoot, because sometimes that extra pass led to turnovers.

As for the clock management issues, Empkie noted it is early and something they will work to perfect throughout the season.

One last interesting note as it pertain's to North Huron's showdown with Ubly on the 30th. The Warriors struggled to stop Memphis's #32 (name is escaping me right now), who was their force in the paint. He scored a game-high 30 points, but could have had many more as he had some tough misses in the paint and was 4-of-11 from the line.

With two premier postplayers for the Bearcats, this could present issues for North Huron, although Empkie feels his team will be able to deal with it.

Here are some other scores from the Friday Night Scoreboard:
Boys
Armada 60, Brown City 52
Akron-Fairgrove 70, Dryden 38
Kingston 62, Caseville 31
Millington 64, Caro 54
North Branch 57, Essexville Garber 39
Peck 69, Owen-Gage 41

Girls
EPBP 56, Ubly 38
Harbor Beach 56, Bad Axe 33
Millington 36, Caro 27
North Branch 44, Essexville Garber 37
Reese 64, Mayville 28
Sandusky 59, USA 32
Vassar 58, Buena Vista 48