TSA 10 Top 10 polls for this week

Working at a break neck pace this week to try and get the papers out two days early, because of the holiday. Hope to possibly have pics up from last night and tonight sometime tonight, but until then, here is something to chew on...

TOP TEN - Both #1's are unanimous......
BOYS
1.Ubly - 30
T2. Reese - 24
T2. Harbor Beach - 24
4. Vassar - 23
5. North Branch - 19
T6. Sandusky - 12
T6. Millington - 12
T6. North Huron - 12
9. Brown City - 5
10. Bad Axe -3
Other votes: EPBP - 1

GIRLS
1. Sandusky - 30
2. Reese - 27
3. Brown City - 22
4. Vassar - 21
5. Deckerville - 18
6. North Branch - 17
7. Harbor Beach - 12
T8. Marlette - 6
T8. Mayville - 6
T10. Kingston - 3
T10. Port Hope - 3

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

Bearcats comeback against Reese

Steven Weber
Tyler Kubacki

Justin Cleary

Tyler Kubacki

Steven Weber

Steven Weber

Tyler Kubacki

Steven Weber

Tyler Peruski

Adam Glaza

Tyler Kubacki

Steven Weber

Eric Booms

Ubly trailed 43-36 with 2:01 left in the third and 47-42 with 6:05 left in the fourth, but outscored Reese 14-6 in the final six minutes to pull off the 56-53 win.
Steven Weber led Ubly with 20 points, while Tyler Kubacki added 14. Eric Booms and Marshall Leipprandt added nine points each for the Bearcats.

Other boys scores from tonight (courtesy of thumbtailgaters.blogspot.com):

Armada 64, North Branch 58

Carrollton 54, BCAS 52

Caseville @ Owen-Gage postponed

EPBP 72, Mayville 40

Harbor Beach 51, Cass City 32

Kingston 53, CPS 52 OT

Vassar 49, Sandusky 47

Warriors pound Caseville, PH gets by Owen-Gage

Here are some photos from tonight's action, which saw North Huron beat Caseville 72-35 and Port Hope defeat Owen-Gage 55-31.

For the Warriors, Megan Heffner had 25 points including 14 in the first half, while Sara Clancy added 15. The Eagle's Rebecca Janke led her team with 15 points as well. For the Bluestars, Allyson Koglin and Briitany Schave scored 12 points apiece, while Christy Schmidt led the Bulldogs with 11.

Double-dipping tonight

I'll be doing heading out to a pair of games tonight for pictures, starting at the Caseville @ North Huron girls game @ 6 p.m. and ending with Port Hope @ Owen-Gage girls.
I'll have photos up later tonight when I get back. Please feel free to post any scores you have from tonight's games.
Our covergae schedule the rest of the week looks like this:
Tuesday, Ubly @ Reese boys (full coverage)
Thursday, Harbor Beach @ Bad Axe boys (full coverage)
Friday, Memphis @ North Huron boys (photos)

Sandusky battles Lakers

Went to Lakers vs. Sandusky for a half to grab a photo for the paper, which has just been put to bed. Don't have a final on this one, waited as long as I could for it to get it in the paper...but can;t hold the press up for a single score.

As for the game, Lakers jumped out to an early 7-0 lead and lead 17-14 after the first. Early on I felt like Sandusky didn't get Marissa DeMott the ball enough and that some of the other players were forcing up shots.Things settled down in the second and the Redskins exploded to take a 37-24 (I think) lead at the half.

DeMott had 13 by my count in the first half.

All-Thumb football team announced

Check out today's Huron County Press to find out who made this year's All-Thumb Football team.
The HCP's coverage area was well-represented as athletes from those teams earned 39 of 107 spots or roughly 36 percents of the roster space.