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No. 1 ranked Grass Lake will play in the Division 3 girls basketball Regional starting tonight in Whitmore Lake. The Warriors will face Riverview Gabriel Richard in the 5:30 game. On the other side of the bracket is Ypsilanti Arbor Prep and Adrian Lenawee Christian, both of which were ranked in the Top 10 all … Continue reading Girls Basketball Regional Pairings

Hanover-Horton and Michigan Center will square off Tuesday at Springport in the Division 3 Boys Basketball Regional. The game is at 5:30 with the winner facing the winner of Leslie vs. Bath Thursday:

Hanover-Horton lost to East Jackson Friday, ending a 32-game win streak and 53-game conference winning streak. Here's the details: https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2021/03/jackson-area-roundup-east-jackson-boys-upset-shorthanded-hanover-horton.html

The undefeated Hanover-Horton Comets clinched the outright Cascades Conference championship with a 60-23 win over Addison Wednesday. Hanover-Horton (15-0) has won four consecutive Cascades Conference championships and seven of the past eight and 18 all-time.

Photo via Twitter Lexus Bargesser reached 1,000 career points Monday as Grass Lake beat Addison in girls basketball. Earlier Monday, Grass Lake was ranked No. 1 in the first weekly Associated Press poll of the season. The Warriors received four of five possible first place votes. On Saturday, Grass Lake beat Harper Woods Chandler Park, … Continue reading Bargesser reaches point milestone for Grass Lake

Thursday’s boys basketball results Hanover-Horton 62, Napoleon 47 Michigan Center 77, East Jackson 42 Grass Lake 47, Manchester 37 Vandercook Lake 79, Addison 43 For details: https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2021/02/jackson-area-basketball-highlights-cottingham-sets-new-career-high-against-coldwater.html

Hanover-Horton beat Michigan Center 45-44 Tuesday, sinking a pair of free throws with 14.8 seconds left to move in front of the Cardinals for good. Michigan Center missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw with 2.7 seconds. The Comets, who got 19 points from Brogan Brockie, improved to 4-0. They have won 43 … Continue reading Comets beat Michigan Center, keep win streak intact

BOYS BASKETBALL Hanover-Horton 67, Grass Lake 48 – Connor Mortimer scored 23 points and Carson Sanders 16 to lead the Comets to their second win of the season. Brennen Bargesser scored 18 points to lead the Warriors. Hanover-Horton has won 42 straight conference games. Michigan Center 74, Manchester 33 – Brent Cyrocki made four 3-pointers … Continue reading Wednesday Feb. 10 Scoreboard

BOYS BASKETBALL East Jackson 66, Manchester 33 Austin McKessey poured in 27 points to help East Jackson start the season 1-0. Jason Swiontek added 10 for the Trojans. Ryan Mann led Manchester with 14. Hanover-Horton 58, Adrian 38 Carson Sanders scored 21 points and Brock Brockie 17 as the Comets extended its winning streak to 18 … Continue reading Monday basketball scores

By DOUG DONNELLY Hanover-Horton went undefeated in the Cascades Conference last season in a year that the league had six of its eight teams reach double-digits in wins. The Comets went 20-1 for the season but lost all five starters. They return some talented players, however, to make yet another run at a league title. … Continue reading Cascades Conference boys basketball season preview

By DOUG DONNELLY Frustrations are boiling over for Michigan’s thousands of winter sports coaches, athletes and parents as the state seems to be holding steady on its plan to prohibit sports like basketball, wrestling and competitive cheerleading until late February. Coaches and athletes say they just want to know why Gov. Whitmer and the Michigan … Continue reading Coaches, players reach breaking point in re-start of winter sports

Here is the story of Saturday's Constantine-Michigan Center Division 6 Regional Final playoff game: https://www.mlive.com/highschoolsports/2021/01/constantine-finds-its-stride-to-dispatch-michigan-center-claim-first-regional-title-since-2012.html?utm_campaign=jacksoncitpat_sf&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter