Area Sports

By Lenny Sementi  Tuscola’s boys basketball team remained unbeaten once more utilizing the deep ball to open up the inside upending the Fisher Bunnies on their home floor 73-56. The Warriors stepped outside the arc for nine threes in the game. Seven of those came in the first half forcing the opposition to guard the…

By Kendra Hennis  Seventh Grade Regionals  The first game of the Seventh Grade Regionals was against Georgetown, where they defeated them 36 to 13. Coach Pugh said, “ We had a very good game first half. Our defensive pressure was too much for Georgetown and we scored a lot of transition baskets off of our…

By Lenny Sementi What started out as an offensive shootout in the first half ended with coach Tim Kohlbecker’s Tuscola girls team shutting the door on win number five on the year with a defensive stand in the final frame. The Lady Warriors allowed just one ball to tickle the bottom of the net in…

By Lenny Sementi  Brynn Tabeling has been a consistent visitor to the double-digit plateau in the first five girls basketball games for Tuscola this year and last Thursday she reached that and kept climbing. The senior guard erupted for a game-high eighteen points at historic Tuscola Gymnasium leading the Lady Warriors to a big win…

By Tony Hooker Boys Basketball Tumble to Hilltoppers Jake Eversole and Logan Nohren each tallied 17 points, but it wasn’t enough as the Hawks were outscored 19-7 in the second quarter and fell to Danville Schlarman 74-69 on December 5.  Ierik Sorenson added 11 points and Blake Smith added 8 for VGH.   Cage Tigers…

By Lenny Sementi  Coach Tim Kohlbecker’s squad forced overtime this past Monday, December 2 on the road at St Joseph Ogden against the state ranked Lady Spartans but couldn’t quite close the deal falling 50-46 in anearly season thriller. Freshman guard Ella Boyer was big in the second half for coach K scoring all of…

By Lenny Sementi  Third year head boys basketball coach Justin Bozarth and his guys in black gold started the 2019-2020 campaign with a come from behind victory over a speedy Okaw Valley squad 61-58. Tuscola was the at the wrong end of the scoreboard following the first three frames but turned up the heat on…

By Tony Hooker  VGH used eight first-quarter steals to race out to a 16-0 lead, and then cruised to a 64-22 win over Uni High on December 3.   Turning defense into offense was by design, according to coach Corey White. “We’ve been trying to push ourselves with our defense, turning other teams over and…

By Tony Hooker  The Blue Devils turned up the pressure, holding ALAH scoreless until the 4:01 mark of the first quarter and raced out to a 11-0 lead on their way to a 25-3 margin at the end of the first quarter, and then cruised to a 67-27 win over the Knights on December 5. …

By Kendra Hennis  Seventh Grade  On November 18, the Lady Hornets took on Sullivan, defeating them 26 to 18. On their win, Coach Pugh noted, “We had a really good quarter, starting the game off right. We also scored a lot off of our defense. We leveled out the rest of the game. Lia Patterson…