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Lakers never trailed and sailed to a 19-point victory over their Greater Thumb West rival, Bad Axe 56-37 on Monday, February 26 in the opening round of the MHSAA Tournament. It marked the third straight victory for the Lakers who have now won nine of their last 11 games, while Bad Axe finishes the year on a 12-game losing streak. Lakers' Caden Carriveau led all scorers with 21 points, including go...

The Caro Tigers used a huge third quarter to overcome a first half deficit and cruise to a 53-39 victory over the USA Patriots in the first round of the MHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament. The Patriots outscored the Tigers in the first quarter to lead 18-14, but Caro crawled their way back into the game, cutting the deficit to just three points at half and were leading by nine points by the end of t...

Anytime that Lakers and Cass City meet, it is bound to be a close game; such was the case on Friday, February 16 with the Red Hawks hanging onto a 40-37 road victory. Cass City now enters the final week of the regular season at 18-1 with three home games in five days. Cass City's Carter Patrick led all scorers with 13 points with all but one point coming in the second half. Lakers, who were withou...

It was the game that has been circled on everyone's calendar since November and the matchup stood up to the hype. Harbor Beach handed Cass City their first lost in the 2024 campaign with a head-turning 57-45 victory. The Pirates came out and scored the first five points, while holding Cass City scoreless through the first four minutes of the game. Harbor Beach didn't look back and never let the Re...

The M-81 Clash has its namesake for a reason and on Friday, February 02, 2024, it was the Cass City Red Hawks who were able to hold off the Caro Tigers 62-60 for their fifteenth victory of the season. Cass City's Carter Patrick paced all scorers with 39 points on the same night he was crowned Snowcoming King. Matt Mellendorf added 13 points with all other Red Hawks in single digits. It was the McG...

The Reese Rockets started slow but held off the Bad Axe Hatchets for a 44-33 victory on Cominghome night on Friday, January 26, 2024. Reese's Luke Foco paced the Rockets with 19 points, with 13 coming in the second half. Bad Axe was led by Michael Janssen's 22 points, including six three-pointers. Janssen's efforts brought Bad Axe within three points with under four minutes to play, but Reese woul...

Lakers came out hot and jumped out to an early lead, but it was Cass City who took control halfway through the second quarter and didn't look back, winning 52-44. Carter Patrick led the Red Hawks and all scorers with a 31-point performance. Cohen Sherman finished with nine points. Lakers were led in tandem by Layton Krohn and Caden Carriveau each with 12 points. Cass City now improves to 12-0 on t...

It wasn't the prettiest of games, but the Bad Axe Hatchets made it two wins in a row with a hard-fought 54-50 victory over the EPBP Lakers. A total of 17 lead changes and seven ties took place throughout the game. Bad Axe's Michael Janssen led all scorers with 26 points, with 18 of them coming in the second half. Grady Seltz pumped in 12 points, all on three-pointers. Lakers were led by sophomore...

In a game that saw six lead changes and four ties, the Harbor Beach Pirates put together a 17-1 run in the final 3:12 to snag their first victory in four years over rival Ubly, 51-39. Harbor Beach's sophomore Benson Harper led all scorers with 26 points, 14 of which came in the fourth quarter alone. Ubly was paced by Brayden Franzel's 16 points. With the win, Harbor Beach has already tied last yea...

It may have taken four appearances to Ford Field, but the Ubly Bearcats left no question of who was the best team in Division 08 across the entire state of Michigan. Ubly defeated Whiteford 21-6 for their first state title in school history, avenging a loss from a year ago in the state championship. It was a total team effort by the Bearcats, as it has been all season long, with four ball carriers...

It may have taken three times, but the Ubly Bearcats defeated the Beal City Aggies 24-6 in the State Semi-Finals to return to Ford Field for a chance at the 2023 State Championship. Ubly scored points on each of their first four drives, including a 54-yard field goal from Brett Mueller in the final seconds of the first half. All three touchdowns were 20 yards or longer for the Bearcats including S...

On their way to their fifth straight regional championship, Ubly scored on their first four drives to eventually defeat Ithaca 41-20 and punch their ticket to the state semi-finals. To start the game, Ubly marched 79 yards down the field on a 16-play, 7:26 drive and capped off with an Evan Peruski one-yard dive into the endzone. Ithaca would respond on the very next drive to tie the game at 7-7, b...

The 75th edition of the Backyard Brawl found the Ubly Bearcats controlling the tempo of the game and in doing so, they secured their fifth straight district championship with a 35-14 victory over Harbor Beach. Ubly scored on their first drive to go ahead 7-0, before their defense held strong and forced a turnover-on-downs at Ubly's own 8-yard line. The Bearcats responded by marching down the lengt...

A defensive and scoreless first half turned into a four-score second half for the Cass City Red Hawks en route to a 28-0 victory over the Sandusky Wolves on Friday, October 27, 2023. The first half featured six combined drives, resulting in four turnovers-on-downs, a punt and a fumble due to strong defense on both sides of the ball. Cass City ignited their offense after halftime, finding the end z...

On another rain-filled Friday night, Harbor Beach punched Beal City in the teeth early and never looked back, securing a 17-8 victory and handing the Aggies their first loss of the season. Entering the game, Beal City had allowed just two touchdowns in the first half all season, but the Pirates would double that, scoring twice before halftime to lead 14-0. The Aggies scored first in the 3rd quarte...

On a rain-drenched Friday night, the Harbor Beach Pirates used a big fourth quarter, scoring twice to pull away from the EPBP Lakers and win 18-6. The Pirates scored on the very first drive of the night to lead 6-0 with Lakers responding halfway through the 2nd quarter to tie the game and enter halftime, 6-6. No scoring would take place in the 3rd quarter before Harbor Beach would score a minute i...

Cass City struck the first blow just 13 seconds into the game and secured their first GTW title in three years with a 26-12 victory over Lakers on Friday, October 06, 2023. It marks the first victory for the Red Hawks over the Lakers since 2019. Tyler Cumper brought in the opening kick at the 1-yard line and returned it for a score to put Cass City up and despite the Lakers making it a close numer...

Harbor Beach scored five times before the Homecoming festivities at halftime, en route to a 42-12 victory over the Sandusky Wolves to improve to 5-1 on the season. The Pirates were paced by Benson Harper's 10 carries, 122 yards and three touchdowns; Shea Woodke was close behind with nine carries for 81 yards and three scores, as well. Woodke led the team on defense, totaling 12 tackles -- over 25%...

The Ubly Bearcats made it four wins in a row against rival Harbor Beach for the first time since 1960 with a commanding 56-20 victory on Friday, September 15, 2023. Four-year starting quarterback Evan Peruski led the Bearcat attack with 175 yards and two scores on just nine carries, averaging over 19 yards per tote. Altogether, seven ball carriers would account for 458 yards from 42 carries, produ...

Bad Axe scored first, but Harbor Beach responded with nine total touchdowns, earning the Pirates a 57-12 victory over the Hatchets on Friday, September 08, 2023. Harbor Beach would accumulate 335 rushing yards on 38 carries, averaging nearly 9 yards per carry for 7 touchdowns, led by Benson Harper with 112 yards and a score on just 7 carries. Through the air, Caden Bucholtz, Harbor Beach's sophomo...

The Bearcats wasted no time in taking control of the game scoring on their first drive and returning a punt for a score just two minutes later, defeating and shutting out the Lakers 42-0 in the second week of the regular season. Ubly ran the ball 43 times for 323 yards, led by Luke Volmering with 78 yards and two scores on just 10 totes. Evan Peruski ran the ball 9 times for 68 yards and was 1-4-0...

The 2023 football season began with a bang...of thunder...as lightning delays pushed the game late into the night before Cass City rolled to a 38-8 victory over Bad Axe. The Red Hawks began the game quickly with a 79-yard kickoff return before punching it in two plays later to take a 6-0 lead. Bad Axe would move the ball well and find the endzone once before the half was over, cutting the deficit...

The Cass City Red Hawks gave it their all and only trailed by one point at halftime to the 9-time state champions, but Beecher pulled away in the second half to win 57-33 in the Region 24 Semi-Final game. Despite a slow start, it was a low-scoring affair benefiting Cass City with the Red Hawks actually taking the lead 15-14 less than two minutes before the end of the second quarter. Beecher blew t...

The Red Hawks entered the game laser-focused and came away with their first district championship in 24 years, defeating Sandusky 49-30. Senior Mike Fernald finished with a season-high 24 points and season-long pacer, Carter Patrick completed the district championship with 19 points. Cass City had only two other scorers in the book for the night: Riley Swiderski with 4 made free throws on 6 attemp...

For the second time in six days, the Sandusky Wolves knocked off the EPBP Lakers to advance to the District 96 Championship, winning 50-46. Lakers led at the end of the 1st quarter by 5 points and by three points at halftime. Sandusky outscored Lakers 19-13 in the 3rd quarter to take the lead, 38-33. Lakers would tie the game with 1:10 left, before the Wolves tacked on 4 more points for the distri...