Boys Basketball District Tournament
Division 3 at Cass City
Round One – Monday, Feb. 25
6:00 pm Ubly vs Unionville-Sebewaing – 7:30 pm Bad Axe vs EPBP Laker
Semifinals Wednesday February 27
6:00 pm Ubly/USA winner vs Harbor Beach – 7:30 pm Bad Axe/Laker winner vs Cass City
Finals Friday, March 1 – 7:00 pm
The Teams:
Ubly Bearcats
Head Coach Rex Tyll
Record: 2-6 3-13 6th place in conference
Remaining Regular Season game: 2/22 – at Marlette
Key Players: Casey Sweeney, Isaac Warczinsky, and Ethan Lemke
Run down: The Bearcats are a young squad, with Lemke as their only senior. They have been competitive in most of their games this season with 6 of their losses being by 10 points or less. They have a tough draw in this district having to play an undefeated Unionville-Sebewaing in the first round.
Unionville-Sebewaing Area
Head Coach Mark Gainforth
Record: 10-0 16-0 1st place in conference
Remaining regular season game: 2/22 Bad Axe
Key Players: Landin Zimmer, Tyler Heckroth, and Micah Cramer
Run down: USA has been consistent all season and is this season’s Greater Thumb Conference West Division Champion. The Patriots finish their regular season with a tough final conference game this Friday night when they host Bad Axe.
Their defense has been the key to their undefeated season. Expect the Patriots to advance to the district finals next Friday night.
Bad Axe Hatchets
Head Coach: Mark Krug
Record: 8-2 14-4 2nd place in the conference
Remaining Regular Season Game: 2/22 at USA
Key Players : Cody Talaski, Colby Meeks
Run Down: The Hatchets were undefeated in the league until they lost their first meeting with USA back on January 23rd. Then they suffered their worst loss of the season at the hands of the Reese Rockets 72-37. They have bounced back and will finish in second place in the conference. They finish their season against conference champs USA on Friday night and if both teams win their first two rounds of district play the two teams will meet for a third time in the finals.
Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Lakers
Head Coach: Eric Wissner
Record: 3-7 8-8 5th in conference
Remaining regular season game: 2/22 vs Vassar
Key Players: Mason Pasek, Karson Binder, and Andrew Siegfried.
Run down: The Lakers started the season by winning 6 of their first 7 games and then promptly lost the next 5 games in a row. The Lakers could be the sleeper team of the tournament if they can find that formula that worked for them at the beginning of the season.
Harbor Beach Pirates
Head Coach: Ron Wruble
Record: 8-2 10-7 currently hold a 1/2 game lead over Capac for first place in the conference.
Remaining regular season games: 2/20 Capac 2/22 at Memphis
Key Players: Parker Jahn, Mason Jahn, and Devin Finkel
Run down: Harbor Beach has had a relatively easy time in the Greater Thumb Conference East Division, with key wins over Brown City and an overtime win over Capac on January 18. They have not fared as well in the crossover matches against teams from the west division, losing to Bad Axe, Reese, and USA. The Pirates have a first round bye and await the winner of the Ubly vs USA game on Wednesday night at 6pm.
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