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A scoreless first quarter made way for a Laker drubbing, scoring on five of their last six possessions and defeating the Sandusky Wolves 44-16.

Sandusky moved the ball well to begin the game but the Laker defense kept them out of the endzone, forcing three turnovers on downs all inside of the 30-yard line. Lakers were paced by Colt Talaski with 25 carries for 219 yards and two scores. Talaski also brought in a catch for 48 yards. Defensively, he finished with five tackles with one sack. Carson McCain finished the game with 20 carries for 163 yards and two touchdowns. Through the air, McCain was 2-7 for 63 yards and one touchdown, brought in my Mitchell Murawski.

The Wolves were able to muster 275 yards of total offense with 95 yards coming from Jackson Reinke's rushing attack. Quarterback Tyler Bush ended up with 80 yards on 13 carries with one score. Passing, Bush completed 11 passes from 23 attempts for 77 yards. Bush threw one interception, as well as one touchdown pass to Danny Tovar, who completed his first game second Week 02 with four receptions for 56 yards.

With the win, Lakers have won three in a row and four of their last five games. They now travel to Millington to try and force a split for the Big Thumb - White division title. Sandusky falls to 1-5 and likely shuts the door on any playoff chances.

The Ubly Bearcats came out a new team to start the fourth week of the season and shut out the Marlette Red Raiders, 30-0 despite a two-plus hour weather delay. With the win, it gives Ubly their first victory of the season and Anthony Sweeney’s first career win as head coach.

Ubly scored just three minutes into the ball game with a Colton Oswald touchdown and tacked on two more scores before halftime to make it 22-0. However, before the third score could happen, a series of lightning strikes were visible, delaying the game for a total of two hours and twenty minutes in total. The second half was more of the same intensity for the Ubly Bearcats, scoring their fourth touchdown halfway through the third quarter and limiting Marlette’s ability to move the ball. The Red Raiders had just one first down before the weather delay.

After a 7:00pm kickoff, the game concluded at 10:58pm. Altogether, the broadcast lasted five hours and eight minutes.

It had been 1,456 days since the Harbor Beach Pirates had last taken down their archrival. All of that ended on Friday, September 13, 2024 as Harbor Beach took command early and never looked back, defeating the Ubly Bearcats 45-6.

It took just two plays before Harbor Beach found the end zone for the first time when Benson Harper broke multiple tackles on his way for a 49-yard touchdown run, his first of two scores on the night. The Pirates scored on each of their first six drives of the game, leading 45-0 five seconds into the fourth quarter. Ubly punched in their only score of the night with 5:06 remaining in the regulation on a nine-yard run from Colton Oswald.

With the win, Harbor Beach improves to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the Black division of the Big Thumb Conference. Ubly falls to 0-3 and is winless for the first time in 25 years. The Pirates now host Vassar in Week 04 while Ubly welcomes Marlette to the banks of the Cass River.

It was a night where everything clicked for the USA Patriots, defeating and shutting out the Caro Tigers 36-0. Honoring the 2004 State Champion USA Patriots, the 2024 version allowed just over 100 yards of total offense, while accumulating 339 yards on 54 plays for five touchdowns.

Brady Green led the way on both sides of the ball, rushing for 149 yards on just 12 carries and a score, while leading the team on defense with nine tackles, including two tackles for a loss. As a result, Brady Green was named the Ameriprise Financial Player of the Game.

With the win, USA secures their first win of the season, improving to 1-1, while Caro falls to 0-2.

Despite Cass City controlling a majority of the game, it was Harbor Beach that came out victorious in overtime, defeating the Red Hawks 24-22 on Thursday, August 29, 2024.

At the end of every quarter, it was a tied ballgame with the score never exceeding one score in either team's favor. With the score tied 16-16 in the waning moments of the 4th quarter, Harbor Beach came up with a defensive stop deep in their own territory to force a turnover-on-downs and eventually overtime.

The Pirates scored on the first possession of OT and were successful on the two-point conversion. After Cass City's fourth-down play was initially signaled unsuccessful, it was later deemed a touchdown. The ensuing two-point conversion failed, giving Harbor Beach a two-point overtime victory, 24-22.

The defending state champions showed their true pedigree as the Beecher Bucs shut down Cass City in the regional championship to defeat the Red Hawks 46-35 on Thursday, March 07, 2024.

Cass City hung tough with Beecher through the first half, even tying the ball game 16-16 halfway through the second quarter, before the Bucs would finish the second quarter on a five-to-zero run to lead at halftime 21-16. Beecher outscored Cass City in the 3rd quarter, 10-4 and would extend their lead out to 20 points with 2:21 remaining, 43-23. The Red Hawks applied pressure in the final minutes to bring the game closer. Braylon LeValley would hit a three at the buzzer to cut the deficit to 11 points at the end of regulation.

The Bucs were led by Damarcus Burke, Jr's 14 points, followed by Wasir James and Eric Jones each with 11 points. Cass City was paced by Trent Patrick hitting three beyond the arc for nine points and Tyler Cumper's seven points. Carter Patrick was held to just six points in his final game as a Red Hawk.

Beecher has now won every regional championship since losing to USA in the regional final in 2018, their 11th since 2012. Cass City finishes the season with a 24-2 record, back-to-back district champions and back-to-back Greater Thumb West champions.

Cass City entered regional play and never trailed the Brown City Green Devils, sailing to a 50-31 victory on Tuesday, March 05, 2024. With the win, the Red Hawks advanced to their first regional final appearance since 2000 against Flint Beecher.

The Red Hawks scored 16 points in each of the first two quarters to take a 32-16 lead at halftime and extended that lead out to 19 by the end of regulation. Carter Patrick led Cass City with 20 points while Tyler Cumper added 11 for the 24th Red Hawk victory of the season. Brown City was paced by Braden Bayliss' 14 points and Thomas Geiger with five points.

The Green Devils finished the 2024 campaign with a 12-14 victory and a district championship. Cass City advanced to take on Flint Beecher on Thursday for the Regional Championship in Bad Axe, MI.

The District 95 Championship lived up to its hype and was capped off by Cass City's Carter Patrick hitting a game-winning three-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Red Hawks to a 51-48 victory over Harbor Beach on Friday, March 01, 2024.

Cass City avenged their only blemish on their record this season in a game that saw six lead changes, four ties and massive swings of momentum in both teams' favors throughout the entirety of the game. The Red Hawks led at the end of the first quarter by five points, 16-11 and by eight at the half, 29-21. Harbor Beach started the third quarter by turning up the defensive pressure, forcing four Cass City turnovers and converting them into instant points. As a result, the Pirates outscored the Red Hawks in the third quarter 16-5 to lead by one point 36-35 entering the final quarter.

Harbor Beach led for the majority of the fourth quarter, extending their lead to six points just 34 seconds into the final quarter. Cass City would crawl back and take the lead with 2:22 left, 46-45 on two free throws from Carter Patrick but it was answered by a Pirate three-point play from Benson Harper 39 seconds later to make it Harbor Beach 48, Cass City 46. Junior Red Hawk Mason Gniewek hit a jump shot with 1:18 on the clock to tie the game at 48-a-piece, with Harbor Beach holding the ball at midcourt to go for the last shot. With 18 seconds remaining, Cass City's Cohen Sherman popped the ball loose from Harper, setting up the Red Hawks for the win. Sherman eventually got the ball to Patrick with less than two seconds remaining, when Patrick elevated and sunk a three-pointer as time expired.

With the 51-48 victory, Cass City secures the school's first back-to-back district championships in 43 years, dating back to the 1980-1981 seasons. Cass City was paced by Patrick's 22 points. Sherman finished the game with nine points while Carson Anthes added seven. Harbor Beach's offense was anchored by Benson Harper with 28 points. Skiler Kruse added 11 points, including going 7-7 from the free throw line.

Cass City now advances to the Region 24 semi-finals hosted by Bad Axe to take on Brown City. The Green Devils defeated Capac 38-33 on Friday in Sandusky, MI. Harbor Beach finishes the season with a 20-4 record, their most wins in a season since 2013.

It was the best of times and it was the worst of times, all in about a half-hour's time. The Lakers were shot out of a cannon to start the game against Harbor Beach, even leading by double digits partway through the first quarter and sinking a circus-like and acrobatic buzzer-beater. But from the last second of the first quarter through the first two minutes of the third quarter, the Lakers were unable to connect on a single shot.

The Pirates took advantage of the Lakers' misfortunes and early foul trouble, eliminating a 17-9 first-quarter deficit to lead at halftime 24-17 and 33-24 entering the final quarter of play. Harbor Beach was led by Benson Harper's 19 points and Skiler Kruse coming off of the bench and adding 10. Lakers were led in tandem by Layton Krohn and Graham Shepherd, each with eight points. After the first quarter, the Lakers made just four total shots in the final 24 minutes of play.

Harbor Beach now improves to 20-3 on the season and makes their first district final appearance in four seasons. The Pirates' last district championship came 12 seasons ago in 2013.

The Cass City Red Hawks completed their three-game sweep of the Caro Tigers on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 with a 43-32 district semi-final victory in Harbor Beach.

The Tigers led at the end of the first quarter, 12-8 with balanced scoring but it was Cass City that would lead entering halftime 23-18. Cass City was once again led by Carter Patrick, who ended up with 20 points, part in shooting 17 free throws and making 11 of them. Caro's scoring attack was steered by Jaidan Buniack's 10 points and Evan Langmaid with eight.

With the win, Cass City improves to 22-1 and advances to defend their district title. The Red Hawks will face off with Harbor Beach, looking to avenge their only loss of the season. Caro finishes the season at 13-10, their first above-.500 campaign in eight years.