Mar 2, 2024
Courtesy Photograph The 2023-24 Alpena Group School males’s basketball crew poses for a crew portrait on this undated photograph supplied by the school.
ALPENA — The Alpena Group School males’s basketball crew has clinched a spot within the postseason and can host the primary spherical of the NJCAA Division II Nice Lakes District B Males’s Basketball Championship beginning Tuesday.
The Lumberjacks completed the common season with a document of 9-15 and a Michigan Group School Athletic Affiliation Northern Convention File of 7-7.
The Lumberjacks final superior to the postseason through the 2021-22 season, after they misplaced to the Henry Ford Group School Hawks.
The final time the Lumberjacks hosted a postseason recreation was the 1998-99 season that led to heartbreak after they fell to Kalamazoo Valley Group School 71-73 on a missed three-pointer on the buzzer.
Whereas nearly all of the match will happen at Mott Group School in Flint, the primary spherical of match play will likely be hosted on the residence courtroom of the higher-seed.
ACC is the upper seed in its first-round match-up and can host the sport in Alpena.
“This can be a particular evening for the crew and for ACC Athletics,” stated ACC Athletic Director Allen Telgenhof. “A loud, engaged crowd can actually decide up a crew’s adrenaline, and I’m assured that our followers and our scholar part will get it going.”
ACC will tackle the Muskegon Jayhawks, a fellow Northern Convention member.
The 2 groups have met up twice this season, with the Lumberjacks taking the win in each matchups, 70-62 and 73-69.
This yr’s Lumberjacks have been probably the most aggressive groups in latest historical past, with a convention document of .500, 4 of their losses being by 5 factors or much less, and a further 5 video games being determined by 10 factors or much less.
Standouts for the crew embody freshman Eli Hennings, who was named Northern Convention Participant of the Week twice through the season by the MCCAA, in addition to freshman Trevon Johnson and sophomores Daddy Hill, Davarion Mitchell, and Ianson Simpson.
“The groups battle all season lengthy to have a possibility to make the match and host a playoff recreation,” stated head coach Bobby Allen. “As a coach, I’m on the lookout for my gamers to play crew ball and provides all of it they’ve.”
ACC will host the primary spherical of the match at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Park Enviornment. The primary 100 followers in attendance will likely be given pom poms, and followers are inspired to put on their Jack Pack T-shirts, different ACC shirts, or burgundy shirts to point out their college spirit.
Different contributors within the match are Kalamazoo Valley Group School, Macomb Group School, Muskegon Group School, and the No. 3 seed for the Ohio Group School Athletic Southern Convention (but to be decided).
If the Lumberjacks win, they may go on to face Macomb Group School on Friday at Mott Group School. The rest of the match will happen at Mott Group School, with the championship recreation going down at 4 p.m. March 10.
The Nice Lakes District B Champion will advance to the NJCAA Division II Males’s Basketball Championship held March 18 to 23 at Mary Miller Gymnasium on the campus of Danville Space Group School in Danville, Illinois.
Followers can observe alongside on the match web site at njcaaregion12.org/tournaments/mbkb2B/2023- 24/index.
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