Sports Roundup: Tigers, Royals in Weekend Showdown

Tigers 

The top two teams in the AL Central begin a three-game series tonight, as the Detroit Tigers visit the Royals in Kansas City.  The Tigers’ lead the Royals by a half-game. Justin Verlander will start for the Tigers.   We’ll join the game tonight after High School football on WBCK. Max Scherzer and James Shields face off tomorrow afternoon and Rick Porcello and Jeremy Guthrie finish the series on Sunday.

College Football

Michigan State is home Saturday against Eastern Michigan. EMU at MSU….10:30 Saturday on WBCK.

Michigan hosts Utah Saturday at Michigan Stadium ….2:30 on Mix 104.9 WBXX.

WMU host Murray State on Saturday at Waldo Stadium.  John Davis and Dan McGlynn won tickets on WBCK!

Lions

The Detroit Lions host the Green Bay Packers Sunday at Ford Field. Broadcast time for the Lions and Packers is 12 noon Sunday on WBCK.

Thursday Night Football

The Falcons beat the Buccaneers 56-14 on "Thursday Night Football."

Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings open training camp today in Traverse City. Detroit's first round pick from the 2013 draft, Anthony Mantha, will miss camp after he broke his leg earlier this week. The Wings play back-to-back preseason games against the Penguins in Pittsburgh on Monday and against the Blackhawks in Chicago on Tuesday.  The regular season begins October 9th.

Volleyball

Kellogg Community College lost to Jackson Community College in 3.  The scores were 19-25, 20-25, and 22-25.

Boys' Tennis

Galesburg-Augusta 4, B.C. Central 3

Parma Western 5, Harper Creek 3

Pennfield 4, Jackson NW 3

Boys’ Soccer

K-Central 2, B.C. Central 0.

High School Football

Pennfield is at Marshall in an Interstate 8 matchup.   The Panthers are looking for their first win, and the Redhawks are 1-2.  Broadcast time is 6:35 tonight on WBCK.

Battle Creek Central vs. Kalamazoo Central (Battle Creek Central 1-2)

Mattawan vs. Lakeview (Lakeview 1-1)

Harper Creek vs. Charlotte (Harper Creek 1-2)

Quincy vs. Athens (Quincy 2-1, Athens 0-3)

Adrian Lenawee Christian vs. Bellevue (Bellevue 0-3)

Bronson vs. New Buffalo (Bronson 0-3)

Climax-Scotts vs. North Adams-Jerome (Climax-Scotts 3-0)

Delton vs. Comstock (Delton 1-2)

Galesburg-Augusta vs. Schoolcraft (Galesburg-Augusta 1-2)

Gull Lake vs. Loy Norrix (Gull Lake 1-2)

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern vs. Hastings (Hastings 0-3)

Homer vs. Reading (Homer 3-0)

Maple Valley vs. Olivet (Maple Valley 0-3, Olivet 2-1)

Union City vs. Springport (Union City 3-0)

Portland St. Patrick vs. Tekonsha (Tekonsha 0-3)

Saturday, September 20th

Burr Oak vs. St. Philip – 1:30pm (St. Philip 3-0)

NASCAR

The Chase heads to New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Coyotes to All-Star Game

Eleven Battle Creek Coyotes will play in tomorrow’s first-ever CRFL All-Star game..  The game will be played this Saturday in Finlay, Ohio, prior to the Championship game between the Michigan Lightning and Ohio Crush.

Both games will stream live on the Michigan Sports Network (MISN) a local video production company from Battle Creek. Fans can watch the game and post on twitter to have their comments viewed during the live broadcasts. Watch live at www.misportsnetwork.com.

Playing for the Coyotes will be WR Devington Halliburton, LB Quenton Kizer, LB Mike Page, DB James Snider and DB Otis West.  Also earning starting nods on offense are WR Marcus Shafer, OL William Swearingen, OL Andrew Johnson, and RB Robbie Crockett.