Kingston takes 3 straight games in victories over Akron Fairgrove, Peck and Caseville.

The Kingston Lady Cardinals used a big second half to defeat a pesky Akron Fairgrove team 60-36. Kingston held a slim 30-21 halftime lead, but outscored the Vikings 30-15 in the second half to seal the victory. Alison Lester led Kingston with 12 points. Emily Chambers, Quinn Daily and Abby Brzezinski each chipped in with 7 points. Megan James and Kelsie Richmond added 4 points, while Katelyn Collins scored 3. Stephanie Marquardt and Berlin Barden each scored 2 points. Sarah Crane led Akron Fairgrove with 15 points.

The Kingston Lady Cardinals fought off a sluggish performance in a 37-34 win over Peck. The Lady Cardinals built a 19-12 halftime lead, then had to hold off an aggressive Pirate team. Kingston secured the game by making 6/10 free throws in the 4th quarter. Emily Chambers led Kingston with 15 points. Abby Brzezinski added 8 points, while Quinn Daily and Megan James each scored 5 for the Cardinals. Chelsea Ruggles chipped in with 4 points. Nicole Pries led Peck with 11 points.

The Kingston Lady Cardinals again struggled but held off a hot shooting Caseville team in a 49-36 win. The Lady Cardinals used a 16-7 third quarter to put the game away. Emily Chambers led Kingston ( 11-4, 12-4 ) with 10 points. Stephanie Marquardt was a spark off the bench with 8 points and 5 rebounds. Quinn Daily and Abby Brzezinski each added 8 points and 4 rebounds. Kelsie Richmond, Megan James and Alison Lester each tossed in 4 points, while Chelsea Ruggles scored 3. Taylor King led Caseville with 13 points, while Rebecca Janke added 11.

Coaches take: We really have struggled in the last week and hopefully as we head in to a tough rematch with 16-1 Port Hope we can get back to playing at a high level.

NCTL Results & Standings

1/28/10 Results:

CPS 50
Owengage 25

Port Hope 37
Dryden 8

Kingston 64
Akron Fairgrove 36

North Huron 59
Peck 44

2/1/10 Results:

Port Hope 49
North Huron 46

Memphis 65
CPS 38

Kingston 37
Peck 34

Akron Fairgrove 55
Owengage 48

2/4/10 Results:

Memphis 58
North Huron 49

Port Hope 55
CPS 44

Akron Fairgrove 35
Dryden 30

Kingston 49
Caseville 36

Peck 55
Owengage 43

NCTL North Standings:


Port Hope 13-1 15-1
North Huron 10-4 10-5
Akron Fairgrove 7-7 7-8
Owengage 3-12 4-12
Caseville 2-10 3-11

NCTL South Standings:

Memphis 12-1 12-2
Kingston 11-4 12-4
CPS 6-7 6-9
Dryden 3-10 3-13
Peck 2-11 2-13

Seniors lead the way in 55-27 win over Dryden

The Kingston Lady Cardinals turned up the defensive pressure in the second half as they ran away with a 55-27 win over Dryden. The first quarter saw Kingston take a 13-7 lead by Senior Starters: Berlin Barden, Chelsea Ruggles, Abby Brzezinski, Megan James and Kelsie Richmond. Senior Chelsea Leach also contributed off the bench in the first quarter. Kingston would use a 33-10 advantage in the second half to put the game away. Senior Chelsea Ruggles led Kingston (8-4, 9-4 ) with 8 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals. Senior Megan James added 7 points. Seniors Abby Brzezinski added 5 points, 9 rebounds,4 steals and 2 assists, while fellow Senior Chelsea Leach added 5 points and 6 rebounds. Berlin Barden had 2 points a career high 5 rebounds. Kelsie Richmond added 4 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 assists. Emily Chambers, Alison Lester and Katelyn Collins each scored 6 points. Quinn Daily added 4 points and 5 rebounds. Maggie Lavery added 2 points, 2 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 assists. Maddie Couch led Dryden with ( 3-8, 3-11 ) wit 8 points.

NCTL Results & Standings : 1/25/10

1/25/10 NCTL Results:

Port Hope 55
Owengage 25

Kingston 55
Dryden 27

Memphis 49
Peck 28

North Huron 54
Caseville 31

NCTL North Standings:

Port Hope 10-1 12-1
North Huron 9-2 9-3
Akron Fairgrove 5-6 5-7
Owengage 3-9 4-9
Caseville 2-9 3-10

NCTL South Standings:

Memphis 10-1 10-2
Kingston 8-4 9-4
CPS 5-5 5-7
Dryden 3-8 3-11
Peck 1-9 1-11

Big 2nd half propels Kingston past Owengage 53-41

The Kingston Lady Cardinals shook off a foul prone, sloppy first half as they used a big runs in the third and fourth quarters to defeat Owengage 53-41. The Lady Cardinals held a slim 20-16 halftime, but used a 16-2 run to take a commanding 36-18 midway through the third quarter, the Bulldogs wouldn't go away as they cut the lead 41-33 entering the 4th quarter. Kingston would put away the Bulldogs for good with a 10-2 run in the 4th quarter run. Emily Chambers led Kingston ( 7-4, 8-4 ) with 16 points. Alison Lester added 10, while Quinn Daily added 8 and 10 rebounds for the Lady Cardinals. Freshman Maggie Lavery made Varsity debut scoring 4 points, grabbing 5 rebounds and getting 4 steals. Mandy Muntz led Owengage ( 4-7, 4-8 ) with 13 points.

Game ball: Emily Chambers capped off a strong week leading Kingston with 16 points.

Super Sub: Maggie Lavery with 4 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals.

Coachestake: It was nice to get everyone plaenty of playing time tonight. We had too many fouls by just being out of position. Hopefully we can get in better position defensively and have a strong showing against Dryden this Monday night.

NCTL Results & Standings: 1/21/10

NCTL Results: 1/21/10

Port Hope 42
Memphis 36

Kingston 53
Owengage 41

Caseville 40
CPS 37

North Huron 45
Dryden 19

Peck 54
A-F 53

NCTL North Standings:

Port Hope 9-1 11-1
North Huron 8-2 8-3
Akron-Fairgrove 5-6 5-7
Owengage 3-8 4-8
Caseville 2-8 3-9

NCTL South Standings:

Memphis 9-1 9-2
Kingston 7-4 8-4
CPS 5-5 5-7
Dryden 3-7 3-10
Peck 1-8 1-10

NCTL Results: 1/18/10

1/18/10 NCTL Results:

Memphis 60
Kingston 52

CPS 50
Dryden 27

North Huron 47
Owengage 25

Akron Fairgrove 34
CPS 25


NCTL North Standings:


Port Hope 8-1 10-1
North Huron 7-2 7-3
Akron Fairgrove 5-5 5-6
Owengage 3-7 4-7
Caseville 1-8 2-9

NCTL South Standings:

Memphis 9-0 9-1
Kingston 6-4 7-4
CPS 5-4 5-6
Dryden 3-6 3-9
Peck 0-8 0-10

Lady Cards lose hard fought game to Memphis 60-52

The Kingston Lady Cards gave first place Memphis all they could handle in a tough 60-52 loss on the road. Kingston fought back from two 9 point deficits in the third and fourth quarter, but couldn't get over the hump. Emily Chambers led Kingston ( 6-4, 7-4 ) with 12 points. Abby Brzezinski added 9 points, 7 rebounds and 3 steals. Alison Lester played a strong game with 8 points. Megan James added 7 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists. Chelsea Leach was a spark off the bench with 5 points and 3 rebounds. Kelsie Richmond added 4 points, 5 steals and 4 assists. Quinn Daily hit for 3 points and 7 rebounds. Chelsea Ruggles added 2 points and 6 rebounds, while Katelyn Collins scored 2 points. For the night Kingston shot 10/15 from the free throw line. Michelle Fowler led Memphis ( 9-0, 9-1 ) with 15 points.

Game Ball: Emily Chambers led Kingston with 12 points and shot ball extremely well.

Super Sub: Alison Lester came off the bench and scored 8 points.

Coaches take: We played with alot of heart tonight. This is a never say die team. Turnovers continue to haunt us as we had 30 tonight. Alot of those are unforced. We'll continue to work and try and eliminate the mistakes we are making.

North Huron dominates Lady Cards in 60-45 win

The Kingston Lady Cards got off to a slow start and couldn't recover as they beat by North Huron 60-45. Kingston fell behind 24-8 in the second quarter , but made a furious comeback cutting the North Huron lead to 27-20. Third quarter was evenly played as the North Huron outscored Kingston 14-13 to take a 41-33 lead heading into the 4th quarter. North Huron would dominate the 4th quarter by outscoring Kingston 19-12. Sarah Clancy led North Huron ( 6-2, 6-3 ) with 26 points. Clancy was 14-21 at the free throw line. Caitlin Homirch and Megan Heffner added 13 and 12 points respectively. Chelsea Leach led Kingston ( 6-3, 7-3 ) with 9 points and 3 rebounds. Emily Chambers and Kelsie Richmond each added 8, while Quinn Daily had a strong game with 7 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals. Megan James added 10 rebounds for Kingston.

Player of the game: Quinn Daily had 7 points, 8 rebounds & 3 steals off the bench and played great defense all night.

Super Sub: Chelsea Leach scored all 9 of her points in the second quarter to help lead a big comeback.

Coaches take: We came out extremely fast and struggled all night rebounding. Giving up 60 points s way too much for us. We have start the second half of the season with goals of getting better and staying mentally tough.

1/14/10 NCTL Results and Standings

1/14/10 NCTL Results:

North Huron 60
Kingston 45

Memphis 58
Owengage 23

Port Hope 44
Peck 23

Dryden 38
Caseville 33

Akron Fairgrove 45
CPS 44


NCTL North Standings:

Port Hope 8-1 10-1
North Huron 6-2 6-3
Akron Fairgrove 4-5 4-6
Owengage 3-6 4-6
Caseville 1-8 2-8

NCTL South Standings:

Memphis 8-0 8-1
Kingston 6-3 7-3
CPS 4-4 4-6
Dryden 3-5 3-8
Peck 0-8 0-10

Lady Cardinals pressure too much for Tigers in 54-25 win.

The Kingston Lady Cardinals shook off some early turnover trouble and turned up the defensive pressure as they routed the CPS Tigers 54-25. The Lady Cardinals led 9-2 after one quarter and 20-8 at the half, but unforced turnovers kept the game close. The second half saw Kingston outscore CPS 18 -6 to take a commanding 38-12 lead into the 4th quarter. The Lady Cardinals would outscore the Tigers 16-11 in the 4th quarter run away with the easy victory. Emily Chambers led Kingston ( 6-2, 7-2 ) with 10 points and 5 rebounds. Chelsea Leach added 8 points and 5 rebounds. Abby Brzezinski and Megan James each chipped in 7 points and 9 rebounds, while Berlin Barden and Kelsie Richmond had 6 points. Quinn Daily and Chelsea Ruggles both added 4 points, while Katelyn Collins had 2 points. Melissa Fraser led CPS ( 4-3, 4-5 ) with 9 points.

Game Ball: Emily Chambers led Kingston with 10 points and 5 rebounds , while plying her best defensive game of the year.

Super Sub: Chelsea Leach 8 points, Berlin Barden 6 points, Quinn Daily 4 points and Katelyn Collins 2 points were a big spark off the bench for us tonight.

1/11/10 NCTL Results & Standings

1/11/10 NCTL Results & Standings

Port Hope 49
Caseville 28

North Huron 71
A-F 41

Kingston 54
CPS 25

Dryden 37
Peck 33


NCTL North Standings:

Port Hope 7-1 9-1
North Huron 5-2 5-3
Owengage 3-5 4-5
Akron Fairgrove 3-5 3-6
Caseville 1-7 2-7

NCTL South Standings:

Memphis 7-0 7-1
Kingston 6-2 7-2
CPS 4-3 4-5
Dryden 2-5 2-8
Peck 0-7 0-9

1/7/10 NCTL Results and Standings

NCTL Results: 1/7/10

Port Hope 51
Kingston 31

Caseville 27
Peck 26

Memphis 65
Akron Fairgrove 38

North Huron 51
CPS 41

Owengage 35
Dryden 34

NCTL Standings:

NCTL North:

Port Hope 7-0 7-1
North Huron 4-2 5-3
Akron Fairgrove 3-4 3-5
Owengage 3-5 4-5
Caseville 1-6 2-6

NCTL South:

Memphis 7-0 7-1
Kingston 5-2 6-2
CPS 4-2 4-4
Dryden 1-5 1-8
Peck 0-6 0-8

Big second half propels Port Hope to 51-31 win over Kingston

The Kingston Lady Cardinals played a great first half of Basketball against Port Hope, but the red hot Blue Stars used a big seond half to beat Kingston 51-31. The first half saw Kingston and Port Hope in a classic battle between two of the better teams in the NCTL. Leading 18-17 in the second quarter Kingston did a great job running the clock down to a get a good shot to end the half, but off a Kingston missed shot Port Hope's Allyson Koglin drained a 3 pointer at the buzzer to get the host Blue Stars a 20-18 lead at the half. The momentum of that shot contiuned in the second half as Port Hope built on there before putting Kingston away. Allyson Koglin led Port Hope ( 6-1, 8-1 ) with 17 points, Kayla Gust added 15, while Kristen Kowalski added 12. Chelsea Ruggles had a strong game leading Kingston ( 5-2, 6-2 ) with 8 points.

Game Ball: Chelsea Ruggles came off the bench with 8 points and proved to be a big spark for the Lady Cards early in the game.

Super Sub: Chelsea Ruggles and Kelsie Richmond. Kelsie did a great job running the point off the bench for the Lady Cardinals.

Coaches take: We executed our game plan to perfection last night for 2 quarters. The second half we weren't as sharp offensively or defensively, but the effort was great all night. I'm proud of our effort, but the bottom line is executing for four quarters. Once that happens we will beat a quality team. I saw alot of improvement last night in all aspects of the game.

Tough Schedule ahead: CPS ( 5-4 ), North Huron ( 5-4 ) and Memphis ( 8-1 ) await the Lady Cardinals.

Lady Card's get ugly win over SASA 40-21

The Kingston Lady Cardinal Basketball found out that starting off slow often results in a sloppy finish. That held true as Kingston beat a winless Saginaw Art's & Sciences team 40-21. The Lady Cardinals used a 15-5 second quarter to pull away from the Dragons. Emily Chambers led Kingston ( 5-1, 6-1 ) with 12 points. Megan James added 9 points and 4 rebounds. Abby Brzezinski had a huge night on the glass with 17 rebounds to go along with 6 points. Alison Lester added 4 points and 7 rebounds. Quinn Daily added 3 points and 8 rebounds. Katelyn Collins added 3 points. Chelsea Leach and Chelsea Ruggles added 2 and 1 points respectively.

Game Ball: Abby Brzezinski had a career high 17 rebounds and clearly dominat on the glass for Kingston.

Super Sub: Katelyn Collins had 3 points and played some solid defense for the Cardinals.

Coachestake: One of those games you want to forget. It was sloppy, ugly..just bad. Every team goes through games like this. I'm fully confident that we will play well against a red hot Port Hope team who is currently 7-1.

1/4/10 NCTL Results & Standings

1/4/10 NCTL Results:

Kingston 40
SASA 21

Port Hope 63
A-F 15

Memphis 58
Dryden 16

Owengage 43
Caseville 34

NCTL Standings:

NCTL North:

Port Hope 5-1 7-1
North Huron 3-2 4-3
Akron Fa. 3-3 3-4
Owengage 2-5 3-5
Caseville 0-6 1-6

NCTL South:

Memphis 6-0 6-1
Kingston 5-1 6-1
CPS 4-1 4-3
Dryden 1-4 1-7
Peck 0-5 0-7

Lady Cards pressure too much for Pirates in 52-35 win.

The Kingston Lady Cardinals ended the 2009 year with a 52-35 win over Peck. Kingston built a 28-14 halftime and held on from there. Quinn Daily led Kingston ( 5-1, 5-1 ) with 12 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. Emily Chambers chipped in with 10 points. Abby Brzezinski played a strong game with 8 points and 8 rebounds. Megan James and Alison Lester each chipped in with 6 points. Chelsea Ruggles was a spark off the bench with 4 points and 8 rebounds. Kelsie Richmond, Katelyn Collins and Berlin Barden all chipped in 2 points for Kingston. Karen Jones led Peck ( 0-5, 0-6 ) with 12 points.

Game Ball: Quinn Daily scored the teams first 7 points and finished with 12 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Super Sub: Chelsea Ruggles scored 4 points and added 8 rebounds off the bench.

Coachestake: Our defensive pressure caused alot of problems tonight. We struggled at times rebounding, but overall i was pleased with our effort.

NCTL Results & Standings: 12/29/09

NCTL Results & Standings: 12/29/09

Gladwin 66
North Huron 33

Port Hope 39
Ubly 34

Kingston 52
Peck 35


NCTL Standings:

NCTL North:

Port Hope 4-1 6-1
North Huron 3-2 3-3
A-F 3-2 3-3
Owengage 1-5 2-5
Caseville 0-5 1-5

NCTL South:

Memphis 5-0 5-1
Kingston 5-1 5-1
CPS 4-1 4-3
Dryden 1-4 1-6
Peck 0-6 0-7

NCTL Results: 12/21/09 & 12/22/09

NCTL Results:

12/21/09:

CPS 61
Peck 41

12/22/09:

Harbor Beach 65
CPS 34

Cros-Lex 50
Peck 26

NCTL Standings:

NCTL North:

Port Hope 4-1 5-1
North Huron 3-2 3-2
Akron Fairgrove 3-2 3-3
Owengage 1-5 2-5
Caseville 0-5 1-5

NCTL South:

Memphis 5-0 5-1
Kingston 4-1 4-1
CPS 4-1 4-3
Dryden 1-4 1-6
Peck 0-5 0-6

12/21/09: NCTL Results and Standings

12/21/09 NCTL Results:

CPS 61
Peck 41

Akron Fairgrove 39
Owengage 38

Port Hope 46
North Huron 33

Burton Atherton 43
Dryden 11

Caseville 26
Saginaw Arts & Sciences 19

NCTL North Standings:

Port Hope 4-1 5-1
North Huron 3-2 3-2
Akron Fa. 3-2 3-3
Owengage 1-5 2-5
Caseville 0-5 1-5

NCTL South Standings:

Memphis 5-0 5-1
Kingston 4-1 4-1
CPS 4-1 4-2
Dryden 1-4 1-6
Peck 0-4 0-5