Harbor Beach girls beat Marlette, win ninth straight
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The Harbor Beach girls basketball team beat visiting Marlette on Tuesday night. It was the Pirates ninth win in a row.Mark Birdsall/Huron Daily Tribune
HARBOR BEACH – It was more of the same on Tuesday night as the Harbor Beach girls basketball team won yet another game, this time beating the Marlette Red Raiders, 47-18. The Pirates have won nine games in a row.
Harbor Beach is now 9-1 overall and 9-0 in conference play.
Leading the way for the Pirates on Tuesday were Maya Pfaff with 14 points and Paige Anderson, Maddie Geiger and Leandra Wolschleger with 9 each.
Hoops roundup: Harbor Beach, Ubly boys win
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BOYS BASKETBALL
Ubly 60, Capac 26
UBLY – The Ubly boys basketball team, coming off an emotional 47-43 victory over rival Harbor Beach on Saturday, proved to be too much for Capac (1-9, 0-7) on Monday night as the Bearcats beat the visiting Chiefs, 60-26
The Bearcats, who will host the Pirates in a rematch for the Greater Thumb East title on March 19, are now 8-2 overall and in conference play.
Leading the way for the Bearcats on Monday night were Kyle Sweeney and Gabe Sweeney each with 17 points and Cole Hagen with 10.
Up next for Ubly is road game at Marlette on Friday. The game tips off at 7:30 p.m.
Roundup: Ubly, Bad Axe girls earn wins
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GIRLS BASKETBALL
Ubly 48, Memphis 16
MEMPHIS The Ubly girls basketball team picked up its fifth straight win on Monday night, overpowering host Memphis, 48-16.
The Bearcats are now 5-2 overall and 5-1 in conference play.
Ubly head coach Joel Leipprandt attributed his team’s improved play to changes the Bearcats have made since the start of the season.
“The girls are adjusting to their new roles and our overall energy has been improving every game,” Leipprandt said. “Our offensive timing is getting better, as well.”
Leading the way for the Bearcats on Monday night were Dajnae Leipprandt with 17 points, Josie Gusa with 9, Madeline Langenburg with 8, Kylie Maurer and Hally Zeihm with 5 each and Hailey Mausolf with 4.
Area businesses receiving grants still wishing for more capacity, longer hours
MEDC announced small business grant recipients last week
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The Port Hope Inn, one of 27 different Huron County small businesses that recently got small business survival grants from the MEDC. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune)
With another round of COVID-19 small business grants given out by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, some businesses, while grateful for the funds, are still resentful they cannot operate at full capacity.
The Port Hope Hotel is one such business, receiving $15,000 in grant funding and retaining two jobs in the process.
Leroy Pleiness, the owner of the restaurant, plans on using the money he received to pay for wages and utility bills, which is helpful for him since Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s curfew for restaurants is still in effect.
Scheurer nurse practitioner proud to serve her native community
Paige Withey, paige.withey@hearstnp.com
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After growing up in the Thumb, Jennifer Jones is proud to serve her native community through her role as a Family Nurse Practitioner at Scheurer Primary Care in Bad Axe. (Courtesy Photo)
After helping to care for her grandfather who was diagnosed with cancer when she was a teenager, people began to encourage Jennifer Jones to become a nurse. Now, years later, she is caring for her community as a family nurse practitioner at Scheurer Primary Care in Bad Axe.
“I started watching the nurses who cared for my grandfather, and I was hooked,” Jones said. “I enjoy caring for people, making them feel better, teaching them about their illness and how to take care of themselves.”