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2008-09 Concord Varsity Boy’s Basketball Team Results
 
Game 1
Michigan Center 66Concord 58
 The Michigan Center High School boys basketball team spent much of Monday nightlooking up at the big guy from Concord.In the end, however, it was visiting Michigan Center standing tall on the scoreboard asthe Cardinals scored a 66-58 nonconference victory over Concord on opening night of the 2008-09 season. Jordan Craig, a 5-foot-9 senior guard, led the Cardinals with 24 points, while 6-1 postplayer Nic Stevens added 16-points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Josh Woolworth scored 21 points, and 6-10 senior Zach Hersha had 10 points, 10rebounds and six blocked shots for Concord. Nick Thorrez added 11 points, all in thefirst half.Hersha, who got into a little foul trouble early with two fouls in the first quarter, wasthe player that Michigan Center had to worry about throughout the game."The big guy just changes things," Michigan Center coach Greg Vieau said of Concord'sman in the middle. "He passes the ball real well. He's tough to drive on."Jordan (Craig) was all heart. He went right at Hersha. He didn't care."Craig scored nine of his points in the fourth quarter, including two baskets on drivesthrough traffic, and was 8-for-10 from the free throw line in the game.
“The Opener”
 
Game 1
Michigan Center 66Concord 58
Michigan Center jumped out quickly, leading 14-3 after 4 minutes. The Cardinals went onto lead 18-12 after one quarter, 35-31 at intermission and 47-43 after three quarters."We missed some layups early, and that hurt us," Concord coach Matt Lehman said. "Itwasn't the start that we wanted, but we gutted it out and fought all the way back and tookthe lead."Concord's only lead of the game was 43-41 after Hersha scored down low with 2:18 to playin the third quarter.Michigan Center's biggest lead of the game was 12 points at 61-49, following Craig'sdriving layup over with 2:22 left."You've just got to go right at them," Craig said. "You can't alter your shot. If it getsblocked, it gets blocked."We're aggressive. We believe in ourselves." Three 3-pointers by Woolworth in the fourth quarter kept the final margin under 10 points."We're going to be just fine," Lehman said. "Michigan Center is probably going to be one of the top three teams in their (Cascades) conference. I'm disappointed that we lost, but Iliked the unselfishness."We've got some nice pieces. We'll be fine."
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