Bulldogs visit Putnam County with chance to clinch GRC East titles

The Trenton Bulldogs and Putnam County Midgets are set to meet in a varsity doubleheader tonight (Tuesday night), with plenty of extra activities in the Unionville school building tonight.

As part of the games, pink t-shirts will be available for sale, with proceeds going toward cancer research.  In addition, a “Teddy Bear Toss” will be held, as at the conclusion of the boy’s varsity game, fans are invited to toss their teddy bears to the Putnam County gymnasium floor.  Donated bears will be taken to the Children’s Mercy Hospital Cancer Unit.

Stakes will be high for all four basketball teams tonight.  In the 6 o’clock girls game, it is a chance for the #7 ranked Lady Bulldogs to clinch the Grand River Conference’s eastern division title, as Brian Upton’s team is a perfect 5-0 in conference play, and 17-2 overall.  Gallatin, coming off a Monday night win over Princeton, is 5-1 and 1/2 game behind Trenton, but THS owns a head-to-head tiebreak advantage, meaning that only losses to Putnam County and South Harrison (Wednesday) by Trenton would leave the door open for Gallatin to potentially take the eastern division title.  Putnam County’s Lady Midgets are 9-9 overall and 4-2 in conference play, good for third place, one game behind Gallatin.

The stakes are clearer for tonight’s Bulldogs/Midgets boys showdown, as the winner of the 7:30 game will clinch the GRC Eastern Division title, and earn the right to host Friday night’s first-ever GRC Championship Game.  Barring a Pattonsburg upset this week, the team most likely to travel to either Trenton or Unionville for the title game will be Stanberry, as the 5th-ranked Bulldogs sit one-half game behind North Andrew in the GRC West standings, but with head-to-head tiebreak advantage against the Cardinals.

The Trenton at Putnam County games tonight will be broadcast on KTTN FM 92.3 and KTTN on the Tune-In Radio app, available on smartphones, androids, and I-Phones.  Audio streaming of the games will be available from the “Click to listen to KTTN” link on www.kttnsports.com.  Tom Johnson has the play-by-play call from Unionville.