BAY CITY, MI – A look at the high school basketball scene in the Bay City area for Dec. 4-5, 2025. Bay City area basketball coaches are asked to submit results, highlights and comments the night of each game by emailing lthomps2@mlive.com .

BOYS BKB: GARBER 63, SWAN VALLEY 52

There was no fiery halftime talk.

But Essexville Garber came out with a new spark nonetheless.

Trailing by eight at the midway point, the Dukes caught fire in an explosive third quarter then rode that momentum to a 63-52 victory over Saginaw Swan Valley in their Tri-Valley Conference Red opener.

“We had a huge third quarter and finished the game pretty well,” said Garber coach Chris Watz, whose halftime advice was simply to keep battling and chip away.

The Dukes (2-0, 1-0) did more than that, turning around a

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