Gladwin basketball has to rally to win district championship

  • The Gladwin basketball team stormed the court to celebrate with the trophy after winning the Division 2 District Tournament at Shepherd Friday night.
    The Gladwin basketball team stormed the court to celebrate with the trophy after winning the Division 2 District Tournament at Shepherd Friday night.
  • Gladwin’s players and some of their biggest fans gather for a group photo on the court at Shepherd Friday night after the Flying G’s won their first district championship since 2009.
    Gladwin’s players and some of their biggest fans gather for a group photo on the court at Shepherd Friday night after the Flying G’s won their first district championship since 2009.

    SHEPHERD

    Amidst the 22 wins in a row the Gladwin boys’ basketball team had amassed heading into Friday’s Division 2 district championship game were a 63-32 thrashing of Shepherd on Jan. 5 and a 68-37 repeat on Jan. 27.

    The third meeting of the Jack Pine Conference rivals was in the Blue Jays gym for the title and the Flying G’s seemed like a sure thing to add a district title to the divisional and o…