Here are the Big Thumb Conference standings for boys and girls basketball as of Monday morning, Feb. 3: 1. Millington, 8-1 conference, 14-1 overall 1. Bad Axe, 8-1, 13-3 3. Laker, 5-4, 9-6 3.

Eventually, a surgeon amputated the maimed appendage, then cut off Thomas’ big toe to replace it. “People ask me, they’re like ‘Oh why does your thumb look so weird?’” Thomas said.