Todd Duncan is pleasantly surprised by what he sees. As the Brandon coed swimming program prepared for its first meet of the season at the Mt. Morris Relays Dec. 4, Duncan has nearly double the swimmers he worked with last year when the Blackhawks were a club team. The Blackhawks currently have 17 boys on […]
In a penalty-filled contest, the host Goodrich hockey team battled to a 1-1 tie with Fenton Nov. 20 The two teams combined for 16 penalties, 10 on the Tigers and six on the Martians. The visiting Tigers pulled ahead at 13:27 of the first period, when Rob Sheehan scored on an assist from Wes St. […]
The student-athletes in Brandon and Goodrich are conducting themselves more like adults these days than their professional counterparts. While our local high school teams are distinguishing themselves on and off the playing field, an ugly brawl took place at the Nov. 19 National Basketball Association game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons at […]
The Goodrich girls basketball team fought valiantly against St. Clair in regional action Nov. 22 at Imlay City. However, the Saints held on for a 63-57 win against the Martians, advancing to the regional finals Nov. 26 against Flint Powers. The loss ended the Martians? season at 20-4. The Martians took an early 9-4 lead […]
Brandon’s boys hockey team started off the 2004-05 campaign showing plenty of offense, but managing only a split of their first two games. The Blackhawks won their most recent contest Nov. 20, defeating host Port Huron 4-0 to improve to 1-1 on the season. Mike Cybulski kicked off the Brandon scoring with 3:27 left in […]
The Goodrich football team may have been eliminated from the state playoffs, but they provided the Goodrich community with plenty of memories. The Martians advanced to the regional finals for the second straight year in Division 5 before losing to Detroit Crockett 40-13 Nov. 13 at Detroit Martin Luther King High School. Despite the loss, […]
The Goodrich varsity boys basketball team hopes to build on last year’s success with several upperclassmen leading the way. A total of eight seniors and seven juniors make up this year’s Martians, who open the 2004-05 season Dec. 7 when they host Brandon. In addition, two players from last year’s team, Wayne Coulman and Ken […]
Brandon High School varsity softball coach Don Peters has left the district to take a similar job in Clarkston. BHS Athletic Director Larry Lamphere confirmed Nov. 17 that Peters, who coached the Blackhawks since 1986 and became a member of the Michigan Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in February 2000, has resigned. He said […]
Danielle Adkins and Kayla Baskin are going to have quite the summer vacation stories to tell their classmates. Adkins and Baskin, both 11 years old and students at Brandon Fletcher Intermediate School, have been accepted into the People to People Student Ambassador Program, an educational travel program. Kathy Adkins, Danielle’s mom, said she didn’t know […]
Goodrich- About six years ago, Pastor Karl Zeigler and the Goodrich United Methodist Church were faced with a challenge. Both the church and the community at large were growing, and the activity at the church building, located at 8071 South State Road, was growing to the extent the church was running out of room to […]