Brandon Twp. -One is ranked among the top 10 nationally in her weight class, while the other is just starting out in the sport. Yet Brandon sophomore Sarah Bond and freshman Jacqui Warrilow have one thing in common ? they are females competing in the male-dominated sport of high school wrestling. The two students say […]
The Brandon volleyball team got back on the winning track in Flint Metro League action Jan. 26 against Linden. It took three games to get the job done, but the host Blackhawks defeated the Eagles 8-15, 16-14, 16-14, improving their record to 9-16-3 overall and 2-4 in the league. The Blackhawks had a successful day […]
The defending Genesee Area Conference Red Division champion Goodrich volleyball team will not give up their crown without a fight. The host Martians defeated Bendle 15-1, 15-9 in a Jan. 26 contest, improving to 9-12-2 overall and 3-1 in the GAC Red. Several Martians contributed to the team’s win: ‘Tara Garman — 4-4 serving, four […]
Powered by Max Hawkins? hat trick, the Goodrich hockey squad continued their winning ways against host Oxford Jan. 24. Lance Keene and Nick Meyers also scored as the Martians defeated the Wildcats 5-3 at the Polar Palace in Lapeer. The win improved the Martians? record to 11-3-2. Brian Van Kuren and Matt Hill assisted on […]
Senior Justin Tripp has emerged as an anchor for this year’s Brandon wrestling team. Fresh off a 5-0 performance at the Brandon Invitational Jan. 17, Tripp captured first place in the 189-lb. division at the Avondale Invitational Saturday, Jan. 24. As a team, the Blackhawks placed ninth out of 13 teams with 64 points. Napoleon […]
Despite Kyle Jackson’s stellar performance against Waterford Kettering Saturday, Jan. 24, the Brandon hockey team had to settle for a tie. The two teams traded the lead during the course of the game and battled for a 4-4 tie. Brandon’s record is now 8-3-2 overall. Jackson scored an unassisted goal only 1:17 into the game […]
The visiting Blackhawks had their chances against the Metro League-leading Lapeer West Panthers Jan. 23, but ultimately dropped a 45-40 contest. The Blackhawks came within two points as senior Gjon Nicaj sank a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left to cut the Panthers? lead to 42-40. After West made a free throw to […]
Host Flint Hamady showed the visiting Martians why they’re one of the top teams in Class C. On Jan. 24, the third-ranked Hawks soundly defeated the visiting Martians 68-42, marking their seventh win in eight tries against the Martians. Hamady improved to 8-0 on the season and 5-0 in the Genesee Area Conference Blue Division, […]
Despite mixed results in Goodrich’s Jan. 21 meet, three Martian wrestlers stepped it up. Eric Fernelius (152 lbs.) and Barrett Johnson (215) won both their matches for the Martians, who lost to New Lothrop 48-18 before defeating LakeVille 54-30. Garrett Higdon (103) also won both his matches that day, though one of his wins was […]
The Brandon-Oxford ski squad had a mixed bag of results when they competed in a tri-meet against Flushing and Holly Jan. 22. Both the boys and girls ski teams defeated Holly in the slalom and giant slalom, but Flushing defeated the Brandon-Oxford team in three of four events, with the locals winning only the boys […]